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Editor's note: L. Brent Bozell is the president of the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog organization, and the founder of CNSNews.com, an online news service with an emphasis on investigative journalism. CNN asked Bozell to address the young conservative activist movement, the topic of the documentary "Right On The Edge," which airs this Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. For another view, click here.
Washington (CNN) -- It was the fall of 1995, and there was open warfare in Washington over the Republicans' Contract with America.
Liberals had declared that civilization as we knew it was imperiled by the evil machinations of Newt Gingrich and Co.
This is to be expected of liberals on Capitol Hill -- but those weren't the effective ones. It was their colleagues in the national so-called "objective" so-called "news" media whose "reporting" was poisoning the public discourse.
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was a frequent target of conservatives' ire. On November 28, he was a guest of Mike Rosen, the top-rated conservative radio talk show host in Denver, Colorado. Rosen directly accused him of having a liberal bias, but Rather would have none of it.
"I'm a lifetime reporter. What I care about is news," Rather insisted in his telephone interview with the KOA host.
"I'm all news, all the time. Full power, tall tower, I want to break in when news breaks out. That's my agenda. Now, very respectfully, when you start talking about a liberal agenda and all the, quote, liberal bias in the media, I quite frankly, and I say this respectfully but candidly to you, I don't know what you're talking about. ... What I don't like, and if you want to see my neck swell or the hair begin to rise on the back of my neck, is to be tagged by somebody else's label."
Rosen was unimpressed, insisting that Rather was biased. Callers called and repeated the accusation.
Rather was in knots.
"Oh, bullfeathers, bullfeathers. Total, complete bullfeathers! Look, there is a limit where you have to just say, 'Listen, this is off-the-wall stuff,' and this is off the wall. ... Listen, my answer to the lady [is] Madam, prove it and I'll report it. Or get somebody to prove it and I'll report it."
But then the golden moment arrived. Rosen asked about the "Mediscare" campaign and how the press was willfully echoing the Democratic Party line that Republicans wanted to cut Medicare coverage, which was simply false.
Rather's answer was remarkable: "On the 'CBS Evening News,' here's what we try to do. We catch it from both sides on this, which doesn't necessarily mean we've been doing it right. Some of the time, we use the language, 'Medicare cuts,' which is what the Democrats insist these are, and some of the time, we use that these are, 'cuts in the rate of growth for Medicare,' which is what the Republicans prefer. We try to walk that line, we try to call it one way one time, one way the next time ..."
This was too much for Rosen, who pointed out that it simply was not true that CBS was giving equal time and, besides, if it were, it would mean that at best, CBS would be telling the truth only half the time.
Click. Rather hung up.
It was a perfect illustration of the challenge conservatives faced 15 years ago with a national news media almost uniformly liberal and arrogant and blatantly advancing a political agenda rather than reporting news. Their contempt for anything conservative was palpable, and should an uppity right-winger -- Ronald Reagan, Gingrich -- catch fire, the media hellfire was as ferocious as it was predictable.
Conservatives didn't stand a chance. They owned a handful of newspapers and opinion magazines, and if they combined their audiences, they could match perhaps a tenth of the audience of just one television news network.
Conservative talk radio was exploding, to be sure, but as opposed to "news reporting," Rush Limbaugh and the industry he spawned were (correctly) labeled as biased, and their reports labeled commentary.
The nature of their business was such that conservatives could only react with opinions to what liberals presented as objective truth.
Today, the internet has changed everything. Enter the citizen journalist, the person (or entity) that can now create news and present it directly to the public without going through the filter of the liberal press.
The left no longer controls the flow of information and therefore no longer can control the narrative. For years, there's been systematic corruption at federally funded outfits like ACORN; it took James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles -- armed with a camera and a chinchilla coat -- to bring them down.
The liberal press has filed hundreds of stories about "racism" at the Tea Party rallies; one black conservative activist at BlackandRight.com, armed with a camera and a creative impulse, simply filmed the blacks who participate in the rallies to shatter the canard.
In 2004, Dan Rather tried to take down President George W. Bush when he challenged the authenticity of his military service; instead, conservatives on the internet exposed the dishonesty of his hit piece and took down Dan Rather.
The left is, of course, apoplectic now. "Why, just look at the abuses!" they scream, even when they can't find them. Are there land mines out there? Sure. Could the citizen journalist abuse the public trust? Hypothetically, of course. Conservatives must all guard against this.
An example of abusing that trust is the attempted prank by O'Keefe against CNN, which I have clearly stated is not in line with the conservative movement.
Read Bozell's full statement on the attempted CNN prank
Let there be scrutiny, by all means. But however it's done, those who devoted themselves to advancing a liberal agenda on the traditional media, all the while calling it "news," and those who turned a blind eye to these abuses over the past half-century, should kindly recuse themselves from the conversation.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Brent Bozell.


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Get Ready to Preserve Your Socks Off
The angle: One-stop shop for everything you ever wanted to know about how to preserve anything, ever.
Recipes for right now: Blackberry Vinegar, Swedish Pickled Cucumbers, Chinese Plum Sauce, Raspberry and Vanilla Jam, Salted Cod Fillets, Dry-Cured Pancetta, Cold Smoked Salmon, Sauerkraut, Apple Cider, Green Curry Paste
Who would enjoy this book? Anyone who's fallen hard for canning this year and wants more ways to preserve all year round.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi
• Who published it: Kyle Books
• Number of recipes: Lots
• Other highlights: There are two ways you could approach this book. You could use it solely for the recipes, gleaning ways to make your summer produce haul last all year round. There are plenty of really fabulous recipes — enough to keep you busy for many summers to come!
But along with the recipes, you can also use this book as a guide. Each chapter starts off with a comprehensive look at the type of preserving being addressed — preserving in vinegar, with sugar, with salt, air-drying, fermenting, and so on — and then the headnotes go into further details on using specific ingredients, making adjustments, and various useful preserving facts. Lots of places to dig in and get your preserving fix with this one.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: The Gentle Art of Preserving by Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi
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We are one of the leading European repair providers with a service center located in Landau, Germany. Our location covers a total area greater than 5.500 m² and we maintain one of the top repair facilities in Europe, processing more than 60.000 repairs per year.
High-tech testing systems, top infrastructure and highly motivated staff (over 100 employees) are the main reasons for the success of our European-acting company.
Apart from the repair center, we also run our own call center and logistic center. Due to this, digitest is able to offer comprehensive warranty and repair processing. Digitest does the after sales services for numerous well-known manufacturers.
Our major repair products are:
- LCD + TFT Panels, LCD & PDP TVs
- Projectors / Beamer
- Printers (matrix, laser, color-laser, inkjet)
- Notebooks, Netbooks, PCs
- UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
- POS-Equipment, Electronic Cash Equipment
- DVD Players, DVD Recorders, Set Top Boxes
- Consumer Electronic
The company was established in 1991 and has about 14 years experience in the
field of repair business. High-tech testing environments, optimised repair and shipping
processes and complete quality control to ISO 9001:2008 guarantee quick, affordable
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Manos Silk Blend is a luxurious blend of merino and silk. Hand dyed in large kettles to create a marbleized, subtly striated effect that forms a rich palette of glorious colors. No two skeins are exactly alike and there are no dye lots. Manos yarn is hand dyed and hand wound by cooperatives in Uruguay. As with all hand dyed yarn, there can be variation in hue, even within the same dye batch. Please be aware that the basic winding technique used by the co-ops can result in up to a 2 gram variation in 50g hanks.The Manos Cooperatives are a part of the World Fair Trade Organization and every hank of Manos yarn you purchase helps a woman in Uruguay support her family!
Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend Multis Yarn is a similar yarn: merino wool, hand wash, dk (21-24 sts/4 in), 50 gram, 70% merino, 30% silk, 150 yards. You may also like Malabrigo Silky Merino Yarn, which is another similar yarn: merino wool, hand wash, dk (21-24 sts/4 in), 50 gram, 150 yards.
What about yarn that have the same look and feel? Find more yarn that is fair trade and ethically sourced, and a smooth / uniform texture.
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- Building a System that Rates and Administers Online Therapy Sessions
- Building a Customized Content Management System (CMS) for a Dairy Products Company in Record Time
- Enabling Online Ticket Sales for a Formula 1 circuit
Building a System that Rates and Administers Online Therapy Sessions
Accessing therapy is almost exclusively an offline domain, with the proverbial couch conversation being the medium of choice. However TherapyRoad.com was based on an idea that revolutionized this notion: the website made therapy accessible over the internet. However, powering this engine needed more than just fruitful relationships between the website and therapists who would make themselves available for chat sessions with clients. There needed to be a way that a potential client could evaluate the therapists available and make an informed decision. In a scenario where most choices of therapists were based on referral or word-of-mouth, how could a reliable system be built that would let a user know how good the therapist was. Once he or she had made a choice, how could the system enable that interaction?
