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The "75 Years of Excellence" promotional banner MGM is flying over its pictures this year sits with particular discomfort on "The Mod Squad," one of the lamest films the company ever has foisted upon the world.
The "75 Years of Excellence" promotional banner MGM is flying over its pictures this year sits with particular discomfort on "The Mod Squad," one of the lamest films the company ever has foisted upon the world. This latest bigscreen retrofitting of a vintage TV series (1968-73) feels like the most shameless effort yet in the renewed exploitation of the youth market, which should quickly become apparent to the target audience. Foul word of mouth will spread quickly to send this exercise in pipsqueak crime-fighting back to its vid roots in short order.
As if admitting that the old TV show may not be all that familiar to teens, filmmakers have felt compelled to run dictionary definitions of "mod" and "squad" before main titles. This is followed by TV-like intros of the three leads, who come equipped with the same names as they had in the series, the first network co-option of late-'60s anti-establishment fervor. There's Julie (Claire Danes), the sullen blond former vagrant and heroin addict; Pete (Giovanni Ribisi), a rich boy gone bad, and Linc (Omar Epps), a black kid with a thing for arson. Instead of doing time, they have agreed to serve as undercover agents to help infiltrate the counterculture — er, trendoid hangouts where old scumbuckets prey upon vulnerable, unsuspecting youth. As their mentor, L.A. police Capt. Greer (an embarrassed-looking Dennis Farina), helpfully points out, "These kids can get into a thousand places that we can't." In a contempo context, after so many years of ultraviolent and hyperkinetic action films, the bland hokiness of "The Mod Squad," whose members, after all, aren't "real" cops and can't carry guns, looks as innocent and dated as silent-movie melodrama. Assigned to get the lowdown on a suspected teen prostitution ring being run out of a downtown club, the kids are in over their heads, and Julie, pretending to be a waitress, runs into an old boyfriend from her druggie days (Josh Brolin) who wouldn't mind helping her renew old habits. By any standards, the stakes remain penny ante throughout, and the sporadic stakeouts, confrontations and action set pieces are crashingly silly and routine. Naturally, some of the older cops, who have opposed the use of the squad from the beginning, are in cahoots with the bad guys, and the way the kids get the goods on them is so preposterous that you'd think such an idea would be rejected even for a TV episode, much less a feature. Thesping is at least consistent — sullen looks, tough posturing and line readings crafted to conceal any emotion are the order of the day. Although Danes looks sharp, it's depressing to see her talents squandered on such a project; as for the up-and-coming Ribisi and Epps, the quicker they move on from this, the better. Director Scott Silver (the overrated "Johns") attempts to jumpstart some excitement with the usual array of musicvid-derived cutting and lighting techniques to deadening effect, and the special abilities that lenser Ellen Kuras has brought to numerous indie pics prove useless here. If possible, the staggeringly conventional score makes the film seem even more juvenile than it is. For some reason, distrib decided this teen-oriented film needed to be R-rated; script seems to go out of its way to throw in multiple uses of the f-word, and a couple of gratuitous background sex scenes are the only other things that could have generated the restricted tag.The Mod Squad
An MGM release. Produced by Ben Myron, Alan Riche, Tony Ludwig. Executive producers, Aaron Spelling, David Ladd. Co-producers, Michael Bennett, Richard Stenta. Directed by Scott Silver. Screenplay, Stephen Kay, Silver, Kate Lanier, based upon characters created by Buddy Ruskin.
Camera (Deluxe color), Ellen Kuras; editor, Dorian Harris; music, B.C. Smith; music supervisor, Randy Gerston; production designer, Patrick Sherman; art director, Andrew Max Cahn; set designer, Cat Smith; set decorator, Patricia Elias; costume designer, Arianne Phillips; sound (DTS), Darin Knight; supervising sound editor, Andrew DeCristofaro; assistant director, John Hockridge; second unit director/stunt coordinator, Shane Dixon; second unit camera, Sandi Sissel; casting, Christine Sheaks. Reviewed at MGM screening room, Santa Monica, March 10, 1999. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 94 MIN.
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Linc Hayes - Omar Epps
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Detective Briggs - Steve Harris
Detective Mothershed - Richard Jenkins
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Lanier - Lionel Mark Smith
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Greene - Michael O'Neill
Bald Dude - Stephen T. Kay
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6 Ways States Are Addressing the Doctor Shortage
States are trying to ensure there will be enough health professionals to provide care to the millions expected to get insurance next year under Obamacare.
You hear it all the time: One of the great unknowns and the biggest concerns for 2014, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extends health insurance coverage to up to 30 million people via Medicaid and private insurance, is whether there will be enough doctors to take care of all the new patients.
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the country will be 90,000 primary care doctors short by the end of the decade, leading many to ask what the point of giving people health insurance is if they don't have adequate places to go to use it.
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It's a concern that most states are taking seriously during their current legislative sessions. States can't train 90,000 doctors overnight, so they're trying to address the shortage with "scope-of-practice" legislation, which sets standards for what medical services health-care professionals can perform. This year, at least 170 scope-of-practice bills have been introduced in 39 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
One of the more common proposals across states is to expand nurse practitioners' jobs to allow them to perform more basic primary care and even open their own clinics. At least 50 bills related to nurse practices have been introduced in 22 states. While debate over each bill is distinct, scope-of-practice legislation, particularly covering nurse practictioners, sometimes faces opposition from doctor groups that say they worry about unqualified personnel giving care without supervision.
To lessen the impact of the nation's doctor shortage, states are exploring many more options beyond letting nurses perform primary care. Here are six of the more unique ideas being floated in states, courtesy of NCSL's legislative database. All, with one exception, are still working their way through the legislative process.
1. Boost the number of community health workers
Florida lawmakers have proposed creating the Community Health Worker Task Force. Community health workers are usually volunteers and tend to work in underserved areas -- the kind that are likely to see more insured people next year. They offer a range of basic services and help connect people with primary care clinics for more involved treatment.
The task force would recommend ways to integrate community health workers into health care or Medicaid reform, such as teaming them up with doctors and nurses. The group would also consult with the state's colleges and universities to set statewide standards for what skills potential community health workers should be taught and how to certify those that qualify.
2. Let out-of-state doctors practice
Is a medical license from one state as good as one from another? Two states, New Mexico and New York, have suggested it is. Bills in both states would allow doctors with out-of-state licenses to practice within their borders.
Each state's proposal has some limitations though. The New Mexico bill would only allow out-of-state doctors to perform medical services in the state for up to 30 days. They would also have to be sponsored by an in-state organization, located in underserved areas and would have to work on a volunteer basis. The New York legislation also requires voluntary service and a sponsoring group, but sets no cap on how long out-of-state doctors can serve in the state.
3. Let pharmacists give vaccinations
Nothing is more routine yet more important, some say, than vaccinations. So Maine wants to make it easier for kids to get them. Under current law, pharmacists can give shots to adults but not children. A bill would loosen those rules and allow pharmacists to vaccinate kids ages 9 and older with a doctor's prescription.
4. Loosen the rules for midwives
The term 'midwife' might conjure images of an earlier age when more children were born in homes instead of hospitals. But midwives are still important in helping modern women deliver their babies. Legislation in two states would give officials a better grip on the profession and allow midwives to take on more responsibility.
Indiana has proposed creating a State Midwifery Board to set firm qualifications for certified midwives and develop standards for education and training. On the flip side, it would establish penalties for practicing without a license. A New Mexico bill, which is sitting on Gov. Susana Martinez's desk, would revise the state code to allow certified midwives and nurse practitioners to perform certain ultrasound procedures under limited circumstances.
