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Commissioned by a silver baron for a wedding gift to his daughter, this three story grand Queen Anne victorian still holds the beautiful detailing of its historic era.
Built in 1742, this classic Center Chimney Colonial home has modern comforts but quiet and peacefulness of another era.
By The Sea Inn & Spa
A wonderful overnight enchanting escape
Locust Tree Bed and Breakfast
The Lillis' welcome you to enjoy the hospitality of a real New England experience.
3 Liberty Green Bed & Breakfast c. 1734
We are near quaint village shops, antiquing, restaurants, cafes, coffeehouses, museums, live theater and Mystic attractions, Foxwoods & Mohegan Sun Casinos.
Riverwind Inn B&B
At Riverwind Inn, crackling fires greet fall and winter guests, while a wrap around porch with rockers beckons to spring and summer visitors
Tidewater Inn
Cozy, elegant shoreline B&B. Nine rooms, some with fireplace or jacuzzi. Relax in the beamed sitting room or in the English Garden. Near beaches and village shops.
Tucker Hill Inn
Tucker Hill Inn bed and breakfast is a gracious New England Colonial home situated on lovely grounds and lightly shaded by ancient oaks and maples in Middlebury CT.
Swan Cove B&B
Located in a Residential, Historic part of New Haven, one block to a marina and great restaurant overlooking the Harbor for a seaside dinner at the end of the day.
Historic Mansion Inn
Historic mansion now a B&B/Inn in downtown New Haven. Old Elegance and Style. Stately 12.5ft ceilings. Four blocks to Yale University. A block to famous Italian restaurants.
Westbrook Inn B&B
A Magnificently restored 1876 Victorian Inn located walking distance to beaches!
Angels' Watch Inn Bed and Breakfast
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Visit our Wallingford, Connecticut bed and breakfast directory of historic, romantic, and adventure B&B's. You can browse through our detailed listings of Wallingford, Connecticut bed and breakfasts and inns with nearby city listings that include pictures, room rates, booking information and area activities. Every Wallingford, Connecticut b&b inns has complete contact information and a direct link to the innkeepers.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
You'd think they'd be all bikini tops and short shorts and coozies to celebrate their No. 1 song, "Pontoon." But that's not at all what Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild will be wearing this fall. Think more like leather and fur and rhinestones and oxblood. It's all on this Womanista.com blog , written by Lady Antebellum vocalist Charles Kelley's wife Cassie. It looks like Fairchild detailed everything she'll be adding to her already vast wardrobe in the coming months. "Collecting leather jackets is like collecting favorite albums on vinyl. They never go out of style and they only get better with time. I'll wear them with denim, but I'll also throw it over a cocktail dress," she told Kelley. As for footwear, Fairchild admits to being a long-time bootie lover, and that one of her current faves is the Isabel Marant Milwaukee western boot because it feels Nashville-inspired. "Every country girl needs these," she said. Her shopping list also includes embellished things (like these $428 Rebecca Minkoff pants with rhinestone and satin detailing). She also likes fur, probably the faux kind. And oxblood (the color), which Fairchild advises can be used as a wardrobe staple. "It's easy to mix in with black, navy and looks heavenly with greys and charcoals," she promises. Maybe, though, don't wear all the leather, fur, rhinestones, booties and oxblood all at once. That's my own personal style tip for fall.

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Introduction - Plugins in Zend Framework
Zend Framework makes heavy use of plugin architectures. Plugins allow for easy extensibility and customization of the framework while keeping your code separate from Zend Framework's code.
Typically, plugins in Zend Framework work as follows:
Plugins are classes. The actual class definition will vary based on the component -- you may need to extend an abstract class or implement an interface, but the fact remains that the plugin is itself a class.
Related plugins will share a common class prefix. For instance, if you have created a number of view helpers, they might all share the class prefix "Foo_View_Helper_".
Everything after the common prefix will be considered the plugin name or short name (versus the "long name", which is the full classname). For example, if the plugin prefix is "Foo_View_Helper_", and the class name is "Foo_View_Helper_Bar", the plugin name will be simply "Bar".
Plugin names are typically case sensitive. The one caveat is that the initial letter can often be either lower or uppercase; in our previous example, both "bar" and "Bar" would refer to the same plugin.
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The UP 3985, the worlds largest operating Steam Locomotive arrived in North Little Rock about 4:00 PM today, it will be on display there all day Friday-Saturday, June 18-19, before leaving Sunday to steam toward Van Buren on Sunday. See schedule below:
I saw it in Houston on Sunday, June 15, before it started back to its home base in Cheyenne, WY. My brother-in-law watched it speed thru Benton, AR about 3:30 PM today.
I was looking on Arkansas Geocacher mooremonkeys web page http://homepage.mac.com/mooremonkeys...rain/index.htm where he posted a beautiful picture of it when it went thru Van Buren on Feb. 7 on its way back to Wyoming from display at the Super Bowl in Houston.
Below is the Union Pacific Infomation webpage about Challenger UP 3985:
The train is equipped with a GPS locator and by going to the web site below you can track its current location along its route by clicking on the blue "Follow the Challenger" link on that website.
Tuesday, June 15
Depart: 8:00 a.m. Houston
Arrive: 8:50 a.m. Conroe
Depart: 9:00 a.m.
Arrive: 10:00 a.m. Trinity - Service Locomotive
Depart: 10:20 a.m.
Arrive: 1:00 p.m. Palestine
UP Railyard
Wednesday, June 16
Depart: 8:00 a.m. Palestine
Arrive: 11:30 a.m. Longview
Thursday, June 17
Depart: 8:00 a.m. Longview
Arrive: 10:00 a.m. Texarkana, AR - Service Locomotive
Old UP depot
Depart: 11:00 a.m.
Arrive: 1:00 p.m. Gurdon, AR - Service Locomotive
UP depot
Depart: 1:30 p.m.
Arrive: 4:00 p.m. North Little Rock
1000 W. 4th St. - behind office building
Friday, June 18 - Saturday, June 19
Layover - Public Display
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 20
Depart: 8:00 a.m. North Little Rock
Arrive: 10:30 a.m. Russellville - Service Locomotive
Old UP depot - Main St.
Depart: 11:00 a.m.
Arrive: 3:00 p.m. Van Buren
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Can you remember the voices from BioShock? Of Brigid Tenenbaum, or Sofia Lamb, or Dr. Suchong, or Andrew Ryan? Now imagine them all with Australian accents.
If casting for an upcoming web series being produced in Victoria, Australia goes well, then you'll never hear those sounds. A casting call on audition site Starnow says that the web series, if it's finished, will cover the events of BioShock's prequel novel, BioShock: Rapture.
Out of the 11 parts sought, a call for a Bill McDonagh part is conspicuously absent considering his weighty role in the novel; maybe the slot's already filled. Note, however, that none of the parts offer any pay. I know what Andrew Ryan would say to that kind of labor: "Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"
It's no full-fledged BioShock film, to be sure, but that's probably for the best. A man chooses. A slave does character parts in an amateur Australian web series for free.
Australian Actors Wanted For BioShock Prequel Web Series [Kotaku AU]


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Apple Adds iTunes Radio to Apple TV, but Not Much Else
New video for Apple hobbyists, obsessives and completists out today: Poorly lit footage of new Apple TV operating software, which will incorporate Apple's iTunes Radio when that service shows up this fall.
Note that this doesn't count as news, as Apple has already said iTunes Radio would show up on Apple TV.
But now there is proof!
Here's a short version:
And here's one that goes 9 minutes. It's narrated, presumably, by Isaac.
Back? Okay. What would be truly interesting, of course, would be if Apple opened up Apple TV to the rest of the world, so that screen full of apps was replicated many, many times over. Just like Roku does with its Web TV platform.
But note that, contrary to a last-minute flurry of hopeful rumors, Apple did not open up Apple TV at its WWDC conference this month. Just like it has not done for several years now. Instead, there are just a handful of apps from outsiders, like Hulu, Netflix and the Wall Street Journal (which, like this site, is owned by News Corp.).
We still don't know why Apple hasn't opened up Apple TV, and it's a little bit vexing. After all, opening up the iOS platform to outsiders was a crucial step in the iPhone's evolution.
On the other hand, note that HBO Go did finally come to Apple TV this year, but there's no HBO app on Apple TV; instead HBO subscribers can beam their shows from their phones and tablets to their TVs using Airplay. [UPDATE: That was fast: Now many (but not all) HBO subscribers can access an HBO Go app on Apple TV, along with new apps from ESPN and others.]
That's not quite as easy as clicking on an app on the box (for starters, it means you can't do anything else with your phone while you're streaming "Game of Thrones" to your TV) but it does point out a way that Apple can flesh out its experiment while it waits to get really serious about this TV thing. One day.


