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Norliss Tapes, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe listens to some mysterious tapes, but doesn't hear anything he likes...
Investigative journalist David Norliss disappears while investigating the occult and supernatural. Specifically, Norliss was investigating a woman's claim that her husband had returned from the grave and attacked her. Meanwhile, folks in the area have been found dead, drained of all their blood. Norliss' publisher finds his notes, which are on tape, and listens to them in hopes of gaining insight into his disappearance. Was it a zombie, a vampire, or perhaps a zombie/vampire paying back a debt owed to a powerful demon?
There are only a few made-for-TV movies that've gone down as classics (John Carpenter's Elvis, ...And The Band Played On, and Spielberg's Duel, off the top of my head), and even fewer directors that've thrived and made names for themselves in the area. The only two examples I can think of are Mick Garris and the director of The Norliss Tapes, Dan Curtis. The popularity these directors share most likely have just as much to do with their genre of choice, horror/thriller, as it does with their actual talent.
Curtis is most well regarded for Trilogy of Terror, and his two Night Stalker films. The shared problem of most of his films seems to be the fact that they live and die by their concepts alone, as Curits doesn't have an overactive sense of visual flare. The Norliss Tapes begins with a decent concept, one straight out of a Ray Bradbury or Richard Matheson short story. The idea of recovered text, or in this case audiotapes, which may or may not reveal the story behind a narrator's disappearance is now a horror movie staple, thanks to the memorable excesses of Cannibal Holocaust, and the creepy mystery of The Blair Witch Project. As the film progresses, it seems that perhaps this particular story should've stayed on the page.
The problem here isn't one of incompetent writing, directing, or even acting, but a lack of real content. Basically, the filmmakers have padded out a ten-page story with a series of stalk-and-chase scenes featuring our antagonistic undead artist. What's worse is that the final act isn't very exciting, and thus not really worth our time.
Curtis does a nice job of leaving the zombie/vampire's kills to the audience's imagination (though this may've had more to do with 1970's TV restrictions than a stylistic decision), but blows it by actually revealing the final act demon in full close up. This is when the restraints of a TV budget really hurt the film, as well as some awful design ideas. The demon looks like a red Incredible Hulk wearing a pair of boot-cut blue jeans, a children's Dracula costume cape, and no shirt.
The film's age should be taken into consideration, of course, but The Norliss Tapes is not exactly a fond look back on the era of bell-bottoms and polyester, as much as a painfully dated one. There is nothing here to suggest a genius at work, especially not one that would foresee the popularity of such modern television hits as The X-Files and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (to which I see Dark Shadows as the logical precursor). The box art will have you believe that "Before The X-Files, there was The Norliss Tapes", but the truth is that it is Curtis' Night Stalker films that really inspired that series. See those instead.
This is pretty much the best a 1973 released TV movie will ever look. The film is presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, and has been cleaned free of any obtrusive artefacts or film damage. Colours are bright, sometimes too bright if the shade of the blood spilled to trap the demon at the film's finale is any indication. There is plenty of grain, but nothing unexpected or overtly unattractive. As per the norm, Anchor Bay has put some time and love into this transfer.
The film's original mono soundtrack has been cleaned, and only minimal damage is audible. Dialogue is clear and understandable, and the music, one aspect of the film's dated nature that I actually enjoyed has been given some low-end enhancement. There is some distortion during particularly loud moments, and a lack of fidelity and depth, but nothing too objectionable.
Being a made for TV movie, The Norliss Tapes doesn't have a theatrical trailer, but you'd think that there'd be some promo spots or something. Alas, there is nothing here but a series of trailers for other Anchor Bay releases.
The Norliss Tapes is really only for Curtis fans and DVD collectors that may've seen it on television during its initial showing. I was not impressed with the film on any technical, nor historical levels. Those with an honest interest in the inspirations behind The X-Files should really just pick up The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler. They're better films to boot. Anchor Bay deserves the usual accolades for making the film look and sound great, but gets a finger waging for not supplying any extra material.
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Wasn't this actually a pilot for a series that never got off the ground?
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Yes it was. And I thought it was great. Would have made a fabulous show if it had gone through.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd October 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitles: None
Extras: None
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Roy Thinnes, Don Porter, Angie Dickinson, Claude Akins, Michele Carey
Genre: Thriller
Length: 72 minutes
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|Sep 11th, 2008 02:27 AM
|If I'm not mistaken, the trade paperback for this book was released today (along with about three other Red Sonja books). I am still debating whether to pick it up Friday.
|Sep 1st, 2008 11:05 AM
|This crossover isn't that bad in hindsight, considering that somebody thought it would be a good idea to team the Punisher up with Archie (from those lame Archie comic books).
|Aug 30th, 2008 11:39 PM
|Now I recall seeing that Batman & Tarzan crossover at the comics store... Spidey and Red Sonja aren't all that bad compared to that if you ask me
|Aug 28th, 2008 08:07 PM
what about the time when wonder woman and catwoman teamed up with fafhrd and the gray mouser
they should remake that one
|Aug 27th, 2008 04:40 PM
"In a very strange Marvel Team-Up Spider-mans loving Aunt while babysitting Franklin Richards (Reed and Sues son) became transformed into the herald of Galactus known as the Golden Oldie. Her quest for sustenance for her master ended in her finding a giant Twinkie for Galactus to devour. Then the story sort of went away as a dream
or was it?"
|Aug 27th, 2008 05:40 AM
|Not a hoax! Not a What If! Not an imaginary story!
|Aug 27th, 2008 12:03 AM
"If you look in the mirror and say Venom's name three times, he will appear and perform analingus on you."