How StrApp delivered value: It was important to arrive at a framework that would throw up a rating that made it easy for users to make a choice. To do this the following parameters were identified:
- Educational Background: This parameter assumed that a therapist with a PhD was superior to one without. Indeed, in a knowledge-driven profession, the higher the educational qualification, the higher the score.
- Number of years of experience: A therapist who was a seasoned hand at addressing client issues was more likely to be effective than one who was just getting started. Thus the number of years of experience added to the therapists' score.
- User Reviews: The number and quality of user reviews was the most direct and powerful measure of the therapists' performance. One who was consistently getting positive reviews from clients was likely to be more effective than one who was not.
- Number of Interactions per month: This parameter was based on the assumption that a busier therapist was someone the more clients had faith in than someone who was not as busy. The number of interactions in a month contributed to the therapists' score.
A combination of the factors above would result in a rating that was displayed against each of the therapists in their listings.
Once the user made a choice, he or she could contact the therapist via text chat directly. This was conceived of as a non-threatening, easy way of making the first contact with a therapist online. To access a therapist the client would need to register and make the payment beforehand.
The therapist could send in his or her advice via text or in cases where the need was felt, there was the option of the video email message. Realizing that advice sometimes comes out best if delivered face-to-face, the video email option required the therapist to record a video message where he or she would talk about the client's issue, helping in addressing it. This video link was then emailed to the client.
TherapyRoad.com continues to have thousands of customers that swear by the service thanks to the intuitively designed system.
Building a Customized Content Management System (CMS) for a Dairy Products Company in Record Time
StrApp developed a wholly customized CMS for an Australian Dairy products company that needed the flexibility to create web pages based on business needs.
An Australian Dairy Products company had a powerful web presence with a growing base of users who depended on the online channel to avail of offers that were made available on an ongoing basis. The cost advantages of running a marketing campaign or promotional activity made it more viable for the company to increase focus on the website and ensure that it met the business' needs. However, working with vendors who took care of website administration tasks such as creating new pages with upcoming promotional activities was proving to be a bottleneck.
Pre-solution scenario: Market dynamics frequently dictated the promotional activities that the company ran. This would be based on prevailing customer requirements and competitor activity. There were scenarios where a certain promotional offer needed to get off the ground in a short timeframe to best harness the opportunity in the market. However the long turnaround times that the web administration companies worked on translated into missed opportunities. By the time the web page with the offer and the redemption procedures were set up, the offer was no longer relevant in the market. The company needed a system through which they could create these pages on their own without having to invest in a full-fledged in-house web development team. More importantly the company needed this system as soon as possible.
How StrApp delivered value: The StrApp team analyzing the problem realized that a Content Management Interface was the need of the hour. However, an off-the-shelf CMS would not serve the purpose because of the nature of customization that was required. It would be easier from an architecture perspective to design and build a customized CMS, but normally this effort would take a long time. To crunch timelines on this project StrApp built on knowledge that the team had already built. What would normally have taken any other team 4 weeks to build StrApp did in less than half the time.
With the capability to build and deploy web pages that met the business needs far quicker than before the company was able to realize more online marketing goals than ever before.
Enabling Online Ticket Sales for a Formula 1 circuit
StrApp designed and developed a dynamic customizable online ticketing solution for the venue that hosts Formula 1 racing.
The Circuit plays host to motorsport's premier event. With capabilities to host everything from the Moto GP to Moto X, it is one of the best race track venues. Each event had different ticketing requirements. The number of tickets on sale, the ticket costs, stands that made available to the spectators would change with each race, depending on the profile of the event. With an increasing customer base wishing to book tickets online the existing solution fell short of the requirements.
Pre-solution scenario: Each time a new event was announced, the website team would create a separate section of the site to handle it. This involved hard coding the event parameters such as number of tickets on sale, the price range of tickets etc. They would also allocate a fixed number of tickets to be sold on the online system. These were released to the offline system at a certain point in time, when online ticket sales were closed. This scenario had multiple issues:
- Each time there was a new event there was a new section of the website to be created. As the plans for growth were laid out, it was clear that this was not a sustainable solution.
- It was not possible for users to choose the seats they wanted in stands where seat selection was an option. This meant that purchasing tickets online did not give the user any real benefit.
- It was not possible for the system administrator to check the status of all events on sale at any point in time as information storage and retrieval was disjointed.
How StrApp delivered value: StrApp designed and developed an integrated Stadium Administration Framework that enabled a customized approach to each event. It was possible to create racing events where the pre-defined parameters could be set up with a user interface rather than fresh code being written. Once tickets went on sale, the online customer could pick the seat number based on the view it offered. It was possible to preview the racetrack from the stand, as well. The system allowed the administrator to tell at a glance how each event was performing in terms of ticket sales.
Way forward: As part of ongoing design, StrApp recommended the integration of the online and offline ticket sales such that the quota system of online tickets could be done away with and make the system truly dynamic.


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Saturday, January 4, 2014
Why I Love WikiTree
Here's why I love WikiTree! To see why other people love WikiTree (and to share why you do), check out the I Love WikiTree Photo Festival!
Honestly, it was hard to come up with an idea for this picture because there are so many reasons why I love WikiTree, and most of them would be hard to fit on a piece of paper. (They're more inclined to take the form of impassioned speeches.) But I think this captures at least one of those reasons: on WikiTree, you're not doing genealogy alone. People all over the world whose research overlaps are working together to break through their brick walls, and learn about their ancestor's lives. And there are WikiTreers with so many different areas of expertise that you're almost certain to find someone who can help you with a research problem.
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Anyone wants to update this website?Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The project is becoming more and more grown up and I would like to see this reflected in the project's website.
Currently the website is nothing more then a homebrewn design used as a theme for the wordpress content management system. I would like the website to have its own system and a design that fits for a software project rather than a weblog like it is now.
If you are interested in spending your precious time on our project, feel free to contact me.


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Setting up a schedule for the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater's wireless network
The schedule function allows you to automatically switch the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater's wireless network (WiFi) on and off at certain times. This way you can disable the wireless network at night and thus reduce the repeater's power consumption, for example. If you are using a FRITZ!Box as a wireless router, you can have the repeater adopt the corresponding settings. The settings are applied regardless of whether you turned the wireless network on or off manually beforehand. You can use the "WLAN" button on the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater to enable the wireless network at any time.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
1 Setting up a wireless LAN schedule
- Click "Wireless" ("WLAN") in the user interface of the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
- Click "Schedule" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.
- Enable the option "Use schedule for wireless radio network".
- Enable the option "Adopt scheduling settings from the FRITZ!Box" if the times for the FRITZ!Box should also be valid for the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
- If different times should apply to the repeater, set up your own schedule.
- Click "Apply" to save the settings.


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Information technology provider Data Inc. has expanded into Edison, the first step in a multiyear global growth plan.
The Montvale-based company today christened third-floor offices at 510 Thornall St., near Metropark train station, where about 10 people — mostly in recruiting and sales — will work.
CEO Arun Verma said Edison employment should double to 20 by first quarter 2014, with more expansion planned later as the company develops more applications for its clients. Data Inc. is leasing about 1,500 square feet, and possibly more space in the future, over three years from building owner Bergman Real Estate Group.
The Edison location marks the first move of what figures to be a two-year expansion for Data Inc., which plans to add offices nationwide and globally in step with client growth. Domestic plans call for new sites in North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky and Georgia.
Data Inc. also projects growth abroad with offices in Brazil and Asia. Its last overseas expansion occurred in 2006, when it opened offices in Switzerland, and before that, the United Kingdom and India in 2001.
The expansion is a big initiative for the company — formed in Verma's Washington Township, Bergen County, basement in 1983 — a move the CEO said is enabled by a clean balance sheet.
"We are debt free," he said. "We've never used anyone else's money, so therefore, it's all question of reinvesting our profits."
Verma said Data Inc. growth mirrors its customers, mostly financial services companies who are branching outside the New York metropolitan area as other states offer generous tax incentives and lower costs. Verma said Edison is a good choice for its New Jersey expansion because of its access to transportation hubs, other businesses and workforce.
"Our expansion strategy is based on our client needs," Verma said. "Edison allows us to better serve our New Jersey clients, and we want to be ready to take advantage of additional IT investments made by corporations headquartered throughout the state as the economy continues to grow. As our business continues to grow nationally and internationally, we'll make the same investment in other locations."
Chief Technology Officer Ashis Bhisey said business spending on IT has picked up after a slowdown in the recession as companies shift from basic maintenance to bolder upgrades required by changes in the economy.
Verma said financial service companies are seeing growth in wealth management services as the equities markets recover from the financial crisis of the late 2000s.
Plus, he said clients like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch are investing more in IT in the wave complex new securities regulations.
Those trends have coincided with an increasingly mobile work force, bringing personal smartphones and tablets into company networks, which requires additional security. Verma said Data provides deep expertise that many companies don't have in house.
"The battleship will take many miles and many hours to create that turn," he said. "The speedboat will do it a lot faster, the missile boat. That's what we do."