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They are a familiar sight to anyone who has been on the frontlines in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo: striped sheets—formerly store awnings, curtains and drapes—that once blocked the harsh sunlight or a neighbor's prying eyes, now acting as shields against more lethal threats.
The sheets are strung between buildings (what's left of them, at least) and across streets. They are meant to obscure a sharpshooter's line of sight, providing a small measure of protection from an assassin lurking in the shadows of these often abandoned and devastated neighborhoods. For residents, even the simplest task, like going to a bakery or visiting a neighbor, can be a harrowing dash across a street with nothing but a piece of fabric for cover.
The billowing fabric provides unexpected bursts of color in urban landscapes that have otherwise been reduced to a near-ubiquitous gray: the gray of crushed cinder blocks from pulverized buildings, the gray dust that covers household belongings strewn about the rubble, the gray of a once-vibrant city that has been reduced to a stalemated battleground where it can sometimes seem as if the only other color on view is blood crimson.
The sheets also highlight the asymmetrical nature of Syria's battlefield. The conflict, now in its third year, pits the army of President Bashar al-Assad against a hodgepodge of disorganized defectors, armed civilians and makeshift militias. One side has tanks, helicopter gunships and body armor; on the other side there are anti-aircraft guns and other weapons, often sourced from the black market, and handmade weapons fabricated in local workshops. The sheets are one more tangible testament to the rebels' ability to improvise.
Photographer Franco Pagetti, who has covered conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other hotspots, captures the beauty of these sheets, and the terror they represent, in this series of haunting images. There are no people in these photos. The curtains serve as a witness to and a barrier between the two sides of this unending civil war. Like so many aspects of the conflict, the curtains are quotidian realities that have been stripped of their mundane origins. Today, they fulfill a purpose very different from their original roles.
Pagetti says the curtains reminded him of the miles upon miles of concrete barriers that crisscrossed Baghdad during the worst of the sectarian violence there, in 2006 and 2007.
"Aleppo's sheets serve the same purpose: they protect lives," he says. "But you're always aware how fragile they are." As he moves through the neighborhoods, Pagetti says he has to be acutely conscious of the direction of the sun and wind. "If your shadow falls on the sheet, the sniper can see you... Boom, you're dead. If there's a gust that blows the sheet up for a moment, you are completely exposed... Boom."
Franco Pagetti is an Italian conflict photographer represented by VII.
Rania Abouzeid is a Middle East correspondent for TIME. Follow her on Twitter @Raniaab.


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Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0)341 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (0)341 3550 - 299
Curriculum Vitae
Born: March 11, 1980 in Zwickau, Germany
|1998 – 2003
Study of Biology (Zoology, Behavioral Physiology, Ecology, Psychology), University of Bayreuth and University of Leipzig, Department of Biological Sciences
Diploma thesis: "Object choice experiments with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus)" [in German]
|2004 - present
Dissertation: "Sociality and ranging in wild West African female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)"
Supervisor: Prof. C. Boesch, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
|2012 - present
Consultant of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Tasks: fundraising, report writing, webpage updates, conservation education projects (Club P.A.N., School-projects Germany/Côte d'Ivoire)
Professional history
Volunteer for Ecology ("Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr") in the Zoo Görlitz, Germany
|2001 - 2004
Student assistant, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
|2003 - 2004
Volunteer for the Taї Chimpanzee Project Ivory Coast, Habituation of a chimpanzee group
|2001 - present
Guided tours for school classes, students or other visitors, Zoo Leipzig, Germany
|2004 - present
Member of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Tasks: fundraising, conservation education projects (Club P.A.N., Partnerschoolproject Germany/Côte d'Ivoire)
Instructor for the seminar on Behavioral Ecology:
Instructor for the Seminar on Wild Chimpanzees:
Research at Tchimpounga Sanctuary, Republic of Congo
|2006 - present
Awards and honours
In 2011 Julia Riedel won the Yves Rocher Fondation "Trophée de femmes" award in Germany for the Club P.A.N. environmental education project. The award honours women working with environmental projects with the common goal of creating a future worth living.


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Hi everyone!! I need to access a txt file from android. The problem is that I need to use the class File because I need to know the file size (lenght() method) .
The only solution I have found in the web is
InputStream is = getResources().getAssets().open("myfile.txt");
But InputStream does not have the method lenght, and I can't know the size of the file.
How can I get an object File from android? Or convert an InputStream to a file?
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The CBOT grains closed near unchanged after a day of wide swings. November soybeans came down to post new lows for the move at $15.04 before settling 1 ¼ cents higher at $15.31 ¾. December corn closed 1 ½ cents lower at $7.56 ¾. December wheat closed 1 ½ cents higher at $8.73.
FC Stone's production estimates were surprisingly higher than expected yesterday afternoon which contributed to the overnight weakness. As soybeans surpassed some major technical goals we started to see more buying interest come into the market. For now the $15.00 level has held but if tested again there is a major gap in November soybeans down at $14.78 which would be the next downside target.
The fact that we have the export sales report tomorrow may have been a reasonable cause for the longs to step back into the market. Our export sales pace has been very aggressive most notably to China. Tomorrow they are expecting soybean sales to be between 700,000 – 900,000 MTs. The USDA announced the sale of 21,000 MTs of soyoil to China this morning.
The EIA report was a little bearish for corn showing a production decline of 23,000 bbl/day to 785,000. The ethanol stocks were also down by 0.5 and are now at 18.8 mln bbl. Ethanol's profit margin is estimated to be negative (Iowa Prices) for the 9th week in row wit this week at $0.601 per bushel. Corn had a hard time sustaining its intra-day strength as crude oil fell by over $4 a barrel. For tomorrow the market is estimating weekly corn export sales to be between 200,000 – 400,000 MTs.
MARKET OUTLOOK: The expectation for higher soybean acres, higher yield, and typical harvest pressure continues to weigh on prices. Yield reports seem to be coming in better than expected but overall have been hard to quantify. What the USDA writes down for their October 11th estimate is any ones guess. But let's assume that the USDA does increase available bushels by 200 million (increased old crop stocks, increased acres, increased national average yield). Over the past 5 months we have cut 616 million bushels off the original 2012/13 demand estimates. With the buying pace China has set we could easily replace 1/3rd of that lost demand with those extra 200 million bushels. Though I want to stay hedged, I find it hard to believe that the price of soybeans can continue falling at its current rate unless bean yields are substantially higher than the current expectations. Soybeans are now 41% harvested and the good-excellent rating was left unchanged from last week.
Corn has a really bullish supply story, but is the demand going to pick up? Last week the USDA shocked the market with an old crop corn carryout less than a billion bushels. In response we had a limit up settlement on Friday and an overall supportive tone this week. Corn is now 54% harvested and the good-excellent crop rating went up 1% to 25%. Now that we are past the 50% harvested mark this may be a trigger point for market participants to start looking for a harvest low. We just need to start seeing export demand pick up for any sustainable rallies. Last week we had a dismal 400 MTs… total! We need to watch the Thursday sales reports for direction as well as the next WASDE report which will be released on October 11th.
Soybean Technicals: The November contract finally reached its 50% retracement level today before finding heavy market bids to drive the price back to positive territory. As I mentioned previously, the next major support could be found at the 4th of July gap at $14.78. Next upside resistance can be found at $15.71 ¼ and then at $16.12 ½ basis November.
Corn Technicals: Corn was unable to make it down to the critical 50% retracement level, gap fill, or 100 day moving average before its late rally last week. We now have the MACD and exponential oscillator turning higher which may be an indicator of another rally to come.
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Siemens is among those who believes it is a good idea. Since 2000, all Siemens turbines with rated capacities of 2 MW and more include vibration-based condition monitoring. "We have excellent operating experience with the system and it is nowadays completely integrated with the service planning," says Henrik Stiesdal, chief technology officer at the Danish wind division. Units rated at less than 2 MW do not include CMS.
Germany's Nordex, which announced its re-entry into the American market last year with its 2.5 MW unit, provides CMS as an option for its basic or extended service package. It comes standard when a customer orders a full service package. Here too the system is vibration based CMS and Nordex's procedure is reflective of a common approach. The system records the structure-borne vibration from the bearings and the gear teeth. This is done using acceleration sensors located at measurement points in the individual drive train components. During the three-month start-up phase, a unique vibration profile for each wind turbine and its components is created. The measurements taken are stored in a database as parameters. During operations, real time measurements are automatically compared with the earlier baseline readings stored in the system.
"In the event of any deviations or irregularities in these parameters, the system sends an alert or warning to our remote centre. On the basis of many years of experience, Nordex is able to reliably determine the extent of the change and initiate any steps which may be necessary," says the company's Felix Losada.
Gamesa, too, includes CMS as standard with all its turbines and the technology is linked with its operations and maintenance contracts. The system, "practically eliminates major repair jobs and increases availability, as well as turbine life," says the company.
The approach by Vestas, which declines to discuss its CMS strategy, is mixed, according to its customers. Condition monitoring is an option on some models but not all units. The big V90 3 MW turbine includes CMS as standard but CMS is not offered on all smaller units. Clipper wind includes CMS as a standard facility on its single wind turbine model, a 2.5 MW unit.
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GE Energy, the largest provider of turbines to the American market, bucks the CMS trend. It does not offer CMS on its workhorse 1.5 MW turbine, a machine with a long technical pedigree stretching back to way before GE's ownership of the technology. Only this machine is available from GE for the American market. The company's 2.5 MW turbine, being sold to the European market, includes CMS.
"Regarding GE's 1.5 MW platform, we see potential value in a CMS solution and are working with customers to develop an appropriate product," says the company's Kristin Schwartz. GE supplied 43% of the US wind turbine market last year, with roughly 2340 MW installed.
Like GE, Mitsubishi does not include CMS on its wind turbines, citing the extra cost and questionable effectiveness of CMS, according to Tsuneo Nakano, senior vice president, Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas. Suzlon is not currently selling CMS with its units but is still in a testing phase of the technology, says the company.
But whether CMS is offered or not, a turbine customer's decision to pay extra for the system is a big overlooked factor, says Eric Smith with SKF Group, which provides full condition monitoring systems for a variety of industries. CMS is often the first option to be removed in the negotiation between a turbine supplier and a buyer, he says, and this is exacerbated by the frenzied business climate right now, with high turbine demand, high prices, and buyers looking to cut options to bring the prices down any way possible.