So out of left field I couldn't help but laugh.
|Aug 26th, 2008 08:20 PM
|Darren Spooner
|Mwah-ha-ha! I used to have this one too, and if I remember a-rightly, the plot was indeed broadly similarish and had Mary Jane as Sonja. Sadly (not really, but anyway) I've sold it off, but I've still got the real sequel, which seems to have been entirely forgotten by the... creators of this epic. A two-part X-Men epic by Claremont and Romita jr. that was actually quite nice in all its cheesiness. No Sonja that time round, and Spider-Man mostly just hung on a cross being tortured. That might just be why it wasn't bad. I don't have it to hand right now, but in a broadly similarish plot, Gath planned to rule the world with an army of Morlock grunts and was foiled just when things looked their darkest.
|Aug 26th, 2008 07:54 PM
|10,000 Volt Ghost
|That's all kinds of horrible.
|Aug 26th, 2008 02:16 PM
|It has become clear. El Serpento must team up.
|Aug 26th, 2008 06:00 AM
|Man, I hope they put this out in a trade paperback. I would buy it. I would buy it twice. (Eventually. After the first one falls apart, as no less than three of my trades have done so far. DC needs stronger glue or something.)
|Aug 26th, 2008 05:52 AM
Great article, but I don't think that there will ever be a marvel team-up as odd as Aunt May and Franklin Richards fighting Galactus.
|Aug 26th, 2008 01:50 AM
I actually own the original crossover. Bought it as a kid (I *loved* Spider-Man and hey, sword-weilding female character = COOL to a 7 year old girl...) Although it's been a while since I read it, about the only things I remember are
1. The villain is the same, with something of the same MO (takes over NYC and turns it into a live-action Everquest)
2. I *think* MJ might have been transformed into Red Sonja in that one, too, but I'd have to check.
3. Most of the other heroes were either made thralls of the bigbad or were fighting against him (I think he took out Dr. Strange first out, so he wouldn't have to deal with him.) Also...note how JJJ looks like Dr. Strange in that panel. I thought that's who it was until I read Proto's commentary.
If I'm really ambitious one of these days, I'll hunt the thing out of my longboxes and really take a look at it, but for now, it's late and I'm just going with memories. I think, though, the older one was better. I mean, it didn't take six books after all *Zing!*
|Aug 26th, 2008 01:24 AM
|Fear N Loathing
|How about a "Goddamned Batman and Superman/Red Sonja Wonderwoman" Lezbo Lust Crossover?
|Aug 26th, 2008 12:08 AM
|You altered nothing? Oh God it really is that bad?
|Aug 25th, 2008 11:34 PM
|I altered nothing in the images I posted for this piece!
|Aug 25th, 2008 11:08 PM
|10,000 Volt Ghost
For the featured panels, did you write in your own dialogue or does Spider-Man really say "Oh Snap"?
Please tell me it's your own dialogue.
|Aug 25th, 2008 10:20 PM
|At least MJ and Peter are still together.
|Aug 25th, 2008 04:45 PM
|I'm still waiting for a Flaming Carrot and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover to happen. Oh wait... it already did. I guess this means no other crossovers are needed ever again. Somebody please pass this memo onto all the comic book publishers out there.
|Aug 25th, 2008 01:32 PM
|I want to see Red Sonja team up with Howard the Duck. It would be a Failed Movie Spinoff Extravaganza!
|Aug 25th, 2008 12:43 PM
I'm glad I can't draw women like that... I'd never leave the house... I mean... errr... Great writing Proto! (I literally LOL at the larp reference.)
"I am not worth any 'experience'."
|Aug 25th, 2008 09:45 AM
|Honestly, this story sounds so damn boring...the comic´s story that is, not your writing Protoclown. The Protoclown´s writing is not to be questioned. It´s schnafte (interesting sounding word for very nice).
|Aug 25th, 2008 08:13 AM
|Purple Man
Great writeup Mr Protoclown. You even managed to get a little LARPer-bashing in.
"Spider-Man tries to get to the bottom of this bizarre occurrence by swinging around on stuff" - pretty much summed up his entire career there, dude.
I think somebody at Marvel went "hey, 13-year-old boys like Spidey...and hot barbarian chicks. Let's bring them together!" Unfortunately no-one was around to say "No" and then shoot them through the head. Shame.
|Aug 25th, 2008 06:06 AM
|Robert E. Howard would cry knowing his creation would team up in such a weird comic, and not the good weird as in 1930s pulp fiction. One look at this and he'd shoot himself in the head again.
|Aug 25th, 2008 04:50 AM
|wow. some of those pics get fanboys going i bet. id lie if i didnt say i didnt get it. it sounds illogical and awful, like it simply rides by on breasts and lasers. but its a typical american comic book, not some kind of fantastic graphic novel, whadyou expect i guess.
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The site of the news conference is set for the intersection of 11th and Garfield in Topeka, which is where Lowman Hill Elementary School is located. According to a news release, Holland's family and supporters will be at the event.
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This weekend at the Tiny House Conference in Charlotte was a whirlwind. I don't know if I can possibly describe every detail that happened. It was such an amazing event! I wanted to try to recap it as much as possible and share some of the photos I took.
I had wanted to take more photos but I got so caught up in meeting new people and seeing all the houses that the camera didn't come out very often.
So without further ado: my recap of the Tiny House Conference 2014.
I decided to work for a half a day at Bar of Soap so I could keep my mind occupied before we drove out to Charlotte. Here is a photo of my lunch at BoS before we took off. I put this here because I am told that people on the internet like to see photos of other people's food.
After lunch was a pretty uneventful 2 hour drive to Charlotte. There we met up with Andrew Odom and his Dad and set up camp. I think that we were the only two bloggers camping. It seemed like everyone else was staying at hotels nearby. After we got set up we chatted with some other folks who came out for the conference and then drove to downtown Charlotte for dinner.
Malissa Tack did. At dinner we got to meet all kinds of awesome people from the Tiny House community. There are too many to list but some folks included Suzannah and Sicily Kolbeck, and Macy Miller who just had a baby two weeks before driving from Idaho to North Carolina with the newborn and her Great Dane!
