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By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Ryan, the Republican Party's fiscal visionary, faces a major test in budget talks starting this week: Can he move from ideology and theoretical blueprints to practical deal-making?
The influential House of Representatives Budget Committee chairman has a lot at stake, including his clout among Republican members of Congress and any aspirations he may have for the party's presidential nomination in 2016.
Ryan will be his party's leader on the budget negotiating panel that sprang from this month's deal to end a federal government shutdown and avert a potential default. It will convene on Wednesday for opening statements from its 29 members and faces a December 13 deadline to reach a deal that can be considered by the full House and Senate.
In the past few years, Ryan hasn't been much for negotiating, and he hasn't had to. Since he took over as budget committee chairman in 2011, there haven't been formal budget negotiations, as Congress has simply lurched between stopgap spending extensions.
Ryan's budgets passed in the House have served mainly as manifestos for his conservative small-government budget vision: deep cuts to social programs, dramatically lower tax rates and radical reforms to expensive federal benefits programs.
"Congressman Ryan has been instrumental in putting the large-scale issues of fiscal reform on the national agenda. What he's never done is lead an effort where you have to compromise to get something done," said Maya MacGuineas, who heads the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a group pushing for deficit reduction.
Squaring off against Ryan will be the negotiating panel's Democratic leader, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray. The talks will start on well-trod ground: Republican demands for cuts to federal benefits programs and Democratic demands for increased tax revenue.
Ryan avoided participation in another panel created to resolve an impasse - the 2011 "supercommittee" - predicting that it had more than a 50 percent chance of failure. It did fail in its quest to find $1.2 trillion in budget savings over a decade, triggering the automatic "sequester" spending cuts.
For several months this year, the 43-year-old Wisconsin Republican resisted calls to negotiate over Republican and Democratic budget plans, saying the differences were too vast for a public conference committee of the House and Senate.
Now thrust into the position of having to haggle, he is trying to shrink expectations for anything larger than a modest easing of the sequester cuts. An elusive "grand bargain" is simply too ambitious, he told Reuters.
But even diminished hopes are riding on Ryan's ability to sell a deal to a fractious House Republican caucus, where he commands respect, even among Tea Party conservatives.
Republicans, including Ryan, have refused to consider additional revenue increases to ease the sequester, and working around that line in the sand will be the talks' the biggest challenge.
Democrats have insisted that revenue gains from eliminating tax deductions and loopholes make up at least half of any alternative savings. They say they are willing to cough up some cuts to federal benefits programs, but not unless Republicans consider revenues.
The two sides would need to find about $91 billion to eliminate the sequester cuts for fiscal 2014 and go back to prior spending limits.
Democrats want about $45 billion of that to come from closing tax loopholes, a Democratic Senate aide said, adding that Ryan will be forced to make some hard choices.
"There will be no gimmick that we can use that's going to let him say there's no tax increase," the aide said.
Unless he can persuade Democrats to give up some cuts without revenue gains, Ryan's fallback position is to keep the sequester cuts in place. This would please House conservatives, but would not sit well with many other Republicans who support strong spending on the military and national security programs.
The sequester will hit the Department of Defense harder in 2014, with estimates of about $20 billion in additional cuts compared with 2013. Analysts and some lawmakers see that as a significant motivator for Republicans to make a deal.
Ryan was a member of the 2010 deficit commission known as Simpson-Bowles, but he voted against the panel's recommendation for about $4 trillion in budget savings, which were never adopted.
Since then, he has authored three Republican budget plans that have relied heavily on deep cuts to social services while lowering tax rates.
His most controversial proposal is a far-reaching restructuring of Medicare, which would turn the popular fee-for-service health care program for the elderly into a voucher-like system that would provide a subsidy for seniors to buy private health insurance.
The latest version of his budget aims to reach a surplus within 10 years. Democrats charge that to achieve this, he would have to eliminate most tax breaks for the middle class, including the exclusion for employer-provided health care insurance and deductions for home mortgage interest and charitable donations.
Ryan's budgets catapulted him onto the national stage, prompting Mitt Romney to choose him as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, and he is viewed as a leading contender for the party's 2016 presidential nomination.
Any deal he makes that increases tax revenue would likely alienate fellow Republicans.
"Tax increases? If he does that, obviously he's finished," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "The grassroots activists in the Republican Party will never let him get a national nomination if he does that."
(Editing by Fred Barbash and Doina Chiacu)


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New Downloadable Audiobooks! HCPL adds thousands of eAudiobooks to its collection
For a lot of area residents, audiobooks have made their daily commutes, time on the treadmill, weekend yard work, or just lazing by the pool a lot more entertaining, and Smartphones, tablets and mp3 players have made listening to a bestseller or an old favorite unbelievably convenient. So it is no surprise that the popularity of audiobooks has soared in recent years.
Harris County Public Library has always done its best to keep ahead of demand and soon HCPL customers will have an even wider selection of downloadable audiobooks to choose from, including some of today's hottest titles by authors like Stephen King, Charlaine Harris, Alexander McCall Smith and Anne Tyler.
On June 4, 2012, over 3500 new eAudiobooks will be added to HCPL's collection bringing the total to well over 10,000 fiction and nonfiction audio titles—with more coming online all the time; what's more, most of the new titles allow for unlimited checkouts, meaning there will be no frustrating holds on popular titles.
Because HCPL knows that grownups aren't the only ones with long commutes, chores, or serious relaxing to do, there will be plenty of new titles for all ages and tastes: Meg Cabot, Anthony Horowitz and Avi for teens, and for the younger folks, Cynthia Rylant and Nikki Grimes, as well as select titles from the American Girl and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
To checkout any of the new titles when the catalog goes live on June 4, customers will go to e.hcpl.net. Those with Apple devices (iPods, iPads and iPhones) can simply download the free OneClickdigital app from the App Store. An app for Android devices will be available in a few months, until then Android users need only plug into a home computer to download audiobooks from the new collection.
With all the great new titles, audiobook fans might just find themselves wishing for a few more chores or a little road construction so they can keep on listening.
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Atlantis to move to new home Friday
Atlantis to move to new home Friday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
The permanent home of the space shuttle Atlantis is taking shape in Brevard County.
Atlantis is expected to move in on Friday.
Atlantis's move to the building at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be a miniature version of Endeavour's roll through Los Angeles.
The 10-mile ride will displace 120 light poles and 56 traffic signs, all of them on KSC property.
Once inside the building, Atlantis will look the way it did when shuttle astronauts were making history.
The $100 million building won't be open to the public until next July. While it's being finished, Atlantis will be shrink-wrapped in plastic and be treated like a national treasure.


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Obama: Iraq Will Need Additional U.S. Assistance
President Barack Obama says Iraq will need additional assistance from the U.S. to push back an Islamic insurgency.
The president did not specify what type of assistance he is willing to provide. But Obama says the White House has not ruled anything out. He says he is watching the situation in Iraq with concern and wants to ensure that jihadists don't get a foothold.
Iraq has been beset by violence since the last American forces withdrew in late 2011. The violence escalated this week with an al-Qaida-inspired group capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities this week and vowing to march on to Baghdad.
Obama spoke following an Oval Office meeting with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.


text: The South Windsor Square Dance Club invites all area square dancers to a evening of square dancing and round dancing at the Powder Mill Barn in Enfield, on Friday, Feb. 22. A Hawaiian Night Theme Dance will be held from 8-10:30 p.m. and will feature Caller, Al Hipkins and Cuer, Margene Jervis. Square dancing will be alternating Main Stream and Plus. Donation is $7 per person and refreshments will be served. The historical Powder Mill Barn is located in Hazardville section of Enfield at 32 South Maple St. For more information, call 860-659-1719 or check on the web at http://swsdc.fhrick.net/SWSDC.htm.


