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A MMORPG game called Dark Legends is all set to be released for iOS, Android and Google Chrome in 2012 and we have a teaser video trailer of the game for you.
In Dark Legends Players will embrace the secret societies of vampires to challenge the hordes of undead, werewolves, demons and humans that hunt them. Dark Legends opens with the player recently raised and under the direction of the vampire that sired them. The secret existence of vampires has been exposed and angry, misguided humans are uniting to exterminate the undead plague by any means necessary. Players must work with their clan to survive this brutal new world.
I stand weightless at the mouth of Gallows' Alley. My enemies tremble before me – cornered, clutching their sacred totems, frantic as they load their weapons and stammer their song of hope.
The Thirst rages in my veins… but I remain patient. Eons of training under Sofia and Lord Ulrich keep the bloodlust from consuming me. The Blood is strong. But, in me, the Blood is disciplined. My Blood is a weapon.
The Blood knows when the moment is right. I soar forward, high above the stones. I fly into my enemies' reach. Defiant. Crimson razor shears in my hands bounce streaks of moonlight onto the stone walls. A shimmer flashes across the Hunters' faces. They raise their weapons – slowly, like blood crawling through snow.
They scream…
Dark Legends is set to be released in Q1 of 2012 for iOS, Android and Google Chrome. You can watch the trailer of the Dark Legends game in the embedded video below after the jump.

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I think I'm the only writer in Los Angeles without a script to show around at dinner parties and AA meetings. But success in "the industry" has finally come to me. After living here for over a decade, I finally made my way into Hollywood's inner circle. All thanks to my Beagle, who was just killed.
After being discovered on the street and cast as a female dog named Ruthy, my dog Jerry demonstrated his remarkable acting chops on the set of an upcoming film. No, he didn't pull anyone from a well, or save someone from a burning house. But he did stand up—right on cue—while wearing yellow doggie pajamas. And, I might add, the director was most pleased with my coaching.
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Which brings us to our second day of shooting. It was a night that would culminate with Ruthy's (Jerry's) death scene, and he was ready for action. On the drive out to the miniature golf facility, where the scene was to be shot, Jerry rehearsed playing dead in the back seat, though he sometimes broke character with a loud snore.
We arrive at midnight and he perks right up when the scent of toaster waffles from the set's buffet table wafts into the car. We both head through the medieval castle arcade to find the crew. At first, we're told that the director is ready for us, but then there is one of many delays on the set. So we head off to the putting greens, where Jerry burns off some of his nervousness by chasing a squirrel through the windmill and down past the candy house before ultimately losing the pursuit after it scampers into the clown's head.
To kill some more time, Jerry and I rehearse. I had read the script beforehand, so I knew that Ruthy was to be hit by a car. We spend some time going over what I had taught him already. Jerry was to roll onto his side and simply put his head down for this trick. Even though he refused to stop breathing, he would lie still for a few seconds, looking like a miniature beached whale, before popping up to see if there were still some Rice Krispies treats left at the buffet.
Then we were called to the set. The night air was thick with movie magic. There was to be an establishing shot, in which one of the actors would hide in a wooden barrel with Ruthy. At some point, Jerry is supposed to pop his head out of the barrel and look cute. We hadn't known about this scene beforehand, and I admit I was a bit worried. Sure, Jerry has proven that he's got great range—what with the standing up on cue and all—but coming into a scene like this so unprepared would unsettle any performer.
The actor, who was wearing a pith helmet, climbed into the barrel and then I carefully lowered Jerry inside. Confused, he looked up at me, his floppy ears pinned anxiously against his head. In his six long years of life, clearly this was his first time squatting inside a barrel with a total stranger wearing a funny hat.
But when the director yelled "action," Jerry's inner thespian took over. The actor spoke a few lines of dialogue, which was my cue. Standing off-stage, I then called to Jerry, who popped his head up out of the barrel and stared right into the camera with a bleary-eyed expression normally found on pet-store puppies.
It was golden. The audience was going to eat it up, I thought. It was so perfect that they only asked for six more takes before, I supposed, we would be moving on to the death scene.
But then something curious and a bit sad happened. I was told that Ruthy's demise would not take place as planned. It had been decided that there would be a shot of a car crashing into the barrel, followed by a close-up of Ruthy's red leash lying amongst the wreckage. Her death was to be implied rather than shown for a greater emotional payoff.
No on-camera death? This was to be Jerry's career-making scene—the very onset of his 15 minutes of fame (which, in dog years, equals an hour and 45 minutes, by the way). I wanted to call Jerry's manager or his agent, but he had neither. I wanted to scream, "But this is when you're supposed to kill Jerry!"
But it was futile. So we just grabbed some cookies and left. As we reached our car, I heard a screech of tires and a sudden crash. "Well, I guess you're dead," I whispered. Jerry just smiled—he does that.
During the drive back home through the blossoming Los Angeles morning, Jerry continued to dazzle me with his "death" pose in the back seat. It was brilliant, until he broke wind. But even without that fatal scene, my dog now has a résumé and I think he might be eligible for his SAG card.
The movie is due to be released in 2005. It's called Think Tank. If Jerry's scenes don't end up on the cutting-room floor, then I highly recommend this movie. So please go and see it. And if Steven Spielberg is reading this, have your people call Jerry's people (that's me).


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On-board computer can handle a rough ride
The Lab throws mil-spec tests at 8 products built to withstand the elements:
8 rugged devices that are ready for field duty
Casio Exilim
General Dynamics Itronix GD 8000
Getac V100
Motion Computing J3400 Tablet PC
Motorola Adventure v750
Olympus Tough 8000
Panasonic Toughbook 30
Parvus DuraCOR 810
The Parvus DuraCOR 810 looks a little bit like part of a weapons system and, under the right circumstances, could become one.
The little brick is actually a computer with a low-power 1.4 GHz Pentium M processor mounted inside an aluminum case. The unit we tested ran an embedded version of Windows XP, though you can also pick up a DuraCOR 810 with Linux. There are metal brackets running down the side of the case that match the standard configuration on the inside of a military Humvee, though Parvus can change that to match any vehicle.
To test the DuraCOR 810 in the lab environment, we had to attach a locking Mil-Dtl 38999 circular connector, which looks like a hose at one end and a mass of frayed ports at the other. Once connected, we had access to an RJ-45 Ethernet connection; 4 USB ports; 2 RS-232 ports; and a VGA, KVM and audio port. We also had to use a secondary power supply because we were plugging the DuraCOR into a standard outlet rather than hardwiring it into a ground or air vehicle.
In addition to the port we used to attach a monitor and keyboard, it has a 79-pin expansion connection that can be used to interface with individual systems in vehicles for military or aerospace applications.
Once connected, the DuraCOR worked like a normal computer, though it looked a bit like Frankenstein's monster in the GCN Lab. It got a score of 235.3 on the Passmark Performance Test benchmark, which is a bit slow. Though depending on the application, that performance might be OK. It can't do 3-D graphics, but for a vehicle computer, that is probably not much of a problem.
The unit has good venting in the rear, though the entire case acts as a giant heat sink. The heat and humidity of the GCN Rainforest environment didn't bother it. It was even able to maintain benchmark results inside the 120 degree chamber. We also subjected it to blowing water. You would think someone would close the window if conditions were that terrible outside a vehicle, but if they don't, the DuraCOR 810 will continue to function.