After dinner, we headed back to the campground and got settled in for the night. This is me in bed in our new tent.
Saturday was when the magic happened. 300+ people converged on the nature preserve to listen to speakers and see tiny houses. Matt and I presented on Building Basics, which I think went pretty well. We also got to see Drew speak about tiny house utilities. That afternoon Dee Williams gave the keynote address. It was inspiring, moving, and entertaining. Here are some random photos from the day:
After a dinner break, Drew and I hosted the Blogger and Builder Panel/r(E)vo Convo Podcast with special guest Ryan Mitchell and Sicily Kolbeck - and, of course, the attendees of the conference. We recorded the session and will be putting it out as a podcast soon. I had so much fun! (here is another photo by Malissa Tack)
Saturday night had a delightful bonfire and many people getting to know one another. It was a great time.
Sunday featured more workshops. Matt and I spoke about Off the Grid Living. I think that went quite well.
After the workshops and lunch, we packed up our campsite and got ready to head back to Asheville. We said goodbye to all of our friend, old and new. Some connections were made. We even met a few people who live in the Asheville are who we hope we will see again soon!
I believe there will be a Tiny House Conference in 2015 and I'll be sure to share details when I have them.
If you were at the Tiny House Conference I'd love to connect with you online. You can find me on Facebook!
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Monday, October 8, 2012 8:16 AM
A sale of Huntington County properties with seriously delinquent taxes brought in $162,525.03, Huntington County Treasurer Brenda Hamilton and Auditor Cindy Yeiter have announced.
The sale was conducted on Oct. 2.
Each year, county officials conduct a sale of properties with delinquent taxes. Purchasers do not actually buy the property at the sale; instead, they buy a tax lien on the property. The original owner has one year to pay the delinquent property taxes, costs and penalties in order to keep the property. If those are not paid, the property goes to the person who purchased the tax lien.
A total of 146 properties were earmarked for the sale on June 30.
Owners of 89 of those properties paid all taxes, penalties and costs prior to the Oct. 2 sale, removing those properties from the sale, Yeiter says.
The $162,525.03 in income to the county came from both property owners that paid back taxes prior to the sale and bidders on properties offered in the sale.
Twenty-eight of the remaining 57 parcels were purchased at the sale.
The Huntington County Commissioners have acquired a tax lien on the 29 properties that did not sell and may offer those properties to the public in a sale at a later date.
"It is our ultimate goal to return these properties to the tax rolls as quickly and efficiently as possible," Yeiter says. "Property owned by people that pay their property taxes ensure that local government services are fully funded."
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text: Appetite for Masala Bonds grows Financial Services Alert Share this 3 MAR 2017 By: Joywin Mathew In brief… Borrowing by Indian companies from the overseas market or "External Commercial Borrowings" (commonly referred to as ECBs), is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and is governed by the various rules specified by the RBI. Until recently, the ability of Indian companies to borrow from the overseas markets was predominantly limited to foreign currencies. The RBI issued its A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 17 on 29 September 2015 (the Rupee Bond Guidelines) which allowed Indian companies to raise funding through the issuance of Rupee-denominated debt instruments – which are now widely referred to as "Masala Bonds". The Rupee Bond Guidelines have increased the ability of Indian issuers to access the international debt capital markets and thereby have potentially opened up another avenue for Indian issuers to seek competitively priced funding from the international markets. Similarly, the Rupee Bonds Guidelines have allowed foreign fixed income investors the first real opportunity to have exposure to the Indian Rupee, which has been enjoying a lower volatility lately compared to other Asian currencies. This article outlines some key features of Masala Bonds and the outlook for issuers. NB: However, please note that Indian regulations do not permit foreign law firms to advise on Indian law. This article is based on our discussions with Indian counsel, our understanding of Indian regulations, and our experience of working on India-related transactions. Issuers The Rupee Bond Guidelines allow a greater universe of issuers to issue Masala Bonds. In addition to companies (as was the case), any "body corporate", non-bank financial company, real estate investment trust and infrastructure investment trust which is subject to the regulatory oversight of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is also eligible to issue Masala Bonds. Indian banks will also be eligible to issue Masala Bonds for the purposes of financing infrastructure and affordable housing, subject to conforming to the guidelines issued by the RBI. Indian banks can act as arranger and underwriter. In the case of an Indian bank underwriting an issue, its holding cannot be more than 5% of the issue size after six months of issue. However, underwriting by overseas branches or subsidiaries of Indian banks for issuances by Indian banks is not allowed. Use of proceeds The proceeds of a Masala Bond issue can be utilised by the issuer for all purposes except for: Real estate activities (including acquisition of land) except development of integrated townships or affordable housing projects Investment in capital markets (including domestic Indian equity investments) Activities otherwise prohibited under the existing "foreign direct investment" regulatory framework On-lending to other entities for the purposes of any of the preceding restricted uses Markets Masala Bonds can only be issued in a jurisdiction and can only be subscribed by a resident of a country: Which is a member of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) or a FATF-Style Regional Body Whose securities market regulator is a signatory to the International Organization of Securities Commission's (IOSCO's) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or to bilateral MOU with the SEBI for information sharing arrangements Should not be a country identified in the public statement of the FATF as a jurisdiction having AML or terrorism financing deficiencies or a jurisdiction that has not made sufficient progress in addressing those deficiencies Further, multilateral and regional financial institutions where India is a member country can also be investors of Masala Bonds. The Masala Bonds should also be "plain vanilla bonds". What does not constitute "plain vanilla bonds" is not clear at present, as the term is not defined in the Rupee Bond Guidelines. Pricing parameters The Rupee Bond Guidelines prescribe a minimum maturity of three years with prepayment (whether voluntary or mandatory) possible only after the three years