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Disney's Beauty and the Beast delivered a monster second weekend, pulling in enough to make it the fourth largest second weekend of all-time and pushing the film over $315 million in a matter of just ten days. Added to that, Lionsgate's release of Saban's Power Rangers debuted in second place and proved there was still an audience for the franchise that began in the early '90s. Meanwhile, Sony's Life didn't show much of it and WB's CHiPs finished mostly as expected, settling in the lower half of the weekend top ten. All that said it was a great weekend at the domestic box office with the top twelve delivering $192.3 million a 63% improvement over the same weekend last year. With an estimated $88.3 million, Disney's Beauty and the Beast finished atop the box office for a second weekend in a row. It's the fourth largest second weekend of all-time and pushes the »
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24 March 2017 5:56 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Australian actress Jessica McNamee has no trace of an accent in Friday's police comedy romp "Chips," where she plays an all-American highway patrol officer. She had high praise for Dax Shepard, who made his directorial debut on the project as well as starring and writing the script. "He wore quite a few hats," McNamee said. "He was a bit more serious, I think, than in his regular life." The star of USA's "Sirens" has quite a few impressive projects booked in addition to the Friday release from Warner Bros. Also Read: Emma Stone's 'Battle of the Sexes »
- Matt Donnelly
24 March 2017 1:53 PM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
The stars were out to celebrate Dave Chapelle!
On Monday, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Stevie Wonder, Tobey McGuire and more came out to support Chapelle, who hosted an exclusive live stand up show celebrating his newly-released comedy specials presented by Netflix & Live Nation, at The h.wood Group's Peppermint Club, in West Hollywood, California.
Jenner sat with a group of friends at her own table next to West's table in the front row. Wonder, however, chilled backstage in the Virginia Black VIP Green Room while listening to Chapelle. The music legend even played the harmonica on the side, until Chapelle's band leader brought him out on stage.
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During a quick visit to New York City on Wednesday, Bachelor winner and Canada native Vanessa Grimaldi, introduced fiancé, Nick Viall, to her favorite Canadian staple: Tim Hortons donuts and coffee.
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Jenni 'J Woww' Farley celebrated her 31st birthday with her husband Roger Matthews and daughter »
24 March 2017 8:32 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Plot: After a string of armored car robberies point to the California Highway Patrol, an FBI agent (Michael Pena) goes undercover among their ranks, where he's paired with an inept rookie (Dax Shepard). Review: It takes a sure hand to successfully mix genres. If the recipe is off, the resulting film can seem schizophrenic, and that's certainly the case with Dax Shepard's Chips. A... Read More »
- Chris Bumbray
24 March 2017 8:16 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Michael Pena co-stars in an action-comedy flick based on the 70s TV show, CHiPs. A must see? Well, no...
There are some stories that deserve to be told and retold - handed down through generation after generation, from campfire tales through to the era of TV and cinema and far beyond. Whether they're related in the pages of a book or projected on a movie screen, these stories speak to the essence of what makes us human: our histories, our friendships, our fears and desires. CHiPs, based on the 70s TV show about two motorcycle cops in California, is not one of those stories.
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Michael Peña stars as a trigger-happy FBI agent from Miami who, »
24 March 2017 3:48 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Author: Stefan Pape
Even some of the more engaging action comedy capers have to make a compromise, as the success rate in establishing a strong narrative while remaining consistently funny is a a hurdle many a filmmaker has stumbled on. Some thrive in their farcicality and the story becomes something of a side-note, while in others, it's the comedy that takes precedence, with the narrative working as a mere vehicle for the humour. Dax Shepard's CHiPS is a rare case, though – for it succeeds in neither.
Shepard plays Jon Baker, a newly enforced member of the Chp (California Highway Patrol) wanting to make his mark, and impress his wife (Kristen Bell) in a bid to save their dying marriage. Threatened with being fired if he doesn't file within the top bracket of performers, he's unenthused when meeting his partner, undercover FBI agent Frank Poncherello (Michael Pena »
- Stefan Pape
24 March 2017 3:05 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Chips, 2017.
Written and Directed by Dax Shepard.
Starring Dax Shepard, Michael Pena, Jessica McNamee, Kristen Bell, Ryan Hansen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Brody, Maya Rudolph, Ben Falcone, Justin Chatwin, Rosa Salazar, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Jane Kaczmarek.
A rookie officer is teamed with a hardened pro at the California Highway Patrol, though the newbie soon learns his partner is really an undercover Fed investigating a heist that may involve some crooked cops.
Chips opens with a message explaining to viewers that the actual California Highway Patrol is not associated with this reboot of the semi-popular television series (it ran throughout the 70s and 80s), and to be honest, why would they want to? This comedy is straight-up lowest common denominator trash that is agonizing torture to sit through for 100 minutes. Dax Shepard is responsible for producing, writing, directing, and starring (as Jon Baker) in this new take on the property, »
- Robert Kojder
24 March 2017 1:05 AM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Though his wife voices Princess Anna in Frozen, Dax Shepard isn't the biggest fan of Broadway musicals. But that didn't stop the CHiPs star from accompanying his love, Kristen Bell, to her first viewing of the hit show, Hamilton.
The couple left their two kids, Delta and Lincoln, at home for the fun date night, which Bell captured on her Instagram.
More: Exclusive: Dax Shepard on Casting Kristen Bell as a 'Sh*thead' and Directing His Own Nude Scene
"Mommy and Daddy's night out!!!! #hamilton the musical is gonna bring the party! My excitement cannot be contained and full disclosure I cried during the opening number," Bell captioned one clip.
In the video, the actress shows herself and her hubby in their seats at the Richard Rodgers Theater in NYC.
"I've got chocolate-covered blueberries and the cutest man in town!" Bell said.
"Where? Where?" Shepard asked, jokingly looking around.