The biggest force acting against a vehicle-mounted device will probably be vibration. We subjected our review unit to constant vibration for more than three hours, and it never flinched, making it the sturdiest vehicle-mounted computer system we have ever tested.
At $8,515, the DuraCOR 810 is a little expensive, but if you need to drop a computer into your military or aerospace vehicle, you are probably more concerned with mission survivability than cost. And the DuraCOR 810 survived everything we threw at it.
Parvus, 800-483-3152, www.parvus.com
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You are currently browsing the daily archive for February 26, 2009.
Don't get excited now, no, this is not a tell-all admission of my love life (trust me, that would be really boring to read) but a glowing recommendation of Chelsea Handler's over-active sex drive in her memoir "My Horizontal Life – A Collection of One-Night Stands."
I abhor the term LOL, it's out of style right? But, it's totally appropriate as I describe what I was doing while reading this. Outrageous, hilarious and
totally entertaining, this book makes me giggle even as I think of it.
"My Vagina clammed up. I was scared for me and my little beaver's life. I just hoped we would make it out of this okay."
That's a legitimate quote, and the fact that it's referring to the, ah, genitalia of a male midget makes it even more humorous. While I don't wish to live her life, I have no qualms about living vicariously through her stories, liberally soaked in alcohol, inappropriate situations and objectionable (often offensive) morals.
Of course you have to hope Handler is exaggerating as she describes her exploits, and it's even rather sad at times as you wonder what actually is meaningful in her life… But get off that high-horse and just enjoy the ride!
Read this if: You're open-minded, enjoy racy humor, aren't offended by blatant smuttiness and alcohol-motivated decisions and aren't embarrassed to laugh out loud while reading by yourself.
Avoid this is: You're no fun, bland, easily offendable and can only think of sex as a sacred act no matter who is engaging in it.
- Title: My Horizontal Life
- Author: Chelsea Handler
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- NovelWhore's Grade: A (first blogging "A"!!!)


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Reflections on the phoney, hypocritical "values" debate being promoted by the federal government, as part of its proscriptive program to emasculate our democracy.
Maybe it was just the August winds or the prime meanster simply laying false trails again, but someone sure put something in the Liberals' drinks this past couple of weeks.
When federal liberal backbencher and former leadership aspirant, Bronwyn Boadicea Bishop, recently posited that the recruitment age for the ADF be lowered to 14, her suggestion received all the serious attention that it deserved.
Then we had Bronwyn's namesake, the Minister for the Ageing, the blond ice-maiden member for Curtin in WA, Julie Bishop, trying to convince us that the US Court of Appeals had reviewed the Military Commission process and that David Hicks would get a fair trial.
But Boadicea wasn't done.
Obviously disappointed with the failure of her initiative to create new career opportunities for our youth, the keeper of cast-iron coiffure, along with her colleague, Sophie Panopoulos, last week decided to contribute to the government's efforts to encourage the acceptance of Australian values by the Islamic community, by advocating that headscarfs worn by Muslim women and girls be banned in public schools.
But wittle wedgy woodrow wilson winston immediately rejected this proposal, ostensibly because it would do little to build understanding, tolerance and inclusion in our community (Schooling Value Proposition IX), but more likely because ASIO already has those concerned [scapegoats] under surveillance anyway.
In the meantime, Malcolm Turnbull & Peter Costello danced the tax reform tango, keen to demonstrate their numeracy & populist style, whilst Tony the Abbott unpacked his humanitarian credentials on Geoffrey Robertson's latest Hypothetical on terrorism by renouncing torture.
But the real prize performance came from Brendan Nelson, the alleged federal minister for education.
Our head teacher was immensely proud of his recently launched Values For Australian Schooling program, symbolized by the iconic Simpson and his donkey.
Whilst some might take issue with Mr Brylcream's program methodology and the fact that federal funding is conditional on its introduction, the community should be more concerned with the government's ongoing attempt to pollute the values space in our society, in particular when the government's practiced values are consistently at odds with those it espouses for the rest of us: it's called hypocrisy.
Take the example of the good minister's discussion with golden tonsils, John Laws, last week.
Laws' opening comment was as follows: Now, what about this fellow, this Mamdouh Habib, getting out there to the University of Western Sydney and speaking all the crap in the world that is really anti-Australian. How do you stop that?
Now that remark clearly demonstrates great respect for Brendan's values. In particular the values of a fair go, freedom, honesty and trustworthiness, integrity, respect, responsibility and understanding, tolerance and inclusion. In one statement, 7 of the 9 values espoused by the minister were trashed by the great commentator.
And what was Dr Nelson's response?
Certainly he made no attempt to take issue with Laws: no siree John.
Nelson said: Well, that's a good question. It's interesting when I saw the report of that, I think in either the Daily Telegraph or the Herald Sun, I immediately got on to the Vice Chancellor's office out there at the University of Western Sydney - and I am seeing her shortly this morning, by the way - and to find out what on earth is going on. It turns out the student union at the University of Western Sydney invited Mr Habib to give a lecture or a talk, if you like, to about 100 students who assembled at Bankstown, and he pedalled his anti-American view of the world. So I was reassured that there was no expense involved as far as the taxpayer is concernedÉ
Wow - let's get - em Lawsie.
No suggestion that Habib be given a fair go; no suggestion that Habib should be extended the same freedom to voice his opinions as John Laws arrogantly expects; no suggestion that Law's description of Habib's remarks weren't honest; no integrity, respect, responsibility or understanding, tolerance and inclusion promoted here: just tacit endorsement of ranting, redneck hyperbole.
Brendan's with John on this: he's seen the report in the Daily Telegraph. That's enough for him. Lock-up your kids: we're loaded for bear!!!
And what did the Daily Telegraph actually say?
The Telegraph reported only one remark allegedly made by Habib: that he'd described the US as a pack of terrorists - no other comment reported.
So here's shock-jock Laws referring to Mamdouh Habib in an offensive and sarcastic fashion; accusing him of talking crap and of being un-Australian - all on the public airwaves - whilst the best our head teacher - our great proponent of Values - can do is to confirm that he's going to pursue an explanation from the University's Vice Chancellor as to why Habib was permitted to express his views.
On top of that, based on a single attribution in the Daily Telegraph, the minister accuses Habib - again on the public airwaves - of having pedalled his anti-American view of the world.
Some Values: who's doing the pedalling?
It might come as a shock to the minister, but there are those in our community and the US who are capable of making a distinction between the criminal actions of the US government and the American people.
It might also come as a shock to the education prefect that his government does not represent the views of all Australians: far from it.
It might come as an even bigger shock to the minister to learn that there are many in the community who would agree with Habib's remarks and if not, certainly his right to his point of view.
As minister for education, it is entirely reasonable for the community to expect that Dr Nelson would be familiar with the history of US militarism dating back more than a century, including its repeated & ongoing acts of terrorism around the world.
Maybe if Dr Nelson had been locked-up by the US government for 3 years without charge; tortured and abandoned by his government, whilst constantly being vilified by politicians from the safety of their coward's castle, his views might be closer to those of Mr Habib?
And given this performance by Dr Nelson, what will our students make of his Values For Australian Schooling?
Well, if experience is anything to go by: not a lot.
Like most kids anywhere, they'll doubtless learn more from the behaviour of their families and real leaders in our society.
Fortunately kids are pretty good at spotting hypocrites, particularly when they are phoney politicians interested only in the pursuit of their own self-interest.
