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COLDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Deputies have arrested an Amerhcat man for allegedly assaulting a child.
The Erie County Sheriff's Office has charged 19-year-old Deion Hopkins with third degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The incident happened a year ago on State Street in Colden. The identity and age of the victim were not released.
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Schenectady Police Chief Mark Chaires is adding a fourth assistant chief's position and promoting a lieutenant as part of a reorganization of the police department's top management.
Chaires cited the leadership and dedication of both men as he announced the promotions of lieutenants Patrick Leguire and Stephen F. La Vare.
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MOSCOW, June 20 DPA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro on July 13, the Kremlin confirmed on Friday.
Putin will be at the match because Russia will host the next World Cup in 2018, his foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
After the game, Putin will take part in the closing ceremony, during which Brazil symbolically hands over its host nation status to Russia.
The Russian president is expected to stay in Brazil for a couple of days.
The Kremlin earlier confirmed he would participate in the July 15 BRICS summit of emerging economies, which will be held in the north Brazilian coastal city of Fortaleza.
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The popularity of the FHA mortgage for home buyers following the economic downturn of 2008 increased heavily in 2009, and peaked in 2010 before decreasing two straight years in terms of overall market share of all types of purchase home loans. Regardless of the recent decline in FHA mortgage popularity, FHA mortgages remain a staple in many housing markets across the United States. For Louisville home buyers, the FHA mortgage continues to fund a substantial percentage of Louisville home buyers as they go to buy Louisville homes. FHA loans are for primary residence purchases and refinances.
Since the demise of most 100% financing options following the economic collapse of 2008, FHA mortgages have become the choice of home buyers with little cash and little credit. Home buyers can get an FHA mortgage with as little as 3.5% down. FHA mortgage rates continue to compete with, if not, beat those of Conventional financing. Conventional financing typically requires more of a down payment (5% & up).
In April of 2013 and again in June of 2013, FHA mortgage loans will undergo changes that will impact home buyers for years to come. On April 1, 2013, The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will enact a change to the annual mortgage insurance premium that will increase it by .1% which equates to a difference of about $10 per month more for a home purchased for $115,000. That isn't awful in terms of increased costs to consumers, but the June change is rather large.
On June 3, 2013, FHA mortgage insurance will no longer be waived after five years with the loan and a 20% equity position. Instead of falling off after five years or proving a 20% equity position, the FHA mortgage insurance will be for the life of the loan. This means that most home owners will want to either sell their home sooner than they may have prior to this change, or certainly refinanance into a Conventional loan should they desire to remain in the home longer.
The main thing current Louisville home buyers and home buyers in general need to know about these changes is that in order to avoid these consequences, home buyers need to have a signed purchase agreement in processing with their mortgage loan professional prior to these dates. In the case of the April 1 deadline, many mortgage pros are advising potential buyers to put a contract on a home by March 25 due to high volume and potential underwriting delays.
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So down comes word that the A's will announce their plan to buy land in Fremont and move to a new ballpark there.
SFGate did an informal survey about a move a few years ago, and a surprising percentage of our regular posters — around 40 percent — said they would no longer root for the A's if they moved outside of the city of Oakland. That's still the dominant point of view on superfan Lil Bartholo's Oakland A's Fan Coalition website.
I'm sorry that Oakland will be losing the team, but this sounds great to me. The A's future in the Bay Area will be assured, and all the corporate support in Silicon Valley (just look at how well the Sharks do) means they should be able to compete effectively.
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I always say that everything's about taxes. The current legal wrangling about gay marriage proves it once again.
More than 200 companies have signed onto a brief filed with the Supreme Court saying that the Defense of Marriage Act has become an administrative hassle, forces them to discriminate against different classes of married employees, and should be overturned so that same-sex couples receive federal recognition.
I've written previously about United States v. Windsor, which the Court is likely to hear in March. Ms Windsor was married to Thea Spyer and inherited Spyer's property in 2009, but also was hit with a large estate tax bill that would not have been assessed if She had be a He. Companies including Apple, Nike, Starbucks, Marriott International and Walt Disney, filed in support of Ms Windsor's case.
As Erik Eckholm wrote in The New York Times in summarizing the brief's argument, "Treating heterosexual and same-sex married employees differently under federal law, the brief said, imposed high administrative costs as companies maintained dual systems of tax withholding and payroll. It results in extra tax burdens for both companies and employees with health plans, and can affect payments including retirement, pension and life insurance as well as having a bad effect on morale."


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Wednesday, 12 March 2014
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Happy birthday to your son! Those cupcakes look amaaaaaazing!ReplyDelete
You're right - you'll definitely get there with your scenes. Sometimes you've just got to get it all out before you can start arranging it properly.
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I'll be sure to pass along your birthday wishes to him! And the cupcakes were delicious. It's become a birthday tradition for us to buy them from Cupcake Conspiracy, a local peanut-free business.Delete
You know what's funny? A little while after posting this, the answer totally hit me right in the face, and it was so obvious I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. I'm sure this won't be the last time in this ms that happens!
Hope you have a great week too!