"We're seeing »
23 March 2017 4:56 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Warner Bros.' reboot of the TV series "CHiPs" is the latest mainstream Hollywood film roiling with "gay panic," or scenes where straight characters are distressed by social or sexual situations involving Lgbtq people. The buddy comedy — set amid the culture of a Southern California police force — seems to endlessly dredge up scenarios where men are confronted with the naked bodies, perceived masculinity and potential desire for other men. Dax Shepard and Michael Pena star as motorcycle cop partners with conflicting personalities: Shepard's Jon Baker is a sensitive, lean-muscled former pro biker looking for a new career. Pena's Frank "Ponch" Poncherello is a hyper-masculine, »
- Matt Donnelly
23 March 2017 4:18 PM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
[[tmz:video id="0_yjtzqmqf"]] Movie star and UCLA basketball fan Michael Pena has a question for Lavar Ball ... and he's using TMZ Sports to ask. Pena was out in NYC promoting his new movie, "CHiPs," when we talked to him about the Ncaa tourney, and specifically his UCLA Bruins who are rollin' right now. Any conversation about UCLA, of course, turns to Lonzo Ball and his father, Lavar ... the man who just keeps making headlines with his outrageous statements. »
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23 March 2017 1:36 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
As has been the case over the last three weekends, this weekend is looking to outperform last year and, once again, by a significant margin. The big story, of course, is Disney's Beauty and the Beast as it continues to blow the doors off, becoming one of the fastest films to top $200 million at the domestic box office and, by the end of this weekend, will have topped $300 million in just ten days of release. In addition to Beauty and the Beast's second weekend, three new wide releases make their debut including Lionsgate's Power Rangers, Sony's R-rated sci-fi Life and WB's R-rated comedy CHiPs, all of which will have varying degrees of success as the top twelve should top a combined $180 million, making it the second largest weekend of the year. As of Wednesday, Disney's Beauty and the Beast has brought in $217.6 million domestically and another $244.3 million internationally. This »
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23 March 2017 10:20 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Kristen Bell may not have performed death-defying stunts for her new role in husband Dax Shepard's movie CHiPs — as his character's wife, fittingly — but she did commit to the part in one very physical way.
"I was like, 'My craft deserves it. I gotta do it. I'm a serious actor,' " Bell told Seth Meyers Wednesday evening. "I was breastfeeding at the time. I wanted my character to have an aggressive boob job, like it's the only thing you can think about when you see someone."
"So I didn't pump for a full day," explains the Veronica Mars alum, »
- Jen Juneau
23 March 2017 10:02 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
It's hard to pinpoint when Dax Shepard's "Chips" takes a sharp turn into indefensibly racist humor, but one place to start would be a passing reference to Michael Peña as "the little brown one." It's not the only cringe-worthy moment.
It may be unfair to pigeonhole Shepard as endorsing ugly stereotypes, even if he did write, produce, and direct a movie that derives 90 percent of its humor from gay jokes, race jokes, and punchlines about attractiveness that basically amount to a beta version of the pre-Facebook website "Hot or Not." But they're all there, in this overblown and completely baffling adaptation of a 1970's TV series that literally nobody asked for.
Read More: 'Chips' Trailer: Dax Shepard and Michael Peña Patrol the Highways in Big Screen Adaptation of 70s TV Drama
Shepard plays Jon Baker, a former professional motorcycle racer who joins the California Highway Patrol »
- Jude Dry
23 March 2017 9:28 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Dax Shepard is taking all sorts of steps to secure his future (if he makes it there). After the CHiPs actor got bumped from the Wednesday spot on Late Night With Seth Meyers in favor of a much bigger star (his wife, Kristen Bell), the actress used her time on the show to talk about the couple's interesting dynamic. While chatting with Seth about her recent interview with Dateline's Keith Morrison, Kristen revealed that she actually really needed to talk to him because of something suspicious Dax did on her phone. "My husband googled from my phone, as a prank, 'How do I get away with murdering my husband?'" Seth then asked, "What's the prank though?" to which she responded, "That I'm on some watch list I guess." She then said she asked Keith how much trouble she might be in, and he broke the news to her: "quite a bit. »
- Caitlin Hacker
23 March 2017 5:18 AM, PDT | www.themoviebit.com | See recent TheMovieBit news »
Another old t.v. show makes the jump to the big screen when Chips is released tomorrow, and we have an exclusive interview for you with the Kingpin (or Edgar from Men in Black depending on how old you are) himself, Vincent D'Onofrio where he chats about working with stars Michael Pena and Dax Shepard, the stunts offer in the movie, and what audiences can expect. Check it out below. »
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22 March 2017 3:00 PM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Dax Shepard isn't afraid to admit that sometimes he and Kristen Bell need a little help.
During an interview on Good Morning America on Wednesday, the 42-year-old actor revealed the key to his nearly decade-long relationship with Bell: therapy.
Exclusive: Kristen Bell Interviews Dax Shepard Who Gushes Over Her: 'You Are on a Cellular Level Likeable'
"We went to therapy early on to learn what our pattern of arguing was and where we needed to stop that," Shepard confessed. "It's great too, because you go to the therapist and he listens, you talk for about 30 seconds, and he's like, 'I got it.'"
"'You used to be a scumbag, right Dax? You always feel like you're in trouble? Okay, great,'" he went on, acting out the pair's therapy sessions. "'So when you phrase things like this, he thinks he's in trouble, but he's not in trouble. He doesn't deserve to feel like he's in trouble, because »
22 March 2017 2:53 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Lionsgate has big ambitions for "Power Rangers," its reboot of the popular 1990's television show about a group of teenage warriors. A year before the movie even hit theaters, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer predicted that there could be as many as seven Mighty Morphin' adventures, and producer Haim Saban recently said that the filmmakers have a "six story arc" all sketched out for the youthful heroes.