Pity their parents aren't always as smart.
Teachers accused of anti-US bias
AUSTRALIA: The fascist federal treasurer has drawn a rebuke from teachers for warning them against spreading anti-Americanism in schools and suggesting it could mutate into anti-Westernism and terrorist attacks against Australia.
Australian senate accused govt of war crimes
Did you hear the one about David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib having a Barbeque in Afghanistan with Bin Laden? Yeah it was reported on Channel Seven's Sunrise this morning! But they don't know if it was a sheep or a goat, but sources say it was most likely a goat.
Noble Cause Torture?
AUSTRALIA: The Labor Party has decided not to support a Senate inquiry into new allegations made by Mamdouh Habib that the Australian Government cooperated with Egyptian intelligence authorities who he insists tortured him.
Your Democracy
By John Richardson 31 August 05
Government warned Terror Laws "inherently dangerous, draconian and open to misuse" John North, Law Council of Australia: "In times of fear, it is easy for governments to impose ever (more) draconian laws."
Die for Us': ADF SMS recruitment
Young people could soon receive direct SMS messages from the Australian Defiance Force (ADF) encouraging them to die for their country. But they won't tell them they'll be participating in illegal and degrading wars.
A Confused Morality
The immorality of US presidential advisor Karl Rove can not compare in magnitude to the immorality of the US wars of aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan. The Nuremberg trials set a precedent which should be applicable here.
Teachers accused of anti-US bias
AUSTRALIA: The fascist federal treasurer has drawn a rebuke from teachers for warning them against spreading anti-Americanism in schools and suggesting it could mutate into anti-Westernism and terrorist attacks against Australia.
US-inflicted carnage on Iraqi people
The Dossier of Civilian Casualties 2003-2005, published this month by the organisation Iraq Body Count (IBC), is the most detailed assessment to date of how the illegal US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq have caused the death and injury of tens of thousands of civilians.
CCTV for illegal and degrading war
Prime loser john hoWARd says he is impressed with how effective closed circuit television cameras have been in identifying suspects in the London bombings.
Resistance in Iraq legitimate: Sadr
Moqtada Sadr says he will not take part in Iraq's political process while the US remains. Resistance to foreign troops in Iraq is "legitimate", Shiite leader Mr Moqtada Sadr said.
Don't Blame Bush
Maybe you think that it's all just a bad dream. In a few years there will be a new President of the United States and everything will be different then. Everything will be back to normal. The bad news is, you are awake. The really bad news is, it isn't Bush.
Suicide bombers may target PM: UK
AUSTRALIA: UK bombers are warning fascist war criminals like john HoWARd that they could become victims to suicide bombers if they continue to pre-emptively kill, maim and torture innocent indigenous people in sovereign nation states like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Galloway breaks consensus over London bombings
He said: "The purpose of terrorism is not only to kill and maim the innocent. It is to put despair and anger and hatred in people's hearts. [Also as a call to arms for the British people to try to legitimise the occupation's of Iraq and Afghanistan and to continue with their resource wars in the Middle East.]
London terror bombings: a political crime!
Once again, the world is witnessing horrific scenes of death, injury and suffering sustained by people who bear no responsibility for the crimes committed by their governments.
Galloway: Cry for social change
Then there came a time when the colonies said, "We want to become independent and free." Now we are returning to the colonies we were driven out of. The most significant of these is Iraq.
UK false flag: where the bombers struck
The London transport system was coping with the peak of the morning rush hour when the coordinated terror attack the capital had feared became reality.
Zarqawi: Everywhere and nowhere
AMMAN, Jordan - A remarkable proportion of the violence taking place in Iraq is regularly credited to the Jordanian Ahmad al-Khalayleh, better known as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and his al-Qaeda-linked organization in Iraq.
US confirms civilian deaths in Afghan air strike!
American-led forces have mistakenly killed scores of Afghan civilians since engineering the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001, including 48 who died when a wedding party came under attack three years ago.
Labor, 'Showroom Dummies'
Labor does not oppose illegal and degrading wars? Nor do they stand up for renditioned and tortured citizens, welfare rights, people held in detention for years on end? Or anything else that matters to the marginalised voters who have to rely on the minor parties time and time again for some support.
Australia: Lib/Lab Cult Squad
AUSTRALIA: WHEN pastor peter costello delivered a speech in July last year from the pulpit of the hillsong church, an 18,000-strong cult, based in Sydney's northwestern suburbs, most people wrote them off, all accept those neo-liberals who were seeking the gargoyle vote.
Back to kill the innocent
THE fascist Federal government will send Australian militants and guerrillas to war on Afghanistan, two years after they were last deployed there in the mountains full of indigenous people.
Crush, Kill, Destroy, Labor Wants War on Afghanistan
Labor's Pre-emptive war spokesman, robert mcClelland, says Australia needs to redeploy troops to Afghanistan after an attack today against a US helicopter left 17 missing.
Howard off to US, UK - part 5
PART-5- PRIME minister john hoWARd will meet US president george w buSHIT, British prime minister tony blair and queen 'imperialism' herself during a 10-day visit to the United States and the UK next month.
Searching for resistance in Afghanistan
Tribal leaders listen in a meeting in Miana Shien, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, on Saturday in an attempt to end the fighting that has killed more than 175 freedom fighters since Tuesday.
Battlelines drawn on Security Council
THE US has outlined its first detailed position on UN Security Council reform, proposing a limited expansion of the permanent membership by two nations - one of them Japan - and foreshadowing a major statement next week on specific criteria to be met by candidate countries.
Bush's demon-aid tactic strikes again
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the George W Bushit's mastermind demon to help bolster support to continue to wage the US-led Illegal and degrading war on Iraq. Another report that senior aide to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (a George Bushit demon) used time and time again, as an excuse to wage war in Iraq has allegedly been captured.
Zarqawi tape 'magic': ABRACADABRA
An [alleged] audio recording in which Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, alleged Al Qaeda's leader [scapegoat and patsy in the resource wars who must have bled to death in Iraq by now], 'already', denies reports that he has been seriously wounded, and that's magic, says Mr Houdini, a magician.
Lying and bullshitting the same thing
Australia: The Un-Australian Newspaper: "AS well as all the bullshit in politics, there's even more in our metaphoric and colloquial language. Bullshit is the subject of serious philosophical inquiry in a little book called On Bullshit, published by the 'highly respected' Princeton University Press. To the surprise and delight of the author, it's stampeding out of bookshops all over the world."
Is this our most dangerous Newspaper?
The Daily Terrorist should be managed with manacles and flown into Siberia via a jumbo jet tomorrow amid fears government fascists may attempt to use them again on someone else.
IRAQ: Washington gives up on Iraqi security forces?
According to a United Press International report published the next day, General John Abizaid, who directs all US military forces in the Middle East, described the progress in developing Iraqi forces to fight the anti-occupation resistance as "disappointing".
UN Dialogue among Civilizations
This roundtable is a contribution to the UN Dialogue among Civilizations project that began in September 2000. At the first round table debate on Dialogue among Civilizations, Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN stated that, cultural diversity - in his opinion - is not only the basis for the Dialogue among Civilizations, but also the reality that makes dialogue necessary, since the perception of diversity as a threat is the very seed of war. [The role of religion in creating a culture of peace and moving on from a culture of fear.]
Zarqawi' figment of the US imagination, used time, and time again! US propaganda 'terror monster' the alleged Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq has been used by the US and its Coalition of the Killing as an excuse so many times he has bled to death, surely?