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Minecraft is generally about exploring your very own world, hollowing it out, hoarding its resources, and building a utopia for yourself and your farm animals. That's about to change, though, with the expansion announced today.
Microsoft, Mojang and BioWare revealed in a press release this afternoon that the Mass Effect "Mash-Up Pack" for Minecraft on Xbox 360 will be released Sept. 4 for $3.99 (or 320 Microsoft Points—wait, those are still around?).
In these new "Mash-Up" expansions—of which there will definitely be more—"worlds from other popular game franchises are fused into Minecraft's iconic pixelated form."
The Mass Effect pack features a pixely recreation of the Mars Facility location from Mass Effect 3, plus Mass Effect textures and craft-able items, themed menus and UI, 36 new characters skins, and 22 music tracks. It was created by Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition developers 4J Studios.


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Learning specialists are available to meet with students interested in improving their academic skills or who have questions about optimizing their performance in one or more classes. Based on each student's interests, past experience and individual approach to learning, the Learning Specialist will helps the student develop some practical strategies. Walk ins are welcome but appointments are recommended. During an initial meeting you will explore needs and identify unique learning characteristics and then plan a course of action. Ongoing meetings to monitor progress are possible as well as semester long "coaching" arrangements.
The Peer Tutoring program provides quality, course-specific academic support to students at no cost. Tutoring sessions are tailored to meet individual student's interests and needs. The focus is to foster independent learning. The Peer Tutors are undergraduate students who have excelled in the course they tutor and have been trained to facilitate discussions on course content as well as study skills and strong academic habits.
The Learning Specialists have found a number of online resources that students can explore on their own on topics such as learning styles, time management, handling anxiety, organization exam preparation and active learning and other topics. In addition we have included Electronic tools and apps that we have used and recommended to students.


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Illuminance is the term used for the light flux (in lm), which impinges on a surface, based on the size of the area. Derived (Si) unit is the Lux (lx). She is a photometric unit. If a luminous flux of one lumen evenly illuminates an area of one square meter, the illuminance on the illuminated surface is 1 lux (1lx = 1lm/m2). A candle at a distance of one meter produces an illuminance of about one lux.
If you double the distance between the candle and lighted surface, the illuminance falls to 0.25 lux, because the illuminated area is growing with the distance squared. Illumination can be intensityfied by focussing the emitted light flux, by reflectors or lenses for example, to a smaller area.
The illuminance, if no information for distance to illuminated surface or illuminated area is given, cannot be used to compare light sources.


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Beyond the Pattern: Knitting 'Purls' of Wisdom with Christine BylsmaLong before 'cast on' and even after 'sew seams' there are numerous details, tricks, and techniques that can make knitting better looking but are never spelled out in patterns. These are a dozen of my most essential 'purls' of wisdom for knitting success—from winding a pull-skein by hand to wearing the garment out the door. Each nugget of information can make knitting more enjoyable and produce more professional results.
SuppliesYarn and needles used for swatches, 1 or 2 different types of needles (metal, plastic, wood, tip shape) but same size as swatch needles, circular needles 2 sizes smaller than swatch needles, a range of needle sizes and crochet hooks, scissors, blunt-tip tapestry needle, tape measure, calculator. Wear a basic T top or camisole for measuring and/or bring a favorite T top.
Sharp scissors, notebook, pen or pencil with an eraser, stitch markers, blunt tapestry needles (large and small), flexible tape measure, small calculator, and needles & crochet hooks of various sizes.
HomeworkKnit two stockinette swatches of 30 sts x 4 inches in smooth, worsted-weight, light-colored yarn.
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In 1983, Ally Sheedy catapulted to stardom as Jennifer, the beautiful girl next door, in WarGames, about a computer hacker (played by Matthew Broderick) whose innocent prying turns into a game gone very wrong, with potentially global consequences. Instant stardom and a successful film career followed. 29 years later, the award-winning actress revisited her role, as part of a Tribeca Film Festival panel on the film and the ethical questions it continues to raise.
Hit the jump for our interview with Sheedy and her thoughts on seeing the film for the first time since its release, its relevance, Seth Gordon's upcoming remake (including casting options) and more.
Ally Sheedy was a mostly unknown 20-year old when she was cast in WarGames. Coming off steady work in television and a pivotal, but relatively small role opposite Sean Penn in 1983's Bad Boys, Sheedy was cast opposite Matthew Broderick, in just his second film (following Max Dugan Returns).
The film follows a high school student, David Lightman (Broderick), who tries to hack into a gaming company's computers to seek out an unreleased video game system. However, with his sudden crush (Sheedy) by his side, Lightman unknowingly stumbles onto a wargame for the Department of Defense. As he begins to play "Global Thermonuclear War," and launch fake missiles onto the US, the DoD thinks it's real. Massive paranoia ensues.
Initially, Sheedy and Broderick thought they were going to be fired, due to constant fights between director Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run) and the film's producers. Once Brest was replaced by John Badham, however, wholesale changes were made. WarGames went on to solid reviews (Roger Ebert called it a "masterstroke") and big box office ($79.5 million in the US). Sheedy would star in a wide variety of films, including: The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Short Circuit (also with Badham) and High Art (in an Independent Spirit Award-winning performance).
After her panel, Sheedy took a few minutes to discuss the film with us.
Collider: When was the last time that you saw War Games?
Ally Sheedy: I think when it came out.
Sheedy: Yeah.
How different is it seeing it now, as opposed to 30 years ago?
Sheedy: Well, I mean, it's — I'm just remembering stuff when I'm watching it, like "Oh, I remember shooting that, shooting that, and there's just stuff that I, I didn't catch. It's just, it's different looking at it with a perspective of 30 years and where technology is now and all of that, so it was, it's, you know, obviously a completely different experience.
And you raised, probably, the most interesting point on the panel at the end where you said, "We're still looking at the same question (about the idea of thermonuclear war as 'Mutually Assured Destruction' or as one character says, "There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless.")–
Sheedy: (Laughs) Yeah.
You know, is war worth it? And-
Sheedy: Right.
-And, there are a lot of parental themes throughout the film. You know, from the discussion of seeds in the classroom, when you get interrupted (by the teacher, Mr. Liggett), to-
Sheedy: Right.
-the Galaga game being passed off (Broderick's character hands off a game, in progress, to a younger gamer, early on in the film). So, what do you think the lessons are that we've passed on, in the past 30 years?
Sheedy: Well, I think that lesson hasn't changed. I mean, it's still a question of, you know, who can amass the most wea-. I was just- I've been reading Rachel Maddow's book. ("Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power" about the growing powers of the presidency and its impact on moving the US into a constant state of war). She has a whole thing-
About war, yeah.
Sheedy: about we can't dismantle, now we can't dismantle all these weapons that nobody can actually use, you know? We can blow up the world a hundred times and, and so what? It only takes once. So, we have these decrepit, archaic systems but now you're looking at… Now Iran wants to build their own systems, so suddenly, instead of just worrying about the Soviets, now there's five different nuclear powers now, right? So, it's the same question, it's just getting magnified, because now everybody wants this weapon that will kill everybody if you just use one.
And, on a much lighter note, there's this Seth Gordon (The King of Kong, Horrible Bosses) remake, which is now in the works. What are you-
Sheedy: Is that a remake of this movie?
Sheedy: Oh, I didn't know that. Oh, cool!
So, is this the first that you're hearing about it?
Sheedy: I've heard rumors about that and other movies, always, that things are going to be remade and I never know what is really true.
What are your thoughts on that?
Sheedy: I think it's great!
Have you talked to anybody with it?
Sheedy: No. No, but I think it's great. I think it's completely timely and it would make, I think it would be a great movie to remake, especially with all the technology now. It would be really interesting.
And who do you think would be great to play (Sheedy's role) Jennifer?
Sheedy: Oh, I have- I think they should get two totally unknown high school kids. Like here. Nobody knew us (Sheedy and Broderick) . That made it better. (Laughs)
Great. Thank you so much.
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With the NBA Allstar game around the corner, today was a good idea to do a post around the same. Actually, this post is about one of ours & everyone else's who watches the NBA's favourite play, the SLAMDUNK!!! Over a period of time, since the ABA & Dr. J (Julius Erving popularised this great feat) the slamdunk has come a long & high way ;-).
My brother, Mihir, & I have been watching basketball since forever. Although initially, we didn't really watch it for the love of the game.. actually we did; we used to play Tecmo Basketball on the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) & that, over a period of time, got us familiar with the teams and the players. Soon we migrated to watching the game. This was around the time cable TV was introduced to India & ESPN & Starsports were broadcasting matches. Anyways, the Slamdunk & its versions, the tip-in dunk & the alley-oop, were our all time favorite things to watch in the game. We also followed some great dunkers & their exploits; to name a few – Clyde Drexler, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Scottie Pippen, Spud Webb, Shawn Kemp, Kobe Bryant, etc. etc.. For all those interested in seeing the history of the Slamdunk Contest check the link http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/slamdunk_year_by_year.html ; also below is the video for the Top 10 dunks of all time in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest:
Moving on….. what i wanted to talk about was the evolution of the sport and my top few dunkers. Let me start by talking about my most favorite dunkers & my top 5 in order are – at number 1 – The Reign Man, Shawn Kemp number 2 – Half Man Half Amazing, Vince Carter & current favorite at number – 3 Blake Griffin. Vince & Blake both have been Slamdunk Contest winners; Kemp, on the other hand, hasn't won any Slamdunk Contests yet, though his Alley-Oops courtesy Gary Payton and his insane in-game dunks are absolutely revolutionary. Vince Carter's showing in the 2000 dunk contest is probably the greatest showing in the history of the NBA Slamdunk contest ever!!! Blake also showcased some amazing dunks during his winning run in 2011, his bounce ball off the board elbow dunk was very cool & his over the car dunk was a showcase event. Also, through the years, the dunk competetion has seen a great many dunkers like Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson, the only 3 time winner, Gerald Green, Josh Smith, Dwight Howard, etc. Don't miss Vince Carter's performance in the Slam Dunk Contest, check the below video:
Dwight Howard, one of the few big men who won the crown in 2008 with the Superman dunk, which according to me is when the dunk evolved…. Dwight jumped so high that he actually threw the ball downwards into the rim from far. Further to that, and since then, Blake Griffin has taken that to another level with his crazy dunks over Kendrick Perkins & Pau Gasol. His teammate, DeAndere Jordan, also matches Blake's ability to fly, and showcases monstorous dunks regularly. Gerald Green, with his insane dunk, wherein his head was above the rim & then he decides to windmill the same………. insane, I tell you. Then there is Jawal Mcgee who, according to me, should have been a co winner with Blake Griffin in the slamdunk contest. This guy is a freak of nature, with the arm span he has…… every time he dunks his hand is above the white box! All these guys have taken the art of dunking to the next level. A worthy mention here is The King, Lebron James, who as per me, has some of the most insane & powerful ingame dunks! When he jumped over John Lucas the 3rd, it was a sight which not many will ever forget! Blake vs. Jawal in the video below:
This year's competetion features some great dunkers, though, no real superstar … which is a bummer :-(. NBA, take notice! Get Lebron, Blake & a few others to take part. Having said that, the competition this year features……click on the hyperlinks to see highlights of the participants:
2013 Eastern Conference Sprite Slam Dunk Competitors
Gerald Green (Indiana) Terrence Ross (Toronto) James White (New York)
2013 Western Conference Sprite Slam Dunk Competitors
Eric Bledsoe (L.A. Clippers) Jeremy Evans (Utah) Kenneth Faried (Denver)
My pick? I don't have a single one, but will go with boys from the eastern conference – each of them has insane ups!!!
Intresting Trivia:
1) Nate Robinson has won the contest thrice as part of the New York Knicks
2) Three Atlanta Hawks have won the Slamdunk Contest – Dominique, Spudd & Josh Smith
3) Julius Erving never won the NBA contest but won it when it was a part of the ABA


