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Hello, I'm struggling with this java programming question
Create a class named Invoice that holds an invoice number, balance due and three fields representing the month, day, and year that the balance is due. Create a constructor that accepts values for all five data fields within the constructor, assign each argument to the appropriate field with the following exceptions:
-if an invoice number is less than 1000, force the invoice number to 0
-if the month field is less than 1 or grater than 12, force the month field to 0
-if the day field is less than 1 or greater than 31, force the day field to 0
-if the year field is les than 2011 or greater than 2017, force the year field to 0
In the invoice class, include a display method that displays all the fields on an Invoice object.
I'm completely lost on what to do next. Hope you guys can help, this is what I currently have
public class Invoice{
private String month,day,year;
private double BalanceDue;
private double InvoiceNumber;
public Invoice(String m, String d, String y, double balance, double number){


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Earlier this week, Trump faced accusation from the Wall Street Journal that using his reality show to announce his run for president was little more than a ratings stunt.
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A luxury real estate auction company reports that Cher's Hawaii home overlooking the Pacific Ocean has been sold to an Arizona buyer for $8.7 million.
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The firm had estimated Cher's three-quarter-acre property was worth between $8 million and $12 million.
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Whadda'ya think? Every sports fan has an opinion
The one common denominator among sports fans is opinion: Every fan has one and is eager to express it. Here are a few topics to assess.
With sports as with everything else in life, we have to take the bad with the good, but at times it can get overwhelming: the losing, the rule-breaking, the trash-talk, the money-hunger, the egos. People can be forgiven for turning off the television and using the sports page to line a dog crate. As fans we have the option to walk away– at least for a little while.
But what about the athletes for whom all that's disappointing about sports is the stuff of their daily lives? What can they do?
They can complain on Twitter like Bernard Berrian. Or throw stones like Zack Greinke, blame the referees like Michael Vick, pout like Alex Rodriguez or throw tantrums like Serena Williams. There are myriad ways athletes can react to disappointment, most of them unbecoming. When a job is mixed up with power and dominance, reacting gracefully to even minor disappointments can seem weak. And no athlete wants that.
So what do we make of the Colts' third-string– no, back up– no, starting— quarterback, Curtis Painter? He spent two uncomplaining years in Peyton Manning's shadow, silently bore the humiliation of watching Kerry Collins usurp his position, and held his tongue when an Indianapolis Star reporter wrote that the team "may as well stick with Curtis Painter."
Is Painter weak, or is his reluctance to complain a strength? Would we respect him more– or less– if he publicly criticized his team and his coaches?
Has NASCAR gone too far?
Talladega Superspeedway has announced that it will award $100,000 to the driver with the most lead changes in the Sprint Cup on October 23 if the 43-car field sees 100 lead changes during the 188-lap race. Are things really looking that bad for the sport?
NASCAR's popularity, which has been dwindling in recent years, seems to be on the upswing. Ratings for several races, including the Daytona 500, were up over last year, due in large part to the new points system that has increased competition and decreased confusion, a change fans have been begging for for years. But this latest attempt to up the ante flies in the face of what race fans say they want, which is less emphasis on "a good points day" and more emphasis on winning races.
Talladega already holds the record for the most lead changes at 88, and 12 more could prove disastrous. Already known as one of NASCAR's most dangerous tracks, Talladega has instituted some rules for the upcoming race, including larger restrictor plate openings to increase horsepower and disallowing lubricant on bumpers, making bump-drafting harder.
Has NASCAR recklessly compromised safety with the $100,000 bonus? Is the promise of increased ratings worth the risk?
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And finally, overheard at the Hampden-Sydney homecoming game: UVA football coach Mike London has one more year to right the ship before his grace period ends. Are three years ample time for a coach to turn a program around, or should he be allowed more– if only to fully assess the impact of the first full recruiting class?
And if that's the case, should the coach be assured another year to work the kinks out of his program? Should Virginia allow London more– or less– time to adapt to the ACC's expansion, shaking up the conference as it does?
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Expiration Date- I would say that he should be held as responsible as any department manager for performance of his "team". 3 years is plenty of time to figure it out and see if a managers style is indeed what will make a "team" successful. It is used in sales, manufacturing, anywhere you have individuals contributing to the overall success of any program- sports, or otherwise.
Talledega..just another example of NASCAR manipulating the sport in a lame attempt to boost ratings.The ongoing debate is whether this is a sport or sports-based entertainment.Under the "leadership"of current president Brian France,it's hard to say.NASCAR races enjoy good TV ratings every year until the NFL starts up.The ratings drop,and it just eats Brian France from the inside out.He should just accept his place in the scheme of things,enjoy his riches and quit tinkering around risking other peoples lives for the sake of ratings.
My least favorite sport is the republican rape of the middle class.
Ice Dogg- since they have don it to themselves, it is called masturbation, or autoeroticism. Many more are satisfied with the position they are in than are unhappy.


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It's not often a 5-year-old patient looks forward to trips to a hospital, but that is the case with Carter Casey and his visits to his friends in the Pediatric Acute Wound Service (PAWS) at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Carter first came to PAWS at age 4 with what initially was thought to be a perirectal abscess.
"Our pediatrician had prescribed antibiotics, but when those didn't help clear up the abscess, she referred us to PAWS," says Amie Casey, Carter's mom.
"When we performed Carter's initial incision and drainage, we quickly realized it wasn't a typical abscess," says Jennifer Seigel, RN, NP, PAWS nurse practitioner. "We expedited his care by having Dr. Brad Warner, surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital, come directly to PAWS and examine Carter while he was still under sedation."
Dr. Warner diagnosed Carter as having a perirectal fistula.
"These begin as abscesses on the inner lining of the rectum, which in most cases drain internally and heal," he explains. "The abscesses become fistulas when they begin burrowing through the rectal wall and into the skin around the anus. In Carter's case, the canal or tunnel was advancing toward his leg."
