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It's amazing the places Jesus turns up. It gives me goosebumps.
Thank you for showing us how He is always, always a light even in the darkest places. And the light cannot be put out!
Amazing. Your heart can never be prepared for the harshest of realities.
I agree with Lisa-Jo, the light of Jesus cannot be extinguished, even in the most hopeless of places.
Oh Kristen,
I sat and read your post and just cried and cried. Then cried more. The children and I will sit down tonight and sponsor a child from Kenya. Thank you so much for sharing this very difficult post with us. Jesus is there. Thanks for helping us to be his hands and feet and arms to hold & provide hope for these children.
Amanda (@ThisCountryLife)
This is so overwhelmingly heartbreaking.
Thank you so very much for taking us along on your journey. Your words and photos humble and inspire me, and today I signed up to sponsor a little girl in Kenya.
All I can say is God bless you all.
Just seeing the photos is overwhelming and heartbreaking. I can't begin to imagine actually being there. My husband and I have been talking about sponsoring a child, and I think this has been the tipping point for me. Thank you for sharing and reaching out to these children.
Honey I love you. I will be praying about what God wants us to do.
I simply don't know what to say, as I set here in warmth, with clean water, food, a computer and the list goes on.
I think you and I can do more
I love you. Thank you for writing this post.
Father, be with Vincent and all the children trapped in this slum.
Oh Kristen. This is heartwrenching! We sponsor a girl in Kenya. We will talk tonight about adding another. But there are so, so many . . . 🙁
But Jesus . . .
Thank you Kristen for this post. Wow. Even the poorest slum we saw in Ethiopia looked like a day at the beach compared to this. It is awesome that Christ is using you to bring sponsors to His most vulnerable!
This Compassion tour is incredible and I would love to be on the next one to Kenya to finally meet my Bahati! Blessings to you!
Just unbelievable. His light leaves no room for darkness, no matter the circumstances. I know this. Yet I ache for them…so so much. Thank you, so amazed by your posts through this. xoxo
I have no words.
Thank you for showing me that I have no excuses.
Wow, the world SHOOK when they saw Haiti living like this after the earthquake. I wonder how it would react if they saw that there are parts of the world where it's like this everyday.
Do you know the project numbers of the 3 projects in the slum? I didn't think that there was a way that I could sponsor another child. But now I know that there is no way that I can't. I don't think I can sleep comfortably in my 3 bedroom house knowing that these children are living in this condition. I want to help one of those little girls find hope and a way out.
I have been riveted by your posts this week. This one has hit me right in the heart. I don't know if it is possible to sponsor another Comapssion child right now, but I am going to comb through our finances to see if we could possibly spread some of God's money a little further.
I just signed up to sponsor a little boy named Walter today – he'd been waiting for over 6 months. Thank you for sharing your travels so that our eyes could be opened!
Thank you for sharing. I sponsor a young man in Kenya, Faraj is his name and I wish I could meet him. I wish I could go and see his land. I know that is horrible, I felt like I was there reading your blog. My heart breaks and wish I could sponsor all the children. I pray for your trip and look forward to reading more. Thank you again.
God will go anywhere ,anytime to save anyone if we will simply take him. We are his hands and feet and mouth. Send us God. You did that today. I love you Kristen Mom
Thank you for bringing the truth and for opening up our eyes. We have been talking about sponsoring a child for a while now. Your post simply made us stop talking and caused us to act.
Today my girls (10 and 6) picked out a 10 year old boy, Tumaini, from Kenya. He is one of nine siblings and his father doesn't have a job. He loves to play soccer like my 6 yr. old and takes care of animals like my 10 year old. How can we not sponsor such a child?
We live with such wealth – how can we not give up something so they can have SOMETHING? Praying for you…
Kristen, your posts are heart-wrenching. But so beautifully written.
Please tell me, though…MckMama tweeted the following, and I'm confused as to who actually took pictures. I thought it was too dangerous, but then she said this:
From MckMama via Twitter..
"Managed to make it through the heart wrenching photographs I (and our amazing trip photographer Keely) took today at the slum. Now blogging. about 2 hours ago via web "
Thank you so much for what you're doing. You've really dug your heels into this mission, and I admire you for that.
Blessings to you, and be safe!
It's guys like Vincent who remind me I don't have much to complain about … if anything.
Literally sobbing. I admire you so much for what you're doing… what you're allowing God to do through you. I wanted you to know I just sponsored a 5 year old little girl from Kenya.
My heart has been sick for the children in Haiti for a long time… long before the earthquake. But I will find another $38/mo for this child in Kenya the same age as my daughter.
There are so many to help… but if we each help 1… I know if it possible.
Thank you for what you are doing.
Oh that is horrible…..give me a few months to get on our feet (hubby's job is closing down and we will probably have to be on welfare while he finds a new job, doesn't qualify for unemployment as he was just through a whole year of drawing unemployment and hasn't worked enough) but once we get back on our feet on the top of our list is to sponsor a child (or 10)
Wow! such beautiful children in such horrible places…..
Thank you for bringing this to the eyes of the world..
Jo Lynn
PS Mckmama had her camera in Hell?
beauty from ashes…
Im speechless. I simply cant imagine ppl living like that!
You are in deed on the journey of a lifetime.
Thank you for sharing this with Us.
Many prayers for your safe return to the US.
I sponsored my second Compassion child today…..Remember that even in the midst of the blackness of black- Jesus is there, He is the light. Thinking and praying for you. And for all the Vincents of the world.
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths*, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,' even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you" (Psalm 139:7-12).
*Some versions read, "If I make my bed in hell…."
The photos do show worse conditions that anything I've seen in my limited travels with Compassion. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures and your own feelings, thoughts and insights from this experience. You will never forget it.
This moved me to tears.
I have been following the Kenya trip through Ryan and got directed to your site. I just can't even imagine the horror of the slums, let alone you being able to describe it.
I do have one question (ok, two) though? Where do these children go after they grow up? Do they continue to live in the slums, but are no longer supported by Compassion? Do they move to bigger cities?
wow! Not many words can be said. And I am sure the pictures don't even do it justice.
We have 3 compassion children from three different places. I cannot even imagine visiting them, but you never know one day!
How real it would make it to actually go there. Amazing!!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Tears!! They have a living hope that the worlds needs to hear. They are proof that God is bigger than any circumstances.
All I can say is… WOW!
Thank you friends for carrying this heavy burden with me.
To answer and clarify a few questions…the pictures of the slum that you see were taken from either moving vehicles or from our photographers hip. Once we got into the Compassion project-like where Vincent lived, we were all allowed to take pictures. It was just too dangerous walking in and out of the slum.
Also, the kids who actually survive a childhood in this slum, don't usually leave the area…they just repeat the lives of their children. The life expectancy is very low. I didn't see one elderly person.
I think the 5 kids from this slum might have been sponsored today…but please, don't let this stop you from sponsoring.
I'm crying. What a beautiful image—is that weird? But it is. The hope and talent and love and courage in the middle of a pit.
Praying for them. For you.
Kristen – thank you for what you are doing. Opening our eyes to what the world is like. Its so easy to turn off the TV or ignore the images you sometimes see, but today – reading your blog and reading your story, I couldn't help but NOT read it. I kept scrolling, kept reading – and then clicked on the link to sponsor a child. I have signed up to sponsor a little girl from Tanzania – who had been waiting for over 6 months. She was on the last page, and I am so very thankful I scrolled through them all to find her. $38 a month is a dinner out, but one we surely can give up to change this little girl's life. I am so thankful I found your blog. You've inspired me to try and do more. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this. We sponsor two children through Compassion and are so thankful for the work they do! So amazing and wonderful how He shows up in the darkness. He always makes beauty from ashes…
I am so excited to tell my children tonight that we will be sponsoring a child from Kenya. How do we know which are the 5 children from that project? I'd love to sponsor one of them.