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Net::IMP - Inspection and Modification Protocol
# implementation of plugin
package myIMP_Plugin;
use base 'Net::IMP::Base';
use Net::IMP;
# plugin global methods
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
sub cfg2str { ... } # create $string from %config
sub str2cfg { ... } # create %config from $string
sub validate_cfg { ... } # validate %config
sub new_factory { # creates factory object
my ($class,%factory_args) = @_;
return $factory;
# factory specific methods and calls
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# used in default implementation of method interface
sub INTERFACE {
[ undef, [ IMP_PREPASS, IMP_ACCTFIELD ]]
sub new_analyzer { # creates analyzer from factory
my ($factory,%analyzer_args) = @_;
my $analyzer = $class->SUPER::new_analyzer( %analyzer_args );
# maybe prepass everything forever in both directions
[ IMP_PREPASS, 0, IMP_MAXOFFSET ], # for dir client->server
[ IMP_PREPASS, 1, IMP_MAXOFFSET ]; # for dir server->client
return $analyzer;
# analyzer specific methods
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# new data for analysis, $offset should only be set if there are gaps
# (e.g. when we PASSed data with offset in the future)
sub data {
my ($analyzer,$dir,$data,$offset,$datatype) = @_;
# use of plugin
package main;
# check configuration, maybe use str2cfg to get config from string before
if (my @err = myIMP_Plugin->validate_cfg(%config)) {
die "@err"
# create single factory object for each configuration
my $factory = myIMP_Plugin->new_factory(%config);
# enforce the interface the caller will use, e.g. the input protocol/types
# and the supported output return types
$factory = $factory->set_interface([
]) or die;
# create analyzer object from factory for each new analysis (e.g. for
# each connection)
my $analyzer = $factory->new_analyzer(...);
# set callback, which gets called on each result
# feed analyzer with data
$analyzer->data(0,'data from dir 0',0,IMP_DATA_STREAM);
.... will call imp_cb as soon as results are there ...
$analyzer->data(0,'',0,IMP_DATA_STREAM); # eof from dir 0
# callback for results
sub imp_cb {
my $cb_arg = shift;
for my $rv (@_) {
my $rtype = shift(@$rv);
if ( $rtype == IMP_PASS ) ...
# definition of new data types suites
package Net::IMP::HTTP;
use Net::IMP 'IMP_DATA';
use Exporter 'import';
our @EXPORT = IMP_DATA('http',
'header' => +1, # packet type
'body' => -2, # streaming type
IMP is a protocol for inspection, modification and rejection of data between two sides (client and server) using an analyzer implementing this interface.
IMP is an asynchronous protocol, usually used together with callbacks.
Using the
datamethod, data from the input stream gets put into the analyzer.
The analyzer processes the data and generates results. It might be possible, that it needs more data before generating a result or that it can only results for part of the data and needs more data for more results.
Each result contains a result type. Most results also contain direction of the input stream which caused the result and the offset of this stream. The offset is the position in the input stream, up to which data got used in generating the result, e.g. a result of IMP_PASS means that data up to the offset got used in the result and thus data up to this offset can be passed.
The results get usually propagated with a callback set with
set_callback. If no callback is set, results must be polled with the
Usage of Terms
- Factory
The factory object is used to create analyzers with common properties.
- Analyzer
The analyzer is the object which does the analysis of the data within a specific context. It will be created by the factory for a new context.
- Context
The context is the environment where the analyzer executes. E.g. when analyzing TCP connections, a new context is created for each TCP connection.
- Interface
The interface consists of the data protocols/types (e.g. stream, packet, http...) supported by the analyzer and the return types (IMP_PASS, IMP_PREPASS, IMP_LOG, ...).
Result Types
The results returned inside the callback or via
poll_results can be of the following kind:
- [ IMP_PASS, $dir, $offset ]
Accept all data up to
$offsetin the data stream for direction
$offsetspecifies data which were not yet seen by the analyzer, these data don't need to be forwarded to analyzer. If they were still forwarded to the analyzer (because they were already on the way, unstoppable) the analyzer just throws them away until
$offsetis reached. This feature is useful for ignoring whole subcontexts (like MIME content based on a
A special case is a
$offsetof IMP_MAXOFFSET, in this case the analyzer is not interested in further information about the connection.
- [ IMP_PASS_PATTERN, $dir, $regex, $len ]
This is the same as IMP_PASS, except a pattern will be given instead of an offset. All data up to but not including the pattern don't need to be forwarded to the analyzer. Because
$regexmight be complex the analyzer has to specify how many octets the
$regexmight match at most, so that the caller can adjust its buffer.
Because there might be data already on the way to the analyzer, the analyzer needs to check all incoming data without explicit offset if they match the pattern. If it gets data with explicit offset, that means, that the pattern was matched inside the client at the specified position. In this case it should remove all data it got before (even if they included offset already) and resync at the specified offset.
For better performance the analyzer should check any data it has already in the buffer if they already contain the pattern. In this case the issue can be dealt internally and there is no need to send this reply to the caller.
If the caller receives this reply, it should check all data it has still in the buffer (e.g. which were not passed) wether they contain the pattern. If the caller finds the pattern, it should call
datawith an explicit offset, so that the analyzer can resynchronize the position in the data stream.
- [ IMP_PREPASS, $dir, $offset ]
This is similar to IMP_PASS. If <$offset> specifies data, which were already forwarded to the analyzer, they get accepted. If it specified not yet forwarded data, they get accepted also up to
$offset, but contrary to IMP_PASS they get also forwarded to the analyzer.
Thus data can be forwarded before they get inspected, but they get inspected nevertheless. This might be known good data, but inspection is needed to maintain the state or to log the data.
Or it might be potentially bad data, but a low latency is required and small amounts of bad data are accepted. In this case the window for bad data might be set small enough to allow high latency while limiting impact of malicious data. This can be done through continues updates of
- [ IMP_DENY, $dir, $reason ]
Deny any more data on this context. If
$reasonis given, it should be used to construct a message to the client.
Deny results by closing the context in a way visible to the client (e.g. closing the connection with RST).
Deny any more data on this context and close the context. The preferred way for closing the context is to be not visible to the client (e.g just drop any more packets of an UDP connection).
- [ IMP_REPLACE, $dir, $offset, $data ]
Ignore the original data up to $offset, instead send
$offsetneeds be be in the range of the data the analyzer got through
- [ IMP_TOSENDER, $dir, $data ]
Send data back to the sender. This might be used to reject data, e.g. replace them with nothing and send an error message back to the sender. This can be useful to reject single commands in SMTP, FTP...
- [ IMP_LOG, $dir, $offset, $len, $level, $msg ]
This contains a log message
$msgwhich is about data in direction
$dirstarting with
$lenoctets long.
$levelmight specify a log level like debug, info, warn... .
The caller should just log the information in this case.
$levelis one of LOG_IMP_*, which are similar to syslog levels, e.g. IMP_LOG_DEBUG, IMP_LOG_INFO,... These level constants can be imported with
use Net::IMP ':log'.
- [ IMP_PORT_OPEN|IMP_PORT_CLOSE, $dir, $offset, ... ]
Some protocols like FTP, SIP, H.323 dynamically allocate ports. These results detect when port allocation/destruction is done and should provide enough information for the caller to open/close the ports and track the data through additional analyzers.
