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To round off the week looking at digital ways to get organised, we return to an old App of the Day and firm favourite of quite a few people here: rememberthemilk.com.
What we like most about this is the way it slots into your existing digital life with minimal disruption.
You can email reminders, set them straight from Google apps, Outlook, Twitter, wherever, and now you can even just talk to it using Siri.
If you're an iPhone user who's fully embraced the "telling, not touching" revolution that Siri inspires, you're going to like that, and setting it up is dead simple.
For everyone else it's not exactly a hardship to set yourself reminders with the aforementioned integration, and the interface is fun, uncluttered and easy to use.
The only real downside to this is that you'll need to pay a few quid to get the best out of it with a pro account.
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Full-Time Employment Murderer (Hong Kong: English title) (literal English title)
Based on a book by Hong Kong filmmaker Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung, Fulltime Killer protagonist O is a hitman being challenged by new hotshot Tok. O has lived a life of seclusion as the number one hitman in Asia. The woman living at his contact address is captured after O foils a set-up by his boss. He then goes on the run whilst trying to fend off his adversary. The last part of the movie focuses on an Interpol detective's attempt to write the story of Tok and O.


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Interesting. The Mini's camera is useful after all. I just feel weird when taking a picture with an iPad.
How we shot 80 interviews in 4 days using an iPad mini, Vizzywig, and iOgrapher as our close-up camera!
Vizzywig was one of the sponsors of our #CESlive coverage, but I have nothing to do with the sponsorships around here, and I hadn't spent much time with the app before walking onto the stage. Now, having seen it in actions for several hours a day over the course of the week, both watching Geek Beat's John P. handling it, and handling it myself, I was blown away. With it, we shot all the close ups for all the interviews — almost 80 in total — over the course of just 4 days. Here's how!
i4software's Vizzywig does a few things very well. More importantly, it does them all in the same app. First, it shoots video. Point. Capture. Done. Second, it lets you edit that video. Take your shots, move and manipulate them until they're just exactly where and what you want, add transitions and titles, and you're good to share. If that sounds a lot like a combination of Apple's built-in Camara app and downloadable iMovie app, it's because that's pretty much exactly what it is, just with the convenience of an all-in-one. But it's only the beginning. The real magic of Vyzziwig is remote cameras. You can take up to 10 iOS — or Android! — devices, send them out, and the switch between them in real-time. It's not something we were able to use this time, but it's absolutely something we're looking at for the future.
The Vizzywig interface is big, and bold, and usable, but it'd be nice to see it get some iOS 7-style pixel love (especially that old-school disk save icon!). Also, at $30, Vizzywig may not be for everyone. However, it's certainly some of the best money any aspiring videographer can spend on mobile. As someone wants more incredibly powerful, incredibly sophisticated software on mobile, I love that it exists. And that it allowed us to do something we likely couldn't have done, and certainly not as easily, without it.
What was of most interest to most of us here at iMore and Mobile Nations was the speed of workflow Vizzywig enabled. I've long been envious of my MacBreak Weekly co-host, Alex Lindsay's ability to work as a one-man video crew at shows like CES and MacWorld. He captures, edits, and uploads video straight from his iPhone, straight from the show floor, with incredible turn-around time. Vizzywig is the first tool we've tested that might just be easy enough for us to do likewise. (Stay tuned for more on that.)
Our #CESlive setup also included an iPad mini — Vizzywig works on both iPhone and iPad — which ran straight into the live broadcast thanks to an HDMI-out cable. The iPad itself was in an iOgrapher case. While iPhoneography is far more common, and strangely accepted, than iPadography, it's not uncommon to see pro cameras and displays as big, if not bigger, than iPads in production. Sometimes you really need to see what you're shooting! However, those cameras typically also enjoy things like one or multiple shoe mounts for flashes, lights. boom mics, Wi-Fi mic receivers, and other components, and tripod mounts for the rig. That's where iOgrapher comes in. It not only gives you 3 shoes right on top and a mount below, it gives you big, easy to use handles on both sides, and a lens attachment so you can go wide-angle, telephoto, or fisheye and really up the iPad's shooting game.
Taken together, the setup feels like an example of what Apple's promoting with their what will your verse be? and I think a good one. If you're into video, let me know — how important are the iPhone or iPad to your workflow, and how important would you want them to be?
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How we shot 80 interviews in 4 days using an iPad mini, Vizzywig, and iOgrapher as our close-up camera!
Taking a video too. Forgot to add that.
The size of its display is useful. I wish the camera was as good as the one on the iPhone 5s, but even at 5mp, for 1080p video, with the extra lens attachments the iOgrapher allows, it was great to use.
Pretty amazing stuff. Do you guys foresee this as the removal of dedicated video/camera guys going forward (I'm guessing in the past the above would have required a team of folks)?
I don't think we'd remove anyone, as this simply improves workflow, it doesn't give you talent or an "eye". But I do think it could increase efficiency. For example, instead of having 2 or 3 people in each team, those same people could all go out individually and cover more and different stuff.
Being a television editor I was interested to see how Vizzywig worked.
But did you actually use Vizzywig to broadcast any live video, or were any segments that went to the site actually made using Vizzywig? (links please)
I only say this as I would love to see live switching and broadcast of video from an iPad.
When I watched the live feeds and interviews it looked like Vizzywig served only as the app open on the iPad; which you cut to via the HDMI cable output.
It looked like you were shooting the main part with another camera, and switching with actual video switching hardware.
Using Tricaster as they were a sponsor?
So apart from the demo (shown on a different iPad) you could have just as easily used the Apple camera app and displayed it out via the HDMI cable.
Maybe I missed the segments and stories shot and edited using Vizzywig.
All the stuff you see in the video at the top, and in all the CESlive videos, was taken out of Vizzywig via HDMI and broadcast live over Ustream.
Like I said, we only used it as the close-up cam for this, but after talking with John P and Alex Lindsay, and spending some time with it, we're going to use it for more stuff in the near future.
Likely to capture, edit, and upload remotely. (Not live.)