Dr. Warner's goal with surgery was to connect the opening on the outside of the skin to the opening inside the rectum. Once the roof of the tunnel is opened, it begins to heal from the inside outward.
"We limited as much as possible how much of an incision was made, but we also had to be mindful that if you don't drain the fistula sufficiently, it can recur," says Dr. Warner. "It's a balance between opening up enough so that you can control the infection and not so much that you create a large wound."
He adds, "Unfortunately, these types of fistulas are relatively common and can become a major health issue for children. Sometimes it can be an indication of an underlying condition such as Crohn's disease. In other cases, some children just have a propensity to develop them."
Carter received follow-up wound care at PAWS. "For patients like Carter, dressing changes—done with sedation when needed—are best completed by an expert wound team such as that found at PAWS," says Dr. Warner.
That expertise extends to knowing how to make young children comfortable in what can be a scary place. PAWS success with that aspect of treatment is evidenced by Carter's eagerness to see his PAWS friends whenever he is at the hospital.
"He talks all the time about his PAWS nurses, Jenny Schmitz and Jennifer Seigel, and Jill Wiethuchter from Child Life Services. She was excellent at distracting him during the procedures by blowing bubbles with him or playing on an iPad," says Amie. "In fact, one day Carter and his big brother were talking about how we need to do nice things for people. They decided they wanted to do a toy drive for PAWS. From the money and toys they collected, they were able to make a donation worth $500 to benefit PAWS patients."
Carter was referred to an St. Louis Children's Hospital pediatric gastroenterologist for evaluation. Fortunately, there is no indication of Crohn's disease. "We were told to give him a multivitamin every day and make sure he eats lots of fruits and vegetables," says Amie. "He's doing fine now. And whenever we visit Children's Hospital for the asthma study he's participating in, Carter is always ready to visit his 'girlfriends' in PAWS."


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January 2012 by Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
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Do you want to stop the tragic deaths of shelter cats, and cut your shelter's cat intake dramatically and almost overnight? Want to practice high-volume, high-quality spay/neuter and disease management on cats? How about learning how to get your community - including municipal government - on board with trap-neuter-return programs? Want evidence that such programs can actually work to reduce the population of community cats, prevent the spread of disease, and save resources and money for local shelters?
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Dr. Julie Levy is director of Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida. The program provides comprehensive training for veterinary students and shelter medicine specialists, shelter consultations, disease outbreak investigations, continuing education, and research to solve the problems confronting animal shelters. Dr. Levy's research and clinical interests center on feline infectious diseases, neonatal kitten health, humane alternatives for cat population control, and immunocontraceptive vaccines for cats. Dr. Levy's accomplishments include publication of more than 100 journal articles and textbook chapters.


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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!
To the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful
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Dearly Beloved in Christ,
Beloved, let us greet one another with Paschal Joy, and exchange the kiss of peace.
Let us feast soberly, that our joy may be full. Let us not stuff ourselves to satiety with feasting, nor indulge our passions to insensibility. Most of all, let us not give ourselves over to the darkness of the fallen world from which we have sought to purify ourselves, lack of forgiveness, anger and judgment, bitterness and hatred.
Rather, let us allow our old selves to remain crucified and buried, that the New Man may live, resurrected in and with Christ. Let us live according to the Kingdom, in communion with the Holy Spirit, so that we may be renewed by the Resurrection.
Our Pascha is not simply the beautiful services and the good food. It is not just family and Easter bunnies. It is not just the fellowship and familiar old customs.
Pascha is the dawn of the Age to Come, the Kingdom of God radiating into our souls and minds and hearts. Pascha is the experience of salvation itself, the foretaste of the Messianic Banquet, and the transformation of our lives. In Pascha we behold Christ, Risen from the dead, the revelation of the Second Coming.
We have gone with Christ to His Passion, but have we been crucified with Him?
We have held vigil at His Tomb, but were we asleep, and missed Him? Did our minds betray us and we doubt His Resurrection?
Let the fruit of our Lenten efforts be the enlightenment of our minds and the renewal of our hearts that our repentance not be in vain.
Let us sing with joy together with the Angels and Archangels, and all creation which has groaned awaiting the revelation of the Son of Man. With all creation, the living and dead, the spiritual and material, and with all the saints, let us cry:
Christ is Risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Христос Воскресе из мертвых, смертию смерть поправ, и сущим во гробех живот даровав!
Χριστος ανεστη εκ νεκρων, θανατο θανατον πατησας και της εν τοις μνημασι ζωην χαρισαμενος.
With love and joy in the Risen Christ,
Archbishop of Washington and New York
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I have been spending Thanksgiving with Steven's parents for many years now. We usually alternate between doing a turkey or prime rib for our main event. In the past, Steven has mentioned more than once that turkey is dry and bland so naturally I didn't think he'd mind that his mom and I were talking about forgoing the turkey entirely and doing something like rack of lamb and duck confit. To my surprise, Steven specifically requested turkey this year. I later discover this is only because I told him about a Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen version (link to recipe and episode) that involves roasting a salt-pork covered, self-basting turkey.
In addition what is essentially a bacon covered turkey, I made my holiday tradition twice baked potatoes and pumpkin creme brulee. For now, it's bedtime and in 8 hours, we will make the (30 minute) drive down to his parents house while listening to Michael Buble's Christmas album.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!


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The first trailer for Judd Apatow's fourth directorial effort, This Is 40, has gone online. The film is a semi-spinoff of Apatow's Knocked Up, as it follows the lives of the characters played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a new classic, I was a big fan of Knocked Up, and while Funny People certainly had its issues, I enjoyed it for the most part. That said, this trailer for This Is 40 shows huge promise. We already know that Rudd and Mann have impeccable chemistry, but I love the idea of Apatow tackling the issues of aging and mid-adulthood through his dramedic eye. We get a look at a couple of the bit parts from Jason Segel and Melissa McCarthy (to great comedic effect) and the end showcases Rudd's penchant for spot-on delivery. It's safe to say that in a very crowded holiday release schedule, This Is 40 just jumped up towards the top of my most anticipated list.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, Chris O'Dowd, Lena Dunham, Ryan Lee, Charlene Yi, and Wyatt Russell. This Is 40 opens on December 21st.