Tuesday May 17, 2005, Brussels - Today, representatives of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) delivered a law summon and invitation letter addressed to President Bush at the US Embassy in Brussels.
Iraqi police vent anger at US after car bombings
Iraqi police hurled insults at US soldiers after two suicide car bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least seven people and left 19 wounded, including policemen. "It's all because you're here," a policeman shouted in Arabic at a group of US soldiers after the latest in a bloody wave of attacks that have rocked Baghdad this month. "Get out of our country and there will be no more explosions," he told the uncomprehending Americans staring at the smouldering wreck of a car bomb.
UK report shows Iraq war illegal: former defence chief
Ruling Class Lord Goldsmith said a final UN resolution may be needed, that hard evidence of Iraqi non-compliance may have been required, and the UK could face sanction by international courts.
300,000 Iraqis protest occupation and genocide
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Chanting "Death to America" and burning effigies of President Bush and Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Iraqis flooded central Baghdad on Saturday in what police called the largest anti-American protest since the fall of Baghdad, the capital, exactly two years ago.
Annan calls for human rights agency revamp!
The commission has been harshly criticised recently by human rights groups claiming it has become less of a body for upholding human rights, and more of a haven for violators.
Attacks kill 21 two years after Iraq invasion
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Wolfowitz's World Bank nomination worries Oxfam
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It seems the United States of America (The World Watchdog) is dictating and practising double-standards --- a unique law for America and another set of laws for all other countries.
CALL TO ACTION of the ANTI-WAR ASSEMBLY
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Returning veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan
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The Veil of Freedom
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Iraqi women eye Islamic law
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IRAQ: Shiite and Sunnis to unite against occupation?
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Democracy, Iraqi style
"In a darkened hall, candidates for Iraq's main Shia party sit listening to a turbaned cleric speaking into a microphone. They are being told how to campaign for the election without getting killed.
Violence continues ahead of Iraq Shoe Sale
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US transport company pulls out of Iraq
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Rumsfeld's war, torture and occupation ideology!
War criminal Donald Rumsfeld faced critical questioning at a Washington media conference, after the announcement that it was a suicide bomber who caused the blast inside a US military base in Mosul yesterday, killing 22 people including 14 illegal militants.
Annan admits to a tough year
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Iraq sale to be contested by 100 buyers
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Fallujah refugees in desperate need of aid: UN
More than 200,000 people who fled Fallujah ahead of the US attack have yet to return and many are in desperate need of aid, with temperatures in Iraq heading towards freezing, a new UN emergency report says.
UN panel proposes criteria for legitimate military action
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Indonesians rally against Fallujah assault
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UK politicians launch Blair impeachment bid
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'This One's Faking He's Dead' 'He's Dead Now'
Fallujah: Video shows US soldier killing wounded insurgent in cold blood
by Andrew Buncombe in Washington.
US: Very superstitious? Writing's on the wall!
The US military says it has discovered close to 20 torture sites in the course of its massive attack against the resistance in the Iraqi city of Fallujah?
World Vision Aust pulls out of Iraq
The organisation says the country has simply become too dangerous and its decision to leave was made before the apparent murder of Care Australia's Iraq director Margaret Hassan.
US Senator slams !!! 'dysfunctional, rogue' CIA
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Civilian death toll to rise in Fallujah
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Illusionary demons blamed for US led Attack Iraq, Fallujah
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Full-scale attack on Fallujah begins
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US/Iraqi militants storm Fallujah hospital
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US warplanes and artillery attack Fallujah!
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State of emergency: Allawi 'killer of saints'
The US puppet, Iyad Allawi otherwise known as "Sock" killer of saints has declared a state of emergency for 60 days to quell violent resistance gripping the country ahead of January's shoe sale.
US Empire Votes For Pre-Emptive War!!!
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Saddam's family dismiss lawyer
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Who's counting the dead in Fallujah? CARE?
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Iraqi civilian deaths put at 100,000
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Unknown News Update - 2009
More than 103 times as many people have been killed in these wars and occupations than in all terrorist attacks in the world from 1993-2004. About 241 times as many people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq than in the ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001.
Bushite group threatens civil liberties in Iraq
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US secretly moved prisoners out of Iraq for questioning: report
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Weapons inspectors missed WMD in Iraq
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US accused of breaching international law
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Allies 'planned' Iraq war despite denials
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UN warns of Iraqi malnutrition
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Jordan's king doubts Iraqi elections possible
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Annan tells world leaders to respect law
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The 'coalition of the killing's' complicities - the US, Britain and Australia - have insisted that their countries' military action in Iraq was legal after they have committed war crimes against humanity.
Iraq war illegal, says Annan
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Bush team 'knew of abuse' at Guantanamo
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Journalists ordered to leave Najaf as fighting continues
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Enemy Mortars attack opening of Iraqi summit
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Iraqi Women in the Occupation Prisons As Material and Means of Violations It is important to say at the beginning that there are many psychological, social and cultural obstacles for Iraqi women to talk openly about what they actually went through inside the occupation prisons.
Ancient Babylon ruined by foreign troops: Iraqi minister
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Whatcha Gonna Do, When They Come For You? Bad boy!
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Saddam trial US propaganda
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OK-CANCEL vs CANCEL-OK
If you have been using a Mac extensively, you would note that, majority of application use this philosophy. The reason? Minimalist Design. Your UI shouldn't be cluttered. A traditional Microsoft dialog would be like, The document has unsaved changes. Quitting this application will really make you lose all your changes. If you really want to lose them click OK, else click Cancel.
What's the problem with this design?
Lack of minimalism.
People prefer minimalistic user interface. According to Jakob Nielsen's Heuristics for User Interface Design, one of his heuristics for usablity design states that, dialogs should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their relative visibility.
In the Smultron's case, the user needn't even read what the application is trying to say. The buttons are marked clearly and user can click an option with confidence. It follows minimalism. Mac users appreciate this minimalism. The UI is uncluttered with unwanted options unlike Windows.
Look at this screenshot taken from Office 2010. It has a option to open System Information dialog from the About box. A legacy followed for at least a decade.
Users will only be confused with this kind of workflow, wherein I have to open Outlook to see my system information. A minimalistic UI shouldn't be cluttered like this.
If Microsoft is making these kind of silly usability mistakes, why should Windows programmers also follow the same cluttered, "un-minimalistic" UI design? Don't shout at me, I'm also a Windows Developer. The reason, until Windows Vista a Windows Programmer could not (at least not easily) change the OK/CANCEL or ABORT/RETRY/CANCEL text from a dialog. Only with Vista (how many years after Mac?) did Microsoft introduced Task Dialog. Only with a task dialog can the developer change the button face text easily. You might have noticed the changes in Windows Vista's Notepad or Paint's dialog. Only with better SDK, can quality products be delivered.
Now coming to the order of buttons, our main topic, after a useful digression, should it be OK-CANCEL or CANCEL-OK? Mac introduced GUI far before Windows (of course Apple copied it unabashedly from Xerox PARC Labs).
I would say if you are a platform developer, follow the platform conventions. For example, iTunes on Windows follows Microsoft's conventions of OK-CANCEL rather than CANCEL-OK like Mac.
So is Microsoft Office on Mac.
Why is this so? Because you should not confuse users. Cancel - OK might be superior for Apple. But when it comes to Windows development, they follow the platform conventions. So did Microsoft.