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Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies have once again arrested a man for having sex with Nadia the horse.
Cirilo Castillo was scheduled to appear before a magistrate Wednesday to face charges of trespassing and cruelty to animals.
Castillo, 43, has repeatedly gone after the same mare, prompting her owner to set up a security camera in the corral where she is kept, said Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino.
"We have a hell of a surveillance tape," Trevino said. "It is not going to go to, 'America's Funniest Videos,' that is for sure."
Trevino described Castillo as a laborer and said he has prior arrests for theft, marijuana possession, and most recently, cruelty to the horse, for which he was released from jail in April.
"The guy is practically harmless, except for the horse," Trevino said. "I can't just ignore this and allow it to keep happening.
The sheriff said that this time he's hoping to actually help Castillo by seeing if a judge can order him to undergo some kind of treatment to sort out his issues.
"Maybe we can get him some help, whatever we can do, we are going to try and do," the sheriff said.
Trevino said that as the state has no law against bestiality, Castillo can only be charged with trespassing, and perhaps cruelty, if there is evidence the animal was hurt.
He said Nadia's owner first realized Castillo was back prowling in the night after she found a mysterious bucket in Nadia's corral on a recent morning.


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All-Star effort earns win
Pat Misch is an All-Star. Wednesday night in Syracuse was more proof of the fact…if that was even needed.
The southpaw struck out six in a complete-game victory as the Bisons bounced the Chiefs, 6-2, from Alliance Bank Stadium. The victory was Misch's fourth straight and the ninth in his stellar first half to the 2010 season.
The next pitch the southpaw throws will be at Coca-Cola Park a week from Wednesday, when he represents the Bisons at the 23rd Annual Triple-A All-Star game.
In his All-Star tune-up, Misch retired 16 consecutive Syracuse batters. He allowed just two unearned runs on five hits and one walk. The complete game effort lowered his season ERA to 3.16, the 10th lowest in the International League.
After allowing a walk and a single in the first inning, Misch retired the Chiefs in order from the second to the sixth. A lead-off single from Justin Maxwell in the seventh broke the string. The Chiefs then scratched across a couple unearned runs as the Bisons committed two of a season-high four errors with two outs in the eighth inning.
The big bats in the Bisons order gave plenty of offensive support to Misch. Mike Jacobs hit a pair of home runs, a two-run shot in the first inning and a solo blast in the fourth to give the Herd a 3-0 advantage. Jacobs now has four homers and nine RBI in his last six games.
Lucas Duda hit his eighth homer of the year in the seventh inning and Justin Turner left the yard for the first time as a Bison in the ninth. Buffalo also plated a run in the eighth inning on Mike Cervenak's RBI-single.
BISONS NOTES: Pat Misch is one of only four pitchers in the International League to have two complete games on the season. One of the other hurlers is former Bison, R.A. Dickey…Each Buffalo position player had a hit in Wednesday night's victory as the Bisons out-hit Syracuse, 13-5…Jorge Padilla went 1-4 to extend his hit streak to 11-games, one shy of the Bisons' season high set by Jesus Feliciano.