Now, all the movie has to do is be a hit, preferably of the blockbuster variety. This weekend, Lionsgate will find out if it picked the right slice of nostalgia to dust off. "Power Rangers" will open across 3,693 North American locations, where it is expected to pull in more than $30 million. That's a respectable result, but given its $100 million budget and the millions spent on hawking and distributing the film, "Power Rangers" will have to be a big hit globally in order to justify more sequels. »
- Brent Lang
22 March 2017 2:21 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Actor Michael Pena has confirmed that he will be returning to the McU for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Stealing plenty a scene during the first Ant-Man film back in 2015, actor Michael Pena, after a bit of confusion, has confirmed he will indeed be returning to the role of Luis for the sequel.
Pena initially seemed unsure about whether he would be taking up the role again during a recent interview with Collider, saying, "No, No. I haven't gotten the phone call yet. I don't know if I'm gonna get the phone call. Who knows?"
However, he has now clarified that he will be back in the mix during a red carpet Lrm interview for his latest movie Chips: "So, I'm doing Extinction next, that's a Universal movie. And then I'm doing Ant-Man Part 2".
See Also: Michael Douglas confirms Hank Pym return for Marvel »
- Samuel Brace
22 March 2017 2:20 PM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Dax Shepard has been hamming it up on his press tour for CHiPs all month long. During a stop on Good Morning America on Wednesday, Dax revealed the secret to his decade-long romance with wife Kristen Bell, who also stars in the film. "We went to therapy early on to learn what our pattern of arguing was and where we needed to stop that. It's great too, because you go to the therapist and he listens to you talk for about 30 seconds and then he's like, 'I got it.'" He also stated that couples often seek counseling when it's too late, adding, "Most people wait until the thing is exploding before they see a professional. I thought maybe an ounce of prevention this go-around would be advisable." Dax and Kristen tied the knot at a Beverly Hills courthouse in October 2013 and are parents to daughters Lincoln, 3, and Delta, 2. The »
- Monica Sisavat
22 March 2017 10:20 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
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I was engaged to a man for 11 years. During our engagement, there was much abuse and infidelity... he was also arrested last December for domestic battery and his trial is still pending (he beat me with a belt over and over again until I was black and blue all over)... he has no remorse for what he has done to me and received a plea bargain for a lesser charge of disturbing the peace... the court is not even making him attend domestic violence classes... he got away with everything. Over the past 11 years, he also has gone to several prostitutes... and two months ago, he went to an Asian massage parlor and paid a prostitute to give him a happy ending. The next day after meeting her, he dumped me and has been verbally abusive toward me. Now, he has fallen in love with this prostitute (who is still prostituting herself) and wants to marry her (after only knowing her for two months)... he is also taking her to California next week to meet his family. I am having a hard time dealing with all of this... my self-esteem is very low and I feel so much anger... I am having a hard time forgiving him... why would someone throw away an 11 year engagement for a prostitute he met at a massage parlor and why would someone leave a woman who is attending bible college for a prostitute, and why would someone choose a prostitute over a woman who has loved him for 11 years? He hurt me, he hurt my children, he hurt my family. His family does not care that she is a prostitute... they are totally accepting anything that he does... they think he is a hero. What kind of a man goes to prostitutes, dates them, and marries them? And, why is he treating her like a queen when he beat me with belts? Why is a prostitute, who is still sleeping with other men, deserve better treatment from him than I do? What did I do that was so wrong that he beat me, cheated on me, and left me for a hooker? He says he does not want God in his life and that he does not want to be married to a person attending bible college. When I told him I loved Jesus, he hit me over my head with a book several times and told me to get out of his apartment. He is Jewish, she is Buddhist, and he said that he does not want to be married to a Christian (even though I have been a Christian the whole time we have been engaged)... he told me two months ago that he had to marry a Jew (but his prostitute girlfriend is not Jewish) and he said that I cheated on him with Jesus and that if I wanted him back, I would have to become Jewish... yet, he asks nothing of his new girlfriend... she can be a Buddhist and have sex with men for money and be a horrible person, but he said I have to be perfect... and, then he dumped me anyway. She has sex with men all day... then goes over to his apartment and has sex with him all night (after only knowing him for two months)... she obviously has no moral backbone. He actually called me a month ago and told me that him and his prostitute girlfriend are very religious and know more about the old testament than I do... so, I told them both to reread the Ten Commandments about not committing adultery. Yeah, they both know so much that they did not even know Adam and Eve had more than two children or who Seth was or how many people boarded Noah's Ark... all they seem to know is how to have sex and turn their backs on God and Jesus and how to abuse Christian women. I told her how he beat me with a belt and got arrested and showed her the pictures of the belt marks all over my body... but, she laughed at me, told me not to contact her again, and had sex with my ex-fiance. She does not even care that the man she is dating beat me! Well, I do not know how to deal with this and I do not understand why he did this to me and why a hooker he met two months ago made him leave an 11 year relationship. Now, he is saying thst he never loved me and that he was insane to stay engaged to me for 11 years... he says he must have been out of his head to ever have proposed to mw... I think after 11 years of being engaged to someone and moving them out of state so they can be with you is not a mistake... he knew what he was doing...
OMGosh!!!! I feel for you, I really do, but you should be thanking God that such a foul excuse for a human being dumped you since you are too weak to end it yourself. And I am not saying that as a criticism of you! What I will say about you is that your insecurities are NOT reflective of who you really are. Get to a good church and a good counsellor to help you see yourself as God sees you and overcome things that are holding you back and the lies that you believe, because you are far too goos and valuable to fall into this trap again. You deserve much better. I know it hurts and you are internalizing right now, but he is the one with the big problem, not you. Somehow you need to realize this is a blessing and rejoice that you have been set free from this nightmare. Start thanking God and ask His guidance for the future! Ginger praying for you
Thank you, Ginger, for your blessings, prayers, and encouraging words. I know I am better off without him and I know God will heal my heart... my ex-fiance did all of this just before I was suppose to start bible college... I am really struggling financially now... everything is falling apart. And, yes, he is a foul excuse for a human being... I cannot believe that anyone would treat someone this way... it is like I never knew him.