With more and more applications moving towards web and with cloud computing is becoming the norm, which philosophy should your web application follow?
That's an interesting question.
Apple chose that any "positive action" should be on the right and negative actions should be on the left. Why? Because the real world has been modeled like that. See this link (opens in new window). Long long ago, when people hated left handers, they used the word "gauche" (which actually means left) for anything that's awkward and now Oxford says the meaning of gauche is awkward.. Slowly, it has been hardwired into our brain that left means something awkward. Another reason, why over 75% of countries drive on the right is because of this. (Though driving on the left has recorded lesser accidents because, when you drive on the left you can react quickly to oncoming vehicles which is to your right).
Apple's philosophy of choosing positives on the right can be seen throughout the UI. The desktop icons are aligned from the right. Any task panes/toolboxes are placed on your right (unless you are a left handed person, you usually leave your pen on the right side of the writing pad isn't it?)
The close button is placed on the left top corner as opposed to the right corner. The "Don't Save" button is to the left of the Save button.
Microsoft never follow any sort of convention. Windows Explorer's tasks are placed on the left where as Office shows its tasks pane on the right. I've literally no idea, why it's like this by design.
Web applications like Wordpress uses this convention.
Even Microsoft's Bing uses this convention!
The download button is to the right. The normal Microsoft convention is to have it at the center when there is only one button. Any website you visit will have "Actions" to the right and "Navigation" links to the left. For example, your shopping carts are always to the right in a majority of cases.
Though Windows had a huge market share, why did web developers stick with the Mac way of doing things? Because the browser philosophy was like that. To go the the previous page, you click the button to the left, to move forward, you click the button to the right. The philosophy is, to progress forward click the "Right" button. A variety of web forms use this philosophy. Look at the location of "Sign in" boxes on Yahoo and Gmail. They are placed on the right.
Critics claim that since English is written from left to right, the icon ordering and the order of buttons should follow the other way round. If I'm not wrong, the world's first written language, Chinese (not the Mandarin flavor) was written top to bottom, right to left. Why did the Chinese write that way? Because, intuitively, it was the most comfortable way to read. But when the printing industry took the center stage, to facilitate easier printing and easier stacking of the character molds, they followed this left to right norm and it still stays like that till date. Sometimes technological limitations force us to do things the wrong way. We all use QWERTY keyboard over DVORAK keyboard though DVORAK was designed for humans and is ergonomically superior to QWERTY. It happens. Can't help it. But don't let something like that happen again. You may end up getting carpal tunnel like syndromes for your eyes!
So in my opinion, ordering of buttons or layouts is not just a matter of taste. Follow platform conventions when targeting a platform. Else follow the "Apple way" or the right way.


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You CAN have both - low noise AND high efficiency
For noise-critical portable applications, such as GPS receivers, connectivity, and sensing, power supply designers always had to choose between longer battery run time (from higher efficiency) or higher signal chain performance (from the increased sensor sensitivity possible with a quieter power supply). For line-powered industrial or communications equipment applications, designers have been forced to dissipate significant amounts of power in LDOs to achieve the desired noise performance. Achieving both low noise and high efficiency was impossible.
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While everyone associates Bad Robot with J.J. Abrams, he actually has a producing partner that rarely does press and usually stays out of the limelight: Bryan Burk. If you look over his IMDb profile, you'll see he's tremendously involved in all Bad Robot productions and was a key component in both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness.
With the movie getting ready to premiere around the world, I recently landed an exclusive interview with the busy producer. During our wide-ranging interview, we talked about making the sequel, the editing process, the secrecy, the title, if we'll get Star Trek 3 in less than four years, whether a new Star Trek TV show could happen in the near future, and more. We also talked about other Bad Robot productions like Star Wars, Mission: Impossible 5, Infinitely Polar Bear, Person of Interest, Revolution, Alfonso Cuaron's pilot Believe, Karl Urban's pilot Almost Human, and more. Hit the jump for what he had to say.
Question: What the hell has this process been like? Because I know how much you enjoy doing press.
BRYAN BURK: Well, you know, this is easier because in theory we're just talking about Star Trek so it's easier to talk about things that are out or coming out earlier because the fear is always that I will slip and talk about something prematurely. So, that's it.
I want to keep it spoiler free, what was the length of the first cut?
BURK: Good question, it wasn't that long. I want to say maybe 2:20, I don't even think it was 2:30, I think somewhere right around 2:20.
What was the process like in the editing room getting that first cut to the theatrical release?
BURK: It's interesting because the way J.J. cuts – we're very close with our editors as well, so it's kind of the first cut and then he went back and started tightening things up, etc, then loosing things when it was too tight. Then you start watching it and you start figuring out performance – not performance, character-wise I should say, who you're really able to follow, whose journey is harder to follow, and you make all that work. Then we started looking at story and what was making sense and what wasn't making sense, emotionally and thematically the intention that we had a year earlier when they were working on the script, did all that come across? It's all kind of generic things, but it's fascinating and it's weird – I haven't made that many films, but it's weird that every time you think you learn from your mistakes on your last film you have a slew of new mistakes and things that you learn. So it's an interesting process just going through and seeing what works and what doesn't work, and what's the best version of it. It was a good process because I think we all collectively, when everyone would run into issues in the cut or know that things weren't working, they kind of glaringly stuck out so we could focus on fixing those things and it wasn't a situation where you would show it to ten people and you would have ten problems.
I'm a huge fan of not learning everything about a movie and while some people might be frustrated, I love the secrecy you guys place on projects, however because of the secrecy you guys can't really do test screenings the way most studios and films do things. Who are the friends and family that you show the movie to that you really trust to give you feedback before the release?
BURK: Yeah, we definitely have screenings; we just don't have screenings out on the street. We bring in – it starts internally, so its people who work at Bad Robot, then it starts going to our friends outside of Bad Robot, and then it starts going to friends of friends outside so we get really fresh people who don't have to pretend to like us. It's an invaluable part of the process, obviously, having test screening and you definitely learn something. There's an overlap of people we've used from previous films and we also like to obviously bring in new people so we get a fresh voice and opinion when you bring them in. All different ages and genders and everything, you just want a wide spectrum of people who are coming in to see what works.
What did you learn in the screening process for the Trek sequel that perhaps you worked on in the editing room as a result?
BURK: Well consciously what we were doing when making the film was, we really wanted to make sure it was a film about – in our mind it was never really a sequel, it was its own movie going forward and it's why the movie doesn't have a number by it. It was a film that you should be able to jump in, if you've never seen it before you'd be able to jump right in, and obviously if you have seen it then you'll be bringing your own emotion to it. We wanted to appeal to both. It was really important to try to reach a whole new audience so we had a lot of people in who not only had not seen the last film but were not Star Trek fans, or thought of themselves as not being Star Trek fans, or they had seen bits and pieces of Star Trek in the past and it was just not for them. So that was an important part of the process and strangely, early on, we started to realize, in that respect, we were successful in what we were trying to do, which is make a film that everybody would be able come out and not be scratching their head at all. And more importantly what we found with those people is that a lot of them said, "Hey it's not what I thought it was going to be." Which is a great reaction, particularly if they liked it.
Were there any alternate titles to Into Darkness that came close or was Into Darkness always the title you were going with?
