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The Second City Guide to the Opera, the groundbreaking collaboration by Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City, wins Jeff Awards for Best Production: Revue and Best Director: Revue!
The Second City Guide to the Opera, the groundbreaking collaboration by Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City, won Jeff Awards for Best Production: Revue and Best Director: Revue during the 45th annual Jeff Equity Awards gala on Monday. The ceremony took place at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. "This is the first time Lyric Opera of Chicago has been nominated, and to win this prestigious award is truly thrilling," said Anthony Freud, Lyric's general director.
The Jeff Awards are billed as "a celebration of excellence in Chicago theatre" and have honored outstanding theater artists annually since 1968. During the 2012-13 season, Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 143 Equity productions offered by 52 producing organizations. From these openings, 109 productions were "Jeff Recommended" and eligible for award nominations, resulting in 166 nominations in 36 categories.
The Second City Guide to the Opera premiered in a sold-out, one-night-only performance in the Civic Opera House on January 5, 2013. Lyric Opera creative consultant Renée Fleming had the idea to bring together the world-renowned comedy troupe and opera company, both legendary Chicago institutions, to see what kinds of creative sparks might fly. "This unexpected mash-up of opera and sketch comedy was a great way to show die-hard opera fans – and new audiences – a fun side of our centuries-old art form," said Fleming.
The resulting revue-style show featured opera-themed comedic sketches performed by ensemble members of The Second City and The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, with Fleming and legendary stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart sharing emcee duties and appearing in sketches and satirical vignettes. Lyric Opera Orchestra musicians and revue music director Jesse Case (music director for The Second City e.t.c.) provided accompaniment. Case, Tim Sniffen, and Kate James wrote the material; The Second City's Billy Bungeroth directed, and TSC's Kelly Leonard was executive producer.
The resounding success of the January performance led to a month-long run of cabaret-style performances May 31-June 30, with audience and performers onstage at the Civic Opera House. It was this 23-show run (including new material) that was seen by Jeff-Award judges.
Performers for the extended run were Second City ensemble members Joey Bland*, Molly Brennan, Lilli-Anne Brown, Beth Melewski*, Tim Ryder, and Timothy Sniffen*. Billy Bungeroth* was director, Jesse Case* was music director and writer, and Kate James* and Timothy Sniffen* were writers. Singers from Lyric were mezzo-soprano Lauren Curnow and tenor Bernard Holcomb*, both former members of the Ryan Opera Center. (*participated in the January show) Musicians for the early-summer shows were Jesse Case/piano and guitar, John Macfarlane/violin, and Laura Deming/cello (both members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra).
The Second City Guide to the Opera is a project of Lyric Unlimited, a multifaceted program of expanded community engagement and artistic initiatives.
All performances of The Second City Guide to the Opera were sponsored by PNC Bank.
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Chicken & waffles, sea salt & chocolate, pineapple & pizza—celebrity chef and author Art Smith understands that some pairings are too intriguing to pass up. That's why opening weekend of The Second City Guide to the Opera saw the Table Fifty-Two chef onstage at the Civic Opera House, enjoying the fruit of Lyric Opera and The Second City's creative collaboration.
Other arts celebrities who attended opening weekend include:
• Renée Fleming, renowned diva and Lyric creative consultant, who conceived the partnership at a The Second City revue, when, by chance, a sketch featured one of her recordings.
• Zarin Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and former Ravinia president and CEO
• Ashley Wheater, artistic director of The Joffrey Ballet
• Cast members of The Book of Mormon, Broadway in Chicago's smash-hit at Bank of America Theatre
With cabaret-style seating and full table service onstage in the Ardis Krainik Theatre, every guest at The Guide feels like a celeb.
Pictured above: The Second City Guide to the Opera performer and writer Tim Sniffen (in red) keeps The Book of Mormon actors (l-r:) Ben Platt, Nic Rouleau, and Chris Shyer laughing backstage. (Photo: Magda Krance)
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Why are Chicago critics and audiences raving about Jeff Recommended The Second City Guide to the Opera?
The comedy:
• "[I]mprovisers and actors Joey Bland, Molly Brennan, Lili-Anne Brown, Beth Melewski, Timothy Sniffen and Tim Ryder...send up the tropes of their discipline with precision blackout sketches, traditional Second City-style songs and recurring bits like 'Dr. Opera,' featuring classic characters in therapy." – Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
• "One had the sense that some in the crowd were experiencing the manifestation of their wildest dreams: a chance to laugh, all night long, at a 'Ring Cycle' curtain announcement." – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
The music:
• Ryan Opera Center alumnus "tenor Bernard Holcomb['s]...comedic chops and 'let's put on a show!' enthusiasm are...infectious. Prominent Ryan alumna mezzo Lauren Curnow has joined the cast, and both singers...have solo musical turns. [T]he musical numbers are...quite touching and in the small setting, even poignant." – Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times
The onstage seating:
• "...[A] soprano's-eye view from the stage of [the Civic Opera House,] one of Chicago's most essential treasures, illuminated for the occasion. Sketch comedy never looked classier." – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
The spirit of collaboration and fun:
• "...[M]asterful in the way it rides the line between catering to Lyric regulars and opera newbies." – Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
• "The Guide has proven itself to be a superb idea...in both formats, breaking down barriers....[It's] sure to bring more first-timers to next season's series of eight major works in Lyric's 'Operaland' and give much amusement to that world's present inhabitants. Let's hope this becomes an annual enterprise with fresh material each year." – Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times
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"Right away I knew something was up at the Civic Opera House on January 5. The lights dimmed and the familiar, soothing British brogue of Lyric Opera principal conductor Sir Andrew Davis boomed its usual, prerecorded message prohibiting the use of cellphones in the Ardis Krainik Theatre. So far, so good. Then Davis announced that a vehicle with the license plate "FLEMING DIVA 1″ was blocking Wacker Drive. Wait, what? No, this was not opening night of La bohème or Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg or even the closing of Don Pasquale; this was The Second City Guide to the Opera, another exciting product of the fledgling Lyric Unlimited program.