I think he just uses Camera.app but I'll ask him!
Amazing setup you got there for the iPad Mini. I've seen a lot of your videos from CES and it was pretty interesting to see your iPad Mini combo in action. It was very efficient in taking close up shots during interviews since it removes the delay that is usually present when a different person is the one doing the close up shots.
It was really cool to see the close ups of the different products.
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Dates: August 18 - 21, 2013
This August a few of our guides and friends are headed to the Kalmiopsis Wilderness to help clear some heavily overgrown hiking trails with the help of the Siskiyou Mountain Club. The Kalmiopsis has always been a special place to me, and after paddling the Chetco River across the Kalmiopsis last June I've felt a special connection with this wilderness area. On our Chetco trip last summer, we had to bushwhack 8 hours from Chetco Pass to Slide Creek. With the help of many volunteers (and hopefully you!), we'll get the trail that existed before the 2002 Biscuit Fire reopened.
Opening this route will help us access the Chetco for our proposed 5 day wilderness kayaking trips across the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. We've asked the Forest Service for permission to offer an inflatable kayaking trip on the most beautiful (in my humble opinion) river in Oregon. This route will also help the Siskiyou Mountain Club by providing a supply artery for their continued work on the trans-Kalmiopsis hiking route from Babyfoot Lake to Vulcan Lake.
We'll meet in Selma, Oregon on the morning of August 18th and drive to McCaleb Ranch on the Illinois River. Here we'll start the 5 mile drive up to Chetco Pass on an old Forest Service road. We'll leave our vehicles at Chetco Pass and hike down to an old gold mine along a creek to set up a base camp.
We'll get up early every morning to hike down and clear trail in the cooler part of the day. Our goal will be to clear the trail all the way to the Chetco River. Since this is a nationally designated wilderness area we'll only be able to use hand tools to remove logs and brush. We'll work the morning of August 21st and then head back to civilization.
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Visually the game looks stunning.In my opinion atmosphere can go a long way when it comes to the quality of a game. Even if its gameplay is nothing new, a solid story mixed with a unique art style and some creepy atmosphere can really carry a game. That's the case with the first episode (or Acts as the game calls it) of Kentucky Route Zero, a Kickstarter funded adventure game about the mysterious route zero on the Kentucky highway.I only bring up the whole Kickstarter thing because I feel like i...3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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I like the first two "Acts" of Kentucy Route Zero - I really do. I love the art-style, I love the writing, I love the etheral soundtrack with the occasional somber blue-grass track.But I just can't help but shake the feeling that it'll all end like Twin Peaks or Lost or anyone of a dozen "too-clever-by-half", "We're-stringing-you-along-with-the-promise-of-deeper-meaning-but-who-knows-if-we-actually-have-a-coherent-plot-or-if-we're-making-it-up-as-we-go", also known as the "Chris-Carter-Effect" ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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Kentucky Route Zero is an experience, not a game. When you see things that weren't there in the darkness, it doesn't terrify you. Maybe it scares you a little but why should it? It sends a chill up your spine that makes you think, hey, maybe the things you see once were there or still are here in some way.. But these things are not coming to hurt you. They're coming to say hello and then walk about their day. You don't mind. They're harmless. But you are chilled to the bone with an unexplained f...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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Kentucky Route Zero's visual splendour draws you in from its first scene to its last. As the opening title screen fades from black, the striking imagery revealing an abstract gas station doused in the setting sunlight cannot be overstated. As the orange hues disappear beyond the hilltops this moonlit tale begins in earnest; a mysterious and dream-like journey along a pastoral path deep in rural America. It's beautiful vector art style and traditional point-and-click trappings invite an audience,...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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One of the more frustrating points of dressmaking is trying to match a sewing thread to a particularly subtle tint, shade or line of dress material. Either one has to cart a selection of spools over to the nearest daylight, or try to remember whether the shop's light takes out the blue, the yellow or the red.
When is someone going to invent a machine, small enough and cheap enough to go in any haberdashery shop or department, into which one can feed one's specimen of material and get a wavelength, or other appropriate scientific mystery, which one can then match to a thread, which will of course have been given its appropriate mystery mark by the manufacturer?
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In a bid to sort out Uganda's messy bands subsector, Cabinet last week approved the Land policy with far-reaching implications.
For instance, the new policy, meant to provide a framework on how land will be managed and used in Uganda for the next 30 years, has called for an amendment to the Land Act, to restrict foreign nationals' interests in land. Whereas Section 40 (3) of the Land Act provides that a non-citizen shall not be granted a lease exceeding ninety-nine years, the approved policy proposes an amendment that will reduce the lease to only 49 years.
Former Chwa MP Livingstone Okello-Okello says it is intended to grant residual rights over land ownership to native Ugandans.
"Land is primarily for the citizens of Uganda; so, it is good for the citizens to enjoy more rights over land than the foreigners," he added.
The new policy will also see government introduce a new legal regime to regulate the booming real estate sector.
"We want to control and regulate this sector by introducing a system that limits the sector not to encroach on areas that should be utilized for other land usages like agriculture and industrial purposes," said Dennis Obbo, the ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development spokesperson.
Until recently, the real estate sector has been one of the fast-growing sectors in the economy but its sustainability would rest on a clearly formulated legal regime. Lands Minister Daudi Migereko adds that land -use rationalization will- also be achieved through frequent monitoring of land usage.
"A monitoring mechanism is provided for to ensure that those who acquire large pieces of land utilize them for productive purposes other than speculation." Migereko added that the new policy will also allow Ugandans to own land without any prescribed ceilings, through a well-regulated land market and a Land Information Management System.
However, Okello-Okello is opposed to unlimited land acreage ownership. "This talk about a free land market will not work because it is wrong not to have a ceiling on how much land one would own," he said.
"This capitalist approach was done in Brazil and you realize that it has rendered a very big portion of the population landless at the favour of ten per cent of the population that owns land."
No taxing idle land
Whereas the draft policy had initially proposed a tax on idle land as an incentive to put land to proper use, Cabinet rejected this.