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Leadership, Nonprofit, Succession, Management, Stakeholders, Community Engagement
In mid-2008, David Miller, the CEO of the Madison Children's Foundation (MCF), is beginning to contemplate the future of the organization. As the founding CEO, Miller has been the face of MCF since its inception in 1993. The foundation has a strong track record of success and has established a reputation as a "change maker" and "partner" in the community, having made grants of more than $60 million to local organizations. Although its grant-making has increased, MCF's staff has not grown over time. The board has changed composition over the past six years, adding more community residents and "working" board members. The board succession plan is fairly well organized, with a nominating committee and a good understanding of skill sets needed and the expectations for board members. However, there is no CEO succession plan. Board members have been raising the question in a non-confrontational manner for the past two or three years, and now Miller believes the time has come to create a CEO succession strategy for MCF.
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Serious Cheese: 3 Unusual Goat's Milk Cheeses to Get You Hooked
Say cheese! We recommend, review, and eat a lot of cheese.
Goat's milk has a very specific flavor. Many would call it tart, and there are countless simple goat cheeses that play up this personality trait more than anything else. True goat cheese lovers, however, understand that goat's milk can carry with it a symphony of characteristics ranging from grassy to meaty to an especially subtle sweetness that rewards those attentive to its nuanced flavor.
It's these other traits that we're focusing on today. Below you'll find three goat cheeses that stand apart from the crowd—some with swagger; others with more sensitivity. While these cheeses may provide a hint of that tart, goaty profile, they are more subtle and complex than your everyday varieties of chèvre. Folks who have historically thumbed their noses at goat cheese may very well find these the perfect introduction to a whole new world of dairy.
Chèvre de Argental, France
Tender and demure, Chèvre de Argental prefers to keep her goat's milk roots under wraps until she's gotten to know you better. This cheese likes to leave a simple first impression of silky flexibility, sharing tidbits of grass and sea breeze like you're talking a stroll along the coast. You may begin to believe that she's a cow's milk girl, with a rich texture that leaves you dreaming of fatty, fresh-churned butter. But pay attention to the followup: Chèvre de Argental's true nature shines through, playful, salty, and charming as all get out. As she kisses your cheek goodbye, you'll be pleased to discover a meat roundness that lingers like a light peck of terra-cotta lipstick on your skin, sweet and savory all at the same time. I do love a girl that keeps me guessing.
Vare, Spain
This firm, chalky cheese is a stout beauty queen who likes to toss out a little sugar with her sass. Nutty and complex with just a hint of capriciousness, Vare is barnyardy without a ton a funk, rolling across your tongue with a lovely hit of meatiness that reminded me of fat, tender noodles left to simmer in a pot of very rich chicken soup. If you listen closely to Vare's baritone song, you'll find the ending is both sweet and salty, pairing nicely with its gently goaty personality. Perfect on its own, or a superb treat when shredded over a green salad with peanuts and sautéed asparagus.
Bûcheron, France
Meat. Beef ribs, pork chops, chicken pot pie; these are all the things I dreamed of upon my first bite of Bûcheron. This umami bomb of a cheese is exceedingly meaty, with a hint of vegetal notes hidden within its depths. Firm and pasty, the cheese is enveloped by an exquisitely salty cream line, with a brininess that threatens to topple salt-lovers from their chairs in a fit of sheer bliss. You'll find a good dose of tart goatiness here, but not in the way you're accustomed to tasting it; with so much full-bodied flavor, you'll have a hard time singling out Bûcheron's capricious mids and highs, instead drifting off on a wave of deep, savory contentment.
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Scenes From Euphoria 2012: The Southern Food, Wine, and Music Festival in Greenville, SC
This past weekend marked the seventh annual Euphoria—Greenville, South Carolina's weekend-long food extravaganza of Southern proportions.
While its goal is to bring together the best food, drink, and Southern soul and country music, it does so with unfailing hospitality. That's how it sets itself apart from other food & wine festivals—everyone is relaxed and friendly, and the event is staffed by a team of volunteers whose one mission in life seems to be to make sure you enjoy your time in Greenville. Both the place (with shiny new shops, restaurants, parks, and promenades) and the people are those of an up-and-coming modern town with a sweet Southern touch.
Some of the highlights of the weekend's events were Friday night's Taste of the South, featuring tastes from the best local restaurants accompanied by a large outdoor country music concert; Saturday's Tasting Showcase, which featured local food and beverage markers; Sunday's Jazz brunch; as well as wine seminars, cooking demos, and more. Euphoria flew in top chefs from New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and all over the south to participate in the cooking demos, cook-offs, and to cook side-by-side with Greenville's best chefs for a series of guest chef dinners.
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Here's the "advanced aluminum space frame" guts of the Fisker Karma the company will be showing off at Geneva. Why? With a start-up automaker you have to show the insides to get anyone to believe it's real.
This new luxury hybrid was advertised as the $80,000 luxury hybrid complete with Euro-designed good looks and a Q-Drive series-hybrid featuring an Ecotec engine/generator and a 403 HP motor in the rear. The space frame is apparently way above spec for automotive use. Is "advanced aluminum space frame" the new "soft Corinthian leather."
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The GB Gambling Commission has launched a consultation on proposed changes to social lottery regulations, including a potential increase to how much players can win.
Just under one in six Australians aged 16-17 gambled in the past year, according to the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children's (LSAC) annual statistical report.
In the second part of iGaming Business' rundown of the year to date's most popular news stories, we see that viewers were particularly interested in US developments, while regulatory progress in Germany also attracted a lot of hits.
Strong growth in revenue failed to offset the impact of growing costs for Scientific Games in 2018, with the gaming solutions provider's loss for the period growing to $352.4m (£269.3m/€310.1m). Revenue for the 12 months ended December 31, 2018 was up 9.1% year-on-year, with a marginal decline in gaming revenue - down 0.7% to $1.8bn - offset by strong growth in the social and digital divisions.
In the second part of iGaming Business' deep dive into the revised Wire Act opinion, ICE Sports Betting USA speakers stress the need for clarity from the Department of Justice as they look to work out the best way to interpret the ruling.
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When Billy Crystal walked onto the Academy Awards stage for the first time in 1990, he answered rousing applause with an opening crack about the previous year's infamous musical number featuring Snow White and Rob Lowe.
"Is that for me or are you just glad I'm not Snow White?" he asked.
We'll see on Sunday if or how he addresses last year's disaster duet – lackluster co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco. But it will take more than a couple of quips to joke away Oscar's troubles.
Crystal's challenge is to revive a moribund show that lost its way with a lame attempt to grab the young viewers it needs to stay relevant. The 63-year-old comic, whose first hosting gig came before much of the "Harry Potter" generation was born, faces the additional hurdle of luring a crowd in a year when the boy wizard's final movie and other youth-friendly hits were snubbed by Academy voters.
For Crystal, there's more at stake than ratings: a poorly received performance could tarnish his deserved legacy as the only Academy Awards host worthy of mention in the same sentence as Bob Hope and Johnny Carson.
Crystal's unlikely comeback – his ninth Oscars stint and first since 2004 – was spurred by Eddie Murphy's November departure after filmmaker Brett Ratner's unceremonious ouster as producer for uttering an anti-gay slur. The Ratner controversy clouded the award spectacle's attempts to regain its luster after a 10-percent ratings drop last year compared to 2010, when "Avatar" was in contention and Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin co-hosted.
Blockbusters nominated for big awards are the Oscars' primary draw. But a strong host, as Crystal has shown in the past – by being wheeled in Hannibal Lecter in 1992 and arriving on the Titanic six years later – can create memorable moments by playing off unforgettable films.
Crystal's a pro, but there are others who, as we've noted, might have been bolder choices to shake the telecast out of its morass: Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Fallon and Ricky Gervais have breathed new life into various awards shows. Conan O'Brien, Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert also could up for the challenge.
Colbert's first big splash beyond "The Colbert Report" came in 2006 at the White House Correspondents' Association, when he delivered an in-character, in-person skewering of then-President Bush, a routine that earned cheers and jeers. The Association responded the next year by enlisting impressionist Rich Little, a quality entertainer but long past the height of his fame and largely without comic edge.
Crystal needs to be a lot more than just this year's safe choice. We'll take some cause for hope from his previous outing when he starred in a "Zelig"-like montage that put him in the big movies of 2003, including a cameo as Gollum in the final "Lord of the Rings" film – the last time a high-quality box office smash stole the Oscar Night show.
We'll see in Sunday's edition of "The Return of (Hosting) King" whether Crystal again proves himself a worthy ring bearer on Hollywood's biggest night.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Motorola KRZR K1
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Have you noticed that at&t won't let you customize the left and right soft keys on there phones anymore?
Well that's one of the reasons I got an unlocked one online, the other reason is I didn't want the blue, I got a black one.
