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Ender's Game. The exploration of the 'game' of war as played by incredibly smart and talented children. Yes, children.
My father and roommate were both interested in this film when we heard it was coming out. My father really enjoyed the books as a young man (and still does to this day) and my roommate was excited about it. I had never read the books, never even heard or really considered Orson Scott Card's works in any shape. But I do love a good sci-fi story and I love stories that have real heart to them. And I have a passion for film adaptations of books.
So my first step was to read the book. Let me just say, Orson Scott Card is an incredible writer. All at the same time, he had me loving and hating Ender, disgusted and thrilled at the games, intrigued and frustrated by the politics. This book is so complex and yet at the same time, it is so simple. And now, after watching the movie, I feel it caught that simple idea.
Now I literally went from book to movie. I finished the book during a break at work in the morning, and came home and watched the movie in the afternoon. So pardon me, because both are kinda fresh in my mind, but yet neither strikes me as being better or being terribly different. There are differences. Please note that spoilers will follow to fully illustrate my points.
The first major difference is Ender's age. In the book, Ender goes from a 6 yr old boy to a 10 yr old defeater of the buggers (term the book used). In the movie, it seems that Ender is set up from day 1 as a boy of about 12, I would guess. He's not as young as in the books, which actually has several film related practical reasons. 1. You only have to cast one person in the role of Ender if you make him almost into puberty. 2. It makes more sense to condense down the timespan. For the film, I think the age of Ender worked, especially since everyone else was also around his age. But that is a big change, so change 1.
Next is the time span. The events of the story spread across 4 years in the book. In the movie, I kinda got the impression that only about 1 year tops passed. I could be wrong, seeing as they did skip past most of the dull, tedious stuff in the school and such in the film. But that was my impression. On one hand, this is a big deal. One doesn't get the full feel for Ender and his friends or get to see all different kinds of relationships that they built in the book. However, it does keep this from being a six film series (not that they shouldn't consider one day making a mini series or tv show from this). And it keeps things moving in a way that doesn't leave us totally hating Ender before the end. I'm not saying that you can't have a good film and hate the lead, but it usually doesn't work that way. And for this film, the filmmakers needed you to fully emphasize with Ender when the screen came up at the end and he realizes that he has fully wiped out the Formics and has been fighting a real war with these games. And realizes how much he has been lied too. So I think for the film, it worked.
Also, we don't get any of the political stuff played out by Valentine and Peter on earth while Ender is training in space. Which would make a whole film on it's own (that is why this would make an amazing mini series), yet would 1, take away from Ender's story and 2, make the film REALLY long. I am sorry we missed out on the political stuff, but for the story the filmmakers chose to tell in the movie, it would not have quite fit in like they needed it to.
But what I found most interesting is that in both the film and the movie, the idea that there is this boy who is being turned into this amazing weapon and losing his own humanity. He always fights to win. Yet in the fight to win, he starts to lose himself. Who he is, the control he has over his own choices and life. That concept, expressed differently in both mediums, is still there and is what gives the power and intrigue to Ender's Game and can help to explain why it has lasted as long as it has.
Overall, I would give Ender's Game the book a rating of 8 stars. And the movie, I would give a rating of 7 stars.


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Single female over 30 and Emirati? Hmmm
By Emane Mohammed - AFP [Link]
If you are a 30-year-old Emirati woman and still single, then you've have missed the marriage boat. By UAE standards, you are now considered to be an old maid.
The problem, authorities in the Gulf state say, is that more and more women fall into this category: some 60 percent, according to the latest statistics, raising concerns among officials and sparking online debates as to why.
"This is very worrying," FNC member Said al-Kitbi told AFP, adding that there are now more than 175,000 Emirati women who are over 30 and unmarried.
Though he conceded that being a "spinster" is "not a bad thing in itself", he argues that the demographic consequences of these women not having children is the real problem.
The United Arab Emirates is home to more than eight million people, only 950,000 of them UAE citizens. The rest are foreign, and young Emirati men are increasingly choosing to marry them instead.
The latest government statistics show that at least 20 percent of UAE men are marrying non-Emiratis.
The reasons behind this growing trend of spinsterhood are not entirely clear.
UAE planning ministry statistics show that in 1995, only 20 percent of women over 30 were unmarried. By 2008, that figure was 50 percent.
To read the rest of this interesting article click [here].
