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Twenty-one different sessions with speakers and panelists. A $10,000 contest. Two days that drew 500 guests. Looking at the numbers at the seventh incarnation of BevNET Live, which finished up on Tuesday after two days of intense teaching, networking and community building in New York City, however, the event started and ended with the simplest number: one. As in, sell one bottle per day in each convenience store you're in, and you can slowly build a brand.
That "VPO of one," introduced in the very first presentation of Day One by former Snapple CEO and current INOV8 Beverage Co. Chairman Mike Weinstein, serendipitously reappeared as part of the last panel of the event's second day, as Zico founder Mark Rampolla, Polar Beverage CMO Gerry Martin and former Store 24 buyer Andy Steele discussed goals and responsibilities for entrepreneurial brands in new markets.
Of course, there was plenty that took place in between. Following a humorous presentation entitled "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then," Weinstein made it clear that for beverage entrepreneurs, huge exits should not be the goal, explaining that multi-million dollar exits like those available to the founders of SoBe and Vitaminwater were as likely as inheriting a fortune from the cousin of a Nigerian dictator.
But that doesn't mean that worthwhile brands aren't capable of being built, and much of the content that followed showed how some of the most interesting new beverages in the country are coming to market. A panel of entrepreneurs including Justin Guilbert and Douglas Riboud of Harmless Harvest, Janie Hoffman of Mama Chia and Danny Stepper of Aloe Gloe discussed ways their organizations have adjusted as their sales have increased, while emphasizing the importance of keeping growing teams focused on brand mission. And while passion is important, Hoffman explained, cultural fit is also the key.
While things are moving fast for the three brands, they agreed that it's important to say "no" to retailing opportunities that might not fit long term plans for the brand. Stepper called rejecting those seemingly prime opportunities "intelligent loss of sales."
Stepper's idea was reflected the next day during a panel on the occasional shortcomings of entrepreneurs; Zevia CEO Paddy Spence, CheriBundi CEO Brian Ross and AquaHydrate CEO John Cochran have all recently taken over the top spot at their companies, and said their long experience heading other ventures showed that the occasional "P&L boost," as Cochran put it, often distracts from the main business of growing the company.
"It's easy to get a good product into lots of stores, but if the consumer isn't ready for it, the brand suffers," Ross said.
Getting consumers into a mindset that will accept new brands is often the job of a marketing team, and keynote speaker Rohan Oza, the former CMO of Vitaminwater, explained a number of strategies for priming the pump as he described "creative disruption" as a marketing strategy — much like the one he implemented when taking rapper 50 Cent and various sports stars and turning them into Vitaminwater investors and brand acolytes.
Oza also pointed out that a certain amount of timing is required before a brand can activate celebrities as a way of putting it over the top. He said that Vita Coco CEO Mike Kirban (in whose business Oza is an investor) had been extremely patient in building the brand up at street level via a strong sales force before turning to celebrities like Madonna and Rihanna to help "push it to the next level."
According to Oza, brands that have potential operate in whitespace until they begin to make sense to a broader group of consumers: "Everything is niche until it's not," he told the crowd.
Conventional marketing practices had already taken a shot the day before, when CNBC reporter and self-professed beverage fanatic Darren Rovell stopped by to talk to the crowd about some lessons they could take from observing Red Bull's marketing techniques, which he called "an active case study" in innovative marketing. Rovell told the crowd that rather than just pay athletes to rep the brand — which he called inauthentic — the model should be along the lines of skier Lindsey Vonn, who even has a therapist and personal trainer supplied by Red Bull traveling with her.
"Do you think she ever forgets to mention Red Bull when thinking about her sponsors," Rovell asked. "A true reciprocal relationship should be the goal."
Reciprocity can also involve the brand and the retailer, as speaker Mathis Martines of The Fresh Market told the crowd. Describing a system in which the fast-growing natural foods chain will take a chance on a new product in exchange for exclusivity, Martines said, creates a situation where the retailer is able to develop a reputation for always having new and interesting products. As for those products, he added, the retailer could have five or six new beverage types in the next year.
Exclusivity is a good way to get new products into some stores, but trust helps as well — that was the point made by Ralph's Stores' Dan Riley, who used his time on stage during the first day of the event to "build relationships before brands." That model, he said, is one of the reasons that he believes slotting fees — long anathema to entrepreneurs and distributors — may belong to an "old way of doing business."
It might not be old, but Big Geyser is one of the most well-established companies in the beverage distribution business, and COO Jerry Reda was also quick to point out that the company has relationships that allow brands it carries to gain an advantage in the New York area during his own talk at BevNET Live.
Reda, who paid tribute to the entire Big Geyser team repeatedly during his speech, attempted to teach audience members strategies for launching brands with their new distributors. Launching is kind of a broad term, however, Reda said, indicating that the company still believes it is trying to launch Vitaminwater, even 11 years after it sold its first bottle in the New York area.
"We just finished back-to-back months of double-digit sales increases," he said of the brand.
NOTE: Video of nearly all BevNET Live sessions can be found on BevNET.com's new Beverage School at www.beverageschool.com.Twenty-one different sessions with speakers and panelists.


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Scare zones will be back on the streets of Universal's Halloween Horror Nights tonight after a two-year absence.
Event planners had strayed from the dedicated, elaborately themed outdoor spaces populated by costumed "scare actors."
"You can just walk through the streets and see fun things happening, see people screaming, photo opportunities. It definitely adds a lot of repeat value to the event," said Ricky Brigante, owner of the Inside the Magic website, which covers theme parks.
"Horror Nights fans have definitely missed scare zones," he said. The event will have eight of its traditional [and indoor] mazes this year.