Data Inc. also serves clients in the pharmaceutical, automotive and transportation industries as well as state and federal government. The company reports about $75 million in revenue, up from about $40 million three years ago. It employs 40 in Montvale among 390 scattered across the United States, part of a global workforce totaling about 700.


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It is an epic journey cycling from Darwin to Perth but James Quinton knows when he sets off this month that every kilometre will count.
Mr Quinton, a researcher at the University of WA, is tackling the 4000km-plus ride to raise money for Lifeline's suicide prevention services and awareness about depression, mental health and wellbeing.
It is a subject, tragically, he knows a lot about - Mr Quinton lost his brother Justin to suicide in 2007 and a number of friends who took their own lives.
"There are people out there who find it very difficult to even get out of bed and suicide is the leading cause of death of people my age in Australia," the 30-year-old said.
"This ride is for them." An experienced cyclist who has done long treks before, the West Perth resident has been riding 50km a day for six months to prepare for the seven-week trip, which he will do unsupported with little baggage apart from provisions and a tent.
"I'm a little bit nervous," he said.
"And staying motivated will be a challenge. I'm attempting to cycle six to eight hours a day for seven weeks straight with a couple of rest days chucked in."
Mr Quinton, who hopes to raise $50,000 for Lifeline, praised the organisation for the help and support it offers people experiencing mental health issues or who are at risk of suicide.
To donate, visit http://www.everyday hero.com.au/james_quinton.
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Let's get something straight.
Let's get something straight.
Folks in Sullivan County aren't wavering in their support for casinos.
Not one bit.
They're just wavering in their support for casino rallies.
We're tired of the rallies because we've been to the rallies. I bet I've been to more casino rallies than there will ever be casinos in this state.
Google "Sullivan County casino rallies." You'll get 670,000 hits in just 0.26 seconds. The stories go back a decade. The angst goes back much longer than that.
All of which might explain why two months ago, 300 people jammed into The Sullivan in Rock Hill for the first Sullivan County Casino Rally (of 2013). But this past Tuesday, just 75 people made it to the same place for the second Sullivan County Casino Rally (of 2013).
Folks here haven't suddenly gone negative. They're just uncomfortably numb.
Problem is, you can only preach to the choir so long before the message sounds a bit redundant.
The same speeches have been heard over and over at these rallies. Cries about all the jobs the casinos will bring. Tax cuts and increased school aid.
You think we're opposed to that?
You think that after struggling all these decades to revive this area as a tourism destination, we suddenly decided that bringing in casinos would actually hurt our economy?
No. This has never been about believing. Embracing. Desiring. All we ask is when?
After all, we're talking Sullivan County. The Catskills. We've made waiting for casinos a cottage industry.
But we're getting tired.
That doesn't mean casino supporters have lost faith in what passage of the statewide referendum on Nov. 5 would mean to this region's future. (Although that faith at times sure has been tested.)
No, this casino choir is losing faith with the preacher.
In this case, that's Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came down from Albany like Moses from Mount Sinai with a plan for his people. Both men vowed to lead their flock to the promised land. Moses walked the walk. The governor, it seems, is still trying on walking shoes.
A good place to have tried them out would have been Tuesday's casino rally.
Organizers of the rally admitted they were disappointed that Cuomo has remained relatively invisible on his casino referendum proposal. And they should be.
With less than a month before the election, Cuomo needs to travel around the state to make sure voters understand this measure. To explain why they should care. And to provide more than Albany lip service to the regions around the state that are hoping to land a casino and counting on him to lead the fight.
Until then, it might be wise for the grass-roots organizers in Sullivan to take their casino rally show on the road.
We know how it plays in Rock Hill.
The question is, can it survive in Rochester, Rotterdam and Ronkonkoma?


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NAJA seeks freelance positions covering American Indian health
NORMAN, Okla. -- The Native American Journalists Association is seeking freelance news reporters and graphic artists to produce health news content for the Native Health News Alliance website, a professional news website for American Indian journalists, in particular those working in tribal media.
NHNA will function as a virtual reporting assistant for tribal media. Health news – written by Native journalists for Native journalists – will be featured in news "kiosks" that offer print, inforgraphic, video, audio and web news components.
Subscribers will use the kiosks as an online news store and download any or all news elements for use in their media outlets. The first two kiosks, which are supported by a NAJA grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will feature news on breastfeeding and oral health in Indian Country.
Freelance candidates must have professional newsroom experience, demonstrated commitment to high quality journalism, a track record of meeting deadlines and a bachelor's degree or higher.
The right candidates will be highly proactive at finding appropriate sources for stories, have a knack for research, and the ability to distill American Indian health issues into everyday language for a Native audience. Solid journalism skills and a talent for writing and editing under deadline are vital.
Applicants may apply as individuals or in teams to produce content for one of the following news kiosks: Breastfeeding or Oral Health. All news will be produced for an American Indian audience. Other specific journalism skills are required to match one or more of the following needs:
- News and feature stories written for print and online news. Photographs required.
- Audio news and news feature stories with full transcripts.
- Video news and news feature package.
- Stand alone and complimentary infographics.
Email a cover letter, resume and three journalism samples to both of the following email addresses; [email protected] and [email protected]. Please specify the news category for which you are applying: breastfeeding or oral health.
If you currently work full-time as a journalist, please also send a release letter from your editor or producer stating that you are allowed to produce the freelance work for another organization.
Visit the NAJA website to learn more about the mission and other programs NAJA offers to support journalism, media and communications professionals at www.naja.com.


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November 28th, 2012 at 10:28 AM ^
I just subscribe on iTunes. You get it a day later, but you don't have to deal with that annoyance.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:30 AM ^
Are you using the Podcasts App? I get the same thing when it's downloaded via my subscription.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:29 AM ^
I'm having the same problems. I'm usually near a computer, so it's not that big of a deal for me, but it'd be nice to get it fixed, so I can listen to it when on roadtrips, etc.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:29 AM ^
I have gotten similar complaints and am not sure what to do about it. If anyone has any suggestions... the issue seems strictly with iPhones and that's a weird thing.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:31 AM ^
I guess we could start by finding out what version of iPhone everyone has and what app they're using.
I'm on an iPhone 5 with the latest version of iOS using the Apple "Podcasts" app to subscribe and listen to it.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:19 AM ^
Same thing. iPhone 5 v6.0.1. Happened the first few weeks of the season, so I just gave up after that.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:37 AM ^
Yep, same problem here. I managed to get it working by downloading the entire podcast file first with the Downcast app which costs a few bucks IIRC. It's a nice app for managing podcasts so worth it if you're into that.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:39 AM ^
Yeah, I've had no problems when using Downcast, which is absolutely worth the two bucks if you even ocassionally use podcasts.
November 28th, 2012 at 12:12 PM ^
I've had the restart problem with Downcast, but ONLY if I try to stream the podcast rather than download it first. Once it's downloaded in its entirety, it works fine. I'm not sure how the official Apple podcasts app works, but perhaps it's a streaming issue?
(Also, I heartily recommend Downcast. It is a great, great app.)
November 28th, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
Maybe that is nature's way of telling you that iPhone's are not perfect.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:43 AM ^
Easiest way is to subscribe on iTunes and sync the podcast to your phone. I don't know why it happens but its a pretty quick and simple solution.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:09 AM ^
I have an iPhone 4s and I get a message when I use the Podcast app that says, "Unable to download podcast." I have to download it on my desktop and then connect my iPhone to get it on my phone. Works fine from there.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:29 AM ^
That is what I do... it downloads on iTunes and then I sync my phone. But then when I try to listen to it on the phone it does not work.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:50 AM ^
happens to me as well. i have an iphone 5 and i cant listen to it on my phone.
same thing happens for the wtka app, too. additionally, anyone able to stream wtka online? they just changed their website and i cant get any of the podcasts...
November 28th, 2012 at 11:21 AM ^
I use the iHeartRadio app, which works great to listen to WTKA live or any number of other stations on my iPhone 5.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:02 AM ^
I use the RSS Radio app (free) and the podcast works fine on an iPhone 4S. No problems with any Mgopodcasts or WTKA.
OT comment on the podcast itself: Brian is amazingly calm and un-emo despite the insanely frustrating performance last Saturday. Maniacal laughing and exclaims of "AAARGH BIG TEEEEEEEEEN" are notably absent.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
These kind of problems won't happen when we launch Dunder Mifflin Infinity 2.0. (Launch date TDB)
November 28th, 2012 at 11:19 AM ^
the new podcast app that apple released that is now separate from "music" is pretty flaky. i am not able to download directly to my phone from either wifi or cell service. my best luck has been to download it from the itunes subscription and then sync to iphone. sounds like the apple people are working on a fix to the podcast app, since some people are pretty unhappy about it.
November 28th, 2012 at 11:26 AM ^
I hated the app when it first came out, but they recently had an update to the app and I've been incredibly happy with it. Have you updated the podcast app? If it still doesn't work, then there might be a bigger issue. Only podcast I've had trouble with is the Mgoblog podcast downloading.