"Cabinet did agree that as a way of putting land to proper use, the owners of idle land should just be sensitized on how their land can be utilized other than being taxed," Obbo said.
But others are unhappy about this.
"People with idle land must be compelled to put land to proper use because if we are to be soft, a lot of land will remain idle and unproductive yet it has a great impact on the socio-economic transformation," said Kiboga West MP Samuel Ssemugaba,
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Update 2: The Target Buy 2 get 1 Free Sale is now live! There are hundreds of qualifying titles from Call of Duty: Ghosts and Grand Theft Auto V to Battlefield 4, Madden 25, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, FIFA 14, and Batman: Arkham Origins, to name a few. The deals are spread across all platforms including next gen.
Update: It looks as though the leaked image is for Target's PS4 launch week discounts, not specifically its Black Friday deals.
More gaming deals leading up to Black Friday are starting to leak after GameStop's 12 page ad surfaced earlier this month with some serious gaming and console deals. It looks as though Target is next, users on Reddit have posted an image of its upcoming PS4 launch week flyer.
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You can check out the leaked Target ad below the fold. In the time of year when everything goes on sale, keep on eye on 9to5Toys over the coming weeks as we will be separating the not-so-hot discount prices from the actual good deals all month long leading up to Black Friday.
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This ad is now out as of 11.09.13 and shows PS4 games, but when you ad to the cart, you never get the discount of buy 2 get 1 free. Spent 1 hour online with Target, only to be told only certain games apply, yet front page of ad shows PS 4 games.. Appears only 1 PS4 game is eligible and it's sold out online and not available in stores.. Targets strikes out early in the bait and switch game..
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Angola and Brazil has material conditions to increment their commercial exchanges and focus in short term a particular attention on exportation and importation of goods.
This was said on Thursday in Luanda by the Brazilian outgoing ambassador to Angola, Ana Lucy Gentil Petersen, who considered important to increase the flow of mutual exchange of foodstuffs.
"Brazil is one of the major exporting countries of food. This is an angle in which Brazil should works closer with Angola, considered to be a highly productive country", said the ambassador at the end of an audience granted by the Angolan parliament speaker, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos.
Without disclosing the figures of the current commercial volume between the two countries, the diplomat considered pertinent the creation of conditions to boost the agricultural and educational cooperation between Angola and Brazil.
On the other hand, the ambassador said that Brazil and Angola have a lot of joint future projects, in consultation in the international bodies and the education sector deserves a special attention.
"Today we are prioritizing the question of education as strategic approximation. It is a project that Brazil is working with Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde and Sao Tome and Principe, which will better bring closer the cadres ", she said.
According to her, this programme is developed, in case of Angola, in partnership with the ministries of Education and Higher Education.


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Citations For RAF Holders Of The Victoria Cross Whose Names Are Associated With VC10 Aircraft
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Captain Albert Ball VC, DSO, MC, Royal Flying Corps
The Victoria Cross was awarded to Captain Ball for the most conspicuous and consistent bravery from 25 April-6 May 1917. During this period he took part in 26 combats in the air and destroyed 11 hostile aircraft, drove down 2 out of control and forced several others to land. On several occasions his own aircraft was badly damaged, once so seriously that but for the most delicate handling, the machine would have collapsed, as nearly all the control wires had been shot away. On returning with a damaged aircraft, he had always to be restrained from immediately returning to battle in another. Captain Ball destroyed a total of 43 German aircraft and one balloon and consistently displayed the most exceptional courage, skill and determination.
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Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell VC, Royal Air Force
Flying Officer Campbell was the Pilot of a Beaufort detailed to attack an enemy battle cruiser in Brest Harbour at first light on the morning of 6 April 1941. The aircraft did not return but it is now known that during the mission Campbell carried out a torpedo attack with the utmost daring. The battle cruiser was in a heavily defended harbour backed by high sloping ground so that even if the aircraft managed to penetrate the defences, it would be almost impossible, after delivering a low-level attack, to avoid crashing into the rising ground beyond. In spite of the odds against success, Flying Officer Campbell went cheerfully and resolutely about his task, running the gauntlet of the defences. Approaching his target almost at sea level, he passed anti-aircraft ships below mast height and skimmed over the harbour mole to launch his torpedo at point blank range. The battle cruiser was severely damaged below the water line and as a result, had to return to the dock which she had left only the previous day.
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Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC, Royal Air Force
The citation for Wg Cdr Cheshire noted: "In four years of fighting against the bitterest opposition he maintained a standard of outstanding personal achievement, his successful operations being the result of careful planning, brilliant execution and supreme contempt for danger – for example, on one occasion he flew his P-51 Mustang in slow 'figures of eight' above a target obscured by low cloud, to act as a bomb-aiming mark for his squadron. Cheshire displayed the courage and determination of an exceptional leader."
To read the full citation as published in the London Gazette of 5th September 1944 click the link below:
London Gazette supplement, September 1944
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Flying Officer Donald Garland VC and Sergeant Thomas Gray VC, Royal Air Force
Flying Officer Garland was the Pilot and Sergeant Gray was the Observer of the leading aircraft of a formation of 5 aircraft that attacked a bridge over the Albert Canal which had not been destroyed and was allowing the enemy to advance into Belgium. All the aircrews of the Squadron concerned volunteered for the operation and, after 5 crews had been selected by drawing lots, the attack was delivered at low altitude against this vital target. Orders were issued that this bridge was to be destroyed at all costs. As had been expected, exceptionally intense machine gun and anti aircraft fire were encountered. Moreover, the bridge area was heavily protected by enemy fighters. In spite of this, the formation successfully delivered a dive bombing attack from the lowest practicable altitude. British fighters in the vicinity reported that the target was obscured by the bombs bursting on it and near it. Only one of the 5 aircraft returned from this mission. The pilot of this aircraft report that besides being subject to extremely heavy anti-aircraft fire, through which they dived to attack the objective, our aircraft were also attacked by a large number of enemy fighters after they had released their bombs on the target. Much of the success of this vital operation must be attributed to the Formation Leader, Flying Officer Garland, and to the coolness and resource of Sergeant Gray, who in the most difficult conditions, navigated Flying Officer Garland's aircraft in such a manner that the whole formation was able successfully to attack the target in spite of subsequent heavy losses. Flying Officer Garland and Sergeant Gray did not return.