Apparently some Emirati women are also marrying foreigners in relatively small numbers compared to the men. I wonder if their expat husbands and children will receive citizenship and full rights? In Kuwait this is not the case and their expat husbands and children do not receive benefits or citizenship.
To read, "More Emirati Women Marrying Foreigners" article click [here]
In Kuwait they have the same fear: "Approval Required for Mixed Marriages in Kuwait" [here].


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Mary Blegen, director of the Center for Patient Safety in the UCSF School of Nursing, describes the importance of interprofessional teamwork to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
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Janice Humphreys, a associate professor of Family Health Care Nursing, is working with an interdisciplinary group of UCSF colleagues to study the long-term health and aging effects of intimate partner violence with funding made possible by UCSF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
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Had a great day at Universal. A definite must whilst in Orlando.
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We all had a great time at both parks. There was something to do for all ages. I would definitely recommend getting a park to park access then you can go between the parks in the same day (they are very close together).
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If you believe Fox News and Mitt Romney, then last week, President Barack Obama really stepped in it when he "dissed" small businesses and said, "You didn't build that." Everyone on Fox (and beyond), picked up on it and Mitt Romney has used it as the battle cry for his election. He claims Obama doesn't "get" small business owners and doesn't support them.
I have two words for those who believe this crap: Hog. Wash.
He was talking about the bridges and roads, people. Simmer down now. Jon Stewart skewered Romney on his Wednesday show by showing that clearly, in his Virginia speech, President Obama was making a point about bridges and roads. He was saying that all of that kind infrastructure helped to build business and that it is all connected. But he made on tiny grammatical error by saying "that" when he meant "those." See below:
In context, what was actually said was this:
If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
It's obvious to anyone with a fourth grade reading comprehension that he meant the bridges and roads. The Romney camp is trying to spread lies and propaganda based on an out-of-context line. Do you really want to vote for someone who lies to you on purpose?
Hate Obama, sure. Vote against him if you must. But do so with the facts. When a candidate willfully manipulates the fact, he has already lost. It's sad and pathetic that Romney's campaign is stooping so low.
As for Fox News, burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice ... well, anyone who still things "faux" news is journalism needs their IQ checked, pronto.
Does this manipulation of facts make you angry?
If that's your opinion, good luck to you, raza.
yes keep telling yourself that. He said it and he meant it.
So no, tinypossom, you won't be getting a direct answer from the right about Romney's plans & platforms. Go to the website?
I'm so laughing at this from you, especially, who gets all information from websites, because you can't possibly be getting it from experience or first-hand knowledge.
Further - she specifically said she does her own research before making decisions. One would assume that research includes checking the official website of all relevent candidates. If one does that, one doesn't turn around and ask to be spoon-fed the information or claiming it doesn't exist. Those who are just posing as informed while enjoying a thrill up their leg every time Obama speaks, ask for information that's readily available for anyone who wants it. If you don't want it - that's fine. But to act all "hey, he's not reaching me!!" just reinforces the notion that the Left is waiting for someone to tug on their nose ring.
Has anyone actually read the transcript of that speech, I mean the verbatim of what he said?
And pulled from the transcript linked above:
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet." (emphasis added)
I make no claims as to my poliical leanings, but seriously go to the source!


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Transfer Agents and Investors Beware: When it Comes to Unclaimed Accounts, State Laws End Up Hurting Everyone (Except the State)
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States are increasingly trying to pull a fast one on investors. In fact, you could say those investors could soon feel cheated on escheatment.
Two recent legal cases on opposite corners of the U.S. one in California and another in New York -- are testing how fast a state can escheat funds that belong to investors that cant be found. The states want to transfer the funds in unclaimed accounts to their own accounts, to pay for state expenses. And investors are left to claw back their funds, once they find its gone.
The result: Experts in unclaimed property law are now cautioning transfer agents to be extra diligent each time they transfer an unclaimed account over to a state.
They can no longer presume that the indemnification is absolute and if either a technical mistake is made or the transfer agent didnt act in good faith, the indemnification may not apply and the transfer agent could be held liable says Ethan Millar, a partner with Alston & Bird in Atlanta who specializes in unclaimed property law.
Heres how escheatment works: Every year transfer agents must escheat, or transfer to the states, millions of dollars worth of securities accounts, as well as dividend checks and other types of payments for investors who have somehow become lost. That means that the issuer and its shareholder recordkeeper cant track down the investor. Most of the time the investor has simply moved and not bothered to pass along a new forwarding address; other times he or she has simply died.