I, too, am at a loss for words. God bless each of you for your roll in aiding these people! Yes, for helping to find hope through Him and peace in such conditions.
Wow. That is worse than what I saw in Brazil, though I did not see a slum… I saw people's homes that were unbelievably bad. What you have seen is HELL on earth. I can't imagine. If Vincent is in the Compassion project, why do they not build a little better home for him? Or is he just enrolled in their day program? I also wonder if Compassion continues to help these children once they are older than 18?
Wow. That is worse than what I saw in Brazil, though I did not see a slum… I saw people's homes that were unbelievably bad. What you have seen is HELL on earth. I can't imagine. If Vincent is in the Compassion project, why do they not build a little better home for him? Or is he just enrolled in their day program? I also wonder if Compassion continues to help these children once they are older than 18?
I am sitting in my big clean backyard watching my little boys play while I read your post and hide my tears behind my sunglasses. I am so ashamed to be one of the blind, wealthy Christians who are stingy with their time and their resources. I don't want to be blind anymore. Thank you so much for opening my eyes. May God richly bless the work you are doing there.
How do all the school children get their clothes so clean and they all look nice and pressed. Does the school do this for them?
While I know that what you are going through, living with and experiencing is gut wrenching and painful, I hope that you know that you ARE making a difference. You are helping people like me understand better, the pitiful situations that these amazing souls are enduring. Thank you for that. I truly appreciate you sharing your raw emotions with us as you travel to these areas.
My husband and I are going to sit down VERY soon and talk about just how we can help.
Oh Kristen, I am overwhelmed reading your posts. Thank you for bravely taking this opportunity, going to Kenya, and writing from your heart.
Wow. Just, WOW.
Heartbreaking. Just unimaginable. Thank you for taking us there. The next child I sponsor will be from Kenya.
This is overwhelming. Amazing. Horrific. I am blessed beyond measure, and I take Jesus for granted. Vincent has nothing and he praises Jesus. Humbling.
wow! Kristen- i just dont even have words to say. I can not imagine in my worst nightmares what that was like! Can not wait to sit down with you when you get home and hear all the stories.
Wow. Awesome, life changing trip. This is my first visit to your blog. Love it. Thought you'd want to know, if you don't that some of your ads seem to pulling references from your lust/pornography posts. Tonight I noticed two on here, one for essure and another telling me they could "teach me how to give my man what he really wants"! Might want to check those two! 🙂
Thanks for your story. God is there, in Hell, in the slums of Kenya.
God is good all the time!! All the time God is good!
He Said,
I talked with Kristen tonight (early this morning for her). She was preparing to leave for the day and asked that I address a couple of questions that were put out in the comments. So here goes.
To Granny Ann: Kristen said that she was under the impression that the kids can wash their uniforms at the Compassion Project. She said each child in the program is issued one uniform for the year. In her words, "They take tremendous care not to get them dirty and are very, very careful with them." This is an important symbol for each child who is a part of the Compassion programs.
To Henly the Horn: Why hasn't Compassion built Vincent a new home? I was told Compassion gives each child what they need. They try not to make the children dependent on Compassion. Their goal is to make them independent. That being said, each sponsor is able to give a yearly one time gift of up to $1000 U.S. dollars to each sponsored child. When given a sizable gift, Compassion sets down with the local director and the family and talks and prays about how this gift will have the most impact. Sadly, I was told that Vincent's house is very much the norm for this slum.
I hope this helps, if not feel free to contact Compassion International directly. It seems to me this organization is very open about the finances and methods it uses.
God bless,
Heartbreaking:(! Thank you for allowing God to use you to be a blessing…
Thank you so much for taking us along on your journey Kristen….it's just heartbreaking.
I've seen the pictures of the devastation in Haiti and they look much better than the every day lives of these people. I pray that the Lord will save more people like Vincent and continue to shine His light in a country filled with so much darkness.
People, myself among them, think of Kenya as the "better off" African country. Thank you for opening our eyes.
Thanks to Nester for sending me here. The tears flow! Praising God for Compassion and that I get to be a part of it.
Thank you. I came over from The Nester. Many tears reading your words, seeing your photos and footage. I needed the reminder today that I am rich while so many are poor. We all need to know that.
This post really touched my heart. Those poor people. My heart aches for them.
I decided to sponsor a child. I am excited to be able to touch a child's life.
I am still praying for you!
Thank you for being such a beautiful conduit with such beautiful words that have inspired me. I'm sponsoring a child – TODAY!
Kim in Minnesota
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I asked him, "Are you afraid?"
He said that he used to be, but then he found Jesus. "I am not afraid with Christ in my life."
Why don't we live that way?
I'm reminded of this passage from Psalm 1397-12:
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night, even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you
this was so powerful. I love following ur days on ur trip. what ur doing is amazingly selfless. thank u for sharing… and know u have touched so many people's lives just thru ur efforts. xo
Incredible stuff. Truly. Wow. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this unknown world with me.
I was so touched by Vincent, tears welling up in my eyes.
Because of Vincent and you, I am now the proud sponsor of two young Kenyan boys age 10 and 11 who will now hopefully be brothers of sorts to my two daughters age 9 and 10.
What stood out about *my* boys (I'm so proud of them already! Can't wait to get my packets and get to know them), is that in midst of so much hardship that they are both according to their little biographies, "above average" students. Not that this was my criteria, but I was so amazed at how, with the odds against them they could still excel.
I am hoping that with Compassion and our help that these two boys will grow up to be like Vincent. So strong and admirable. They can help change the atmosphere, maybe go on to secondary schooling and of course be strong and loving leaders of their future families.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
My gosh, that is unimaginable. What a shock it must be to go in and out of such darkness and sadness, in person. The pictures alone were almost unbelievable. Thank you for sharing what Compassion is doing, Kristen! Stay safe…
choking back tears. this post and photos were incredible.
–Dr. Dolly
This entire series has been eye-opening and heartbreaking, Kristen. Thank you for sharing your experience so eloquently. After reading this post, I cried.
Now I can't stop thinking about it.
I can't stop thinking about these posts and pictures. It shocked me that you encountered pornography there, I don't know why I find that so compelling and sickening. My heart has been opened wide. Praying for guidance on where to go with these images. It all seems so overwhelming (and our American lifestyle so sinful in contrast.)
Thank you for carrying this burden so that others may see.
Oh my word. Unimaginable. Just unimaginable. Thank you for sharing with us. I am in shock.
i found this link on compassion's website, after making a payment for the child i sponsor. unfortunately, this post made me cry a lot. fortunately, it made me sponsor another child… an older orphan, like vincent. sponsoring two children isn't much more than what i pay for monthly housecleaning. i'd rather have some dust on the shelves to clean myself than let precious children lose faith or hope because of their situation. i hope and pray that my contributions will help to fulfill some of the spiritual and material needs of these children.
We are Vincents sponser and we are very proud to see that our sponsership has helped him.We hope that one day he will be able to leave that place and follow his dreams to sing and write songs.
I just read this today. I'm struck by the photos of Vincent…his dignity in the midst of extreme poverty. Thank you for being his voice.