Anyways, I've had this phone for about six months now and have very few complaints. It has become mr. old reliable, like my old razr, I just keep going back to it after buying and selling just about every other phone that catches my eye. (like an idiot, by the way)
-very durable ( mine hasn't cracked, and still looks like new after several drops.)
-perfect to hold in your hand. feels great while texting and what not.
-great signal strength, which I've had great luck with with motorolas.
-loud and clear earpiece. I always have my call volume on the highest setting with all my phones, and some of them I just flat out couldn't hear people.
-the mp3 player is pretty bad. It works, and I can plug it into my car and listen to music, however loading it up seems like it takes forever. It updates everytime I turn it on even though there's nothing to update.
I know it's because it's a java app. I wish itunes were back. I bought an old slvr on ebay a couple days ago, but I forgot how bad it was to text with. (damn u i phone, which I'm looking at picking up, lol.)
-the usb cover came off, but I knew that was gonna happen anyway.
All in all this is a good sturdy phone, that I haven't had any problems with at all.
I would reccomend it to anyone. Just remember if you want a more user friendly mp3 player, your not gonna get it with this one.
I'm looking at the sony 580i for that reason, but something tells me I won't like it. The w810 was great for music, but wasn't a good phone.
So after I buy and sell the 580i, I'll go back to this one again. lol. Probably will end up with the iphone, but I'll be keeping my krzr around just in case.
Great Phone
I had the Motorola V551 for the past 2 years. While it was a good phone, I was looking for a nice replacement. I examined the many variations of the Cingular V3 Razr phones but decided to hold out for the KRZR K-1 from Cingular. I am sure glad I did.
Oh the price can be enough to make your skin crawl, however if you are eligible for an upgrade or a plan renewal, good deals can be found. I got mine at Wal-Mart for $100 as an upgrade.
It has all the features I was looking for in my new phone. A 2MP camera, bluetooth 1.2, and EDGE technology. Plus seeing that BLUE is my favorite color, how could I go wrong!?
Well, I have had the phone a week now and am happy to report it is great so far. I still have lots of learning to do though, the menu is not quite the same as my V551 and or my Mom's V3 Razr phone menu.
-Sleek and Cool (I love the blue)
-Functional (fairly easy menu navigation)
-Great color screens (in and out)
-Nice camera (great upgrade from .3 MP)
-Video and Music capabilities
-Memory card slot (I picked up a 1GB card, can take up to 999 pics in 2MP mode)
-Great reception (I have service now where my V551 did not)
-For being as thin and long as it is, it is very sturdy and solid
-Great speaker phone
-Yes, I must agree with the others, it does attract fingerprints and scratches on the front cover of the phone. I chose to buy a clear, outer case for mine to remedy that problem plus help protect the phone.
Cingular customers be warned: This phone (at least when I bought it a week ago) is not eligible for phone insurance from Cingular. So I advise very careful handling and protective cases/holders. I have dropped it once so far, luckily without incident.
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I bought this form Myworldphone.com (unlocked) in black no less, and this phone is mint. I have had other Motos int he past i.e. V600, V3 and some of its variations....It seems like Motorola listened to all of the complaints about the RAZR and adressed them all with the release of the KRZR.
Solid Construction
Quality Materials
2.0 MP digital camera and video record
nice color display inside and out
strong reception with Rogers service
Loud Speakerphone
Quad band
Expandable memory card slot
no antenna
Mp3 Player with stereo headphones(sounds great!!)
Long Battery life
Its a head turner!
Fingerprint magnet
After trying out some older Motorola models, I decided to try and make the jump to get a KRZR. Originally I got it because it's a much slimmer phone, but after giving it a pretty good tryout, I'm definitely impressed.
* Sleek, slim design that doesn't feel as bulky on the hands as a RAZR
* Average to above average camera quality
* Good reception on my local carrier
* Above average to great battery life
* Nice array of Bluetooth support
* External memory (SDmicro)
* Decent response on keystrokes
* Good max volume for speakerphone and ringtones
* Bad speaker placement: sometimes speakerphone and ringers get muffled due to the speaker being on the lower back part.
* Ringtone issues: sometimes if the volume on the mp3 is too loud, the phone does a cut on the volume. Can be worked out on a PC with sound editing software, but who wants to spend the extra effort?
* Hard at first to dial by feel, still gives me a bit of trouble.
* Software has crashed when clashing with screen saver and sometimes with the camera (don't know the version, sorry). Doesn't happen regularly, but it's bothersome.
The first two cons don't really bother me that much, but the 3rd and 4th ones made the push to 4.5 instead of getting the 5. I've heard that there are some good mods for it, but I haven't gotten into testing it myself.
All in all, a great consumer phone.
Great Phone
I ordered my KRZR K1 from eBay and have the T-Mobile service and I've had the phone for about two weeks now and I am very satisfied so far. I had the RAZR V3 before this and it is a far better phone except for the screen and fonts isn't as big due to the KRZR being slimmer - that is the only thing the RAZR beats the KRZR. The one thing that stands out regarding the KRZR is my tzones service from T-Mobile runs a lot faster where the web pages come up faster without as much delay. There are the upgrade in camera to 2 megapixels from vga, memory card, video can play a lot longer than a few seconds, mp3 player, and speaker independent voice dial to name a few. Overall this is probably one of the better phones out there today.
Just about the best
It's as if they took every little complaint you might have had about the Razr series and made it better to create the K1.
Bought phone directly from Motorola, unlocked. Very easy to set up Internet and MMS because it includes a Java applet that installs your provider's settings.
Two ways to play music, either through the SOUNDS menu or the DAP Java application. Both work fine, although I prefer the SOUNDS menu.
Address book is improved over the V3i, allowing more details and settings.
2 megagpixel camera does very well for a phone, with both video and stills.
RF signal capture is every bit as good as the V3i it replaces...or maybe slightly better in the worse places. Very impressed with this.
BATTERY LIFE: Are you ready for this? It's substantially improved over the Razr series. You'll be impressed by this.
Software is faster. If you're accustomed to the Razr menu lag, you'll ike the improvement.
Weighs about the same as a Razr, but the weight's concentrated differently. Most of us feel it's easier to hold onto the K1 for extended conversations.
If you buy the phone from Motorola, it'll come with Obeymoto with a US accent...and it works great, with some expansions of commands from what was on the Razr.
This is a very nice improvement over the GSM Razrs that it is replacing. :)
This is a very nice phone, much smaller than the razr
I purchased this phone from topgiant.com and I have had it for around 1 week. When I first opened the box I noticed it looked alittle long compared to my old RAZR, but it was much slimmer and fit in my hand much better than the RAZR did. The Digital camera is great for photos and the speakerphone is loud, here are some pros and cons:
Solid Construction
Quality Materials
2.0 MP digital camera and video record
nice color display inside and out
strong reception with T-Mobile service
Loud Speakerphone
Quad band service for overseas use
Removable memory card slot
no antenna
Mp3 Player with stereo headphones(sounds great!!)
Long Battery life
Its a head turner!
Should have FM radio on it
high price
This is a really great phone, I am enjoying it and I love when people ask me about it and it gives me a lot of attention, I would reccomend it to anyone
wow whata phone!
I bought an unlocked phone from amazon's web site. To replace a razor v3!
-Loud and clear volume(i might even have to turn it down...surprise i know)
-It feels really good in the hand
-looks(get lots of compliments)
-reception has improved loads
-solid built phone
-cingular was great helping set it up
-havn't noticed a to much improvement in battery life(but have been playing with it alot)
-finger print issues but i wipe it off more
Great phone i am thoroughly impressed with the sound quality. I can actually hear the person at the other end. Sometimes to the extent i think about turning down the volume...crazy huh! I highly recommend this phone to anyone
Impressed so far
I got tired of the size of my Sony W600 and wanted something sleeker and thinner.
So far I love the phone. Great reception, awesome size, and awesome call quality. It was actually smaller than I anticipated.
Construction of the phone feels solid, not flimsy although the glass front worries me. Gonna have to be careful with that one.
Biggest complaint would be the slowness of the menu system. It's just not as fast as my SE was. Not too slow that I wouldn't use the phone, just could use a little boost.
Call Quality
Battery Life
Looks Great
Menu System Slow
Glass front might be too easy to break
Holds fingerprints like no other
Price $$$
If you aren't worried about high-speed data or extra stuff like that, get this phone, it is definitely an attention grabber and a great phone. Serves its primary purpose quite well. I'm glad this phone came out, I liked the razr except for it's insane width....like holding a Big Chief tablet to your face. This is the perfect solution!
Excellent build quality and good reception, slow UI
Using this on the T-MOBILE network in Southern Cali area.
Excellent construction and build. Strong beefy metal hinge. Flip opens and closes without any creaks. Has a substantial "feel" to it. Even the battery door is made of metal (magnesium or aluminum, can't tell). Bottom part of phone also has rubber coating.
I have small hands, and love the slim form factor. Folks with larger hands may not like.
When getting a strong signal, call quality is excellent. I have both SPRINT (ppc-6700) and T-MOBILE accounts. Sprint has much better reception here in the SoCal area, but when the KRZR K1 has a strong reception, the call quality is crystal clear.
Nice responsive 2MP camera. Decent MP3. This phone uses the ATI Imageon media chip.
Stereo bluetooth
Stupid name. The folks at Motorola need to learn how to spell.
Phone is slow. Not super slow, but slow enough to get annoying - especially when one has a large phonebook. About the same speed as the RAZR. Phonebooks with pictures makes it even slower. For those that like a phone that is responsive, you may want to look elsewhere.
No standard audio out jack (no 3.5 or 2.5, only mini-usb).
Front of phone is a fingerprint magnet.
Screen resolution too low for a "flagship" phone with a 2MP camera.
Browser is slow.