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Here's a synopsis for This Is 40:
Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Funny People) brings audiences This Is 40, an original comedy that expands upon the story of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) from the blockbuster hit Knocked Up as we see firsthand how they are dealing with their current state of life.


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This release gives the ability for users to write custom code that can be launched at certain points in any module (only ones rewritten to support classes from 1/23/2016 and later)
Open the updated Lib\UserFunctions (Example).ahk for additional info. In a future update, I plan to copy the PCLauncher settings to all systems. No ETA on this.
Also in this release, all class-based modules now support the updated global/system/rom settings method. This means that settings are now read in this priority order: Rom -> System -> Global. So if a setting is not found in the Rom ini, it looks for it in the System ini, still not found, will look in the Global ini. No longer will RL look for all settings in a single ini if the file exists. Again this is ONLY for the class-based modules.
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- User Functions (Example).ahk updated
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Examining Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Spartina patens Aiton and Spartina alterniflora Loisel in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia
Walker, Allison
Lopez, Juan Carlos
Acadia University
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Saltmarshes are one of the most productive ecosystems found worldwide, providing habitat for a diverse group of organisms. Saltmarshes form the basis for many food webs and play a role in storm buffering and coastal stabilization. Critically they serve as nursery and refuge habitat for many fishes, crustaceans and birds. Unfortunately, saltmarshes are in decline worldwide due to anthropogenic destruction, the warming global climate and sea level rise. In this study, Iexamined arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the root tissue of two dominant saltmarsh grasses, Spartina patens and Spartina alterniflora (both Poaceae). AMF are known to colonize most plants, providing water and minerals in exchange for a carbon source. Nine sample cores were collected at the beginning, middle and end of the growth season for each species from the saltmarsh surrounding Wolfville Harbour, Nova Scotia. AMF root colonization counts were conducted using ink and vinegar staining to visualize the AMF microscopically and determine the strength of the mycorrhizal mutualism. DNA was extracted from the Spartina roots and subjected to a nested PCR to amplify the fungal ITS barcoding regions of the rDNA, purified through agarosegel extraction and re-amplified using a single general fungal primer set for sequencing. S. alterniflora showed an overall colonization rate of 9%, while S. patens exhibited a much higher colonization rate of 68%. One AMF species (Funneliformis geosporum, Glomeraceae) was identified from both Spartina species using DNA barcoding. The data collected throughout this study may help with the conservation and restoration of saltmarshes in Nova Scotia. Knowing the strength of the mutualism and understanding the AMF species forming them will help with the production of local AMF inoculants to aid in Spartina re-establishment in Nova Scotia.
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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, March 28, 2008
Calls for a new 9/11 inquiry are reaching a crescendo, with well-respected authorities and celebrities alike adding their voices to the cause, as the official 9/11 story crumbles under the weight of revelations of White House ties to the 9/11 Commission, and other cover-ups on behalf of authorities staffed with investigating the attacks.
The corporate media's insistence on ignoring hundreds of professional experts who are calling for a new 9/11 investigation has spurred many celebrities to use their public platforms to speak out, knowing that the press will at least have to address the issue.
The latest to do so is top comedian Margaret Cho, who told the Alex Jones Show yesterday that the public were going to become very angry when it was fully disclosed that the attacks were a conspiracy, concurring with fellow comedian George Carlin who also questioned the official story last year.
The path was trailblazed by Charlie Sheen in March 2006 when he spoke of his doubts about the official story and questioned the collapse of WTC Building 7. Sheen was endlessly smeared for weeks after but he prompted a national debate about 9/11 and the 9/11 Truth Movement enjoyed what many consider to be its most productive year.
In September 2006, former Governor, actor and wrestling star Jesse Ventura questioned 9/11 during an on-camera interview with Alex Jones and also cited Operation Northwoods and the Gulf of Tonkin as examples of how the government has planned and carried out staged war provocations in the past.
In July 2007, popular film maker Michael Moore told WeAreChange.org reporters that he had many more questions about 9/11 than at the time of making Fahrenheit 9/11 and did not believe the public had been told "half the truth" about what really happened.
Martin Sheen echoed his son's comments in October 2007 along with rising actor Mark Ruffalo, following in the footsteps of Rosie O'Donnell, who caused shockwaves when she brought 9/11 truth to national prominence during her stint as The View host.
The View was also used as a platform for actor James Brolin to raise 9/11 truth, who questioned the official version of events in the same week that acclaimed director David Lynch spoke out.
Lynch told Dutch television he thought WTC Building 7 was brought down via controlled demolition and that the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crash sites were suspicious due to the absence of evidence that a plane crashed at either location.
Other notable public figures speaking out at the same time included Ed Asner, Matthew Bellemy of Muse and director Richard Linklater.
American icon Willie Nelson threw his hat in the ring last month, when he told The Alex Jones Show that he thought the twin towers were imploded like condemned Las Vegas casino buildings.
Nelson's comments were almost universally blackballed by the corporate media, who had patently learned from the Sheen controversy that smear campaigns were only leading to more people being exposed to the information and beginning the wake-up process.
Of course, the really important advocates of 9/11 truth are the hundreds of architects, scholars, engineers and other expert professionals who are demanding a fresh inquiry, but they are habitually ignored by the media as the 9/11 Truth Movement is smeared as a fringe interest fad populated by kooks and imbeciles.
In reality, doubts about the official 9/11 story are shared by a myriad of well-respected figures.
The Japanese Parliament were recently a captive audience to a 9/11 truth presentation by Fujita Yukihisa – a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.