Wow. Powerful.
I know this is an old post, but I just found your blog a few days ago.
I spent 6 weeks in Nairobi, Kenya in 1999 on a missions trip. I was barely 18 years old at the time, and my partner and I were taken to this slum, or one just like it. I, too, will never forget what I saw there.
But, I also remember seeing hope. There was a woman who was running a small preschool, helping to provide an education for the youngest children and give them a safe place to go during the day. And I'll never forget the sweetest little girl (probably 3-4 years old) who never said one word to me, but smiled and held my hand while we walked through her neighborhood. I have never felt so honored.
Anyway, what I really wanted to say was thank you for what you are doing and for giving me the opportunity to give to the people who have been on my heart for so long.
Kristen— thank you so much for sharing this story and testimony of God at work. With a 15-month-old little one, my heart is moved with such empathy and prayer for this group of individuals. I cannot imagine seeing children in such condition…
Thank you, too, for giving us all a way in which to help.
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When you make your first application in APEX you typically have as default page 1 or the login page (101). If you want to change your default (first) page you need to have a look at three different places. Let's say we want to have page 9 as default page:
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Ed Schum has been a backbone of the B.C. provincial scene for many years - and a sometimes CC reporter. He just sent us the following note about his plans for a 3 month European bike trip starting in Lisbon. Good luck Ed.
Since my trip across Canada last year, I have pretty well disappeared from the road racing scene. (See Ed's journal of this trip www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/crosscanada2007)
Things with youth development in B.C. are looking better than they have for as long as I have been involved with Cycling B.C. (25+ yrs.), mainly ( I would almost say entirely) because of the work of Richard Wooles, our new head coach. Youth development has been my main and only reason for being involved with Cycling B.C. and with it in good hands now, I enjoy cycling at a more leisurely pace with time to, as they say, 'smell the roses'.
I did enjoy my trip across Canada immensely and can't wait to go out to do more touring and see other places from the seat of my bike.
Part of the purpose of the trip was to report on how safe or unsafe our roads are for cycling. Without going into detail, I found that a lot needs and can be done to make our roads safer for cycling to encourage more people to at least occasionally get out of their SUV's and onto bicycles. I have been in touch with our MLA, our Premier and the B.C. minister of Transportation and was told that the B.C. government is willing to work with the cycling community to improve cycling infrastructure in the province.
I have since joined the B.C. Cycling Coalition and we are working with the government on planning of new trails and improvement to old routes. Our intention is to make sure that, for the money spent, we get something the cyclist really wants and needs. We have seen too many 'Mickey Mouse' trails built in the past that no cyclist wants to use.
In order to learn more about cycling infrastructure I will be touring Europe for three months, starting in Lisbon on April 3rd. I will ride on many cycling routes and find out what we can learn from the way they have been build over there.
The journal of my trip is up and running at: www.crazyguyonabike.com. I think many of your readers would be interested to see it.
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Good signage at our premier disc golf course in Portland, Oregon has been at the top of the list for things to do for some time now. Pier Park was established in 2001 and the cement tee pads went in several years later. However, no one stepped up to do tee signs and a welcome kiosk at the course. This has been a huge blot on an otherwise stellar course. In 2009 Alex from Portland Parks and Recreation contacted Stumptown Disc Golf and asked us if we would get behind adding signs to the course. Thanks to Next Adventure putting down most of the money necessary to pay for the signs and talented club members like Kel we were able to complete the tee signs and get the kiosk built in August of 2010. Bryan Knudsen of Next Adventure even took a day off from work and dug holes and assembled the new kiosk along with club board members, Steve Carson and Ryan Gwillim. Portland Disc Golf now has a 5 star disc golf course in the ground, with the addition of the signage. Please consider doing your part to help keep the course in pristine condition by picking up litter as you play and watching for graffiti or other damage to the signs and course.
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I am going to just come out and say it. This is probably the most versatile kydex inside the waistband holster regarding placement that is currently on the market. The size, shape, and loop placement make this a 360 degree mountable holster. There are a few holster makers out there that have figured out the need for loops made to split around a belt loop, but their holsters are generally too wide horizontally to be placed in some positions on the body or any flat spot in general. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that holster makers are now taking into consideration that the body has curves, but again, it takes away from versatility when you are talking about placement. The wider the holster, the more curvature so to speak is needed to make it both comfortable and concealable. With Kolbeson's kydex IWB, it is only slightly wider than the dimensions of the gun itself with very little excess material, so no curve is needed to make it fit the body.
Let's talk construction now. Kolbeson uses only 0.80 thickness kydex which is optimal for strength and comfort alike. It's a single piece of kydex formed as a clamshell instead of two pieces mated by rivets which make the need for excess material on each side .The sleek, form fit shape adds to the rigidity of the holster also. This design greatly diminishes the chances of the holster cracking because there are less stress areas should a great amount of force be exerted directly on the holster in any situation.
Traditionally I have always worn my primary carry gun at about 3:30 to 4:30 on the body and a secondary on the ankle or in a pocket. With the temperature rising and my dress changing, I have been carrying more and more between 1 and 2 o'clock. Carrying here leaves ZERO print when I wear a t-shirt. Through various training courses, it has been beat into me the need to also have better support hand access to a gun or even my secondary be on the support side. With this, I think another handgun positioned at 11 o'clock is optimal. If you decide to carry anywhere from 10 to 2 on the body, you need a smaller, flat holster. Some manufactures are placing an offset attachment as a means to secure them to the belt now. With loop placement on the Kolbeson IWB, an offset attachment is not needed at all for any postion you place it at. Put this holster where you want and you will not have a problem, it's that simple.
The below picture shows what is concealed under the above untucked t-shirt.
The below picture shows the ability to split around belt loops should you prefer to carry that way.
Just to touch on it a bit, appendix or carry anywhere from 10-2 has some great benefits. Depending on your frame and build, it may or may not work for you though. I find it very easy to conceal while just wearing a t-shirt, I can better access my pistol from here while in a car with my seatbelt on if I had to than if it was further back, and I do not have to worry about bending over and my shirt coming up revealing the handle of a pistol. A lot of professionals will also argue that carry here is a big plus in grounded combative situations. As far as seated though and especially in a vehicle, I still prefer a pistol on the ankle, but when wearing shorts you might get some strange looks in public.
I haven't just worn the holster; I have trained with it also. It was used for the duration of the OPS Surgical Speed Shooting course taught by Andy Stanford that I attended April 10-11. That class gave me the opportunity to get a couple hundred draws and reholsterings with it in a very short time. Josh has customer service and ease of operation at the front of his mind, he ships all of his holsters that have adjustable retention with the proper size Allen wrench to adjust them. Once I found the retention I wanted, I was good to go. The cut of the holster is just what is needed to get a full fighting grip on your pistol from the start. The sweat guard is just right and is not too large nor does it have sharp edges. All the exposed ends of the kydex are expertly sanded and blended leaving a very clean and snag free holster. Since the holster reviewed here was for a Glock, I will mention that it was molded with an extended slide release so it will work with a pistol that has a standard or extended release. The sight channel run evenly down the entire length of the holster and leaves a snag free draw every time. Being the craftsman that he is, Josh will not let a kydex holster out the door without something he is known for; leatherwork. The loops with pull the dot snaps are leather instead of the normal plastic or rubber which you typically see. It's a nice change that adds durability as well as aesthetics to the finished product.</p>
The below picture shows just how the design of the holster allows you to draw every time with a fighting grip on the pistol.