Alienated another book i want to read too.... But its not in kindle yet :( And i love star-crossed it's actually way better than I thought it would be. I am really getting into it now.ReplyDelete
Hang in their with the revisions. It's hard going but you will get there. A writing weekend over skype sounds great :)
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At first I wasn't sure if I connected to the voice in ALIENATED, but it grew on me as I read. It started off more on the humorous, sarcastic side but eventually got into some more serious issues and that's when I started to like it. Hope you enjoy it as well when it comes out on Kindle.Delete
And I think I figured out my revision issue, so I should be trucking along again. :)
Alienated sounds like a fun read, I'll have to add it to my ever-growing TBR pile!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your revisions!Replies
ALIENATED was funny, but it also had some serious aspects to it and the stakes definitely grew as the book went on. Thanks for wishing me luck on my revisions!Delete
Yay for writing retreats!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm looking forward to it. :)Delete
Happy birthday to your son! Thor 2(Loki 2 I call it) and amazing cupcakes are a great way to celebrate. Have a great time Skype-retreating with Jaime. Get tons done! I know, world building scenes are tricky. It can be that you can sneak the info in somewhere else. Have a great week!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, Loki is always a huge highlight. That Tom Hiddleston smile gets me every time. The cupcakes have become a birthday tradition in our house, which I love because it means I don't have to bake a cake. I think I've figured out my revision issue now, so I should be moving along at a better pace again soon. Hope you have a great week too!Delete
A Skype writing retreat sounds fun! Revisions can be really tricky, especially when it comes to big-picture decisions. Good luck with it! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm really looking forward to it. Jaime and I thought it would be a fun motivator. And yeah, revisions are super tricky, but fortunately I enjoy this part of the process, messy though it is. Thanks for wishing me luck!Delete
FourthBorn turns 14 this summer, so I know the feeling, Erin. When four out of your six children are over the age of 13, you get to feel old and wonder where the time went. *sigh* Anyway, it sounds like you had a great time celebrating your son's birthday. Guinness cup cakes? Now that I have to try!ReplyDelete
I'm sure you and Jaime will have a really productive and fun time with that Skype retreat. All the best with your writing efforts this week. :)Replies
It goes by way too quickly, doesn't it? Fourteen is a great age though, so despite my feeling old, I'm enjoying where he's at. And if you ever get the chance, make sure you sample some Guinness cupcakes. These weren't quite as strong in flavour as we would have liked, so there was talk of us trying to bake some of our own.Delete
Hopefully Jaime and I will stick to our plan for our writing retreat. We tend to be chatty and get off track. :D
LOVE the new buttons, and those cupcakes look amazing! So cool that you and Jaime are planning a Skype retreat -- such a fantastic idea. I hope you two get tons done! Have a wonderful week, lady!ReplyDeleteReplies
Aren't they cute? Jaime does such a great job on them. The cupcakes were delicious. They've become a birthday tradition in our house, which means I don't have to bake a cake and we all get to pick out which flavours we want. I'm really looking forward to our writing retreat. Jaime and I thought it would be a fun motivator. I'm hoping we get lots done too. It'll be a challenge to stick to our plan instead of going off on chatty rabbit trails! Have a wonderful week yourself! :)Delete
Happy birthday to your son! And yay for getting stitches out!ReplyDelete
Once again I'm jealous I don't have a sister (just don't tell my brothers that) - enjoy your Skype writing retreat :)Replies
I'll pass along your birthday wishes to him. And as far as my stitches go, I'm relieved to have them out. I've now graduated to somewhat crunchy foods again. :DDelete
I consider myself very lucky to have an awesome sister and that she's a writer too. I'm sure we'll have a blast and hopefully get some solid work done on our retreat.
Congrats on getting your stitches out!!! Now you can actually enjoy cupcakes...ones that don't come through a straw. ;) And happy birthday to your son. 14 is Epic. (And you're soooo NOT old)ReplyDelete
Good luck with your revisions! It's always tough to decide what to keep and what to cut.
Hope you have an amazing week! Go enjoy all those things (esp. tasty beers) that you couldn't have before :)Replies
Thanks! My mouth feels a lot better, so I can now eat somewhat crunchy foods. And seeing as I'm done with painkillers and antibiotics, I can enjoy some craft brews again. Yum. I'll be sure to pass your birthday wishes along to my son. He may be fourteen but sometimes he acts older than I do lol.Delete
I think I figured out my revision issue, so that's a good thing, especially since it means I get to keep the scene. Love it when that happens.
Have an amazing week yourself! :)
Good luck with your revisions! Glad you've got your stitches out, I bet you feel better for it. Enjoy your writing retreat!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! The revision issue has been resolved (I think), so I'm happy about that. And yep, my mouth is feeling way better now. I'm sure Jaime and I will have loads of fun with our writing retreat, and hopefully we'll get lots of work done too. :)Delete
I'm actually really into Star-Crossed (which I didn't think I would be) so I'll have to check out Alienated.ReplyDelete
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I thought the latest episode did a good job of setting up the supporting characters' story lines, so hopefully that spells out good things for the plot. If you decide to read ALIENATED I hope you enjoy it too. And thanks for wishing me luck with my revisions. It's been a slower start this time around, but I'll get there!Delete
Congratulations on having your stitches removed. It always feels so much better when stitches are gone, though the incision site may still itch or feel sore.ReplyDelete
A Skype retreat sounds really fun. I wish I had someone to discuss writing with like that.Replies
Thanks! The stitches were super annoying and that's almost worse than having titanium drilled into your jaw. I'm so glad they're gone now.Delete
Skyping with my sister has become an indispensable part of my writing process. I'm very lucky!
I've watching Star-Crossed and really liking it :)ReplyDelete
A writing-retreat with your sister?! That's so cool! I hope you guys can set that up soon.
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Star-Crossed takes place a little further in the future than I was expecting, which I think is cool. The last episode did a good job of setting up some of the secondary characters' story lines, so I'm looking forward to where they might go with those.Delete
Jaime and I thought a writing retreat would be a fun motivator. We gab on Skype all the time, so why not be productive about it, right? Hope you have a great day too!
Your Skype writing date sounds really fun!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm looking forward to it a lot. I know it'll be fun and hopefully a good motivator too!Delete
I'm very much looking forward to our Skype writing retreat. I'm hoping it will help me really dig into WoN and get my writing legs underneath me again. That's too bad that you're having a tough time with that particular scene. Any way I can help you out with it, just let me know. You can always bounce stuff off of me...especially now since I'm a bit bouncier than I'd like. ;-)ReplyDelete
I have serious cupcake envy right now, but the last thing I need is a cupcake. (see above) Still, I could really go for a Cupcake Conspiracy cupcake. Or ten.
Though I didn't like ALIENATED as much as you did, I'm still eager to find out what happens next, so I'll most likely read INVADED when it's out. We'll have to figure out when we want our writing retreat. I'm game whenever you are!Replies
Me too! I think we could both use the motivation to get a nice chunk done on our WIPs. The particular scene that was giving me problems has now been resolved. At least I think it has. The answer suddenly hit me not long after posting this. Basically, I'm changing the reason why the characters are in the particular setting they're in, but seeing as they still get to visit that setting, that means I get to keep the world-building. I'll explain more some time soon.Delete
The cupcakes were yummy, but the Guinness ones could've used a tad more beer. Trev & I might try making our own version sometime. I'm glad we started the tradition of buying cupcakes from Cupcake Conspiracy because it saves me the hassle of baking a cake. Plus, it gives us a reason to support an awesome peanut-free business.