November 28th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^
Same issue here. I'm on an IPhone 4 (updated to 6.0.1). I receive the "unable to download podcast" message as well. Doesn't happen with any other podcasts I subscribe to.
November 28th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
got the same issue with both the ipad 3 and the iphone 5.
here's my workaround:
1) use the Filer app to get the file from the direct download link
2) use Filer to move the file to your listening app of choice
November 28th, 2012 at 2:54 PM ^
I have the iPhone 4s, with the most up-to-date iOS at all times, and for the past year, I have never been able to download the mgopodcast over the air or via my wireless network. I've used the old iTunes app and the new Podcast app, and hasn't worked in either place. This is the only podcast I've ever had this problem with, and it's consistent and frustrating.


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|Scream 4
Scream 4 film poster.
|Directed by
|Wes Craven
|Produced by
| Kevin Williamson
Wes Craven
Iya Labunka
|Written by
|Kevin Williamson
| David Arquette
Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox Arquette
Emma Roberts
Hayden Panettiere
Anthony Anderson
Adam Brody
Rory Culkin
Mary McDonnell
Marley Shelton
Alison Brie
Marielle Jaffe
Nico Tortorella
Erik Knudsen
Aimee Teegarden
Britt Robertson
|Music by
|Marco Beltrami
|Distributed by
|Dimension Films
|Release date(s)
|April 15, 2011
|Running time
|111 minutes
|$40,000,000 (estimated)
|Gross revenue
|Preceded by
|Scream 3
|Followed by
|Season 1
Scream 4 (styled as SCRE4M) is a slasher film and the fourth and most recent installment in the Scream film series. It was directed by Wes Craven with Kevin Williamson serving as writer, who was also the writer of the first two films, Scream and Scream 2, along with being the co-writer of Scream 3.
Originally the series was intended to be a trilogy, but after ten years, Bob Weinstein thought it was time for another film. It is intended to be a "reboot" of the series and the first of a new trilogy with both Craven and Williamson signed on for the duration. Filming began on June 28, 2010, for a scheduled release on April 15, 2011.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, (The massacre started with Maureen Prescott, she was killed in 1995, and this film takes place in 2010) two high school girls - Marnie and Jenny - debate the quality of the dwindling Stab series after watching the opening scene of Stab VII. Jenny goes upstairs to try and prank Marnie. She attempts the Ghostface voice but reveals herself by laughing before Marnie mysteriously goes silent. Her voice is replaced by that of Ghostface, who taunts Jenny until she steps in near the front door. Marnie's bloodied corpse flies through the glass and Ghostface chases Jenny into the renovated garage. This is where she is stabbed and partially crushed by a falling automated garage door before being stabbed again.The following morning, Sheriff Dewey Riley is awakened by his cell phone and he's called down to the main street of town to sort out a prank involving Ghostface costumes being put on the lamp posts. Dewey arrives to find his deputy, Judy Hicks, waiting. They share saucy banter over Judy's lemon squares while Dewey receives a call about the murders of Jenny and Marnie. Meanwhile, Kirby Reed picks up Sidney Prescott's young cousin, Jill Roberts, and her friend, Olivia, who lives next door. Jill gets a weird, threatening call from Ghostface using from Jenny's phone and Olivia reveals that she got a similar call from Marnie's phone earlier that morning. They arrive at school, flocked by film geeks and avid bloggers, Robbie and Charlie, who question what their favorite scary movie is in honor of it being the anniversary of the events from the first film.
At home, Gale Weathers-Riley attempts to begin writing again after seeing Sidney on television, promoting her autobiography/self-help book. She comes up with nothing. Across town, Sidney and her publicist, Rebecca Walters, arrive at a bookstore for the final stop on Sidney's tour. However, Sidney's pep-talk ends and she sees Gale has arrived. After very little small talk, Dewey and Hicks storm in claiming that the cell phone used to call the two murdered girls is somewhere in the area.Outside, a cell rings and Rebecca tosses Dewey the keys to Sidney's rental car. He opens the trunk to reveal a bloody knife, the cell phone, and pictures of Sidney, smeared with the girls' blood. There are also a couple of copies of Sidney's new book. At the station, Gale has a fight with Hicks, claiming her pastries "taste like ass" followed by a disagreement with Dewey, who refuses her offer to help solve the case. Jill, Olivia, and Kirby are interviewed about the phone calls and Sidney is told she can't leave Woodsboro since she is technically a suspect. Sidney elects to stay with Jill and Jill's mother, Kate.
That night, Jill gets a visit from her ex, Trevor, who is scared away by Sidney. Later, while Kirby and Jill are watching Shaun of the Dead, Jill talks to Olivia, who is changing next door, while Kirby deals with a call from Ghostface, who seems to be calling from Trevor's phone. Ghostface gets serious and claims that he's in the closet. Kirby checks but finds no Ghostface. Upon calling him a liar, he counters with, "I never said I was in your closet!" As Kirby realizes his meaning, he breaks out of Olivia's closet, proceeding to stab her repeatedly and knock her around her room with Jill, Kirby, and Sidney watching.
Rushing over, Sidney breaks in and gets upstairs in time to find Olivia's corpse, laid out on the bed with her intestines in a pile beside her. Ghostface calls her this time and Jill arrives, remembering Olivia's tendency to dub Sidney as "The Angel of Death". Ghostface pops out again, this time slashing Jill's arm, before being tackled and thrown down the stairs by Sidney. In the ensuing fight, Sidney seemingly knocks Ghostface unconscious but he disappears when she turns to see Detective Hoss and Deputy Perkins arrive, along with Kirby and Trevor.
Outside Olivia's house, as the police investigate the crime scene, Jill apologizes to Sidney after many neighbors shout things at Sidney about her being just like her mother and that this was her fault. Later at the hospital, Sidney fires Rebecca after she tries to take advantage of the current murders to sell Sidney's book and, obviously, her career. Heading to her car, Rebecca is attacked and thrown off the parking garage's roof onto a news van during Dewey's press conference regarding the murders. Meanwhile, Gale makes a deal with Robbie and Charlie: if they let her get an insight into the killings since they know the conventions of modern horror, they get her and Sidney to appear at their school's Cinema Club as special guests.At the cinema club the following afternoon, Charlie goes through the horror-genre and how the rules have changed since the 1990s. During this conversation, Robbie talks about the Stab-a-thon, an annual party where the local teens get together and watch the Stab films while playing a drinking game. Gale tries to get the location but cannot convince the boys to tell her. Charlie and Robbie also say that the murders are related to the original movie of Stab, as two kids died in their house (Steve and Casey = Jenny and Marnie) then the hottest girl in school is killed (Tatum = Olivia).
Jill remains at home since her mom won't let her go while Kirby heads to the party. Gale is revealed to have followed the teenagers to the abandoned barn where the party is happening and proceeds to place cameras, her identity hidden by a Ghostface mask. Once she slips out to watch, Gale sees that someone is tampering with her cameras. She calls Dewey, convinced it's the killer and threatens to go back inside if he doesn't get there quick. Gale investigates her cameras and finds a webcam, planted to watch her.
Outside, Dewey watches through a camera, one of Gale's that she is holding back as the killer approaches, and rushes inside to save her. Gale is chased around the bales of hay but her cries for help aren't heard over the opening scene of the original Stab. Gale is pinned down and Dewey spots her. He yells at the killer to freeze while aiming his gun and three things happen at once: the killer stabs Gale in the shoulder, Gale pushes him away with her foot, and Dewey shoots. Dewey misses, the killer runs off, and Gale falls into the crowd of shocked teens, blood streaming from her right shoulder. She quickly warns Dewey about the webcam on the upper level before apparently losing consciousness.At Jill's house, Detective Hoss goes on his rounds after Perkins said the fatal words, "I'll be right back." On his rounds, Hoss sees that Jill's bedroom window is open and returns to the car, finding Perkins slumped over the steering wheel. This turns out to be a cruel prank but neither laugh when Hoss is brutally attacked from behind and Perkins is stabbed in the forehead, citing "Fuck Bruce Willis!" before dying. Inside, Sidney takes down the wind chimes because they're off balance and she isn't sure how to fix them. A few moments later, she tenses when she hears them again. Surprising her, it's revealed that it's her aunt Kate, who comes in clutching grocery bags and leaves again to grab another one. Ghostface calls Sidney and makes a comment about her family being most important to her. This prompts Sidney to go check on Jill but she finds the room empty with Jill's laptop on the bed. Sidney opens it up and sees the messenger is left open, revealing that Kirby took Jill to her house for an after-party.
Downstairs, Kate reveals that the cops are no longer out front and Sidney grabs her hand, intending to lead the way to the car. When they open the back door, they see Ghostface's reflection on the wind chimes and turn around. At the front door, Ghostface wrestles to get inside but Kate successfully closes the door by sitting down and propping herself between the door and the nearby archway. Unfortunately, Ghostface stabs her through the mail slot killing her.