I pray that the grief and anger that you confessed in your original post will be replaced by God's outreach to you and your response to Him. I ditto Ginger's post, as well.
Honey, you are much, much MUCH better off without this person in your life. I know it hurts when you have invested time and love into the situation, but I believe God has rescued you from what would have been a totally miserable existence. Give yourself a little time to grieve, but then take a good look - preferably with the help of an understanding counsellor - at the reasons why you were attracted to this man in the first place, and why you stayed with him for 11 years in spite of the beatings and infidelity. I suspect there may be some deep issues of self-worth (or lack of) that have allowed you to accept this kind of treatment, and if you don't deal with those issues you will be in danger of falling into another similar relationship. Always remember this: the value of anything is the price someone is prepared to pay for it. For you, God paid the price of Calvary. You are precious and valuable - far too precious and valuable to allow yourself to be treated in this manner. I pray that God will heal your hurts and show you how valuable you are to Him. blessings, Lynn
You are much better without this man, even though it may seem a little hard to hear that right now, but know that soon, you are going to have to fogive this man...no matter what he did.
As everyone has said above, this really is a blessing in disguise. You have been living your life the right way and God blessed you for it by removing such a problematic person from your life. I pray that you will soon be able to embrace and enjoy this blessing.
I was sexually abused by a youth pastor for 3 years, starting at the age of 13. First of all, this was not right. I think we can all agree, but if I was mad and angry all my life towards him and put forth all the hatred, it wouldn't hurt him, it would hurt me. I am now 19 years old and the court case is just now over with. It actually ended last week. This man looked like a saint on the outside, but when I came forward, people noticed the signs. After the long court process, which was very hard on me emotionally, he got 15 years probation. The judge told the court that he had enough information to arrest him for 40 years, but he ended up plea bargaining and only got 15 years probation and had to register as a sex offender. I prayed for him and his family through all of this because even though what he did wrong, God is the final judge and I pray that he doescome back to Christ. I have no doubt that his knowledge of Christ was large. His teachings were amazing. It took me awhile to forgive this man and I had to even pray to God to help me to forgive this man. It was hard and you can't forgive someone like this on your own. God has to be in the middle of it. I have come out of this situation stronger. Living in a VERY small community with 1 stop sign and no red light and one stop sign, everybody knows everybody. When the news came out, everyone told me how awful it was and how sorry they were that it happened, but as a Christian, I was able to spout back to them Romans 5:1-5. That was my key verse and I was so excited when God revealed it to me. God has sent many people my way to alloww me to minister to them and share my story. I pray that you will not let this test be a failure but a testimony. Remember Isaiah 40:31. You are an eagle, not a chicken Please feel free to message me if you want to talk. Have a blessed day in Christ!
Thank you for sharing your testimony. Praise God that He has brought you through this in victory. I'm sure that He will use your experience as you minister to others. Unfortunately, the person who started this thread has not been around since August, so I don't know whether she will get your message (though it may be that she looks at the site without logging in.) In any case, I am sure it will be a blessing and inspiration to others here. blessings, Lynn
Yes, I wish I had found this sooner, but I didn't. I am not to the point where I am excited that it happened, but I am to the point where I can praise God that He is using this for the greater good.
That's very encouraging! My sister is sort of going through the same situation. She was sexually abused by a man in the community, and as well as in your situation, we live in a very small town (actually its not even considered a hamlet anymore), where there is also 1 stop sign and no red lights. This happened about a year and a half ago, and has been very hard on everyone in my family, as most people in town think that we are lying about what really happened, and that the offender has no fault at all. There has been one hearing, but we are still waiting for the next one. It's just so hard to go on with life, when a person has to try to remember the details for testifyign in court. Especially for my sister. And my dad is a pastor, so its sort of even harder, becuase its like "life in the fishbowl" so to speak. Its been hard for me too, because I work with some people related to the offender, and now they won't even talk to me anymore (or anyone in our family) because of this whole situation.
I am praying for your sister! I know it is hard. I know it is tough, especially in a small community. There are awkward moments around many people. You get judged, you get talked about, and you are the talk of the town. There are days, you just want to run to your room and cry, but I can promise that it will get better. I wrote all the details down in a journal. Testifying in court is awful, but there are many ways you can get around it. Hopefully the offender will testify. Would your sister be willing to talk to me?
Thanks! She might be willing to. If you want to give me your email, I'll pass it on to her and then you can go from there. You are so encouraging! I just wish that this whole thing would be over and done with! It feels like its taking FOREVER to get to the bottom of this!
I promise it will get better. There are so many things that everyone involved can learn from this. You, your sister, your parents, the offender, his family.....you all can learn from this. The biggest thing I learned was the gift of forgiveness. You learn the love of God in a lot deeper way and you also learn patience. There is so much stress between hearings and trials. The family gets tense, and sometimes as the victim, you feel like everything is all your fault, just because it is a very stressful situation. I am praying for you all. Stay patient, and remember Isaiah 40:31 and remember that you are an eagle, not a chicken. I will message you my address. If you have any questions or want to talk, I am open to talk about anything that I know or has happened to me. Keep your head up. Your family will come out victorious, because whether judgement is served on the offender of not, God is the ultimate judge!
You have some major healing to do. one of the things you need to work on is yourself, in that you would stay so long in an environment like that. That said, if that is what you will take I think when you do find someone that is worth having in your life you be one great catch. And please do all involved a favor, stay away from this boy. If he only did half of what you stated he has a long way to go to be a man. I say stay away based on history. I come from an abused back ground, and as a kid I had no choice but to deal with it. you owe it to yourself, and if you need strength the Bible great, however you really should not need to look further then your kids. To this day I still fight with demons based on what I went though. God bless. heal yourself and find a good man- not perfect, just good.


