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Movies are a foundation of nerddom. No matter what kind of a nerd you are, there's at least one movie you love passionately that a lot of other people also love passionately.
And then there are movies that we either hate passionately, or dismiss.
Here's the thing: some of these movies really are absolutely awful. But others are genuinely good in their own right, and worth revisiting once the white-hot nerd rage has cooled a bit. Sometimes a movie is good, or at least acceptable, on its own merits, and enjoyable once you get over it.
Also, for the five of you that haven't seen these, spoilers, but they've been out for years, decades in some cases, so no whining in the comments.
There are a few sticks you can beat this one with. Willie is shrill, although no less annoying and useless than Marion when you stop to think about it: pretty much Marion's entire love from the fandom stems from punching Indy once, but the rest of the movie, she's basically baggage, a tradition that extends through all the Indy movies until "Last Crusade", when the love interest turns out not just to be a pain in the ass but evil. Also, the Indian government was right to be angry: "Temple" can be pretty racist, although pretty much the whole franchise has this problem.
Still, it is, to date, the one movie where Indy actually grows and changes as a person, going from a self-involved jerk to Hero with a capital H (people forget: this is a prequel). There is not a person alive who didn't cheer when Indy hit a child slaver so hard he landed and slid. The setpieces are some of the best of the entire franchise, and the darker aspects actually make the movie work.
It's not "Raiders", but it's not trying to be. "Temple of Doom" is actual, honest-to-God pulp fiction in film form with the budget to sell it as actually happening.
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As we've mentioned before, it's hard to make a good Punisher movie. This, however, comes the closest, partially because of the profoundly nasty and evil plot.
It helps to realize that this is basically a Jacobean revenge tragedy. It's true that Frank in the comics would storm the Saint nightclub and kill every mofo in the place (something he does actually do, and something fans seem to have forgotten), but this version of Frank is actually a lot nastier and bloodthirstier, carefully setting up the bad guy who killed his family to murder most of his own before burning his house to the ground, calmly revealing how he'd set the guy up all along, and then tying him to a car and lighting him on fire before blowing him up.
Then there's the scene with the Russian, a great bit of both action and comedic timing that a lot of Marvel movies took notes on.
Also helping is that this Frank is a psychological mess, something a lot of fans didn't want to see but, let's face it, even in the comics, Frank is nuts. Of course the movie chose to make him nuts in a way people could relate to, instead of a creepy sociopath. And it works; if you or I had our entire family gunned down in front of us, rage, depression and alcoholism are way more likely than stone-faced badassery.
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All the prequels are unnecessary. We don't need this movie. But if we had to have this movie, at least it doesn't suck wildly.
Lucas' belief that Darth Vader is the ultimate hero of the franchise is pretty questionable, but at least the script does its best to explain exactly what the hell's going on in Vader's head. Yes, the scenes of meetings are boring: meetings are not compelling, and it's a little depressing Lucas thinks they are compelling, kind of like how Toho has to start every damn Godzilla movie with a press conference.
But there's so much plot here, and so few miserably stupid decisions, that this movie is genuinely worth watching more than once. Which is more than we can say for the other prequels. Or "Jedi", depending on our mood and how many Ewoks we've shot in the various licensed games.
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The Star Trek movies have a checkered history: they've largely been defined by the presence of Nicholas Meyer, a Victoriana fan and largely known as a screenwriter and novelist. Whenever he's been missing, and by a funny coincidence, he's never done an odd-numbered "Star Trek" movie or a TNG movie, his loss has been generally been felt.
And most of the odd-numbered movies suck. "The Motion Picture" has been made less awful by Robert Wise returning and actually getting a chance to edit it, but it still stinks. "Star Trek V" is actually highly entertaining…as a bad episode of "Star Trek". But "Star Trek III" is actually pretty good.
Yes, Doc Brown as a Klingon wasn't the best casting choice; Nimoy doesn't have the verve as a director that Meyer does, and Harve Bennett's screenplay is awkward at times.
But if "V" is a bad Star Trek episode, "III" is a good one, writ large: characters make hard choices, deal with the emotional pain of a lost friend, and everybody gets at least one moment to shine, whether it's Sulu finally allowed to kick some ass; DeForrest Kelley showing off his acting chops, as well as McCoy getting one of the single funniest and truest lines in the entire franchise ("This is his revenge! For all those arguments he lost!"); or Scotty's heart breaking as he watches the Enterprise fall from the sky.
Also, it's aged a lot better than "Star Trek IV". And Nicholas Meyer was brought in to save that one!
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Here's a question for you: why is Bruce Banner always on the verge of completely losing it?