TODO: details will be specified when this feature is needed.
- [ IMP_ACCTFIELD, $key, $value ]
This specifies a tuple which should be used for accounting (like name of logfile, URL...)
API Definition
The following API needs to be implemented by all IMP plugins.
$factory and
$analyzer in the following might be (objects of) different classes, but don't need to. The
Net::IMP::Base implementation uses the same class for plugin, factory and analyzer.
- $class->str2cfg($string) => %config
This creates a config hash from a given string. No verification of the config is done.
- $class->cfg2str(%config) => $string
This creates a string from a config hash. No verification of the config is done.
- $class->validate_cfg(%config) -> @error
This validates the config and returns a list of errors. Config is valid, if no errors are returned.
- $class->new_factory(%args) => $factory
This creates a new factory object which is later used to create the analyzer.
%argsare used to describe the properties common for all analyzers created by the same factory.
- $factory->get_interface(@caller_if) => @plugin_if
This gets the interfaces supported by the factory. Each interface consists of
[ $input_type, \@output_types ], where
- $input_type
is either a single input data type (like IMP_DATA_STREAM, IMP_DATA_PACKET) or a protocol type (like IMP_DATA_HTTP) which includes multiple data types.
- @output_types
is a list of the return types, which are used by the interface, e.g. IMP_PASS, IMP_LOG,... if \@output_types is not given or an empty list, it will be assumed, that the caller supports any return types.
If called without arguments the method will return all the interfaces supported by the factory. Only in this case an interface description with no data type/protocol might be returned, which means, that all data types/protocols are supported.
If called with a list of interfaces the caller supports, it will return the subset of these interfaces, which are also supported by the plugin.
- $factory->set_interface($want_if) => $new_factory
This will return a factory object supporting the given interface. This factory might be the same as as original factory, but might also be a different factory, which translates data types.
If the interface is not supported it will return undef.
- $factory->new_analyzer(%args) => $analyzer|undef
Creates a new analyzer object. The details for
%argsdepend on the analyzed protocol and the requirements of the analyzer, but usually these are things like source and destination ip and port, URL, mime type etc.
With a key of
cbthe callback can already be set here as
<[$code,@args]> instead of later with
The factory might decide based on the given context information, that no analysis is needed. In this case it will return
undef, otherwise the new analyzer object.
- $analyzer->set_callback($code,@args)
Sets or changes the callback of the analyzer object. If results are outstanding, they might be delivered to this callback before the method returns.
$codeis a coderef while
@argsare additional user specified arguments which should be used in the callback (typically object reference or similar). The callback is called with
$code->(@args,@results)whenever new results are available.
If $code is undef, an existing callback will be removed.
If no callback is given, the results need to be polled with
- $analyzer->data($dir,$data,$offset,$type)
Forwards new data to the analyzer.
$diris the direction, e.g. 0 from client and 1 from server.
$dataare the data.
$dataof '' means end of data.
$offsetis the current position (octet) in the data stream. It must be set to a value greater than 0 after data got omitted as a result of PASS or PASS_PATTERN, so that the analyzer can resynchronize the internal position value with the original position in the data stream. In any other case it should be set to 0.
$typeis the type of the data. There are two global data type definitions:
This is for generic streaming data, e.g. chunks from these datatypes can be concatinated and analyzed together, parts can be replaced etc.
This is for generic packetized data, where each chunk (e.g. call to
data) contains a single packet, which should be analyzed as a separate entity. This means no concatinating with previous or future chunks and no replacing of only parts of the packet.
Also, any offsets given in calls to
dataor in the results should be at packet boundary (or IMP_MAX_OFFSET), at least for data modifications. It will ignore (pre)pass which are not a packet boundary in the hope, that more (pre)pass will follow. A (pre)pass for some parts of a packet followed by a replacement is not allowed and will probably cause an exception.
All other data types are considered either subtypes of IMP_DATA_PACKET (value >0) or of IMP_DATA_STREAM (value<0) and share their restrictions. Also only streaming data of the same type can be concatinated and analyzed together.
Results will be delivered through the callback or via
- $analyzer->poll_results => @results
Returns outstanding results. If a callback is attached, no results will be delivered this way.
- Net::IMP->set_debug
This is just a convinient way to call
Net::IMP::Debug->set_debug. See Net::IMP::Debug for more information.
sample integration into relayd
protocol to add remote analyzers
add more return types like IMP_PORT_*
Specify IMP_PORT_* and have sample implementation which uses it. Should be used to inform caller, that inside that protocol it found dynamic port allocations (like for FTP data streams or SIP RTP streams) and that caller should track these connections too.
behavior on EOF
There is currently no way for the analyzer to issue a IMP_REPLACE on read-shutdown on one side, because the IMP client will forward the shutdown once all buffers are empty. It might be possible solution to require the analyzer to explicitly acknowledge the processing of the shutdown by sending an IMP_PASS with an offset after the connection end.
Helper Functions
The function
IMP_DATA is provided to simplify definition of new data types, for example:
our @EXPORT = IMP_DATA('http',
'header' => +1, # packet type
'body' => -2, # streaming type
push @EXPORT = IMP_DATA('httprq[http+10]',
'header' => +1, # packet type
'content' => -2, # streaming type
This call of IMP_DATA is equivalent to the following perl declaration:
use Scalar::Util 'dualvar';
our @EXPORT = (
# getservbyname('http','tcp') -> 80
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTP
=> dualvar(80 << 16,'imp.data.http');
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTP_HEADER
=> dualvar((80 << 16) + 1,'imp.data.http.header');
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTP_BODY
=> dualvar( -( (80 << 16) + 2 ), 'imp.data.http.body');
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTPRQ
=> dualvar((80 << 16) + 10,'imp.data.httprq');
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTPRQ_HEADER
=> dualvar((80 << 16) + 10 + 1,'imp.data.httprq.header');
use constant IMP_DATA_HTTPRQ_CONTENT
=> dualvar( -( (80 << 16) + 10 + 2 ),'imp.data.httprq.content');
Steffen Ullrich <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Thanks to everybody who helped with time, ideas, reviews or bug reports, notably Alexander Bluhm and others at genua.de.
Copyright 2012,2013 Steffen Ullrich.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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(Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder reached inside his administration for a new state treasurer, announcing on Tuesday the appointment of Kevin Clinton, who has headed the state's insurance and financial services department since it was created last year.
Clinton, who has a background as an actuary, told reporters that he plans on developing mathematical models to predict future financial needs of municipalities and school districts in Michigan.
"We want to stop the need for emergency managers," he said.
As treasurer, Clinton will also oversee much of the state's debt issuance.
Current Treasurer Andy Dillon resigned last week citing personal reasons, including an acrimonious divorce.
Dillon, a former Democratic speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives before being appointed treasurer by Snyder in 2011, was a key player in putting Detroit under the control of an emergency manager, who ultimately took the city to federal bankruptcy court in July.
Snyder, a Republican, said Clinton's post as treasurer will be effective November 1 and that Dillon will help with the transition process. Clinton's appointment is subject to approval by the State Senate.
Snyder appointed Clinton's chief deputy director in the insurance department - Ann Flood - as his replacement.
(Reporting By Karen Pierog; Editing by Bernard Orr)


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Street Fighter: Extreme Edition (US - BD)
Gabe flicks a quarter in the slot, selects his fighter, and laughs his ass off...