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Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, DSO, and Bar, Royal Air Force
Wing Commander Gibson is best remembered for the raid on the Moehne and Eder Dams. He personally made the initial attack on the Moehne Dam, descending to within a few feet of the water and taking the full brunt of the anti-aircraft defences. After he had completed his attack he then circled very low for 30 minutes, drawing the enemy fire on himself, so that the following aircraft would have an easier run into the Dam. When the attack on the Moehne was complete and the dam was breached, Wing Commander Gibson then led the remaining aircraft to the Eder Dam where once again, with complete disregard for his own safety, he repeated his tactics and once more drew on himself the enemy fire so that the attack could be successfully completed. Wing Commander Gibson was eventually killed on 19 September 1944 whilst flying a Mosquito on a raid against Rheydt. He crashed in Holland on the flight home.
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Major Lanoe Hawker VC, DSO, Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps
The award of the Victoria Cross was made to Major Lanoe Hawker for most conspicuous bravery and very great ability on 25 July 1915. When flying alone he attacked 3 German aeroplanes in succession. The first managed eventually to escape, the second was driven to the ground damaged, and the third, which he attacked at a height of about 10,000 feet, was driven to earth in British lines, the pilot and observer being killed. The personal bravery shown by this officer was of the very highest order, as the enemy's aircraft were armed with machine guns, and all carried a passenger as well as the pilot.
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Flight Lieutenant David Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC, Royal Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Lord was Pilot and Captain of a Dakota aircraft detailed to drop supplies to Arnhem on the afternoon of 19 September 1944. Our airborne troops had been surrounded and were being pressed into a small area defended by a large number of anti-aircraft guns. Aircrews were warned that intense opposition would be met over the dropping zone. To ensure accuracy they were ordered to fly at 900 feet when dropping their containers. While flying at 1,500 feet near Arnhem the starboard wing of Flight Lieutenant Lord's aircraft was twice hit by anti-aircraft fire. The starboard engine was set on fire. He would have been justified in leaving the mainstream of supply aircraft and continuing at the same height or even abandoning his aircraft. On learning that his crew were uninjured and that the dropping zone would be reached in 3 minutes he said he would complete his mission, as the troops were in dire need of supplies. By now the starboard engine was burning furiously. Flight Lieutenant Lord came down to 900 feet, where he was singled out for the concentrated fire of all the anti-aircraft guns. On reaching the dropping zone he kept the aircraft on a straight and level course while supplies were dropped. He then rejoined the stream of aircraft and made a second run to drop the remaining supplies. These manoeuvres took 8 minutes in all, the aircraft being continually under heavy anti-aircraft fire. His task completed , Flight Lieutenant Lord ordered his crew to abandon the Dakota, making no attempt himself to leave the aircraft which was down to 500 feet. A few seconds later, the starboard wing collapsed and the aircraft fell in flames. There was only one survivor, who was flung out while assisting other members of the crew to put on their parachutes. By continuing his mission in a damaged and burning aircraft, descending to drop the supplies accurately, returning to the dropping zone a second time and finally remaining at the controls to give his crew a change of escape, Flight Lieutenant Lord displayed supreme valour and self sacrifice.
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Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm VC, Royal Air Force
This officer commanded a squadron of light bombers in North Africa. Throughout his service in that theatre his leadership, skill and daring were of the highest order. On 17 November 1942, he was detailed to carry out a low-level formation attack on Bizerta airfield, taking advantage of cloud cover. Twenty miles from the target the sky became clear, but Wing Commander Malcolm carried on, knowing well the danger of proceeding without a fighter escort. Despite fierce opposition all bombs were dropped within the airfield perimeter. A Junkers 52 and a Messerschmidt 109 were shot down; many dispersed enemy aircraft were raked by machine-gun fire. Weather conditions became extremely unfavourable and as a result, 2 of his aircraft were lost by collision; another was forced down by enemy fighters. It was due to this officer's skilful and resolute leadership that the remaining aircraft returned safely to base. On 28 November 1942, he again led his squadron against Bizerta airfield which was bombed from a low altitude. The airfield on this occasion was heavily defended and intense and accurate anti aircraft fire was met. Nevertheless, after his squadron had released their bombs, Wing Commander Malcolm led them back again and again to attack the airfield with machine-gun fire. These were typical of every sortie undertaken by this gallant officer; each attack was pressed to an effective conclusion however difficult the task and however formidable the opposition. Finally, on 4 December 1942, Wing Commander Malcolm, having been detailed to give close support to the First Army received an urgent request to attack an enemy fighter airfield, near Clanigin. Wing Commander Malcolm knew that to attack such an objective without a fighter escort - which could not be arranged in the time available - would be to court almost certain disaster; but believing the attack to be necessary for the success of the Army's operations, his duty was clear. He decided to attack. He took off with his squadron and reached the target unmolested, but when he had successfully attacked it, his squadron was intercepted by an overwhelming force of enemy fighters. Wing Commander Malcolm fought back, controlling his hard-pressed squadron and attempting to maintain formation. One by one his aircraft were shot down until only his own aircraft remained. In the end he, too, was shot down in flames. Wing Commander Malcolm's last exploit was the finest example of the valour and unswerving devotion which he constantly displayed.
Personal Note: Hugh Malcolm was born at Dundee and in 1936 he became a cadet at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. At the time of the gallant action which cost him his life, he was 25 years old and a Wing Commander in command of a bomber squadron. His was the first Air Force Victoria Cross to be won in North Africa and the famous Malcolm Clubs opened at many RAF stations are named after him.