BURK: We were going to call it "Star Trek: The Avengers", and for a while we were like, "People are going to love that title". No, we had a whole bunch of titles, we never had any official title until we came out with this, we had different conversations about other things. This was one of those, again, there's a lot of people, there's five of us as producers, there's a lot of conversations about what's good, and everybody has different opinions. Then, as with anything, when the right thing appears everyone – kind of unanimously everyone was like, "Oh, that's it." So it was something that we all loved.
Obviously with Star Trek cannon you have the "red shirt". Talk a little about how much discussion you guys had about having a good moment for a red shirt in the sequel.
BURK: We definitely had conversations about it early on and, you know, you can't put everything in. The "red shirt" moment is obviously the moment when Chekov gets his red shirt, which isn't as big as the "red shirt" moment from the last film. As you talk about it – and I'm the worst one to be talking about it because I do not know Star Trek cannon as well as I know other cannon, but I'll hear my fellow producers, who do know that world much more, talk about a whole bunch of things. When we start talking about these films there's a whole bunch of things on the table that, time permitting, they would be all over the film. it's just you can't do everything in ever film. Even in the last film we introduced Klingons, but you never saw it because in the final cut it didn't work for us to bring them in. Fortunately they made it in this film. But there's just a lot of possibilities, particularly in a world that's been around for 45 years, of things you can put in. If they'll continue to let us make these films well continue to keep populating it with things that impress.
I'm curious if there are any Easter eggs that are in the background that fans should be looking out for on their second viewing?
BURK: That's a very good question…I'm trying to think right now off the top of my head and I think there is, but I can't remember because we had conversations early on. There's one I can't really address comfortably yet, I don't want to say yes and have people looking for things that ended up not being in it, but there might be.
I said this at the beginning of this interview and I've told you this right to your face, I love the fact that you guys keep things really close to the vest.
BURK: No, I know, I know.
Obviously you don't know if the sequel is going to be as big as the first film, but assuming it is for fans of the Trek franchise, do you think that another movie would come along sooner than four years? Or is that the hope?
BURK: Well, truth be told it was the hope on the last one, it's always the hope. It's just you don't just wasn't to do it- everything we do is, for a lack of a more crass term, everything we do is pushing against the conveyer belt. There is just this need to feed the beast of movie, or TV, or whatever it may be and you don't want to do things just because you're supposed to do them, or because they're required, or whatever it maybe. Is it inevitable after a successful film that they're going to ask for another one? Yes. Do we want to rush and do it for that reason? No. So that's one of the reasons why we took time between the last one and this one, was to make sure that we could do something that we believe could be equal if not better than the last one. In this case we already have ideas of things we're talking about, and I think in a perfect world it will not be a four year break and it will come out significantly sooner than the last.
I'm a huge, huge fan of Star Trek on TV, watched all the shows, you guys at Bad Robot seem to be quite good at producing TV. Have there been any conversations about doing some new version of Star Trek on TV that obviously doesn't focus on The Enterprise, but maybe another aspect of the Star Trek universe.
BURK: I mean…yeah, we definitely had conversations about it, I just feel like in the land of walking before you run that we're still only one film in, I mean the second one hasn't even come out, and we are trying to galvanize this version of Star Trek and help it be its own thing before we jump in and start doing those. It feel like it's definitely something we have talked about and something we would like to do at some point, but right now our focus is on just the films.
If we can just break into TV for a second, how involved are you in TV stuff? Or are you sort of like and overseer and they come to you with little things?
BURK: It depends on the project, what's happening that day on the project, at what stage were in on the project; it various from project to project and where we're needed. So in Person of Interest land I wish I was doing more on a daily basis, although Jonah [Nolan] and Greg [Plageman] have such a handle on that show it's crazy how well they are running that show. To the point that it makes me feel like I'm a total idiot for everything I've ever worked on because I've never run it as smoothly as them. Revolution, same thing, [Erik] Kripke is really up and running on Revolution, although I'll be involved at this point, or maybe in the pilot, or wherever it may be. We now have two new pilots so it's kind of running between those when necessary, but again, we're fortunate in those situations where Joel Wyman who was our co-showrunner on Fringe for most of its five years, and were using the same crew from Fringe. So there's already a good machinery in place, for lack of a more disgusting word to describe what we do, but there's already an infrastructure in place.
And on the other side we have this new Alfonso Cauron pilot that we did and my job in working with Alfonso Cauron is to clear the runway. He co-wrote it with Mark Friedman and they are so on top of it in a way that, you know, he is a brilliant auteur film maker for a reason. I just like watching him do what he does and anything he needs I'm there. So it depends. And, by the way, the time comes where it's like the episode isn't working or whatever it may be, so I will spend hours on end in an editing room, or on a sound stage, or working on a script, or whatever it may be. And the same goes for JJ, I mean there were plenty of times even in the middle of mixing Trek, locking that, and doing a final dub on Trek where we were working on scripts for one of the pilots and JJ had all these ideas and things he wanted to address on one of them. It is constantly going where you are needed and it's a lot of work, but it's also this crazy, lucky place that we're in where they're allowing us to make TV shows and make movies, and there's nothing any more that I've ever wanted to do in my life nor would I want to do in my life, so I feel like any opportunity I have to go work on all these different things that were very excited about – I'll be there.
I'm actually very excited for Human and Believe, you guys landed Karl Urban for Human, what can you tell people about both shows and when will you find out if the pilots got picked up?
BURK: I'm hoping we'll find out by next week, by the end of the week, because I think upfronts are the following week so hopefully we'll start hearing things. I can give you like one-liner loglines on both of them, although it won't do them justice because they're not at all as simplistic as the one-liner that I can give you. But, Joel Wyman's project, which is Human, is one of those ones that when we heard the idea it was like, "How is it that this isn't already on air?" It just appealed to all the things that we love with a great blend of humanity, emotions, and possibilities of great science fiction without being over the top. It had elements of things that we just loved in previous movies, books, and TV shows but there was really nothing like it on TV. It kind of exemplified that thing that JJ has said before, which is it's kind of a B-movie gone A. And then on the other side Alfonso came in and pitched us this idea about a year ago, and when we heard it – it was so amazing because it was so unlike anything that I had seen before on television, particularly through the eyes of Alfonso Cauron where if he can do what he does so well in movies and move it to television it would be this amazing, emotional, unique experience. And it's amazing, watching the pilot is so signature Alfonso Cauron I can't wait for people to see it.
I watch Person of Interest, I know a lot of people that do, I really enjoy the show, are you a little bit surprised at the success? Because I believe it's one of the highest rated shows.
BURK: I am surprised any time we have any success on anything, so Person of Interest is no different than anything else we do. However, do you know Jonah at all?
I've talked to him before, but I'm not close with him the way I'm close with other writers.
BURK: He is just, aside from being the greatest, most personable person on the planet, and a ridiculous genius writer – and director for that matter, his sensibilities are so in touch with…kind of a mass audience. His ability to make things that are really thought provoking, ambiguous, and wonderfully deep characters, and kind of throws you into this world where you're always on the edge of your seat and you don't know where you're going to go. He really is that great storyteller who takes you by the hand, leads you where you don't know where you're going, and it's always a surprise. In watching from the original pitch in J.J.s office when he pitched it to where we are now, I'm excited that people are watching the show and it's been fortunately a successful show, but I can tell you knowing what Jonah has done so far, let alone where we're going with the show, is people haven't seen anything yet.