Seriously, this guy is a bubbling cauldron of anger all the time. The littlest thing will send him flying into a fury so intense he has biochemical reactions that turn him into a monster. He's blown a fuse over some incredibly petty crap.
This guy has problems. And Ang Lee's movie tried to address why he had those problems.
People got furious Lee played fast and loose with the Hulk's origin, but realistically, he had to. When the Hulk was created, we just didn't understand radiation the way we do now: modern audiences would have laughed at his comics origin. And, yes, it took forty minutes for us to see the Hulk, but so what? Most of the movie is essentially the Hulk trashing a military base, San Francisco, and Nick Nolte, in that order. People who complained about how it wasn't "true" to the comic seem to have missed the Hulk, in the desert, trashing tanks, is as true to the comic as it gets.
Along the way, though, Lee did something that action movies rarely do; give the action sequences genuine meaning beyond "hitting this guy really hard". He also worked with Eric Bana to get a really great performance; especially if you've known people who grew up in abusive households, he nails the passive-aggressive, non-assertive nature they can develop. Not to mention using the Hulk as a metaphor for the fear of many abuse survivors that they will turn into an abuser themselves.
In other words, he made a movie you can watch as a straight action movie, or a movie that can actually be read as a metaphor. It's a level of work we haven't seen from Marvel since, and that's just too bad.
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EarthWindandFire wrote:In my opinion, the other candidates had less of a chance than Romney. I liked Ron Paul, Herman Cain and especially Rick Santorum. Can you imagine how few votes Ron paul would have gotten, maybe two-thirds what Romney had gotten. I'm not sure about Rick Santorum, he may have done better than Romney but we will never know.
lsayre wrote:Why on earth are Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates voted for by the people in "primaries"? Doesn't that make their respective Presidential Conventions into totally meaningless farces and a phenomenal wastes of money? Conventions used to have real meaning. The Libertarian Convention still has meaning. They still do it the old fashioned way.
Davian wrote:Because people got sick of the massive corruption inherent in the Party Machine/Caucus system...It might be hard to believe but the Primary process is a huge step forward from that. Unless, of course, you'd officially prefer to go back to a system where a couple Party Bosses choose the nominee with zero input from anyone else.
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I once heard a fellow say, "If you don't believe it, it's not because there's not enough evidence for you to believe it."
As in so many circumstances in politics, this pearl of wisdom applies to the war in Iraq. Democrat leadership keeps saying they don't and won't believe that we're having success in Iraq, but it's not because things aren't going favorably for the good guys.
Such is the case with the Democrat leadership on all matters Iraq. Maybe it's just me, but I'm thinking the Democrats have invested a lot in seeing the United States not win in Iraq. So many have invested politically in our non-success that they don't want to hear truth and they ignore evidence. Conversely, Republicans were so politically invested in winning that we ignored Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's failed war policies early on.
For evidence of this failed investment, one needs to look no further than their local headlines before Gen. David Petraeus testified before Congress. Talk about a rush to pre-judgment.
"Democrats Already Discrediting Upcoming Petraeus Report," bannered an ABCNews.com story. Leaving any doubt that Sen. Harry Reid knows the heart and mind of one of the most respected military leaders our country has produced, the majority leader proclaimed, "(Petraeus' report) will pass through the White House spin machine, where facts are often ignored or twisted, and intelligence is cherry-picked."
As if that weren't conclusive enough, Reid impugned the general's integrity with this gem: "He has made a number of statements over the years that have not proven to be factual."
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois came out with this whopper. "Even if the figures are right, the conclusion is wrong."
And, perhaps my favorite of all, wanna-be president Sen. Joe Biden -- a self-proclaimed civilian expert on foreign affairs -- had the impudence the week before his testimony to declare Petraeus is "flat, dead wrong."
Frankly, I agree with those who believe the execution of the war under Rumsfeld was abysmal. Sen. John McCain and others were correct when they said at the outset of the war that we didn't have enough troops in play. We now have employed a strategy devised by those on the ground, using reasonable and objective standards, who say we can win this thing if we just show some resolve.
The Democrats constantly referred to Iraq policy as a failed policy, and called for a new strategy.
But when the president and his new team devised the "surge" strategy early this year, Democrats acted like a 6-year old who didn't get the video game he wanted for Christmas. After much counsel and debate, the president and his team recommended more boots on the ground.
More troops allowed the Syrian and Iranian borders to be more secure, and kept out more of the agitators.