I am more than pleased with all of the Kolbeson Leatherworks holsters I have at this time and look forward to all his new products as they come out. At this times, there are 2 IWB kydex holsters listed, a unlined version as reviewed here and a pig skin lined version. Josh prides himself with his warranty and customer service, and for good reason: he wants you to be happy with your purchases. To top it off, he offers military and law enforcement a whopping 15% off discount on his 100% custom made products which is something no one else matches that I know of.
Contact information for Kolbeson Leatherworks is:
Josh Kolbeson
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Disclosure: I am not an employee, nor have I ever been an employee of Kolbeson Leatherworks. The item reviewed was gifted to me by Kolbeson Leatherworks for the purpose of a product test and evaluation. The items pictured and reviewed are my personal property. The opinions and views expressed in the posting are that of my own and are not influenced by any outside sources.
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Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) is a flexible, low cost method of expanding card acceptance in face-to-face environments by using hardware encryption technology to facilitate the use of untrusted devices across untrusted networks. A summary of the role of nCipher HSMs in the mPOS ecosystem can be found below.
Many transactions involving small (or micro) merchants, often outside a physical retail store, do not involve a mPOS solution. Instead, these transactions still take place using cash rather than credit or debit cards. For traditional bank acquirers and payment service providers (PSPs) this is a very large market to address with card-based acceptance solutions.
However it is not an easy task since there are two potentially competing elements involved: low cost required by the merchants and high security required by the payment systems.
For many years traditional point-of-sale (POS) terminals have been rejected by micro merchants on the basis of their high cost, long term contractual commitments, restrictive user interfaces and PCI DSS compliance requirements. Today there is a clear move in the payments industry to adopt mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) technology to either replace or complement traditional POS terminals.


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A roundtable chat with Topher Grace and Teresa Palmer of "Take Me Home Tonight"
Usually, I start roundtable interview pieces with a rather large amount of biographical information about whoever's involved. In the case of Topher Grace, former star of "That 70's Show" as well as movies like "In Good Company" and "Predators," I've already covered him pretty thoroughly in my one-on-one interview with him over at Bullz-Eye.com. Nevertheless, it's worth noting that as a hands-on executive producer and coauthor of the film's story, he has a lot riding on the profitability of "Take Me Home Tonight," a comedy about post-collegiate growing pains in the 1980s. Although I liked the film quite a bit, my review is but one, and to be honest, I appear to be something of an outlier. The good news for actor-producer Grace is that reviews mean next to nothing commercially for youth comedies, and people are laughing in screenings.
As for the striking, Australian-born Teresa Palmer, she's still something of a newcomer to the American screen, having gotten good notices in the otherwise critically bashed, "I Am Number 4," as well as Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Bedtime Stories." She shows every sign of becoming a more familiar face to audiences — and her face is definitely one of the prettier ones you're likely to see right now.
While one journo tried to use a then-upcoming holiday to pull some personal info out of Palmer and Grace — at more than one point in the past, the pair have been rumored to be dating — the business and pleasure of making a youth oriented comedy was the chief topic during this mass interview from the "Take Me Home Tonight" junket.
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Pennyroyal Area Museum Celebrates Edgar Cayce's Early Years
The Pennyroyal Area Museum is a general history museum located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The mission of the museum is to portray the history of southwestern Kentucky. Since all of us contribute to the story the history museum tells, it is pertinent at this point to introduce a native son, America's greatest psychic – Edgar Cayce.
Edgar Cayce was born in Christian County, Kentucky on March 18, 1877. It was here during his formative years that he developed his remarkable psychic talents and embarked upon a lifetime of service to God and mankind. Every year in March the Pennyroyal Area Museum celebrates our native son's birthday and we immerse ourselves in Cayce's hometown history with the Annual Edgar Cayce Hometown Seminar. Guest speakers for this seminar are focused in one way or another on the balancing of the body, mind, and spirit based on the information from the readings of Edgar Cayce. In the past 18 years participants from all over the world have attended this seminar.
The emphasis of the Hometown Seminar is to feature its most famous local son and to acquaint participants with Cayce's native home. D.D. Cayce III, the Hopkinsville-Christian County Historian and distant relative to Edgar Cayce, presents a pictorial history of Edgar's early life in Hopkinsville and Christian County. Participants can also take a hometown tour to see where it all began. A guided bus tour will take you around the county to visit sites such as the Beverly, Kentucky community to see Beverly Academy, where Edgar attended elementary school; Liberty Christian Church, the site of the church that Edgar joined in 1888; the site of Edgar's boyhood home where he slept on the spelling book; the grounds where Edgar Cayce had a vision that prompted his life's work and the pond where Thomas Jefferson Cayce, his grandfather, drowned in 1881. Other sites include houses where Edgar once lived, where he gave his first formal reading in 1901, Wesley Ketchum's office, and Edgar and Gertrude's gravesites.
Wayne Goolsby, a local educator, adds to the richness of preserving the history of Edgar Cayce. He has written several plays about the life of Edgar Cayce including The Pennyroyal Years: A Reflection upon the Youth of Edgar Cayce; The Gift: a monologue (with a few interruptions) about the life of Edgar Cayce; and Edgar Cayce: the Gift of the Pennyroyal. These plays have been performed at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
D.D. Cayce III, a cousin to Edgar Cayce and local Edgar Cayce historian, is also affiliated with the Pennyroyal Area Museum. Additionally, the local CVB (Convention & Visitors Bureau) has created a cell-phone tour of Edgar Cayce sites in Hopkinsville. This brochure can be obtained through the Pennyroyal Area Museum or: www.visithopkinsville.com. To be added to the Annual Edgar Cayce Hometown Seminar mailing list please contact: email@example.com or phone 270-887-4270.


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BARCELONA -- Altair Semiconductor, based in Israel, is a smaller company that showed off its LTE radio chips -- and the tablets and routers they're being installed in -- at a small booth at Mobile World Congress this week.
Among the thousands of companies exhibiting at the event here, Altair is a prime example of the energy being demonstrated globally by newer innovators in mobile and wireless technologies.
CEO Oded Melamed said the six-year-old company, which has about 150 employees, is focused on providing its LTE technology to users in developing countries such as India, Brazil, China and Russia. That's where low-cost broadband modems and related devices are expected to be in great demand as their populations explode.
Altair chose to keep its chips focused on LTE-only rather than pairing them with 3G radios, as many other manufacturers do. That can lower costs, and makes it possible to reduce the size of the chip, to 6mm square -- two to three times smaller and cheaper than competing chips, Melamed said.
An LTE-to-Wi-Fi router in a home could soon sell for $50, half the price of today, he said in an interview.
Melamed also showed off a small sub-$100 tablet running over Altair's LTE chip from a maker called Ainol. The 7-in. Ainol tablet is called the Novo 7, sells in China and runs Android 4.0.
In all, Altair has 16 customers making 50 devices, including in-home LTE modems, a 10-in. tablet by Quanta, an HD-camera that can be mounted on a race car to run over LTE and feed data to the race pit, and outdoor LTE routers to provide broadband Internet access at home. That router offers enhanced antennas and a rugged case to withstand the weather.
Melamed admitted his company's goal is less about bridging the digital divide in developing countries and more about taking advantage of the enormous opportunities in places such as India. It has more than 1 billion people, but only 120 million Internet users. Of those with Internet, only 30 million could be described as having broadband, with speeds of up to 300Kbps, he said.