That's what I wanted to ask you when he came into pitch and when you pitch for the network, even with shows like Human, when you go to pitch the network are they now asking, "What's your five year plan?" Or are they asking for your first year or two? How much do they want to know prior to saying, "Here's a bunch of money"?
BURK: It's a combination, I think they want to know – it's for every show, which is I think networks want to know that you have a vision for where the show could go to make sure that it really is a show, that it's not just a one-off forty minute pilot, that it's an actual series. And then simultaneously I don't think they're asking you to necessarily write in stone that this is what you're going to do or what you have to do. As J.J. has said many times, when you start a series you want to have a destination. It's like driving a car, when you pull out of your garage and you head out driving down the road, you have a destination, okay? You may change your destination, you may have a hundred stops along the way, there's a hundred different possibilities, but usually when you get in your car you are thinking, "I am going to go somewhere." We approach our shows the same way where we just have a map and we present them to the network so that they realize that, all things being equal, we can definitely head in that direction. Sometimes we do and sometimes we find better ways along the way.
What's the status of another Mission Impossible movie, even if you guys are just producing?
BURK: We're working on it now. We only produced the last one as well, so we'll be having the same role on the next one as we did on this one.
I guess my question is how far along is it in terms of actually being in front of cameras? Does the studio have an idea on a release date?
BURK: You know, things come up and we have those conversations. I feel that they're all in a kind of similar state, which is that we all keep working on them, in house, until we feel like it's ready and then it goes from being something that were working on to ready very quickly. Keep in mind that we are producers with Tom Cruise so we also have Tom's schedule that we work around and work with as well. But as far as the development of the next film it is a process that, be it Star Trek, be it Star Wars, be it Mission Impossible, be it – it doesn't matter what it is, it is all stuff that we try as best as we can to work on making the best possible film we can, and then once we feel like, "Oh here it is, it's all coming together," then the freight train starts moving very quickly.
Besides a certain franchise that everyone's talking about you guys are producing a bunch of other things for feature films, what else is bubbling up to the surface in terms of getting ready to go? What other films are you excited about that Bad Robot is doing?
BURK: To be truthful, and I'm not being coy, it's what I just said, which is there are a lot of things. We just had some scripts come in recently, internally, that we've been developing that are awesome, like spectacular, and they are all different size films. We have some much smaller budget, we have some medium budget, and there's another very big budget floating around. So it all starts being like, "Okay, what's the process? Where are we going to go next?" We have our first independent film that are doing right now called Infinitely Polar Bear which Maya Forbes is almost done directing, she has one week left. Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana are in it and it's great. It's this really small film about a bi-polar father who has to raise his two daughters and it's autobiographical for Maya. It's a very special script that we've had for a while. There were all these different start dates, and then all the sudden these pieces started coming together and the next thing you knew we were starting that film. It started the same day that we ended production on Human, on our pilot there. It was the same time that we were in the middle of just starting the mix for Star Trek: Into Darkness. And it started at the same time that another script came in that is rapidly gaining momentum. It's hard to tell you what's going to be next because if I told you three months ago that Infinitely Polar Bear was going to be the one that was going to pop and be the one that was going to go – it wasn't on the radar and, by the way, neither was Star Wars at the time. So things come together for different reasons and when they are ready to go, the pieces are all there, everybody's availability is working and everything starts lining up, that's when we go.
I'm just going to try and ask you a Star Wars question or two, stuff that I hope you can answer without any drama, but if you don't want to answer just let me know. Do you know where and when you might be filming?
BURK: We're progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year, and the location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues. As I just said, everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when we feel like the story level on this script and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, we prowl ahead, and Star Wars will be no different.
Are you a little bit surprised, even for you, about the level of interest or did you sort of know there would be a level of interest you've never had before on anything?
BURK: I mean, it's Star Wars. It's something that obviously has successfully been handed down from generation to generation in the last 40 years. If I weren't working on the project, I'd have the same interest as everyone else because it's something that I, too, am looking forward to seeing where the franchise goes next.
Note: Since I did the interview with Burk, it's been revealed that Star Wars Episode: VII will be filming in London. Here's the info on that.


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Industrial Sales Down? Then You Need To Tap Into The Power Of Co-Op Advertising
March 7, 2018
Stressed out from low sales on the Internet? Can't believe the rising cost of online marketing such as search engine optimization or pay-per-click? Is this is a problem you're facing, one solution is Co-op advertising.
Co-op advertising is a mutual promotional arrangement between two or more non-competitive companies that share the same target market. For example, a manufacturer of bearings may develop a cooperative advertising relationship with an re-builder of engines. Or perhaps, a distributor of first aid supplies may engage in co-op advertising with a plant safety management firm. Both companies benefit from the exposure while cutting advertising expenses.
Previously, most co-op advertising relationships were between manufacturers and their distributors or the retailers that sell their products. Which usually consisted of running ads in newspapers or magazines read by their target audience. However, ever since the Web came along, there has been all kinds of co-op arrangements between companies in just about every industry.
The Perfect Co-Op Partnership
Manufacturers and distributors of industrial products share the same end user – industrial and technical buyers such as engineers, construction companies, manufacturing facilities, foundries, and other buyers of industrial supplies, equipment and machinery. Therefore, with such a vast target market, manufacturers and suppliers of industrial goods or services make the perfect co-op partnership.
Finding co-op advertising partners is usually not that difficult. After all, cutting advertising expenses is something every company would like to do, so whether your a manufacturer or distributor, or perhaps an exporter or importer, you should have no problem finding cooperative advertising opportunities. You can start by looking at your own supply chain or the companies you are currently doing business with. These are often the easiest to arrange a co-op relationship with, especially if you're a buyer, distributor or wholesaler of their products.
Web Sites Are Ideal For Co-op Advertising
Just about all kinds of media can be utilized for co-op advertising. For industrial suppliers, however, trade magazines is still the media of choice for running coop advertisements. But quickly closing in is the Internet, which many suppliers are finding to be the most effective source for developing co-op campaigns.
Obviously, the most popular form of co-op advertising on the Internet is simply trading banners or reciprocal linking. Yet, over the last couple of years. too many people, perhaps out of greed, have ruined which was once an extremely beneficial method of building traffic. In other words, the bulk mail offers (Spam) to exchange links. In result, more people are now shying away from exchanging links and instead focus more on internal, one way links.
But if you're serious about finding valuable co-op advertising partners online, there still are literally unlimited opportunities available. Whether it's trading or sharing the cost of a banner or logo, text link or display ad, the possibilities are endless and only limited by your imagination.
By all means, when looking for co-op partners, think in terms of quality, not quantity. Don't worry about page rank, that will come naturally. Just focus on developing fewer, but of higher quality co-op advertising or linking partners. Because it's not how many co-op or banner exchanges you have developed. More importantly, it's the value of those relationships that count. Just a handful of the right partners can dramatically increase your site's Web presence.
Co-Op Advertising Using Adwords
I know of several companies in which Google Adwords has proven to be an extremely effective source for co-op advertising. Adwords is nearly perfect for developing, running and tracking coop ads. No other advertising system gives you the ability to access such a large audience so quickly and test your ads so easily. It's practically designed for co-op advertising.
In fact, I can say with almost certainty, and you can quote me on this, that by the end of the year there will be noticeably more companies doing co-op advertising via Adwords. Especially if the bids for keywords continue to rise like they are, co-op advertising maybe the answer for a lot of manufacturers and suppliers of industrial products. Yes, Google Adwords.