from the date of issuance. The maximum amount which can be borrowed by an entity by issuance of Masala Bonds is INR 50 billion (approximately US$750 million). Any increase in the issue size beyond INR 50 billion in a financial year will require the prior approval of the RBI. In relation to the pricing of Masala Bonds the Rupee Bond Guidelines provide that the "all-in costs" of an issuance should be commensurate to the "prevailing market conditions". There is a lack of clarity as to what this means. In any event, it is expected that once a market develops for Masala Bonds, the RBI may revisit this all-in cost ceiling. In addition to the all-in cost ceiling, the rate of conversion that will apply between the Indian Rupee and the foreign currency in which the Masala Bond will settle and trade will be the prevailing rate at the time any payment is being made on the bonds – thereby shifting the currency risk onto the investors. This feature will have consequences on pricing as investors will want to factor any currency volatility into the price of Masala Bonds. Tax treatment Consistent with the tax treatment of bonds issued by Indian issuers, a withholding tax of 5% is exigible on interest income. This concessional rate was initially only available until 30 June 2017, but in the Union Budget for 2017-18, the Finance Minister extended this concessional rate to June 2020. An additional tax benefit has been extended to Masala Bonds with the Union Budget for 2017-18 proposing to exempt them from taxation for transfers between non-residents. In order to provide relief in respect of gains arising on account of appreciation of the Indian Rupee against a foreign currency at the time of redemption of Masala Bonds to secondary holders, the Indian government has indicated its intention to amend the Income Tax Act. The proposed amendment would be effected to ensure that the appreciation of the Indian Rupee will be ignored for the purposes of computation of the full value of consideration. Outlook The publication of the Rupee Bonds Guidelines certainly provide an avenue for a vast variety of issuers to raise capital from the international debt markets. Provided that the cost of borrowing onshore is higher that the pricing of the Masala Bonds, it would certainly be of interest to Indian companies who wish to raise financing at a lower cost. Equally, given the relatively high cost of borrowing onshore in India, especially for smaller mid-cap companies, there is the expectation that even an aggressively-priced bond may appear palatable to both investors and the issuer alike. There is also the need for fund raising to address India's infrastructure needs, which Masala Bonds may address if a robust market develops for these bonds. Also, given the regulatory restrictions which limit their ability to accept deposits, it is expected that Indian non-bank finance companies may look towards the international debt capital markets to address their funding requirements. To conclude, the advent of Masala Bonds may herald a new phase in investor appetite to participate in one of the world's fastest growing economies. Indian Rupee Bonds on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange As of February 2017, 30 Masala Bonds are listed on the London Stock Exchange with a combined outstanding value of US$3.5 billion.* Some of the notable transactions are listed below. *Source: London Stock Exchange Masala Bonds List (January 2017) Issuer Issue Date Amount (INR billions) Coupon (%) Tenor (years) Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) 9 Sep 2016 15 7 4 Province of British Columbia Canada 9 Sep 2016 5 6.6 4 National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) 10 Aug 2016 20 7.375 5 Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) 21 Jul 2016 30 7.875 3 International Finance Corporation (IFC) 21 Mar 2016 2 7.1 15 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 4 Mar 2016 5 6.4 3 International Finance Corporation (IFC) 10 Aug 2015 3.15 6.45 5 International Finance Corporation (IFC) 30 Apr 2015 18 6.45 3.5 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 2 Feb 2015 3.11 5.1 2 International Finance Corporation (IFC) 18 Nov 2014 10 6.3 10 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 28 Oct 2014 5.5 5.625 2.4 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 19 Sep 2014 3 5.75 3.5 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 5 Sep 2014 8.5 6 3 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 15 May 2007 1.5 8.25 10


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Like the others, Charles will appear in authentic costume and will address his audience in a no-holds-barred, frank and occasionally bawdy one-man performance at The Glebe.
The part is acted by Dr. Gareth Williams (curator of early Medieval Coinage at the British Museum). Dr Williams is a member of the team of professional historians from Tutbury Castle who have been delighting audiences across the UK and abroad with after dinner speeches and dramatic presentations.
Charles will be regaling his audience with stories about his early defeats and hiding in an oak tree and his restoration as monarch when he is reputed to have brought glamour and merriment back to England after the dull puritan regime of Oliver Cromwell.
In fact, he will be appearing in a gorgeous costume insured for £8000! No doubt he will also confide in his audience some of the escapades of his luxurious and self-indulgent life which included eight official mistress and 16 illegitimate children as well as The Plague, the Great Fire of London and Samuel Pepys.
The performance is in aid of the CHIKS project which is a local charity aiming to build a small children's home in Kenya for children who have lost their parents to AIDS.
His Majesty will no doubt be joining his audience in refreshments and answering their questions. Maybe he will even confer the honour upon the village of becoming 'Crich Regis'.
The Merry Monarch is at The Glebe, Crich, at 7.30pm Saturday November 17.
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Webster H. Holland, 53, was charged Friday with possession of child pornography and arraigned Monday in New London Superior Court where he was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
In an interview with police in December, Holland admitted he had transferred files to his school computer from a thumb drive he brought from home, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
"Some of the photos on the hard drive were of naked children. I found these images to be interesting rather than arousing," Holland said, according to the affidavit.
Holland said he had moved the images from his home computer to the thumb drive after his wife discovered some of the pornography at home and threatened to leave him, according to the affidavit.
The couple were going through marital problems, he told police, and "I resorted to viewing pornography as a withdrawal tool."
Holland was fired from his position at the Ledyard School on Dec. 6, according to the affidavit. The reason for his firing was unclear though school administration cited inappropriate behavior "not of a sexual nature," court records show. Superintendent Cathy Patterson was not immediately available for comment.