Transfer agents dont just ship the accounts at will. They are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to make some effort in finding the shareholder. A transfer agent must send out two correspondences to the investors last known address and if returned, the transfer agent then tries again using an updated address from a database accredited by the SEC; some transfer agents even hire a specialist firm to make a more diligent effort.
Three to five years after the account holder is deemed lost, as required by state unclaimed property laws, the transfer agent makes one last ditch effort to track the investor down by sending a warning letter of sorts that the account will be forwarded to the state unless the investor timely responds and claims the account.
The state to which the unclaimed stock or dividends must be sent is typically the state of the last known address of the investor. If the address is not known, the account goes to the issuers state of incorporation.
The work seems rather mundane, yet it is pretty complicated. Since the issuer or transfer agent is generally required to escheat to the state of the investors last known address, issuers and transfer agents must comply with the unclaimed property laws of all 50 states. And states often have different timetables for determining when an account is supposed to be escheated and different rules for determining when a shareholder is lost and the dormancy clock starts to tick.
There are also different requirements on what information the transfer agent must include in its final warning letter to the lost shareholder, and whether the letter is sent via certified or first class mail. Large bank transfer agents typically have a team of several operations and accounting staffers dedicated to processing unclaimed accounts.
Once transfer agents have filed the necessary paperwork with the state and sent off the unclaimed account, their job is done. Or so they thought. In the past, transfer agents have relied on indemnification provisions in state unclaimed property laws that absolve the transfer agent from liability once unclaimed property is transferred to the state. These indemnification provisions are important in case an investor reappears years later and discovers that his stock has been escheated to the state and then sold by the state for a fraction of its current fair market value. If the investor then sues the issuer or transfer agent for improperly escheating the stock, the issuer or transfer agent may claim that it was protected by the states indemnity.
Heres how the recent California and New York cases change the picture. In July, the California Supreme Court said that an issuer or its transfer agent could be held liable for not complying with every technical requirement for how they should notify an investor before escheating its unclaimed account.
In September, a New York federal district court in Manhattan sought guidance from the Delaware Supreme Court regarding the application of Delawares unclaimed property laws to unclaimed securities accounts. One of the principal issues in the case was whether Delawares laws guaranteed absolute protection for issuers and transfer agents that forward unclaimed securities accounts to the state, or whether the issuer and transfer agent must act in good faith in order to be entitled to protection. The plaintiff in the case is A.W. Financial Services and the defendants are Empire Resources, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Affiliated Computer Services.
American Stock Transfer, the New York-based transfer agent for Delaware-based Empire Resources, the corporate issuer in which A.W. Financial Services invested, declined to comment on the case on Monday citing ongoing litigation.
The Delaware court ruled that unclaimed securities accounts must be delivered to Delaware in good faith in order for the indemnification to apply. This means that the transfer agent must have made a reasonable attempt to comply with Delawares unclaimed property laws when it escheated the unclaimed account. So far, neither the California nor New York courts have ruled on whether the defendants actually complied with California or Delaware unclaimed property laws in escheating the unclaimed accounts.
Bottom line for transfer agents: They must cross every T and dot every I on both the lost shareholder searches for the SEC and the process used to escheat unclaimed accounts on behalf their clients, says Christa DeOliveira, chief compliance officer, for New York-based Venio, a firm specializing in helping transfer agents track down lost shareholders.
But there is something which states could do to alleviate the angst. They could put aside their differences for the greater good that of the securities industry and investors. States could all adopt the same rules for escheating unclaimed securities. In fact, there have been several attempts to create uniform unclaimed property laws, but the most recent uniform act created in 1995 has only been adopted by a dozen or so states. And many states, such as New York and Delaware, dont follow any of the uniform acts. Many corporations are incorporated in New York and Delaware.
So what has prevented states from adopting uniform legislation? One reason is simply that its far more profitable for them not to. Delaware, for instance, receives over $400 million per year in unclaimed property. While the the 1981 version of the uniform unclaimed property act recommends a 7-year dormancy period for unclaimed securities to give the investor more time to reclaim his property before it is liquidated by the state, most states are going in the opposite direction. Most states now require securities to be escheated after only three or five years, and Arizona even wants to shorten the dormancy period further to two years. This allows states to claim the investors securities more quickly and then liquidate them to generate revenues.