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The students were particularly engaged in the class discussions and showed interest in what their professors had to say. I knew I belonged at Bowdoin, a school that was academically competitive, had small-sized classes and great professors, yet offered students the opportunity to have an active social life. Why did you choose your major? My majors are Government and Legal Studies and Gender and Women's Studies with a minor in Education. Before attending Bowdoin, I had strong interests in political science and education. In high school, my favorite class was AP Government and since elementary school I have known that I want to teach at some point in my life. Once at Bowdoin, I immediately began taking courses in the Government and Legal Studies and Education departments, falling in love with both programs and the dedicated faculty. From the Government Department, I will never forget former professors Marc Hetherington, Suzanne Globetti, and Mingus Mapps. Retired Education professor Penny Martin and Associate Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Nancy Jennings got me hooked on the Education minor through their passion for teaching and sometimes unorthodox, yet effective methods. I will never forget Penny making us get up in the middle of a lecture and instruct us to run around the room when we looked too tired. Any professor who is able to have his or her students arrive on time, capture their attention and keep them excited at 8:00 in the morning must be doing something right! My interest in Gender and Women's Studies came more as a happy accident and now might be where my greatest passion lies. A graduating senior told me about her positive experience in Introduction to Women's Studies with Kristen Ghodsee and encouraged me to take the course. The course had a profound effect on me. It exposed me to issues that I had never given much thought to before and made me think critically. I immediately knew that I also wanted to pursue Gender and Women's Studies and began taking more courses in the department with professors Jen Scanlon and Kirsten Ghodsee. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? I have had so much freedom here to choose courses in different disciplines that I have been able to take a variety of courses that I have enjoyed. Consequently, picking a favorite class is very difficult for me to do. Some memorable courses I have taken are Existentialism, Introduction to Psychology, Lawn Boys Meets Valley Girl (a course on the history and development of the American suburbs), History of Sexuality, Gender and the Body in South Asia, and Mass Media in American Politics. The class that transformed my way of thinking about the world around me the most is Women and World Development. It developed my interest in rural economic development in third-world nations, especially the effects that third world development has specifically had on women. Two other favorite courses of mine are Research and Social Change and American Political Parties. Research and Social Change was my senior seminar in Gender and Women's Studies. The course challenged students to design their own research study on an aspect of Bowdoin that interested them. I chose to do research on body image at the institution through the female perspective using instrument-based surveys, personal interviews and focus groups. My favorite government course is American Political Parties taught by Marc Hetherington. His enthusiasm for U.S. politics and the election process really rubbed off on me. I took his course prior to the 2004 Election and afterwards became very involved in the election as well as in local activism. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? The spring of my junior year I engaged in independent research with Professor Mingus Mapps in the Government and Legal Studies department. 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The 2004 Get Out the Vote Election Campaign. (L. to r.) Charlie Ticotsky '07 and Fariha. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I have been heavily involved in extracurricular activities since coming to Bowdoin. People that don't know me personally probably still know my name because I'm constantly sending out digest ads with crazy subject headings about events happening on campus. Since my first year at Bowdoin, I have been active in the Campus Activities Board and Asian Students Association. I was Co-Chair for Concerts and Comedy events on the A-Board for two years and am currently an advisor to the organization. I was a Publicity Co-Chair for ASA for two years and elected as Co-President with Keerthi Sugumaran '06. I have also been a radio DJ for WBOR for the last two years. This semester I am doing a radio show with two good friends of mine every Sunday evening from 4:30-5:30 p.m. I have also done some work with the College Democrats in the past. 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In the immediate future I see myself moving to a city like New York, Washington or Boston and working at a non-profit or non-governmental organization related to minority/women's issues or education. In a year or two after that, I'd like to attend a public policy school and further my passion for working for minority and women's rights and better public education. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? If you are interested in knowing what the Bowdoin experience is like, do not take just the Admissions tour. I think that the best way to figure out what an institution is like is to talk to students and faculty and to sit in on a few classes. If you can, take a tour when classes are in session or take advantage of Bowdoin's many ways of contacting current students, such as through live chats or e-mails. Once you get here, take advantage of the liberal arts experience fully. Although you may come to school knowing what you want to do, it never hurts to try a course in a new discipline or join a club that you are just curious about. You may discover a hidden interest that turns into a life-long passion. Story posted on February 15, 2006 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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"I am extremely concerned about the separation of powers between the state and federal government," said Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. "These rules cross that line."
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt got the message: In early March he withdrew the regulations.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The two chief negotiators didn't shake hands. They didn't even look at each other as they formally inaugurated talks to end Colombia's stubborn five-decade-old conflict in Norway last month.
On Monday, the rebel former seminarian known as Ivan Marquez and government representative Humberto de la Calle, a sage veteran of Colombian politics, will sit down in Havana to negotiate in earnest.
The two have little in common other than eyeglasses, a slight paunch and a previous failed attempt to talk peace.
"The men sitting down at this table are enemies. They are trying to become friends," said Horacio Serpa, who was Colombia's interior minister during the mid-1990s when De la Calle was vice president.
Marquez and De la Calle offered very different views of reality in Oslo that made many wonder whether this fourth attempt at peace since the 1980s can succeed.
The No. 2 commander in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, insisted on radical change: Take control of the nation's oil and mineral wealth from multinationals and give it to the people.
De la Calle reiterated on Sunday, as the government delegation departed for Havana, what he said in Oslo: Colombia's economic model is not subject to negotiation.
"But we also aren't asking the FARC to abandon its ideas," he said in brief comments at the airport.
The government he represents, led by President Juan Manuel Santos, seeks greater foreign investment in mining industries while also promising to return millions of acres of stolen land to displaced peasants. Marquez's 9,000-strong insurgency, meanwhile, is being asked as a condition of peace to help end the cocaine trade that has funded its struggle. Colombians also want it to account for the dozens of ransom kidnap victims who have disappeared in its custody and other noncombatants it is accused of killing.
Neither side has illusions about the difficulties. But there is an agenda, reached in seven months of secret talks, also in Havana. First up is land reform, the heart of the conflict.
The FARC is insisting on the public's participation in the talks, and De la Calle said both sides have been "working on tools to facilitate citizen participation" that include "a website and other mechanisms that will become known in coming days."
The 66-year-old De la Calle is best known for quitting as vice president in 1996 after his boss, President Ernesto Samper, was accused of winning the presidency with $6 million in contributions from the Cali cocaine cartel. De la Calle is from Manazares, a coffee-growing town in Caldas state.
Marquez, 57, hails from Florencia, the capital of the southern state of Caqueta that has long been a rebel bastion.
Born Luciano Marin Arango, Marquez took his nom de guerre from a labor leader assassinated in the 1980s. He studied to be a priest in Garzon, in the central state of Huila, but dropped out after two years. He later studied philosophy in Bogota but didn't finish that either, and after two years as a biology teacher in Florencia joined the Communist Youth in 1977.
De la Calle was a law school dean at the time. In 1982, he was named head of Colombia's national elections commission and held the job when Marquez ran in 1986 as an alternate for Congress on the ticket of the Patriotic Union, the political wing that the FARC created after reaching a truce with the government.