School staff changed computer passwords on Holland's computer and on Dec. 10 noticed several items missing from Holland's work area that had disappeared over the weekend "after (Holland) was told not to enter the school without an escort," according to the affidavit.
Staff also discovered the hard drive was erased. When the missing data was recovered, staff found 56 gigs of deleted information, police said. Among the deleted files was "nude pictures of very young children." Police were immediately called.
Ledyard police called Holland in for an interview while the computer was sent to the state forensic laboratory for analysis.
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After his arraignment Monday, Holland's case was transferred to New London's Part A court for serious felonies where Holland is due to appear on May 28. Holland, with a last known address in Danbury, does not yet have a lawyer.
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Disney said Wednesday that it has closed down the LucasArts video game studio which the company bought last year as part of its $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher has the details. (Photo: AP)
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Law School Admissions / Report Not Requested« on: February 15, 2011, 04:30:00 PM »
I mailed my application to SULC about two weeks ago and they haven't requested my report yet. Could there be a problem? Or does this just happen, where they don't necessarily request the report right away? I'm getting nervous. I already called the admissions office to confirm that they had everything they needed on my end and I don't want to annoy them by calling again.


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We are calling it CNBC's First Annual Recovery Road Trip.
The technical name would be "what cities have been the best for the stock market over the past year," but that doesn't fit well in a headline.
We are identifying the three metro areas around the country whose companies have been the best performers over the past year, highlighting the standout stocks and going on the road to visit these fine cities.
We'll take you on a tour of each, dig out some of the under-the-radar stocks you may have missed and speak with business leaders, local bigwigs and even a few surprise guests.
The election may be behind us but the "fiscal cliff" still looms, so there will be no shortage of questions about how each city plans to "rise above" and post a solid 2013. (Read More: What Is the Fiscal Cliff?)
Here's how our challenge worked.
A little over a year ago I built indexes comprised of the nine or 10 largest publicly traded companies in 23 metro areas around America.
For example, the 10 biggest companies around the Phoenix area were put into an equal-weighted index and given the highly original name of the "Phoenix Index." Repeat that 22 more times and let 'er ride for a year.
If you're wondering, it was the odd number of 23 indexes because there simply aren't more metro areas with enough companies with sufficiently large market caps to make up a nine or 10 stock index.
From Oct. 31, 2011 to this past Oct. 31 we tracked all the indices. On Nov. 1 we totaled up the 52 week returns for each index, dropped the single best and single worst performer from each and averaged the rest. We dropped the single best and worst to give it a more clean result.
There were some cities where a stock may have doubled or even tripled in a year, such as PulteGroup in Detroit area, that we felt artificially skewed the mean and didn't reflect the total aggregate performance of the metro area.
(Read More: Cities With the Most Affordable Homes.)
In our view, one or two companies with outsize returns turning an index positive for the year while other companies stocks dropped didn't accurately reflect the real feel of an area's recovery. Hey, our contest, our rules.
It all kicks off Monday when we'll be live in the city with the third best stock returns over the past year. We'll hop a flight after the show, hit number two on Tuesday and the big winner on Wednesday.
You will be surprised at what cities' stocks have really stood out. I sure was when I ran the results.
In fact, surprises will abound all around. Promise.
Join us on "Street Signs" for it and in the meantime do a little dance for good luck air travel. I'll need it.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 1 (UPI) -- Greivis Vasquez scored four points in a game-ending 9-2 run Friday that gave New Orleans a 100-95 decision over Detroit.
Detroit ran off nine points in a row to take a 93-91 lead with 1:58 to play, but the Hornets then got hot down the stretch to win for the first time in three games.
Vasquez hit a shot on the run that banked off the backboard with 12 seconds left to put New Orleans in front by three. After Rodney Stuckey missed a 3-pointer for the Pistons, Al-Farouq Aminu made two free throws for the Hornets to put the game away.
Vasquez scored 25 points, 13 of which came in the fourth quarter, and had nine assists. New Orleans bounced back from a 45-point loss to Oklahoma City two nights earlier.
Eric Gordon added 21 points for the Hornets while Ryan Anderson had 19 points and 13 rebounds.
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This came up in a recent forum thread* I was involved with; a young college kid is a biology major and is having his world turned upside-down, finding out - apparently for the first time (which is concerning, but I digress) - that Natural Selection is not random that there are transitional fossils and so on.
And so he is making the steady but gradual shift from Southern Baptist to Atheist by being exposed to rational science.
Now in the course of that discussion - I briefly alluded to the ban of stem cell research -and following this a theist interjected the following:
I don't mind stem cell research, however, I do have a problem with using a partial birth abortion to harvest the stem cells. It may just be me, but the idea of intentionally delivering a viable baby breach so that you can leave the head in the mother long enough to kill it and suck out its brain should be wrong absent an absolute moral code instituted by a god. They have to be very careful, if the head accidentally pops out the baby gets to live
I identified all the falsehoods regarding stem cells, but then the college kid replied with this - and making quiet plain that he no longer accepts this and want to learn more about embryo development so he can have an informed opinion, said:
I know. stem cell research is not the same as abortion, yet there are people who say the two are the exact same thing, morally.
I'm satisfied I did a good job correcting the theist about harvesting stem cells from aborted babies, but I wanted to put some feelers out for addressing the case of moral equivalency in case that rears up again.
If anyone's been following my discussion "Help my friend: America is a Christian Nation" - same thread but different person: Pete is an ex-pentecostal who joined in with questions about America's founding, Cam is the biology major who started the thread asking for book recommendations on evolution and atheism.
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What baffles me are the comments from collectors saying they don't want to "start over." Who says you have to? Why can't you continue to collect 3.75" figures AND (gasp) 6"?! Nobody had to "start over" when they released Unleashed figures, did they? You pick up what you like, it's that simple.
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Profitable Media needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 215 designs submitted by 53 freelance designers.