"The revue of opera-based sketch comedy, improv and unlikely operatic musical interludes... sure seemed like a one-night event....However, Lyric and its audience found on that night...the special element of...two indefatigable cultural landmarks coming together. So, Lyric and Second City are teaming up once again this summer; this time for an entire month of performances."
– Johnny Oleksinski, Newcity Stage
Classical music critic Wynne Delacoma called the January 5th performance of The Second City Guide to the Opera "a resounding success," and an audience member shared online: "Absolutely outstanding! I have NEVER been to the opera . . . and yet I enjoyed every moment of this extremely creative, hilarious performance. BRAVO!!"
Escape to Operaland throughout the month of June! Laugh the night away onstage, Thursdays through Sundays in the Ardis Krainik Theatre.
Pictured: Ryan Opera Center mezzo-soprano J'nai Bridges and Second City actor Joey Bland in the January 5, 2013 performance of The Second City Guide to the Opera. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography)
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NASA study of Haiti quake yields surprising resultsOctober 14th, 2010 in Earth / Earth Sciences
Radar interferogram image from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS PALSAR), showing ground deformation from the Haiti earthquake in the city of Léogâne, west of Port-au-Prince. The color "fringes" show contours of the ground deformation caused by the earthquake. Each contour represents 11.8 centimeters (4.6 inches) of ground motion. Léogâne moved upward about 0.5 meters (20 inches) in the earthquake. These data are similar to what NASA's proposed Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI) mission will collect in the future. Image credit: NASA/JPL/JAXA/METI
(PhysOrg.com) -- The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip on multiple faults -- primarily a previously unknown, subsurface fault -- according to a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience.
In addition, because the earthquake did not involve slip near Earth's surface, the study suggests that it did not release all of the strain that has built up on faults in the area over the past two centuries, meaning that future surface-rupturing earthquakes in this region are likely.
Geophysicist Eric Fielding of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., along with lead author Gavin Hayes of the U.S. Geological Survey and other colleagues from USGS, the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, the University of Texas at Austin, and Nagoya University, Japan, used a combination of seismological observations, geologic field data and satellite geodetic measurements to analyze the earthquake source. Initially the Haiti earthquake was thought to be the consequence of movement along a single fault -- the Enriquillo -- that accommodates the motion between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates. But scientists in the field found no evidence of surface rupture on that fault.
The researchers found the pattern of surface deformation was dominated by movement on a previously unknown, subsurface thrust fault, named the Léogâne fault, which did not rupture the surface.
Fielding, who processed synthetic aperture radar interferometry data from a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite used in the study, said, "I was surprised when I saw the satellite data showed the Haiti earthquake must have ruptured a different fault than the major Enriquillo fault, which everybody expected was the source. Without the radar images, we might still be wondering what happened."
Fielding said NASA images acquired after the earthquake over the major fault zones of Hispaniola by the JPL-built Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) airborne instrument will give scientists much more detailed information should another large earthquake occur in the region in the future.
More information: To read the full study, visit: dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo977
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"NASA study of Haiti quake yields surprising results." October 14th, 2010. http://phys.org/news/2010-10-nasa-haiti-quake-yields-results.html


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While the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer and mass murder at an elementary school in Connecticut on the same day have triggered national debate about gun violence and the mental health safety net, one Memphian points to anonymous phone calls as a way to prevent future tragedies.
People who know about criminal acts, such as the alleged drug activity at the home were the Memphis officer was killed, or the mental instability of the gunman in Connecticut, should speak up, said Gale Jones Carson.
"We've got to reach out to social workers and to police, to whomever, because it may save a life," Carson said.
Her idea is familiar territory for Buddy Chapman, executive director of CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County and a former director of the Memphis Police Department.
"I think what she's saying is if we don't all get involved, we're never going to solve the problem and address the issues," Chapman said.
"Because the truth is that we can throw police and throw money and cars and guns and Blue Crush and everything else at the issue, but unless the community is involved, we only nibble at the edges," he said.
Carson, communications director for Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division and a member of the Democratic National Committee, made her plea last week during the announcement of a "We Bleed Blue" campaign she helped found. The campaign seeks to garner support for the four daughters of the Memphis officer killed Dec. 14, Martoiya Lang, 32, and for police.
"There's too much quiet, there's too much turning my head and don't want to get involved," Carson said later, also pointing to families that remain silent and teachers who ignore student bullying as examples of the problem. "I mean, we can save lives if we can just open our mouths."
"Stop snitching" campaigns that discourage cooperating with police, for example, are a critical issue in poor, segregated black communities, according to two West Virginia University professors who published a study in a 2010 issue of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
"The stigmatization of citizens who cooperate with police also prohibits residents from acting as capable guardians and watching out for one another," Rachel Woldoff and Karen Weiss wrote in an article about "stop snitchin" campaigns they said were inspired by Baltimore drug dealers with a 2004 DVD and fed by hip-hop music.
Chapman said that black residents of Memphis are overwhelmingly the victims of crime. That will continue, he said, "until the black community in Memphis says enough is enough and we're not going to make excuses for these people, we're not going to make excuses for why we're doing something."
Even so, Chapman said he thinks it's probably best for people in dangerous circumstances not to have police pull up to their homes to take a report. The SeniorBsafe hotline, (901) 528-0699, was launched about three years ago by CrimeStoppers to report a problem, anonymously if callers wish, without fear, he said.
Chapman said his opinion is that no one needs an assault rifle. There are too many guns on the streets, and in the cases of the slain Memphis officer, there are too many young men with guns who "load up in the morning to shoot anybody who is doing anything they don't like," he said.
In the cases of the gunman who killed 20 first-graders and six adults at the school in Connecticut, as well as a mass shooting in July that killed a dozen victims in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, the mental health issue is just as big as the gun issue, Chapman said.
Still, Carson said that people shouldn't be afraid of getting in other people's business when they know about potentially dangerous situations.
"People don't have to know who made the phone call," she said. "They need to call; they can save a life."