Hicks arrives and checks on Kate but Sidney runs off. At Kirby's house, Trevor arrives, causing an upset amongst the others around: Kirby, Jill, Robbie, and Charlie. He claims he was invited through a text from Jill's phone. Jill denies this and finds her phone has gone missing. She leaves to go upstairs in an attempt to find it and Trevor follows her. Robbie heads outside, leaving Charlie and Kirby alone. They nearly have a moment but are interrupted by Trevor. Charlie leaves, clearly frustrated because his kiss with Kirby was interrupted. Trevor, partially embarrassed by what he walked in on, leaves as well.Jill comes back downstairs, claiming Trevor didn't follow her upstairs. A drunk Robbie tries to stream his live video blog but is surprised by Ghostface, who mercilessly stabs him and leaves him to die in the bushes. Sidney arrives with news of Kate's death and Robbie struggles to the door, gasping "run" before finally dying. Jill and Sidney run upstairs (pursued by Ghostface) while Kirby runs off somewhere downstairs. Sidney locks her and Jill in Kirby's room, ordering Jill to hide under the bed while she fakes Jill's escape out on the terrace. Ghostface seemingly buys it and Sidney calls Dewey. She is forced to let go of the terrace to escape Ghostface. Downstairs, Sidney finds Kirby and they lock themselves in a room in the basement. Charlie arrives, hands soaked in blood and begs to be let inside. Sidney warns Kirby not to open the door unless she is 100% sure she can trust Charlie. Since Kirby doesn't trust him enough, all she and Sidney can do is watch as he is attacked by Ghostface before the patio lights go out.
When they reactivate, Charlie is duct-taped to a chair and Kirby is forced to become the new Casey Becker to his Steven Orth in order to save his life while Sidney sneaks back upstairs to find Jill. Kirby answers her first question wrong but Ghostface gives her a pity "last chance" question. Without hearing the whole question, she answers by listing every possibility there is. When Ghostface doesn't respond after she's finished, she assumes she answered correctly. Rushing outside, Kirby sees a shadow slip away and frees Charlie while claiming she won. She is surprised when Charlie stabs her in the stomach and reveals himself as one of the killers. He claims that "four years of classes together" is too long for Kirby to wait before trying to make a move on him. Charlie runs inside, leaving a bleeding Kirby for dead.
Sidney, seeing Jill is gone, goes to get Kirby but is caught by Charlie, who holds Sidney at knife-point. She struggles free but runs straight into a second killer's blade as she races for the front door. The second Ghostface is then revealed to be Jill, who is the mastermind being the murder spree. Jill claims that she never had a true identity. She was simply the girl related to Sidney Prescott and grew up in the shadow of a woman she had never even met. Charlie and Jill voice their intentions to become this generation's Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks, with Jill expressing her anger and jealousy of the fame that Sidney received for surviving the previous murders.Charlie reveals Trevor, who was gagged and bound in a nearby cupboard, and Jill says he's the one who'll take the fall for the massacre. This is meant to include the attacks on Jill and Charlie, the only survivors. Jill shoots Trevor in the groin as punishment for cheating on her after taking her virginity then shoots him in the head. When Charlie asks her to stab him in the shoulder, copying Billy and Stu's botched attempt to fake injuries in the first movie, she instead stabs him in the heart. Charlie is surprised by this and Jill informs him that being the sole survivor would win her far more fans. As Charlie dies, Sidney asks how she could have done this to all of her friends and Jill declares that she needs "fans... not friends!" He became the "Stu Macher" of the remake. Jill continues her jealous rant to Sidney before stabbing her once more for good measure.
Jill goes on to clean off the gun and leave it by Trevor's corpse. She uses his hand to scratch her cheek and pulls out a handful of her hair. Jill stabs herself with the knife by running against the wall pressing the knife into her shoulder. Then she cleans the knife, runs into a glass frame, and purposely falls onto a glass coffee table to cause herself more believable injuries then collapses near Sidney. She mirrors her "death pose" exactly. Dewey, Judy and the rest of the police arrive shortly after and stumble upon the carnage.At the hospital, Jill is hailed as a hero and she jokingly says that she and Gale could write a book together due to their matching shoulder wounds. Dewey tells Jill that she might not be the sole survivor: Sidney is in the I.C.U. but hasn't woken up from surgery yet. After Dewey leaves, Jill sneaks out of her room and goes to the I.C.U determined to kill Sidney. Jill proceeds to attack Sidney as she awakens, choking her and throwing her against the glass door of a nearby medicine cabinet. Dewey and Gale quickly realize the truth when they remember that Dewey never told Jill about Gale's attack, or about her wounds. Dewey rushes off to find Sidney, calling Hicks for back-up.
Jill hides in the supply closet when she hears Dewey arriving and attacks him with a bedpan when he bursts in, only to be interrupted by Sidney. Jill regains the upper hand and pushes her knee into Sidney's stitches, causing them to become undone. Gale intervenes but is nearly shot by Jill, who has stolen Dewey's Glock 17. Hicks jumps into the room, throwing herself and Gale over the nearby bed.
Jill orders them to come out, on the threat of shooting Dewey. Hicks slowly comes up and gets down her gun as instructed. However, when she tells Jill not to do anything stupid, Jill gets annoyed and is apparently shot dead. Gale gets up, too, and sees Sidney moving. Stalling for time, Gale fumbles over words in a poor attempt to stop Jill as Sidney silently reaches for the shock paddles. Begging for one last word, Gale says, "Clear." Jill questions this and then is electrocuted by Sidney, who puts one paddle to each temple. Sidney told her she forgot the first rule of remakes: "Don't fuck with the original."Gale and Sidney see, that Dewey's alive. Behind them, a shadow moves and Jill jumps up, pouncing at Sidney with a glass shard, only to be shot in the chest by a knowing Sidney. Sidney, in all the action, her injuries, and exhaustion lies back down next to her cousin's body and whispers, "I don't know about you but I feel a lot better."
Outside, loads of reporters are praising Jill for having single-handedly ended the Woodsboro killings, finally giving her the fame she so desired. The final shot is of Jill's dead eyes, as the whole town is about to realize that their supposed "savior" is actually the mastermind behind it all. Sidney, Gale, Judy, and Dewey told everyone the truth, they all believed them, realized that Jill Roberts tricked everybody, was one of the killers, framed Trevor, and her "fame" was replaced with infamy.
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers-Riley
- Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts
- Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed
- Rory Culkin as Charlie Walker
- Marley Shelton as Judy Hicks
- Nico Tortorella as Trevor Sheldon
- Erik Knudsen as Robbie Mercer
- Alison Brie as Rebecca Walters
- Aimee Teegarden as Jenny Randall
- Brittany Robertson as Marnie Cooper
- Anthony Anderson as Perkins
- Adam Brody as Hoss
- Mary McDonnell as Kate Roberts
- Marielle Jaffe as Olivia Morris
- Lucy Hale as Sherrie
- Anna Paquin as Rachel
- Kristen Bell as Chloe
- Shenae Grimes as Trudie
- Heather Graham as Casey
- Roger L. Jackson as Ghostface (voice)
- Nancy O'Dell as Reporter
- Wes Craven as Man at 'Out of Darkness' booksale
- Matthew Lillard as Guy at Stab-a-Thon
A fourth film was announced by The_Weinstein_Company in July 2008, with Wes Craven saying that he wouldn't mind directing the film if the script was as good as Scream. In March 2010, it was confirmed that he would indeed direct and stated that, "I am delighted to accept Bob Weinstein's offer to take the reins on a whole new chapter in Scream history. Working with Courteney, David, and Neve was a blast ten years ago and I'm sure it will be again. And I can't wait to find the talent that will bring new blood to the screen as well. Kevin is right on his game with the new script – the characters and story crackle with energy and originality – to say nothing of some of the most hair-raising scares I've seen in a script since... well, since the original 'Scream' series. Let me at it". Cathy Konrad, producer of the Scream Trilogy sued The Weinstein Company for allegedly developing Scream 4 behind her back and defended the move on false pretenses. Her company, Cat Entertainment Inc., had a first-rights deal with the Weinsteins to produce all films in the franchise but said that the Weinsteins cut her out based on the false pretext that her company's services were supposed to be exclusive to Scream 4. Konrad said, "[that argument] was merely a scheme to force her out of the project without payment so The Weinstein Company could produce the project on the cheap – through Scream 4 director Wes Craven's wife, no less".
Craven stated that within the ten years that have passed between Scream 3 and Scream 4 and there have been no "real life" Ghostface murders but have been numerous sequels to the movie-within-a-movie Stab. Craven also stated on the life status of Sidney Prescott, "She's done her best to move on from the events that occurred in the previous films, even releasing a successful book". Craven said that endless sequels, the modern spew of remakes, film studios, and directors are the butts of parodies in the film. The main characters have to figure out where the horror genre is in current days to figure out the modern events happening to and around them. It was reported that the actors were not given the script past page 75 in order to protect the identity of the Ghostface killer.