Profitable Media / ProfitableMedia.com
We are an internet marketing company that focuses on marketing for small businesses and joint venture partners. We increase marketing awareness, drive traffic and branding through the use of Pay Per Click Advertising, Social Media and a variety of other online and offline marketing methods.
Our market is small businesses and product owners and advertisers needing to increase their sales through mass media marketing and other niche marketing channels.
The Profitable Media logo will be used on our website, business cards and stationery.
We are excited to see your creativity on this logo contest. We've listed things that we would like to see in our new logo design.
By using this input, your design will more likely shine and be appealing to us in awarding the contest to you.
- Prefer to use just "Profitable Media" name in our design and NOT our domain name.
- We would really like to see an "Illustrated font/text" for our logo that takes a creative twist or play on our name. (like modifying the text/characters to capture an element or concept of our name and or business)
-We want a simple logo that is unique and stands out.
-A design element or concept that can be incorporated is "increase" or "increasing" like profits increasing. Possibly a line, a chart or an arrow... Use your imagination to capture this concept. Creativity will be rewarded here.
-Any $ signs or display of currency or coin. We fill this looks =, well how can we put it... "Cheesy" or unprofessional.
We are committed to provide you with rapid and detailed feedback throughout the contest.
Best of luck to you and thanks for reading our brief!
We look forward to seeing your submission!
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Custom Plush Toys by Child's Own Studio
Kids always want the coolest, newest toy that everyone else has. But what a about a completely unique, never-before-seen, toy that comes straight from their imagination? Child's Own Studio is doing exactly that by turning your kid's drawings into super cool plush toys.
Suprise the child in your lift bringing their refrigerator artwork to life. Simply send in a copy of the drawing and within a couple of weeks your child will have inspired their very own unique toy.
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I understood and appreciated the need for something that my son would find reassuring in the event of an emergency. So, the idea came to me to make something that he would recognize, maybe something that he "designed" himself. And that's when I took one of his self-portrait drawings and fashioned a stuffed toy from it. He recognized it immediately when he first saw it. He said something like, "hey, that's my guy."
Child's Own Studio has a great flickr stream showcasing all their past projects, including mystical monsters, turntables, a family of hearts and a classy martini drinking frog.
Prices range between $60 and $130 CAD, and production takes about 4-6 weeks, which means you might be out of luck for this holiday season, but this is definitely a great gift idea any time of year!
• Read More: Child's Own Studio and Softiemaker blog.
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Larian Studios has unveiled a new video for the upcoming Divinity: Original Sin, a new role playing game for Mac and Windows set in the world of the Divinity Series. This time the developers chose to showcase the progress the game's level designers have made thus far. Divinity: Original Sin will feature an isometric 3D viewpoint, a party of adventurers to control, turn based combat, and an easy to use toolset for modding the game.
The orcs of Tanoroth are on the march, wielding magic never seen before: bloody, deadly, reality-bending. The free nations of Rivellon are about to fall beneath their blades. Yet there are two unlikely heroes who can resist this savage magic: a condemned warrior released from his chains and a mystic heroine restored to life. Will they be strong enough to cope with the sins of their past? And will they be strong enough to counter the even greater threat that hides behind the marching orcs?PLAY WITH TWO LEAD CHARACTERS: Discover who they are and what terrible truth binds them.Enjoy the freedom of CLASS-FREE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT with plenty of unique skills, weapons and equipment.SUMMON AND RECRUIT other characters and creatures to complement your party.EXPLORE A LARGE AND DENSE WORLD: filled with quests, special moments and memorable characters.DISCOVER A WEALTH OF ITEM INTERACTION: if its not nailed to the ground, it can be moved, used or combined.Pursue the freedom and explore the depth of role-playing where CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES MATTER.TURN-BASED COMBAT SYSTEM adds tactical edge and depth to your role-playing experience.USE SKILL AND SPELL COMBOS to make your attacks more effective.MAKE USE OF THE TERRAIN DURING COMBAT: exploit the environment to gain the upper hand in battles.DEVELOP COOPERATIVE SKILLS AND SPELLS: a party acting as a well-honed team can prevail over superior forces.EXPERIENCE COOPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER MODE: fight and explore together, develop your characters individually.DISCOVER THE COOPERATIVE DIALOGUE SYSTEM: you dont necessarily need to agree with each other.BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURES: powerful toolset allows the community to create and share new adventures online.ENJOY THE DIVINE MUSIC OF KIRILL POKROVSKY: the award-winning composer of all previous Divinity games.DIVE INTO THE DIVINITY UNIVERSE: the story of Original Sin is the prequel to the events of Divine Divinity.
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What Is RSS?
RSS is an easy way for you to keep updated automatically on Web sites you like. Instead of checking your favorite Web sites to see if they've written a new article or feature, you can use RSS (which stands for Really Simple Syndication) to get them to tell you every time they have something new.
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Generally, you need to have a program called a News Reader. This will display RSS feeds from your chosen Web sites on your computer. All you have to do is choose which RSS feeds you want.
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Josh Rothschild necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 109 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
Applied Interactive was started in 1994 with the idea of developing online business communities. If you recall the internet in 1994 this idea was LITTLE ahead of its time. AI jumped into e-commerce development, was rolled into its largest client, was dragged into one of the dot com blow ups of 2000, and then was "mothballed", until now.
Applied Interactive
We are looking for a new logo at Applied Interactive. AI develops and operates websites. The Applied Interactive logo will not appear on the websites AI develops, those get their own designs, I'm just tired of using basic Arial font on our own business cards, and I could never justify spending time developing our own logo because we don't really market at all.
It needs to be clean and a little bit corporate. It should be modern. Graphics are nice but the name of the company should be the focus and the text should be easy to read.
- Please include an "Applied Interactive" version
- Please include a more icon shaped "AI" versionThey should convert (and look decent) in B&W and single color versions for different applications.