It was a dangerous time to be a Patriotic Union activist. At least 3,000 members were systematically slaughtered by right-wing death squads, and Marquez was among many who joined the armed rebels. A movement that barely surpassed 1,000 fighters at the beginning of the 1980s began growing quickly.
Carlos Romero, the Patriotic Union's president in 1989, remembers Marquez as quiet and industrious, organizing meetings and documents in a subsidiary role to Alfonso Cano, who would later become the FARC's top commander and was tracked down and killed last year by the military.
De la Calle became a Supreme Court justice, then entered politics. After losing the Liberal Party presidential nomination to Samper, he became Samper's running mate, but quit in the heat of a drug-related finance scandal.
It was a time of disintegrating government control of the countryside, of historic FARC victories over a dispirited military, when private far-right militias known as paramilitaries massacred suspected rebel sympathizers.
De la Calle, who is married with three children, took refuge from his agitated public life by being "in love with literature, with poetry ... a lover of good music, both classical and Colombian," said Carlos Holmes, a friend and former education minister.
Little is known of Marquez's private life except that he has eight siblings and three children from a marriage that pre-dated his life as a fugitive, according to government intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. They said Marquez operated as a rebel commander in the Caribbean banana-growing region of Uraba, where the FARC took a beating from paramilitaries and murders of union organizers by right-wing death squads were rampant.
In 1991, Marquez was named to the FARC delegation for peace talks in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas after being promoted to the rebels' seven-man ruling Secretariat.
It was in Caracas that he and De la Calle met for the first time.
The two "carefully measured their words in public and in private. They committed no imprudences," said Hector Riveros, a government negotiator at the time.
He remembers Marquez as being opposed to the negotiations.
Ironically, so apparently was De la Calle. Or so he was ordered.
De la Calle only showed up for the talks' inauguration, and was ordered home by then-President Cesar Gaviria because the latter wasn't interested in serious talks, said Alvaro Leyva, a Colombian politician from the Conservative Party trusted by the rebels who would later help arrange 1999-2002 peace talks.
Gaviria thought the FARC could be beaten on the battlefield, Leyva said.
At any rate, conditions were not good for peace. A coup attempt led by Hugo Chavez convulsed Venezuela in 1992, and Gaviria's government was battling cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, who was killing civilians indiscriminately and would be tracked down and killed in December 1993 with U.S. help. The talks moved to Tlaxcala, Mexico, where they died.
Marquez and De la Calle didn't meet again until Oslo.
Because he is viewed as having no presidential ambitions, De la Calle was a good choice to lead Santos' negotiating team to the current talks, even though he didn't participate in the secret talks leading up to them, Riveros said.
The role of chief FARC negotiator fell to Marquez pretty much by default.
The rebels have lost their four most senior commanders since 2008 as a U.S.-supported military buildup depleted their ranks, triggering record desertions. Three members of the ruling Secretariat were killed in military attacks, including Alfonso Cano, with whom it had kick-started the current peace process. A fourth, founding leader Manuel Marulanda, died in a jungle camp, apparently from a heart attack.
During much of that time, Marquez is believed to have been living in Venezuela.
Associated Press writers Cesar Garcia and Libardo Cardona in Bogota and Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru, contributed to this report.


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Saturn's moon Phoebe, just 212km across, has more chemical elements and molecules than previously thought. This is the outcome of an analysis of spectrometer data gathered from Phoebe by the American space probe Cassini. One of the scientists involved in the study, which appeared in the journal Nature on 5 May 2005, was planetary geologist Dr. Ralf Jaumann from the Institute for Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The researchers believe that the composition of Phoebe lends weight to the theory that this small moon orbiting Saturn was not formed together with the ringed planet, but has its origins further out in the Solar System, in what is known as the 'Kuiper Belt' between Neptune and Pluto. It may then have been captured at a later point in time, being drawn in by Saturn's gravitational force.
"The VIMS data show that the surface of Phoebe consists primarily of water ice, mixed with carbon dioxide, hydrated minerals (which are found on Earth in clay, for example) and a few other compounds which have yet to be identified," explains Dr. Ralf Jaumann, a member of the VIMS team, who was responsible for many of the studies carried out at the VIMS centre in Tucson, Arizona. "In the spectra we also see traces of primitive organic compounds, in other words: hydrocarbon molecules." The surface composition bears few similarities to the asteroids found between Mars and Jupiter. Instead, the material that makes up Phoebe was formed far out in the Solar System. Here, it is so cold that these chemical compounds made up of volatile elements are generally stable."
"One of the first surprises revealed by the Cassini mission was the discovery of the chemical similarity between the surface materials of Phoebe and those of comets. This demonstrates that Phoebe most probably originates in the outer Solar System, presumably in the Kuiper Belt, and not in the asteroid belt. This means that Phoebe belongs to some of the very oldest material in the Solar System," says Robert Brown, the head of the VIMS team at the university in Tucson. Phoebe's outermost crust of rock and dust is estimated to be no more than a few hundred metres thick, beneath which the small moon consists mainly of water ice. The surface is four billion years old or more.
The US/European planetary mission Cassini-Huygens completed its long journey to Saturn after almost seven years, having travelled three and a half billion kilometres. On 1 July 2004, it swung into orbit around the second largest planet in the Solar System. On its approach to the ringed planet, on 11 June 2004, the spacecraft made its first, almost direct 'contact' with one of Saturn's outer moons, Phoebe, with an average diameter of just 212km. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was the daughter of the Titan goddess Uranus. The spacecraft passed by Phoebe at a distance of just 2068km, providing the twelve scientific instruments on board Cassini some unique opportunities for observation. Images of Phoebe show a satellite pitted with craters, a body whose geological formation and chemical-mineralogical composition now appear to be much more complex than previously suspected.
The Cassini spectrometer team, including Dr. Ralf Jaumann from the DLR's Institute for Planetary Research in Berlin-Adlershof, studied the data gathered by the VIMS (Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) immediately after the fly-by of Phoebe at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. This instrument is able to break down the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface in the wavelengths of visible light and near and medium infrared in such a way that reasonably accurate conclusions can be drawn about the chemical elements and molecules on the surface using diagnostic 'absorption bands'.