Andreas von Buelow, the former German Defense Secretary, was perhaps the first most prominent individual to go on the record back in 2004, when he blamed the CIA for orchestrating the attacks.
He was followed by former environment minister in Tony Blair's government Michael Meacher, who questioned the stand down of NORAD on 9/11 and dismissed the entire war on terror as a hoax.
Veteran CIA agent and respected geopolitical expert Robert Baer said that "all the evidence points to" 9/11 having had elements of an inside job during a radio apperance in June 2006.
Late last year, former Italian President Francesco Cossiga told Italy's most respected newspaper that the attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad and that this was common knowledge amongst global intelligence agencies.
Former Wall Street Journal editor, U.S. Treasury Secretary and founder of Reaganomics Paul Craig Roberts questioned the susupicious collapse of the twin towers and Building 7 in February 2006.
Headed up by Richard Gage, the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth organization lists hundreds of experts in their field who all concur that the implosion of the buildings is not consistent with the official story and needs to be investigated.
Scholars For 9/11 Truth & Justice, headed by Professor Steven Jones, counts amongst its ranks hundreds of physicists, scientists and academic professionals who all share doubts about 9/11.
Another website, Patriots For 9/11 Truth, lists hundreds more former government, military, air force, and navy officials who have all spoken out about 9/11.
With the impartiality of the 9/11 Commission having been blown wide open by revelations of White House ties with Philip Zelikow, allied to the fact that the Pentagon knowingly lied to the Commission during testimony, the call for a new independent inquiry, armed with subpoena powers, is amplifying to a crescendo.
Allegations of a cover-up in regard to the organization responsible for investigating the collapse of the twin towers on behalf of FEMA this week also increased the pressure.
The more prominent figures that add their voice to that call, be they captains of culture or respected authorties in their discipline, can only increase the eventual likelihood of a new investigation.
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Syrian president claims there is no evidence tying him to Aug. 21 chemical attacks.
Syrian President Bashar al Assad defended himself publicly to the United States in an interview with Charlie Rose, claiming that the U.S. doesn't have "a single shred" of evidence tying him to the August 21 chemical attacks, and that we should "expect every action" in retaliation if the United States does execute military strikes against him.
The first glimpses of the interview -- Assad's first with an American anchor in nearly two years -- debuted Monday on CBS This Morning. The full conversation won't be available until Monday evening, when it airs on PBS' The Charlie Rose Show. Assad was calm and collected for a leader who is accused of killing more than 1,400 people with poison gas and who is facing a military strike from the United States, possibly with the help of an international coalition in the "double digits," according to Secretary of State John Kerry. But, of course, Assad maintains his government is innocent and accused the United States of trying to start another false hunt for W.M.D.s:
"He presented his confidence and he presented his convictions," Assad said of Kerry. "It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The United -- sorry, the Russians have completely opposite evidence that the missiles were thrown from area where the rebels controlled. That reminds me -- about what Kerry said -- about the big lie that Colin Powell said in front of the world on satellites about the W.M.D. in Iraq before going to war when he said, 'This is our evidence.' Actually, he gave false evidence. In this case, Kerry didn't even present any evidence. He talks, 'we have evidence,' and he didn't present anything, not yet. Nothing so far... not a single shred of evidence."
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Sanjini Bhakta's "Eye of the Empress" is a riveting, exciting short action film with powerful imagery and colorful characters. This action film is shot in the style of Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" with tones of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns. This was achieved by the cinematographer, Tobias Deml whose photography and lighting added creativity and intrigue to this film.
"The Eye of the Empress" follows the story of Skylar, played by Sanjini, who enters a scrap yard/warehouse area in disguise. She is looking for "a family token" called "The Empress". She encounters a bodyguard played by Zaid Abro and a thrilling chase scene ensues around a landscape of abandoned trucks, tires and scraps of metal.
Skylar then faces three henchmen played by Jason Nieblas, Joseph Nieblas and Raduan Osman. Skylar is embroiled in an exciting, action fight scene involving guns and martial arts. The unique fight choreography was created and directed by Jason Nieblas who plays the character, Valdivia.
After this spectacular fight scene, Skylar has a showdown with the big, Mexican Narco King, El Chico Malo played by David Saucedo. The last part of this film is a play of shadows, intrigue and magic.
Shot in East Los Angeles under the hot sun, this set had a magnificent backdrop, props and flavors of a Mexican Narco King's hangout! The warehouse/scrap yard area was provided by Russ Andrade and Martin Gonzlez. El Chico Malo's golden throne was provided by Adrian Huerta.
Der Spiegel's team Sandra Sperber and Marc Pitzke came to shoot behind the scenes footage of the fight scene. Please view their news video about "Eye of the Empress" at:
"Eye of the Empress" is like a gem of creativity filled with action, adventure and beautifully shot with the help of a talented crew and cast. Fabian Saske created the gorgeous music for the fight scene and other parts of the film. Craig Sounda Brown created the unique music for the chase scene and credits. Rick Wilson lended his talents and skills as Sound Engineer/Designer after working for decades in the big movie studios. Lawrence Saint Victor was an excellent First Assistant Director, Ian C. Glover added his talent and skills as Second Assistant Director and Peter Acosta was an amazing Camera Assistant/Gaffer.
Baseline Productions was also involved in creating this film with its hard working crew – T.J. Yoshizaki, Yuichi Shiotani and Yukana Ueno. T.J. Yoshizaki effectively edited the difficult fight scenes as well as the entire action short.
Summary of action film:
Action heroine, "Skylar" becomes involved in a quest to find a family token called "The Empress" when she finds herself involved in a gun chase with a psychotic bodyguard, faces a fight with three tough henchmen and then faces the corrupt Mexican Narco King, "El Chico Malo".


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Sejal Sukhadwala writes in theguardian blog:
As anyone who's tasted an Alphonso mango knows, its short season, from now until the end of June, is a major cause for celebration. Often making an appearance on "1,000 things to eat before you die"-type lists, this Indian variety has become more and more popular in UK..