Jamie Kennedy told iFMagazine in 2008 that he was in talks of reprising his role as Randy Meeks. Despite the character being killed off in Scream 2, Kennedy said, "I actually had a conversation with somebody very big in the organization, and there's a way. I don't know what's going to happen, but they have plans for a lot of things. You can see new faces you wouldn't expect and you can see old faces that you wouldn't believe. There's a way to bring a lot of things around." Williamson continues to deny such rumors and has since poked fun at the idea of Randy returning, saying things like "I don't know where the Randy/S4 news came from. He's kinda dead" and referencing the white horse in Halloween II, which was ridden by a character that died in the previous film, the remake of Halloween. In an interview with FEARnet, Williamson continued to deny the rumor saying, "I would love nothing more than to have Jamie Kennedy in the film. However to have Randy in the film, it sort of just takes it… I mean Scream 2 was a lie, you know? It's a false move. So I just won't do it. I can't do that. I just won't do it". At the 67th Golden Globe Awards, the Arquettes discussed the possibility of their return and also that of Neve Campbell and Craven; stating that Dimension Films hoped to get all of them back.
In September 2009, Variety reported that Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox would return. Craven briefly explained their roles in a later interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying "It's a total integration of those three and new kids. The story of Sid, Gale, and Dewey is very much a part of the movie." At a press conference for Repo Men, Liev Schreiber who played Cotton Weary in the first three films—stated there were no plans for his reprisal. In April, over 12 casting sides were released to the public to buy for auditions of the film.
In May 2010, Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkin signed on. Ashley Greene was offered the role of Sidney's cousin, Jill, but the role later went to Emma Roberts. Rutina Wesley was to play a character called Marcie Perkins but was dropped due to budgets cuts. Panettiere will play Kirby, Jill's best friend and "a nerdy film geek"; while Culkin will play Charlie, a potential love interest for Kirby. Lake Bell was to play a police officer who knew Sidney from high school but dropped out four days before filming due to scheduling conflicts. Nico Tortorella announced via Twitter that he had been cast in the film. Marielle Jaffe and Anthony Anderson have unspecified roles in the film. Nancy O'Dell reprises her role from the second and third films as the reporter. Roger L. Jackson also returns as the voice of Ghostface.
Lauren Graham was to play Kate Kessler, Robert's character mother but dropped out a few days into principal photography. Adam Brody will play Detective Hoss, a college graduate who grew up on the "CSI" TV series. Marley Shelton will take the role of Deputy Judy Hicks, which Lake Bell previously held before, and Erik Knudsen will be playing Robbie, a comic relief to the film. Alison Brie will play Rebecca who is Campbell's personal assistant that is jealous of her fame and fortune.
Principal photography was originally slated to begin in May 2010 but was moved to June 28, 2010. Filming takes place in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan. High school scenes for a flashback sequence portraying a school featured in a previous Scream film were shot at the Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan. The former 16th District Court in Livonia, Michigan will be used as a police station until August. In April 2010, while scouting for a bookstore to use in the film, Craven spotted new bookstore that had not yet opened in downtown Northville, Michigan named Next Chapter Bookstore & Bistro. Craven instantly loved the building and the name and decided to use both in the film. He also hired the owner's chef to prepare the food and pastry for a scene in the film. The scenes are scheduled to begin shooting the first week of July. Filming ended on September 22, 2010.
Fan Reviews
- This one has to be the best out of the last two, but obviously, Scream is and will always be the best - Scream 4 10/10 - Vampires1001
- As much as I liked Scream 3, I can't help but acknowledge that Scream 4 is still a labor of love and undoubtebly an improvement over its predecessor. Scream 4 may not be perfect, but it still shows that the series has spunk and originality left. 7/10. -Votesmall
- This Was A Good Movie. I Really Enjoyed Better Than Scream 3. But 1 And 2 Are Still The Best. 8/10 Mark Ealeswhite
Resemblances to the Previous Movies
- Marnie Cooper and Jenny Randall's deaths are a 'remake' of Casey Becker and Steven Orth's deaths.
- The scene where Jenny Randall's back gets crushed by a garage door is a minor reference to Tatum's death in the first movie. This reference is in the Theatrical Version only.
- The scene where Charlie is tied to a chair and Kirby being quizzed by Ghostface is a reference to the opening scene of Scream.
- The Stab-a-thon in an isolated Barn hosted by Charlie and Robbie is similar to Stu Macher hosting a party in his isolated house as a set for the finale of the Woodsboro killing spree.
- The two "Stab" opening scenes reference the openings to the first two Scream films. In the first scene (from "Stab 6") two teen girls, home alone, receive menacing phone calls before being killed (like Casey in Scream). In the second scene (from "Stab 7"), a girl is stabbed in the gut by the person sitting next to her while watching a "Stab" movie (like Maureen in Scream 2).
- Officer Hoss and Officer Perkins are homages to Detective Richards and Detective Andrews from Scream 2. Like the Detectives in Scream 2 the Officers in this movie die in/next to the vehicle whilst protecting Sidney and her loved ones.
- Judy Hicks wears a bulletproof vest to defend herself from the gunshot. This a reference to Scream 3.
- Ghostface calls Sidney to tell her to turn on the news where she sees a reporter talking about Gale's attack, and telling her everyone is going to die while all Sidney can do is watch, similar to another Ghostface calling in Scream 3, who wants her to turn on the news where she sees news reporters talking about the death of Cotton Weary and asks her if she thinks the killings are over.
- Kirby Reed checks her closet for Ghostface in the identical manner that Principal Arthur Himbry does in Scream.
- Rebecca Walters is thrown from the hospital's parking garage after being stabbed. This is similar to the deaths of CiCi Cooper and Tyson Fox from Scream 2 and Scream 3 respectively, who were both stabbed before being thrown off balconies.
- Robbie Mercer is brutally attacked by the killer but manages to muster enough strength to walk up to the front door of Kirby's house and warn of the killer's presence before dying. This is similar to Steven Stone's death from Scream 3, who is also brutally attacked by Ghostface but manages to walk up to the front door of Jennifer Jolie's house before dying.
Films Mentioned in the movie
- Saw IV(mentioned in Stab 6)- the movie Trudie and Sherrie were supposed to watch. Trudie finds the movie gross instead of scary.
- Halloween- mentioned by Kirby when quizzed by Ghostface. Jill also mentions Michael Myers the killer of the movie. (Rated Version)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre- mentioned by Kirby while quizzed by Ghostface. Charlie mentions Leatherface the killer of the movie.
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Hills have Eyes
- Black Christmas
- Last House on the Left
- The Amytiville Horror
- Piranha
- Bambi- Kirby's 'favourite scary movie' as a reply to Robbie's question.
- Peeping Tom
- Suspiria
- Don't Look Now
- Shaun of the Dead- watched by Jill and Kirby.
- Prom Night
- Final Destination - Olivia says the Final Destination franchise should be about Sidney since everyone who meets her dies.
- Sorority Row
- Child's Play
- A Nightmare On Elm Street
- The Exorcist
- Friday the 13th
- When a Stranger Calls
- House of Wax
- My Bloody Valentine
- The Fog
|Scream 4 has a Photo Gallery.
Rules of a horror film remake
A signature device, started in Scream and continued in Scream 2 and Scream 3, was the typical "rules" for that type of horror movie being stated by the characters. These rules were made up as the story moved along. They were not made by Randy. The rules are:
- 1. "Don't fuck with the original." (Stated to be the first rule by Sidney.)
- 2. "You pretty much have to be gay in order to survive. Everybody dies."
- 3. The original ending is a false ending in the remake.
- 4. The killer is always behind you.
- The film was released in April 15, 2011.
- Originally set for a November 12, 2010 release, with writing supposed to begin 2008 and end 2009 and filming from Summer 2009 to Summer 2010. However, due to delays, it was released April 15, 2011.
- The film takes place on October 2010, due to characters stating 10 years has passed since the events of Scream 3.
- This is the first movie where Dewey doesn't get stabbed in some way. Instead, he's hit over the head with a bedpan in this installment.
- After Jill is shot, Courtney's last line is "we need a doctor goddammit." But with the commentary of the DVD playing, after Sidney's last line, Courtney has an additional line, screaming in the hall "where the hell is everybody?
- This movie is the sequel with the most homage count to its original.
- Sidney's Blue Climax scene outfit closely resembles her blue Jacket and undershirt in Scream.
- Dewey says the line, "Gale, behind you." in this movie and in Scream 3 and 2.
- This is the third movie that Sidney falls from a height. In Scream, she falls off the roof onto a boat. In Scream 3, she jumps out of the window of her mothers "murder room scene" and in this movie she slips off the roof.
- This movie still involves The Stairs Chase scene.
- The protagonist/s see a dead body, then the killer gives chase. This is featured in the First and Fourth movies. I.e. In Scream: Dewey with the knife in his back being witnessed by Sidney then the killer chases her. In Scream 4: Robbie bleeding to death being witnessed by Sidney, Jill and Kirby then the killer runs after them.