VIMS can map a surface in 352 colours simultaneously, from visible light far into the infrared part of the spectrum. All materials reflect light in a unique way. This means that we can identify molecules and compounds by the characteristic colours they reflect or absorb. This was what enabled the VIMS team to establish the composition of Phoebe in just a few days after the fly-by. The VIMS team is made up of scientists from the USA, Germany, France and Italy and the VIMS centre is located at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
Scientists have long suspected that Phoebe did not form in the same location and from the same material as Saturn and most of its moons. Phoebe follows a very unusual orbital path around Saturn, with its axis of rotation at a sharp angle relative to Saturn's equator. Phoebe rotates in the opposite direction to Saturn and to the direction of rotation described by the planet around the Sun. In its orbit around Saturn, Phoebe also moves in the opposite direction to the other moons. But if Phoebe was not formed in the Saturn system, where did it come from? 'Short period' comets (comets that take less than two hundred years to orbit around the Sun) can be found together with other primitive material from the time when the solar system was being formed far beyond the orbital path of Neptune, and can be flung into the inner solar system by Neptune's gravitational force. This is how Phoebe, so far from the Sun, came so close to Saturn that it was captured by the planet's gravitational force and pulled into its unusual orbit. This hypothesis, which was published in the same edition of Nature, is supported by the calculations done by two American authors on the thickness and volume of Phoebe.
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Compositional Maps of Saturn's moon Phoebe from imaging spectroscopy. Roger N. Clark, Robert H. Brown, Ralf Jaumann and others, in: Nature, Vol. 435, Pages 66-69.


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The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 24,177 | Gross: $31.74M
A Simple Favor (2018)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells
Votes: 9,116 | Gross: $22.16M
The Nun (2018)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons
Votes: 35,210 | Gross: $90.65M
The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 43,592 | Gross: $138.17M
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan
Votes: 25,953 | Gross: $152.92M
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 131,982 | Gross: $216.97M
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 2,199
Searching (III) (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
Votes: 16,042 | Gross: $20.94M
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 30,626 | Gross: $46.48M
Incredibles 2 (2018)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner
Votes: 99,639 | Gross: $605.82M
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean
Votes: 26,252 | Gross: $102.08M
Mile 22 (2018)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich
Votes: 8,910 | Gross: $35.97M
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 96,389 | Gross: $215.54M
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Count Dracula and company participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the monster-hating Van Helsing family.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James
Votes: 14,655 | Gross: $165.48M
Christopher Robin (2018)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 18,135 | Gross: $95.84M
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
Director: Ol Parker | Stars: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Cher
Votes: 31,896 | Gross: $119.93M
The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,368,259 | Gross: $134.97M
Coco (I) (2017)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina | Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
Votes: 217,836 | Gross: $209.73M
American Animals (2018)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
Director: Bart Layton | Stars: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen
Votes: 15,050 | Gross: $2.86M
King of Thieves (2018)
108 min | Crime, Drama
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon, Ray Winstone
Votes: 842
The Little Stranger (2018)
R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 744 | Gross: $0.71M
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler
Votes: 2,434 | Gross: $0.89M
Cold War (2018)
88 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 2,266
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.
Directors: Aaron Horvath, Peter Rida Michail | Stars: Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong
Votes: 5,353 | Gross: $29.34M
Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018)
161 min | Drama
A social movie about escalating electric bills.
Director: Shree Narayan Singh | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma, Yami Gautam
Votes: 958
The Rider (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama, Western
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Votes: 4,239 | Gross: $2.39M
Aladdin (1992)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
Votes: 304,920 | Gross: $217.35M
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
Director: John Stevenson | Stars: Johnny Depp, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Kelly Asbury
Votes: 5,593 | Gross: $43.24M
Minions (2015)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin
Votes: 182,892 | Gross: $336.05M
Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 6,096 | Gross: $0.95M
Theevandi (2018)
144 min | Comedy
Theevandi is a political satire depicted through light humor where the protagonist Bineesh hardly knows a thing even about himself.
Director: Fellini T.P. | Stars: Tovino Thomas, Samyuktha Menon, Suraaj Venjarammoodu, Vijilesh Karayad
Votes: 412
Bugsy Malone (1976)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, John Cassisi
Votes: 13,943 | Gross: $2.78M
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (2018)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Director: Steve Loveridge | Star: M.I.A.
Votes: 268
Nervous Translation (2017)
90 min | Drama
Eight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
Director: Shireen Seno | Stars: Jana Agoncillo, Angge Santos, Sid Lucero, Nafa Hilario-Cruz
Votes: 42
Genpin (2010)
92 min | Documentary
About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).
Director: Naomi Kawase | Star: Tadashi Yoshimura
Votes: 355


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The pursuit of a wellness vacation is something we take seriously here at Blair House Inn. Recently, this article came across my desk from traveltowellness.com. I think it expresses the same ideas we hope for our guests. Life in the Texas hill country is a relaxing and rejuvenating experience. Something we want to share with as many guests as possible. Whether it be a romantic getaway, spa day with the girls, or preparing healthy meals at our cooking schools. Your time here can be as exciting or relaxing as you wish. Find the goal and direction you want to travel and let us help you get there. Come to the Texas hill country for your wellness vacation at Blair House Inn.
What to ask yourself before booking a wellness vacation.
1. What is the intent or goal of my wellness vacation?
Perhaps it's to lose weight? Learn how to make healthier food choices? Enjoy a bit of "Me Time" to reconnect with Self? Learn how to manage stress? Give it some thought. What do you really need to maintain, promote or kick-start a healthy lifestyle?
2. How much do I want to spend on this time away?
The last thing you want to do is stress over money. Remember you don't necessarily need to travel far from home for a wellness vacation. Depending on where you live and your goal, you may find a suitable wellness vacation destination in your own town or within an easy drive.
3. Who might be my best wellness vacation companion?
Think about someone you simply love to enjoy time with. Significant other? Sister? Girl friends? Perhaps you'd love to meet new like-minded people. Try to avoid travelling with people who may be a trigger for stress. Instead, look for travel companions who calm you and make you feel good about yourself.
4. What kind of food do I want?
Since food is the foundation of a wellness lifestyle, and what we eat is something that we have absolute control over – think about what type of food you want on your wellness vacation. Healthy gourmet? Buffet with lots of healthy food options? Calorie controlled? Fresh, local, seasonal? You decide.
5. How do I want to spend my daytime hours?
Getting physical in the great outdoors? Participating in yoga classes and educational sessions? Hanging out at the spa? Enjoying local foodie tours and cultural activities? All of the above? Or, something else? Your answers will help you trim the list of possible destinations.