…Alphonso is named after Afonso de Albuquerque, a nobleman and military expert who helped establish the Portuguese colony in India. It was the Portuguese who introduced grafting on mango trees to produce extraordinary varieties like Alphonso. The fruit was then introduced to the Konkan region in Maharashtra, Gujarat and parts of south India.
…A national obsession in India on a par with Bollywood and cricket, the start of the mango season signals the beginning of summer and makes headlines. Newspapers give continuous updates on prices and availability. It's customary to send boxes of Alphonso mangoes to friends, colleagues and bosses as a mark of love and respect; and many courier companies in India even offer a separate mango delivery service.
Many Indians eat little more than the fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner during its short season. In Mumbai, top restaurants put on mango festivals, and street vendors sell freshly squeezed mango juice. Indians celebrate with "mango parties", using the fruit in dishes such as pakoras, curries, mango leather, drinks like lassi and falooda, sweetmeats likebarfi and desserts such as shrikhand.
Spring brings many delicious things to eat – rhubarb, asparagus, wild garlic and the first broad beans. For me though, nothing beats the Alphonso mango.
Read the full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/27/do-you-know-alphonso-mango
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After almost 24 months of constant development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 8 (code name
Jessie), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.
Jessie ships with a new default init system,
systemd. The
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sysvinit init system is still available in
The UEFI (
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A sophomore at UC Berkeley, June Ahn comes from a family whose income is just enough to put her past the reach of much financial aid. So, like many students, Ahn is using loans to underwrite her education.
To make matters worse, she comes from Washington, not California, so she pays two and a half times as much as in-state tuition. And she pays it even though, as an underclassman, she's still taking large-enrollment classes that cost the university much less to provide than smaller, upperclass courses and seminars.
It gives Ahn little consolation to know that some of her money is likely being used to subsidize the educations of her lower-income, in-state and junior and senior classmates.
"I'm not in a better financial position than any of the students I would be helping to subsidize," said Ahn, whose anticipated major — political science — also is cheaper for the university to provide than majors for science and engineering students who, at UC Berkeley, are charged the same as she is. "But I have an extra almost $10,000 that I still need to pay."
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As a new academic year begins, growing scrutiny of record tuition and fees is drawing new attention to the longstanding cycle of subsidies like these on which American colleges and universities depend — but which they would rather not discuss.
Rich kids subsidize poor kids. Out-of-state students subsidize in-state ones. Humanities majors subsidize science majors. Freshmen and sophomores subsidize juniors and seniors. Undergraduates subsidize graduate students. And international students subsidize everyone.
Now activists and legislators are pushing back against the Robin Hood-style use of some students' tuition revenues to pay for other students' financial aid. They're pressing for different prices for different subjects based on the actual cost of instruction, and, in some states, even proposing an end to a perk under which taxpayers subsidize tuition for faculty children.
Still, many families and students seem as much in the dark about these practices as airline passengers who pay different fares for similar seats on the same flight to the same place.
"If you combine general financial illiteracy with the opaque nature of college financing, it's surprising that anybody really knows what's going on," said Andrew Gillen, senior researcher at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
For universities, there's an advantage in this, Gillen said: "If somebody doesn't know he's paying more than the kid next to him, he doesn't get upset."
But if that student is paying full or nearly full tuition, higher-education experts said, it's likely some of the money is going to lower-income classmates who aren't.
"Schools have become more aggressive in this income-redistribution aspect of higher education," said Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, D.C. "There's an economic-theory dimension to this, which is that there's always a small class of students who have a lot of money, and the income-maximizing enrollment manager wants to zap it to these kids."
At least 15 states have explicit policies under which some of the revenue from students who pay tuition at public universities goes to others who can't cover the full cost, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers, or SHEEO. In Arizona, for example, public universities channel about a quarter of tuition revenue into discounts, grants and other forms of financial aid. In North Carolina, at least 25 percent of money generated by any increase in tuition goes to such subsidies, while in California it is one-third of each tuition increase.
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Critics say this penalizes not only full-tuition-paying, high-income parents and their students, but also middle-class families already being squeezed by escalating costs. In June, the Iowa Board of Regents ordered the practice to end in that state within five years. There, some $144 million a year in financial aid is redistributed to low-income students — as well as high-achievers who don't qualify for federal aid — from the tuition their classmates pay. The regents called for the portion of tuition that now goes to truly needy students to be replaced by contributions from the universities' fundraising arms.
Similar appeals have come from the governor of Virginia, Arizona legislators and members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Since universities are also offering more scholarships to students with high grade-point averages and SAT scores, which elevates them in the all-important U.S. News & World Report college rankings — and since many of those top students come from affluent families and don't qualify for federal aid, Gillen said another trend is at work. "Rich, dumb kids," he said, "are subsidizing rich, smart kids."
Out-of-state students at public universities also are increasingly subsidizing in-state students. That's because out-of-state tuition is almost always higher than in-state — two and a half times as much for out-of-state than in-state students in the University of California system, for example. At the University of Virginia, out-of-state students pay almost twice what it actually costs to educate them; the rest helps pay for educating everybody else.
Numbers like that are why public universities are aggressively recruiting out-of-state students. About a third of students at the universities of Illinois, Virginia and Washington now come from out of state, and nearly 40 percent at the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At UC Berkeley, the proportion is nearly 30 percent, about six times what it was as recently as 2006. At UCLA and UCSD, almost one in every five students is from outside California.
So much in demand are out-of-state students that they're more likely to be accepted for admission to both UC Berkeley and UCLA than in-state residents whose parents' taxes subsidize the universities. The California State University system recently announced that it would not accept in-state graduate students next spring; only out-of-state students, who pay more, are welcome to apply to Cal State graduate-degree programs.
International students also subsidize domestic ones. Eighty-one percent pay universities the full price, a much higher proportion than students generally, bringing in around $20 billion a year in tuition and living expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Institute for International Education.