It also allowed a ring around Baghdad to keep the bad guys out, letting the good guys, led by the Iraqis and reinforced by U.S. troops, go door to door, flushing out insurgents. This new strategy worked to create tangible results and is trending this brutal war in the right direction.
Predictably, the president's move to draw down troops over the coming months isn't enough for the naysayers.
Some months ago, the Senate voted unanimously for Petraeus to take on the job of executing the new strategy in Iraq. Why? Because Petraeus, by all accounts, is a stand-up guy.
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, called the general "America's finest." MoveOn.org called him "General Betray Us."
McCain called him the most impressive man he'd seen in action in a long time. Allies of the Democrats call him a war criminal.
The facts and evidence in the general's testimony were supportive of the new strategy. The military objectives of the surge are being met. Violence is declining. Petraeus will withdraw a brigade of combat troops in mid-December, followed by reduction in more troops over the first half of 2008.
Today, locals are working with the U.S. military. Many who were enemies are now our allies. We're trending in the right direction.
Fact is, if you're going to invest in the failure of this effort in Iraq, enough is never going to be enough. It's unfortunate but it's where we are.
No insult toward a soldier is more injurious than to be accused of betraying his country. Petraeus accepted one of the toughest assignments in our nation's history, and is investing his life to keep us safe at home.
The way Petraeus has been treated by anti-war zealots is testament to how even good soldiers will be treated if they don't accept the losing, anti-war line.
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Pregnancy brings with it a whole lot of body system changes and oral health is no exception. Some simple careful planning, however, can help avoid a lot of oral health complications associated with pregnancy. The hormonal changes during pregnancy have a direct effect on the oral health and has higher incidence of decay, pregnancy gingivitis, and pregnancy tumors. Additionally, morning sickness affects the regular oral care, leading to more plaque and decay.
Before pregnancy: If you are planning to get pregnant, then a dental visit can help you get a thorough check-up ahead of the pregnancy. A routine cleaning and check for cavities should be sufficient to avoid any urgent treatment need during the period of pregnancy.
During pregnancy: If you were not able to do your pre-pregnancy dental visit, inform the dentists about pregnancy as early as possible. All elective procedures can be done after the delivery. Only really essential treatment that cannot wait until the delivery should be undertaken during pregnancy, most safe if done during the 4th to 6th months.
Listed below are some points to consider as far as oral/dental health is considered during pregnancy:
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Norfolk Naval Shipyard | |
Portsmouth, Virginia | |
The 350-ton hammerhead crane at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Type | Shipyard |
Site information | |
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Built | 1767 as Gosport Shipyard (Royal Navy; current name since 1862 (US Navy) |
In use | 1767–present |
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The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most multifaceted. Located on the Elizabeth River, the yard is just a short distance upriver from its mouth at Hampton Roads.
It was established as Gosport Shipyard in 1767. Destroyed during the American Revolutionary War, it was rebuilt and became home to the first operational drydock in the United States in the 1820s. Changing hands during the American Civil War, it served the Confederate States Navy until it was again destroyed in 1862, when it was given its current name. The shipyard was again rebuilt, and has continued operation through the present day.
British controlEdit
The Gosport Shipyard was founded on November 1, 1767 by Andrew Sprowle on the western shore of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk County in the Virginia Colony. This shipyard became a prosperous naval and merchant facility for the British Crown. In 1775, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Sprowle stayed loyal to the Crown and fled Virginia, which confiscated all of his properties, including the shipyard. In 1779, while the newly formed Commonwealth of Virginia was operating the shipyard, it was burned by British troops.[1]
American controlEdit
In 1794, United States Congress passed "An Act to Provide a Naval Armament," allowing the Federal Government to lease the Gosport Shipyard from Virginia. In 1799 the keel of USS Chesapeake, one of the first six frigates authorized by Congress, was laid, making her the first ship built in Gosport for the U.S. Navy.
The federal government purchased the shipyard from Virginia in 1801 for $12,000. This tract of land measured 16 acres (65,000 m2) and now makes up the northeastern corner of the current shipyard. In 1827, construction began on the first of what would be the first two dry docks in the United States. The first one was completed three weeks ahead of similar projects in both Boston, Massachusetts and South America, making it the first functional dry dock in the Americas. Dry Dock One, as it is referred to today, is still operational and is listed as historical landmark in Portsmouth, Virginia. Officer's Quarters A, B, and C were built about 1837. Additional land on the eastern side of the Elizabeth River was purchased in 1845.
The shipyard and neighboring towns suffered from a severe yellow fever epidemic in 1855, which killed about a quarter of the population, including James Chisholm, whose account was published shortly after his death in the epidemic.