Tags: Day Spa, relaxing vacation, romantic getaway, Wellness Vacation


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By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
When the Nutrition Facts Label was created in 1993, it was revolutionary. For the first time, consumers could read the nutrition information on a food package to know what was in it and that the information was held to government standards for consistency and accuracy. This rectangular box has since become one of the world's most recognized graphics, with countries around the world adopting their own version.
To continue the spirit and purpose of the Nutrition Facts Label, we are proposing important changes to bring it fully into the 21st century. A lot has changed in the past 20 years. Much more is known about food consumption and nutrition, the health of our population and the dietary choices that can help keep us healthy or make us vulnerable to an array of chronic diseases.
The changes that we're proposing reflect that knowledge, based on an extensive examination of the latest public health trends and research on nutrition and disease, including obesity. There is a lot of information on FDA.gov about our plans, but I'd like to hit the highlights:
- "Added sugars" would be listed on the label along with the current "Sugars" declaration (which includes both naturally occurring and added sugar). This alone is huge: The average American takes in many calories every day in sugars added during food production. Experts call these "empty calories" that often take the place of foods rich in nutrients.
- Speaking of nutrients, listing the amount of Vitamin D and potassium – which many of us don't get enough of – would be required. They would join calcium and iron as nutrients important to public health.
- People generally eat differently today than they did 20 years ago. The serving size requirements would be updated to more accurately reflect what we're actually eating. By law, serving sizes must be based on what people actually eat, not on what people "should" be eating.
- Certain packages that are typically eaten in one sitting would be required to be labeled as a single serving, which would mean you would know how many calories and nutrients you are consuming for the whole package. For example, a 20-ounce soft drink would be one serving under the proposal, not more. Certain larger packages that could be consumed in one sitting or in multiple sittings would be required to be labeled per serving and per package.
- While continuing to require "Total Fat," "Saturated Fat," and "Trans Fat" on the label, "Calories from Fat" would be removed because research shows the type of fat is more important than the amount.
- The format would be modernized. Calories and serving sizes would be displayed more prominently in larger, bold type. The %DV (daily value) would be moved to the left, so that you can immediately put a nutrient in the context of your daily dietary needs.
I've been asked if we're proposing these changes because an increasing number of people in this country, including children, are obese and at risk of serious diseases tied to food consumption.
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As a consumer myself, I would find a Nutrition Facts Label that reflects the current science very helpful when making food choices for myself and my family. These changes should make it easier than ever to judge a food by its label.
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., is Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.


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If you are anything like me, you can't wait for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby coming out this May, even though historically they have failed. The Great Gatsby has a double charm—it's an American classic, but it's also adored by the average reader. It's going to be a challenge to turn the introspective book into a successful movie, but let's keep our fingers crossed and our hopes up. Here are some puzzles that I think Fitzgerald might like to do during breaks from writing if he were alive today. Here's hoping he'll also like the new take on his novel.
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'Goosebumps' spooks 'Spies,' 'Crimson Peak' at box office
Scare-seeking audiences preferred the family-friendly "Goosebumps" over the gothic horror of Guillermo del Toro's haunted house pic "Crimson Peak" two weekends out from Halloween.
Sony's "Goosebumps," based on the popular book series, earned $23.5 million out of the gates to take the first-place spot, while del Toro's "Crimson Peak" languished at fourth with $12.8 million.
"Goosebumps" also managed to beat "The Martian" by a hair, pushing Ridley Scott's space adventure to the second-place spot for the first time in its three-week run with $21.5 million.
Starring Jack Black as author R.L. Stine, "Goosebumps" cost a reported $58 million to produce. Audiences, 59 percent of whom were under the age of 25, gave the film a promising "A" CinemaScore, and reviews have been mostly favorable for the PG-rated pic.
"It's set up so well for not only this weekend, but for the rest of the fall," said Rory Bruer, Sony's president of worldwide distribution. "The word of mouth is just terrific. I think we were able to convey how much fun the film is for the entire family, no matter what their age."
The Halloween-timing didn't necessarily help "Crimson Peak," though. The Legendary film, distributed by Universal, failed to attract a significant audience in its debut. Those who did turn out gave the film a lousy B- CinemaScore.
It's one of del Toro's lowest wide openings; 1997's "Mimic" earned only $7.8 million in its first weekend in theaters.
One of the issues is that the movie, starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston, is rated R, and therefore has a more limited audience. Also, despite promises of a haunted house, the film, which cost a reported $55 million to produce, is more of a gothic romance than a classic horror.
"It's not a slasher movie, it's not a PG-13 movie aimed at the date crowd. It's more of a sophisticated movie," said Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak's senior media analyst.
"Del Toro has passionate fans for films that give this sort of approach to topics," said Nick Carpou, Universal's president of domestic distribution. In an exit poll, 45 percent of respondents said that they went because it was a del Toro movie. But that fandom, it seems, is limited in box-office impact.
Also on the lower end, Steven Spielberg's well-received cold-war thriller "Bridge of Spies," meanwhile, debuted in third-place with $15.4 million from 2,811 theaters.
Despite the PG-13 rating, audiences for the $40 million film starring Tom Hanks were overwhelmingly adult. An estimated 88 percent were over the age of 25, according to a Rentrak survey.
"This is a movie that will have a very long life in theaters. Older audiences won't rush out and may even wait until mid-week to see the film in theaters," said Dergarabedian.
"It's a very solid start and is setting it up for a really great run overall," said Dave Hollis, Disney's executive vice president of distribution.
"Bridge of Spies," like other adult-themed films, will be playing the long game across the fall and the beginning of awards season.
"We have to look at the fall movie season as a marathon, not a sprint like summer," Dergarabedian said.
"Beasts of No Nation," meanwhile, failed to ignite a day and date revolution. The film, produced by Netflix, debuted simultaneously on the streaming platform and in theaters Friday. Its earned only $50,699 from 31 theaters for a lackluster $1,635 per theater average.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1."Goosebumps," $23.5 million.
2."The Martian," $21.5 million.
3."Bridge of Spies," $15.4 million.
4."Crimson Peak," $12.8 million.
5."Hotel Transylvania 2," $12.3 million.
6."Pan," $5.9 million.
7."The Intern," $5.4 million.
8."Sicario," $4.5 million.
9."Woodlawn," $4.1 million.
10."Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," $2.8 million.
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Surprise! Love Makes Season Debut for Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love was a surprise activation for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets.