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Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO and 2 Bars, MC and Bar, Royal Flying Corps
The award of the Victoria Cross was made in recognition of bravery of the first order in aerial combat. On 17 June 1918, he attacked an Halberstadt machine near Armentieres and destroyed it from a height of 8,000 feet. On 7 July 1918, near Doulieu, he attacked and destroyed one Fokker (red-bodied) machine, which went vertically into the ground from a height of 1,500 feet. Shortly afterwards he descended to 1,000 feet and attacked another Fokker biplane, firing 60 rounds into it, which produced an immediate spin, resulting, it is believed, in a crash. On 14 July 1918, near Merville, he attacked and crashed a Fokker from 7,000 feet and brought an enemy 2-seater down damaged. On 19 July 1918, near Merville, he fired 80 rounds into an Albatross 2-seater, which went to the ground in flames. On 20 July 1918, east of La Bassee, he attacked and crashed an enemy 2-seater from a height of 10,000 feet. About an hour afterwards he attacked at 8,000 feet a Fokker biplane near Steenwercke and drove it down out of control, emitting smoke. On 22 July 1918, near Armentieres, he destroyed an enemy triplane from a height of 10,000 feet. This highly distinguished officer, during the whole of his career in the Royal Flying Corps was an outstanding example of fearless courage, remarkable skill, devotion to duty and self sacrifice, which has never been surpassed. The total number of machines definitely accounted for by Major Mannock up to the date of his death in France (26 July 1918) is 50.
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Major James McCudden VC, DSO, MC, MM, Royal Flying Corps
The award of the Victoria Cross to Major McCudden was for the most conspicuous bravery, exceptional perseverance, keenness and a very high devotion to duty. At the time of the award Major McCudden had accounted for the destruction of 54 enemy aeroplanes. Of this total, 42 had been definitely destroyed, 19 of them on the British side of the lines. Only 12 of the 54 were driven down out of control. The following examples are typical of Major McCudden's efforts. While leading a patrol on 23 December 1917 he attacked 8 enemy aircraft, personally shooting down 2 of them. Earlier that day and while flying on his own, he had attacked 4 enemy aircraft, shooting down 2 of them and driving the others back across the enemy lines. On 30 January 1918, and once again single handed he attacked 5 enemy aircraft, destroying 2 of them. The final paragraph of the citation in the London Gazette stated:
"This officer is considered, by the record which he has made by his fearlessness, and by the great service which he has rendered to his country, deserving the very highest award."
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Sergeant Thomas Mottershead VC, Royal Flying Corps
Sergeant Mottershead was awarded the Victoria Cross for the most conspicuous bravery, endurance and skill. When attacked at an altitude of 9,000 feet, the petrol tank in his aircraft was pierced and the machine caught fire. Enveloped in flames, which his observer was unable to control, Sergeant Mottershead succeeded in bringing his aeroplane back to British lines. Although he made a successful landing, the machine collapsed on touching the ground, pinning him beneath the wreckage from which he was subsequently rescued. Although suffering the most extreme pain from his burns, Sergeant Mottershead showed exceptional presence of mind in the careful selection of a landing place and his endurance and fortitude undoubtedly saved the life of his observer. Sergeant Mottershead eventually died as a result of his injuries.
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Flight Lieutenant James Nicolson VC, Royal Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Nicolson was Fighter Command's only VC in the Second World War. His decoration was awarded after an engagement with the enemy near Southampton on 16 August 1940, when his aircraft was hit by 4 cannon shells, 2 of which wounded him while another set fire to the gravity tank. When about to abandon his aircraft because of the flames in the cockpit, he sighted an enemy fighter. This he attacked and shot down, although as a result of staying with his aircraft he sustained serious burns to his hands, face and legs.
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Second Lieutenant Williams Rhodes-Moorhouse VC, Royal Flying Corps
Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse was awarded the Victoria Cross for the most conspicuous bravery on 26 April 1915, while flying to Courtrai and dropping bombs on the railway line near the station. At the start of his return journey he was seriously wounded, but succeeded in flying 35 miles to his destination, at a very low altitude, and reporting the successful completion of his mission. Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse later died of his wounds.
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Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf VC, Royal Air Force
On 9 December 1941 all the available aircraft at RAF Butterworth were ordered to make a daylight raid on the Japanese airfield at Signora in Thailand. The aircraft were on the point of taking off when the enemy attacked the airfield and with the exception of Squadron Leader Scarf's aircraft, which had already taken off, all the aircraft were either badly damaged or destroyed while still on the ground. Squadron Leader Scarf witnessed the destruction below and decided that he would continue the attack on his own. This he successfully did but the opposition over the target was severe and he was attacked by a considerable number of enemy fighters. Even though seriously wounded, he continued to engage the enemy in a running fight back to the Malaysian border in an attempt to return to Butterworth. However, because of the seriousness of his wounds he was unable to reach his destination and had to force-land at Alor Star on the way. Squadron Leader Scarf completed his forced-landing without causing any injury to his crew, but although he himself was admitted to hospital, Squadron Leader Scarf eventually died of his wounds.
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Flight Sergeant George Thompson VC, Royal Air Force
Flight Sergeant Thompson was the wireless operator of a Lancaster which attacked the Dortmund-Ems Canal on 1 January 1945. The aircraft had twice been hit by anti-aircraft shells; the first hit the mid-upper turret and set the aircraft on fire, filling it with dense smoke; the second shell struck the nose of the aircraft which caused an inrush of air, clearing away the smoke but revealing a scene of utter devastation Flight Sergeant Thompson immediately saw that the mid-upper gunner was trapped. Without a moment's hesitation he entered the blazing turret and pulled the unconscious gunner free. He carried him to safety and then with his bare hands extinguished the gunner's blazing clothing, sustaining serious burns in the process. Flight Sergeant Thompson then noticed that the rear gun turret was also on fire, and despite his injuries, made his way to the rear of the aircraft; once again ignoring his own safety, he entered the burning turret to rescue the unconscious rear gunner, and with his already badly burnt hands, extinguished the gunner's blazing clothing. Even though he was now almost completely exhausted, he made his way forward to the captain to report on the fate of the crew. So pitiful was his appearance that his captain failed to recognise him. Even so, Thompson's only concern was for his 2 comrades left in the rear of the aircraft. The aircraft eventually crash-landed near Heesch, The Netherlands. Flight Sergeant Thompson was admitted to hospital, where 3 weeks later, he died of his wounds.