5. Allow nurses to assign physical therapy
Most bills expanding the services that nurses can provide refer to routine care like making basic diagnoses and prescribing low-level medications. But a bill in Florida has another very specific function in mind: letting nurses assign people to physical therapy. Physical therapists would be authorized to follow treatment plans outlined by not only doctors but also advance registered nurse practitioners, who usually have a Master's degree.
6. Let nurses declare death
When the worst happens, somebody still has to officially certify people's death. New Jersey and New York have suggested streamlining that process. The former is considering letting nurse practitioners determine the cause of death and sign a death certificate if a doctor isn't available. The latter has proposed allowing physician assistants, under the supervision of a doctor, to issue a death certificate.
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- Conventional wisdom says we should reduce unnessary emergency room visits if we want to cut health care costs. But this New York Times post turns that perspective on its head. The crux is: People can't diagnose themselves. Mild symptoms can be the sign of a serious problem, so be cautious about turning people away from the emergency room.
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Rubber Gloves to Condoms Give Ansell Edge in Emerging Markets
Natasha DoffAnsell Ltd., the world's largest maker of protective clothing, is seeking to boost expansion and best the competition by tapping middle-class growth in emerging markets with sales of high-tech gloves and upmarket condoms.
"We're focusing on emerging markets because working hands have moved from developed to developing markets and clearly we need to be where working hands are," Chief Executive Officer Magnus Nicolin said in an interview in London. "We have the opportunity to grow rapidly for many years before we hit any kind of ceiling."
Founded more than a century ago as a rubber company, Ansell has been investing in innovation and expanding its international presence. The Richmond, Australia-based company introduced 48 products in the fiscal year ending June 30, up fourfold on previous years, while emerging market sales increased 17 percent to represent more than one-quarter of total sales.
New products released by the company in recent years include hand protection that's resistant to fire and electric shocks, sweat-proof rubber gloves and a line of condoms made of lightweight polyisoprene instead of latex. Such products allow the company to tap into rising demand for high-quality products from middle-class consumers in emerging markets.
Ansell posted pretax profit of A$156.7 million in the fiscal year through June, an 8 percent increase from the previous year. Analysts predict 2014 profit of A$190.3 million, implying a 21 percent increase, according to the average of 11 analysts' estimates collected by Bloomberg.
"Ansell's profits are growing at a high and rising rate and they're relatively cheap," said Timothy Stanish, an analyst at Eva Dimensions in New York. "They are profitable so investing more is a good thing for them to do and will compound the wealth they create for investors."
"Middle-class people in emerging markets are all of a sudden expecting to get good quality medical care, which includes surgical procedures," CEO Nicolin said. "Countries like Russia and Brazil are also introducing western European-style legislation for industrial hand protection."
After gaining a foothold in Brazil, Russia, India and China, Ansell is now turning its attention to Africa and southeast Asia. The company has made eight acquisitions over the past two years and currently has at least $250 million available for new purchases, Nicolin said.
Since Nicolin took over as CEO in February 2010, the company's share price has increased about 90 percent to A$19.63 for a market value of about A$2.6 billion. That compares with an 18 percent rise for the Australian benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index.
While competition is high in some of the segments Ansell works in, such as the condom market where it competes with Durex maker Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, the protective gloves market is fragmented. Ansell says it has about 12 percent of the market, while the second biggest player, Honeywell International Inc., has 5 percent, and other operators have less than 1 percent.
Ansell plans to increase its share by using its exposure to multiple markets to both develop greater expertise and stay afloat during downturns. The polyisoprene used in the company's high-end condom range was initially developed for surgical gloves.
The exposure to multiple sectors also makes the company more resistant to crises, particularly since the sexual wellness segment is counter-cyclical and the market for medical gloves remains stable through economic cycles.
"The sexual wellness segment tends to balance our portfolio," Nicolin said. "When the economy is bad, people have more sex, it's as simple as that."


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During his weekly radio program, the archbishop said the Year for Priests is an occasion for emphasizing the religious and supernatural dimension of the priesthood amidst the influence of today's culture which leads people to see the priest as "simply a person devoted in generic terms to the service of others, as an agent of social promotion," and not as a man of God.
Archbishop Aguer recalled that the role of the priest is "to teach, sanctify and pastorally guide the people of God," which is a ministry proper to bishops, as successors of the apostles.
However, he warned that modern society not only fails to appreciate the spiritual dimension of the priesthood, but also seeks to "gleefully highlight the bizarre," and the scandals and failings of some members of the clergy, without acknowledging "the exemplary life and generous commitment of so many priests, the silent majority, who faithfully carry out their ministries."
For this reason, he called on the faithful to not only pray for more vocations to the priesthood, but also for the holiness of priests. "I think it is important that we all take advantage of this time, especially in order to acquire a more clear conscience about exactly what the priest is and about what can and should be expected of him," the archbishop said.


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'Saturday Night Live' delivered a double dose of Paul this weekend as Paul Rudd hosted and Paul McCartney performed in a night of tongue lashings and tons of tunes.
The sketch highlight of the night was hands-down the return of the overly-affectionate and highly inappropriate Vogelcheck family which saw dad (Fred Armisen) sticking his tongue down Rudd's throat and brother (Bill Hader) getting to second base with a hilarious fondling that felt uncomfortably endless.
The musical highlight, though, was getting to see the Beatle perform four (yes four!) times, including the songs "A Day in the Life" and "Get Back" and Wings' "Band on the Run," among others.
Watch Rudd swap spit in another uncomfortable, but hilarious, segment with the overly-affection Vogelcheck family.
McCartney performs "Band on the Run."
Macca popped into "Weekend Update" to voice the role of Prince Charles' wife Camilla in a segment about the recent attack on the couple's car by student protesters in London.
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Jason Bay's Bid To Become The 2013 Comeback Player Of The Year Will Not Occur In A Mets Uniform
Maybe he should've signed with Beirut after all? Arguably one of the biggest free agent busts in New York Mets history, oft-injured OF Jason Bay (above) will take his diminished skills elsewhere next spring, as the club has announced a buyout of the remaining two years on his $66 million contract. Before you start high-fiving yourself over the end of the Bay Era, Amazin' Avenue's Eno Sarris reminds us the Canadian vet's departure leaves the Mets with only Mike Baxter as the only healthy 2012 outfielders after Lucas Duda's recent furniture-moving mishap.
It seems folly, in some ways, to let a viable outfielder go when it's such a position of need. On the other hand, with declining power and patience, and bad defense to begin with, Bay has become a minus. He was literally worth almost a win less than replacement last year, and the year before he was barely above replacement. A back-of-the-envelope projection might not have Bay producing positive value next season.
That's how you get a completely sunk cost. Even with sources telling Jon Heyman that Bay will receive his full salary from the Mets, a minus is a minus and a roster spot should be used for plus symbols. Even a flawed Valdespin would be above replacement in the corner outfield, most likely. And by pushing or stretching the payments out over time, the Mets may have gained some near-term financial flexibility from the deal even if they didn't save any money overall.


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YaSabe, the leading local and mobile search destination catering to U.S. Hispanics, today launched Autos, the first bilingual automotive classifieds advertising service specifically built for Hispanic consumers. Built using responsive design, YaSabe Autos provides a modern pin-board interface and advanced search functionality, which are available from any web or mobile browser.
"US Hispanics purchased more than 7M new and pre-owned vehicles last year, a 27% increase from the year prior, which is twice the rate of growth in the general market," said Zubair Talib, CEO of YaSabe. "YaSabe offers dealers and private sellers a digital marketing solution to reach Hispanic consumers who are in-market and searching for cars online."
The new Autos site enables consumers to search from of thousands of new and used cars, trucks, vans and SUVs. The New Autos classifieds from YaSabe features:
The new Autos platform lets YaSabe syndicate content to Hispanic media partners and to local automotive dealers that want to provide their users with a bilingual search interface. YaSabe will offer services and specialized digital marketing products to automotive dealerships and private sellers that are interested to reach Hispanic consumers.