Love hasn't played this season after breaking his right hand during the exhibition season. The initial timetable was six to eight weeks to recover. But he was able to return to the lineup just over four weeks after he was injured.
Love is the team's leading scorer and rebounder and the short-handed Timberwolves badly need him back in the lineup. They also got center Nikola Pekovic back from a sprained left ankle and point guard JJ Barea back from a sprained left foot.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Amnesty International says an 11-year-old girl who was raped by her mother's partner in Chile should be allowed all medical options, including an abortion.
Abortions, even for medical reasons and in the case of rape, have been illegal since Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. President Sebastian Pinera's government opposes any easing of the ban.
The human rights group said Thursday that "the Chilean State must provide" her with "all the psychological and medical support she needs," and make all options available, "including safe abortion services."
The girl who is 14 weeks pregnant was repeatedly raped over the course of two years by her mother's partner. He has been arrested and has confessed to abusing the fifth grader.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
How Soon They Forget
Bugs pays tribute to Bosko in this clip from 1988's Bugs Vs. Daffy - Battle of the Music Video Stars television special. I have always found Daffy's reaction to be pretty funny.
3 comments:
- Harley Green said...
funny! why Bugs' music TV program reminds me MTV??
- April 26, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- PCUnfunny said...
Boy the animation was horrible for that special and that Bosko clip just made it look worse. BTW, anyone notice the funny animation of Bosko's ass ? LOL !
- April 27, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- Kevin W. Martinez said...
I can just imagine Bosko exclaiming to Daffy: "That dirty [insert f-word of your choice here]"
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HyperSnap 8 is the fastest and easiest way to take screen captures from ShiChuang screen and text capture from places where system text copy is not possible. HyperSnap combines the power of a first-class screen capture application with an advanced image editing utility - wrapped into one easy-to-use tool. Now compatible with ShiChuang 8 desktop mode.
HyperSnap is perfect for capturing images and texts that you want to include in your Help system, online tutorials, manuals, training handouts, presentations, marketing materials, Web pages, emails and more. Use HyperSnap to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen. Compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit releases of ShiChuang 8 (destkop environment), 7, Vista and corresponding ShiChuang Server releases.
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- 64-bit version, allowing the use of the full potential of modern 64-bit computers. Capture and edit much bigger images, fit in memory more captures simultaneously opened in HyperSnap window for editing and processing. A 32-bit version is also available for use on 32-bit systems.
- Thumbnails list - select all or several of captured images and right-click - Save Selected - Each image to its own file: now prompts you for the folder and image format to save in, instead of as in v.7 automatically saving to the last used folder and file.
- Thumbnails list - select all or several of captured images and right-click: added new function "Email selected", which will attach multiple images in selected file format to an empty email message.
- The order of thumbnails in the thumbnail bar may now be re-arranged with drag and drop operation. This is important e.g. if you want to save some or all of images into one PDF file, and the order in which they are saved is important.
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CHICAGO | Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:06pm EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Taking a high-dose statin to lower cholesterol may increase risk of developing diabetes by as much as 12 percent, but the heart benefits of statins still outweigh the risks, new research shows.
Statins such as Pfizer's Lipitor are the world's best-selling drugs. They work by lowering levels of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, the so-called "bad" cholesterol.
Doctors say the new research made public on Tuesday should not prompt any patients to stop taking statins, but patients on high doses of statins should get screened regularly for diabetes.
The findings on two of the biggest-selling statins may lead doctors to choose Lipitor when high doses are needed versus the less expensive, generic version of Merck & Co's Zocor.
While both drugs raise the risk of diabetes, high-dose Lipitor worked far better than generic Zocor at cutting heart risks, the team said.
Study after study has shown that taking statins can lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes, but some studies have suggested that the drugs may raise the risk of diabetes.
To see if dose is a factor, researchers from St George's, University of London and the University of Glasgow analyzed data from five different studies involving 32,752 patients who were treated with high and moderate doses of statins.
Over a five-year period, 2,749 participants, or 8.4 percent, developed diabetes, and 6,684 participants, or 20 percent, had a major heart problem.
"Overall, we found that high doses were associated with a 12 percent increased risk of diabetes compared with standard doses," Professor Kausik Ray of St George's said in an e-mail.
He said for every 498 patients treated there was one extra case of diabetes. But use of high-dose statins reduced risk of heart attacks, strokes, and the need for artery-clearing angioplasty by 16 percent.
For every 155 people treated, one of these heart problems was prevented, the team reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday.
"Nobody should stop taking their prescribed statins because of the evidence shown in this research," Professor Peter Weissberg of the British Heart Foundation, who was not involved with the study, said in a statement.
"Statins play a vital role in protecting the hearts of many, many people and the benefits still far outweigh any risks associated with diabetes," he said.
"Patients who need high doses of statins are at very high risk of heart attacks and strokes. They should not come off these drugs, but simply be monitored more closely." Ray said.
The team also compared rates of heart problems in people who took high doses of Zocor, available widely as the generic simvastatin and less costly than brand-name Lipitor.
Lipitor, or atorvastatin, had global sales last year of nearly $11 billion and is expected to lose U.S. patent protection at the end of November.
The risk of developing diabetes proved to be the same with both drugs. But high-dose Lipitor cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by 22 percent, compared with a 5 percent reduction in heart risk among those who took simvastatin, Ray said.
He said the study shows high-dose simvastatin is not the best option.
"The net benefit of simvastatin is clearly very low and patients on simvastatin 80 mg should be moved to atorvastatin 80 mg instead," Ray said. "I don't think we can wait for loss of (Lipitor's) patent to stop using simvastatin 80 mg," Ray said in an email.
Currently, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Britain's health cost watchdog, recommends an 80 mg dose of simvastatin because it is the least costly option for patients with heart disease.
U.S. health regulators earlier this month recommended limiting the 80 mg dose of simvastatin because it increases the risk of muscle damage.
An estimated 2.1 million patients in the United States were prescribed a product containing 80 mg of simvastatin in 2010, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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About Shane Hope
Threading science, art, and technology, Shane Hope uses open-source nanomolecular design software to create and manipulate molecular models, which he assembles by the thousands into painterly 3-D prints. Equal parts scientific and fantastical, organic and digital, Hope's holographic creations hint at the infinite possibilities of genetics and molecular physics, as well as the notion of "hacking matter." As he has said: "The ability to assemble things from-the-molecule-up could give rise to borderline costless systems for controlling the structure of matter itself."