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It seems that 2*a(n) gives the degree of the minimal polynomial of (k_n)^2 where k_n is the n-th singular value, i.e., K(sqrt(1-k_n^2))/K(k_n)==sqrt(n) (and K is the elliptic integral of the first kind: K(x) := hypergeom([1/2,1/2],[1], x^2)).
Also, when setting K3(x)=hypergeom([1/3,2/3],[1], x^3) and solving for x such that K3((1-x^3)^(1/3))/K3(x)==sqrt(n), then the degree of the minimal polynomial of x^3 is every third term of this sequence, or so it seems. (End)
D. A. Buell, Binary Quadratic Forms. Springer-Verlag, NY, 1989, pages 19 and 231-234. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 28 2014
H. Cohen, Course in Computational Alg. No. Theory, Springer, 1993, p. 514.
Fell, Harriet; Newman, Morris; Ordman, Edward; Tables of genera of groups of linear fractional transformations. J. Res. Nat. Bur. Standards Sect. B 67B 1963 61-68.
D. Shanks, Generalized Euler and class numbers, Math. Comp. 21 (1967), 689-694; 22 (1968), 699.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
(MAGMA) O1 := MaximalOrder(QuadraticField(D)); _, f := IsSquare(D div Discriminant(O1)); ClassNumber(sub<O1|f>);
(PARI) {a(n) = qfbclassno(-4*n)}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 16 1999 */
See A014599 for discriminant -(4n-1).
A006643 is a subsequence.
Sequence in context: A198260 A029350 A166597 * A234398 A168208 A197081
Adjacent sequences: A000001 A000002 * A000004 A000005 A000006 A000007
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the second feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series, following 1979s Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The film is a sequel to the original TV series episode "Space Seed", with Ricardo Montalbán reprising his role as the genetically-engineered tyrant Khan. When Khan returns from a fifteen-year exile to enact revenge on his nemesis, James T. Kirk, the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise must stop Khan from acquiring a powerful but unstable terraforming device. The events of Wrath of Khan begin a story arc that concludes in the fourth feature film.
After the lackluster critical and commercial response to The Motion Picture, series creator Gene Roddenberry was forced out of the sequel's production. Executive producer Harve Bennett wrote the original outline for the film, which Jack B. Sowards developed into a full script. Nicholas Meyer was made director after writing a final script for the film in twelve days, without accepting a writing credit; Meyer's style would evoke the swashbuckling atmosphere of the original series, reinforced by James Horner's musical score. Production used various cost-cutting techniques such as using old miniatures from past movies. Among the technical achievements of the film is the first film sequence created entirely by computer graphics. The character of Spock was intended to be killed off permanently in the film, the only reason actor Leonard Nimoy reprised his role; negative audience reaction to the character's death led to significant revisions of the film's ending without Meyer's consent, allowing the possible return of the character in later movies.
Upon release, The Wrath of Khan was a box office success, earning over $70 million in the United States and setting a world record for first-day gross. Critical reaction to the film was positive, with reviewers highlighting Khan and the film's pacing as strong elements. Dissenting reviewers, such as the Washington Post, called the special effects outdated and the cast geriatric. The film is now considered one of the best films of the franchise, and is credited with bringing renewed interest in Star Trek.
Meanwhile, the USS Reliant is on a mission to search for a lifeless planet for testing of "Project Genesis", a device which reorganizes molecular matter in order to create hospitable worlds for colonization. Reliant officers Pavel Chekov and Clark Terrell beam to the surface of a possible candidate, Ceti Alpha VI, and are captured by Khan Noonien Singh. Khan and his fellow genetically-advanced supermen were once rulers on Earth in the late 20th century, but were exiled to space in a sleeper ship. After a foiled attempt to capture the Enterprise, Kirk exiled Khan and his followers to Ceti Alpha V to build a new civilization. Soon after being left by the Enterprise, Ceti Alpha VI exploded, destroying Ceti Alpha V's ecosystem and shifting its orbit. Khan blames Kirk for the deaths of his wife and followers and their harsh life, and plans to revenge his people. Using mind-controlling Ceti eels which crawl into the ears of their victims, Khan manipulates Chekov and Terrell and hijacks the Reliant.
The Enterprise embarks on a training voyage under the command of Captain Spock, while Kirk conducts an inspection. The Enterprise receives a message from Space Station Regula I, a remote science laboratory where Kirk's former lover, Dr. Carol Marcus, and son, Dr. David Marcus, have been developing the Genesis Device. Informing Starfleet Command of the situation, the Enterprise is ordered to investigate; since the ship is now on an active-duty mission, Kirk assumes command. En route, Khan attacks and cripples the Enterprise, killing many of the ship's trainees. A transmission between the two ships reveals Khan knows of the Genesis device; determined to stop Khan from gaining such a potent weapon, Kirk stalls for time and disables the Reliants defenses by use of a special prefix code and counterattacks. With his own ship badly damaged, Khan is forced to retreat.
The Enterprise makes its way to Regula I, where they find most of the Genesis team dead. The remaining scientists, including Carol and David, have hidden deep inside the planetoid of Regula itself. Using Chekov and Terrell as spies, Khan steals the Genesis Device. When Khan orders Terrell to kill Kirk, the eels' influence wanes; Terrell kills himself while Chekov overcomes the parasite's control. Kirk and Spock arrange a rendezvous in code, and upon boarding the Enterprise pilot the ship into the nearby Mutara nebula, which will interfere with both ships' defenses and weapons. Despite the advice of his lieutenants, Khan pursues.
Blinded by the nebula, both starships attempt to outmaneuver the other; Kirk uses Khan's inexperience in three-dimensional combat to critically disable the Reliant. Khan, mortally wounded, activates the Genesis Device, which will reorganize all the matter within the nebula—including the Enterprise. Though Kirk's crew detects the activation of the Genesis Device and begins to lumber away using impulse engines, with the warp drive damaged they will not be able to escape the nebula in time. Spock goes to Engineering to restore warp drive; when McCoy tries to prevent him from exposing himself to high levels of radiation, Spock disables the doctor and performs a mind meld, telling McCoy to "remember". Spock restores power, allowing the Enterprise to escape the explosion. Kirk arrives in Engineering just as Spock succumbs to radiation poisoning.