Visit the new Autos in its beta version at classifieds.yasabe.com.
About YaSabe YaSabe is America's largest and fastest growing local search destination for businesses and classifieds information that cater to Hispanic consumers. YaSabe connects millions of users annually to online listings, cultural content and community-sourced information. Offering a fully bilingual interface, including personalized email responses from local experts, YaSabe has grown by 800%, year-over-year. For content publishers and advertisers, YaSabe provides partnership possibilities with syndicated content, revenue opportunities, and access to expanded Hispanic audiences. For more, visit http://www.YaSabe.com.
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The Milwaukee Bucks have ended trade discussions with the Orlando Magic regarding Orlando shooting guard J.J. Redick, reports Lance Allan of the Milwaukee-based television station TMJ4. "Hearing [...] J.J. Redick talks are over," Allan writes.
The sticking point for Milwaukee is the future first-round pick Orlando wants in any Redick deal. The Bucks didn't want to part with one, so either they or the Magic left the negotiating table.
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Rio -Rainbow Gate!-
I think there was a thread for this once, but it appears to have vanished off the map.
http://riorainbowgate.com/ Though based on the most unlikely of things, it deserves to be discussed as much as anything else. |
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Based on the PV, I really don't know what to expect from this.
I mean, Rio's the damn goddess of victory. Um... would you really keep that kind of employee in a casino? But I guess this could be a "so silly it's actually fun" kind of show. Inoue Marina's mature voice, Chiaking in a major role (it's been a while), and Hikasa Youko doing a character called LINDA-R-2007? Neat.
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That was basically what I thought when I found about this series, service!
But I'm sure theres more to it than that Can't deny I will checking out this series mostly for the Rio Fan Service tho, it's hard to think of anything else atm
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It would be nice to have some story, but I'm ok with pure fan service, if it's Rio
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Now that the thread's up and running again, the OP and ED.
The OP is sung by the quartet of the show's heroines - Marina Inoue, Yoko Hikasa, Ayana Taketatsu and Chiaki Takahashi. The ED is by ULTRA-PRISM, best known for singing the OP of Ika Musume. |
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Simulcasting is go! Tomorrow, at least.
2011-01-03, 23:32 | Link #11 |
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Now that Crunchyroll has announced that they will be streaming Rio -Rainbow Gate-, for all intents and purposes, AnimeSuki will now treat this show as licensed, thus the licensed rules are now in effect, and from this post forward, the following posts are no longer allowed:
These rules applies to fansubs (in English or any other language) and raws alike. If a Mod notices anyone breaking these rules then expect to be banned from the forums. It's unlikely a warning will be given and do not expect to be notified, you will just be banned. Please use the Report button if you notice any of the above rules being broken.
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Well like I said before I thought it was just service and so far it still holds true but thats def no bad thing here
It's plain and simple Rio is oh and is that an albino Yuno?
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Analysts the world over are assessing the situation in the Middle East in 2012 by listing the region's "winners" and "losers". Hamas won. Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi won, then lost. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won. Syria lost. Iraq lost. Iran had a draw (tougher sanctions, but closer to nuclear-weapons capability), as did Saudi Arabia (growing clout, but unable to stop the killings in Syria or Gaza) and Israel (avoided massive bloodshed, but became even more isolated).
All of these lists, however, are merely the pastimes of policy wonks. In the bloody, hostile miasma of the Middle East, being a "winner" in any sense of the word is fallacious. The region continues to breed only losers. The victims of the conflicts in Syria, Iran, and Palestine; the friends and families of the victims; those who hope for peace: all lost.
This is a grim reminder that when it comes to killing one another, repeatedly missing opportunities for peace, and botching all efforts at progress, no one can beat the Middle East. In 2012, the region proved once again that it is truly the best at perpetrating the worst.
When will these vital, eclectic, and prosperous (or potentially prosperous) countries stop their ravenous infighting and start nurturing, protecting, and sustaining their people? While there have been many prescriptions, I will provide my own 2012 Middle East roundup, with a look towards what must happen in 2013 if we want it to bring fewer losses.
The Israeli killing machine must be stopped by a determined US using its leverage to bring about implementation of the land-for-peace principles of United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, the Madrid Conference, the Oslo Agreement, and the Abdullah Peace Initiative.
This is the only way out of the current unworkable predicament.
Borrowing a term from nuclear strategy, the situation between Israel and the Palestinians can be described only as "mutually assured destruction", also known, fittingly, as MAD. It benefits no one, so why let it continue? Only the US has the ability to push the Israelis out of their MAD-ness, so I look forward to the Obama administration recognizing and acting on that moral obligation in the coming year.
The Assad killing machine must also be stopped. In this case, it is through the West agreeing with Saudi Arabia to arm the Free Syrian Army with the defensive weapons that it needs to ground Bashar al-Assad's aircraft and immobilize his tanks and artillery. Unlike some conflicts in the region, this is a case with a clear and simple solution. Those being attacked merely need weapons to defend themselves; if they get them, the entire dynamic of the conflict will shift, in turn ending the bloodshed.
By now, all of the actors in Syria are known. There are no hidden jihadis, terrorists, or gangsters. They are all well documented. So the moderates are the ones who should get the anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons. Having them, their prestige among other fighters will soar, and so will support for their moderate stance.
Iranian intervention in Iraq must stop. It is tearing Iraq apart and endangering the countries around it. Western and Iranian support for Nouri al-Maliki's government, which is controlled by Iran's Basij militia, must be withdrawn, enabling the Iraqi people to determine freely their own destiny.
Did the Americans defeat Saddam Hussein, and did more than 100,000 Iraqis die in the process, so that their country could become a puppet of the hostile Iranian regime? Iran's meddling in Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen, and other Gulf states must end as well.
In addition to these major tasks, Palestine's main political rivals, Hamas and Fatah, must reconcile and turn their united efforts towards improving the lives of the Palestinian people. Egypt must get over its post-revolutionary squabbling and reassume its leading role among the Arab states. And all Arab states must coordinate their efforts to realize common ambitions, rather than continuing to pursue only narrow national interests.
Central to all of these tasks is a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that is united into a confederation that can meet the challenges of Iran's regional ambitions and bring major military deployments to bear on regional conflicts. If anything has become clear in the last year, it is that states like Israel, Iran, and Syria will act with impunity if no one is ready, willing, and able to stand up to them. It is time for the GCC, anchored on Saudi Arabia's power, to take up that role.
The Middle East has been losing for too long, because its national leaders have been seeking to win in their own way, for their own purposes, and at everyone's cost but their own. Such unilateralism is impossible in today's globalized world. We must join together, or else we will rip each other to shreds. The choice is simple: Do we want to be winners or losers? ©2012/Project Syndicate
Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud, chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, was the director general of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah, Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency from 1977 to 2001, and has served as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UK and the US.


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Axa IM wants to make its funds available to investors in Latin America
BNP Paribas Securities Services has won an extended mandate to provide Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) with settlement agency services in Latin America. The service will be provided to Axa through the custody bank's membership to the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) regional clearing platform. This will allow Axa to make its fund ranges accessible to the largest brokers in the region. Axa IM is catching on the growing trend for fund managers distributing into the Latin American region. Investors and local regulators are becoming ever more open to opportunities to connect local investors with inbound international funds, according to BNP Paribas. This step is part of AXA IM's ongoing efforts to expand its geographical footprint. Joseph Pinto, chief operating officer, at AXA IM, said: 'Latin America is a key target market for us as the doors into the region are opening." The firm has extended its - client service platform - 'Offer to meet Needs Everywhere' (ONE) to the region. "BNP Paribas has shown constant support in our international expansion, providing expertise in regulatory change and distribution trends locally. We are pleased to be partnering with them in our efforts to make our funds available to investors in Latin America." Jean Devambez, head of asset and fund solutions, BNP Paribas Securities Services said that although European asset managers want to enter the region, there are several barriers that are causing them to hesitate. "We believe that a fuller understanding of the region will allow many more managers to take advantage of the opportunities there." He added: "Latin America has become a hot spot for fund distribution, attracting a growing number of foreign funds and asset managers attempting to capture rapidly growing local interest in foreign securities. We understand the challenges our clients face when entering new markets, and look to stand by them throughout the process."