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- Electrolysis is a permanent means of genital hair removal, but it must be done by a trained professional.
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Publication number | US7685125 B2 |
Publication type | Grant |
Application number | US 11/664,466 |
PCT number | PCT/EP2005/055040 |
Publication date | Mar 23, 2010 |
Filing date | Oct 6, 2005 |
Priority date | Oct 6, 2004 |
Fee status | Paid |
Also published as | US20090037464, WO2006037798A1 |
Publication number | 11664466, 664466, PCT/2005/55040, PCT/EP/2005/055040, PCT/EP/2005/55040, PCT/EP/5/055040, PCT/EP/5/55040, PCT/EP2005/055040, PCT/EP2005/55040, PCT/EP2005055040, PCT/EP200555040, PCT/EP5/055040, PCT/EP5/55040, PCT/EP5055040, PCT/EP555040, US 7685125 B2, US 7685125B2, US-B2-7685125, US7685125 B2, US7685125B2 |
Inventors | Liqun Chen |
Original Assignee | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
Export Citation | BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
Patent Citations (21), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (5), Classifications (6), Legal Events (3) | |
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet | |
The invention relates to the proving of relationships between data.
Circumstances arise when there is an association between two or more pieces of data, and the association is sufficiently sensitive that some form of privacy control is needed in respect of the association. This typically requires placing privacy controls on at least one of the pieces of data. Maintaining such privacy controls—particularly if the association is merely one of many similar associations—may be very onerous.
In a first aspect, the invention provides a method for a data provider to provide and prove an association between a first data value A and a second data value B, comprising: computing evidence E of an association between A and B; ensuring that the verifier has A, B and E; and running an interactive proof with the verifier to convince the verifier that the evidence is valid evidence of an association between A and B without enabling the verifier to provide proof of the validity of the evidence to a third party.
Specific embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
This context may be relevant where the first data represents a name of a product vendor and the second name represents a data value identifying product produced by that product vendor. In one example, these products are computational components used for trusted computing (such as the trusted platform module or TPM as specified by the Trusted Computing Group). A computer platform may ship with one of several components that perform the same trust function, or dynamically provide the option to use one of multiple components that perform the same trust function. If a component can identify itself via a number, the platform can customise itself according to the idiosyncrasies of the component actually fitted and/or in use. Thus using the numbers provides the opportunity for a platform to be built to use components from multiple vendors, for example, and software could automatically adapt to the particular component that was fitted.
Such vendors may wish to preserve their anonymity in general yet be able to prove an association with a number when/if necessary. A database constructed in the manner indicated above allows this to be achieved. The database is publicly available. The database does not disclose the link between a specific name and a specific number, even though all of the vendor's names, numbers and the evidence linking them appear in the database at the same time (the effectiveness of the anonymity that this provides is limited by the size of the database). The database owner himself need not be aware of any linkage between A, B and E—this can simply be forgotten after A, B and E are loaded into the database. A vendor, who is the owner of a specific name and number, can prove the link between the name and number to any verifier in a private matter. Except for the vendor, no one else is able to prove the link between the name and number. After the vendor proves a link to a verifier, the verifier is convinced of the proof but is not able to transfer his knowledge of the proof to a third party.
Steps carried out by the data provider—product vendor in this example—are set out in
Two exemplary schemes are described to implement this approach. Both exemplary schemes have an initial setup algorithm ("Setup"), followed by a registration protocol ("Register") and a proof protocol ("Prove"), the elements of each being set out in
Setup is discussed with reference to
This is shown in
Based on the agreed name and number, the data provider performs as follows:
The database owner and the data provider then interact 405 as follows to convince the database owner that the evidence E demonstrates an association between A and B. Upon receipt of the evidence E, the database owner performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value C, the data provider performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value D, the database owner releases a to the data provider.
Upon receipt of the value a, the data provider performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value b, the database owner performs as follows:
This is shown in
The verifier first performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value U, the data provider performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value V, the verifier releases x to the data provider.
Upon receipt of the value x, the data provider performs as follows:
Upon receipt of the value b, the verifier performs as follows:
Reference can again be made to
Reference can again be made to
Based on the agreed name and number, the vendor performs as follows:
After receiving the evidence E, TCG computes
g=H(A∥B)(p−1)/q mod p.
TCG and the vendor then run 405 an interactive Discrete Logarithm Proof (DLP) protocol namely DLP(p, g, E) to convince TCG that E=gk mod p and the vendor has knowledge of the value k.
There exist a number of secure protocols to achieve such a function. One such is described in D. Chaum, "Zero-knowledge undeniable signatures", in Advances in Cryptology—Proceedings of Crypto '90, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 473, pages 458-464, Springer-Verlag, 1991. This protocol will be referred to as DLP(p,g,E) and involves two parties, Prover and Verifier.
Prover and Verifier share the values p, g and E. Prover knows the discrete logarithm k=loggE. Prover wants to convince Verifier of Prover's knowledge of this value, but (i) does not want to disclose the value k to Verifier, and (ii) does not want Verifier to convince others of this fact after the proof.
DLP(p, g, E) works as follows:
This is again shown in
More specifically, the verifier computes
g=H(A∥B)(p−1)/q mod p.
The vendor and verifier then run a DLP protocol DLP(p, g, E) to prove that E is evidence of the link between A and B exactly as shown above in respect of the Register protocol.
The exemplary arrangements described above in Examples 1 and 2 apply to the general case where the vendor, the verifier and the database owner are separate parties. Where, as is possible, the vendor is also the database owner, some simplification is possible (at the register step, for example).
Examples 1 and 2 given above have a product vendor as data provider and a verifier as a party needing knowledge of a relationship between a name of a product vendor and a data value identifying product produced by that product vendor. The present invention may be applied to a number of other contexts, as is discussed briefly below. The schemes used in Examples 1 and 2 can be used without significant adaptation in these further contexts.