Altair is an example of a many smaller tech firms fighting giants such as Qualcomm. But Altair is on the verge of a major growth spurt, Melamed predicted.
"We are six years old, like a child going to first grade in school, excited to make a big move up," he said.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed . His email address is email@example.com .
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Today is not a good day at the GenSys Labs. The company has been performing tests on apes and today those apes are retaliating. Sparks shoot from every angle, lights flicker on and off, doors slam open and closed and a tray of oranges crashes, spilling everywhere. This would make sense if there were actually apes running around, but all of it is happening as if manipulated by ghosts. We're on the Vancouver set of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox's summer blockbuster set for release August 5. The film, directed by Rupert Wyatt, stars James Franco, John Lithgow, Frieda Pinto, Bryan Cox, Tom Felton and Andy Serkis as Caesar, a hyper-intelligent ape who just might be the 21st century reason why Charlton Heston finds the Statue of Liberty on the beach in the 1968 classic Planet of the Apes.
We visited the Vancouver set of Rise of the Planet of the Apes in August 2010 for days 33 and 34 of a scheduled 58 day shoot and not only did we get to walk through many of the sets before, during and after they were shot, but went on location and talked to the filmmakers and stars of this compelling modern story with global implications fueled by both character and a brand new performance capture technology. After the jump, you can take the trip along with us in an epic diary style write up of Collider's trip to the set of Rise of the Planet of the Apes along with a video blog.
NOTE: The video blog, shot with Peter Sciretta of Slashfilm, was recorded the day after we got back from the set visit and it's embedded at the bottom of this lengthy story. It, too, is lengthy and has a few minor inconsistencies. First of all, I no longer work for Collider, but did at the time. And second, obviously, is that the title has changed. Other than that, it's Peter Sciretta and myself, in his apartment, discussing our thoughts on what this film could be and all the awesome things we saw. Again, it's embedded at the bottom of this page. Now back to your regularly scheduled set visit.
Back to that phantom destruction mentioned above. That was happening because we were watching what the crew referred to as a "Roger Rabbit" take, where they shoot the action of the film without the actors involved. They need to do this, because, there won't be one real ape in the film. Rise of the Planet of the Apes will have the some of the most advanced use of motion capture to date including massive sets totally wired with cameras everywhere making them huge, live mo-cap stages and even outdoor mo-cap, the first of its kind. And for every single mo-cap shot, like the one we saw above, director Rupert Wyatt needs to shoot it both with and without the actors in the shot so WETA can have all the information they need.
Set in modern day San Francisco, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a reimagining of how Planet of the Apes came to be. The crux of the story is, what could happen today – right now – that would make it possible for apes to eventually kill all the humans and take over the world. It might start with a rogue doctor (played by James Franco) trying to help his ailing father (played by John Lithgow) with a medicine that also, incidentally, makes apes highly intelligent. And then one ape in particular might start to realize how his kind is treated poorly. And that ape might get really pissed off.
The whole trip began with a trip to Sears. Mammoth Studios in Burnaby, near Vancouver, British Columbia shares property with a Sears distribution center and looks just like that – an unassuming, large factory that could be used for anything. This one, however, just happens to house a major motion picture.
Walking through Mammoth, even in its main lobby, you can tell a movie is being made. The walls are adorned with headshots, hallways and conference rooms are lined with concept art and stills from the shoot. Being as this was in August of 2010, seeing all of this stuff for the first time was very exciting.
First up, we are shown a slide show of scenes and sets that have already been shot. We learn that the story of the movie focuses on Will Rodman, a scientist whose father has Alzheimer's. Will works at GenSys, a high-tech science lab and has been developing a cure for the disease, a medicine called 112. However when they test the medicine in a chimp named Bright Eyes, Will notices some surprising developments. She dies but passes the gifts on to her son Caesar. Fearing that the lab will do horrible things to him, Will sneaks Caesar home and raises him as his own. That's where things begin to get shaky.
In the slide show we see several different images and learn a bunch of key facts. We see images from a scene that will take place on the Golden Gate Bridge, shots that were filmed in the nearby Muir Woods, where Bryan Singer shot some of X-Men, and several concept images of apes jumping towards humans. Most notably, this is when we get our first glimpse of Andy Serkis as Caesar, in full motion capture suit, sitting and talking to Will in the kitchen. Just from the look on his face you can tell that Serkis is all business. Finally, we get the logistics. Wyatt is shooting on film in 2D, Rise is a prequel to all versions of the story but has nothing to do with the Tim Burton version (though there might be an Easter egg or two).
Next, we met up with Claude Pare, the production designer who has also done The Aviator and the Night at the Museum movies. His office looks like an architects, complete with blue prints and detailed models everywhere. He explains to us which sets were built here in the basements of Mammoth and what will be shot on location. More or less, most of the exteriors were shot on location in and around Vancouver while the interiors are downstairs.
Outside Pare's office is a large model of the Primate Shelter, a set that was still under construction and hadn't been shot yet. In the film, it serves as basically an ape prison run by Bryan Cox and his son Tom Felton and it's where Caesar begins to corral other apes around him.
Like many of the sets on the film, the Primate Shelter wasn't built in pieces; the entire thing was put together like a complete building. You could walk from one side to the other and never know you were on a movie set. Though, with this one, it was only built 30 feet up (as if that was small). The top 10-15 feet will be filled in with CG and exteriors have already been shot. Now that we have an idea of what we are going to see, it's time to actually see it.
Walking through the studio is very reminiscent of a construction site. There are men in hardhats, wires and the smell of fresh sawdust. Simply being in the space gives you the feeling like you're going to get something in your eye. As we get deeper into the guts of the studio we finally see the massive Primate Shelter, which is roughly 200 x 300 feet. It has been under construction for over 3 months and is scheduled to finish at the end of the week. Then, the following week, production will be here for 3 weeks straight. The entrance is plastered with beautiful tile murals and jungle paintings but as we attempt to set foot inside the huge, almost arena like main area, we are stopped. It's still an active construction site and we are going to need hard hats. While we wait on those, we scoop around the side to ape cages, which were all built out of real steel. It's Alcatraz for apes. All of the cages work with locks and sliding doors and were designed with attributes specific to the scenes that will be shot there. Each cell is roughly 8 x 10 feet. We head up the stairs, careful to avoid some spots where we are told paint is still wet, and walk above the sturdy cages. Pare describes this as a very dark part of the film, but also the reason for the eventual revolution.
Finally, our hard hats arrive and we enter the shelter. First and foremost there's a 30-foot tree in the middle of the Primate Shelter made of Styrofoam over steel. All its branches are removable so that the camera can be set up anywhere in the space. The entire interior space around the tree is painted to look like a real jungle and – in the film – it will fool Caesar, but only for a moment. He will then realize that this is not a good place and things will quickly begin to change. And while this still-under-construction set looks pretty and clean now, once it's done, the whole thing will be run down and aged by the crew so that it looks like it's been around for decades instead of days.
Another of the main attributes of the shelter is a massive featured cage that, it's explained, houses a gorilla named Buck. Buck never leaves this cage, but Caesar will use that to his advantage to strengthen his reputation among the apes. There will also be a waterfall that plays a part.
While we are all listening and observing all of this, the incessant hammering in the background can't be ignored. Pare explains that shooting in the attic of Will's house, where Caesar spends many years of his life, has completed and the site is being "struck," or destroyed. A three-year time lapse of Caesar's life will occur in the attic and the entirety of it was designed and decorated like a kids room, right down to the kitschy, custom copied blue wallpaper. However, even if the attic of Will's house is being destroyed, thankfully, the bottom floors haven't and that's where we are headed next.