A space burial is held in the Enterprises torpedo room, and Spock's coffin is shot into orbit around the newly formed Genesis planet. Kirk and David make peace, and the crew leaves the planet reminiscing about Spock. In the final scene the coffin is seen to have soft-landed on the planet as Spock narrates Star Treks "Where no man has gone before" monologue.
After the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, executive producer Gene Roddenberry wrote his own sequel to the film, involving a plot he had presented before in which the crew of the Enterprise travel back through time to assassinate John F. Kennedy and set a corrupted time line right. This sequel was turned down by Paramount executives, who blamed the poor performance and inflated budget ($46 million) of the first movie on the constant rewrites demanded by Roddenberry and the movie's plodding pace. As a consequence, Roddenberry was ultimately removed from the production and according to Shatner, "kicked upstairs" to the ceremonial position of "executive consultant". Harve Bennett, a new Paramount television producer, was made producer for the next Star Trek film. According to Bennett, he was called in front of a group including Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner and asked if he thought he could make a better movie than The Motion Picture. When Bennett replied in the affirmative, Charles Bluhdorn asked, "Can you make it for less than forty-five-fucking-million-dollars?" Bennett replied that "Where I come from, I can make five movies for that."
Bennett realized he faced a serious challenge in developing the new Star Trek movie, including the fact that he had never seen the show. To compensate, Bennett watched all the original episodes. This immersion convinced Bennett that what the first movie lacked was a real villain; after seeing the episode "Space Seed", he decided that the character of Khan Noonien Singh was the perfect enemy for the film.
Bennett wrote his first film treatment in November 1980. In his version, titled Star Trek II: The War of the Generations, Kirk investigates a rebellion on a distant world and discovers that his son is the leader of the rebels. Khan is in fact the mastermind behind the plot, and Kirk and son join forces to defeat the tyrant. Bennett then hired Jack B. Sowards, an avid Star Trek fan, to turn his outline into a filmable script. Sowards wrote an initial script before a writer's strike in 1981. Sowards' draft, The Omega Syndrome, involved the theft of the Federation's ultimate weapon, called the "Omega system". Sowards was concerned that his weapon had nothing uplifting about it, so the art director Michael Minor suggested the device be turned into a terraforming tool instead; in recognition of the Biblical power of the weapon, Sowards renamed the "Omega system" to the "Genesis device". By April Sowards had produced another draft which moved Spock's death to later in the story and introduced a male character named 'Savik'. As preproduction of the film began in earnest, Samuel A. Peeples, writer of the Star Trek episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", was called in to offer his own script, but the resulting draft (which entirely omitted Khan) was judged insufficient. With deadlines looming for the special effects production to begin(which required detailed storyboards based on a finished script), director Nicholas Meyer and Bennett pooled the written drafts. Meyer contributed his own screenplay written in twelve days which he described as "'Hornblower' in outer space", utilizing nautical references and a swashbuckling feel. Despite Roddenberry's disagreements with Meyer's naval texture or Khan's Captain Ahab undertones (see Themes), production of the film began in fall 1981.
Meyer utilized camera and set tricks to spare the construction of large sets. For a scene taking place at Starfleet Academy, scenery was placed close to the camera to give the sense the set was larger than it really was using forced perspective. To give the illusion that the Enterprises elevators moved between decks, corridor pieces were wheeled around to change the hall configuration while the lift doors were closed.
Producer Robert Sallin wanted the uniforms from The Motion Picture changed, but did not want to discard the jumpsuits entirely for budgetary reasons. Dye tests of the fabric showed that the old uniforms took three colors well: a blue-gray, a gold, and a dark red. Costume designer Robert Fletcher decided to use the dark red due to the strong contrast it provided with the background to create The Wrath of Khans naval-inspired uniforms, which would be used in the films until 1994s Star Trek Generations. The first versions of the uniforms had stiff black collars, but Sallin suggests changing it to a turtleneck, using a form of vertical quilting called trapunto. By the time of The Wrath of Khans production, the machines and needles needed to produce trapunto were rare, and Fletcher was able to find only one needle for the wardrobe department. The crew was so worried about losing or breaking the needle that one of the department's workers took it home with him as a security measure, leading Fletcher think it had been stolen.
For Khan and his fellow supermen, Fletcher created a strong contrast with the highly organized Starfleet uniforms; his idea was that the exiles' costumes were made out of whatever they could find. "My intention with Khan was to express the fact that they had been marooned on that planet with no technical infrastructure, so they had to cannibalize from the spaceship whatever they used or wore. Therefore, I tried to make it look as if they had dressed themselves out of pieces of upholstery and electrical equipment that composed the ship," Fletcher said. Khan's costume was specially designed with an open chest to show Ricardo Montalbán's physique. Fletcher also designed smocks for the Regula I scientists and civilian clothes for Kirk and McCoy, designed to look practical and comfortable.
Spock's death was shot over three days; during that time, no visitors were allowed on set. The initial scripts called for Spock's death to have been early in the movie, but fan reaction led to the event's movement to the climax of the film. Shatner disagreed with the clear glass separation between Spock and Kirk during the death scene, instead wanting a translucent divider allowing viewers to only see Spock's silhouette; his complaint was overruled. During Spock's funeral sequence Meyer wanted the camera to track the torpedo that served as Spock's coffin as it was placed in a long trough and slid into the launcher. Initially the camera crew thought the entire set would have to be rebuilt in order to accommodate the shot, but Sallin suggested putting a dolly into the trough and controlling it from above with an offset arm. Scott plays \"Amazing Grace\" on the bagpipes during the scene, which was James Doohan's idea.
Spock's death was to remain irrevocable, but Nimoy had such a positive experience during filming that he asked if he could add a way for Spock to return in a later film. The \"remember\" sequence was initially filmed without Kelley's prior knowledge of what was going on. Test audiences at screenings of the film reacted badly to Spock's death and the film's ending (the tone of which was dark and final), so Bennett modified the ending. The scene of Spock's casket soft-landed on the planet and Nimoy's closing monologue were added to positive response; Meyer objected to the changes, but did not stand in the way of the modifications.