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Freshmen and sophomores, meanwhile, whose introductory courses are often taught in large groups in giant lecture halls with help from low-paid teaching assistants, subsidize juniors and seniors, who pay the same tuition but cost from one and a half to two times more to educate, according to a SHEEO survey based on research conducted in Florida, Illinois, New York and Ohio. A member of the faculty at UCLA has separately calculated that the disparity is even greater: Classes averaging 200 students, he found, cost about $56 per student to teach at public universities, compared to $560 per student in classes averaging 20 students. Yet all are charged the same amount.
"The big introductory lectures with 400 students, there's a lot of profit in that class," said Gillen. "And that's used to subsidize smaller seminars for the upperclass students."
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Some of the money also goes to graduate programs that are expensive to operate.
"At the large research universities, the subsidization of graduate students is monstrously large," Vedder said. "A student in a Ph.D. program sits in seminars of six and eight students taught by a professor making $150,000 a year and gets an extremely costly education. At the same university, the freshman who's taking Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Economics, sitting in lectures of 400 people — these kids are paying the same tuition."
Undergraduates in low-cost disciplines such as the humanities and social sciences also help to pay for students in subjects that cost more to teach, including fine arts, agriculture, law and engineering, the Delta Cost Project on Postsecondary Education reports, since they, too, all pay identical tuition.
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A few universities are starting to charge different prices for different fields. At least 143 public universities now levy so-called differential tuition that varies by major and, in some cases, by year of enrollment, the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute found. The University of Maine, for instance, adds a $75 fee for engineering courses, and the University of Kentucky charges an extra $460 per semester for nursing students.
"Most universities sell one product to everyone at the same price, and, in fact, people are doing all kinds of different things at universities," said Vedder. "So some of them are starting to say, 'Let's charge the business students more. Let's charge the engineering students more."
Engineering, nursing and the other fields for which universities have started charging extra fees are, of course, precisely the ones into which policymakers are trying to attract more students, said Steven Hurlburt, deputy director of the Delta Cost Project, raising questions about whether these tuition surpluses might discourage students from enrolling in, sticking with or graduating from such programs.
"It would be really interesting to look at the impact of these differential-tuition policies on things like graduation and retention rates," Hurlburt said.
There are still other largely hidden subsidies in higher education.
At all but the small number of universities whose athletics programs make a profit, students — not broadcast networks or alumni — also subsidize athletics, mostly through mandatory fees, although they may not be aware of it.
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At Division 1 schools, athletic departments had an average subsidy from student fees of about $3.5 million to $4.2 million, the Center for College Affordability and Productivity found. Yet in a survey at the University of Toledo, only 25 percent of students knew that any of their fees went to athletics. By dividing the athletic fee per student at Ohio University by the number of varsity athletic events the average student reported attending, researchers there determined that each student was paying $130 per game attended.
There's also pushback against a provision under which students and taxpayers subsidize the cost of tuition for faculty children, spouses and domestic partners — a contentious privilege for full professors who earn median salaries of about $120,000 a year at public universities and just under $140,000 at private ones, or nearly three times the U.S. median household income.
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A state representative in Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to abolish that benefit at public universities there, where it cost the state $10.1 million in 2010-2011. Lawmakers in Illinois, where it costs about $8 million a year, have also called for eliminating the perk. Defenders of it say it's an important tool in recruiting top faculty.
Back at UC Berkeley, where he's starting his freshman year, Howard Chiao, who is from Taiwan, already feels like the university takes advantage of international students.
"Sometimes I just feel a little bit like the school is trying to take too much money from us," Chiao said. "It's really a huge burden for us."
Erica Perez of California Watch contributed to this story, "Student subsidies of classmates' tuition add to anger over rising college costs," which was produced by The Hechinger Report in collaboration with California Watch, part of the independent, nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting.
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A Bonanza for Bonanza Creek Energy
Scott Black, founder and president of Boston's Delphi Management, says at Barron's 2012 Art of Successful Investing conference that the domestic driller is likely double production year over year.
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text: Antizombie 3 Posted July 24, 2012 Hey all, i decided to paint up some of my shiny new decent stuff since the game is so much fun ( painted figures always make things loads better). I figure I would start with the heroes then if i feel like it i would move onto the red then white monsters. I invite anyone else who wants to put their painted stuff up to put it here too I like sharing . Here is my first hero, second one is halfway home too. peace out all, AZ 1 Evabelle reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Dinner for drop-in friends
Dinner for drop-in friends: This pizza was quickly made for friends who dropped in for a visit. Well, not that quick because getting toppings together took some time. The pizza dough is from the book NO NEED TO KNEAD. It's her focaccia recipe and it's so good. I added 1 TBL. olive oil to crisp it up some but it didn't need it.


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text: The 6am class this morning in Bayport was just amazing. I'm new to yoga and I didn't know what to expect. What a great upper body and core workout. After a month I feel really good even if I look awkward and horrible. Can't wait to spend more time on the mat.


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Pagan Community Notes is a series focused on news originating from within the Pagan community. Reinforcing the idea that what happens to and within our organizations, groups, and events is news, and news-worthy. My hope is that more individuals, especially those working within Pagan organizations, get into the habit of sharing their news with the world. So let's get started!
A new initiative to honor author and journalist Margot Adler, who passed away last week after a long battle against cancer, has been announced by NPR colleague Ken Barcus. Quote: "Many of you have asked about ways to honor Margot's memory. After discussions with a few of her closest friends, it's been decided that collecting donations toward buying a memorial bench in her name in Central Park is the best plan. It's something she spoke of in her final days. As you know, she lived on the edge of the park nearly her entire life and walked through it daily. She bought a bench for her husband John, when he passed away, and one for her mother years earlier. Both are situated in the park, close to her condo. The cost of doing this through the Central Park Conservancy is $7,000. If we raise more than that, the excess will be put toward planting a tree in Central Park in her name. If anyone wants to donate toward this, I'll be collecting the money and then forwarding it to the conservancy. Checks should be made out to: Margot Adler Memorial Fund and mailed to this address: Ken Barcus NPR 3109 Mayfield Rd. #207 Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 Margot traveled in so many different circles, that I'm sure I've left many people off this email who would like to know about this effort. Please feel free to forward along this note to them." You can also donate online, here.