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Long-term effects of MRSA
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What are the long-term effects of this infection? Can it cross the brain barrier?
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Reply #1 by kt
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I had mrsa in 2006, but i'm still feeling fatigue, headaches and very bad hip pain in both of them. Can this be a cause of MRSA? Also when i went to the hospital the MRSA was in my bloodstream. Please help me!! Thanks KT
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Nancy, I can't locate your discussion. Can you just click and paste it into a reply?
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Ryan, just for the record, this Nancy is not me.
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Reply #5 by Carlene
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MRSA most certainly can spread to the brain ! Carlene
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I had a 18 month long battle with MRSA and after 1 yr of Testing MRSA negative, I suffered from chronic fatigue, muscle pain and joint stiffness, chronic laryngitis(hardly no voice most of the time) and GERD,(severe acid reflux) Now, another 1 1/2 years later, I still suffer from reflux, but it is controlled with Zantac and MMS. I also use occasional chewable licorice tabs and oregano oil. I still have fatigue and joint pain, but it is tolerable and I chalk it up to approaching 55 yrs old. So I do alot of walking to avoid problems and keep myself moving. The worst thing you can do is quit being active and stop doing things, like walking. Walking is one of the simplest and easiest things you can do, and overall, and in time, it does make a huge difference in how you feel. LindaA
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Reply #7 by Brando Posted: May 6, 2011 at 15:51
I just was released from ICU for a MRSA infection! On Feb.25 I wrecked my quad head on into an oak tree at 65MPH.I went to the ER shortly after,thats when i caught MRSA frm the IV they used on me. the puncture holes just healed 3 days ago.The disease quicklie entered my skull through the virtibre that fractured in my neck,then right up the Brain stem.It had been eating at my brain for 2 months before i went back to the same ER cuz i was in exrusiating pain!They took a couple x-rays and said everything looks norm.Right before they released me the doctor squeesed that fractured virtibre re-fracturing it and releasing all of the flesh eating disease.Its been & days since the release and it has eatin at least 3/4s of all the muscle on the right side of my neck and torso! This is not something you want to {mess} with! make sure if theres any chance of having MRSA you get all the right test and medical treatment done~!!!
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My dad went to the hospital in Feb 2011 with stomach pains and a blockage he had surgery in march at which point got mrsa thought out his body,blood, lungs, urine, surgical procedure and pick line to which we were told he would die with in days with out treatment . he elected not to be treated .he's in a nursing home suffers from memory lose and can't walk and can't control bowel's at times, he said he cant see at time either and he's on o2. and the weird thing is the blood pressure med's and some of the other stuff he was on for yr. he is not on any more and no sign the doctor told me that the mrsa is colonize and they won't check or do test. to say thats ture. and in the nursing home they don't glove up or anything. I have tryed to let every one know because my dad surgical procedure never closed and it still has drainage.
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I had MRSA 4 years ago that I contact while working at the the VA. Since then have notice my muscle mass in arms and legs decrease in size. Also noticed dry skin not due to sun either. Have a tingling and numbness in hands and feet as well as mass headaches all day long. I have doctors who tell me that this has nothing to do with MRSA. After reading all these others who had this wonderful disease, I am now going to have to check with a specialist on this subject.
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My husband had a stroke in mid April. After 2 weeks in the hospital and 4 weeks at a rehab hospital we noticed pus coming from his head wound. The doctor's said it was a Staph Infection. Now (from papers) I see it is MRSA in the bone of his skull. They replaced his piece of skull with synthetic bone and have him on 8 weeks of Cefalazolin 2gm 3 times a day. I'm really scared after reading these posts that it won't go away, or that it will spread to his brain.


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Here's a preview of my newest book! In Happyloo:Flying Colors, Koolie, Tickle, and Meatsauce search for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. They end up finding a world that needs their help! The Happyloo book series is a visual vacation to a colorful land filled with adventures in friendship and discovery! Each graphic novel / picture book story is followed by Happyloo@Home, a section that helps readers learn fun facts and create cool crafts. It's all about inspiring imagination and creativity in the young readers. For ages 4 and up!
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports Tropical Storm Dennis has drifted a bit to the south and is weakening slowly. At 5 a.m. EDT today, Dennis was located 145 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
The storm's maximum sustained winds of near 60 mph. Dennis' tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center of the storm.
NHC forecasters expect Dennis to begin moving westward within the next 24 hours. In the current forecast, Dennis should make landfall near Wilmington, NC, during the day on Sunday as a tropical storm with winds near 60 mph.
A tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Lookout to Oregon Inlet, NC, including Pamlico Sound. Coastal flooding and beach erosion are the primary threats from Dennis. A heavy surf advisory remains in effect for the North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey shorelines.
There is little precipitation on land and little thunderstorm activity at sea associated with Dennis.
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KGHS girls' tennis team is undefeated and having a ball
What difference a year makes. After finishing fourth in the District last season, the Lady Foxes have returned stronger than ever. A new coach, a strong roster of talented players have all made a difference.
The King George High School girls' tennis program [5-0] is currently undefeated and having the best season in years. After defeating Spotsylvania, Eastern View, Chancellor, Caroline and Rappahannock, the Foxes are a legitimate threat to overtake notable District favorites such as Courtland, James Monroe and Chancellor for the title this season.
Captains and the teams' top seeds for this year are seniors' Clare Shippee [#1], Bethany Cobb [#2], Brooklyn Cobb [#3], and Molly Dibble [#4]. Also, Brook Little and Alyssa Williams are the teams' 4th and 5th seeds respectively.
As for double seeding, Brooke and Bethany Cobb are seeded number one, while Clare Shippee and Molly Dibble occupy the number two seed.
First year coach, and King George High School Physical Education teacher, Pamela Shea is excited about the team's potential and what effect it will have on upcoming talent. "These seniors are strong and they are tough girls," Shea said, "They fight for every point and they do have the skills to win the District."