I'm gonna be brave here, and go against more than a decade of unrequited love. I think Street Fighter may be one of the silliest major motion picture releases of my life time. I know, audiences have fawned lovingly over Raul Julia's performance, and until this last year he was the most favoured posthumous Oscar nominee in history. His lack of nomination shocked the world, but you know what, he's actually pretty hammy. And even considering their age, these special effects aren't really all that special, nor are these martial arts scenes. I have this terrible feeling I've stumbled upon a grave misunderstanding here.
Okay, I can't keep up the sarcasm. We all know Street Fighter was a joke of a film. That's probably the only reason we're still talking about it—it's a joke. If writer/director Steven de Souza hadn't known it was going to be a joke it might have been an even funnier joke. There's something both charming and disappointing about the film's pseudo-comedic tone. It's a little less fun laughing with something than it is laughing at something, but as a critic I have to admit that de Souza hasn't crafted an accidentally amusing film. It also features a shockingly impressive cast, who seem to be in on the joke. The hiring of Jean-Claude Van Damme isn't a surprise, but Raul Julia was experiencing a sort of renaissance at the time, and Ming-Na was coming off great dramatic success with The Joy Luck Club.
The biggest bother of the entire thing is probably the lack of street fighting, except for a shootout, which isn't the kind of street fight fans of the video game were expecting. There's also a lack of tournament style fighting, save the Ryu vs. Vega fight, which is, of course, cut short before a single punch is thrown. Strictly speaking, Street Fighter is a cheap Bond knock-off, with a few more 007s, Blofelds, and Odd Jobs thrown into the mix, and a lot less plot to confuse the prospective audience. It is actually quite fun to watch this hunk of junk in a crowd of 'experts', who will likely point out all the inaccuracies concerning martial arts, mutation science, military procedure, and even character origins (considering the video game).
Being based on a video game, and to a lesser extent an animated series of movies, Street Fighter is a very colourful film, which may be its major saving grace (assuming it actually has a future). This new 1080p transfer accurately recreates these bright, comic book inspired colours. The tones are solid, and usually evenly lit to best exploit these cartoony natures. The overall depth of the frame is flattened by broad focus, better exacting a comic book panel. The contrast levels aren't particularly impressive, but this too can be blamed on the design of the cinematography. Black levels on this disc are deep enough, but sort of blend into other dark hues. Details are as sharp as the semi-flat appearance will allow, mostly impressive with close-up shots, though brightly lit outdoor sequences are pretty realistic. There are no real problems with edge enhancement, digital or print damage artefacts, and even warm colours are mostly clear of compression noise.
Again, being video game and cartoon based, Street Fighter is brimming with all manner of silly, electronic sound effects. 1994 was a bit early in the lifespan of 5.1 digital, and nobody's going to bother to remix Street Fighter, so the soundscape is a little empty, but the DTS-HD Master Audio upgrade is smooth enough. Many of the surround effects lack full discreetness, and the centre channel is a bit over-cranked, but we're really splitting hairs on this account. The amped up LFE track is pretty funny when it comes to the severe nature of simple punches and kicks that practically drown out the rest of the audio. The constant score is surprisingly low on the track, which might be a symptom of bad sound editing, or just too much music.
Because you asked for it, Universal has re-released this classic film in an extras-packed 'Extreme Edition'. Things begin with a lethargic commentary track from writer/director Steven de Souza. de Souza gives up the facts, acknowledges the guilty parties, and actually delves into the technical aspects to a relatively extreme degree (hence the release title). My favourite bits were brief discussions about aspect ratio and the ratings system in 1994. The sound quality makes me think that the track was actually recorded in shifts, or that the blank spots were filled in after the fact.
'The Making of Street Fighter' (six minutes) is strictly an advertising tool. It introduces the cast and concept, and features a few scenes from the film, but features no real insight into the making-of process. This is followed by a series of outtakes (which in this case is code speak for behind the scenes footage, apparently), two deleted scenes, two storyboard sequences, two brief samples of footage from various versions of the original video game, an odd little digital flip through, the original news footage used in the film, and an archive filled with stills, ads, and concept art (note: one of the posters is a direct rip-off of the classic Phantasm II poster).
The Blu-ray exclusive extras, and the only HD extras on the new release, are a series of trailers for the new Street Fighter IV video game and animated film. I had assumed that this re-release was supposed to sell the new movie, but apparently it's to drum up support for the new game (as the new movie is being released by a different studio).
A somewhat unfairly maligned film, Street Fighter suffers from being a little too funny for its own good. Now that we know better than to take it seriously we can derive a bit of entertainment from its colourful and ridiculous nature. This doesn't make for a good film, but surely a less bad one. If you're itching to see the new movie, and I can't see why you wouldn't, it looks so good (end sarcasm), it might be worth whetting your appetite with a revisit to the original.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Existing Posts
Vincent Pina wrote: Frickin' Kylie Minogue as Cammie...ha!
Scary - Being an Aussie looking through an Australians eyes and she was totally mis-cast...
Scary - Being an Aussie looking through an Australians eyes and she was totally mis-cast...
Yeah...it's a bad movie...but it's a fun movie too. Like Chris Gould said...if you view this as a spoof it's actually quite funny. And I'm sure that this one is going to bee much better then the second one...just hear the audio review for sequel...here it is...
Version 1 wrote: I thought Fei-Long was that little Asian dude???
Fei Long is not in the movie. But rumor has it that the character of Captain Sadawa, started out as Fei Long, but was revamped for being too generic.
Fei Long is not in the movie. But rumor has it that the character of Captain Sadawa, started out as Fei Long, but was revamped for being too generic.
I thought Fei-Long was that little Asian dude???
Version 1 wrote: Yeah Im gonna get hate mail for this but...I am one of the few that ENJOY Street Fighter,its no classic,no oscar winner but its a cool way to kill some time and some of the character are brought to life quite well (Vega,Bison,Saget,and Honda) while some flop (T-Hawk,Ken,Dee-Jay,and Fea Long)! But still a fun movie!
Fei-Long isn't in it.
Fei-Long isn't in it.
To know that it's a comedy all one needs to do is pay attention to the scene where Bison tries to seduce Chun Li. It's actually a great comedic scene.
Yeah Im gonna get hate mail for this but...I am one of the few that ENJOY Street Fighter,its no classic,no oscar winner but its a cool way to kill some time and some of the character are brought to life quite well (Vega,Bison,Saget,and Honda) while some flop (T-Hawk,Ken,Dee-Jay,and Fea Long)! But still a fun movie!
The NEW Movies looks like complete C**P though!!!
The NEW Movies looks like complete C**P though!!!
Frickin' Kylie Minogue as Cammie...ha!
And a computer generated lass in Final Fantasy. I was watching the uncut SFII anime last night. Forgot about the full-front shot of Chun-Li's tits. Those wacky Japanese.
Man, this movie was such a missed opportunity. If they'd have made Ken and Ryu the main focal point of the story and gotten real, living, breathing martial artists to play them, it might have had the potential to be the very first respectable video game-to-film adaptation. But, alas, Steven De Sousa and Co. went for the quick cash-in. Ming-Na was a vision of loveliness as Chun-Li though. I'm so glad this movie wasn't enough to totally destroy her career, as she was able to move on to a very successful stint as a cast member on ER.....
Gabe Powers wrote: Whao, where'd we get the Blu-ray caps Chris? I was expecting DVD caps at best.
Sony sent me the UK BD, although oddly it hasn't even been announced over here yet.
Gotta love Blanka. All the way through the film the machine keep saying muscle mass increased by 50% etc, but at the end he still some skinny bloke with a false nose, painted green skin and an orange wig. They can't have been taking it seriously.