I'm hoping Melissa Landers ups the sci-fi angle in INVADED. Judging by the way ALIENATED ended, I think that's a possibility. As for our writing retreat, next week sometime would probably work best. I'm excited! :)
Mmm, cupcakes! I'll be making some chocolate chip banana ones soon for my son's bday(he'll be 2). Hope you and Jamie have some fun sistah/writing time together!ReplyDeleteReplies
I love banana chocolate chip! I bet your son will gobble those down if he's anything like me lol. I'm sure Jaime and I will have a blast with our little retreat. We chat on Skype all the time, but hopefully we'll actually get some work done!Delete
Hi, Erin! Those cupcakes look soooo delicious. Too bad they can't be shared over Skype! :)ReplyDelete
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They were very tasty! We polished them off already, but I could use a few more right about now! :)Delete
Wow those cupcakes - yum! Happy Birthday to your son, it sounds like he had a great day.ReplyDelete
That's so fun that you guys are having a writing retreat. I hope you get loads of words written.Replies
The butter cream icing was so much better than a picture can get across. It's a birthday tradition I'm very glad we started. I'll pass along you birthday wishes to my son. He had an awesome day. :)Delete
I'm hoping Jaime and I get lots done on our little retreat too. We have a tendency to go off on rabbit trails, but we're going to try and be disciplined! :)
Holy cow, I just realized you and Jaime were sisters! SO COOL!!! What would we do without awesome things like Skype and the internet?ReplyDelete
And that sounds like a fun party--today is my son's birthday. He's turning four. :)
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Ha, I love how people are still just figuring out that Jaime and I are related! And yes, it's very cool having a sister who's also a writer. Instant critique partner! It's funny because we rarely talk on the phone anymore. Skype and Google Hangouts make it more like we're actually visiting, so we've grown to prefer that.Delete
Happy birthday to your son too! Four is a fun age! :)
Those cupcakes looks good. Good luck with your revisions! Have fun with your Skype writing retreat!!ReplyDeleteReplies
They were very tasty! Even more so because I didn't have to bake them lol. Thanks for wishing me luck. I solved my revision issue so that's a good start. :)Delete
I really, really want a cupcake now! They look amazing! Good luck on the revisions. That's what I've been working on this week too.ReplyDeleteReplies
There are few things more fun to eat than cupcakes. These were especially good--lots of butter cream icing! Too bad I didn't have a bunch more of them to fuel my revisions. Good luck with your revising this week too!Delete
Guiness cupcakes!?! That is the most awesome thing of the day! You win.ReplyDeleteReplies
They were tasty, although we expected the Guinness flavour to be stronger. The hubby and I decided we should try to make our own and add more beer to the recipe. :)Delete
That sounds like an amazing birthday! Guiness cupcakes? Yuuuuummmmm. And Chinese food and Thor 2? Even better. Hope you're feeling better now that you have your stitches out and have an awesome writer retreat with your sister! I took one recently (sorta) where I went to the AWP conference in Seattle then took a few days to focus on writing (and visit a few friends) in Portland. It felt great :)ReplyDeleteReplies
He had a very fun birthday, and I ate way too much. I'm feeling much better now, thanks! I'm glad to be able to eat normal food again, as you can tell from all the birthday food details I gave lol. I'm looking forward to my writing retreat with Jaime. Hopefully we'll get lots accomplished! A writers retreat in Seattle sounds awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed that. :)Delete
I hope you love Ignite Me! I was so happy with it. If only I could have an ounce of Tahereh Mafi's writing talent ...ReplyDelete
A writing retreat sounds lovely. I hope y'all can make it happen soon!


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Health and school officials alerted families at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac on Friday that a student had been diagnosed with a form of meningitis, saying there was little risk to students but that parents should be aware of the presence of the contagious disease.
In a letter sent home with students, officials said the student was recently found to have meningococcal disease, caused by a bacteria, and was improving.
Those who had close contact with the student — sharing soda bottles or kissing, as examples — are being treated with prophylactic antibiotics, said county health spokeswoman Mary Anderson. "It's not usually spread by casual contact," she said.
In the letter, officials emphasized that routine classroom and school contact does not usually pose a risk and that meningitis infection is mostly spread through saliva, mucous or droplets from the nose and throat.
Parents were being warned "in an abundance of caution," the letter said. Symptoms of infection include chills, high fever, vomiting, headache, stiff neck and rash.
If students develop such conditions before May 13, the letter said, parents should immediately consult a doctor. If left untreated, the disease can be serious and sometimes fatal, according to a state health fact sheet.
"There's a very low risk of transmittal," said schools spokesman Dana Tofig. "But if students exhibit any other symptoms, they should call their doctor or the Department of Health as quickly as possible."


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Android The Victor As Smartphone Sales Soar
According to new numbers coming out of ABI Research today, approximately 302 million smartphones shipped last year worldwide, with sales up 71% in 2010 when compared to 2009.
The figures also show that a massive 69 million Android devices were sold to eager punters, while ABI Research predict the platform will reach a 45% market share by 2016.
Again using the analyst's numbers, iOS currently has a 15% share which is expected to grow steadily to 19% in the next 5 years.
Also-rans RIM (BlackBerry) and Microsoft (Windows Phone 7) are expected to make up the remainder while not pulling up any trees. RIM seem content to sit in their comfort zone of the enterprise market while MS are still struggling to get their fledgling operating system to take off. Recent software update woes won't help them in the short term either.
IDC however disagrees with the assessment of WP7's chances. The firm said last week that the believe Microsoft could find their OS overtake Apple in market share by 2015 thanks to the recent deal bringing Windows Phone 7 to Nokia handsets.
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Special Awadr: "Innovative Interactive Tour on Telecom Italia's Future Centre"
Nicola Simion, a young Venetian architect, is the winner of the "Innovative Interactive Tour on Telecom Italia's Future Centre", sponsored by Telecom Italia and Arte Laguna Award. The announcement was held on March 21, 2014 at Ca ' Farsetti, the City Hall of Venice, in the presence of Gian Paolo Balboni, Head of Trends in Telecom Italia, Beatrice Susa, one of the founders of Arte Laguna Award, and the Award curator Igor Zanti, and before Venice's local authorities also.