The new anthology, "Shades of RItual: Minority Voices in Practice," edited by Crystal Blanton, and a follow up to the 2012 anthology "Shades of Faith: Minority Voices in Paganism" was published at the end of June. In a short statement sent to The Wild Hunt, Blanton had this to say on the new collection: "This anthology contains over 30 pieces and a wide range of Pagan voices from people of color. I am very excited to be a part of a project that is focused on diversity in practice and how that intersects with ethnicity and culture. It is so important that we are moving in a direction in our community where all different types of people are able to share their knowledge and experiences, and open dialogs that include people of color. Our hope is that this book supports in that dialog and sharing within the Pagan community." In a review at Patheos.com, Sara Amis calls the anthology "substantive," and that it contributes "valuable perspectives to the wider Pagan conversation, a lively mix of sharp scholarly observation, artistic expression, ritual, and wisdom woven from lived experience by authors I hope to see more from." A full list of contributors to "Shade of Ritual" can be found, here.
Polytheist Leadership Conference organizers Galina Krasskova and Sannion have proposed a Polytheist Community Outreach Month for August. Quote: "Ancient polytheisms promoted civic virtues and involvement in one's local community. We have a lot of tremendously talented people in polytheism today and I think we could really make a difference if we started reaching out. I know a lot of us do things already all the time and we don't draw attention to it. Maybe we should, not to brag, but to inspire each other to go out and make a difference. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problems we face as a community, as a human community and to feel that nothing we do, no effort will ever make any difference at all. That's not true though and when we give in to those feelings of hopelessness, we're denying ourselves a chance to make a good, solid change. […] Here are some ideas of things you can do: volunteer at a food kitchen, donate time to a favorite charity, donate time to raise awareness about a favorite cause, clean up the park for an hour, get involved in interfaith stuff, join your local cemetery committee, make blankets for babies that have none, run a food drive, run a clothing drive — winter is coming. Let's do this now because people need help all year long, not just at Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is something that everyone can do, it's just a matter of finding the best outlet for your enthusiasm, your passion, your social commitment."
In Other Pagan Community News:
- The Pagan Environmental Coalition of NYC is calling out to Pagans around the world to join them in New York on Sept. 21 as part of an interfaith group in the People's Climate March. This march, timed with the UN Summit on Climate Change, is predicted to be the largest climate march in history–a movement urging government leaders to support an ambitious global agreement to address the causes of climate change. The march will be part of a weekend-long event including teach-ins, rituals, and fellowship. Please see their website for further information, including schedule, travel and housing resources as they are made available.
- The radio show/podcast Interfaith Voices has an interview up with Phyllis Curott and Ronald Hutton, who share their remembrances of Margot Adler, and talk about her legacy. Quote: "Margot Adler opened modern paganism to new audiences, and lent it an intellectual credibility and respect that it had not seen before. In a movement that didn't have elders, she became one, acting as a mentor and source of inspiration for many in the world of earth-based religion. Two guests, including a longtime friend, reflect on the mark she left."
- Air n-Aithesc, a Celtic Reconstructionist peer-reviewed magazine, has released its second issue. Quote: "This issue includes an article on Irish Witches, a discussion of the CRP methodology, an article on patron deities, and one on the Foster mothers of heroes, just to name a few. Of course, there are also book reviews, and poetry." You can also check them out on Facebook.
- I'm happy to announce that the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based metaphysical shop Eye of Horus has succeeded in raising enough money via crowdfunding to relocate and stay open. Quote: "Guess what? We hit our fundraising goal! We'll be doing our happy dance at our staff meeting, and we will upload as soon as we can after they hook up our internet. Further contributions will go towards covering unforseen move expenses or much needed restock."
- The Pagan-folk band OMNIA have released a new video for the song "Earth Warrior," the title track from their latest album. OMNIA recently headlined at the Faeireworlds festival, and will next be playing in the United States at FaerieCon East in November.
- Witches & Pagans Magazine/PaganSquare posts an open letter from an Ugric and black Heathen. Quote: "As a woman who's Ugric as well and black, I would love to incorporate my heritage and shamanism into my practice without being torn into for not being strictly western Scandinavian. To be fair I'm one of the few people who can actually say they're native to northern Europe. Not that blood matters, though. On a personal level I find it very disheartening that because of imperialism I can't find a solid language resource center with Uralic language families in it."
- Literary Magpie interviews Erynn Rowan Laurie about her poetry. Quote: "I see the role of a poet, of myself as a poet, as something multivalent and polymorphous. Certainly I write poems that explore my thoughts and feelings, but that's rarely the entirety of what's going on in a given poem. For me, the creation of a poem is a sacred act."
- The Lammas 2014 edition of ACTION (plain text version), the official newsletter of AREN, is now out. Featured interviews include Sannion, Galina Krasskova, Celeste Jackson, Mike King, and more!
- PNC-Minnesota interviews Yeshe Rabbit and Crystal Blanton in advance of their appearance at Sacred Harvest Festival. Quote: "Doing something like this together is a step at looking at some of the many layers that keep us stuck. It is opening up conversation and connection, extending the olive branch; not necessarily through each other but through our ancestors. It is connecting in a way we don't normally get to in our normal walk of life. We will be acknowledging the many layers of societal hurt, community hurt, and how we impact one another. I am excited about it as a way to open another level of work, and acknowledging it in a way meant to be healing. Not just ripping the scab off, but acknowledging the fact the scabs and scars exist. Loving those scars and loving our past through one another as a result of that. I am really excited about it for those reasons."