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Aus 343 Designs von 88 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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We are a small and private british swiss group of companies diversified amongst the financial services, petroleum, commodities, oil field equipment and services and technologies.
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We have multiple companies all starting with the name "Anglo Swiss":
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Therefore we want a unified AngloSwiss which we can use as a brand accross all current and future subsidiaries and just adding / integrating the extention to it (e.g. Petroleum).
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This movie is 2 hours and 28 minutes long and was directed by Christopher Nolan. The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, and Lukas Haas.
Before I attempt to explain some of the complexities of this movie, I must say how much I enjoyed Inception. Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) managed to create an engrossing piece of work here, where there's a quality plot and characters along with terrific special effects. (Pay attention Michael Bay!)
Also, before the you the rest of this, I must give a SPOILER ALERT. There are several thoughout the review.
Basic plot summary: The basic story involves the concept of entering people's dreams to extract information. A company known as Cobal provides this service with specialized extractors, who are usually called upon to find secrets about other companies through exploring an unknowing person's subconscious. Cobb (DiCaprio) is considered the best at this, although his personal life has recently changed drastically for the worse because his wife killed herself and police in America believe he actually murdered her. So he works primarily in Europe, unable to go home to be with his two children in the United States, who he misses greatly. A powerful businessman named Saito (Watanabe) offers Cobb a special payment (his record wiped clean in America) if Cobb and his team can perform a major task: He wants them to plant an idea in a man's head about his company, which is monopolizing the same thing Saito's company does, and get him to break up his empire into smaller pieces so that Saito's company can continue to be successful.
Planting an idea in someone's subconscious is called inception, and according to the movie's world it is an extremely difficult task to perform without the individual being aware that someone else put it into his mind. Cobb takes "a leap of faith" and accepts Saito's offer, knowing both the difficulty of the task and the possibility that Saito won't follow through on his word. He assembles a team, which must include an architect (someone to design the layout of the dream), a forger (one with a keen skill in conning), a special chemist (someone who knows how to use particularly heavy sedatives since they have to go unusually deep into the mark's mind), and a few others who can provide needed help with the project.
Review: Although the film moves pretty fast when it comes to explaining further details about inception, most people will understand it provided they pay attention. It's definitely a film that requires a viewer to concentrate a little more than one normally has to with most other movies, but is worth the effort to enjoy this unique piece of work. The beauty of the dream worlds Nolan creates is phenominal. Today's special effects capabilities shine throughout the film, where dream worlds can explode if the dreamer panics, Parisian buildings can fold over onto themselves if desired, and visually tricky mazes and loops can appear when needed by the extractors (and implanters).
Concepts get slightly precarious when Cobb's team works to build a dream within a dream, within a dream in order to plant the idea in the mark's head without him realizing it. The deeper you go into the dreams, aspects of time shift and time actually moves along a lot slower to the dreamer. Also, in order to wake up from the deepest dream within a dream you are in, a complicated plan must be created to jar those asleep back into consciousness. Thorny as it is, the film makers manage to pull it off and the attentive viewer stays on the edge of their seat throughout the last third of the movie.
I won't go into much more detail so as not to spoil Inception for those who haven't seen it yet. But there is certainly more involved in dream-invading and more involving Cobb's dead wife- who he feels tremendous guilt about and who appears in the dreams often in order to mess up Cobb's plans while he works.
Notable scenes: Toward the beginning, Cobb is working on a dream extraction and must be jarred awake by dropping the chair he is sleeping in into a bath filled with water. The action is edited in a superb way, where while he is dreaming he watches as huge bursts of water break through the dream world and eventually getting to him, waking him up. This early scene gives a viewer an idea of what they're in for during the rest of the film.
Also, the fight scenes toward the end in which characters are floating through a suspended dream world are terrific. In the first dream, a van holding all of the sleepers ends up rolling over several times, then falling off a bridge; those who are in the deeper dreams see the dream world spinning and feel the loss of gravity as they fall in the first dream. This provides for more gorgeous special effects as the team fights off bad guys in the middle of it all.
In the end, I give this film a well-earned A. I've seen it twice already now, actually, and I haven't gone to see a movie at a theater more than once in years.
I really only have one thing to offer here, and that's the feeling I got when watching it which stuck with me as I was walking away from the theater. It's a bit hard to explain, so I'm going to have to resort to metaphor. Bear with me, if you will.
The visuals of Inception were well done, if noticeably 'generic Matrix' (which to some degree was itself an iteration of a subset of 'Paul Verhoeven Modern'). As for the rest of it...I think the best way I can put it is that it was sort of like watching a movie which was trying to pull off a really over-the-top complex special effect. In fact, the effect is so complex that there's no way they can get the crew doing it 'out of the shot.' Imagine that the technology doesn't exist to do the effect in post production, and the supporting equipment and personnel can't be moved far enough from the effect to move them offscreen. The McGuffin Effect itself looks unbelievably cool, however.
So while you see the effect when watching the movie, you also see a team of people and all their gear surrounding the effect, which ruins the illusion the effect is going for. You appreciate the effort and skill that the effects artists mustered up to do this really complex thing, but you weren't affected the way the director wants because you could see the effects team up there. The reason you could see them is that the technology just didn't exist, or wasn't available, to put them actually outside the camera's eye. OK? Got that image?
Now, for Inception, take that same description - only substitute 'story' for 'effect.'
I know what Nolan was trying to do. I could even, deep inside this 'frame' of trickery, 'see' a sub-movie where what he was trying to pull off was happening. I just couldn't get the larger picture, that of a movie consisting of completely visible, unexciting and pedestrian plot scaffolding and story patches, out of frame.
So I guess I give the whole crew points for effort, skill, and execution - but the whole thing is still in the red because of the initial design decision that let all those hackneyed plot scaffolds stay 'in frame.'
Honestly, I can't help thinking that maybe Christopher Nolan was drinking one night and made a drunken bet where he said to someone "Yeah, I can get a heist movie climax, a chase movie climax, a commando movie climax, and a martial arts movie climax ON SCREEN ALL AT THE SAME TIME." Technically, he won, and I doff my hat to the gyrations and gymnastics and finance required. But actually watching it? Well...let's just say I have real trouble suspending enough disbelief to just watch the movie. I keep feeling like a figure skating judge. All the technical components of the score are high. The 'Flow' (or for newer events, 'Interpretation') score, though? Not so much.
Suggested soundtrack for this essay: Erik Satie "Gnossienne No. 1-6" for most of it, and then Philip Glass "Powaqqatsi" for the last 4-5 paragraphs.
Perhaps when you clicked the link to this essay, you were still expecting a simple review. Or maybe, you were expecting a clever analysis of Inception that would put the film in its proper sociocultural context. The more inventive of you may have even assumed that I would just rant endlessly on topics that are only somewhat related to the film. I'm afraid to say that it is the latter of you, dear readers, who would be correct.
Inception nearly made me lose my mind. As I perceive it, it was another orchestrated attack on my psyche by one Leonardo Di'Caprio. Seriously, what is with this guy? Starring in Shutter Island and Inception, and releasing both in the same year? It's as if this man, this dapper Hollywood multi-millionaire goon, forever young and well-groomed (with his makeup and hair products), has an agenda to make me and JUST little old Buddha me question my eggshell reality with his warped films. I left his last two films feeling like I was walking into a frightening alien world (which he would have been delighted to hear, I'm sure). After Inception, my hands were honestly shaking as I put the keys into the ignition of my car to leave.