The Special Award "Innovative Interactive Tour on Telecom Italia 's Future Centre", which enhances the partnership between Arte Laguna Award and Telecom Italia's Future Centre in Venice , fostered the innovative use, by tourists, of the architectural spaces and rooms of Telecom Italia Future Centre, in the former convent of Campo San Salvador.
Mr. Simion was awarded a prize of € 5.000 for his project "BitWave ", which lays the delivery of different content through the use of light and multimedia projections , including two-dimensional or three-dimensional ones. The project is meant to integrate aesthetics with functional and technological basics, so to perfectly suit the environment it was imagined for.
A special artistic mention goes to the project " Share a Secret", by Dario Lazzaretto , for the wise use of technology, thus merged with a touch of humour, so to coast the highest performances of participatory art, whereas a Smart Spaces mention was conferred to Patrizia Facchinetti and Maria Grazia Schmidhauser, for the presentation of a green project named "Naughty Lounge".
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I cannot stop myself from comparing this one to HBO's series "Rome", since both obviously tackle the same subject.
I will not write about HBO's version, so to cut through the cheese:
BBC's is the same however in lower production (not low though), no sex, no violence, and less 16 – in other words, this one is a documentary while that one is a TV show.
I like this one more simply because when I watch documentaries, information is the thing I expect to get most, mixed with some visual entertainment so that it sticks…you know…the visual memory issues
I mean, 6 episodes is already a lot for a documentary, so imagine 2 seasons!
It is a 2006 BBC production so it is advanced and has the entertaining elements such as a familiar cast (no celebrities), strong direction, and nice filming locations.
The way the plot is assembled is intriguing, focusing on the major turning points of the Empire's history and the characters behind it, you can tell from the episodes titles:
The first part is the craziest indeed, Nero has earned his reputation very well; how he promoted culture and arts, burnt and re built rome, and took over every richman's fortune are all covered.
The story then takes us to Pompey Vs Caesar's era, and how the later rose to power after all his successful expeditions, going back to Rome to restore the one man rule set up.
Moving on to a period which not everyone knows about, when a young man called Tiberius decided to become a politician and almost changed the face of the empire and its foundations forever.
Continuing to Vaspasian's reign (both the father and the son) and how the son was the only one able to stop the jewish revolution that shook the empire and almost encouraged every other minority to challenge authority.
Then the most controversial era is covered, that of the great Constantine, and how he almost single handed, was behind bringing Christianity to be the most spread religion in the world and ended an age of persecution.
The series end in a very dramatic manner, (it is funny to note that most of the people know about the Roman empire and its glory, however unclear about how and why it fell apart).
The last episode shows us that it was all due to one fatal error, and that Alaric taking over Rome was a result of that error rather than being the reason behind the roman empire declination.
The series are really concise and very educational, and are mostly based on research and analysis of historical facts known to us, and it all makes sense.
I watched them all in a row, so they must have been entertaining as well
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WASHINGTON (Mar. 21)
President Clinton's nomination of Deval Patrick to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department has Jewish groups hopeful that the administration's focus on civil rights issues will now grow sharper.
Jewish organizations, which breathed a collective sigh of relief after Patrick's nomination on Feb. 1, welcomed him as an intelligent and capable candidate likely to make strides in improving race relations and in other civil rights matters.
And after a year during which the top post at the civil rights division remained vacant, Jewish groups were pleased that Clinton had finally chosen someone to lead the fight against bigotry and hatred.
"There is now a sense of relief that we can get on with the business of the day at the civil rights division," said Michael Lieberman, associate director of the Anti-Defamation League's Washington office.
Jewish groups hope that Patrick will provide strong leadership for the civil rights division on several matters, including an investigation of the riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and religious rights cases.
Clinton entered office amid expectations that his policies on personal rights issues, such as abortion and school prayer, would be markedly different from his predecessor.
Most Jewish groups eagerly anticipated this change, which they hoped would extend to the civil rights arena.
Clinton's expected approach promised to strengthen federal civil rights laws, which many Jewish groups thought were weakened under the Reagan and Bush administrations.
"There was a conscientious downgrading of civil rights issues in the last 12 years," said Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Richard Foltin, legal counsel for the American Jewish Committee, called the previous 12 years a period in which civil rights laws were narrowed, thus making it more difficult for victims of discrimination to prove their cases in court.
But despite the prospect that Clinton would advocate for broad application of the civil rights laws, the post responsible for that duty remained unfilled.
Clinton appointed Lani Guinier, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, to the position last year, but later withdrew her nomination following controversy about some of her writings. Some Jewish groups expressed concern over Guinier's nomination and welcomed her withdrawal.
Following Guinier's withdrawal, there was a sense of disappointment that the position had not been filled "but not a detection of abandonment" of Clinton's civil rights policy, Saperstein said.
Now, with a nominee who is expected to be confirmed, Jewish groups hope for action on a variety of fronts, including the prosecution of those suspected of participating in the Crown Heights riots.
"It is most important (for the civil rights division) to raise civil rights issues to a higher level," Saperstein said, and Foltin agreed.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Patrick's appointment by voice vote last Thursday. The matter was expected to come before the full Senate sometime next week.
In his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 10, Patrick emphasized the need for the civil rights division to combat bigotry.
"I hope to use what's been described to me as the bully pulpit of this post, if I am confirmed, to speak out as unequivocally as humanly possible to bigotry, wherever it comes from," Patrick said at the hearing.
These comments "make civil rights a matter of general concern to all rather than a special concern" applicable only to those affected by hate crimes, said Marc Stern, co-director of legal affairs for the American Jewish Congress.
Patrick, a Boston civil rights attorney who graduated from Harvard Law School, previously worked for the Legal Defense and Education Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
His potential involvement in the Justice Department investigation of the Crown Heights riots is of particular interest to Jewish groups.
Lieberman said the division will likely get involved in the investigation into the death of Yankel Rosenbaum during the 1991 riots.
Last January, Attorney General Janet Reno said the Justice Department would empanel a federal grand jury to investigate Rosenbaum's death.
Jewish groups welcomed the move but said the investigation should also focus on the riots themselves.