Is the Foxes girls' tennis team the best in spring sports at their school presently? The answer will soon unfold as the season comes to an end. "Even when they play against formidable competition, they handle the pressure very well," Shea said.
2009 Lady Fox tennis team roster: Bethany Cobb, Brooklyn Cobb, Jamie Crowl, Molly Dibble, Chloe Dolan, Shelby Doyle, Erin Duncan, Carissa Fitchett, Lea Gray, Carly Hudson, Brooke Little, Katherine Koon, Clare Shippee, Alyssa Williams, [head coach] Pamela Shea.
Results of the match against James Monroe were not available due to press deadlines.
March 24
KG over Caroline, 7-2
Singles: Clare Shippee (KG) def Lindsey Anderson 8-1; Bethany Cobb (KG) def Gufran Jarrar 8-4; Brooklyn Cobb (KG) def Tiffany Wilkerson 8-4; Lyndsay Pigg (C) def Brooke Little (KG) 8-0; Alyssa Williams (KG) def Kelly Claiborne 8-2; Carley Hudson (KG) def Kiara Monroe 8-4.
Doubles: Bethany Cobb, Brooklyn Cobb (KG) def Lindsey Anderson, Gufran Jarrar 8-4; Clare Shippee, Molly Dibble (KG) def Tiffany Wilkerson, Lyndsay Pigg 8-0; Caroline/NA def Brooke Little, Alyssa Williams (KG) 8-2.
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KG over Rappahannock, 5-4
Singles: Jessica Bronner (R) def Clare Shippee 8-6; Bethany Cobb (KG) def Bergen Hubert 8-0; Brooklyn Cobb (KG) def Amber Weakley 8-5; Molly Dibble (KG) def Ashley King 8-5; Holly Bryant (R) def Carley Hudson(KG) 8-1; Jamie Crowl (KG) def Stephanie Vidra 8-3
Doubles: J. Bronner, B. Hubert (R) def Beth Cobb, Brook. Cobb 8-6; Clare Shippee, Molly Dibble (KG) def A. King A. Weakley 8-3; H. Bryant S. Vidra (R) def Brooke Little Alyssa Williams (KG) 8-3.
The Lady Foxes will travel to play Courtland, on Thursday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m. Results of the match versus James Monroe were not available due to press deadlines. Go Lady Foxes!
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R2BeerMe with its inventor, Cresa advisor Charlie Wolff. Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal
The UpTake: This beer-dispensing robot has created such a buzz in the office that one of this Portland real estate firm's tech clients is collaborating with its inventor on an upgraded version.
M eet R2BeerMe.
Which is to say, meet a remote-control beer dispensing robot that livens up real estate firm Cresa's Portland, Oregon office.
The quirky device was modeled on R2-D2, the resourceful droid who repeatedly helped save the galaxy in the Star Wars films.
R2BeerMe was invented by Charlie Wolff, a Cresa advisor with a knack for mechanics. It has filled Cresa's clients with such cheer that one of them – tech company Webtrends – has asked Wolff to collaborate on an upgraded version: A Dalek built to not to exterminate, but to inebriate.
Wolff said the mobile kegerator was inspired by social events with clients, when a cart holding drinks and snacks would be pushed around the office. While tinkering with a wheelchair chassis, he came up with the brainwave of making a less labor-intensive version.
"In a parallel universe, I had aspirations of building an RC lawn mower," he said. "Everyone has a garage project, right? So, I had put together a wheelchair base under radio control."
"At first I put a hand truck on the wheelchair and carried buckets of ice, a keg and snacks. Then I thought, why not put the kegerator right on top?"
"As we continue to utilize the kegerator, he evolves. He's turned into more of a robot – we dress him up for different holidays or occasions and sometimes he sports a camera, video interface, sound, and different mood lighting."
As a company that works with many startup clients, Cresa's high-tech shenanigans don't stop at robots. On Friday, the company flew a camera drone over its summer party in Lake Oswego. It has also installed a webcam to live stream the construction of client Jama Software's new 34,629-square-feet headquarters at 135 S.W. Taylor St. in Portland.
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By Gordon MacMillan, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 07 November 2012 11:00AM
What is currently the biggest thing in social media, to which you should really be paying attention? It is always a tough question to answer, even more so this week, in the wake of the US election campaign, in which social media and digital played such a central role.
Was it a decisive factor, though, and was this 'the Twitter election' at which we looked in depth in last week's issue of Marketing?
We could debate that one for a long time, for the life of the next Presidency even, but one thing is not debatable. Every now and again, a game-changing event comes along that makes you sit up and take notice.
Last year it was the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden, and how those events unfolded on Twitter.
This past week, it has been Superstorm Sandy, and how photo-sharing app Instagram's big citizen-journalism moment emerged not from the dusty streets of Arab cities, but the storm-lashed sidewalks of New York City.
Instagram was big before Sandy blew across the Caribbean and swept up toward the Eastern seaboard of the US. The app already had 100m members, having grown hugely since Facebook snapped it up for $1bn (£620m) in the spring - a figure that no longer seems so jaw-dropping.
Since Mark Zuckerberg pounced on it, Instagram has added more than 70m users, with its growth powered in part by its arrival on Android. Once it had launched its Android app in April, its user numbers quickly jumped by 10m, to 40m.
Many people who hadn't spent much time taking photos before began trying it out. It seems no exaggeration to say that something akin to rocket fuel has propelled that growth further as Instagram's users document the Superstorm.
The death of bin Laden was described as Twitter's 'CNN moment'; the arrival of Superstorm Sandy has been Instagram's equivalent. It has become the lens through which many of us have viewed the devastation. The numbers are impressive; in the first few days of the Superstorm alone, about 500,000 images were shared.
Instagram chief executive Kevin Systrom said that there were as many as 10 pictures being posted per second. We are already familiar with the Twitter language that has evolved to tell us how big an event is in terms of social media. During the Presidential election, records were broken for the number of tweets per minute, or TPMs; now it seems likely we will be talking of Instagrams per second or minute.