Further contexts for use of the invention generally require there to be a benefit to providing information for which there are privacy concerns on a public database. The benefit will generally be to show that the data is demonstrably not modified (in that it will be available to public inspection—and perhaps copying—so modification will be readily determined) and perhaps also to indicate that a reliable party demonstrates provenance of it. There will generally also be a need for a party which has privacy concerns over data in the database to show the relationship to a specific interested party.
Academic Records Many universities may wish to make student performance, such as the individual exam results, publicly accessible (for example, from the university website) so that performance can be checked and audited. Individual examination results of a student will however generally be private to that student. However, in some particular cases, such as when a student is looking for a job, the student might have to show his potential employer his examination results. If the approach described above is used, with student as data provider (or university, authorised by the student, as data provider), with the employer as verifier, and with the university as database owner, privacy concerns are met. The employer may find this arrangement more satisfactory than relying on the student's statements about examination results (as would most normally be the case at present).
Citizenship Data Personal information of citizens is routinely used by national authorities and is recorded on documents such as national identity cards. While a citizen may be required to provide such information (indeed the providing of information may be taken out of their control), for other purposes it may be left to the citizen to determine whether they use such information. For such purposes, private data of citizens could be provided on a public database (the private data may be, for example, some credential of the individual, such as their driving license number). The citizen would then be the data provider, a state organisation (for example, the driving license authority) the database provider, and a party desirous of proving the linkage between the citizen and the credential (for example, a potential insurer) the verifier. This may allow a verification model which enabled the state to play no active role in authenticating credentials beyond simply making the public database available.
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"I hope the people suing the city make it go so broke," she says, "that they have to shut the schools down. It the only way this stuff will ever end."
The stuff Nah, president of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP, is so outraged about is the verdict in last month's trial of police officer John Biehn, who admitted going to Marina Village and wildly firing his weapon, and a ruling by State Police that a young man being chased by Bridgeport police accidentally shot himself in the back of the head.
Nah is sitting behind a long table in the basement of Messiah Baptist Church, which is next to Bridgeport Police Headquarters.
As she rails, the audience of nearly 30 people, mostly black, nod and applaud. They cheer when she raises the question that is on everybody's lips: What would have happened to a black man who went to, say, Monroe, and fired off a clip or two in one of those well-grassed neighborhoods?
The answers from the audience ranges from "he'd still be in jail" to "he'd be dead."
Biehn is neither. After the shooting incident he was released on nominal bond. At his trial on charges that included three counts of attempted murder, a jury of four whites convicted him of one count of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. Seems he left his gun where kids might find it. It is so crazy it would be funny were it not so serious. Some in the Nah's audience laughed ironically. But then, one person's justice is almost always another's fiasco. When a jury of three whites, eight blacks and one Hispanic found O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering his wife and a waiter, the response was pretty much split along racial lines. White people generally scoffed at the verdict. Fiasco, they said. Travesty. The guy was guilty as sin. Just bought his way out of trouble. Him with his fancy, rhyming lawyers out-spent the poor prosecution and snowed the jury. Goes to show, they said, if you've got enough bucks you can gum up the justice system so it doesn't work. Blacks on the other hand cheered when the verdict was read. Well what do you know, they said, we finally got one. It just goes to show you, they said, a black man's got to be a millionaire to make the justice system work in this country. Some of the people at the NAACP meeting wondered how four white people from the suburbs ended up on a case about a Bridgeport cop shooting up a Bridgeport housing project. A lawyer for some of the people who were shot at tries to explain the jury selection process, but it doesn't soothe the audience's outrage. What is and what is not justice tends to depend on which side of the fence you are on. Last week, when the U.S. Air Force took Abu Musab al-Zarqawi out with a couple of 500-pounders down his chimney (no sense taking any chances) President George W. Bush's take the next morning was that we had "delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq." Zarqawi was a surely a monster of the first order. He undoubtedly got what he deserved (only having his head sliced off on videotape would have been more fulfilling). But getting what one deserves has nothing to do with justice. That used to be called frontier justice. Maybe the reason we used bombs instead of taking Mr. Z alive was exactly because Bush feared we'd have to give him justice. Bad enough fat and sassy Saddam Hussein is using the Iraqi courts as a bully pulpit. If only that trooper who found him in that spider hole had just dropped a grenade down there. It would have saved everybody a lot of trouble and embarrassment. Zarqawi got trial by bomb. O.J. got trial by dollars. Former officer Biehn got lucky. Charles Walsh's column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can reach him by phone at 330-6217 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A couple of days ago, I mentioned a lone, marked North Carolina grave at Blandford Church Cemetery. That marker is for John Q. Barefoot. He was "born in Johnson County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Sampson County at the age of 35." Barefoot enlisted (conscripted?) On May 12, 1862, in Company B, 56th North Carolina Troops. He was a private. On November 29, 1862, he was admitted to a hospital in Petersburg, where on December 8, 1862, he died of "cont[inued] febris." There were five other Barefoots in Company B.
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- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Hello Michael. Perhaps this gentleman is related to North Carolina author Daniel Barefoot? (Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors)
BTW, I need to chat with you about the SCV meeting in Lexington in May. Can you email me your phone number please? firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks! - 4:48 PM
I share the same name with this John Barefoot and he died exactly 100 years and 1 month before I was born.
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- Justin said...
my great great grandfather. RIP
- Justin said...
My great great grandfather, RIP
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[183] Primus not with 'opera inter talia,' which would be more modern than classical. 'Primus' is like 'praecipue' above v. 176. "Media inter talia" 4. 663.
[184] He takes up an axe like the rest. 'Accingitur' here is metaphorical, like 'armis:' but the word is sometimes used loosely: see on v. 570 below.