- Several of the new characters appear to be based on the characters of the first movie:
- The killer was featured on the movie poster for Scream 4. That hadn't been done since the 1st Scream movie.
- Jill Roberts resembles Sidney Prescott and Billy Loomis.
- Kirby Reed resembles Tatum Riley and Sidney Prescott.
- Trevor Sheldon resembles Billy Loomis and Neil Prescott.
- Charlie Walker resembles Randy Meeks and Stu Macher.
- Robbie Mercer resembles Stu Macher and Randy Meeks.
- Ross Hoss and Judy Hicks are based on Dewey Riley.
- Rebecca Walters is based on Gale Weathers.
- Olivia Morris shares some similarities with Tatum Riley.
- Kate Roberts resembles Maureen Prescott, Sidney's deceased mother.
- There is a scene in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back where Jay and Silent Bob appear to be running from security guards and they end up on the set of a fictitious Scream 4. This movie is from 2001 and the fictitious Scream 4 scene involves the actress, Shannen Doherty, playing a character who ends up unmasking Ghostface after knocking him out. As an obvious parody, Ghostface is actually a monkey and Shannen calls cut. She asks Wes Craven, who is also in the scene, "A monkey, Wes? I mean, Jesus, you guys aren't even trying anymore, are you?" Wes says everybody loves monkeys. This cues Jay and Silent Bob to run through the set, grabbing the monkey, and saying, "We love this monkey!" The scene ends with Wes saying to Shannen, "See?" Then we see security chase the boys off set.
- As of this movie, there are only 3 original survivors left.
- During the scene in the Cinema Club, posters from various other movies directed by Wes Craven were seen. These include The People Under the Stairs and The Hills Have Eyes.
- This is the first movie that the motive doesn't have to do with or relate to Maureen Prescott's murder, although her death was mentioned and recreated, Jill even stated that her own mother had to die to stay true to the original.
- Scream 4 is referenced in British Drama Waterloo Road.
- Scream 4 is referenced for a mistake in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not In 3D.
- This is the first Scream film where two characters of the same gender were killed in the opening scene (The first 3 Scream films opened up with a male/female death).
- The end credits song is Bad Karma by Ida Maria.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Jul 2008 21:56 UTC, submitted by peskypescado
I have written about if before: updating programs on your computer - if you're not using a Linux distribution, that is - is a total and utter mess. On Windows and Mac OS X, there are roughly four ways of updating applications. The application notifies of new updates, and then downloads them when you click 'yes', the application updates from within the application itself, or the application requires a special update program running in the background. These are all quite annoying, since they interfere with your workflow (as opposed to, say, running "apt-get upgrade" every morning). The fourth method is the official vendor channel, Windows/Microsoft Update in Windows and Software Update in Mac OS X. Paul Ellis argues that to alleviate the mess, Microsoft should open up Microsoft Update for everyone else - and similar arguments are made concerning Apple's Software Update.
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Joe Flacco's performance in the AFC championship game might not have silenced all his critics, but in the minds of owner Steve Bisciotti and general manager Ozzie Newsome, there is no question the 27-year-old quarterback is the man to lead the Ravens back to the Super Bowl.
"The thing that I like about Joe — and I think in the end, in this business, you get judged on one thing: winning — Joe wins. He continues to win. If one pass was caught, he'd be in the Super Bowl," Newsome said. "I think he'll win Super Bowls, and I hope to be a part of them. The thing you cannot knock about Joe is he's a winner."
At the team's annual season-ending news conference Wednesday — 10 days after Flacco threw for 306 yards and two touchdown passes in the 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game — Bisciotti and Newsome said the team hopes to re-sign Flacco, who is entering the final season of his five-year rookie contract, to a long-term extension this offseason.
The previous two winters, the team's top decision-makers used the annual "State of the Ravens" address, also attended by team president Dick Cass and coach John Harbaugh, to publicly but politely request that Flacco elevate his game in the coming season. Not this year.
Newsome praised Flacco for getting better in his fourth season even though the team released two of his favorite targets, wide receiver Derrick Mason and tight end Todd Heap, before the season. And Bisciotti defended Flacco's laid-back demeanor and said the perception of his quarterback would have changed had Lee Evans caught what would've been a touchdown pass late in the loss to the Patriots on Jan. 22.
"That's how unfair it is," Bisciotti said. "If [Evans] catches that and Joe goes in and slays New England, we're in the Super Bowl. Then they would have said, 'Wow. He really played well.' So he really did play well. Everybody knows that. But we're sitting here with you all instead of in Indianapolis."
In 2011, Flacco completed a career-low 57.6 percent of his passes for 3,610 yards and 20 touchdowns. He threw 12 interceptions and lost six fumbles. In two postseason games, he turned the ball over once and tossed four touchdown passes. His passer rating in the playoffs was 96.1.
With 44 regular-season wins, Flacco has the most by a quarterback in his first four seasons in NFL history. He is the first quarterback to lead his team to the playoffs in his first four seasons — and he won at least one playoff game in each of those seasons. But Flacco is still criticized by some Ravens fans. Bisciotti said he thinks "a lot of it" is because of his personality.
"We had John Unitas here, and he didn't scream and yell at people either," Bisciotti said. "A lot of people take offense that Joe doesn't get mad at wide receivers — like, literally, while the TV cameras are on him — when they drop balls. ... People want to see fire in their athletes, and we know Joe has it. Should we get him a coach and tell him to fake it and be a rah-rah guy? And next thing you know he's focused on something other than what we want him to focus on.
"So there's no doubt about it. I'm a type-A [personality], and I have a brother that's a type-B, so he frustrated the hell out of me my entire life. I think that most people in sports want to see type-As, and Joe is solid in the type-B camp. And I think he is going to be extremely successful and I think he's going to have rings and I think he has 10 years of his prime to show it and I think that he will be rewarded for his personality in the long run. And hopefully our fans will be, too."


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If you ask Biology Professor Cintia Hongay, she'll say something like, "Biology encompasses all the sciences. All biological processes are multi-faceted and you need to understand the chemistry and the physics underlying them. The complexity and inter-connectivity that makes all living organisms work is absolutely fascinating."
And she's done her fair share of research to prove her point.
Her most recent research in evolutionary biology and genetics uncovered the function of a yeast homolog in multicellular species. Hongay found that IME4, a highly evolutionarily-conserved yet unstudied gene, is involved in Notch signaling in Drosophila, commonly known as fruit flies. Notch signaling is important in determining the cell fates and differentiation pathways of multicellular species, like humans.
"I am excited because the implications of this finding are interesting in evolutionary terms as well as molecular, genetic and cell biology terms. It opens up many venues of research and funding for my research program," she says.
Hongay is an old pro with a microscope. In fact, receiving a microscope for her sixth birthday was what first interested her in biology.
"I was always interested in life sciences from a very young age," she explains. "From the moment I got my microscope, I knew what I wanted to do career-wise."
Born in La Plata, Argentina, Hongay majored in biochemistry at a university in Argentina and then continued her studies at SUNY New Paltz in New York State, the Universita Nazionale di Cagliari in Italy, and finally Suffolk University, where she completed her B.S. in biology.
After graduation, she went straight to graduate school, earning a Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard Medical School and then moving on to postdoctoral training at the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was there that she began her research of IME4 in yeast and fruit flies.
Having the opportunity to study in three different countries not only made Hongay proficient in three languages (Spanish, English and Italian), but also allows her to bring a multicultural perspective to the classroom and lab. She currently teaches freshman biology lab, cell and molecular biology and molecular biology lab.
"I enjoy teaching lab-based courses because they foster a lot of interaction with the students and allow me to explain concepts much more in depth," she explains. "I'm also excited about teaching freshman biology because it is the entry port to the biology curriculum and should engage, excite, interest and keep students' curiosities alive."
Teaching, along with performing her research, gives Hongay what she calls "an irresistible combination."
She says, "I live to teach and to do research. They are the two passions that fuel my existence. I couldn't imagine myself in any other job."
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They haul trash, grab 'mongo' and keep commerce flowing—all the while remaining invisible to most residents of Gotham
Ray's route, in a sanitation district on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, was a plum assignment—a reward for his seniority. It had a reputation for clean garbage. The bags rarely broke, and maggots were less common, even in the summer heat.
As the anthropologist in residence at New York City's Department of Sanitation, I was tagging along with Ray and his partner Sal (both names are pseudonyms) on a sparkling autumn morning. The quiet streets had been our domain when we started at 6, but by 7:30, more and more people with pressed clothes and closed faces were emerging from doorways and descending stoops. Ray and Sal didn't pay them much attention. They paid us even less.
We were making our way down a street lined with tall sycamore trees and elegant townhouses when, all at once, a muse appeared. She was tall, slender, in her mid-20s, with flawless olive skin. Ray leaned against the truck and gazed at her. He smiled hugely, completely unconcerned that his blatant stare would draw anyone's disapproval. Years on the job had taught him that when he put on his uniform every morning, he became invisible—like every other "garbageman."