Sony sent me the UK BD, although oddly it hasn't even been announced over here yet.
Gotta love Blanka. All the way through the film the machine keep saying muscle mass increased by 50% etc, but at the end he still some skinny bloke with a false nose, painted green skin and an orange wig. They can't have been taking it seriously.
In my youth I went to the cinema to see this one thinking it was going to be awesome. How wrong I was. The Anime SF2 is the only one worth watching.
I can't recommend strongly enough FUTURE COPS to those curious enough to find the VCD of it. It's very, very, very, very loosely based on STREET FIGHTER characters and is pretty awesome in its cheese count but it has a lot of big HK stars at the time (Simon Yam plays the Dhalsim stand-in) and is...pretty ridiculous. I'm not going to say anymore but yeah, if you want a silly STREET FIGHTER movie, FUTURE COPS is for you.
I enjoyed this movie greatly, but it's actually been a while since I've seen it.
The only way this movie could've been better....is if Van Damme played twins.
i loved how they waited til the last 20mins or so and then suddenly everyone started doing their "power moves" from the game, its hilarious.
and that final screen cap up there, i always noticed Chun-Li (because its hard to miss a floating sexy asian chick) but i never realized all of them are doing their in game poses. wow...thats just gold. lol
and that final screen cap up there, i always noticed Chun-Li (because its hard to miss a floating sexy asian chick) but i never realized all of them are doing their in game poses. wow...thats just gold. lol
Whao, where'd we get the Blu-ray caps Chris? I was expecting DVD caps at best.
when I was younger I thought this was a great movie, now that i'm old and bitter I find it amusing
really hope they never make Soul Calibur into a movie
really hope they never make Soul Calibur into a movie
If you view this as a spoof it's actually quite funny. Loved all the unintentional bloopers as well, like Zangief hitting his head on the roof (twice) and Vega's wobbly rubber blades.
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Release Date: 10th February 2009
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Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Kylie Minogue, Robert Mammone
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Dantonio, the heart attack, Sat night interview, and the State Game
I was going to post about MarkyD being nasty after his win, when the news story caught my eye. Having a heart attack is a good reason for being short on-air.
So, he is out for sure next week per MSU. A friend had a similar surgery last year and it took him three weeks to really feel up to walking around normally. His wife had to force him to go to carido rehab, even, after two weeks.
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Candia police break up significant drug operationBy RYAN O'CONNOR
Union Leader Correspondent
May 12. 2014 9:51AM
CANDIA – Candia Police Officer Thomas Terilli has only been out of the police academy for a couple weeks, and he's being credited with one of the biggest local drug busts in recent memory.
According to Officer Daniel Gray, Terilli's vigilance led to police seizing nearly seven pounds of marijuana, $18,000 in cash and three firearms. It also led to the arrest of two men in connection with the drug-sales operation.
Brandon Boisvert, 21, and Jon-Marc Levasseur, 21, both of 131 Old Manchester Road in Candia, were each arrested Friday after Terilli responded to a reported burglary at the residence.
"Upon arrival, (Terilli) met with one of the renters of the home," said Gray. "While he was in the home, he picked up on an odor of marijuana, and he saw materials that were indicative of a drug distribution operation."
Terilli applied for and was granted a search warrant, and investigators found the marijuana, two 9 mm semiautomatic handguns, a pistol-grip shotgun, cash and transaction ledgers while scouring the property.
"This is a pretty substantial operation," said Gray.
Gray said the residence was not the base for the grow operation, though he noted a diary found at the scene provided evidence that the men attempted to grow their own product at some point.
Police continue to investigate the operation, he said.
New Hampshire State Police, the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department and police from Raymond and Auburn assisted in the search and seizure.
Gray said neither of the two suspects, whom he termed "active, mid-level dealers," had any prior arrests. Both were held on $10,000 cash bail and arraigned at Candia District Court Monday morning.
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CANDIA – Two Candia men were arrested this weekend and charged with drug possession and intent to sell nearly seven pounds of marijuana.
Candia Police Officer Daniel Gray said Brandon Boisvert, 21, and Jon-Marc Levasseur, 21, both of 131 Old Manchester Road, Candia, were booked Friday after investigators found $18,000 in cash, three firearms, and more than 6.5 pounds of marijuana at the residence, which the two men were reportedly renting.
Gray called Boisvert and Levasseur "active, mid-level dealers." Each was held on $10,000 cash bail and arraigned at Candia District Court Monday morning.


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ine or fixed-line telecommunication is over 125 years old and, up until the recent past, was defined as a telephone line that traveled through metal wire or optical fiber as part of a nationwide telephone network. These days, a lot more travels through these lines than the sound of your mother's voice yelling at you for not calling more. Because revenues will continue to decrease for traditional local and long-distance voice service due to the advent of wireless telephony and VoIP, fixed-line telephony companies now also provide broadband data and voice as well as managed networking services to enterprise customers, as well as wholesale network capacity, all over fixed wirelines.
Though Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services are rapidly emerging, this US$110 billion (as of 2005) market continues to be dominated by circuit-switched voice technology.
Data transport services account for the next largest fixed-line revenue stream, and consists primarily of DS1s and DS3s (types of dedicated high-capacity lines), and SONET (a dedicated high-speed solution for multi-site businesses) technology. These transport services largely serve the needs of enterprise customers who have large bandwidth requirements.
A third income stream, Internet and IP, includes revenues earned from Internet, DSL, IP-VPN, and other IP services such as hosting. Most of this revenue consists of Internet backbone and DSL services. Also, while declining in number, slow-speed dialup Internet access users using fixed-wireline still make up a significant percentage of total Internet users.
VoIP technology has enabled the fixed-line cable industry to directly compete with traditional voice carriers because they too can now offer voice and data services, along with video, which is called a "triple-play." Phone carrier have also made it their goal to offer these three "bundled" services through high speed DSL or Fiber-to-the-premises lines. In the short run, there is enough demand for fixed-line broadband that both cable and DSL providers are still seeing high subscriber growth, and most analysts agree that the phone carriers will be able to offer a triple play soon enough, if not already to select markets.
Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable are the two largest cable companies currently offering the triple play, and broadband internet over cable is currently winning the race against DSL technology offered by carriers in the U.S. Although they have an edge on carriers now in the U.S., DSL is much more popular worldwide because of weaker cable infrastructures outside of the U.S. Most likely in the short to medium term, both industries will grow as demand for broadband grows.
AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ) are the two largest fixed-line telecommunication players in the States, and while they will ultimately lose local and long distance revenue and may struggle in the DSL/cable competition, they both still control high growth wireless businesses, AT&T mobility, and Verizon Wireless, respectively. Additionally, as both players have upgraded their networks to mostly fiber-optics, they're poised to offer a triple play, thus cannibalizing their weakening circuit-switched voice technology.
Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alcatel-Lucent, and Nokia-Siemens are examples of major telco equipment vendors who benefit from increased sales as telcos upgrade their wireline networks to compete with wireless and VoIP providers. Equipment vendors often also sell equipment to cable companies, meaning that they see dollar signs from increased competition between the telcos and cable providers.
Pureplay VoIP providers like Level 3 Communications (LVLT), Vonage Holdings (VG), and EBay (EBAY) (owner of Skype) are all currently offering high-demand VoIP. Theoretically, they should see revenues increase as demand for VoIP grows. Vonage Holdings (VG), however, recently lost a patent-infringement battle to Verizon Communications (VZ) that could put it out of business for good.