Whenever I walk into someone's house, the first thing I look at is their DVD collection. And such was the same with the Rodman house. It was an odd mix of bad movies such as Push and Daddy Day Camp, with Spanish discs and genre films like Rob Zombie's Halloween and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Once that was out of the way, I looked at everything else. The set was very homey but very dated. Everything looks like it probably did 40 years ago, which made sense since Will's father has Alzheimer's. There's another shelf full of VHS tapes like Raiders of the Lost Ark, In & Out and Shakespeare In Love and family photos all over, including one I really liked of Will and Caesar sitting on a hill with their backs to the camera.
Entering the kitchen, the calendar read August 2016 – giving us a great time frame on the film – and Pare explained that the entire kitchen, which is very open but has second floor balcony surrounding it, was built in service of one specific shot that will see Caesar jumping all over the space in a continuous motion. The exteriors of the house were all shot on location and, though the film necessitated a backyard, the one on location didn't work. So, once we exit the kitchen it goes into a large backyard space complete with garage and more. We walked through the garage – which looks dusty, messy and old – and looped into the neighbor's garage, which was the polar opposite. It was explained that these differences in design were very specific because this clash of personalities between neighbors is a plot point of the film.
We notice, in the neighbor's backyard, a monitor and a bunch of folding chairs. We have reached our media holding area where, one by one, we'll be ushered to the interior of the GenSys labs to watch Andy Serkis, as Caesar, free the apes. But first, food and an interview.
After lunch, where we got to sit and talk to Andy Serkis, who plays Caesar and Terry Notary, the ape stunt coordinator and performer who plays several different apes in the film (read that conversation here), we watched them practice on a motion capture stage, sometimes called "the volume." It's a huge room with a wide-open space in the middle and 26 sensors all around the room. Each of the actors is wearing the classic mo-cap suit: tight grey material with little LED sensors all over, green dots on their face, and a head rig with a camera aimed at their face.
On films that have pioneered this technology, like Avatar or Lord of the Rings, this was the only place mo-cap could occur. For Rise though, this is just the training ground. All the practical sets have been rigged with the sensors so that all the actual sets are, in their own way, "giant mo-cap stages where ever you go" according to Notary. In fact, the finale of the film, set on the Golden Gate Bridge, which was recreated in a large lot outside Vancouver, was the largest mo-cap stage in the world at the time. Plus, the LED sensors have been upgraded now so the Rise crew was able to shoot mo-cap outside. This was a huge evolution happening on this film.
In preparing for the afternoon's scene – which will see Caesar and a group of apes breaking another group of apes out of cages at GenSys and also, maybe stealing some of the all important drug, 112, – each of the actors did a little limbering up – ape style – on the stage. "The best bit about that is that it gets rid of the waste line," said Richard Ridings, who plays the aforementioned Buck. Each actor would mimic a mo-cap technician so, on a huge screen, they could see not only their movements, but their movements as an ape as well. Picture a screen with 2 figures on it, both making the same movements – One is an actor, the other is an ape. The actors are basically modern puppeteers, just looking for the right position. Once each actor had their beats down – be it their run or whatever – they would head down to set and we followed.
Sitting down and waiting to see filming in person was probably the most powerful experience of the entire set visit. You're probably 50 yards away from the set but you know exactly when a take is about to happen. There's a loud scream, everything goes quiet, they get set up, sound is rolling and you hear "action!" Because it's so quiet, even if you can't see what's happening, you can hear it. What people who see Rise of the Planet of the Apes in August won't see, though, is what happens in the seconds before the take. You can hear Andy Serkis start hooting and hollering well before "Action" is called, just getting himself amped up and into character. It was pretty powerful stuff.
The GenSys lab set is pretty extraordinary. It looks very shiny and modern but has that cold feeling one would imagine with a science lab. That's because, it kind of is a full science lab. Like is the case with the Primate Shelter, this set is all one huge place. Rooms are connected. You can walk from the entrance, through the lab to Will's office, to the MRI room, around the corner and down the corridor to the ape cages. We finally get situated behind the camera looking down the hallway of cages. While the physical effects people get everything ready (this is the scene described above) I just looked around at the details, which are remarkable. There are GenSys logos everywhere, primate feed bags, pink and blue blankets, little lights everywhere, it's very cool and most of it will never be seen. Meanwhile, the shot is still being set up. Director of Photography Andrew Lesnie (an Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings) is peering through the lens as people reset all of the physical effects. Once the effects are "hot" it's time to roll.
The shot in question will be about 45 seconds long and the take I saw didn't have any actors in it, it was just the effects going off. Still, it was intense. To quote myself from 2700 words ago, "Sparks shoot from every angle, lights flicker on and off, doors slam open and closed and a tray of oranges crashes, spilling everywhere."
Though we saw the actors getting limber earlier in the afternoon, it took about two hours to nail the "Roger Rabbit" shot. Finally, though, the actors began to get into the scenes. I got to see it on the monitor from the other side of the room and the thing that stands out is Serkis's performance. He is filled with intensity and purpose on his face, a true sense of leadership, which would lead us to believe that this scene is toward the end of the film. Caesar is leading a revolution. The main point of this shot, though, was Caesar breaking out Cornelia, a female ape played by Devyn Dalton, a 4'6 short actress who also plays Caesar as a child. Once Caesar finds Cornelia, he breaks her out and they touch heads. We saw a few rehearsal takes but when the cameras are rolling, the intensity gets turned up. While Caesar smashes the cage lock with one hit in rehearsals, later he hits it twice, even three times in succession to show his anger and frustration. Once they got the shot, our day was done, but the set visit was far from over.
For the second day of the set visit, we are on location at BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus on Russ Baker Way in Richmond, BC which doubles as both the exterior, and some of the interiors, of the GenSys lab. Today the Rise of the Planet of the Apes production has two scenes to shoot. The first will be outside of the building where Will and Caroline (Frieda Pinto) pull up in a car and tell Caesar what really happened to his mother. The second will be inside where a fellow scientist named Jacobs (David Oyelowo) confronts Will about housing Caesar. This means we finally get to see the principals in action. We start the day in a tent, again about 50 yards away from the production, which sees Franco, Pinto and Serkis sitting in a 1988 Jeep Wagoneer.
They do a few takes with Serkis in the back seat, a few with him not, and a few where he's replaced with a creepy monkey doll. The dialogue consists of Will explaining his origins to Caesar :
Will: "This is where I work… this is where you were born…your mother was here… she's not here anymore… that's why I took you home to me."
Caesar signs to him and Will nods.
Will: "She's dead… she was given medicine… the same I gave to Charlie… and she passed it on to you… that's why you're so smart."
Caesar signs and Will nods again.
Will: "Smart medicine."
Pinto's character then asks if they can just go home and that's the scene.
From watching the two principals on the monitor for a few hours, we can discern a bunch of things about the production. One, director Rupert Wyatt doesn't seem to be that hands on. It seems like he knows what he wants, communicates it, and then shoots until he gets what he wants. Second is that Franco's performance, as Will, is very calculated. His line deliveries in this scene are very direct and matter of fact. It'll be interesting to see if this is how he is throughout the movie or if that's just how he has to communicate with Caesar.
In between set ups, we watch the stand-ins on the monitor while Franco sits in a chair overlooking the road, reading a book. They keep coming back and shooting a few different angles, one that concentrate's on Pinto's character, another that's a reverse shot of Will looking into the rear view mirror and more, all the necessary coverage.