The battle in the nebula was a difficult sequence to accomplish without the aid of computer-generated models. The nebula was filmed first, using a saltwater and freshwater mixture inside a specially-lit cloud tank to generate the nebula. All the footage was shot at two frames per second to give the illusion of faster movement. Using matte work, the ships were physically stuck on a background plate to complete the shot. The destruction of the Reliants engine nacelle was created by superimposing shots of the engine blowing apart and explosions over the actual model. The Ceti eel shoots used several different models, which were overseen by Special Effects Supervisor Ken Ralston. Ralston had finished creature design for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and used a string tied to the eel in order to inch the model across the actors' faces before entering the ear canal. Footage which used a giant model of Koenig's ear was discarded from the theatrical release due to the visceral reaction it elicited in viewers.
Among ILM's technical achievements for The Wrath of Khan was cinema's first entirely computer-generated sequence, demonstrating the effects of the Genesis Device on a barren planet. The first concept the animators discussed was turning a rock into a flower, but after poor feedback the artists decided on a planet flyby. The programmers spent a significant amount of time and detail on the sixty-second sequence; one artist ensured that the stars visible in the background matched those visible from a real star light-years from Earth. The animators hoped it would serve as a "commercial" for the studio's talents.
This was going to be a story in which Spock died, so it was going to be a story about death, and it was only a short hop, skip, and a jump to realize that it was going to be about old age and friendship. I don't think that any of those other scripts were about old age, friendship, and death.In keeping with the theme of death and rebirth symbolized by Spock's sacrifice and the Genesis device, Meyer wanted to call the film The Undiscovered Country, in reference to Prince Hamlet's description of death in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, but the title was changed without the director's knowledge during editing. According to a Extrapolation article by Lane Roth, Spock is Kirk's doppelgänger, and Spock's sacrifice at the end of the film allows a spiritual rebirth of Kirk; after commenting earlier in the film that he feels old and worn out, Kirk states in the final scene of the film that "I feel young. Spock's death also forces Kirk to confront death, after continually cheating it throughout the movie. Sight and sound reinforce the themes of death and aging, as well as the promise of rebirth; Spock is the first character seen in the film and his voice is the last heard in the film, and his coffin follows the same trajectory towards the new planet as the Genesis device does in a video-lecture earlier in the film.
Meyer added elements to reinforce the aging of the characters. Kirk is unhappy about his birthday, compounded by McCoy's present of reading glasses for Kirk's eyes. The script for the film stated that by the events of the film Kirk was 49, but Shatner was unsure about being specific about Kirk's age. Harve Bennett remembers that Shatner was hesitant about portraying a middle-aged version of himself, and believed that with proper makeup he could continue playing a younger Kirk. Bennett convinced Shatner that he could age gracefully like Spencer Tracy; unbeknownst to the producer, Shatner had been the aide for Tracy years earlier in Judgment at Nuremberg, and was very fond of the actor. Meyer made sure to emphasize Kirk's parallel to Sherlock Holmes in that both characters waste away in the absence of their stimuli; new cases, in Holmes' case, and starship adventures in Kirk's.
Khan's pursuit of Kirk is central to the film's theme of vengeance, and the film purposefully heavily borrows elements from Herman Melville's Moby Dick. To make the parallels clear to viewers, Meyer added a visible copy of Moby Dick to Khan's dwelling. Kirk represents both the restless elements of Ishmael as well as serving as the titular white whale. Khan's blind pursuit of Kirk mirrors Captain Ahab's obsession with Moby Dick. Both pursue their quarry against the better judgement of their crew, and both end up killing themselves in an effort to take their foe with them. University of Northern Colorado professor Jane Wall Hinds argues that the themes of The Wrath of Khan clash with the optimistic and transcendentalist perspectives found in the shows such as The Original Series and The Next Generation. The themes of revenge as explored in Moby Dick would later heavily influence Star Trek: First Contact.
Critical response to The Wrath of Khan was positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "fresh" rating, with 92% of featured critics giving the film a favorable review; The Wrath of Khan is the highest rated Star Trek film on the site. After the lukewarm response to the first feature film, Trek fan response to The Wrath of Khan was highly positive, crediting the film's success as bringing renewed interest to the franchise. Entertainment Weekly went further, calling The Wrath of Khan "the film that, by most accounts, saved Star Trek as we know it.
A near-universal note of praise was for the film's pacing, which was much swifter than its predecessor and closer to the TV series. Janet Maslin of The New York Times also credited the film with a stronger story than The Motion Picture and stated the sequel was everything the first film should have been. Variety agreed that The Wrath of Khan was closer to the original spirit of Star Trek than its predecessor. Strong character interaction was cited as a strong feature of the film, as was Montalbán's portrayal of Khan.
Complaints about the film focused on what was seen as tepid battle sequences, and perceived melodrama. While many publications felt that Spock's death was dramatic and well-handled, The Washington Posts Gary Arnold stated Spock's death "feels like an unnecessary twist, and the filmmakers are obviously well-prepared to fudge in case the public demands another sequel." Negative reviews of the film also focused on the acting of the aged stars.
The film has had an impact on other movies. Meyer's rejected title for the film, The Undiscovered Country, would later be used for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, retaining the nautical influences. Director Bryan Singer has cited the film as an influence on X2, as well as his abandoned sequel to Superman Returns. The film is also a favorite of director J. J. Abrams, producer Damon Lindelof and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the creative crew of the relaunch film Star Trek.
Paramount released The Wrath of Khan on DVD in 2000; no special features were included on the disc. Montalbán drew hundreds of fans of the film to Universal City, California where he signed copies of the DVD to commemorate its release. In August 2002, the film was rereleased as a highly anticipated two-disc "Director's Edition" format. In addition to remastered picture quality and 5.1 Dolby surround sound, the second DVD contained extras including director commentary, cast interviews, storyboards and the theatrical trailer. The expanded cut of the film was given a Hollywood premiere before the release of the DVD. In a speech, Meyer spoke about directors' cuts of films, stating that he didn't believe they were necessarily better than the original but that the rerelease gave him a chance to add in elements which had been removed from the theatrical release by Paramount. The four hours of bonus content and expanded director's cut of the movie were favorably received.