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Hear a live concert every Friday at 12noon ET from WXPN and NPR Music
Broadcast live from the stage at World Cafe Live
Listen to the Concert Live on the Radio and Online at XPN.org/listen.
This Friday at noon, take one excellent lunch break with world-renowned duo Angus and Julia Stone.
The brother and sister act are known across the globe for their ability to mesh two strong, separate
vocal styles into a beautiful, artfully mixed combination. Julia's 'fairy-tale', light tones twine
around Angus'rough, emotive baritone in ways that make fans and critics alike assert that "...with
the most basic tools, the Stones build something lovely and lasting." (BBC Music)
The two siblings had an early start on their musical careers. Both their parents were musicians in the same project, and while the two young children were still very small, their father had Julia playing trumpet and Angus playing trombone in the school band. The two began to collaborate in 2006, each having built experience and style as solo artists beforehand. The two write their own material separately, then come together for harmonies and structure.
In 2006, the two released their debut EP "Chocolate and Cigarettes". Plenty of airplay, festival performances, and word-of-mouth began to build A+J's reputation. Since their debut, just four years ago, the young artists have risen to the top of the charts in multiple countries, released several more EPs and two full-lengths, and been nominated for numerous awards. They've shared stages with big names such as Donavon Frankenreiter and Martha Wainwright, and toured internationally.
The unstoppable duo's latest album, "Down The Way", was released just this March. They produced the album themselves, and the result has more of a bedroom folk sound than their previous work. Though the two hail from Australia, "Down The Way" could be called lush Americana. There's little doubt that their recording time spent in the American West had more than a small influence on the album's dusty guitar sound.
A+J will be touring North America through June, but shows are already beginning to sell out. Be sure not to miss this Live Friday performance.
Angus and Julia Stone Free At Noon Setlist1. Santa Monica Dream
2. Mango Tree
3. And the Boys
4. The Wolf and the Butler
5. For You
6. Big Jet Plane
7. You're the One That I Want
8. Private Lawns
Visit NPR Music to hear the concert.
Website: http://www.angusandjuliastone.com/
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Recent Release: Down the Way
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Label: Nettwerk
Origin: Sydney, Australia
PARKING NOTICE and Directions
Due to the construction in the area, free parking is no longer available for XPN Free At Noon shows. Metered parking on 31st street is no longer available, and metered parking on Walnut Street is extremely limited as a result of the closure and reconstruction of the South Street Bridge, and the rerouting of traffic onto Walnut Street.
Public transportation to XPN Free At Noon is recommended. For more information on parking in the area visit World Cafe Live.
Find more information on directions and public transportation here.
Serving People in Need - Help Drive Hunger from Our Communities
When you come to XPN's Free At Noon Concerts, bring a can of food to support Philabundance, Delaware Valley's hunger relief organization. We have drop-off boxes to collect canned goods for the needy. Current priority items include: canned pasta, chili, beef stew, tuna, mac & cheese, ready to eat cereal, pork & beans/ baked beans, green beans, corn, fruit cocktail, creamy peanut butter and/ or grape jelly (plastic containers only), and boxed sugar. Thanks!
WXPN and NPR Music Live Friday Free At Noon Concert Archives Include:
Dr. Dog, Carrie Rodriguez, Annuals, DeVotchKa, Adele, Angel Taylor, Winterpills, Sharon Little, Ollabelle, Andrew Lipke, The Low Anthem, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sean Lennon, Chris Smith, California Guitar trio, Joan Osborne, Disco Biscuits, Damien Rice, Cold War Kids, Marc Broussard, The Slip, Arlo Guthrie, Alice Smith, The Dears, Barenaked Ladies, and more...
WXPN Free at Noon Photo Gallery at Flickr
Click to visit our gallery for photos of the Free At Noon Concerts! Previous concerts include Hall & Oates, O.A.R., Citizen Cope, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kaki King and many more!


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Before you begin
Before you move your iTunes library, update your existing backup or make a new one if you don't currently back up iTunes. Updating an old backup or creating a new one ensures that all of your content transfers correctly and makes the moving process easier.
Use Migration Assistant
If you want to move your library from an old Mac to a new Mac, use Migration Assistant on a Mac.
If you want to move your library from a PC to a new Mac, use Windows Migration Assistant on a PC.
Use your iTunes backup
You can use an iTunes backup on an external drive to manually move your iTunes library from your old computer to your new computer.
If you're using this method on a Mac:
- Click your desktop to make sure that you're in Finder.
- From the menu at the top of your computer screen, choose Finder > Preferences.
- Make sure that "External disks" and "Hard disks" are selected.
Part 1: Install iTunes on your new computer
Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes.
Part 2 (optional): Move any new content
Part 3: Copy the iTunes backup to your new computer
To copy all of your media files, including the library file that holds all your playlists and other settings, to your new computer:
- Locate the iTunes folder on your new computer:
- Mac: Click your desktop to make sure that you're in Finder. Then choose Go > Home from the menu bar at the top of your computer screen. Double click the Music folder.
- Windows: Navigate to \Users\username\My Music\iTunes.
- Drag the iTunes folder in this location onto the desktop.
- Locate the external drive on your new computer:
- Mac: On the desktop.
- Windows: In My Computer or Computer.
- Double-click the external drive icon to open it.
- Drag the iTunes folder from your external drive to the Music folder (Mac) or My Music Folder (Windows) on your new computer. The transfer might take a while if you have a lot of content.
- Open iTunes.
You've now moved all of your music, playlists, and other information—including play counts and ratings—from your old computer to your new one.
Redownload or transfer your past purchases
If you don't have a backup of your iTunes library and your old computer is unavailable, you can download past purchases made with your Apple ID.
If you have multiple Apple IDs, you might find it easier to transfer purchases from a device after authorizing your new computer with your Apple ID.
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- If you plan to stop using or give away your old computer, deauthorize it first.
- If you used iTunes on your old computer to back up your iOS device, back up your devices on your new computer or manually transfer the backups from your old computer. Learn more about creating and deleting iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch backups in iTunes.
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Thursday December 15, 2011 6:51 am
Google takes down Shoot View, the Street View shooting game
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Corporate News, Google, Video Games
Gamers are not averse to first-person shooters—Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, for example, earned $1 billion in just over two weeks. But what about when the targets are real, unsuspecting people on the sidewalks rather than cartoon soldiers?