Again, today, we walk behind the camera in smaller groups. When it's my turn I notice the angle I'm going to see, through the windshield, has a bit more of the background in it as opposed to the side views and close-ups from earlier. Now we see all the way through the back window of the car and that means extras. GenSys must be a very busy place because at least 20 extras cross behind in the background while the above scene is playing out. Cars drive by. It's all very uniform and calculated. After each take, it's funny to watch these people walk across the street, stop, then just turn around and do it again.
As for the shot itself, it's the same dialogue we have been watching but now we are watching it with the crew. Not the director and DP, though. We are watching with the hair and makeup people who watch to make sure everything looks right. The shot goes off without a hitch and we're heading inside.
During lunch, we sat down with screenwriter/producer Rick Jaffa and producer Dylan Clark who were later joined by Lesnie and Wyatt. The interview went on for well over and hour and here are a few of the most interesting quotes:
Screenwriter Rick Jaffa on fitting into the mythology of the series:
"We tried to be as loyal to the mythology of those movies so that fans would feel like great care was taken in trying to apply some of that to this story. At some point you just have to make your own movie. So decisions like that were made, and there's lots of fun stuff for Apes fans specifically that we put in there."
Producer Dylan Clark on competing in the crowded summer market place:
"I think we have the goods to be in the summer. But when you do go back and look at the other movies, the first Planet of the Apes is very dramatic. There isn't a lot of action. In fact, I think the chasing around the villages is as big action as you get. The opening scene with the guns on horses is as big as you get. We're bigger than that and I think we have strategic action from the beginning, a couple of pieces in the first act — we have two semi set pieces. And then we start to escalate from there."
Jaffa on potential sequels:
"I hope that we're building a platform for future films. We're trying to plant a lot of the seeds for a lot of the things you are talking about in terms of the different apes and so forth."
Clark on differentiating from the Tim Burton film:
"I think no guys in suits automatically says 'different movie.' James Franco isn't the kind of guy you typically see in these movies. Frieda Pinto isn't the type of female in these movies. Then you get Andy Serkis, I think they say: 'they're going for things.'"
Director Rupert Wyatt on where this film fits in with the other films:
"This is part of the mythology and it should be seen as that. It's not a continuation of the other films; it's an original story. It does satisfy the people who enjoy those films. The point of this film is to achieve that and to bring that fan base into this film exactly like 'Batman [Begins].'"
Wyatt on going from a tiny budget film to a huge Hollywood blockbuster:
"My agent visited the other day and he was very excited because he looked it up and he said he thinks I've made the biggest leap in movie history because of the budget size. So yeah, it's a huge challenge and it's a huge privilege and it's a huge responsibility. I think fundamentally, it's the same thing. You're working with a crew. I have an Oscar-winning DP, an extraordinary director of photography, I have an amazing crew, I have a terrific cast. I have terrifically experienced and very supportive producers. So, at the end of the day, it's making a film, it's telling a story. The scale of it, although daunting initially in the early days of pre-production, is actually not the biggest challenge. It's the motion capture, it's the technology, it's all of the things that we're doing that are quite groundbreaking, I think, for me as a director."
After the interview, we were free to roam around the location for a bit before shooting started up again. I once again noticed an absurd amount of detail around the set: GenSys signage both inside and out, vans with the logo parked outside and a huge floor plan and even has some grammatical errors. It said "Reasearch Labs" instead of "Research Labs."
Now it's time for shooting and we're standing way off camera in the lobby of GenSys. We don't have a monitor so we can't hear the dialogue but we see them set up a shot where it seems as if a steadicam is going to be in an elevator, Will walks in, the elevator door is stopped by Jacobs who shows Will something, the door closes and about a minute later, it opens again and they walk out. There are several dozen extras walking around on several different floors for this shot even though most of it takes place in an elevator. The café in the lobby is the "Nova Java Café," named after Charlton Heston's girlfriend from the original two films.
In between takes, Franco goes to a secluded part of the lobby where his chair is set up and he reads. At one point, someone comes over the touch up his hair but most everyone leaves him alone. The main difference between this scene and the other two we saw shot, though, is it just hammers home how difficult it is to shoot with the mo-cap Apes. A single take takes minutes to set up with the apes while here, if someone flubs a line, they just back up and do it again. There must have been 12 takes of this scene in the time it took to do 2 of another with an ape.
Then, after plenty of waiting, we spoke to James Franco. You can read that interview by clicking here.
Movies with "rise" in the title usually aren't that good. Throughout the set visit this was one of the many topics of conversation held among journalists. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, etc. Still, if it all comes together correctly, Rise of the Planet of the Apes has a great chance to break the mold. The people behind the scenes seem to have crafted a heady dramatic sci-fi story complete with action, strong characters and very ambitious special effects. If it all comes together right, who knows? We might get a second prequel chapter in a story that already has five films and a remake.
As I promised at the top of the article, here's the video blog.
For more Rise of the Planet of the Apes coverage:
James Franco On-Set Interview Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Andy Serkis and Terry Notary On-Set Interview Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The first trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes


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No action tonight in Rochester… even though the rain stopped and there is NO tarp on the field. Odd.
We'll have to investigate prior to tomorrow's 12:05 p.m. start as to why the game would be postponed. The baseball gods are determined to delay any Bisons victory this season.
Just one tomorrow for the Herd and 'Wings. Kevin Mulvey and Nelson Figueroa will stay scheduled to start the game for their team.


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Dramatic growth over the past 20 years has made Houston the most ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the country and reduced its segregation, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.
The report, "Houston Region Grows More Ethnically Diverse, With Small Declines in Segregation," also found that two Houston suburbs — Pearland and Missouri City — have slightly surpassed Houston as the region's most diverse cities. The researchers used census data from 1990, 2000 and 2010 to analyze the region's growth and changes over the past 20 years.
Houston metro region's widespread growth and diversity are attributable to a 1965 shift in immigration laws, said report co-author Michael Emerson, co-director of the Kinder Institute and the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology. That year marked a dramatic shift in how visas were granted; the United States began giving the same number of visas to every country in the world. The impact has been the substantial ethnic diversification of the immigration population. Before 1965, the immigration population was predominately from Europe; now it is coming principally from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Emerson said that while the entire country has felt the effects of this transition, the Houston metropolitan region's position as an "immigrant gateway" has meant that its population in both the city and the metro area has shifted to one where Anglos are now a numerical minority.
"The majority of the Houston metropolitan area's growth has taken place since 1965, fueled by diverse immigrants and the children they have had since arriving," Emerson said. "As a result, the degree of diversity has even surpassed the nation's largest metro area, New York City."
And Houston's diversity extends beyond the city itself, according to report co-author Jenifer Bratter, director of the Kinder Institute's Race Scholars program and an associate professor of sociology.
"Houston is one of a handful of what is known as majority-minority cities, where Anglos represent less than 50 percent of the population," Bratter said. "And while Houston is one of the country's most diverse major cities, Pearland and Missouri City are on par with Houston as the area's most ethnically diverse cities. Pearland and Missouri City are also significantly less segregated than the city of Houston."
Report co-author Junia Howell, a Rice graduate student in sociology, said the occurrence of more diverse suburbs is rare.
"This is very different from what's happening in most regions across the U.S.," she said. "The common assumption is that suburbs are more homogenous than central cities, but places like Missouri City and Pearland are breaking that mold."