American Civil WarEdit
In 1861, Virginia joined the Confederate States of America. Fearing that the Confederacy would take control of the facility, the shipyard commander Charles Stewart McCauley ordered the burning of the shipyard. The Confederate forces did in fact take over the shipyard, and did so without armed conflict through an elaborate ruse orchestrated by civilian railroad builder William Mahone (then President of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad and soon to become a famous Confederate officer). He bluffed the Federal troops into abandoning the shipyard in Portsmouth by running a single passenger train into Norfolk with great noise and whistle-blowing, then much more quietly, sending it back west, and then returning the same train again, creating the illusion of large numbers of arriving troops to the Federals listening in Portsmouth across the Elizabeth River (and just barely out of sight). The capture of the shipyard allowed a tremendous amount of war material to fall into Confederate hands. 1,195 heavy guns were taken for the defense of the Confederacy, and employed in many areas from Hampton Roads all the way to Fort Donelson Tennessee, Port Hudson, and Fort de Russy, Louisiana. The Union forces withdrew to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads, which was the only land in the area which remained under Union control.[2]:30
In early 1862, the Confederate ironclad warship CSS Virginia was rebuilt using the burned-out hulk of USS Merrimack. In the haste to abandon the shipyard, Merrimack had only been destroyed above the waterline, and an innovative armored superstructure was built upon the remaining portion. Virginia, which was still called Merrimack by Union forces and in many historical accounts, sank USS Cumberland, USS Congress, and engaged the Union ironclad USS Monitor in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Confederates burned the shipyard again when they left in May 1862.
Following its recapture of Norfolk and Portsmouth (and the shipyard) by the Union forces, the name of the shipyard was changed to Norfolk after the county in which it was located, outside the city limits of Portsmouth at the time. This choice of name was probably to minimize any confusion with the pre-existing Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Modern shipyardEdit
From the Reconstruction Era until 1917, the shipyard was used both for ship repair and construction and for ship stationing; the current major naval base for the region, Naval Station Norfolk, did not yet exist. As such, the then Norfolk Navy Yard served as the official Homeport for ships stationed in the Hampton Roads region.
No major expansion occurred at the facility until World War I when it was expanded to accommodate 11,000 employees and their families. The shipyard was again expanded in World War II, doubling its physical size, and greatly expanding its productive capacity. During its peak, from 1940 to 1945, 43,000 personnel were employed and 6,850 vessels were built.
After World War II, the shipyard shifted from being a ship construction facility to an overhaul and repair facility. Work on the Iowa-class battleship, Kentucky was suspended in 1950. Its last two ships, Bold and her sister ship, Bulwark, wooden minesweepers, were christened on March 28, 1953 during the Korean War.
Currently, the shipyard is composed of several noncontiguous areas totaling 1,275 acres (5.16 km2). Norfolk Naval Shipyard provides repair and modernization services for every type of ship that the U.S. Navy has in service, which includes amphibious vessels, submarines, guided missile cruisers, and supercarriers, although in recent years the shipyard has primarily focused on nuclear ships and nuclear support ships. The Norfolk yard is one of the few facilities on the East Coast capable of dry docking nuclear aircraft carriers. Another facility capable of drydocking such carriers is Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), located on the other side of Hampton Roads in Newport News, which is the only U.S. shipyard that currently builds and refuels nuclear aircraft carriers.
Captain William Kiestler, commanding officer of Norfolk Naval Shipyard was relieved of duty on July 1, 2010 by order of Vice Admiral Kevin M. McCoy, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, after a year on the job because of a loss of confidence in his ability to command.[3]
Captain Greg Thomas was permanently relieved of command on October 26, 2011.[4] Rear Admiral Joseph Campbell held the post as acting shipyard commander until February 16, 2012 when the command was assumed by Captain Mark Bridenstine.[5]
In January 2016, the shipyard and Pennsylvania State University developed a new submarine oil storage tank cleaning tool improved production processes.[6]
Notable shipsEdit
- USS Chesapeake – 38 gun frigate, contemporary to USS Constitution, fought in the War of 1812.
- USS Delaware – first ship to be dry docked in the Western Hemisphere.
- CSS Virginia – First Confederate ironclad warship, rebuilt from burned out hulk of USS Merrimack; participant in Battle of Hampton Roads against USS Monitor
- USS Texas – First U.S. naval battleship to be commissioned.
- USS Raleigh – First modern cruiser completely built by the U.S. government.
- USS Langley – First U.S. aircraft carrier; converted from USS Jupiter.
- USS Shangri-La – Only U.S. aircraft carrier paid for solely by U.S. Warbonds and subscriptions.