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Now that the Christmas celebrations are over, I would like to cover a topic that is really hitting home: Gas. No, not the gas that we pass from over eating rich delicious holiday foods, but rather the gas that I put into my car to transport my family from here to there and then back again. Perhaps I should refer to it as fuel or petrol (in a British sort of way) so that you'll know that this writing isn't another story of my boy's flatulent behaviors.
Did you have the pleasure of loading up your car with gifts, luggage, and other holiday needs, then loading up your family, your dog, and other holiday visitors, then drive two hundred miles away from your house, then repeat the process in reverse several days later? It was worth every penny of gas to spend time with the family!
I had to say that last part, because a few of them read this blog.
I spent a few rounds at the gas pump during my travels. Every single gas pump out there is the same–they do two things that really bug me. It doesn't matter what station you pull up to or what side of the country you visit. They all do the same thing.
Number one: The pump will ask me if I want a receipt before I even start pumping the fuel.
I'm not ready to commit to this decision. I think you are getting ahead of me here, gas pump. I haven't even smelled a drop of gas yet. I don't think that I'll want a receipt. It's a piece of paper that I just don't need kicking around in my world. That is, unless you Mr. Gas Pump, decide to triple the amount I owe you when I get my credit card statement. Then, yeah, I'll want that proof-of-purchase and a cheap lawyer too.
Furthermore, if and when I answer, "yes, gas pump, please give me a receipt" and then you say that the receipt couldn't be printed and I have to pick it up inside the shop—that makes me really mad. Hey gas pump! You think next time that maybe you can check if you have the ability to print me a receipt before you offer me one? Oh, you were out of paper or ink. Whatever! My printer at home knows in advance whether or not it can crank out a print job. Maybe I can set you up with my printer. The two of you can have dinner and discuss the finer points of customer service. Hey gas pump, would you like a cup of coffee? Yes? Oh, sorry, I dont have any.
Number two: When the gas pump says that it is ready to go… it really isn't.
The pump will give you the green light to begin by stating, "You may now operate the pump" or something similar. At which point, if you squeeze the trigger nothing will happen. You have to release your squeeze, wait about three seconds, re-squeeze, and then the gas will begin flowing as expected. I didn't sign up for all this extra hand exercising.
So why can't they design a pump that doesn't jump the gun? These people (they) have figured out how to drill to the bottom of the ocean, pump crude through pipes to land, refine it for the combustible engine, deliver it through miles of pipeline and thousands of trucks, and yet they can't get a pump to accurately tell me when I can actually start pumping? Seems kind of odd to me.
If I designed the pump, it would say "You may now operate the pump." And then three seconds later it would say, "Just kidding, you can start now."


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This is it for the four stars of the first season of "Teen Mom."
Farrah Abraham, Maci Bookout, Catelynn Lowell and Amber Portwood are all heading into the fourth and last season of their edition of the hit MTV reality show, the network told Us Weekly.
The foursome all starred in the network's "16 and Pregnant" before they gave birth, and afterward, they embarked on several seasons of the show that documented their hardships as young mothers.
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"We're thankful to these brave young women for sharing their stories and helping to make a positive impact on teen pregnancy prevention," MTV said in a statement to Us.
The first incarnation of "Teen Moms" spawned another such show with other young moms, and according to E! Online, a third "Teen Mom" edition is slated for production, with its stars to be picked from the upcoming fourth season of "16 and Pregnant."
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There are movie stars and then there are icons.
"Cowboys & Aliens" delivers two of the latter: one of the all-time great screen adventure heroes in Harrison Ford, and a cutting-edge action idol in Daniel Craig. And their collaborators on the film sound like they're still pinching themselves over the opportunity to work with them.
"Harrison's like our generation's John Wayne," director John Favreau tells PopcornBiz. "You're seeing a lot of Harrison Ford the actor, but there's also a lot of Harrison Ford the icon and the legend – the one who set the tone for all the films that have followed. And if you think of 'Blade Runner,' all the 'Star Wars' movies and all the 'Indiana Jones' movies, he's created the archetype. I don't think I could pick any actor who's been in more movies that have meant more to me, both as a filmmaker and just growing up."
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Co-star Olivia Wilde agrees with that assessment. "I think that I might be the luckiest person on the planet," she says of the chance to share scenes with Ford and Craig. "Harrison Ford arguably is a hero of the 20th Century film world. But at the same time he's just a really professional and really good human being – really grounded and really aware of what this business is, the nature of fame, the danger of fame and the importance of hard work and craft."
When it comes to Craig, Favreau says the actor may be in line to follow Ford as the preferred action hero of his generation. "Daniel Craig carries a certain gravity and a certain dangerous quality that we played into that's different than another actor," he says. "I loved his take on James Bond and I really, really enjoyed 'Layer Cake' as well. Once he came onboard it gave a tone to the lead of the film, because Daniel Craig has a certain presence to him. Women dig him but guys see him as a man. He seems confident, a weathered guy but with tremendous sensitivity and thoughtfulness."
Wilde was as wild to work with Craig as she was with Ford. "I just always knew him as a great actor and then he evolved into this icon of James Bond, but without developing a chip on his shoulder about being this heartthrob, about being this sexiest man alive or any of that bullsh*t. He's really not about that. It's been such a pleasure to work with him."
"He's just goofy and he's always laughing and has a great sense of humor," adds co-star Ana de la Regeura about a side of Craig that surprised her. "Also, his behavior is like a James Bond. He's naturally an action guy. He's an amazing actor and can play everything, but at the same time when you see him doing those scenes he's just perfect for that. I was surprised because sometimes you think it's the camera and they cut a lot – No. He does the whole thing, and it's amazing."
And Wilde says that with their downtime shooting in New Mexico, she found both her leading men had a talent in common not yet seen on screen. "Both are great dancers," she reveals. "They're great actors and great dancers. No surprise there – you can tell by the way that they move."