My mini-nervous breakdown actually began the night before I saw Inception. I was playing at my piano, tickling ivory and ebony (from the bones of dead elephants, keepers of wisdom), when my fingers started playing a scary chromatically colored minor key song of their own creation (as is their wont, as anyone who tries to write songs understands that it isn't a conscious effort). I was inspired, for some reason, to try and read an Edgar Allan Poe poem over the ominous notes. It was then that I chanced upon Poe's A Dream Within A Dream for the first time. I must have spent a half-hour trying to make the poem fit with the song before I gave up and ate a bologna sandwich (pickled bologna with pepper jack cheese). Needless to say, I liked the poem very much.
The next night, as I nestled in a cozy plush theater chair of Mass Production (what kind of mass?), imagine how startled I was when the phrase "a dream within a dream" emanated from the screen not once, not twice, but many, many times. To be fair, I did know that the movie was about dreams beforehand (although I honestly believe that I had no notion of the convoluted dreams within dreams concept it would explore). You could say that the whole coincidence was the product of some kind of subconscious projection on my part that could be traced back to me watching a trailer for the film. I happened to read a poem and was drawn to it because I somehow knew subconsciously that it was related to the movie I was already planning on watching the next day. Whether it was a projection or not (but the film was), I still think the whole incident qualifies as being an example of "spooky action at a distance", to borrow a phrase from Albert Einstein (and, thus, giving my ideas instant credibility).
I would say even more so after I realized that the similarities between the film and the poem did not stop with that phrase. The entire poem reads as if it could have been the deepest, innermost thoughts of Di'Caprio's character, Dominic Cobb. In Poe's poem, the narrator laments a lost love from a surf-tormented shore. He knows not what plane of reality he and his lover had lost hope on, knowingly only they had ultimately lost it. Sweetly or maybe morbidly, he kisses her farewell. Where is he going? We are never told. Perhaps he is going to kill himself. Or, he could be leaving her to go deeper within his dreams, the escapist fantasyland of his own insanity. Anyone who has watched the movie can make the connections between Inception's plot and the poem without my help. I hope, anyway, for my sake more than your sake.
Understandably, my psychically intuitive senses were piqued (abilities of intuition inherited from my European ancestors, who had spent much time honing them in the chaotic realms of Dionysus). The door to my mind and soul ajar, I watched as the film put all of my preexisting paranoid fears into a disconcerting context. Finally everything made sense. I mean, what happened is that everything in fact stopped making sense, which was the only thing that made sense in the first place.
For the whole of my all too brief life, I have had a deep fascination with coincidences. I feel as if my life has been guided by events too perfect in their alignment to be mere happenstance. Chances are, you too, in your life, have been guided by events intelligent in design and uncontrollable in their power. My personal belief is that these events are coordinated by otherworldly forces to subconsciously influence the directions we take in our lives. For better or for worse I can't say.
What Inception has done is made me realize that coincidences could be used by higher powers to implant our minds with ideas, to bring us towards a desired action (or "inception", as the film refers to it as). For example, I once had a dream where a Blue Cloudy Sprite tried to transmit me melodies telepathically, as they should be transmitted. As the transient piano keys floated and flitted in front of me, I struggled mightily to play the transcendental melodies. Did someone invade my dream? When I think I dream, is that just another level of the dream I'm already in? Does that mean people could be invading my subconscious while I think that I'm awake?
"I don't how to play this," I told the spirit, and He/She in His/Her infinite wisdom didn't say anything but gently, kindly nudged me awake, like I was a babe in a manger.
It was a month before Christmas, the birth of Jesus, Son of God. On his birthday, I opened a box wrapped in candy cane paper. It was a Yamaha keyboard. Since that glorious day of pure white snow, I've been almost a slave to music, one of many man and woman army working diligently to build a pyramid out of sound for the Pharaoh's pleasure (see Radiohead: "Pyramid Song"). I honestly believe that music is a way for supernatural entities to communicate with us. Was it not my keyboard that delivered me to Poe's poem? And not so coincidentally (sorry, it was a coincidence, I suppose), music was used in Inception by Cobb and others to send messages between different dream states, or levels.
And what to make of these dream states? Christopher Nolan, Inception's writer (and producer, and director, and caterer, I'm guessing), puts forth the idea that the people your subconscious projects into its dreams are more one-dimensional than real people. This, too, worried my fragile super-ego (my Id is fine, thank you). I feel like the reasoning skills of people are too flimsy. I find that the connections they make and the justifications they use for them are fanciful at best. Surely, there must be scientists and mathematicians out there who reason strongly, but I never actually meet them. I just know the average American, and their delirious sense of reason is beginning to make me feel that I must be in a dream, or hell, or on very the precipice of hell, peering below at the fire and brimstone and suffering, Jonathan Edward's sinner in the hands of an angry God.
Which now brings me to my most insidious conclusion, that ideas are being incepted in my dream, or someone else's dream that I'm trapped in, to convince me to kill myself so that I can escape this dream and move back (or forwards?) to a higher level of existence (which relates to darker experiences I won't share here, and again relating to Poe's poem). That is how Cobb and his wife, Mal Cobb, escape a shared dream. Of course, you, the reader, are most likely a projection of the dreamer. Consequently, you will try to convince me of the validity of the dream world. A dream can only exist when a dreamer believes that it is real. Once a dreamer realizes that a dream is fake, it becomes something else (and then, usually, you wake up). I truthfully had to drink myself to sleep after seeing Inception to calm down.
Strange coincidences involving dreams and media has become a motif in my life. The first time I smoked salvia with my cousin, he put on a Japanese animated film called Paprika while I was tripping (it was a mild trip, so I could still make out the images on the television screen). As he did this, I became convinced that he and everybody else was out to torment my mind. Somehow, I felt that I existed separately from them, not just in the sense of being a different person, but in the sense of being a completely different kind of entity. As you can probably almost guess, I later found out that Paprika's plot is about dreams taking over reality. Of course, I had to see it while smoking salvia, the drug that made me start questioning reality (and how and why is that drug still legal, given our government's stance towards psychedelic drugs?). I have many more stories in that mold, like the time I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey and thought that aliens had guided me to it. For the sake of brevity, I won't divulge all of the sordid details. All I'll say is that this time is serious.
It's funny, while I was writing this (over about 3 days, not because I was creating a masterpiece, but because I'm lazy), I had a spooky drunken conversation with a friend of a friend. He started telling me that nothing was real, and that we could do anything we wanted if we just believed it could be true. This man wasn't what you would typically perceive as a lunatic, either. He was a very popular young hipster, with suspenders and hair and a waistline that I'm sure a girl would kill for. He was ranting about subconsciousness and the idea of universes existing within molecules, as dreams within dreams. Was he a projection of my own subconscious? It reminded me of how my mom used to tell me that God could move a mountain for you if you wholeheartedly believed He could do it (I mean, you could do it). Was she a projection, too?
I had to laugh. We're all just crazy, aren't we? And here we are, all Prometheus-like, trying to steal the flame from the gods. I took my lighter, made in China, and lit a cigarette. I watched the flame burn slowly, illuminating my shoes, made in China. I thought about my dad's explanation of his Buddhist beliefs. We are all, according to him, One, part of a larger Godhead, who fractured himself, broke himself up into these shards we call Us so that could experience the joys of life as we know it. Or, you could call us projections of His subconsciousness. One day he will wake up and all will return to one, the Grand Universal Consciousness. The gods and goddesses, as Buddhists know them, are evolved beings that urge us forwards, to Nirvana. They incept us with ideas by taking "spooky action at a distance". These Far East thoughts, made in China, were like a mirror image of what I had been thinking.