Investors, of course, may not find out that the state has sold their stock until years later. And at that point, the investors options are limited the investor may only be able to recover the amounts received by the state for the stock, which can be far less than what the stock is now worth. Thats assuming that the investor can even prove hes entitled to the funds, which is a daunting process under most state unclaimed property laws. The investor will also more than likely only receive the proceeds of the sale of the account that could have happened years earlier at a lower share price. And in many cases, the investor may recover nothing at all. Unable to recover their lost fortunes from the states, investors have begun targeting issuers and their transfer agents. Hence, the lawsuits in California and New York.
Bottom line for investors: Keep close track of your securities accounts or you may lose them forever.
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Which of the three finalists at Startup Weekend Honolulu has the best chance of success? Please vote for one of these three startups using the poll on the right column of this page. Here's how they finished at the #SWHNL event April 12-14 and what each is all about:
Wrappily (www.wrappily.com) offers an environmentally sound alternative within the U.S.'s $2.6 billion-a-year giftwrap industry. Conventional gift-wrap is largely unrecyclable; Wrappily would use newsprint and soy-based inks as an alternative to the glossy, foiled, heavily rolled paper that is commonly used. Wrappily plans to compensate for its ecofriendly but less slick paper with design innovations:
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With an initial target market of 38 million hearing-impaired Americans, iHear (www.ihearapp.com) would offer a mobile app that events, venues and others could use to reach those who are deaf or hard of hearing, and comply with government accessibility regulations. Mobile users could download the application for free and use it in participating venues. For monthly rates ranging from $59.95 to $199.95, venues and other subscribers would receive:
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What Are Some Easy Potluck Recipes for Football Sundays?
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Q: Football season marks the beginning of potluck season at my family's boat club. The club graciously hosts Sunday football parties and in return asks that everyone brings something to share. But there is only so much cheese and crackers, taco dip, crock pot beans, and chips and dip a person can eat!
Any suggestions for easy party dishes that can feed a crowd without breaking the bank?
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Editor: Lauren, here are a couple helpful recipe roundups, one focused on easy party appetizers, the other on more substantial potluck-friendly recipes:
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→ 15 Crowd-Pleasing Potluck Recipes
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I think some crunchy (raw) sweet potato coleslaw might make a nice change. Or what about falafel or veggie wraps?
Bacon-wrapped dates are super easy to put together (and eat!), and everyone loves them.
Meatballs - bbq, swedish, etc. Hummus and veggies. Fruit tray w/ yogurt dip. Spiced nuts or popcorn. Crockpot of chili or potato soup.
Wonton wrappers can be used to make sweet or savoy treats. You can fill them with taco meat and cheese and serve with salsa. Fill with spinach, onion and feta for a greek twist. Could fill them with shedded bbq beef or pork too. Fill with Nutella or jam for something sweet. Bake them instead of frying and they are low cal and fat. You only need about a tbsp of filling for each one, so your cost is relatively low too.
Mini empanadas!
Deviled eggs... I bought an 'Egg Genie' that makes hard boiled eggs so easy. You can bring everything in a ziplock (2 separate bags, one for the yolks and one for the whites) and then fill the eggs when you get there. Simply snip the corner of the bag & squirt the yolk into the egg. Remember to put some paper towels in with the eggs so the moisture is absorbed. You can also mash your yolks with your other ingredients all in one bag for the filling.
I have a friend who would make blue berry cheesecake whenever we watched football together. Now, I'm not suggesting that you do that, but I'm sure there's a recipe for cake somewhere that's easy to make.
Or you can make fruit salad. I usually just mix whatever fresh fruit is around with a little vanilla yogurt. It's so easy to do, that sometimes I just pick up a few sliced fruits at a grocery store along the way and some yogurt and voila! Instant dessert.
The Foodie Bride posted (what I think is) a very versatile flautas recipe the other day. I don't know how to link in here without it being obnoxious, but you should be able to get it from there!
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A flag that has survived the Battle of Baltimore, famous for "bombs bursting in air," can surely survive anything, right? You'd be surprised. Maintaining the Star-Spangled Banner is a monumental task. Our staff recently completed a careful examination of the flag from a conservation perspective. Intern Peter Olson interviewed Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss, textile conservator in charge of the flag's preservation, to learn how it is faring.
The Star-Spangled Banner is one of the core symbols of America. Seldom a week goes by that Americans aren't reminded of the flag or the anthem it inspired, especially in 2014 as we celebrate the anthem's 200th anniversary. The Banner has survived thanks to a combination of a family taking care of their treasured relic, luck, and diligent conservation.