Abba Cohen, Washington representative of Agudath Israel, called the investigation a top priority matter that he has urged the Justice Department to address since the riots.
"I hope that Patrick will continue to conduct a serious investigation and keep the Crown Heights case in the national spotlight," he said.
At the confirmation hearing, Patrick was questioned about his views on voting rights laws, which Jewish advocates agree is significant.
According to Lieberman, the federal Voting Rights Act, as originally enacted, made obstacles to voting, such as literacy tests, illegal. But critics charge that such laws have been too broadly applied, resulting in legislative districts drawn so as to ensure minority representation.
Lieberman said voting rights laws are meant to guarantee minorities the opportunity to vote but do not guarantee proportional representation.
Patrick, asked at the hearing about the issue of race in redistricting plans, deferred to the Supreme Court, which he said allows race to be a factor in redistricting, but not the sole factor.
Foltin said that if Patrick is confirmed, he will be called upon to assess the reach and application of the Voting Rights Act.
And while acknowledging that the Jewish community "might not agree with him all the time," Foltin said he is confident that Patrick "will be capable and conscientious in thinking about these issues."


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Wednesday morning, we left at 9:15 for the Chiwala Elizabeth Light of Hope Rescue Unit, a one hour drive. When we arrived, there was already twenty-five people waiting for us who we learned had begun to wait since 7 a.m. Later, one lady, who rode her bike ten kilometers to come, was so glad, smiling, and thankful to see us still there, because she thought she would be too late. She commented that she had trouble reading her Bible at church. We were pleased to be able to fit here with glasses and pray with her, as we try to do with each client. Faith W., Ewing W., Christina M., Maddie F., Jonah H., and Ana S. helped in the eye clinic, while Cassie T., Grace M., and Jade T. helped in the medical clinic. Fifteen children enjoyed puppet shows with the help of Ryan E., Tasha L., Courtney G., Kayla W., and Eddy D. The children were reserved in there responses to the puppet shows. Mr. Yoder said it was because of the high level of Muslim influence in this community. Emma M. is one of three helping Miss Eden prepare a packed lunch for dinner. We repacked our clinic, and left for Ndola around 3: 45, after serving forty medical patients and 71 eye patients.
On the way there, we were intrigued to see another truck with six white faces. Our common thread brought out a camera and hand waves from each truck. We wondered what there story was.
The industry in this region has a different variable. Limestone brings the rise of cement block shops and a cement factory. This factory, in view of our clinic, generates its own electricity by burning coal.
Today, after classes, there will be time for bath, laundry,etc. After dinner, we plan to go to town to exchange finances and do some light shopping. This morning, I had a pleasant surprise to see and visit Mike and Queen(Clara) Monze, from the Luswishi Unit! They came here to visit a sick relative and will be here a few days. After a short visit, we arranged and anticipate hearing their testimonies the next two evenings during team devotions! -Ed M
We are nearing the end of our trip. For me, this has felt like a short summer, but one filled with learning. Through Boot Camp, I learned to be more dependent on God.There is no doubt in my mind that without Him, I wouldn't have even been able to wake up in the morning those two weeks. God has provided for me throughout this trip and slowly I have began to notice that self pity is in truth, a lie. We shouldn't feel pity for ourselves, as God has given us just what He wants us to have and deal with. Complaining about it is a waste of time. Instead of being sorry, we should choose to be happy and ask God for joy if you don't have it. -David K.


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Security Guide for Siebel Business Applications > Configuring Access Control >
Implementing Access-Group Access Control
You associate an access group to a catalog or category of master data. When an access group is associated with a catalog or a category, the users associated with the access group have visibility of the data in the catalog or the category.
The following principles apply to access-group access control. An access group in the following context is an individual node in an access group hierarchy:
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MSRA10K Salient Object Database
Ground truth examples: (first row) original images with ground truth rectangles from MSRA dataset, (second row) our ground truth, which have more precisely marked important regions at pixel level accuracy.
The MSRA Salient Object Database, which originally provides salient object annotation in terms of bounding boxes provided by 3-9 users, is widely used in salient object detection and segmentation community. Although an invaluable recourse to evaluate saliency detection algorithms, the database with the marked bounding boxes, however, is often too coarse for fine grained evaluation as observed by Wang and Li [ICASSP 2008], and Achanta et al. [CVPR 2009]. In order to do more extensive and accurate evaluation, we randomly selected 10,000 images with consistent bounding box labeling in MSRA database. We call this dataset MSRA10K because it contains 10,000 images with pixel-level saliency labeling for 10K images from MSRA dataset. In our experiments, we find that saliency detection methods using pixel level contrast (FT, HC, LC, MSS) do not scale well on this lager benchmark (see Fig. 11(a)), suggesting the importance of region level analysis.
- MSRA10K (195MB): Pixel accurate salient object labeling for 10000 images from MSRA dataset. Please cite our paper [BIB] if you use it. Saliency maps and salient object region segmentation for other 20+ alternative methods are also available (5.5GB).
- MSRA-B (111MB): Pixel accurate salient object labeling for 5000 images from MSRA-B dataset. Please cite the corresponding paper [bib] if you use it.
Suggested references
- Global Contrast based Salient Region Detection. Ming-Ming Cheng, Niloy J. Mitra, Xiaolei Huang, Philip H. S. Torr, Shi-Min Hu. IEEE TPAMI, 2015. [pdf] [Project page] [Bib]
- Learning to Detect A Salient Object. Tie Liu, Jian Sun, Nan-Ning Zheng, Xiaoou Tang and Heung-Yeung Shum. IEEE CVPR, 2007.
- R. Achanta, S. Hemami, F. Estrada and S. Süsstrunk, Frequency-tuned Salient Region Detection, IEEE CVPR, 2009.
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What's on your Mother's Day wish list?
Check out kmart.com or your local Kmart for a wide selection of great Mother's Day gifts.
Then, tell us what items you'll be putting on your Mother's Day wish list this year.
Okay there is only 1 or 2 things I've been drooling over.
1 is a memory foam pillow
2 is a foam mattress topper
The reasons for these 2 for me-is because I've got a bad back-and a crappy mattress. Can't afford a new mattress so a topper can be useful.