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opinionBy Chuks Iloegbunam
The news from Enugu tingles the ear. Fourteen worshipers at a prayer crusade died in a stampede on Thursday morning. Many others sustained injuries. For sure, there have been other crusades that resulted in fatalities, notable among which are two by Reinhard Bonke, the German evangelist. In each case, poor crowd control was to blame. Wherever there is a throng, the only outcome of a stampede is the trampling and asphyxiation of the infirm, the very young and the old. This should mean the institution of proper standards of control whenever crowds aggregate, whether for a political rally, a rock concert or a prayer meeting.
Nonetheless, a different coloration has been introduced into the Enugu disaster. According to Rev (Professor) Obiora Ike, the Vicar General of the Enugu Diocese, and Rev Father Evans Offor, the Director of Catholic Communications, armed thugs who stormed the adoration site caused the stampede and the attendant loss of lives. The crucial question is this: Did the thugs in question act at the behest of the state government as the Catholic Church is reported to have charged? Governor Chimaroke Nnamani addressed the state on radio and television a day after the tragedy, saying his government did not sponsor the thugs. He set up a panel to probe the tragedy.
A comment is appropriate here because some background material will enable readers to anticipate the outcome of the inquiry with sharper focus. I was unaware of the existence of both Rev. Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka and Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani until 1999 when I returned to the country after a decade abroad. I mentioned one day that, during my years of "exile", it was always a great spiritual treat to have Rev (Professor) Emmanuel Ede of the Catholic Prayer Ministry (CPM) visit us from Elele, Rivers State. "You haven t seen anything yet", countered my cousin s wife, "wait until you meet Father Mbaka." Before long, I met Mbaka and have not regretted it. I will develop the theme shortly.
About Dr. Nnamani, my contacts with him emanated from my writing and my journalism. I have met the Governor inside Government Lodge, Enugu, on three distinct occasions, and written quite a bit on his administration.
Unlike Father Mbaka who will find it difficult putting a face to my name, Nnamani knows me very well. What then is the problem between the politician and the priest?
Let us return to Father Mbaka. But first, let me warn that nothing about me here profiles me as a pious Christian or a devout Catholic. I am just an ordinary man. Once I attended Mbaka s mass for the first time, it became my habit to do so whenever I found myself in Enugu. Even if he is celebrating morning mass, it is sung. It also became my practice to attend the Wednesday adoration whenever possible. As far as I am concerned, therefore, Father Mbaka is a true man of God. If he preached, it is with precision, and he displayed a thorough knowledge of the Bible. If he consecrated the Sacred Host and held it aloft singing praises to God, the congregation became electric, inducing many to speak in tongues. Each time the spirit moves me, I send a message of mass offering to him.
The Wednesday prayer vigil is organised by Father Mbaka s Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN). It has been going on for many years, starting well before the current democratic dispensation came into effect.
Who attends this vigil? The rich do, and the not so rich. But majority comes from the ranks of the poor, the sick, the childless and those who believe that they are victims of the diabolical. For them, it is a weekly pilgrimage. They contribute money, charter vehicles and head for Enugu from far-flung towns, villages and hamlets Catholics, non-Catholics, even non-Christians.
There are televangelists whose miracle cures are on the screen for those who wish to believe. Mbaka is not on television. But, as a matter of course, testimonies are given on healing received during his adoration programmes. His is always assisted by, at least, seven priests and even more Reverend Sisters, not to talk of prayer warriors, the choir and those who keep order. It invariably starts and ends with a High Mass; everything interspersed with special prayers, preaching and hymns.
The hymn is a strong Father Mbaka point. There are five albums to this young man s credit, containing 48 songs all of which he composed. The unique things about his songs are that they are each rendered in Igbo and English, and one song ends and another begins without a break in transmission. The reason I have provided all this information is to underline my puzzle. Why would anyone want to kill the priest? This question is not because I do not have a sense of history. We read that all of Christ s disciples, save one, was killed. In Latin America gunmen routinely shoot priests who oppose them, the classic example being the Archbishop who was shot after he offered the sacrifice of the Mass. Nine attempts were made on the life of Reverend Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide before he became Haitian President the first time around. Even Pope John Paul ll., was shot and nearly killed in St. Peter s Square by a Turkish gunman. I heard Father Mbaka say every so often that Governor Nnamani was after his life. The last time I heard this was during the adoration of the night of January 16/17, 2002. Mbaka said on that occasion that the would-be assassin met his nemesis just hours before he was to strike. I often tried to place a finger on all of this, and promised myself to find an auspicious occasion to raise the allegations with the governor.
Father Mbaka has been described as a vitriolic Nnamani critic. I would categorise him as a social critic for he also chastises non-politicians.
During the doctor s strike of last year, the priest was almost in tears as he condemned the doctors action. For him, it was sacrilegious, as nothing could justify leaving sick, poor folk unattended to by people who had taken the Hippocratic Oath. Mbaka criticises indolence. He prays for students to pass their exams, but he never ceases to warn them to be diligent in their studies. Talking about his criticism of people in power, I understand that it hit a crescendo while General Sani Abacha was at Aso Rock. I aver that, on many occasions, Father Mbaka took exception to Nnamani s policies. For instance, he has never hidden his displeasure at the thousands of civil servants sacked in Enugu State. Another example: I was at the funeral of Pa Ferguson Nnamani, the governor s father. Back at morning mass before leaving Enugu, Father Mbaka was indignant. He wanted to know whose money was deployed into constructing the structures at the funeral venue. He said that, assuming Pa Ferguson did not have a home of his own, he deserved nothing more than a three-bedroom flat before he was laid to rest. "What really mattered was to pray for the repose of his soul, not the extravagance."