The city's Department of Sanitation is surprisingly small. More than eight million residents are served by fewer than 10,000 Sanitation personnel, who pick up the garbage and figure out where to put it. With an annual budget of $1.35 billion, the department makes sure that more than 6,000 miles of streets are swept several times a week and that the city's 11,000 tons of household trash and 2,000 tons of household recycling are collected every day.
It wasn't always this way. New York's first street-cleaning law, enacted in 1657, forbid households from throwing "any rubbish, filth, oyster shells, dead animal or anything like it" into the streets or canals. Nonetheless, for most of its history, much of New York City was infamously filthy. Residents endured streets that were shin-deep in all manner of debris (ashes, offal, sewage) and died in extravagant numbers from diseases that even back then were largely preventable.
It wasn't until the late 19th century—when the inept Department of Street Cleaning was reorganized along military lines—that things began to come under control. In 1929, the DSC became today's Department of Sanitation, and the quasi-military structure carried forward. Outsiders may scoff, but sanitation workers form a standing army designed to fight an endless war against an enemy so relentless that victory is impossible. Stalemate counts as success, which may be why few Gothamites think twice about the military maneuvers that unfold in their streets every day.
The official color of the sanitation worker's uniform is "spruce," and in my duties with the department, I discovered that the outfit acts as a cloaking device. Working on postparade cleanups in warm weather, I quickly learned that it was useless to ask lingering bystanders to move back a little from the barricades. The coarse bristles of my hand broom were going to scrape their sandaled feet, but even when I stood directly in front of them saying "Excuse me" over and over, they didn't see or hear me. It isn't that they were ignoring me: I was never part of their awareness in the first place.
Invisibility can have its pluses, of course. For one: mongo. As a noun, mongo is sanitation slang for treasure salvaged from trash. As a verb, "to mongo" is to look for and rescue such wealth. The public never notices when a sanitation worker slips something into the mongo bin (a box attached to the side of the truck, meant to hold tools but more often used for such stash).
Locker rooms and lunchrooms in Department of Sanitation garages are elaborately decorated with found lamps, couches, desks, chairs, sports memorabilia and one-of-a-kind junk, like a foot-tall skiing Santa that sings "Jingle Bells" and gyrates like Elvis.
On his posh Upper West Side route, Ray has come across many treasures. Once he found a three-piece suit wadded in a litter basket on a corner near a dry cleaner's shop. While Sal waited, Ray took the suit inside, tried it on and had it measured for alterations. He picked it up when he worked that route again two days later.
A few New Yorkers do see through the sanitation workers' cloak of invisibility. Building superintendents and porters often help throw bags into the back of the truck. Small children sometimes stop to talk to the crew and watch them work, especially if the hopper blade is making a lot of grinding and crunching noises while it pulverizes something big, like a stove or a couch. Old people often watch closely, too; sometimes they offer thanks or querulous criticism.
Motorists also notice sanitation workers, but usually only after they have turned onto a narrow street, come halfway up the block and find their car stuck behind a slow-moving truck that was plainly visible when they made the turn. (Woe unto the motorist who then protests by yelling and cursing: The more they squawk, the slower the crew will move. Indeed, some workers add an extra cycle of the hopper for every honk of a horn. Who's invisible now?)
The career of sanitation workers is, by definition, focused on objects and debris that others have decided merit no further attention. But they are key players in maintaining the basic rhythms of a market economy. If consumed goods can't be discarded, the space they occupy remains full, and new goods can't become part of a household.
Most New Yorkers, to say nothing of city dwellers elsewhere in the country, don't give much thought to this daily ebb and flow. They put out their garbage each night, and imagine—as old-timers in the Sanitation Department like to quip—that legions of Garbage Faeries make it all go away.
In the wake of a blizzard that had left garbage piled shoulder-high (and many months after the encounter with the olive-skinned girl), Ray's partner Sal was emptying public litter baskets—a hated duty among sanitation workers—when he came across a particularly dilapidated can, barely upright. It was the old kind, made of orange metal webbing, and Sal tossed it into the back of the truck.
"You just threw out a perfectly good public garbage can…I saw you do it," an elderly woman yelled.
"Oh no, ma'am," Sal said, not hesitating. "It went into the truck to be serviced. In a few minutes it'll come out the front, polished up and good as new."
The woman's eyebrows rose nearly to her starched blue hairline as Sal jumped on the back step of the truck, waved goodbye and motioned his partner to drive on, quick. Just another Garbage Faerie, performing a bit of magic on the streets of Gotham.
—Adapted from Ms. Nagle's "Picking Up: On the Street and Behind the Trucks With the Sanitation Workers of New York City," published this month by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.


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22 U.S. Code §§ 141 to 143 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
Act Aug. 1, 1956, repealed sections 141 to 143 effective upon the date which the President determined to be appropriate for the relinquishment of jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco. Jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco was relinquished by memorandum of President Eisenhower dated Sept. 15, 1956. Notice was given to Morocco on Oct. 6, 1956, and all pending cases were disposed of by 1960. See Bulletin of the State Department Vol. 35:909, page 844.
Section 141, R.S. §§ 4083, 4125, 4126, 4127; act June 14, 1878, ch. 193, 20 Stat. 131, related to judicial authority generally of ministers and consuls of United States in China, Siam, Turkey, Morocco, Muscat, Abyssinia, Persia, and territories formerly part of Ottoman Empire including Egypt.
Section 142, R.S. § 4084, related to general criminal jurisdiction of ministers and consuls of United States.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Roberts hit a grand slam, Adam Jones homered and had three RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 9-7 Friday night to gain ground in the wild-card race.
Roberts and Jones connected in a six-run fourth inning that put Baltimore up 6-3. After Oakland rallied to take the lead, Jones drove in the go-ahead run during a three-run seventh.
The victory moved the Orioles past Cleveland into third place in the wild-card hunt. Tampa Bay is on top and Baltimore now stands two games behind Oakland. The top two teams make the playoffs.
Coco Crisp homered, had a career-high tying four hits and scored three runs for the A's, who have lost four of six and are 15-17 since the All-Star break.
In the Baltimore seventh, Jesse Chavez walked Nate McLouth and was replaced by Ryan Cook (5-3). A single by Manny Machado put runners at the corners, and McLouth scored when second baseman Eric Sogard misplayed a grounder by Chris Davis. Jones followed with a run-scoring groundout and Nick Markakis capped the uprising with an RBI single.
Francisco Rodriguez (2-0) got the win and Jim Johnson, the fourth Baltimore reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his 40th save. He had blown his previous three attempts at No. 40.
The victory assured the Orioles their first season series win over Oakland since 1998. They've won four of five with two to play.
Making his fifth start for Baltimore since coming in a trade with Houston, Bud Norris yielded seven runs and nine hits in 4 2-3 innings. In four appearances against Oakland this season, he's 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA.
A's starter Dan Straily allowed six runs, four hits and four walks in 3 1-3 innings. Although he walked off the mound with the A's trailing 6-3, the right-hander avoided losing his sixth straight decision when Oakland took the lead with a four-run fifth.
Crisp led off the fifth with a single and scored on a double by Jed Lowrie, who came home on a single by Josh Donaldson. Following a double play, two walks and a single loaded the bases and ended Norris' night. Troy Patton then gave up a two-run single to Sogard.
Oakland got a first-inning run when Crisp led off with a single and scored on a two-out single by Moss.
Crisp and Brandon Moss hit solo shots to right field in the third, even though Norris struck out the side. It was the 12th homer of the season for Crisp, the second in two games after a run of 18 games without one.
At that point, the A's were sailing. Then came the Baltimore fourth inning.
Davis drew a walk and Jones followed with an opposite-field drive to right. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Roberts, who hit a high fly to right that plopped onto the flag court beyond the 25-foot scoreboard for his sixth career grand slam, the first since 2009.
NOTES: Straily has allowed 11 homers in his last 11 starts . … The A's acquired C Kurt Suzuki in a trade with Washington. Suzuki fills the void left by the absence of John Jaso (concussion) and Derek Norris (broken toe). … Baltimore sold minor league pitcher Freddy Garcia to Atlanta. … Oakland RF Josh Reddick (wrist) took full batting practice Friday and returns Saturday. … A's OF Seth Smith was back in the lineup for the first time in almost a week because of an astigmatism.
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A former Lake Arthur woman has been sentenced for filing a false police report after she admitted to making up separate rape and armed-robbery claims in Jefferson Davis Parish.
The American Press reports 43-year-old Jenny Thibodeaux of Pierre Part was placed on two years of supervised probation. Conditions of the probation include serving one year in the parish jail with credit for time served in an inpatient and outpatient treatment facility for gambling and self-esteem.
The charges resulted from her alleged false complaint of a rape in Jennings in November 2008 and an alleged false complaint of armed robbery, which she said occurred 10 months earlier.
Thibodeaux claimed she was the victim of both crimes, which officers spent months investigating.