Corning (GLW), the largest provider of optical fiber, and Amphenol (APH) and CommScope (CTV), who both sell cable wire, should continue to see sales grow as their customers both build and upgrade their networks.
Embarq (EQ), CenturyTel (CTL), and Consolidated Communications Holdings (CNSL) are all smaller carriers currently serving mainly mid-size to rural markets. Their ability to make up for declining local and long-distance revenues may be tougher because they don't have wireless offshoots, and enterprise/consumer demand for data service may not close the gap, especially if a cable company in their area offers a "triple-play."
EarthLink (ELNK) is an example of a large ISP that offers broadband internet and VoIP, but doesn't have the network to offer a wireline video service. Their response is to bundle satellite TV in their triple play offering, but satellite is not as reliable as wireline video. Other ISPs are in the same boat.
Fixed-line telecommunication will continue to be a huge industry, because the major players provide the backbone, i.e. fiber optic network, for the Internet, and fixed lines still provide the fastest data speeds by far. However, consumer business models are changing due to the evolution of voice and data transport technology. People are moving from fixed wireline phones to mobile phones and opting for lower-priced VoIP service in their homes--thus causing local and long distance revenue growth to decline. On the flipside, fixed-telephony players are seeing an explosion in data service revenues, and are ultimately looking at providing the famous triple play-broadband Internet, voice, and video over an IP network-to consumers. If carriers can increase data sales faster than their declining circuit-switched voice revenues, they should survive. Unfortunately, competition is steep among those providing data services.
The "triple-play" is the goal of both cable and fixed-line telephone operators. Cable has largely achieved it first, but phone companies are upgrading their networks so they'll have the capability to offer video as well. The slower they get there, the more subscribers they'll potentially lose to their cable competition . Now really???
Cable companies were long ago deemed "natural monopolies", and were thus highly regulated by government. They are forced to sign franchise agreements with local governments which give governments a percentage of their gross earnings in return for the government allowing them to install their cable networks. Telephone operators looking to provide video services in a "triple play" may be required to sign franchise agreements with local governments much like cable operators do today. Many cities are currently in litigation with phone companies over this exact issue. Future court decisions and/or legislation that force phone companies to sign these franchise agreements could make the infrastructure development necessary to deliver a triple play much more costly and time consuming as phone companies may ultimately have to negotiate agreements with individual local governments.
While traditional phone companies will continue to lead the pack providing internet backbone services throughout the country, they will have to compete with more than just the cable companies for "last mile" [5] broadband services. Wireless broadband is now a reality, as can be accessed through wireless 3G networks, WiMax service providers, or by satellite. Although fixed-line speeds are generally faster and more reliable than wireless, some consumers will still opt for the convenience of mobile broadband if given a choice. In rural areas and emerging markets, wireless broadband is often the only broadband option.
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June 25. 2013 6:47PM
Red Sox demote Middlebrooks to AAA
— The Red Sox demoted struggling third baseman Will Middlebrooks to Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday and called up infielder Brandon Snyder.
To make room for Snyder on the 40-man roster, the Sox transferred catcher David Ross to the 60-day disabled list.
Middlebrooks, 24, has hit .192 (39-for-203) with nine home runs, 25 RBIs, 60 strikeouts, nine walks and a .617 OPS in 53 games for Boston this season. He had not played since Thursday, supplanted by Jose Iglesias as the regular third baseman.
Iglesias, 23, entered Tuesday night's game against visiting Colorado batting .426 (46-for-108) with one home run, seven RBIs, 15 strikeouts, nine walks and a 1.044 OPS.
Middlebrooks missed 16 games while on the disabled list with a lower-back strain from May 24-June 9 and batted .294 (5-for-17) with two home runs, six RBIs, three runs, and four walks over a five-game rehab assignment with Pawtucket from June 4-9.
Snyder, 26, signed with the Red Sox as a minor-league free agent on March 31. In 63 games with the PawSox, he hit .267 (63-for-236) with 16 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 37 RBIs, 36 runs and 20 walks while dividing his time between first base and third base. He leads Pawtucket in runs and doubles, and is second on the club in RBI and home runs.
Selected by Baltimore in the first round (13th overall) of the 2005 June draft, Snyder owns a .276 career average (27-for-98) with five doubles, three home runs, 13 RBIs, 14 runs, and six walks in 56 major-league games over parts of three seasons with the Orioles (2010-11) and Rangers (2012).
Snyder was active for Tuesday night's game against the Rockies, wearing No. 23.
Ross, 36, was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list after the first game of the Red Sox doubleheader on June 18. He was also on the seven-day concussion DL from May 12-24. In 23 games for the Red Sox this season, he has hit .185 (12-for-65) with two doubles, four home runs and six RBIs.


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VANCOUVER, BC - Coming off of a 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake at home, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2W-2L-2D) now head back on the road for the first of two consecutive matches against first-place FC Dallas (5W-1L-1D).
Saturday's match between Whitecaps FC and FC Dallas kicks off at 5:30 p.m. PT and is live on City and Bell mobile devices. 'Caps fans can also listen to Saturday afternoon's match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 3:30 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match.
It will a tough challenge for the 'Caps on Saturday as they look to achieve something they have yet to do in MLS: win a match in Texas.
In their last outing, the 'Caps played to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake in front of 19,612 energetic fans at BC Place. Striker Corey Hertzog made his second straight start for the 'Caps and first at home, while Russell Teibert also earned himself another spot in the starting lineup while making his first ever start at BC Place. The lone goal for the Blue and White came from Camilo on a second-half penalty kick following a hand ball in the box by RSL defender Nat Borchers.
WATCH: 'Caps set for Dallas trip
Saturday will see the 'Caps attempt to defeat a red-hot FC Dallas squad for the first time on the road and earn their first away win of the 2013 season. Whitecaps FC currently hold a 0W-2L-0D record against FC Dallas in Texas.
Martin Rennie's side will be without strikers Hertzog (concussion symptoms) and Kenny Miller (hamstring), as they stayed behind in Vancouver. The 'Caps will also continue to be without captain Jay DeMerit indefinitely due to a left Achilles tendon rupture.
Currently top of the MLS table, the Hoops earned a 1-0 home victory against defending MLS Cup Champions LA Galaxy last weekend. A late goal in the 87th minute by defender George John gave Schellas Hyndman's side the win and protected their spot atop the Western Conference standings. The victory extended their unbeaten run to five matches.
WATCH: Dallas ready to welcome 'Caps
FC Dallas are currently the highest scoring team in MLS, scoring 11 goals in seven matches, with Jackson, Blas Perez, George John, and Andrew Jacobson all scoring two goals apiece so far this season.
Dallas' midfield also features Columbian playmaker and 2010 MLS MVP David Ferreira, who is currently tied for the league lead with three assists. The talented midfielder pulls the strings for FCD, creating scoring chances for the team's quality strikers.
Head coach Schellas Hyndman will be without defender Ugo Ihemelu and midfielder Peter Luccin, both on the IR with a concussion and torn ACL respectively. The home side will also be missing defenders Walker Zimmerman (groin injury) and Stephen Keel (quad strain). Midfielder Ramon Nunez is questionable after recovering from a torn ACL, while defender Jair Benitez is also questionable with a left hamstring strain.
WATCH: Last time the 'Caps played FC Dallas
Saturday's match will be the sixth all-time meeting between the 'Caps and FC Dallas in MLS action. The Blue and White hold a 1W-4L-0D overall record against the Hoops, while having a 0W-2L-0D record on the road against their Western Conference rivals. In their most recent clash, FC Dallas secured a 1-0 defeat against the 'Caps on September 15, 2012 at FC Dallas Stadium.