That's the approach taken by Amsterdam-based ad agency Pool Worldwide, which used Google's Street View API to create "Google Shoot View," a game that lets players take aim at those who appear in the street-level, 360-degree images captured by Google's Street View cars.
"Google Shoot View. Explore the world at street-level... and fire a M4A1 assault rifle," Pool Worldwide said in a Dec. 9 tweet announcing the game (preview below).
Google was apparently not thrilled by the idea of having its technology used as the backdrop for a street-level killing spree. The search giant this week pulled Pool's access to its API—the code that allows developers to use the technology.
"Unfortunately, Google has killed the API so at the mo we can't run shoot view," Pool tweeted yesterday.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but according to Pool, the game was rejected "because of terms of use issues."
Pool did not specify the terms of which it was in violation, but Google's terms of service for its Maps and Google Earth API includes a ban on the promotion of "physical harm or injury against any group or individual," among other things.
According to MSNBC, the images on Google Shoot View did not react to being shot; no "bullet holes or bloody corpses that are common in some of today's most popular shooter titles."
When asked about the origins of the game, Nick Schonfeld with Pool's creative team said "we are all big gaming fans, especially of first-person shooters."
"We always thought that Google Street View would make an awesome game map (the biggest in the world) and so when one of us mentioned the idea to turn Google Street View into Shoot View we jumped on it and made it," Schonfeld continued.
The game was an "entirely independent effort" and not related to any of the firm's clients, Schonfeld said. The company said it only intended to entertain people. "We had no idea that it would explode in the way it did."
Creative director Erwin Kleinjan, meanwhile, told Business Insider that it attracted about 3,000 visitors per minute at peak times over the weekend and crashed the company's Web server.
Despite that initial success, there are no plans to revive it in another form. "There will not be a follow up. We've gotten everything out of Street View that we can," Schonfeld said.
Google Street View deploys cars equipped with special cameras throughout the world to capture street-level images that are added to Google Maps. Given that the vehicles drive through highly populated cities, the cameras often catch unsuspecting passersby, though their faces (and license plates) are blurred.
The idea of shooting an assault rifle at people who actually exist might seem a bit distasteful in general, but its debut also came one day after the fatal (and unfortunately, second) shooting on the campus of Virginia Tech here in the United States. Yesterday, a man also attacked the Belgian city of Liege with guns and grenades, killing at least five and injuring 130, CNN said.
What do you think? Is Google Shoot View in poor taste or is it just another violent video game to add to the list? Let us know in the comments.
This article, written by Chloe Albanesius, originally appeared on PCMag.com and is republished on Gear Live with the permission of Ziff Davis, Inc.
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December 08, 2007
Henry Eltinge Breed Jr., an OSA Fellow Emeritus, physics professor and expert in photography, electro-optics and acoustics, died on December 8, 2007. He was 92 years old.
Breed was born in Manhattan on December 5, 1915, the son of the actress and activist Ethel Burns and the civil engineer H. Eltinge Breed. He attended Storm King School in Cornwall, N.Y., and earned his undergraduate degree in physics from Colgate University. He began his professional life as a photographer, assisting Berenice Abbott in 1937-1938 as she worked on her landmark WPA (Work Progress Administration) photographic study of New York City, titled Changing New York. He also ran his own studio in Manhattan, specializing in portraiture.
Raised a Quaker and a pacifist, he registered as a conscientious objector when World War II broke out. But in late 1942, having piloted airplanes since his youth, he enlisted as a flight instructor in the Navy as the prospects of the war worsened. He served in that capacity
with distinction through the remainder of the war.
After the war, he earned an M.S. in astrophysics from Harvard and a Ph.D. in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He specialized in both optics and acoustics, on which he wrote, taught and consulted widely. Although he worked principally as a professor of physics, he also developed electro-optical navigation equipment and communications systems for NASA's Apollo lunar missions and for the U.S. Navy. The Navy used these systems to help find and save vessels lost at sea.
While a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Breed simultaneously carried out research in acoustics, audio engineering and physical optics. In the field of audio engineering, he was on the cutting edge of work in psychoacoustics and binaural recording. He was also engaged in the analysis of stereophonic, triphonic and quadraphonic sound reproduction. His work in sound localization looked to the future, toward present day investigations into ambisonics.
Breed's research in acoustics focused on the architectural scale modeling of concert halls and the role of microphone choice and placement in the analysis of a hall's acoustical signature. A number of his studies were directed toward understanding and quantifying the sonic characteristics of concert halls and performance spaces using full-scale architectural models. Breed's input was sought when engineers were looking to make acoustical improvements to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the 1980s, he authored a comparative study on the acoustics of a number of major European concert halls.
His passion for teaching and making science accessible to the non-scientist led to his developing courses geared toward non-scientists. These included a course in the optics of photography, as well as a laboratory course tailored to architecture majors, which led to regular presentations at meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Breed twice won Fulbright Fellowships to lecture and research in these areas abroad, in both Norway and Peru.
Elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America, he was also a member of a many other professional societies, on a number of whose boards he served.
When not working, Breed was a competitive racing sailor who earned numerous prizes. In fact, he was depicted by Grandma Moses in her 1955 painting, Sailing. He was also a championship fencer, and he greatly enjoyed skiing, hiking and gardening. Breed is survived by two sons: Henry Eltinge Breed III of Manhattan and Joseph Illick Breed of Tokyo.
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Wild Kritters of Niagara County Inc., an organization that cares for injured and orphaned wildlife, hosts its seventh annual basket raffle Sunday, April 21, at the 3F Conservation Club, 904 Swann Road, Youngstown. The event will take place from noon until 5 p.m. It features food, a raffle with more than 100 baskets, and an assortment of educational wildlife, including owls, hawks and falcons. Master falconer Pete Lotz will be on hand with his "wonderful world of falconry."
Wild Kritters needs to raise funds to continue caring for injured and orphaned wildlife. Monies raised will help provide veterinary care, medications, formula, and even surgeries.
Wild Kritters rehabilitators have opened their homes to rehabilitate animals. Donations are used for animal care, and not for overhead. The group has state- and federally licensed rehabilitators. It is an all-volunteer organization.
To learn more about Wild Kritters or its fundraiser, or to make a donation, contact Kathleen at 716-731-9334/716-316-9675 or Brenda at 716-940-5161 (leave a message). Donations are 100 percent tax-deductible, as Wild Kritters is 501(c) 3 nonprofit.
For more, visit http://www.wildkritters.com.