The pillow is awesome-I've been suffering from headaches for years because of how I sleep. A memory foam pillow is great for my neck and when i wake up....NO HEADACHES!
if I shop for my mom or mil-they will be getting plants to kill (family joke-neither can keep a plant/flower alive)
Mother's day is just around the corner! I love spoiling my mom. She's a very hardworking woman who always puts others first, especially her children and grandchildren. I'm so thankful that's she's my mom.
As I was browsing Kmart.com I saw several items I want to buy for her. Here are a few:
1. This Corningware French White Bakeware set:
She likes that you can bake, serve and store in the same dish. So do I!
2. This Ombre Chiffon Blouse:
She has very blue eyes and they would stand our in this top.
3. This sleep shirt:
I don't really buy much for myself throughout the year. I guess I'm like my mom in that respect. Looking at my outfit today I realize the top I'm wearing is three years old, my jeans are hand-me-downs from my sis, and I was forced to buy my silver flip flops when the pair I was wearing broke on the way to the pool last year.
Looking at the Kmart site, I do see some items I want:
1. A digital photo frame for my office. I love to show off my family at work:
2. These sandals. They are dressy enough for work, but would look cute with sundresses, shorts and jeans too.
3. This handbag. It has a unique vintage look to it that apeals to me:
I can't wait to go shopping! Happy Mother's Day, Cafemoms!
I never buy anything for myself so this should be fun! My 5th baby is due in a few weeks so I'm thinking a nice comfy outfit to wear home would be nice and maybe a few gowns to wear at the hospital.
I would love to get a new set of sheets, or a new necklace and maybe some perfume. New sheets would be great since we need them, satin ones sound wonderful! I love to wear necklaces all the time and most of mine have gotten worn out.
. I would get my mom some perfume, maybe a necklace, a bath set for my stepmom, and some flowers for my mother in law.
The only things i really want from KMart for mothers day are outside toys so i can keep my kids entertained. We just bought our first house so we have nothing for outside.
If i had to choose something for myself it would be new socks, underwear and pajamas.
If i were to get something for df's mom it would be gardening supplies.
I rarely buy anything for my self, maybe once or twice a year, the kids usually come first. It will be great to maybe get something for me this time.
I would love to get some new patio furniture for Mother's day this year. We have an old swing that is just about dead...lol. Other than that, I really don't need much.
Of course I would always accept some new cookware or jewelry :)
We usually get my MIL a plant or flower of some sort. She loves plants and always appreciates the gift. We have actually found a bunch of great plants at Kmart in the past few years that are still growing out front of our house.
This will be my 1st mother's day without my Mom. She passed away last year.
The things on my list are clothes especially shorts or capris


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Another blood spinning study finds no improvement in Achilles tendons
Actually, the title isn't quite true — this is a just new wrinkle on the same Dutch study reported earlier this year that found no difference between platelet-rich plasma injections and placebo (saline) injections for 54 patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy. The new paper, just published online at the British Journal of Sports Medicine, presents further data from this experiment: in addition to the previously reported pain scores (which, admittedly, are a bit wishy-washy and subjective), they used "ultrasonographic tissue characterization, a novel technique which quantifies tendon structure."
Basically, they used ultrasonic imaging combined with computer image recognition to get an automatic (i.e. objective) measure of tendon health. The results: scores improved for both PRP and placebo (note that the subjects were also doing a rehab regime involving eccentric exercises during the study), but there was no significant difference between the groups.
Given the results presented earlier, this isn't a big surprise — and of course, certainly isn't proof that PRP doesn't work in any context. But it's another reason for skepticism. As the authors conclude, "these data argue against clinical use of this form of PRP in present clinical practice."


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It has been a while since these little faces have been seen around here,
so hello again!
These are just a couple of shots from yesterday afternoon. The weather
was beautiful, the sunlight was heavenly, the kitties were getting some
serious loving from these two and the littlest one couldn't help
but be her sweet, silly self.
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Some came bearing condoms.
A few brought marijuana.
One had a 23.5-ounce can of Four Loko, an energy drink spiked with alcohol.
But each, authorities said, had one purpose: to have sex with a young teenage girl.
The Clay County Sheriff's Office arrested 19 people in an undercover operation aimed at catching adults who use the Internet to find their prey.
Sheriff Rick Beseler said the operation - dubbed "Don't Play in Clay" - involved detectives posing online as minors, posting messages on websites and engaging in online chats with strangers.
As soon as the bogus posts went online, the sheriff said, responses began "immediately." Hundreds eventually came in. Sooner or later, most turned to the topic of sex, Beseler said.
"We gave the opportunity, not the idea," he said.
Slideshow: See all 19 suspects arrested in "Don't Play in Clay"
Authorities arrested each one who drove to a Fleming Island residence, used as a makeshift headquarters, hoping to meet what they believed was a 13- or 14-year-old girl. Most were local - 12 came from Duval County, five from Clay County - while one traveled from Savannah, Ga. Another came from Gainesville, authorities said.
The online sting began last week and ended Monday.
The men each arrived expecting to meet a child for a sexual liaison, Beseler said.
"What they were met with was SWAT team members," the sheriff said.
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Most were in their mid to early 20s. A handful were unemployed, while others' occupations ranged from plumber to truck driver to bartender to construction worker to cook.
None had serious criminal records. None had prior sex-crime convictions.
"Anyone in our community, anyone living next door to you, could be someone who could participate in this type of criminal activity," Beseler said.
According to the arrest reports, one of the men thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl to give her a surprise birthday present: a lesson in how to have sex.
Another came with $380 planning on paying a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Beseler said the sting will not be the last of its kind.
"There is so much of this happening out there every day," he said.
All of the suspects are men. Their charges range from traveling to meet a minor for sex, transmitting obscene material and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
The sting was carried out in conjunction with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
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Everyone has an ego. Does it tell you that you aren't good enough? Not loved? Not worthy? As a result of this constant self talk, many people have an issue with their self worth. You begin believing the lie.
How many times have you measured yourself against others? That little voice inside your head compares you against them. Have you ever seen yourself in others? When you like someone, you see the parts of yourself that you are happy with. Same thing occurs when you dislike someone. You see parts of yourself that you don't like.