"What happens with long-term exhibitions like the Star-Spangled Banner is you want to do periodic examination, look at it every once in a while. We target areas we want to monitor," says Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss. This is a smart approach to conservation of such a large object. "You forget how big it is until you're standing next to it," she continues. "Flags of this size have a very hard life."
Even though the flag is huge (approximately 33 feet by 30 feet), conservators look at tiny samples to assess its overall condition. "What we're looking for in particular with the wool... wools are supposed to have scales showing. So if we start noticing that the scales are disappearing on the surface, if we can't see them anymore, then that tells us that the actual proteins are breaking down. It could be having a lot of issues of abrasion, also. So we're looking for that, and we're also looking for things like... If you start looking at the ends of these fibers, you can see where they've broken off and they look like a glass rod that's just shattered, that tells us the protein is also getting very fragile. So that's why I pulled a few fibers, just to see how they were."
What did these fibers tell the conservators? "This is the way they looked when we saw them in 1998, so the good news is that we're not seeing a lot of other fractures along these fibers," says Suzanne. "In the years that it's been in the chamber, it hasn't had a significant change in the proteins or the mechanical properties of the wool. That's very good news."
As wonderful as the flag is, its home is almost as amazing. The flag is housed in a low-oxygen environment that prevents oxidative damage to the wool, cotton, and dyes. Suzanne adds: "Low oxygen should be a benefit to all the materials because all of the materials are organic and oxygen is required to break them down." The gentle angle allows the fibers to relax, reducing stress and the threat of gravity causing fibers to break.
The chamber also protects against light. Light is the bane of any textile—and flags are exposed to a lot of it. The Star-Spangled Banner flew over Maryland's Ft. McHenry during the War of 1812. Before that, Mary Pickersgill assembled it in a hops drying room of Claggett's brewery. After that, the flag was stored in less than ideal conditions.
When it eventually came to the museum, it was hung vertically in natural light for almost four decades. Suzanne revealed a cool fact that most wouldn't think to consider: "The wool chemists tell me [degradation] starts on the back of the sheep before we even work it into a wool."
The same chamber that provides a safe environment for the flag isn't as kind to humans. "It's extremely exhausting to work in extremely low oxygen levels," says Suzanne. "At about 14-15% it's the equivalent of working at about 10,000 foot elevation. The table and the gantry are mechanically cranked. So it's a lot of physical exertion just bringing the table down and putting it back up and moving the gantry across the table to see the flag."
When staff enters the chamber, they even have to protect the flag from themselves. "As human beings, we constantly shed skin cells and hair and leave traces of our DNA everywhere, otherwise CSI would be out of business," says Suzanne. "So what we want to do is not leave that behind in the chamber. When we look at how insect infestations start in museums, a lot of times they start when a new food source is introduced to an area. We don't want to leave skin cells and hair cells which could provide nutrients to insects. When they run out of that, they'll start eating the flag."
"We also don't want to bring in mold spores, so we always cover the garments we've worn outside because there are so many molds in in the D.C. area, being such a humid and swampy environment," says Suzanne. "We're also not bringing wools and things into the room because the likelihood of bringing in a pest. We cover our shoes because you bring in an enormous amount of dirt and unknown materials when you use the shoes you've worn outside."
As we were nearing the end of our interview, I was curious whether Suzanne had ever planned on working with such an important artifact. Did she ever think her career would go in the direction it has? "I always loved textiles, so that's not a surprise to me. Flags? That wasn't the first thing on my agenda," she admits. "I started out with furniture and costumes, and ended up with flags."
"I have to say that, having spent 20 years doing flags, I find them very fascinating artifacts," she says. "I also find them to be so intimately involved with stories of people. Every flag seems to have a story behind it. The people that cared for it, the people that fought for it, what happened to it after the battles: not every textile has that kind of story. Samplers might have the name of the little girl that made it, where she studied; but you don't know much else about her life. The battle flags all have this history that continues up to the present day."
This video on the flag's conservation from the Smithsonian Channel is also available for viewing on YouTube.
This post is one of a series celebrating the Star-Spangled Banner's 200th anniversary. This summer, the museum will be hosting Anthem for America, a global event celebrating the flag, the song, and their shared history. If you wish to register for the festivities, or just want more information, visit the site. Peter Olson is an intern in the New Media department.
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