Here we are, all the same, all subconscious projections of a Grander Being, moving towards he same conclusions in the most supernatural of ways. Me and that guy are just dumb saints, dumb prophets, or dumb priests, moving unknowingly towards realization. If only I knew what it was. Does it mean that I really should kill myself? Or is it a metaphor, or a Zen koan, urging me to kill my ego, that ugly ragged doppelganger hanger-on following me around with his ever-present storm clouds?
Uh. Turn me on, dead man.
But the future From the present Is only dreaming Conjured by design.
Or born from the accident Where headlong A face becomes broken As through a windshield it shreds.
Well as you can see from everything written above me I didn't come here to write a plot synopsis or even to give much discussion of the film.
Perhaps the most significant (and oft repeated) part in the film for me is the following:
You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't know for sure. How can it not matter to you where this train will take you? Because we'll be together.
Two things of fundamental importance jump out at me from this dialogue: Faith and Love.
Now, although I initially approached this from a religious--though I prefer to think of it as existential--perspective, I won't bore you with the details of that. What is important is I stress by faith I do not mean belief (in God). I simply mean a confidence, trust, assurance, devotion, loyalty, or commitment. The crucial point that this back and forth between Mal and Dom emphasised for me is our dependence on these harmonious opposites-faith and love--to give us rhyme and reason in our lives.
From the film we can see that Mal lost her faith in reality. Not only that but her faith in everyone she cared for. Her husband and children (as you'll notice I chose to accept the more optimistic ending). Mal lost her faith in these things but kept her love for them. With only love but no bond she was essentially turned into the villain of the movie. She was scary at times--giving the film it's thriller edge. She became a monster in her love for things (seeking them was her only intent)and without maintaining a real commitment or bond to them.
Perhaps this says something about the human condition. With only love we can become obsessed. Infatuated, fixated, consumed, preoccupied, and fanatical. We become dangerous in one way or another. In the film, Mal was selfishly focussed on pulling Dom towards her. It would have broken all ties with reality. With no emotional or social ties they would have been dehumanised. Essentially we need to hold both faith and love in equal measure to maintain our humanity.
I've discussed faith without love but what of love without faith. Well love already heavily implies that very faith. The commitment to another. If you need a definition think 'Do unto others...', Abraham's sacrifice to God, Christ's sacrifice to Mankind or John 3:16. If you're diametrically opposed to bible references, think of love as doing something for someone else even though you know it'll make you unhappy. Breaking up with your dream girl because you know she'll be happier with someone else.
So if you don't hold that love towards another person. What's left? You substitute the role of the human. Greed, consumerism and materialist sentiments spring to mind. it leads to a single person accumulating more wealth than they could spend in several lifetimes. Take bankers for instance. Demanding ever more wealth even after having achieved this. Perhaps in reaction, resentment, reparation for the realisation of futility of your own mortality. The kind of sentiment that argues rather lamely: 'whoever dies with the most stuff wins'.
Anyway, back to what I was on about. So we require that coexistence of faith and love. Where do we find that exactly? Well I mentioned before that people may choose to see it in commitment to God. Since you can't know for certain if there exists a deist God (just as neither of our main characters know where the train will take them) faith in God becomes becomes not belief in the supernatural but a bond between men.
However as I said, it doesn't have to come from an existential or religious premise. It may come from anywhere that is strong and resilient enough for you. For most people, even those who are religious, it will come through family. Another thing the film emphasises is the importance of family. Nonetheless, wherever you choose to seek the foundation for this 'faith' it helps if it's something deep and impenetrable like the ontological concern for the nature of God that gives you a solid basis for living in faith and love with others.
So here it is. This wasn't meant to be taken as a religious homily. It's simply my way of emphasising how this film has an overwhelmingly optimistic (or, Christian) theme. At least for me. But maybe you think I'm looking too hard. Seeing what I want to see.
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Beginning; commencement; initiation.
Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. Rawle.
Reception; a taking in.
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The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (EIA) joined with the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to analyze the world uranium supply and demand balance. To evaluate short-term primary supply (0–15 years), the analysis focused on Reasonably Assured Resources (RAR), which are resources projected with a high degree of geologic assurance and considered to be economically feasible to mine. Such resources include uranium resources from mines currently in production as well as resources that are in the stages of feasibility or of being permitted. Sources of secondary supply for uranium, such as stockpiles and reprocessed fuel, were also examined. To evaluate long-term primary supply, estimates of uranium from unconventional and from undiscovered resources were analyzed. At 2010 rates of consumption, uranium resources identified in operating or developing mines would fuel the world nuclear fleet for about 30 years. However, projections currently predict an increase in uranium requirements tied to expansion of nuclear energy worldwide. Under a low-demand scenario, requirements through the period ending in 2035 are about 2.1 million tU. In the low demand case, uranium identified in existing and developing mines is adequate to supply requirements. However, whether or not these identified resources will be developed rapidly enough to provide an uninterrupted fuel supply to expanded nuclear facilities could not be determined. On the basis of a scenario of high demand through 2035, 2.6 million tU is required and identified resources in operating or developing mines is inadequate. Beyond 2035, when requirements could exceed resources in these developing properties, other sources will need to be developed from less well-assured resources, deposits not yet at the prefeasibility stage, resources that are currently subeconomic, secondary sources, undiscovered conventional resources, and unconventional uranium supplies. This report's analysis of 141 mines that are operating or are being actively developed identifies 2.7 million tU of in-situ uranium resources worldwide, approximately 2.1 million tU recoverable after mining and milling losses were deducted. Sixty-four operating mines report a total of 1.4 million tU of in-situ RAR (about 1 million tU recoverable). Seventy-seven developing mines/production centers report 1.3 million tU in-situ Reasonably Assured Resources (RAR) (about 1.1 million tU recoverable), which have a reasonable chance of producing uranium within 5 years. Most of the production is projected to come from conventional underground or open pit mines as opposed to in-situ leach mines. Production capacity in operating mines is about 76,000 tU/yr, and in developing mines is estimated at greater than 52,000 tU/yr. Production capacity in operating mines should be considered a maximum as mines seldom produce up to licensed capacity due to operational difficulties. In 2010, worldwide mines operated at 70 percent of licensed capacity, and production has never exceeded 89 percent of capacity. The capacity in developing mines is not always reported. In this study 35 percent of developing mines did not report a target licensed capacity, so estimates of future capacity may be too low. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimate an additional 1.4 million tU economically recoverable resources, beyond that identified in operating or developing mines identified in this report. As well, 0.5 million tU in subeconomic resources, and 2.3 million tU in the geologically less certain inferred category are identified worldwide. These agencies estimate 2.2 million tU in secondary sources such as government and commercial stockpiles and re-enriched uranium tails. They also estimate that unconventional uranium supplies (uraniferous phosphate and black shale deposits) may contain up to 7.6 million tU. Although unconventional resources are currently subeconomic, the improvement of extraction techniques or the production of coproducts may make extraction of uranium from these types of deposits profitable. A large undiscovered resource base is reported by these agencies, however this class of resource should be considered speculative and will require intensive exploration programs to adequately define them as mineable. These resources may all contribute to uranium supply that would fuel the world nuclear fleet well beyond that calculated in this report. Production of resources in both operating and developing uranium mines is subject to uncertainties caused by technical, legal, regulatory, and financial challenges that combined to create long timelines between deposit discovery and mine production. This analysis indicates that mine development is proceeding too slowly to fully meet requirements for an expanded nuclear power reactor fleet in the near future (to 2035), and unless adequate secondary or unconventional resources can be identified, imbalances in supply and demand may occur.