- USS Alabama
- USS Arizona
- USS Enterprise, longest naval ship in the world, and world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
Outside the facility on the nearby Old Town Portsmouth waterfront is the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, which features displays and artifacts from its history.
See alsoEdit
- Rear Admiral Walter McLean, commander of the Shipyard during World War I
- John H. Burroughs, superintendent of the Shipyard during the Union occupation of the American Civil War
- ^ Nobles, Robert. "NNSY History". NAVSEA. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Page, Dave (1994). Ships Versus Shore, Civil War Engagements along Southern Shores and Rivers. Rutledge Hill Press. ISBN 1-55853-267-6.
- ^ Sizemore, Bill (1 July 2010). "Norfolk Naval Shipyard commander sacked". The Virginian-Pilot,. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Sizemore, Bill (26 October 2011). "Norfolk Naval Shipyard commander removed". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Kruse, Meredith (3 December 2011). "New commander to take over at Norfolk Naval Shipyard". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "NNSY and Penn State University develop new tank cleaning tool". naval-technology.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
External linksEdit
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- Official website
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-65-A, "Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Mast House, West side of Warrington Avenue between Shubrick & Breeze Streets, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA"
- HAER No. VA-65-B, "Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Building No. 28A, Adjoining Buildings No. 28 & 29 on Shubrick & Breeze Streets, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA"
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Posted on 10/14/2012 7:48:40 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
There will be a second attempt today for Felix to jump from a ballon at 120,000 feet and parachute, breaking the record for high altitude jumps. There should be a live feed on the website.
God speed!
They are starting to inflate the ballon, everything is a GO at this time.
Great! Beat me to it. It looks as if they are GO on inflating the balloon, and that the breezes aloft are now south of a couple of knots, which is what they were waiting for. This is a 22 mile ascent!
Should be set to go in around 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Meanwhile on the Discovery Channel they are showing Mythbusters while waiting to clear the weather hold, periodically they give a status update but the event should be broadcasted on that channel from what they say.
Post-jump interview: Felix, what were you thinking when you went through the sound barrier?
Felix: MOOOOMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
(Sorry...just a little humor.)
I hope they planned for heat shielding his helmet. I would have thought it would be more pointed.
I don't think he's going to be going fast enough to generate that much heat. However, I'm pretty sure that's something they thought of.
Here's hoping those big brass balls don't cause any problems on the way down.
The standing high altitude jump record was set in 1962 from 100,000 ft, IIRC. Of course, that was part of the early NASA manned space program.
Got a really dumb question: have there already been experiments in dropping objects from near space & measuring reentry velocity? Well, of course there were - they had to determine air friction surface temperatures to calculate how much heat shielding was needed for the space capsules.
In other words, does our high altitude jumper already know for a fact that a supersonic reentry fall prior to contact with lower atmosphere is indeed possible?
Anyway, good luck & Godspeed to him and his venture.
(Heres hoping those big brass balls dont cause any problems on the way down.)
ROTFL! Good one! I hope they're heat shielded too! I wonder how aerodynamic they are - based on their size they definitely should be protruding from the body!
Broadcast about to start...Here we go!
Thanks for the heads up on the Discovery Channel. I don't even like jumping off the high dive.
Got it running on my tv, set up as my "second monitor" with the HDMI cable wire from my computer. Highly recommend spending the $12-18 bucks if you've got a HDMI-compatible tv, 'cause you can watch whatever's broadcast on the net on there and leave your computer free to work.
Just lifted off!
LAUNCH! Now Felix goes up the long ladder......
this is awesome
Beautiful weather here in NM today, air is dead still.
Do they have any idea where he will land?
On live now on Discovery, according to my daughter.
Getting up towards 15,000 ft.
Near Roswell. There's a whole lot of open space down there.
You Tube - link in post 2 - has a good stream
That's actually a part of a contest on the Red Bull Stratos website. You can make a guess and if you're the closest, you'll get a fairly nice watch.
Passing through 22k. Control says two hours and they should be at target height...
He's not entering the atmosphere at 18,000 mph.
Will it happen!!!! We shall see and a bump to the top
A few minutes ago, CapCom ran thru a verbal checklist with Felix...
Didn't Felix sound really slow and tired? He complained that the capsule was too hot for him, about 55DegF inside. He has his glove heaters turned on to MAX heat.
Hope there are no issues with Oxygen in his helmet!
It looks beautiful. A pearly-white, almost translucent ballon against a washed blue sky.
56,000 feet and still going up.
Good Luck Felix!
Thanks to don-o for helping me find this more recent thread.