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well today i have a gear only post… well i did use FCP to make this lil clip … so there you go:
it was cinec time in Munich and after i missed IBC this year and i'm not able to go to photokina that was my only chance to see at least a few fancy "toys" in action. but i did not acpect what "happened".
i pretty much went without any real plan … i knew that there would be a bunch of cool gear to see, so no worries on that side.
so i went straight in for a first "overview-round" … and after about 5 minutes i ran into Ted form RED (you can say by accident) with a RED EPIC in plain sight. well that was nice.
… so i not only shot some random stuff with my 550D i also had the chance to hold this thing in my hands … pretty awesome…
well it was the small config. like a big DSLR 😉 not out yet & i couldn't (i was not able to) really record something to a CF-Card (wich will be relaced by a SSD Module / slot… but man it was a great feeling …if u ask me it was a nice weight.. not to light not too heavy… soon other people noticed the RED EPIC. i followed "EPIC" and shot some stuff not much cuz i was too curious how this thing worked and stuff … but that is what i "glued" together in FCP last night … with a lil color work done with magic Bullet Looks:
more cinec coverage soon (review & more film clips…) stay tuned!


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Tuesday, July 09, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act has a provision (section 904) that authorizes the Board to convene a working group to develop best practices for making information on prescription drug container labels accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. The best practices were completed in July 2013.
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Date signed: July 9, 2012
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Shafraaz Kaba lives in a self-designed, top-of-the-bank home with competing, symbolic views of beauty and industry.
Shafraaz and his wife Serena and son Adar, 9, moved into their 2,400-square-foot, Ada Boulevard home last summer.
To the west, the river valley meanders to the horizon where Edmonton's downtown skyline appears in evening silhouette, looking at once tiny and glorious.
To the south and east, across the river, are the huffing stacks, industrial pipes and blinking lights of refinery row.
Each view pleases Shafraaz as an architect. Beauty we understand. But the machines of industry?
A tour through his home is perhaps the best way to explain.
The home is tall and long and sits on a triangular corner lot, facing south, to better capture sunlight. The outside is clad in hardy materials and adorned with corrugated metal, typically found in farm applications.
Inside the front entrance is ... a hallway. Yes, the main floor is missing the usual first impression: kitchen, living room or family room. Instead, it features a long hall of polished concrete with doors to bedrooms, bathroom, storage and studio.
"You don't need a view when you're sleeping," says Shafraaz, explaining why the bedrooms are all on the main floor; or more to the point, why the upper floors host the rooms-with-a-view.
The concrete floors? They are part of the home's passive solar heating design. Sunlight warms the floors by day and the heat is released slowly at night.
The main-floor bathroom hosts a cast-iron bathtub and large mirror salvaged from an about-to-be-demolished, once-glorious mansion. The counter is made of waste lumber, laminated and then topped with a beautiful, glossy wood veneer.
Much of the indoor and outdoor trim — from baseboards to soffits — is done in experimental carbonized wood. The wood product, created by the unsung, but world-class researchers at Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures (AITF), is an attempt to make useful products out of forests decimated by the pine-beetle plague.
AITF's carbonized wood is created in a benign heating process — different from the chemical treatments of other trim woods — and is being tested for its durability. Shafraaz was happy to use his home as a laboratory.
The main-floor hall also features some of the green and sustainable Hardie Plank siding used on the home's exterior. Shafraaz used leftover siding and corrugated metal as a closet cover.
On the second floor are the kitchen and living room. The top floor includes a home-schooling space — the floor is reclaimed from a school gym — and a large outdoor patio, with those interesting views.
The kitchen features concrete counters, an energy-saving induction range, reclaimed church-pew window benches and gloss-black doors on the pantry. Those black-glass doors were also salvaged from the aforementioned mansion — from its huge refrigerator and freezer.
The second floor also features a guest room and a library. The bookshelves were built from scraps salvaged from framing the home.
Shafraaz says his goal in designing and building the home was to eliminate waste and be as gentle on the environment as possible. Thus the solar panels, the passive solar heating, the salvaged materials and use of chemical-free, carbonized wood.
The windows are triple-glazed and the outside walls are rated at R56 insulation. Most homes are R20, at best.
Even the basement — a rental suite — fits with the goal of sustainability. By adding the suite, he increased the population density on the property. The house itself — long, tall and narrow — preserves yard space for growing vegetables.
The home, he says, is not net-zero. It doesn't have enough solar panels yet to remove it completely from the grid. However, there's no gas line on the property.
At worst, the furnace-free house drops to 16 degrees C in winter. If the family isn't comfortable, he burns scrap wood in the glass-front wood stove.
Shafraaz says he gets "positive vibes" from the home and also from people who visit the home on local eco-tours.
Those positive vibes are accentuated by the fabulous view of the river valley and the downtown skyline. Then there are those refineries. Shafraaz says he loved the spot from the moment he set eyes on it.
He says it reminded him immediately of why he was building this home — to show that reducing, recycling and eliminating are doable and even comfortable.
"This is the epitome of Edmonton," says Shafraaz. "You have the river and the trees, the parks and the skyline, and you have industry.
"Seeing that," says Shafraaz, looking toward refinery row, "reminds me of how we have to reconcile our energy use."
In other words, it reminds him of how he and his family are already doing their part.
Scott can be reached at email@example.com for comments or suggestions for future features on unique or beautiful homes in the Edmonton region.


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There is one true story in this work of fiction. In August 1974, Philippe Petit walked between the Twin Towers on a high-wire. It was a daring performance that made headlines around the world.
McCann has intricately woven a beautiful story with many surprising connections, all united by this daring act that captivated so many. The characters tell their own stories: a young Irish monk who devotes his life to helping others, a group of mothers meeting to support each other and to mourn the loss of their sons in Vietnam, a hit and run accident, and two generations of prostitutes navigating life on the streets. McCann captures the heart of New York City from the Bronx to Park Avenue.
This is a profound novel, yet easy to read and compelling. McCann gives the high-wire performer this bit of wisdom as inspiration or warning – "nobody falls halfway".


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- Herman Cain wins big in South Carolina Tea Party Straw Poll
- Campaign finance reports released Saturday offered the first detailed look at the haves and the have-nots among the Republican presidential candidates
- Primary Madness: The Eternal Campaign
- Buddy Roemer seeks people to help his presidential campaign as state coordinators and in other positions
- Obamacare gets amputation
- Is Santorum Wrong About 9-9-9?
- Will the real anti-Romney stand up?
- Ethnic Outreach From Conservatives, Done The Right Way
- The Obama Administration's whopper of a bad-news dump Friday
- White House 2012 presents a look back at Herman Cain's 2004 U.S. Senate Primary race
- Saturday Night Politics at White House 2012′s Cinema Politico: This Saturday night's political movie pick…….TheWeather Underground
This film tells the unbelievable story of the Weathermen. The group of 1970's radicals, fueled by outrage over the Vietnam War and racism in America, went underground throughout much of the decade to wage a grassroots war against the government. Who knew that four decades later, some of the anti-American, domestic terrorists featured in this film would be supporters and friends of an American President. Watch this intense documentary and learn all about Bill Ayers, the Chicago radical who held fundraisers in his home with and for President Obama.
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Recently, I was checking out The Like's Facebook page for clues as to why this talented four woman band suddenly imploded. Amidst the pleas from fans for The Like to return, and assorted junk mail postings, I discovered a video featuring eccentric actress Diana Terranova talking to Sina Grace, one of the guys behind the indie comic Li'l Depressed Boy. As Terranova and Grace discussed in the interview, Li'l Depressed Boy is an odd character with no hair or ears, whose sad emotional state gets a tremendous boost when he's befriended by a hot-looking, tough-talking hip chick named Jazmin. She affectionately calls him LDB.
The storyline for the recently released Issue Three: You're No Rock N' Roll Fun includes The Like performing at Jazmin's birthday party. I was intrigued, not only because I'm a fan of The Like, but also because li'l depressed boy was what most of my teachers called me in grammar school. Plus, any appearance by a rock band in a comic book is fun.
The clerk at the Graham Crackers comic store in downtown Chicago responded with a quick "Oh yeah" when I asked if he was familiar with a comic called Li'l Depressed Boy, and led me over to what looked like the store's last copy of Issue Three. Bassist Laena Geronimo appears on the cover, along with LDB and Jazmin. The entire band appears in its animated, mini-skirted splendor on the final three pages of the comic, performing the song "Catch Me If You Can" from its heavily 1960s flavored Release Me CD.
I'm not an avid comics collector, but Li'l Depressed Boy has a fun satiric tone, cool illustrations, and a positive attitude toward women. Even though LDB looks like a rag doll and seems reluctant to try pretty much anything, Jazmin coaxes him out of his shell with a mix of affection and wisecracks. Plus, she makes it clear she won't take guff from anyone. She closes an anecdote at her party by saying, "At that, I just punched him in the face and walked away." Li'l Depressed Boy is created by S. Steven Struble (writing, coloring, lettering) Sina Grace (penciling, inking) Zachary Trover (designing) and Nicholas Brandt (editing).
So whatever is going on with The Like, they can at least take solace in the fact that their fans miss them, and the creators of a hip comic liked their music enough to immortalize them on ink and paper. Maybe they could use a motivational visit from Jazmin.