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USGS Report Released: Critical Analysis of World Uranium Resources
Recently, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a report titled Critical Analysis of World Uranium Resources (USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep. 2012-5239). The 66-page report available here, authored by Susan Hall and Margaret Coleman discusses the following:
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Construction to start on new NH wood-burning plant
Construction is expected to start this month on a new wood-burning plant in Concord, N.H.
Financing for the $70 million plant by Concord Steam had been uncertain for years. The new plant would replace an aging one on the New Hampshire Hospital campus.
The Concord Monitor reports the city and state governments agreed last year to buy power from Concord Steam for at least 10 years. The contracts require the plant to be operational by Jan. 1, 2014.
Concord Steam president Peter Bloomfield said the project is moving forward.
The company will meet with city officials in the next few weeks to discuss the construction timeline, said Carlos Baia, deputy city manager for development.
Concord Steam bought land in 2007 for the new plant, which would provide steam heat and hot water to more than 130 downtown buildings. The city's planning and zoning board approved the plan in 2008.
The project has been delayed as Concord Steam sought financing, as well as customers for electric power it will produce in addition to heat.
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April 16, 2013
Trinity Frozen Foods LLC has announced plans to develop a 150,000-sq-ft processing facility in Robeson County, N.C. The plant, scheduled to open July 1, 2013, will initially employ 60 people and grow to 150 employees within the first 36 months.
Trinity Frozen Foods markets sweet potato fries in both the foodservice and retail markets. Brand names include Sweet Sensations and Frizzles. Trinity also produces private label products sold in national supermarkets.
"This will be the most modern and technological facility of its type in the world," said Jere Null, CEO of Trinity Frozen Foods. "We are excited to be locating it here in North Carolina amongst the largest, most abundant source of sweet potatoes in the country."
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Season 3 of "Parks and Recreation" will finally answer one of the show's ongoing mysteries: If Ann (Rashida Jones) is a nurse, why does she spend so much time hanging out at Pawnee City Hall?
"They're finally making good on that," Jones says with a laugh. "[The writers] acknowledge it, which is funny — 'Why are you still here? You don't even work here!' — but I think the premise of that is we live in a small town, so we don't have that much to do. And I did go and follow an ER nurse, and they [usually] work three days a week. … So it's justifiable."
The season's second episode, airing Jan. 27, will show Ann in full work mode as she deals with a flu outbreak in Pawnee, and she tells Zap2it that later in the season, she finds a "good reason" to be hanging out in the halls of government. "Thus far it's been, 'Ann whores it up at City Hall,'" she jokes. "She's basically dated everybody here."
For most of the show's first two seasons, Jones played the straight-woman role while the other actors had bigger comedy scenes — which fit Ann's character as the most grounded and grown-up member of the group. This year, though, Ann will cut loose a little bit.
"Her whole journey has been about not just being a girlfriend, not being a doormat, trying to find herself. I think she's still pretty lost and confused," Jones says. "I also think as sane and logical and pragmatic a foil as she seemed to be for Leslie's [Amy Poehler] hopelessly idealistic, slightly illogical self, it kind of becomes clear now that Ann is not completely sane. She's got her own issues she's dealing with — which is great, because that's really a joy to play."
Issues such as …?
"She has a little bit of a slut run in the third season," Jones says. "An unabashed, empowerment slut run, where she's just dating a bunch of dudes and not apologizing for it — which I'm sure women do, but there's something about it that's slightly manic and desperate and crazy. But she's controlled about it, which makes her even more crazy.
"There have been a lot of those moments where I get a chance to just unleash a little bit," she adds. "I think Ann has been so tightly wound for so long that … I snap a couple of times. Which is good."
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Retired UFC Middleweight Jorge Rivera Says Champ Anderson Silva Has His Work Cut Out For Him
By Tom Taylor
It's been almost three months since Jorge Rivera announced his retirement. On January 20th, at UFC on FX 1, the former UFC middleweight blasted Eric Schafer with a barrage of punches, scored a TKO win, and walked out of the UFC's octagon for the final time.
He is no longer a professional cage fighter, but MMA is still woven deeply into his life, keeping him as busy as ever. And while the spotlight may not follow him as closely as it once did, Rivera took time out of his schedule to speak with Full Contact Fighter about his life after fighting so far.
Since that final fight, Rivera says his retirement has been excellent and that he believes he retired for the right reasons.
"I was getting too old, man. Other than the money, I didn't see any reason to be fighting anymore," he said, citing his feeling that his career had run its course. "If my heart and soul aren't into it, what do I do?" he continued.
It was most certainly a long and fruitful career—one that saw him enter the cage with legends like Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin, as well as other notables such as David Loiseau, Chris Leben, Kendall Grove, Michael Bisping, and The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 veteran, Nate Quarry, whom Rivera pummelled into retirement.
The win over Schafer, though, was the culmination. While Rivera spent some time on his back during the fight's first round, he rallied in the second, brutalizing Schafer and scoring a TKO victory 1:31 into the second frame.
Despite the rough first round, the decisive ending was exactly the kind of exit from the sport that he had hoped for.
"It felt great. It's the way I always wanted to go out," Rivera said of the win. Having achieved his goal of retiring in the wake of an impressive victory, Rivera can now focus on other things. Where his days were once filled by the frequent and rigorous training that is required to excel in MMA at the elite level, they are now filled with work of a different kind.
"I'm working man, I'm working a lot," he said, explaining that a retirement from professional fighting does not imply an exit from the work world. Rivera now runs his own gym, Rivera MMA, in Milford, Massachusetts. "I'm trying to set up my gym right now. I've got a family to take care of. I work a lot."
His career as a fighter spanned nearly eleven years, and, should he have opted to continue fighting professionally after his battle with Schafer, it would now be almost time for his next fight. Given this, Rivera admits it has been somewhat difficult to turn off the internal clock he developed that tells him it's time to compete again.
"You know, I watch the guys fight out here, and I miss it. I enjoy that competition," he explained. But while he misses certain aspects of his former career, he says he will not stray from his choice to retire.
"I'm not thinking about fighting again. Even when I feel like I watch these guys do their thing, and I want to do it again—I don't want to," he said, hesitating for a moment before continuing, "I'm cool, man, I'm cool. I'm done fighting."
Throughout his long career, Rivera says he has achieved everything he hoped for. While his wins were never rewarded with a middleweight title shot, he says he is free of regrets.
Even his three cancelled bouts with rival striker Alessio Sakara do not disappoint him. His long career was riddled with knockout victories and exciting fights—something he is proud of, and rightly so.
"I did this because I loved it. I got to fight in the UFC. That was the main goal. I got paid for awhile, and I got to fight some of the best fighters in the world. I had a great time. I enjoyed it. How many people have gotten to do what I got to do?"
Retired or not, his long-time role in the UFC's middleweight division does make him an interesting commentator. Rivera doubts that there are challengers in the middleweight division likely to dethrone the reigning champion, Anderson Silva.
He does believe, however, that Silva will have his work cut out for him in the future.
"There are always people there, you know. As far as chances right now, there's Vitor Belfort. His rematch coming up with Chael [Sonnen] is going to be a tough fight for him." Rivera said. While he wouldn't offer an official prediction for Silva's title fight with Sonnen, he did offer some speculation.
"I think Anderson's the man. It's going to be tough to beat him. He's the best fighter in my opinion right now and he's going to be tough to beat.
With his fighting career now behind him, Rivera looked back and summarized what it was that he loved about it, and what led him to participate in 29 cage fights over a span of eleven years.
"It was many things. It was a combination of things. It was the fans, and the competition. It was everything."


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Patrick R. Ewing of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, was elected to a three-year term as a trustee of Kiwanis International in June 2013 at the 98th Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Patrick participated in his first Kiwanis-sponsored project when he was in the sixth and seventh grades, serving as a school crossing guard. He served for six years in CKI (where he met his wife, Kristina), and a further 19 years in Kiwanis—first with the Kiwanis Clubs of Gordon Head and Sidney & Peninsula, then with the Kiwanis Club of Victoria and the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay. He was also a charter member of the Cascadia Internet club.