There is also plenty of regional history, as this weekend's clash will mark the 54th time that Whitecaps FC play a club from the Lone Star State. Overall, Vancouver have a record of 30W-19L-4D against Texan clubs, including an 11W-5L-0D record versus Dallas Tornado between 1974 and 1981 while Whitecaps FC were part of the old North American Soccer League (NASL).
Following Saturday's road clash, the 'Caps will return to BC Place for a rematch against FC Dallas on Saturday, April 27 at BC Place. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. PT. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.ca/whitecapsfc.


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The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago. From 1961 to 1989, this concrete wall, many miles in length, divided not only a city but also the whole of Germany. A shattered rock formation on Mars is a reminder of the event that changed the world on 9 November 1989. 'Broken Wall' was the name given in 1997 by Berlin scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) to this 'wall rock', undoubtedly the furthest distant from the original wall. This volcanic rock was discovered near the landing site of the US Mars Pathfinder space probe, which landed on the Red Planet on 4 July 1997.
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"'Broken Wall' is intended to remind us all of that event, so meaningful to all of us: the collapse of the Berlin Wall. In the same way, the successful collaboration since 1992 between scientists and technical experts from what are known as the 'new' and 'old' federal states of Germany (or former East and West Germany) at the DLR Research Center at Berlin-Adlershof is properly honoured," explains Prof. Ralf Jaumann from the DLR Institute for Planetary Research. The DLR scientist is also the 'spiritual father' of 'Broken Wall': it was he who, as part of his involvement in the 1997 Mars Pathfinder Mission in the USA, proposed this symbolic name.
"When we scientists started to evaluate the images of the area around the landing site, we were looking at a magnificent composite panorama, made up of the individual images taken by Pathfinder. To the west of the probe landing site, we were viewing a rock formation running from north to south, which vaguely reminded us of the remains of a collapsed wall," recalls Prof. Jaumann. The actual line taken by the Berlin Wall and the historical changes made to a number of Berlin squares and landmarks were compiled for us by DLR's German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) in a series of animations entitled 'Berlin, a Journey Through Time' (Berliner Zeitreise) (see link in right-hand column).
Original image as a gift for the incumbent Mayor of Berlin
The idea for the name of the rock formation discovered on Mars initially attracted vehement criticism: on small yellow slips of paper, scientists at Mission Control in the Californian town of Pasadena initially favoured designations drawn from well-known comic-book and cartoon figures such as Barnacle Bill, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Twin Peaks or Mini Matterhorn. Despite their completely different backgrounds, with different historical legacies to inform them, the DLR notion of 'Broken Wall' was well received by the international team of researchers. A short while later, the rock was duly recorded as 'Broken Wall' in the NASA catalogue of names for Mars rock formations.
In Berlin, the city divided for 28 years, the Earth-bound chapter in the cosmic 'wall rock' story was closing. In the autumn of 1997, the DLR researchers associated with Prof. Jaumann presented Eberhard Diepgen, the then incumbent Mayor of the Berlin, an original of the image of 'Broken Wall' from mission control in Pasadena.
The history of 'Broken Wall' is also recounted in the book entitled 'Die Berliner Mauer in der Welt' (The Berlin Wall in the World), which was published in September 2009. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German reunification, the Federal Foundation for the Reconciliation of the SED Dictatorship (Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur – where SED is the acronym for Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany) published this work, which lists all the known places where 'genuine' fragments of the Berlin Wall are still to be found – as well as an obvious exception: one chapter is also dedicated to 'Broken Wall', the formation discovered on Mars.
Exoplanets: Who hears today of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The DLR Institute for Planetary Research also deals with the quest for planets outside our solar system – known as 'exoplanets'. To this day, the question as to whether any of the heavenly bodies outside our own Solar System support life remains unanswered. However, purely hypothetically, where would television signals be arriving today that were transmitted 20 years ago, when the Berlin Wall came down on 9 November 1989? Given that electromagnetic waves travel through space at the speed of light, the information about the collapse of the Wall has only expanded to within a certain radius of planet Earth.
"At a distance of about 20 light years, still within the Milky Way, our own galaxy, we have the star known as Gliese 581," reports DLR researcher Dr Ruth Titz. Four planets are orbiting this star: Gliese 581b, 581c, 581d and 581e. The last three of these may be rocky planets, similar to our own Earth. Under certain conditions, planets 581c and 581d could have water in its liquid state – a potential sign of life existing there. "Television pictures of the collapse of the Berlin Wall could very shortly be received by inhabitants of these planets, if such creatures exist and if they have developed a technology for receiving electromagnetic waves," states Dr Titz.
However, the dimensions involved here are, in the full sense of the term, astronomically large. The nearest star is 4.2 light years away from Earth. The nearest star with a known planet, Epsilon Eridani, is 10.5 light years away from our home planet. A light year corresponds to almost 9.6 million million (US trillion) kilometres.


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text: I HIGHLY question the legitamacy of these rankings. Maybe sour grapes since Pace is ranked very low, but to say that it is worse than Western New England College? I got into both (more scholarship $$ at WNEC), and I can say the two do not compare. ILRG had the acceptance rate of WNEC at 71% (Pace at about 37%), starting salary is about 55K for WNEC, about 88K for Pace, job % is about 80% for WNEC, 97% Pace (according to admissions office), class size is the same, reputation I feel goes to Pace, and I really don't think its that close of a call. WNEC is a good school, don't get me wrong, and I am glad I got in there, but I think Pace is heads and shoulders above.


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(Santa Ana, California) — Buyers beware: many alleged Babe Ruth autographs are bogus, many purported Elvis Presley signatures should be marked "return to sender."
Over half of the signatures of some famous sports, historical and entertainment figures submitted in 2010 to PSA/DNA Authentication Services of Santa Ana, California were judged to be fakes. Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley topped the PSA/DNA lists of "the most dangerous autographs" of the year.
"As a result of the popularity and value of many autographs, a good portion of them are forged by unscrupulous individuals," said Joe Orlando, President of PSA/DNA, the world's largest autograph authentication and certification company and a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
"This past year, our experts reviewed over 200,000 autographs submitted by collectors and dealers worldwide. PSA/DNA does not often receive obvious forgeries, so if our rejection rate for a particular autograph, such as Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley, approaches or exceeds 50 percent, you can only imagine how high that percentage might be in the overall marketplace," Orlando cautioned.
Information about the deceptive autographs will be available online at Professional Sports Authenticator (www.psacard.com) next month.
According to PSA/DNA, these are the "ten most dangerous autographs" of historical and entertainment figures the past year:
1. Elvis Presley
2. The Beatles
3. John F. Kennedy
4. Marilyn Monroe
5. Michael Jackson
6. Jim Morrison
7. Neil Armstrong
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. James Dean
10. Walt Disney
"With his recent passing in 2009 at the age of 50, Michael Jackson forgeries flooded the marketplace in 2010," Orlando said. "Prices for authentic Jackson autographs generally range from $200 for signed piece of paper to $1,000 or more for a signed photograph."
These are the "ten most dangerous" sports autographs of 2010, according to PSA/DNA Authentication Services:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Mickey Mantle
4. Michael Jordan
5. Muhammad Ali
6. Lebron James
7. Ted Williams
8. Tiger Woods
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Albert Pujols
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"There are a lot of so-called 'deals' on the Internet, at local flea markets and even some collectibles conventions, but genuine autographs do not often come with a huge discount. Buyer beware because you usually get what you pay for."