It is so easy to find fault with others. Are you hiding the parts of "yourself" that you don't like? So, how can we stop this cycle? Look for the good in others as well as yourself. Stop the criticism. Are you making yourself feel better at the expense of someone else?
Start catching people in the act of doing something good. Acknowledge them for what they are doing right. When we compliment someone, we make them feel good. Have you noticed you feel good in this process as well?
How well do you acknowledging people for who they are? I think most people appreciate the acts or kindness or tasks that others do for them. Saying thanks is a good indicator of appreciation. I want to thank you for helping me cut the grass. Thank you for opening the door for me.
When we start to acknowledge others, lives begin to change. An example of acknowledging someone would be, I want to acknowledge you for the commitment you have in working with orphan children and helping them feel loved. Self esteem begins to rise in others as well as in yourself.
Starting today, look for ways to acknowledge others. Stop the criticism and ego lies. Make a difference in others as well as yourself.
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Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) October 15, 2013
Dignitaries, celebrities, educators and theater lovers were on hand Sunday, 13 October, at a packed Golden Age Theater in Hollywood, located just a block west of the famous Chinese Theatre, for the performance of L. Ron Hubbard's "If I Were You" by an all-star cast of Hollywood performers, including starring: Isidro Olace (Kaliman); Valentina Rendon (Allá Te Espero Cecilia, La Pola Magdalena Ortega de Nariño); Jaime Aymerich ("In a World" Carlos; Amar De Nuevo Memo; Historias de la Virgen Morena El Danny); Andrea Rincon ("Esto Es Guerra," "Alarma TV"; Carlos Reig-Plaza, ("The Abandoned" Anatolyi); and voice over professional Denise Lebre. Photos of performance at http://www.facebook.com/GoldenAgeTheater
At the conclusion of the show, a special plaque was presented to author L. Ron Hubbard in recognition of the release of the first 5 titles in Spanish and to the actors for their outstanding performance by Yida Jimena Mora Silva, Consul General de Colombia; Walter Eduardo Durán, Consul General de El Salvador; Pablo Cesar Garcia Saenz, Consul General de Guatemala; and, Teresa Quevedo, Univision 34.
A final special presentation was made to Isidro Olace from Author Services, Hubbard's literary agency, with the help of the famous radio personality El Cucuy, for a life of legendary triumphs and contributions to the Latin American culture.
The first five titles in the Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard to be released in Spanish included the wonderfully entertaining fantasy, If I Were You (which was the story performed on stage); the intergalactic science fiction story, The Great Secret; the thrilling western tale, Branded Outlaw; the swashbuckling pirate adventure, Under the Black Ensign and the mystery/thriller, Spy Killer.
The Spanish release of the titles is a continuation of a 6-year program started in 2008 to republish over 150 short stories and novelettes in the form of an 80-volume book and full cast audio drama series, now distributed in over 50 countries across the world.
Of special note by the publisher was that these first five books provide entertainment for readers of all the popular genres and so provide something for everyone. These stories are appropriate for middle school and older, and are perfect for getting reluctant readers to read and for improving literacy. And the glossary in the back of each book will improve vocabulary. Now that these titles are translated into Spanish, they will keep the language alive for the entire family.
For more information about L. Ron Hubbard's Stories from the Golden Age, go to http://www.goldenagestories.com and for additional photos go to http://www.facebook.com/GoldenAgeTheater


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PNNL's vanadium redox flow battery technology licensed by WattJoule
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January 27, 2014
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's redox flow battery technology, which is expected to advance renewable energy storage, has been licensed to Lowell, Mass.-based WattJoule Corporation. Shown here is a 2009 photo of PNNL staff evaluating the technology.
RICHLAND, Wash. —
A Massachusetts startup has signed a license agreement with Battelle to commercialize battery technology that can help store large amounts of renewable energy and improve the reliability of the nation's power grid. The license with Lowell, Mass.-based WattJoule Corporation is expected to advance the commercial use of redox flow battery technology.
"Redox flow battery technology is well-suited for storing intermittent, renewable energy on the electric grid. The technology can help balance supply and demand, prevent disruptions and meet the grid's varying load requirements," said Imre Gyuk, energy storage program manager at DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, which supported the licensed technology's development at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
"Successful commercialization of DOE-sponsored technology development is vital for creating the grid of the future, and sustaining U.S. leadership in advanced technology," Gyuk added.
Smoothly integrating intermittent renewable power such as wind and solar onto the electric grid while also maintaining grid stability has been challenging. First developed in the 1970s, the redox flow battery shows promise in meeting this challenge. Until recently, these batteries have been limited by their ability to only work well within certain temperature ranges, their relatively high cost and their low energy density.
But researchers at PNNL, which is managed by Battelle, have made significant progress in improving the performance of redox flow technologies. PNNL developed novel vanadium electrolytes that overcome the limitations of earlier redox flow batteries. The result is a dramatically improved operating temperature range, higher energy density and lower cost for vanadium redox flow batteries.
WattJoule plans to combine its own proprietary technology with PNNL's to develop an energy storage platform for a broad variety of energy companies, including those involved in wind and solar power. This is the third and final license granted for PNNL's technologies to all-vanadium, mixed acid redox flow battery developers.
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November 18, 2013 by VegasNews.com
The 5th Annual Rocking Comedy Show Celebrity Charity Go Kart Race will take place on Dec. 9 at 1pm at Fast Lap in Las Vegas.
Join the cast of Rocking Comedy Show and race against your favorite Las Vegas celebrities to help save the precious Desert Tortoise wildlife. Enjoy music, food and raffle! The event starts at 1pm on December 9 at:
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Mayor Cabaldon's State of the City address
April 15, 2011
By Steve Marschke
News-Ledger Editor
The West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual 'State of the City' dinner and address on April 14 at the city hall galleria. Several hundred people attended.
Mayor Christopher Cabaldon gave the keynote address, in which he covered a lot of ground. The tone was generally more upbeat than his address from 2010, which occurred as the city, state and nation were all still taking blows from the economic downturn.
Some of the topics he touched upon this time:
— West Sacramento is not pursuing an arena for the Sacramento Kings, who are now negotiating to leave Sacramento for Anaheim. Such a local arena deal has to be led by the City of Sacramento and regional leaders, and not by West Sacramento. "There is no war room where the city council and I have a plot being hatched to build an arena," said Cabaldon.