56,000 feet
Outside Temperature
All this tells me is that Red Bull is way overpriced
Is this being televised on any cable television stations?
Thanks Vince Ferrer.
Just dropped some ballast to ascend faster.
Of course he does. Joe Kittinger, current record holder, is on his mission control team!
Dropped another 60lbs ballast to try and speed assent through jet stream region. Worried about drifting too far to the East.
Discovery Channel is showing it live. Ch 278 on DirecTV.
It's on Discovery Channel right now.
you are welcome
Problem with visor heater?
Uh Oh! No heat in the face mask!
Felix reporting that his suit heat doesn't seem to be working. Has the red LED on but he sometimes gets fogging up on his visor.
CapCom has stopped speaking to him for the moment...
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1. In a medium bowl, stir broth, wine, thyme, black pepper and garlic powder until blended. Add mushrooms; toss to coat well. Cover and set aside.
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3. Add onions to skillet; cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes or until tender and translucent. Add flour and salt; stirring constantly, heat 1 minute. Pour mushroom mixture into skillet. Stirring occasionally, boil 10-12 minutes or until sauce is thickened and mushrooms are tender. Add steaks to sauce; heat 1 minute. Serve immediately.
Makes 6 servings.
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1 garlic bulb (about 3 ounces)
2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
1 cup whole milk
Salt and pepper
4 tablespoons butter
white truffle oil
minced fresh chives
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut off the top 1/2 inch to 1 inch of the garlic bulb to expose cloves. Wrap garlic in foil, place in baking pan and bake until soft and browned, about 45 minutes. Squeeze garlic from skins. Meanwhile, in large saucepan over high heat, bring 1 quart water to boil. Add potatoes, cover and return to boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer until potatoes are very tender, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes and return to pan. Heat milk in microwave oven until steaming, about 1 minute. Pour milk over potatoes; add roasted garlic and mash with potato masher. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon onto plates or into small bowls. Make a well in the middle of each serving and fill with 1 tablespoon butter. Drizzle each serving with 2 teaspoons truffle oil and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon chives.
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Egyptian food industries scoring points in the US market
Saudi Arabia topped the list of importers of Egyptian food products during the first half of 2013
The board members of the Food Exports Council (FEC) who participated in the American Fancy Food Show 2013 announced that Egypt succeeded in exporting 300 food products to the US, with annual sales of Egyptian food exports in US exceeding EGP 500m.
The council urged the establishment of a new supervisory authority to control the quality of agricultural crops and the use of pesticides and chemicals, in order to monitor and increase the quality of Egyptian products.
Alaa El-Bahie, the chairman of the FEC, said the vast US market could accommodate a surge in the volume of Egyptian food exports and the establishment of the supervisory authority would be the key to expanding Egyptian exports to the US market.
"A sample of exports would be analysed before shipping, if it didn't meet regulations, the exporter would have to suspend his operation," he said, explaining that repeat offenders could be barred from exporting for two years.
He noted that olives and olive oil comprise the majority of food items exported, due to the availability of the good soil and the low water needs of the crop, as well as production well over the needs of the domestic market in Egypt.
El-Bahie added that importers may have concerns about the quality of the water used in irrigation: "That's why the European Union prevents importing from specific countries," he said.
According to a report by the FEC, the value of Egyptian food exports to the US amounted to EGP 260m during the first half of 2013, with an increase of 9% from the same period in 2012.
Egypt has been exporting food products to the US for 11 years.
Saudi Arabia topped the list of importers of Egyptian food products during the first half of 2013, with its imports valued at EGP 1.4bn, followed by Libya with EGP 798m, then Sudan with EGP 574m, Jordan with EGP 536m, Lebanon with EGP 475m, United Arab Emirates with EGP 447m and Iraq with EGP 419m.
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- Gulf Islamic banks set to outperform conventional banks for second year: Moody's
- Jordan secures EU finance for socioeconomic and environmental programs
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- Will terror attacks damper Arabs' appetite for European holidays?
- MENA Region made largest strides in Food Security with gain of 2.4 points
- Strong Egyptian Delegation Attending Gulfood 2008; GCC Food Imports Top US$12 Billion Creating Major Opportunities for Egyptian Food Exporters
- Iraq orders 11 pesticide spraying airplanes
- DAMAC Foods awarded – 'Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point' certification by Det Norske Veritas
- Shedding the pounds: Egypt's stock market loses almost $2 billion


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How Animals With Mental Illness Can Help Humans Heal
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How Animals With Mental Illness Can Help Humans Heal
Laurel Braitman, is author of "Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves."