Before we get entirely carried away, however, it must be said that none of this would be possible without a lot of assistance from Twitter or Facebook. They are the platforms through which many of us have been viewing these images.
The elevation of Instagram this past week speaks to the lofty ambitions that Systrom has for this social network. He said recently that he doesn't want it to be a place simply for people to share images of their purchases, but one where serious news and meaningful glimpses into the lives of others are shared. Nor does he want it just to be about 'pretty filters and pretty photos', but rather 'more exploration and communication'.
That suggests growth potential, scope for experimentation, and opportunities for brands. Some have already used it with great success. There have been campaigns from bmibaby, shoe brand Aldo, Ford and Sony, among others.
Brands, then, should be looking ever-closer at Instagram, as it swells in size and significance and becomes a more essential part of the social-media landscape.
Gordon MacMillan is social-media editor at the Brand Republic Group and editor of The Wall blog @thewalluk. Follow him on Twitter: @gordonmacmillan.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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Damage found on Space Station
SpaceFlight Now reported that two astronauts have found damage to a space station. It was imbeaded into the story and was definatly not made out to be a big deal. The damage was found on the starboarb solar alpha rotary joint (SARJ), and the damage was observed last month as well.
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The second teaser for Star Trek: Renegades has been released.
Directed by Tim Russ, Star Trek: Renegades is the continuing story of Star Trek, set ten years after the return of the USS Voyager.
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The second teaser for Star Trek: Renegades has been released.
Directed by Tim Russ, Star Trek: Renegades is the continuing story of Star Trek, set ten years after the return of the USS Voyager.
Star Trek: Renegades, a new production aimed at bringing Star Trek back to television, has begun production on a professionally-produced television pilot.
The show, which will feature familiar Star Trek actors as well as newcomers to the Trek world, claims to be "bold, edgy and a little dark."
When playing the Vulcan Soval, Gary Graham took suggestions and had some of his own to offer regarding his role as the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth.
"I asked Rick Berman who the Vulcans are," said Graham. "I had gotten the role, so I had an inkling. But Rick told me — they aren't beings without emotion; on the contrary, they are so passionate, they realized they needed to learn how to suppress those emotions for their society to survive. That was my key to understanding Vulcans."
In a new monthly feature for TrekToday, fans can see just which conventions or shows will be featuring Star Trek actors who were regulars or guest stars on various Star Trek shows or movies.
There will be four conventions or shows in April and May that feature Trek actors of interest, including: Sci-Fi on the Rock, Hollywood Show, Vulcan, and Phoenix Comicon.
Actors from several Star Trek series and movies have been cast in new roles or are appearing in shows, movies or at conventions.
As reported by JoBlo, Zoe Saldana (Star Trek XI's Uhura) has joined the cast of The Losers, where she will play the sole female "loser," the cold-blooded killer Aisha. The Losers is about a Special Forces team, who have been set up and betrayed by their handler Max, and are out for revenge and to get their names off of a CIA death list. The Losers is based on the DC/Vertigo comic series which ran from 2003-2006.


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The Sony RX100 raises the bar when it comes to lab test results for compact cameras. Colour rendition is enormously accurate, while image noise is very well contained, even at very high ISO settings.
The Canon G15 and Fujifilm X20 are solid performers and come closest to matching the Sony's all-round image quality. The Nikon P7700, Olympus XZ-2 and Panasonic LX7 are less impressive in certain areas, as you can see from the benchmark results.
Super-slim yet power-packed and rich in features, the Sony RX100 makes the most of its oversized, 20.2MP image sensor to deliver sublime image quality, and is one jump ahead of the other compact cameras here.
It gives you almost everything you could want from a compact camera, although we're surprised by the lack of a hotshoe. The zoom range is the least powerful of all the cameras here but at least the Zeiss lens has sterling optical quality.
The Canon G15 is a notable improvement in Canon's venerable line of G-series cameras, combining a powerful set of features with a useful 5x zoom range. It gives very pleasing image quality in even the most demanding shooting conditions.
In contrast, the Fujifilm X20 in use seems a relatively minor improvement over the older Fuji X10 camera, despite its revamped image sensor and processor. High-sensitivity performance is disappointing. Surprisingly, the same applies to the Panasonic LX7, even though its image sensor resolution is a very conservative 10.1MP.
The Olympus XZ-2 has rather lacklustre image quality compared with most other cameras in the group, and this is borne out by both our lab tests and real-world shooting. It's a real shame, because handling is particularly good.
The Nikon P7700 is very good in some areas and has an impressive 7.1x zoom range but, ultimately, it's let down by slightly insipid image quality and poor autofocus performance. This is particularly evident in dull lighting conditions.


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'Fifty Shades of Grey' or 'Guardians of the Galaxy': Which will you go see on Aug. 1, 2014?
The ultimate choice sits before you, moviegoers of America: Will you go see "Guardians of the Galaxy" when it hits theaters, or "Fifty Shades of Grey"? Focus Features just revealed that "Fifty Shades" will go head-to-head with "Guardians" when it premieres on Aug. 1, 2014
"Guardians" and "Fifty Shades" might seem like they're on opposite ends of the Hollywood spectrum, but they're actually more similar than one would think. Though both properties are highly anticipated, they both represent uncharted territory for their studios. "Guardians of the Galaxy" is a CGI-heavy space epic featuring characters entirely new -- and untested -- to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then there's "Fifty Shades of Grey," which was a best-selling "mommy porn" novel that may or may not translate well on the big screen in all its BDSM glory.
Regardless of your interest level in these two projects, there's no denying that it will be interesting to see how they play out on the big screen. Will they be massive successes or total disasters? Will director Sam Taylor-Johnson play up "Fifty Shades'" hardcore sex scenes, or cater to a wider audience by toning them down? Just how will Marvel represent characters like Rocket Raccoon and Groot in "Guardians of the Galaxy" without them seeming like cartoons? Let's just say it's going to be hard to choose between the two now that Focus Features has announced "Fifty Shades of Grey" will be coming out on the same day as "Guardians."
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