Of course, not every pastor discusses politics. Nigeria has about 40 Catholic bishops. Apart from Dr. Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, the Archbishop of Lagos, how many of them ever said a thing about the way politicians are carrying on? There are thousands of pastors in the country. How many of them have spoken in the vein of Pastor Tunde Bakare? How many comment on national issues like Rev (Dr.) Mathew Hassan Kukah? It does not mean that they do not know what goes on, or that they are not articulate. It only underscores the fact that everybody has their own style and tools of fighting causes. Lawyers like Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Olisa Agbakoba fight it out in the courts. Musicians of the mould of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti use the force of their lyrics and rhythms. Writers like Achebe and Soyinka wield the pen. The pastor s armoured car is the pulpit. The point is that whether you are a lawyer, or a musician or a writer or whatever, democracy ought to guarantee that your just fight should not elicit execution.
From where I am standing, Father Mbaka s dominant message is that people should surrender themselves at the foot of Jesus cross, penitent and prayerful, asking for forgiveness and pleading for diving grace. My testament is that every argument in support of any form of violence already collapsed before it was posited. It will not serve any useful purpose if Father Mbaka came to harm from whatever source on account of his work. The man never incited disruption of the public order and he has done no violent action. These explain my pleasure that Governor Nnamani promptly set up a high-powered body to investigate and report on whatever happened at the Enugu adoration ground that cost 14 innocent lives. Once members of the panel remember that it was not 14 dogs that died, they should do a good job.


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How much wood does a commercial oven use?
Greetings to all,
A good friend of mine has been in the pizza business for 20 years. His lpg prices have been going through the roof in the last couple of years. I've been trying to talk him into going wood fired but he worries he will spend as much on wood as he does on lpg.
Does anyone have any figures on how many cords a month/year one might expect to burn?
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Hi nikkilad,
I have a 40" Pompeii and I use around a full builders barrow or split redgum to fir my oven. The other day, I fired it for 3 hours and it reached over 500˚C so had to let it cool a little before cooking the pizzas. The first one I put onto the hearth cooked in around a minute. My guests couldn't believe it so I cut it into pieces for tasting and then it was all going for broke to get their pizzas built and cooked.
With a reasonable fire still going inside, I can cook pizzas foe several hours but as the heat slowly escapes through the openning, the cooking time increases slightly.
You will need to let it cool considerably to cook bread and ideally scrape out the fire and coals. I tried to cook some spicey fruit buns at around 300˚C and they were done (well cooked through but scorched on the tops) in around 4 minutes. I was lucky that they had collapsed a little whilst waiting for the pizzas to be cooked, eaten and settled before I hit them with fresh buns.
I can normally get the oven up to pizzas temperature in around 1.5 to 2 hours but need to leave longer if you need a good soak (heat to penetrate well into the brick to extend your cooking times),
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Can WiMax make it in the U.S.?
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Cisco buying WiMax start-up for $330 millionOctober 23, 2007
Sprint Nextel, Clearwire plan nationwide WiMax networkJuly 19, 2007
Wireless industry gears up for WiMaxMarch 26, 2007
On Friday, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced that they had dissolved a deal signed in July to join forces and build a next-generation wireless network using WiMax technology. Together, the companies were supposed to share resources and the cost of deploying a new fourth-generation wireless network to reach about 100 million users in the next few years.
While the companies have said they are still committed to building their networks separately, the news throws into question whether they'll have the money or shareholder backing to actually get the networks built. And without a nationwide network in one of the largest markets in the world, the WiMax revolution could come to a standstill.
"There will be a fourth-generation wireless technology," said Craig Mathias, principal analyst with Farpoint Group. "But WiMax was never a slam dunk as the clear winner. As a technology, there is nothing wrong with using WiMax, but I think the market will evolve slowly over a long period of time."
Still, companies like Intel, which is a technology partner of Sprint's and a financial supporter of Clearwire, say they will continue to roll out new WiMax products as planned.
"We are still moving forward with our next-generation Centrino chips for notebooks and our silicon for ultramobile PCs," said Kari Aakre, a spokeswoman for Intel. "We're disappointed that the agreement didn't work out, but we are committed to continue working with each of them on their WiMax initiatives."
Like so many other technologies that have come before it, WiMax has become a victim of overhype. Many have described it as Wi-Fi on steroids because of the fast broadband transmission speeds it can deliver.
But unlike Wi-Fi, which transmits in a radius of 25 feet to 100 feet, WiMax signals can travel miles, making it more similar to cellular-phone technology. And because WiMax uses wider frequency channels than current 3G wireless technology, it uses wireless spectrum much more efficiently, which should help reduce the cost per bit of delivering data over its network.
It's this combination of features that has fueled the hype machine that has turned WiMax from just another wireless technology in a carrier's toolbox into the savior for the wireless Web.
While no one disputes that WiMax is a useful technology, the real question is which markets it's best suited for. For example, most wireless experts agree that WiMax is hugely useful in developing countries, where little to no wireless or traditional telephone infrastructure exists.
But it's unclear whether the technology can become a major player in a developed market like the U.S., where regular broadband is plentiful and cheap and 3G wireless networks already blanket most major metropolitan areas.
Cisco Systems, which threw its hat into the WiMax ring last month when it announced that it would buy WiMax equipment maker Navini, sees a much bigger opportunity for WiMax in emerging markets, such as Africa and Latin America.
"We bought Navini to build networks for the emerging markets," said Jeff Spagnola, vice president of worldwide service provider marketing for Cisco. "In most developed markets, WiMax will be used selectively. But the developing world is a Greenfield opportunity. They don't have the infrastructure to begin with, so it's much easier to provide coverage in those areas than to try to fit into some existing wireless model."
Intel and Motorola also see opportunity in the developing world. But Joe Nardone, general director of Intel's WiMax, team said that WiMax is also an attractive technology for mature markets, which will eventually need more capacity than 3G technology will be able to deliver.
"At some point the carriers will have to make a forklift upgrade to get to the next level," he said. "And WiMax provides the capacity and efficiencies that make it a good choice for their networks."
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- Technological barrier ?!?
- Is there really a technological barrier of are we just seing some propagada designed to protect the communication industry? I think a lot of people would prefer WIMAX not going omni present because it's going to force a lot of changes that could transform the communication mediums and their business models as we know them today.