You might have seen the story last week, the rescuers of an elephant chained and abused for 50 years in India said tears flooded down the animal's face when he was taken to safety.
Not everyone believes stories like that but a growing consensus on animal behavior is leaning toward the theory that animals have complex emotional lives — not that much different from our own.
Among the kinds of emotions displayed by animals can be depression, anxiety and self-harm — some of the very traits that might be diagnosed in humans as mental illness.
A new book takes its cue from the problems of one disturbed dog, and examines what the emotional problems of animals can teach us about ourselves.
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text: Adriana Lleras-Muney is an Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at UCLA. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and was an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University for seven years. Her research examines the relationships between socio-economic status and health, with a particular focus on education and income. Her most recent work investigates whether cash transfers to poor families improve poor children's education, lifetime incomes and long term health. She is currently an editor of the Journal of Health Economics. Lleras-Muney is a faculty fellow at the California Center for Population Research (CCPR), the Center for Economic and Social Research and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).


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We are in the early stages of developing an online series that profiles well known people with a focus on their passion for consumer technology. One of our first episodes will be with Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets. Last month a few of us got to hang out with Shane at his house for the day. At the end, I was left with two impressions: 1. Shane is a really nice, grounded guy who happens to play pro baseketball for a living 2) He is really into technology and very articulate about what it means to him. His episode and several others should be coming out in a few months so stay tuned. In the meantime check out Shane's karaoke version of Neil Diamond…Thankfully he is a very good basketball player.Register for Cisco's new web series Digital Cribs.To learn more about visual networking go to: Wikipedia
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Title:Justifications of Inaction: Responsibility and Non-Intervention in Genocide Author(s):PELTONEN, HannesDate:2012Citation:Saarbrücken, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2008Type:BookAbstract:This book's theme is located at the intersection of international relations, international law, and ethics. It provides an excellent overview of discussions on 'humanitarian' intervention during the last decades and an ...
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text: It's Still Preseason For ESPN's Promo Department, TooTimothy Burke9/04/12 9:00amFiled to: The daily screencapFun with graphicsCincinnati BengalsEspnEspn blunders#ChyronfailsNewsSports17EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Monday Night Football starts in a week, and the Worldwide Leader started promoting its first week doubleheader this weekend during college football programming. (You know, the doubleheader that will star Chris Berman in the announcing booth.) That's not the only blunder ESPN's made with the opening weekend MNF, as we have some Fun With Graphics in a far more inexcusable pre-programmed manner. It's Cincinnati, not Cincinatti, & to think this promo passed by so many ESPN eyes without anyone catching it is a real shocker. Reply17 repliesLeave a reply


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Okay, I admit it: I'm on a total Match-3 game binge. First it was Chip Chain, then I Need a Hero, and now Compulsive. I promise you this is the last match-3 game I'm going to review... this week. But seriously now, this is a nice game! And besides, it's not even match-3, it's match-4, which makes it totally different from the others.
Whereas both Chip Chain and I Need a Hero have you swipe between static elements to create long chains, Compulsive is about rearranging the grid: You need to pick up a colored tile, and drop it wherever it will create a sequence with three other tiles like it.
And while both I Need a Hero and Chip Chain introduce subtle layers of complexity on top of the basic matching gameplay, Compulsive keeps things pure and simple: There are no dragons to kill, no power-ups to use, and no shields to craft. Just a vaguely Mondrian-like grid, and you.
It's flat. Flat, and colorful, and simple. Adjacent tiles of the same color meld into larger pieces, making the game board look like an asymmetric, modern art piece. Making a match results in a rain of confetti, and that's about all of the visual flair you can expect. The colors are slightly too similar for comfort, if you're color blind.
I like Compulsive because it's simple. If all you're looking for is some match-4 action without any backstory or free-to-play shenanigans trying to get you to shell out for upgrades, this is a fun game to play.


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A Study to Compare the Effectiveness of a Four Drug Anti-HIV Regimen Given Alone or in Combination With GM-CSF or IL-12 to HIV-Positive Patients
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The purpose of this study is to examine how the level of HIV is reduced in the blood when anti-HIV therapy is initiated. This study will also evaluate whether adding GM-CSF or IL-12 to the anti-HIV drug regimen will increase the rate that HIV is reduced.
The anti-HIV drugs used in this study will include lamivudine (3TC), zidovudine (ZDV), indinavir (IDV), nevirapine (NVP), and stavudine (d4T). All have been used successfully to treat HIV. GM-CSF has been used to treat certain blood disorders; it will be used as an experimental drug in this study. IL-12 (interleukin-12) is a protein found naturally in the body that is thought to boost the immune system. Although GM-CSF and IL-12 have no direct effect against HIV, these drugs may improve the ability of the immune system to fight the virus.