- No fonts distorted to crazily, no clip art, no really loopy things, nothing overly animated or neon, or negative or scary. No fuzzy textures or borders and no italics.
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Fire destroys barn at Callaway
Saturday afternoon turned out to be filled with a little more excitement than normal for Joe Cool. Cool was working cattle that day when he noticed smoke coming from the barn. When the Callaway fire department arrived on the scene, the barn was completely engulfed. "An old wooden structure filled with ten to 15 tons of straw bales, there wasn't alot we could do besides contain it and watch it burn," Callaway Fire Chief Charles Jorgensen stated. The Callaway volunteer fire departement, along with the help of Merna's tanker, was on the scene. One of their concerns was getting water to the fire. With one of Callaway's tankers down, Merna's tanker was brought in. All parties involved were just thankful the rain had fallen that day to help keep the fire from spreading. According to Jorgensen, the cause of the fire has yet to be determined.


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Alaskan Architecture: A House for a Musher
"What's a musher?" That's the first thing I thought when I spotted this Alaskan home in Architectural Record. Then its location began to scratch at the corners of my memory. Oh yeah, a musher:
A musher is the guy on a sled at the back of a team of sled dogs. He keeps the team going, shouting commands from the rear. This particular musher is a four-time champion of the Iditarod. What might his house look like?
A few of our favorite pics are gathered above. The home is set, of course, in Alaskan wilderness. It stands out against the open land and sky, much like a sled team standing as the lone verticals on a horizon of snow. Its exterior is clad in charred cedar and its interior is a warm natural wood. What better place for a musher to come home to?
See more of the home at Architectural Record. And more from the designers at Mayer Sattler-Smith.
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The San Diego Chargers were relieved as much as they were jubilant when Matt Cassel's pass ended up in the hands of San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle.
The San Diego Chargers were relieved as much as they were jubilant when Matt Cassel's pass ended up in the hands of San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle.
"In the end, we made the play and they didn't," Weddle said after his interception at midfield with 55 seconds left preserved the Chargers' 20-17 victory over the winless Chiefs on Sunday. "It's huge. We definitely didn't want to lose this game."
Ryan Mathews scored twice, and the Chargers overcame two more interceptions by Philip Rivers to improve to 2-1 for just the second time in Norv Turner's five seasons as coach.
The Chiefs (0-3), who last year ended the Chargers' four-year run as AFC West champions, got the ball back at their 33 with 1:26 left after Rivers was stuffed on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 34. Out of timeouts, Cassel threw for 23 yards to Leonard Pope to get into Chargers territory. On the next play, Cassel, under pressure and backpedaling, threw the ball right to the blitzing Weddle, who signed a $40 million contract in the offseason.
"Those were the highs and lows of football," Cassel said. "One minute you feel good with a 20-yard gain close to field goal range and great position, and then on the next play the game's over."
Although he was blitzing, Weddle said he read that it was a screen play, with running back Dexter McCluster as the intended receiver, so he backed up.
"I knew something was up," Weddle said. "That's why I stopped. I knew the ball was coming my way. I read the play, read the quarterback and he threw it right there."
Said Cassel: "It was a screen pass. You try to keep your head downfield. When I swung back around I thought I could get it in there to Dexter. Obviously it's one I'd like to have back."
McCluster thought the Chiefs could make a big play on the screen.
"I thought he was blitzing, but at the last second he saw it and backed up, which led him to the interception," he said.
The Chiefs looked awful in the first half but the Chargers let them hang around.
Kansas City didn't get a first down until its opening drive of the second half, when Cassel threw a 4-yard TD pass to Dwayne Bowe to pull to 10-7.
The Chargers responded with an 80-yard drive capped by Mathews' run to the right side for a 10-point lead.
After the teams traded field goals, the Chiefs pulled to 20-17 when Cassel found Pope on a 1-yard scoring pass with 4:58 to play.
The Chiefs were out of timeouts, and all the Chargers had to do was run out the clock. They went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Kansas City 34, and Rivers was stopped to give the Chiefs a final chance.
Mathews ran 21 times for 98 yards. Rivers was 24 of 38 for 266 yards, his lowest total of the season. Cassel was 17 of 24 for 176 yards, two touchdowns and the one INT.
Rivers has thrown two interceptions in each of the first three games. Kendrick Lewis picked off Rivers and returned it 50 yards. The Chiefs got 15 more yards for unsportsmanlike conduct after a referee ran into a Chargers player on the sideline who was too close to the field. The Chiefs got to the San Diego 11 before a holding penalty pushed them back, and Ryan Succop was wide right on a 38-yard field goal attempt.
Brandon Flowers had the other interception for Kansas City, along with a 43-yard return. He hurt his right knee on the play.
"Certainly I need to play better, and I'm going to work like crazy to do that," Rivers said. "But 2-1 is what's important."
Rivers also fumbled on San Diego's second drive, but center Nick Hardwick recovered. Two plays later, Mathews scored on a 2-yard run.
"We're not in sync in terms of playing the entire game with the rhythm that we'd like. That's going to come," Turner said.