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Gillis can't be that much of a Dufus, this is MoneyPuck we are talking about. If this is the case he is just making himself look like an ass amongst the GM Fraternity. They all talk pretty much on a daily basis. "Hey George, it's Dale Tallon here, what is Mike and Lawrence doing there?" George - "I have no fucking idea, got nothing in the works with them"?benivolent wrote:Whether or not a deal actually happens with Washington, that's some serious mind-fracking with other teams who might be interested but aren't willing to pony up for Lu.
Haha, the situation and events are rather amusing on their own, but this is VERY amusing if this is a calculated troll on MG's part.
HW is just miffed she hasn't gotten any real inside juicy gossip for a long time now.
I am not a fan of Gillis but I do think he is personally scouting for a reason other than what you say - "Mind Fracking"? If that was the case, can we please organize a mutiny and remove the jackass mind fracker from the GM chair.


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The film's first half is a slog as Chism sets up the minefield for Wade, with every (fully visible) mine certain to explode.
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Director Tina Gordon Chism keeps the innocuous class-meets-crass jokes bubbling, and the actors are amiable, but Peeples often seems to want to turn these characters into benignly goofy role models. Maybe that's why the basic comic collision never explodes.
Peeples may appropriate its entire premise and plot structure from "Meet the Parents," but its heart is suffused with French cinema.
While she doesn't quite achieve the screwball zaniness she strives for, Chism deserves commendation for crafting a farcical work that feels like it concerns real characters.
While Peeples follows a very predictable course as a romantic comedy and does not break any ground in that genre of filmmaking, this movie is more engaging than you might expect.
Grier plays the part of the pompous patrician with superb finesse and dry wit, easily the movie's highlight.
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Funny but formulaic comedy has some edgy content.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Peeples is a Tyler Perry-produced, Meet the Parents-esque comedy that follows the misadventures of a man who's finally meeting his girlfriend's family. He doesn't make a very good first impression on her domineering father, almost everyone is hiding something, and eventually things start to unravel in a spectacular fashion. Expect several sexual conversations/references, discussion of a same-sex relationship, lots of skimpy/cleavage-baring outfits (as well as a non-graphic skinny dipping scene), some strong language ("s--t," "d--k," and one "f--k"), and a few scenes feature drinking and drugs (pot, mushrooms).
Messages: Honesty is always the best policy -- though at first that lesson is hard for the main characters to embrace. Everybody here has secrets that they think should remain secret, but eventually they come to realize that holding the information inside is hurting people, especially themselves, and coming clean will make things better.
Role models: Wade is a well-meaning, down-to-earth guy who has trouble understanding why his girlfriend's family has so many secrets and why they're all so scared of her overbearing father, a judge. Eventually, other people realize that Wade's attitude is a healthier way to face the world -- and the judge.
Violence: Some bickering among family members. A man who's been drugged tries to attack another man with an antique harpoon.
Sex: Several sexual references/discussion of making love. Two somewhat risque scenes show people fooling around, clothed. Many characters discuss the relationship between a same-sex couple; other conversations focus on a woman who has had breast implants. There's no nudity, though some scenes feature gratuitous cleavage shots/skimpy outfits, and one scene shows people skinny dipping from a distance/in silhouette. Flirting/propositioning.
Language: Swearing isn't constant but includes one use of "f--k," plus "s--t, "d--k," "ass," "laid," "boobie," "damn," "hell," "oh God," etc.
Consumerism: Some consumer products are visible during a trip to a grocery store, including Pirate's Booty snacks. A man drinks Stella Artois beer. Characters ride the Hampton Jitney from Manhattan to Sag Harbor.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink beer at a bar. A recovering alcoholic fondles a bottle of wine and looks sad when it's taken from her. In the absence of drinking, she's taken to using the marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms she grows in her garden.
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SUBJECT 1: Order Now - Eat Healthy • Be Active Community Workshops Book
SUBJECT 2: FFY2014 LAP Manual
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist - City of St. Joseph Health Department
Order Now - Eat Healthy • Be Active Community Workshops book: For a limited time, Local WIC Providers in Missouri are invited to order the resource Eat Healthy • Be Active Community Workshops book from our Kansas City District U.S. Food and Drug Administration office. Order the number of copies needed for your agency using the attached order form. One copy per nutritionist/CPA is suggested. The books, based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 and 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, are provided at no charge. Each of the six workshops includes lesson plans, activities, and handouts. The complete workshop series is also available online at http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/workshops/. For more information, contact your assigned Technical Assistance Nutritionist. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
FFY2014 LAP Manual: The FFY2014 Local Agency Plan (LAP) manual is now available on the DHSS web site at http://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wiclwp/policies.php. We anticipate that the LAP application will be available by July 15. An email will be sent to the WIC Coordinator and Nutrition Coordinator at each agency when the application is available. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact your Technical Assistance staff.
WIC Press Release: The 2013 annual WIC press release is on the DHSS website. You may receive contacts from the media so please be prepared to take this opportunity to build your relationships with the local media and to share local data you think would be of interest.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist - City of St. Joseph Health Department: The City of St. Joseph Health Department has an immediate opening for a nutritionist. This position will assist with administering the WIC program while following the policies and procedures established by the Federal and State government. They will also participate in the development and implementation of nutritional counseling and education for the local Women/Infant/Children (WIC) Nutrition Program as well as coordinating nutrition and breast-feeding services provided to participants in the WIC Program. There are no supervisory responsibilities and limited budgetary responsibilities. For more information contact Marianna Booth at email@example.com or the following for the complete job posting and to apply for the position: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/stjoemo/default.cfm.
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If you spend even a minute of time around rap, you're bound to hear a conversation about "real hip-hop." The basic argument goes like this: Rappers who showcase lyrical dexterity and a willingness to not discuss the holy trinity of money, cash, hoes are better than rappers who just have an ear for production and/or glorify their surroundings (or make them up as they go). The entire discussion is tired and lazy and usually biased with respect to age. It's basically: "My guys are better than your guys because I don't understand your guys."
Enter Kendrick Lamar. For those of you who haven't heard of this kid, he's a Dr. Dre co-signed anomaly to the modern rap game, as he blends dizzying wordplay (not to mention fluctuations in his voice) with a clearly defined narrative. Following 2011's "Section.80," his second major release "good kid, m.A.A.d city"--according to Lamar, the acronym stands for "my Angry Adolescent divide"--showcases his ability to tell a story and tell it well. Kendrick borrows his parents' van and goes for a drive through Compton, his home town. Along the way, he encounters women ("Sherane aka Master Splinter's Daughter"), meets up with his friends ("The Art of Peer Pressure") and even gets into an issue with a rival gang (addressed with absolute fury on "m.a.a.d city" featuring legendary California gangsta rapper MC Eiht).
This is a personal album. The stories Lamar raps are easily the most introspective lyrics heard on a rap album this year or the last two. A great example of this would be the 12-minute "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst," on which Kendrick waxes about the stories of a gangbanger who lost his brother and the sister of a woman he referenced on his last album. Just deep stuff.
The album ends with a ceremonial torch-passing on "Compton." The track features Dr. Dre, who has to have at least tied Diddy for the "number of artists I've championed that never released a full album" record. You don't get much production from Dre on this record, but his influence is all over it. The entire album is cleanly mixed and just sounds … better.
I'll admit that the hype cycle behind this album is kind of tiring and definitely approaching 50 Cent in late '02 levels, but just like that time, it might be warranted. Highest possible recommendation.
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