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I scream, you scream, we all scream for … DELL Ubuntu Linux?
*World* to Dell: We want desktop Linux!
Unless you've been living in a cave, you've probably heard the news:
The world wants Linux. And as we all know, the news can't be wrong. Especially if it's regurgitated over and over again on every tech site on the net.
Just one problem though…
This is Linux-fever journalism at its worst, and an example of a simple lie being easier for people to swallow than the complex truth.
Now I want you to take a deep breath at this point, because you're about the get a sick feeling in your stomach. That feeling of utter hopelessness. And it's going to come in shock waves, one after the other, over and over.
[You might want to stop reading at this point.]
Tsunami Wave #1.
And on Dell's Ideastorm Web site, a staggering 41,210 users agreed with the thread, "Sell Linux PCs Worldwide — not only the United States".
On another thread, 6,410 users agreed with the statement, "Make Dell Ubuntu PCs available to businesses and non-profits".
They can't even get the basic facts right…
When you vote on Dell's IdeaStorm, your vote increases the total count by 10 points.
The reported figures so eminently talked about since day 1 are off by a factor of 10. That's for every reported 10,000 users, only 1,000 votes were cast.
But don't just stop there… Take into consideration that you get to register with a made up user name and password immediately, with no email confirmation or validation. You don't even leave the page (thanks to JavaScript).
Log out, re-register again under the same exact IP address, and you get to vote once more, over and over.
The reported 100,000 users that started this mess in the first place on IdeaStorm, are at best 10,000 strong — assuming no manipulation was involved.
Not that the people doing the actual voting have any intention of getting a Ubuntu DELL anyways…
[While this quote is a joke, it sums up things quite nicely.]
I voted multiple times for Ubuntu on Dell's ideaStorm so that others can have the opportunity to purchase it. As an Ubuntu advocate, I've done my part. It's time for the consumers to do their part. Don't blame me if consumers are too stupid to know what is best for them.
Tsunami Wave #2.
Dell has no intention of delivering Linux to the home user.
OEMs like Dell have razor thin margins. They live and die by the volume discounts, co-marketing funds, "Desktop Real Estate", and leads provided by Microsoft.
The Ubuntu systems that Dell sells are nothing more than a type of a loss-leader designed to show the consumer that they are getting a better deal when buying the Windows counter-part… More features to select from, better promotions/deals, better components/upgrades, and sometimes cheaper upgrades.
If you're part of the vast digg.com crowd that believes the US government perpetrated the 9/11 attacks, you're probably also the type to believe that Dell will jeopardize its Microsoft relationship, and face the consequences, to sell an expected 20,000 Ubuntu systems [at a loss].
You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
What's Dell's incentive here?… To generate publicity to further sell Windows Licenses and provide Microsoft with facts and figures to use in future campaigns.
More OEMs are cashing in on this profitable tactic every day.
Tsunami Wave #3.
By *pushing* Linux upon users that have no need for it, you are setting yourself up for failure.
The Microsoft Windows installed base is soon to cross the 1 Billion mark.
That user-base is very diverse: with different cultures, languages, and processes. Take into account everything Microsoft has had to work through by catering to everyones needs. Major roadblocks have been overcome. And what has Linux been put through on the Desktop? Relatively speaking… absolutely nothing.
Linux does not have a secret formula that makes it immune to growing pains. Switch the market share between Windows and Linux, and Linux will be downright unusable. From viruses, to backward compatibility issues, to UI problems, to everything else.
Let me state it one more time since it's a point never mentioned: With an increasing market share, Linux will have the same exact growing pains and problems as Microsoft did and currently has.
Not to even mention that you are now catering to a mass that thinks the CD tray is a cup holder and the mouse is a foot pedal.
Landslide #1.
Vista Aiding Linux Desktop, Strategist Says
"Windows Vista has probably created the single biggest opportunity for the Linux desktop to take market share…"
How ofter do I hear this delusional statement in all it's variations.
Vista has problems. So did Windows XP. As did Windows 2000. And 98, 95, 3.1. There _is_ a pattern here. Its called SP1 [Service Pack 1]. After which every version mentioned took off.
The saying goes: if your first version is not horribly broken, you've waited too long to release it.
The current release of Vista has allowed Microsoft to get feedback from a very diverse user-base. Feedback that is priceless, that cannot be had any other way. How else is progress made?
You don't raise your child in a plastic bubble.
History repeats itself, and just as Linux has not been able to make it to the Desktop since the promised year 2000, Windows users are also not migrating to Linux pastures in mythical herds. If anything, XP sales are up and Microsoft is readying to sell millions of Vista Licenses, of which an estimated 6 million are being sold each month.
Tell me I'm wrong.


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Good Friday, Easter services at South Side Presbyterian Church
On April 17, Maundy Thursday, the South Side Presbyterian Church welcomes all to a special Last Supper Remembrance gathering with a covered-dish dinner, prayers and the Lord's Supper around the tables, beginning at 7 p.m.
All believers are welcome to share in the Communion. Those attending should bring a dish to share.
On Good Friday, April 18, all are welcome to a simple Good Friday meditation service at noon. The Easter Celebration worship service is at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 20.
Following the worship of God will be Easter Egg Hunts for children 12 and under (as well as treats for older youth too). The Church is at South 20th and Sarah streets in South Side, is fully handicap accessible, and nursery care is provided during Sunday worship.
For more information, call 412-431-0118.


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1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2004
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In 2000-01, the average weekly housing costs for households in all capital cities were $138 (table 8.14). However, there was considerable variation between capital cities. Hobart had the lowest average housing costs at $79 per week.


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Braided Almond-Herb Bread
I got this recipe from a neighbor, who's a great baker and cook. She had just taken a loaf of this bread out of the oven one day when I stopped by, and it was so fragrant and attractive that I just had to have the recipe!
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + rising Bake: 30 min.
Makes1 loaf
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup warm whole milk (110° to 115°)
- 3-1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dill weed
- 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram, crushed
- 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds, toasted, divided
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
- Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, salt and milk. Stir in yeast mixture, 2 cups flour, herbs and 2 tablespoons almonds. Beat until well-mixed. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl, turning once to grease dough surface. Cover; let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down and cut off one-third of dough; set aside. Divide remaining dough into three equal parts, shaping each into a 14-in. rope.
- Braid ropes and place on greased baking sheet. Divide set-aside dough into three ropes and braid. Place smaller braid on top of larger braid. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Combine egg and water. Brush over entire loaf; sprinkle with remaining almonds. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes.
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Writer-director Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines is a rich, multi-layered narrative dripping with fatalism, guilt, honor, and no easy answers. It is an epic family saga that defies easy explanation, and rebels against the structure of a traditional narrative. His gripping tale shows split-second connections that last lifetimes, and old sins that reach across generations. Cianfrance has created a remarkable work that reaches a grand ambition with an intimate tale. And I have to tell you why it works without divulging the twists and turns of its razor-sharp script.
Without revealing any of the surprising plot developments, I'll break down The Place Beyond the Pines in its broad arcs. The story follows three men: There's Luke (Ryan Gosling), a stunt cyclist and ex-convinct who wants to find a way to support his infant son and make a family with his former fling and his son's mother, Rosina (Eva Mendes). Avery (Bradley Cooper) is an ambitious rookie cop who becomes a local hero only to find himself forced to confront corruption in the police department. Finally, Jason (Dane DeHaan) is an aloof teenager searching for the truth about his deceased father. The stories are connected, but I won't say how.
I will say they're connected through brief, but crucial moments. Cianfrance has crafted an epic in three parts, and although the movie runs two hours and thirty minutes, the character arcs almost function as three 50-minute films with profound connections. This ingenious pacing makes the story feel like a vast journey, but one that's never exhausting. The story eschews a traditional structure, which keeps us wondering what will happen next. I never knew how the narrative would click together, and it's only when the whole picture is revealed that it finally comes into focus.
And even when it's clear, the film can be maddeningly obtuse, but in a rewarding fashion. We're invited to see how a split-second can reverberate across years, and while the characters in The Place Beyond the Pines make choices, some of the biggest consequences are reverberations of snap decisions or chance discovery rather than a carefully considered judgment. Cianfrance isn't out to condemn or to create some cosmic system of retribution through a contrived series of strained coincidences. He lets the character's actions play out, and lets the chips fall where they may.
This kind of organic development requires acting that flows with the story rather than overwhelms it, and while Cianfrance has written and directed a terrific picture, the movie wouldn't work half as well without Gosling and DeHaan. Cooper gives a fine performance, but he constantly feels constrained by his character's ambivalence. Gosling and DeHaan have the benefit of playing decisive, rebellious figures prone to anger, resentment, and confusion. Gosling once again provides the quiet intensity we've seen from him before, but it still retains all of its power. As for DeHaan, 2012 has truly been his year. Beginning with Chronicle, followed by Lawless, and now capped with The Place Beyond the Pines, he has repeatedly shown himself to be a remarkable actor who gives absolutely devastating performances.
I don't know how The Place Beyond the Pines will play on a second viewing. Its revelations are so crucial to its impact, but I believe the film will keep its hold through the strength of its larger story. A tale built solely on twists and turns usually falls apart when it's revisited, but Cianfrance has done far more than simply provide surprising revelations in his narrative. He has told a tremendous story about unintended legacies, struggling to break free from the lives others have unintentionally laid out for us, and yet perhaps being locked into a destiny when we know of no other path. There are crossroads, but there are also blind alleys, winding passages, and these avenues may lead us into uncharted territory or where our fathers tread before. Tightly constructed but never constrained, The Place Beyond the Pines is a marvel of storytelling, and a powerful exploration of conscious crimes and unexpected punishments.
Rating: 9.2 out of 10
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