Howell said the smaller levels of segregation in Houston's outlying areas could be attributed in part to the lack of established segregation patterns, such as those found in Houston and similar large cities across the country.
"Because diversity is increasing across the region, there are these new suburbs being created quickly that lack these traditional patterns," she said.
Other findings in the report:
- Black-Latino segregation in the region has declined more rapidly than segregation between any other ethnic groups.
- Blacks are most segregated where they represent the largest absolute and relative numbers.
- The smaller the percentage of Anglos in an area, the greater their segregation from other groups.
- Asians live closest to Anglos and continue to be significantly segregated from blacks and Latinos.
The authors hope their study will highlight Houston's diversity relative to the rest of the country and show how people in the metro region are living amid these population changes. According to Emerson, the extensive diversity of the Houston region offers great potential for moving toward being a world-class city.
"Harnessing the burgeoning ethnic diversity of the Houston region is a signature opportunity to lead the nation in the transition to a fully inclusive, unified multi-ethnic region," he said. "How Houston handles this transition will go far in shaping the vitality of its future."
P. Wilner Jeanty, a research scientist and demographer for the Kinder Institute, and Mike Cline, a research scientist in the Department of Sociology, were also study co-authors. The Kinder Institute and the Hobby Center funded the research.


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(Family Features) After the big day has come and gone, most holiday hosts find themselves still talking turkey. What to do with all that leftover bird?
During the long weekend following the holiday, you can put those leftovers to good use. Recipes that incorporate turkey in deliciously unique ways will help you use up those leftovers and clear out the fridge before you know it.
To ensure the tastiest dishes you can feel good about serving your loved ones, look for the USDA-verified seal on your turkey's packaging to know that your turkey was raised with no growth-promoting antibiotics by farmers who care. One good option: Shady Brook Farms, the first major turkey brand to supply turkey without growth-promoting antibiotics and without charging a premium price.
Quality Starts on the Farm
Darrell Glaser, a sixth-generation farmer from Texas, along with his mother, Jeannette, and wife, Shannon, started raising turkeys more than 20 years ago. Today, his four sons also help on the family's farm.
"We do everything we can to produce a quality product that other families would be comfortable eating during the holidays," Glaser said.
Glaser, who has raised nearly 14 million turkeys, says this starts with keeping the birds healthy and comfortable.
"We take really good care to ensure the environment is just right for our turkeys. This includes keeping the floors of our barns dry and making sure the birds have plenty of fresh air and good quality water and feed," Glaser said.
Glaser says if turkeys are happy and comfortable, they are generally healthy, which reduces the need to prescribe medicine, like antibiotics.
Glaser and his family are one of more than 700 independent farm families who are raising turkeys for Shady Brook Farms without using growth-promoting antibiotics.
"We feed America and want to provide a quality food source for our customers," Glaser said. "With consumers more concerned about their food, if we can produce wholesome turkey without growth-promoting antibiotics, then we should."
For more recipes and preparation tips, visit www.shadybrookfarms.com.
Holiday Minis
- 1 pound (or 3 cups) chopped Shady Brook Farms turkey (dark and white meat)
- 1 package (14 ounces) cornbread stuffing mix
- 1 jar (16 ounces) turkey gravy
- 1 can (6 ounces) cranberry sauce with whole cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray mini muffin pans (as many as needed to make 48 bites) with nonstick cooking spray.
- Chop freshly cooked or leftover turkey into 1/4-inch pieces.
- In large bowl, prepare stuffing mix as directed on package. Add turkey to stuffing mixture. Stir in 1 cup turkey gravy. Mixture should hold together when spooned into a ball. If mixture is too dry, add more gravy by tablespoons until correct consistency is achieved.
- Spoon stuffing mixture into muffin pan, filling each cavity full, then pressing mixture down to level top of each bite.
- Bake for 15–20 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Remove from pan and garnish each bite with cranberry sauce. Additional gravy may be heated and served on side as dipping sauce.
Turkey Croissant
- 1 pound (approximately 2 cups) of leftover Shady Brook Farms whole turkey, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 cup toasted pine nuts
- 1 cup diced celery
- 6 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 6 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
- 1 cup low-fat mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 12 croissants
- Combine turkey, pine nuts, celery, chives and red pepper in medium bowl. Stir in mayonnaise and lemon juice. Split croissants and place generous helping of turkey salad on bottom half of each, top with remaining half and serve.
- To toast pine nuts: Place nuts in dry skillet in single layer and toast over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring as needed to prevent burning. Because pine nuts can burn easily, it is a good idea to watch until they are golden and fragrant, which means they are toasted.
Cozy Turkey Soup
- 1 white onion, minced (reserve 2 tablespoons)
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1.4 pounds (approximately 3 cups) of leftover Shady Brook Farms turkey, chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse ground pepper
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 5 yellow peppers, seeded and diced
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 can (15 ounces) chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon salt
- Bread bowls (optional)
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- In skillet, saute onion in 2 tablespoons olive oil for 2–3 minutes. Add cooked turkey and 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper to desired flavor. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large stockpot on low. Saute celery, carrot, garlic and reserved 2 tablespoons onion for approximately 10 minutes, or until vegetables are soft. Add yellow peppers, potatoes, stock and 1 tablespoon salt. Simmer for 15–20 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then transfer back to pot to keep warm.
- Add turkey and onion mixture to soup.
- Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.
Turkey, Spinach and Swiss Quiche
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1.25 pounds (approximately 3 cups) of leftover Shady Brook Farms whole turkey, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen spinach, thawed and well-drained
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup low-fat milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1 cup grated Swiss cheese
- 1 (9-inch) pie crust, unbaked
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Saute onion, pepper and garlic over medium heat until tender, about 3 minutes. Add turkey and thawed spinach (squeeze out moisture) and saute 1 minute or until all ingredients are heated through. Remove from heat.
- In mixing bowl, beat together eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Sprinkle cheese into bottom of pie shell. Layer turkey, vegetable and spinach mixture on top of cheese. Pour egg mixture over top.
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In support of the International Year of Youth and to celebrate International Youth Day, "Change Your World 2011" is a campaign initiated by Global Changemakers and in collaboration with the UN Programme on Youth. The idea is to organize as many activities as possible from NOW until International Youth Day. This can range from helping out your neighbors to organizing an awareness concert, and from a flash mob to a beach clean up.
Did you know this year is the International Year of Youth (IYY)?
The General Assembly proclaimed the Year in recognition of the need for dialogue between youth and other generations as well as among youth in different parts of the world. It is up to us to make use of this opportunity and make our voices heard. The International Year is a fantastic opportunity to advocate on behalf of youth in your country or community and to promote dialogue and mutual understanding among youth and the decision-makers in your community, region or country.
The progress achieved during this Year in each of these areas will lay the foundation for further work in youth development, including the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
And did you know that on August 12th is International Youth Day?
International Youth Day (IYD) is a day of awareness recognized by the United Nations which aims to draw attention to youth issues around the world.
How can you participate?
Anyone can participate. First take some time to visit the IYY2011 website to get your activities kit and all the information you might need to organize an event.
Useful links:
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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To SonicPariah.
I noticed that you recently replied to several players having techical problems with the game, that the problems sounded like "cache issues". I started this game back in November of 2013, four and a half years ago. The same "cache issues" you refer to have been around since the release of 1.0. As far as I know neither Tanks nor Ships have ever had these issues. My question for you and WG/Persha is this: When will you guys, if ever, finally fix this ? Could it possibly happen before the game loses its last player ?
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