Condition | Intervention |
HIV Infections |
Drug: Indinavir sulfate Drug: Lamivudine/Zidovudine Biological: Hepatitis A Vaccine (Inactivated) Drug: Interleukin-12 Drug: Nevirapine Drug: Stavudine Drug: Sargramostim |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Efficacy of a Four Drug Antiretroviral Regimen Alone or in Combination With GM-CSF or IL-12 Administered to HIV-1 Infected Subjects as Measured by the Characteristics of Viral Decay |
Estimated Enrollment: | 24 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2000 |
Potent antiretroviral therapies that suppress HIV replication have permitted mathematical modeling of the dynamics of HIV infection and clearance by measurement of the decay of viral load in plasma. When de nova infection is blocked by antiretroviral therapy, the viral load decreases exponentially after a short initial lag time ("shoulder"). This rapid decline is followed by a slower second-phase decay. The intent of this study is to utilize four antiretroviral agents (zidovudine, lamivudine, nevirapine, indinavir) and very frequent measures of viral load to explore the drug-specific kinetics of the "shoulder". The decay of long-lived HIV-infected tissue macrophages is thought to be the major determinant of the slow second phase. Further, the study intends to use immune modulating agents with the potential to increase the turnover of infected macrophages, GM-CSF or IL-12, to accelerate the second phase of viral decay.
Patients are assigned to Group A (16 patients) or to Group B (8 patients). Patients in Group A are randomized to 1 of the following 4 initial treatment arms:
ARM A: Final dose combination (FDC) Zidovudine (ZDV)/Lamivudine (3TC). ARM B: Nevirapine (NVP). ARM C: Indinavir (IDV). ARM D: FDC ZDV/3TC plus NVP plus IDV. The initial regimen is maintained over the first 72 hours and blood for viral dynamic evaluations collected while patients are maintained as inpatients. Then, patients in Arms A, B, and C initiate FDC ZDV/3TC plus NVP plus IDV.
Patients assigned to Group B begin the following 4-drug regimen on Day 0:
ARM E: FDC ZDV/3TC plus NVP plus IDV.
On Day 7, patients in both Groups A and B are randomized to receive one of the following therapies in addition to their 4-drug regimen:
ARM F: GM-CSF daily for 2 weeks, then thrice weekly (MWF). ARM G: IL-12 twice weekly. ARM H: No immune modulation. Patients may be hospitalized to initiate immune modulation or may be treated as outpatients. Immune modulation is discontinued after Week 14. Patients maintain their 4-drug regimen through Week 48. [AS PER AMENDMENT 6/11/99: The study duration has been extended to 96 weeks.] Hepatitis A vaccine (inactivated) is administered on Weeks 16 and 40 [AS PER AMENDMENT 2/13/98: to patients whose baseline hepatitis A serology was negative].
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
You may be eligible for this study if you:
- Are HIV-positive.
- Have a CD4 cell count greater than or equal to 300 cells/ml within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Have a plasma viral load (level of HIV in the blood) of greater than or equal to 20,000 copies/ml within 30 days of study entry.
- Are at least 18 years old.
- Agree to practice abstinence or use effective methods of birth control during the study.
Exclusion Criteria
You will not be eligible for this study if you:
- Have taken anti-HIV medication for more than 7 days.
- Have had known seroconversion within 6 months prior to study entry.
- Have any infection requiring treatment within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Have had a fever for 7 days in a row during the 30 days before study entry.
- Have cancer that requires chemotherapy.
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Are taking certain medications.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000896
United States, California | |
Ucsd, Avrc Crs | |
San Diego, California, United States | |
United States, Colorado | |
University of Colorado Hospital CRS | |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80262 | |
United States, Indiana | |
Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Clinic | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Study Chair: | Rhonda G. Kost | |
Study Chair: | David Ho |
Responsible Party: | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000896 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ACTG 387 11346 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number ) |
Study First Received: | November 2, 1999 |
Last Updated: | May 16, 2012 |
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
HIV-1 Drug Therapy, Combination Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Zidovudine Nevirapine |
Stavudine HIV Protease Inhibitors Lamivudine Indinavir Interleukin-12 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Stavudine Zidovudine Lamivudine Nevirapine Lamivudine, zidovudine drug combination Indinavir |
Interleukin-12 Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Anti-HIV Agents HIV Protease Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Adjuvants, Immunologic Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 29, 2017