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Results from testing the Brod & Taylor Folding Proofer
In the latter part of October I was asked by Michael Taylor of Brod & Taylor, makers of the new Folding Proofer if I would be interested in being a tester for their new product. I had been reading the comments and recommendations posted by Eric Hanner and Sylvia regarding the proofer with a good deal of interest and had pretty much decided to purchase one for myself at some point in the New Year. Naturally, Michael's offer was gratefully accepted and the proofer was shipped out to my address on Vancouver Island, arriving last week. Once I had it out of the box my first impression was how stylish it looked, considering it's basically just a plastic box with a heating plate attached to it. While I'm more interested in function than form I do appreciate that they've made it as attractive as it is. The set up is quick and easy with all the pieces slotting together nicely. Then it's just a matter of adding some water to the humidity tray, putting the lid on, plugging it in and selecting a desired temperature using the digital control panel. I'd decided before the proofer arrived that I'd run it initially over an extended period of time (almost 40 hours), 1- to see if it would keep a constant temperature for the duration, and 2- to see whether being on continuously for a lengthy time would cause it to fail in some way. The proofer did an excellent job of maintaining heat throughout the entire 40 hours. Even when I checked it at 2:00AM just before going to work one morning and with our house at it's coldest, it was just 2 degrees negative compared to the temp I'd set it at. I used a calibrated cable type meat thermometer to read the actual temp inside the box, and while I wouldn't swear it was 100% accurate 100% of the time it was close enough for something like this to satisfy me it was well within an acceptable temperature range. I'd set the cable thermometer at various levels and locations inside the proofer as well during this part of the testing to see if there were any significant cold spots. There were none that I could find. The proofer recovers it's heat within 3-4 minutes if the lid has been removed for any reason, so no prolonged heat loss to be concerned about. For a uninsulated plastic box this is pretty darn good, I thought at the time. Next up would be getting a levain going for a bake the next day.
After the initial testing I shut the proofer down for a few hours then started it up again shortly before going to bed, setting the temperature at 70F about 20 minutes before mixing a 100% rye levain. By the time the levain was ready for it's 14-16 hr fermentation the proofer was spot on at 70F. In the past whenever I've done this, particularly during our colder months, I've always known that the levain temperature will be lower than optimum by the time I get up the next morning. This time I was fairly confident I'd have a good strong batch of yeast cells to work with for a change. Sure enough next morning it was quite active and bubbly and far better than any previous efforts I've had at this time of year. I gave it the other half of it's feeding and left it for the remainder of it's 15 hour fermentation time. I think the levain was more ready to begin mixing than I was when the time came.
I thought if I couldn't get a decent looking loaf of bread out of this mix it wouldn't be because the leaven wasn't strong enough. The bread I was making was inspired by Jeffrey Hamelman's 66% Sourdough Rye on pg 210 of his book 'Bread'. Although I added and altered a number of ingredients and percentages, I kept to his instructions as far as times and temperature for bulk and final fermentation were concerned. DDT for most of his rye breads is 80F, which is easy enough to achieve by adjusting the water temp, but maintaining that temp during bulk and final has often been a royal pain for me. Not so this time. When the levain was removed from the proofer for mixing I bumped the heat up to 80F in preparation for the bulk ferment and final proof and again it was at the correct temp by the time I needed to use it. How nice! Bulk ferment of 35 minutes, shape, slash, and back into the proofer for a final rise of 50 minutes. Baked at 500F for 10 minutes then 450F for 20 min. and 440F for 15 min. I think it turned out a good loaf with a respectable profile, an even crumb, and well coloured crust.
The next bread I mixed was another from Hamelman's 'Bread' but shifting from rye breads over to Chapter 5 on Levain Breads. I chose his Semolina Bread p -171 to mix, as the combination of durum flour and toasted sesame seeds is one I've enjoyed previously in the Tom Cat Filone from Maggie Gleezer's 'Artisan Baking'. Other than using mature rye starter for the levain build, increasing the percentage of sesame seeds, and a minor increase in hydration, I followed Hamelman's formula and procedure closely. Once again the proofer cooked up a very active levain to use in the mix as you'll see from the volume of the baked loaf in the photos below. The loaf was scored Fendu style.
For a final test I decided to see how the proofer would do with a rich, laminated dough, in this case a danish pastry dough from 'Advanced Bread & Pastry' by Michel Suas. I wasn't really anticipating any problems doing danish in the proofer, I simply wanted to make a few for myself, as well as for my wife to take for some of her co-workers. The danish were proofed at 78F for around 90 minutes, coming out nicely expanded and slightly moist. They baked off with a good jump, even colour and tasted great.
It should be clear at this point that my overall impression of the Folding Proofer is quite positive, however there is some room for improvement that I'd like to see in future models.
The first issue is that the lid has no way for it to stay in an upright position without the user physically holding it up by hand. If you need both hands to remove something from it, the lid has to be removed entirely and placed elsewhere until you've removed the item from the proofer. It's a nuisance and something that could be easily and inexpensively resolved I'm sure.
Front loading would be preferable to top loading particularly if the user is stacking pans or bowls on 2 levels, and solves the first issue as well.
The inside length is just a 1/2" short of accommodating a fairly common sheet/jelly roll pan size of 15 1/2" x 10 1/2". The inside width of the proofer is generous at 12 1/2" so it seems the dimensions are slightly off and need to be reconfigured.
This next wish is intended for a deluxe model should Brod & Taylor ever make one, since I'm sure it would increase the production cost considerably. A user controlled humidity level would give the user another degree of control overall and could be used to compensate for various ambient conditions.
Because I bake professionally for a living and work in a well equipped shop I've become accustomed to having the proper tools in order to do my job in the best way possible. Having to rely on some sort of makeshift proofer set up for my home baking is something I've never been entirely happy or confident with. An easily controlled environment for fermentation is of far more value to me for home bread production than a mixer is when it comes right down to it. If I'd known a few months ago while I was shopping around for a new mixer that this home proofer would be coming on the market, I would have kept my money in my wallet and waited for it to become available, and have spent less than what I eventually paid out for the mixer. Much as I like a mixer for making cakes and pastry, etc, I don't need one for bread making as much as I need something with a reliably constant source of heat and moisture for bringing the dough to it's best potential. My feeling is that anything that can bring a higher degree of control to the process of home bread making such as the Brod & Taylor Folding Proofer does is worthy of the same serious consideration we use when purchasing a new mixer or oven. It's good product and it does what it's designed to do very well.
Happy baking,