[185] Comp. above v. 157, "volutat secum." "Multaque dura suo tristi cum corde putabant" 8. 522. See on G. 2. 147. 'Haec' seems to mean the things which he eventually utters: but in that case 'sic' follows rather awkwardly. Heins. restored 'cum' for 'tum,' the old reading, which is found in only one MS. in the parallel passage in Book 8.
[186] The reading is exceedingly doubtful, Med., Pal., Gud., &c. giving 'forte,' Rom. 'voce,' the Lombard of Pierius, and others 'ore.' 'Forte,' though preferred by Wagn., can scarcely be right, as it is not likely that Virg. meant to represent Aeneas' exclamation as fortuitous. An unexpected exclamation could hardly be intended to prepare us for any unexpected event, as the point lies in the unuttered prayer rather than in its expression. The word may easily have come from v. 190. Serv., who gives 'forte,' regards it merely as a prop to the verse. 'Voce' on the other hand would have real force, praying aloud being contrasted with thinking silently. It does not appear, as Wagn. contends, that in 9. 403., 11. 784, where the words recur, any thing more than simple utterance is intended. Henry prefers 'ore' to 'voce,' but without saying why. What follows, as Cerda remarks, is rather a wish than a prayer: εἰ γάρ however is used in Hom. in addresses to deities.
[187] Arbore on the tree, as in G. 3. 353. The sense is, Would that the first part of the Sibyl's words may prove as true as the second has done.
[189] Omnia vere locuta est, the Homeric πάντα θεὰ νημερτέα εἶπεν. 'Heu nimium' like Aesch. Ag. 1241, ἄγαν γ᾽ ἀληθόμαντιν οἰκτείρας ἐρεῖς.
[190] Forte denotes the coincidence.
[191] Sub ora like "sub oculos:" see Forc. 'sub.' Serv. says that in augury certain distances were fixed, within which the omen was held to pertain to the person seeing it.
[193] Adgnovit is found in Med. (according to Foggini: Heins. reports 'agnoscat') and one or two others.
[194] Virtually = "este duces viae, si qua est." 'Cursum,' your flight, not our course (which would be possible, 'per auras' being taken i. q. 'volando'). 'Cursus' for 'volatus' seems to occur nowhere in Virg., unless E. 6. 80 (where see note) be an exception: it is found however elsewhere, as in Ov. Amor. 2. 6. 11, "Omnes quae liquido libratis in aere cursus," quoted by Forb., who refers to a note of Heins. there.
[195] In lucos, ubi = 'in eam partem lucorum ubi.' 'Pinguem' seems to refer to the richness of the soil which could produce a tree so gifted. Forc. gives various instances of 'dives' more or less resembling the present, among others Lucan 9. 658 of the cloud which yielded Danae's golden shower. Trapp questioned the applicability of 'opacat,' for which he would have preferred 'inaurat:' but the poet's words are not to be so closely pressed, and we may say that 'opacat' is qualified by the juxtaposition of 'dives.' Scaliger, Poet. 4. 16, referred to by Taubm., commends the word as "rarum et dignitatis plenum."
[196] Deficere of forsaking a cause: see Forc. 'Rebus' is of course the dat. 'Forsake not our cause at this crisis.'
[197] The old editions had 'alma parens,' which Pierius says is found in Rom. and some others. Ribbeck however mentions no other reading than 'diva.' 'Vestigia pressit:' see above on v. 159. 'Pressit' might = 'inpressit,' as in 11. 787, where however 'per ignem' and 'multa pruna' define the sense: but every thing here is in favour of the sense of 'repressit,' as Forb. admits. "Attoniti pressere gradum," is quoted by Forc. from Val. Fl. 2. 454. So "comprime gressum" below v. 389, "pedem repressit" 2. 378. 'Premere vestigia' is also found, as Forb. remarks, of treading in the steps of another (see Forc.); but this is not likely to be meant here.
[198] Quae signa ferant = "quid significent," as "ea signa dedit" 2. 171 = "id significavit." 'Signum' is used of omens: see on 4. 167.
[199] The meaning seems to be that they keep flying on and alighting to feed alternately—in other words that in their feeding they fly on from spot to spot.
[200] Possent is rightly explained by Forb. as indicating the object of the doves in flying onward, as against Wagn., who thinks it implies repeated action—'as far as at each given time,' &c. 'Acies' is used strictly of the pupil of the eye as the organ of vision. "Acies ipsa, qua cernimus, quae pupula vocatur" Cic. N. D. 2. 57. 'Servare' of observing or keeping in view, as in v. 338 below, &c. 'Sequentum' may mean following with the eye, as Forb. takes it: but it would seem from the context that though Aeneas stopped at first, he afterwards went on as they went on, so that the word may have its more ordinary sense. We hear nothing later of Aeneas' movements till v. 210, where the expression shows that he did not remain standing for the whole previous time.
[201] 'Graveolentis' is explained by vv. 240 foll. below. For the word comp. G. 4. 270.
[202] Tollunt se celeres may possibly refer, as Serv. explains it, to their desire to escape the stench, so fatal to birds; but the meaning is sufficiently clear without.
[203] Sedibus optatis seems to mean 'having chosen their place to settle' (comp. 1. 425., 3. 109, 132), as Heyne explains it. The birds are said to mark the spot before finally alighting there. Wagn.'s objection that 'optare' is used of choosing the site of a permanent abode tells for little in a passage where the term is evidently used metaphorically, being applied to the birds simply in virtue of their being about to settle, no matter for how long. At the same time it is quite possible to take it 'wished for' with Wagn., as though Aeneas wished for no definite spot, he wished for the spot where the golden branch grew, wherever that might be. 'Gemina' is the reading of Med. and most MSS., and also of Priscian, p. 1001; I agree with Henry however that it cannot be made to yield a natural sense, though the word sometimes = 'biformis,' and is applied in this sense in poetry to Triton and Chiron: see Forc. 'Geminae,' the reading of Rom. and the Longobardic MS., as quoted by Pierius, and a few others, was adopted by Burm. and Heyne, and gives, as Henry remarks, a vivid and natural picture. We do not care to know whether they flew precisely together; but that they settled at the same moment in the same spot is a pleasing circumstance. A Greek writer in speaking of it might change from the plural to the dual. 'Super:' they alight at the top of the tree.