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- Not all-or-nothing. There's a place for WiMax
- The most successful networks and network business models are typically those that can most flexibly deliver a mix of high value applications, content, and services. Voice is increasingly a commodity, and 3G voice network providers face the prospect of becoming "dumb pipes" with low profits. Certainly, providers in the most mature European markets are already seeing difficulty in replacing declining voice revenues and profits with premium data services on their networks. Service providers need WiMax because it is much better suited for these applications. In addition, WiMax's economics are much better for aggregating rural traffic and bringing broadband connectivity to many under-served regions in the US. The UDS market is big, and certainly not homogenous, requiring a mix of technologies and network designs.
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- Some minor errors in the story
- Hi,
there are a few minor errors in the story.
Mobile WiMAX was certified by ITU as a 3G technology (not 4G). Also Mobile WiMAX delivers peak data rates between 30 and 38Mbps (depending on how you configure the TDD asymmetrical properties). This does not qualify Mobile WiMAX as 4G (defined as peak data rates >100 Mbps).
The next evolution of 3G (HSPA) coming in the 2nd half of 2008 will deliver peak data rates of 28Mbps (almost the same as Mobile WiMAX) and after that peak data rates of 42Mbps (faster than Mobile WiMAX) in late 2009.
LTE will arrive in the market late 2009/early 2010 (not 2012) and deliver peak data rates up to 150Mbps.
UMB is a little later than LTE, arriving approx 1 year later.
Mobile WiMAX was always going to have a tough time in the markets where 3G has already been rolled out (except in some niche scenarios) and now it looks like it will have an even tougher time.
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- We should not worry to much over Sprint's fallback
- The media is viewing Wimax as being a ISP technology. I believe that Wimax will be adopted by businesses and consumers as well.
I think the media is overreacting to the Sprint's decision to call off it's Wimax alliance with Clearwire
Wimax is new and the so is the supply of new equipment. So this drives up the cost for new buyers of Wimax equipment. Carriers and businesses will adopt Wimax as they begin to realize the benefits and potential profits.
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- Technology shakedown
- It takes time until a technology gets attention.
Investors are shrewd enough to wait until a tilting point comes up. Some people like to believe data rate is the only way to measure new wireless technolgies, WiMAX, LTE, or UMB. But there are interoperability and adaptability that will be more missiion critical. Investors always want something visible, and for now, WiMAX does not have its flagship mobile equipment in the marketplace, which keeps wary investors blind to the bright future of mobile WiMAX. Every good investor doesn't have to a visionary but has to be an opportunist.
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- Woe to WiMax naysayers
- If it is a viable technology then why not pursue it. I will tell you why, because nobody wants to give up the already terribly intricate web of hotspots all over the place that users get screwed on. It is very difficult to go anywhere wirelessly. Can you be on the move and find a spot that is available through your carrier? Sure...but WHERE? It is a pain for anyone out in the field to find 'A' solution. You would have to spend, under the current "blanket" and average of $42 to $49 a day using daily log in plans or $60 to $100 a month to subscribe to multiple carrier plans for monthly access. What these companies need to do is regionalize their buy in into WiMax and engage in revenue sharing, but thatt is an impossible dream because nothing is for the greater good of the American people and its businesses anymore it is all about greed and who can be the next billionaire with a moon rocket in his backyard. What happened to the greater good? Just like Barron Hilton deciding to donate what would have been Paris' inheritance to a charitable group...WHY??? If Im that old and I am going to give that much money away ($1.5B) then I would get my butt out on the street and look and see where I could apply it where it would most benefit the people of this country. Anyways I am off-topic...my apologies...
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- Re: the article " Can WiMax make it in the U.S.?"
Those of us in rural areas without cable, or outside the distance limitation of DSL have only satellite technology to even come close to high-speed internet service. Has anyone in the WiMax industry bothered to do a market survey of those of us in these areas? I agree that the "big-city" folks have ample choices for their broadband needs, but the rest of us need some help.
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President Bush has had a tough foreign policy month, and his successor could find things even tougher.
Syrian leader Assad backed Russia's invasion of Georgia during talks with the Russian president about arms sales.
Russia came under mounting Western pressure to meet its own self-imposed Friday deadline for pulling its forces out of Georgia.
The conflict in Georgia raises fundamental questions that all nations need to take a stand on.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper allowed on Tuesday for the possibility of commercial natural gas deals with Russia being put at risk by Russia's military actions in [...]
The United States has yet to see any serious pullout of Russian forces from Georgia, U.S. officials said.
Russia says it is pulling out of Georgia as part of a ceasefire, but signs of this are lacking
U.S. Sec. of State Rice said she hopes Russian president Medvedev will finally withdraw Russian troops from Georgia.
Russia and Georgia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end their war, but Russian troops remained in many parts of the Black Sea state on Sunday and tensions ran high between [...]
U.S. President George W. Bush denounced Moscow's actions in Georgia as unacceptable.


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Did you know that according to South Carolina law, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has the authority to obtain and distribute medical marijuana?
That's as long as it's in line with federal law.
Now one House lawmaker says it's time for South Carolina to catch up with other states legalizing the drug.
Representative Todd Rutherford attempted to put an amendment addressing the drug in a controlled substances bill Wednesday afternoon. He say the state law addressing medical marijuana was passed back in 1980.
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Two overnight robberies in Wichita Falls are under investigation.
After a Wichita Falls motel is robbed overnight, investigators plan to review surveillance footage to find the suspect.
Store employees reported a robbery with a weapon at a Wichita Falls gas station off Seymour Highway Friday night.
Gregory Maurice Easter is charged with one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
Wichita Falls Police are investigating an attempted robbery at a convenience store in the downtown area.
Officers say the murder weapon was recovered Wednesday afternoon.
Police say a white male entered the Wichita Falls "Tuesday Morning" store with a gun Wednesday evening.
Police are looking for 19-year-old Michael Shay Graves, but they warn he may be armed and dangerous.
The robbery occurred at the Stripes convenience store in the 1000 block of Holliday St. on Dec. 17.
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