— The city is well underway in its efforts to upgrade its levees – including a massive project in Southport along the river. But the proposed federal budget does not include $1 million needed to keep levee design work rolling.
— West Sacramento is coming out of the recession as "one of the most fiscally healthy cities in the region" thanks to what Cabaldon credits as prudent financial management, including deliberate shrinking of the city payroll.
— Despite this, the city's budget remains under threat of more "raids" by state government. "Last year along, in local government jobs (in the region), we lost 5,900 of them," said Cabaldon. "State government increased by 1,400." The state continues to transfer resources away from local governments. "You will see changes in the scope and level of services you see in the City of West Sacramento. I won't sugar-coat it."
— Fighting Governor Brown's "dead wrong" plan to abolish redevelopment agencies remains "priorities one, two, three, four and five" for the city, said Cabaldon. The plan would stifle economic growth, he said. And the plan's dictates for what would happen to local redevelopment agency land is poorly thought-out and would end up transferring wealth away from local taxpayers while inviting "speculation and extortion."
— The city has put in a strong bid to partner with UC Davis in producing an "innovation hub" that marries the research strength of the university to actual business and manufacturing use, in subjects like food science. The proposal would also include a venture capital company. The city of Davis, too, has put in a proposal for the project, "but ours is better," said Cabaldon.
— An economy based on new technology and manufacturing needs an educated workforce, argued the mayor. But he said that after he helped focus efforts on the school district a number of years ago, and voters put a new board in place, "over the last three years, that remarkable progress has slowed." Much of the apparent improvement in test scores is simply due to changing demographics, said Cabaldon, while in reality there is still an achievement gap – and Latino students, for example, are not becoming "college ready" in the Washington Unified School District. The mayor proposed finding ways to bring math and reading into everyday community life in West Sacramento.
— A "great" Farmers Market is coming to town on West Capitol beginning this season, thanks to partners such as the local chamber of commerce. The market will provide a community gathering point, work experience for local youth, access to fresh produce, and support for local farmers.
— In the private sector, drawings are in place for an expansion of the Capitol Bowl bowling alley – including an outdoor space. And Southport will soon be home to "The Eatery," a bistro-style, sit-down restaurant, which will offer a new kind of dining choice to West Sacramento. The restaurant's website says it will open this spring at the Town Center Plaza (near Nugget and Target).
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Excitingly beautiful yet stirring and dangerous the sharks set the center of Dark Tide a chiller now on Blu-ray and DVD. The film stars Academy Award winner Halle Berry in one of her most challenging roles and directed by John Stockwell who gave the world the picturesque film Into the Blue.
The movie centers on Kate (Berry) a strong willed free form skin diver that's recognized as the number one person in the world who can swim with sharks. A terrorizing feat that most would shy from, with Kate it's breathtakingly beautiful. On one occasion while getting film footage of one of her dives, a shark attacks and kills her best friend and fellow diver.
A year later we find her abandoned from her dream and in debt about to lose her boat. Visited by here ex-boyfriend and photographer Jeff (Olivier Martinez) he offers her a job taking out a client to swim with the sharks. She balks at the idea, still having doubts from the tragic shark attack. After some persuasion and a fee that would get her out of debt however, she takes the job. When the boat starts having trouble in shark alley and a storm starts to churn the seas, Kate must work fast to save all from the killer fish.
Dark Tide has some awesome footage of twenty-foot great whites swimming close to the boat, alongside divers and the underwater cage. The most amazing shots however are those with Kate as she strokes the huge sea creatures and grabs a fin for a ride. The underwater photography is clear and crisp so with the Blu-ray format you can see close-up every pour and scar on the mighty sharks. The graceful beauty of Kate moving in the water forms a sensuous rhythm ballet that's amazingly choreographed.
Much like he did in Into the Blue Director John Stockwell takes his time with the underwater scenes. Maybe just a little too much here however, because when you are shooting a film that's excitement driven, too many ballet water scenes slows down a film. This lag does tend to cause some drifting so be aware that this is probably not a movie for late night viewing. But, stick with Dark Tide as it will give you all the thrills and chills promised.
Halle Berry gives a great performance as Kate the disenchanted diver who looses her best friend. I can't recall Berry ever giving a bad performance and remember her for films like Monster's Ball and Swordfish where she heats up the screen.
With Martinez in Dark Tide there's a different kind of chemistry going on that brings them together yet keeps them apart. You can feel the heat when they work together at sea, but when trouble between them becomes immanent their relationship turns cold. Keeping it suspenseful the Berry and Martinez show emotions that run the gamut from bitter memories to urgent action.
The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for bloody shark attacks/disturbing images, and for language including sexual references. Expect scenes that are very chilling and gruesome.
FINAL ANALYSIS: A good film that keeps suspense high. [rating=4]
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- Cast: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, and Ralph Brown
- Directed by: John Stockwell
- Rating: PG-13 for bloody shark attacks/disturbing images, and for language including sexual references
- Genre: Suspense Thriller
- Running Time: 1 hr 54 min
- Street Date: April 24, 2012
- Original Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 2012
- Format: Blu-ray (format reviewed), also DVD
- Language: English
- Audio: 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio
- Video: 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen (2.35:1)
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A who's who of entertainers are looking to make it right for Brad Pitt.
The Moneyball actor has recruited an all-star lineup including Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Dr. John and Snoop Dogg to perform at a charity gala he's holding at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans on March 10 to benefit his Make It Right foundation, formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as the star quotient's concerned.
While Pitt will cohost the event with Ellen DeGeneres, among his celebrity pals due to attend and are doubling as Host Committee members are Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Spike Lee, Blake Lively, Djimon Hounsou, Chris and Jada Paul, Bennett Miller and Randy Jackson and Drew Brees who will be co-emceeing the musical side of the fund-raiser, which is being sponsored by the Hyatt.
Parks and Recreation funnyman Aziz Ansari is on board to headline the afterparty, which will also feature performances from Seal and Kanye West. And a team of celebrity chefs including Emeril Lagasse will craft a dinner paying tribute to the Big Easy's long culinary tradition.
The event will raise funds for the completion of 150 sustainable homes for low-income residents in the storm-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward as well as celebrate the achievements of the charity thus far.