Over the years he has served Kiwanis in various capacities, including as club president of Sidney & Peninsula in 1998-99, lieutenant governor in 2000-01, K-Kids District Administrator in 2001-05, District Marketing & Public Relations Chair in 2005-08, Membership Chair in 2009-11, and district governor in 2009-10. His international roles have included serving as PNW District Coordinator for The Eliminate Project; Chair of the Growth Committee for the Americas; Vice-chair of the Growth: North America West Committee; Secretary for the 2009-10 Class of Governors, International K-Kids Committee Member, and Board Liaison to Key Leader. In addition to numerous club and district honors, Patrick is also a Walter Zeller Fellow, a George F. Hixson Fellow, a Carthage-Pullman Society Fellow, a G. Harold Martin Fellow, and a member of the Kiwanis International Foundation's Heritage Society.
Patrick has dedicated more than 20 years to public sector service, working for both the governments of British Columbia and Canada, including 15 years in federal-provincial relations. As Director of Fiscal Arrangements, his area of responsibility accounts more than $7 billion in annual income to the BC Government.
Patrick's non-Kiwanis interests include dogs, Toastmasters, football, music, and social media. He's a strong supporter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and honorary president of the Spokane Humane Society (2010).


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Should I take a hybrid online section of Writing 300?
WRIT 300 is a research writing course in which you will learn the academic discipline needed to write a research paper based on an important question related to your major.
Unlike most sections of this course, hybrid sections of Writing 300 typically meet in the classroom once per week, rather than twice. Students will work on their own using the Internet and BlackBoard to access notes and assignments, and to communicate with the teacher and other students in the class.
Though the amount of work is the same as the regular classroom WRIT 300 sections, students will not have the same amount of face to face interaction with the teacher. When not in the classroom, communication with the teacher will take place via e-mail and Blackboard. The advantages of a hybrid course are obvious for those who want to eliminate traveling time to the college, but the hybrid choice is not for everyone.
We have prepared a brief self-survey for students who want to make sure the course is right for them.
Ask yourself if the following statements apply to you by responding "Yes" or "No". Your responses can help you decide if you should take a hybrid WRIT 300.
- I am self-motivated and have had success working independently.
- I read written instructions with care and am capable of following them closely.
- I ask questions whenever I am confused or concerned about my work.
- I am a good reader and have developed successful techniques for reading college level assignments.
- I may have a busy schedule, but I almost always get my work in on time and meet the requirements of the assignments.
- I am very comfortable working at the computer and have some experience with web-based writing tools, such as email, forums and discussion boards, attachments, and file uploads/downloads.
- I have a computer at home - or one that I can access easily away from the college - and this computer has Internet access.
- I have some experience using Blackboard for a college course I have taken.
If you answered "Yes" to all of these questions, a hybrid section of Writing 300 may be right for you.
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Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon played soccer in high school, remains a soccer fan and had previously mentioned his desire to attend this year's World Cup in Brazil, so it was no surprise to see Garcon tweeting about Monday's USA-Ghana match. His three tweets during the game perfectly encapsulate the USMNT's 2-1 win.
Great start USA
— Pierre Garçon (@PierreGarcon) June 16, 201
— Pierre Garçon (@PierreGarcon) June 16, 2014
Haha nice comeback
— Pierre Garçon (@PierreGarcon) June 16, 2014
(Note: Those boxes in Garcon's third tweet are actually American flag icons, which don't come through when tweets are embedded in WordPress.)
Garcon was far from the only Redskins player invested in Monday's game. Here's a collection of U-S-A love from Garcon's teammates and other local pro athletes. Remember: The boxes are flags. Lots and lots of flags.
Americaaaaaaaa pic.twitter.com/Hmbj4rFL0K
— Ryan Kerrigan (@RyanKerrigan91) June 16, 2014
Goooooaaaalllll!!!!!!!! #USAvGHA
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) June 16, 2014
DEMPSEY…that was fast
— London Fletcher (@LFletcher59) June 16, 2014
Praying for @JozyAltidore #USAvGHA #USMNT #OneNationOneTeam
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) June 16, 2014
I'm more excited to watch the World Cup then I was watching the NBA Playoffs
— Niles Paul (@Niles_Paul84) June 16, 2014
The head coach of the United States of America men's soccer team may not believe in us! But I do! **Starts USA chant**
— Ted Bolser (@TedBolser) June 16, 2014
— Chris Thompson (@ChrisThompson_4) June 16, 2014
— Kai Forbath (@KaiForbath) June 16, 2014
YESSSSSSSSSIRRRRR!!! I can breathe now LMAO #USAvGHA #WorldCup2014
— Brian Orakpo (@rak98) June 16, 2014
I believe that we WON!!!!
— Chris Neild (@TruckNeild) June 16, 2014
Great win #USA
— Chris Baker (@cbaker92redskin) June 17, 2014
USA 1 down!!
— LaVar Leap Arrington (@LaVarArrington) June 17, 2014
Game time!!!!! USA USA USA!!!
— IG:TheRealGwiz (@the_real_Gwiz) June 16, 2014
— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) June 16, 2014
Get well Jozy
— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) June 16, 2014
Ghana fans turnt tho
— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) June 16, 2014
Who's ready?! Let's go #USA!!! #WorldCup2014 pic.twitter.com/R3ZnCJP8oA
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) June 16, 2014
Nothing like hearing the whole stadium sing the National Anthem..So fired up right now! Let's go boys!! #USAvGHA
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) June 16, 2014
USA. Let's go #USMNT
— Jerry Blevins (@JerryBlevins_13) June 16, 2014
— Lucas Giolito (@LGio27) June 16, 2014
Excited for the #USMNT game today against Ghana! Go @ussoccer! #OneNationOneTeam pic.twitter.com/J6ipN5smsK
— John Carlson (@JohnCarlson74) June 16, 2014
Boom!!!!!!!!!!! #USMNT
— John Carlson (@JohnCarlson74) June 16, 2014
At least one local pro is cheering for a different country, though Kevin Seraphin doesn't appear to have discovered the French flag icon on Twitter.
1-0 yeah baby #TeamFrance
— kevin seraphin (@kevin_seraphin) June 15, 2014
That 2 !!!!!! Yeah #TeamFrance #FifaWorldCup
— kevin seraphin (@kevin_seraphin) June 15, 2014
The French team is playing beautiful football right now. even if that just Honduras ! Thats a very good start :) #franceworldcup #proud
— kevin seraphin (@kevin_seraphin) June 15, 2014
Its Time to turn off My Tv lol thats enough lol 3-0 lol #FranceVsHonduras #France #FifaWorldCup
— kevin seraphin (@kevin_seraphin) June 15, 2014
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Rabi Laby
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70.00% | Overall Rank: n/a DS Rank: n/a 2011 Games Rank: n/a 2011 DS Rank: n/a Score based on 1 review |
Rabi Laby requires teamwork, dedication and the love of a great adventure. Alice is a spunky young girl who adores her fluffy pet rabbit named Rabi. One day Alice was looking for Rabi and finally found him right before he jumped into a small hole in a tree. Without thinking twice, Alice jumped in after him. This is where their magical adventure begins. Alice and Rabi encounter intriguing animals and creatures that may lead them to the exit, or stop them from escaping. Together they will explore and discover things unlike anything they've ever seen before. They must work as a team to find the key and escape each area of the mighty labyrinth. Both Alice and Rabi have their own unique abilities and you must switch between them in order to complete each area and ultimately escape the labyrinth's grasp. The labyrinth awaits you...
Release Date: March 14, 2011
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Nintendo Life | 03/21/11 | Review | 7 out of 10 |
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