[204] Aura auri is explained 'splendor auri' by Serv., who may be right in applying the same doctrine to Hor. 2 Od. 8. 24, but goes too far in making 'aura' in this sense the root of 'aurum.' The account of this use of the word is apparently to be sought in the connexion between the notions of light and air (see on G. 2. 340, and comp. v. 747 below, "aurai simplicis ignem"), and also between those of light and motion, as in αἰόλος, &c., the gleaming light being naturally identified with the flickering breeze. The jingle is of course intended: see on 2. 494 &c. "'Discolor,' nam per arborem viridem fulsit color aureus," Donatus. 'Refulsit' 1. 402 note. Rom. and another give 'auro.'
[205] Viscum G. 1. 139 of the birdlime collected from the mistletoe, here of the plant itself. 'Brumali frigore:' the mistletoe flourishes in the winter, and the time is naturally chosen for the sake of contrast between its leaves and the bareness of the tree on which it grows, though the circumstance really makes it less like that with which it is compared, as there the golden bough was seen among green ones.
[206] Quod non sua seminat arbos might refer to the growth of the plant from a tree which is not really its parent, 'non sua' being joined as in G. 2. 82: but it more probably alludes to the opinion of the ancients that it was really an animal product, the excrement of birds (Pliny 16. 44., 24. 4), not, as later research has proved it to be, a parasitic plant, the seeds of which are deposited by birds on other trees. 'Sua' then refers to natural production, as "sopor suus" G. 4. 190 seems to mean natural or kindly sleep. 'Seminat' seems to be used vaguely in the sense of producing. Comp. the use of 'semina' for plants in G. 2. 268, 356 &c. The word is prosaic rather than poetical: see Forc.
[207] Croceo fetu: Pliny 24. 4 says of the mistletoe "Optumum est . . . extra fulvum, intus porraceum." The colour is of course a prominent feature in the comparison. 'Truncos' the trunks, as in G. 3. 233: see Forc. Some MSS. mentioned by Pierius have 'ramos.'
[208] Auri frondentis: comp. v. 144 above. 'Opaca' v. 136. The dark shade of course gives the contrast.
[209] Ilice: the particular kind of tree has not hitherto been specified by Virg., a proof that he attaches no importance to the specification. 'Leni vento' 3. 70. 'Crepitabat' is not strictly speaking a point in the comparison. Virg. only means 'the leaf looked thus as it rustled tinkling in the wind.' 'Bractea' is thin foil, thinner than 'lamina,' a metallic plate. It is classed with cobweb for its thinness by Lucr. 4.727. The leaf is called 'bractea' here, as the 'bractea' is called 'folium' in Latin, in Greek πέταλον, and in English foil or leaf. Lachm. on Lucr. l. c. prefers the spelling 'brattea,' which is found here in Med. and Rom. and supported by Pal. 'brattia.' As usual, I have followed Wagn. Some MSS. (including Gud. originally) have 'crepitabant,' which Heins. adopted, strangely regarding 'bractea' as a noun of multitude, whereas the fact would seem to be, as Heyne remarks, that 'bractea' was mistaken for a neuter plural.
[210] "'Corripit:' ne prolixior esset narratio, non dixit quomodo ad ipsam arborem Aeneas venerit," Donatus. The old reading before Heins. was "extemplo Aeneas." Rom. has 'exemplo.'
[211] Cunctantem is not to be pressed, as we know from vv. 147 foll. that it cannot really have offered any resistance, so that it must be taken as a correlative to 'avidus,' Aeneas' eagerness being too great even for the willingness of the branch. Even thus however the choice of the word seems a little unfortunate. Heyne comp. "lento vimine" above v. 137. For the application of the word to things inanimate comp. G. 2. 236, "glaebas cunctantis." 'Tecta Sibyllae' seems to be the temple.
[212-235] 'Meantime the Trojans were conducting Misenus' funeral through all its details. Aeneas raises a tomb over his remains.'


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It's open throughout the year - a small British village in a ice-desert landscape far away from anywhere else.
Bedrooms are situated in Admiral's House and in Giants House (above), with communal wash rooms.
New Bransfield House, the larger building, provides dining, social and recreational facilities for the people living at Rothera. It also houses offices and labs for the physical scientists and at the north end is found the operations control tower.
Meals are taken communally in a central dining room. Lunch and dinner are prepared by the station's chefs.
The airfield's distinctive yellow control tower.
From inside, the view of an unfriendly antarctic landscape.
The aircraft hangar will accommodate the Dash 7 and Twin Otter aircrafts protecting them from the harshest weather.
A BAS 'Twin Otter' over Rothera.
At the southern end of the site you will find the Bonner Laboratory, the boat shed and the new Wharf where ships can safely moor in ten metres of water for the transfer of cargo and personnel.
The Bonner Laboratory, opened in the summer 1996-97, has an incorporated dive facility for the study of marine and terrestrial biology.
Ocean Nova moored at Rothera
The BAS ships visit Rothera at least twice each summer bringing passengers as well as cargo. Usually RRS James Clark Ross (the 'JCR') arrives in December to resupply the base, and RRS Ernest Shackleton (the 'Shack') visiting in March. Ship visits are particularly important as they are the way to receive essential supplies - food, fuel, scientific equipment, vehicles, spare parts for machinery, building materials...
BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross docks at the wharf to offload cargo and passengers.
Winter in Rothera can be really long...
... under perpetual darkness and unbearably cold temperatures.
Lemaire Channel under the Midnight sun
and in Christmas Eve.