For instance, the way Adwords is designed, it's possible for companies to share the views of a landing page, so traffic is filtered equally between the partnering sites. Or maybe the landing page itself can display the advertising content of both companies for mutual exposure. You can even get creative and design the ad to promote both companies, or even use rotating ads.
Or if you want to get real creative, you and your coop partner can integrate your keywords and create a totally different ad that promotes both companies. Again, the possibilities are limited by creativity and your willingness to test different ideas.
Free Co-Op Industrial Advertising Network
If your company is a manufacturer or distributor of industrial products, I want to invite you to join the Free Co-Op Industrial Advertising Network. I've developed the network in association with IndustrialLeaders.com, and it's quickly becoming the most popular online co-op advertising network for manufacturers and suppliers of industrial products. International manufacturers and suppliers are welcome to join free-of-charge. You can get all the details at the website below.
About The Author :
Conrad Bailey is co-founder and vice president of IndustrialLeaders.com, a Manufacturing Directory and author of the popular Co-Op Industrial Advertising Blog at: http://www.IndustrialLeaders.com/blog/
Finding Industrial And Technical Buyers On-line
December 28, 2017
Internet marketing strategies for manufacturers and industrial suppliers that want to generate more sales and increase marketing ROI
By Conrad Bailey
If your company sells industrial products or services, one thing is for certain, you should be using the Internet as a marketing tool to reach your target audience. After all, over 87% of engineers and other industrial buyers report using the Internet on a regular basis to find the products, services and solutions they need. The manufacturers and suppliers that know how to effectively reach these ready to buy prospects through effective marketing programs are the ones making the most profit from the Internet.
However, reaching qualified buyers, at the right time, is becoming increasingly difficult as more manufacturers and other industrial suppliers join the on-line marketplace. The competition has become so intense for certain products and services, many companies are beginning to doubt the Internet as being a profitable marketing tool.
Even programs that use to be extremely profitable for a lot of manufacturers, such as pay-per-click, lacks the clout it use to have in the eyes of a lot of industrial suppliers. Most of them blame it on the competition. But that is not really the problem. The real problem is the company's inability to adapt to a constantly changing marketplace. And unquestionably, no marketplace changes faster or more frequently than the Internet.
Increase Your Marketing Channels
Relying on pay-per-click, search engines, banner ads or your Web site is not enough. You have to versify your entire marketing approach in order to compete on the Internet today, as well as in the future. If you expect the major search engines to be your Web site's main source of traffic, you are relying too much on one marketing channel. You must increase those channels to generate traffic from multiple sources all over the Internet. The Web site's that are most versatile in terms of marketing, will develop the strongest competitive advantage possible over their competitors.
Probably the single biggest reason why most manufacturers do not versify their marketing is they prefer to keep things simple. So they invest most of their marketing dollars in one or two programs, and overlook smaller traffic sources that could significantly increase their ROI.
Indeed, keeping it simple is certainly an ideal approach, but it does not mean you have to limit your marketing channels. The key is to find smaller, more flexible search engines, directories or portals that reach your target audience. You can and still should utilize the major search engines to promote your site. Just don't overlook the others just because their too small to work with. Together they can generate much better results than any single source, no matter how big. Moreover, the competition will be a lot less, so the ROI will be significantly improved.
Finding Marketing Channels That Work
Obviously, not all marketing opportunities are equally effective. You want to find marketing plans or programs that are simple to utilize, measurable, and of course profitable. No matter what audience you are trying to reach, there are dozens, perhaps even hundreds of Web site's that are ideal marketing channels to promote your company. Don't make the mistake of ignoring a site just because of its small audience. You need to look at the whole picture and see the real value of these sites.
As I mentioned earlier, most leading manufacturers don't even bother with advertising on Web sites that reaches just a small fraction of their target audience. Yet, these smaller sites offer by far the greatest profit potential. Consider not only the excellent advertising value these sites usually offer, but also the enormous potential they often have to reach even more of your prospects in the near future. After all, as their visitors and audience increases, so will your ROI due to several reasons.
A significant advantage of advertising on smaller Web sites is the relationship factor. Imagine being the original advertiser on a Web site that once had a small audience but now reaches millions of your prospects. There will certainly be perks. I know myself I will not forget the original advertisers of my own site. Their support was vital to my Web site's success and I make sure these companies are rewarded with exclusive advertising benefits.
Internet Advertising and Marketing
Everybody on the Internet today has their own opinion about which advertising or marketing methods are best. Many swear by text link advertising and search engine optimization. Others like pay-per-click or opt-in email. And there are many manufacturers that still prefer banner advertising, most likely for branding purposes. But who cares what works for somebody else? All that really matters is making it work for your company – period.
Different Web sites offer different advertising opportunities. Some sites will only accept banner ads while others will only present text link ads. Then there are directories or search engines that may even accept both. The point is, if the terms are right, then you must be flexible and be willing to advertise in the manner these sites require. Again, all that matters is reaching your target audience while increasing ROI. Whether it be via a banner advertisement, text link, featured listing, or whatever.
Yes, it will take some serious time and effort to find the right marketing channels and advertising opportunities. But the benefits are certainly worth it if you are responsible for marketing or increasing traffic to your company's Web site.
Just look at the whole thing as if your building a chain one link at a time with each link strengthening the entire system the bigger and longer the chain gets. This chain will undeniably result in a flood of ongoing traffic from multiple sources that will consistently increase your site's visibility and competitive advantage on the Internet.
In contrast, your competitors will be limited to the one or two big marketing channels they rely on for 90% or more of their Web site's traffic and perhaps their survival. They will be constantly subjected to price increases, growing competition, and ironically the need to find other marketing channels.
About The Author :
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- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons masa
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening, room temperature
- 1/4 cup (or more) warm water
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- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 12 ounces fresh Mexican chorizo sausage, casings removed
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
- Purchased tomato salsa
- Purchased salsa verde (green tomatillo salsa)
- 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- Fresh cilantro leaves
Recipe Preparation
Spray three 12-cup mini muffin pans with nonstick spray. Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine masa, flour, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in processor; using on/off turns, process to blend. Add butter. Add shortening by rounded teaspoonfuls. Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1/4 cup warm water and process just until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dry.
Transfer dough to work surface; form into ball. Roll scant tablespoonful dough between palms into 1-inch round. Flatten into disk, then press onto bottom and up sides of 1 muffin cup, keeping top edge of dough inside cup (do not form any overhang). Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake crusts until dry to touch and easy to remove from cups, about 35 minutes. Cool on rack. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Store at room temperature in airtight container.
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Heat oil in heavy medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chorizo and cook until browned and crumbly, breaking up sausage with wooden spoon or fork, about 5 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and tomato paste. Stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm filling before continuing.
Divide filling among crusts (about 1 teaspoon each). Spoon 1/2 teaspoon tomato salsa atop half of chalupas and 1/2 teaspoon salsa verde atop remaining chalupas. Garnish with avocado and cilantro leaves.


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Brian and Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, both associate professors of psychology, offer an engaging journey through the process of conducting research in their field. This hands-on guide assists undergraduates with their research—in their courses and in collaboration with faculty or graduate student mentors. Students learn how to work as a team, generate creative research ideas, design and pilot studies, recruit participants, collect and analyze data, write up results in APA style, and prepare and give formal research presentations.
Sage Publications, 2012. 296 pages.