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RubySoft proudly presents: '3dWindow' a powerful but easy to use extension for SketchUp to add 3d Doors Windows and Frames into your model. Never before has it been so easy to add them in low, medium or high level of details into your model. And it takes only seconds!
Downloading this extension will give you a ten days full (Pro) functionality. A license can be bought at our webshop after that.
From all of us at RubySoft: Happy SketchUp-ing!
There's plenty of windows and
There's plenty of windows and doors available for download on the warehouse but if you're producing designs and/or visualisations in any sort of volume; this plugin ensures consistency and ensures all doors and windows are exactly the same. Not to mention it removes all the time and difficulty of trying to create your own and have them look identical every time.
Super easy to use plugin with far and away, the quickest responding, most helpful and generous support people behind it.
I barely used the trial before deciding it was a plugin I would always use.
RubySoft have created a MUST have here!
I am trying to review this product to see if I want to purchase, but the window frames I place are all inside out. I cant seem to figure out why the windows all face inside. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello Seth,
Hello Seth,
Well... This is a new one! :-)
Since we have put our software online for some four years already and I never have had this question before I think it should be something about the way you use our plugin.
Perhaps we should have worked on the intuitivity but... we have the long expected version 5 on the development table.
Perhaps you can send me an email with the model that you have created so I can see what has happened. Please send it to email@example.com.
Wishing you and the whole SketchUp community from all of us a very Merry Christmas and a jolly SketchUp-ing 2018!
The Plugin is super cool,
The Plugin is super cool,
paid and enjoying my fastest modeling..Thanks Rubysoft.!!
can u give me the serial key
can u give me the serial key plz i luv it
Hi Sketcher, good to read
Hi Sketcher, good to read that you are enjoying our software :-)
Thank you for the kind words.
If you pay us a small fee I can give you one serial key (LITE) or for a bit more you can even have two! The latter will also give you the rights to use our software in a commercial setting. Just visit www.rubysoft.eu and I am sure you will be able to do the necessary to 'luv it' for an even longer time! Looking forward to welcoming you as our latest client!
Great plugin, Thank you !
Great plugin, Thank you !
hi its great
hi its great
Dear All,
Dear All,
I'm testing the trial version, and I found your extension very useful, the generated models are very detailed and nice! Thanks! (I tried the other ones too on this site, but they are either too complicated and slow, or the generated models were too simple)
Unfortunately the previously mentioned problem with the generated faces still exists in this current release so I have to explode every window and put in a new glass in place of the deleted "original" one.
When do you plan to release the version 5.0?
What I'm missing from this great addon is a slightly better door creation part. For instance, we should be able to make simple wooden door without glasses. Or is this available in the full version?
Thanks for your answers in advance!
Hello Ákos T and thanks for
Hello Ákos T and thanks for your comment.
All will be taken care of in the long expected v5. We are working on it. Every day. But I cannot give you an exact date on the release. A very cautious estimation would be October though. So enjoy a long holiday and you will be served afterwards with v5.
Best regards,
You can download the latest
You can download the latest version 3dWindow: 4.1.8 'Elizabeth' from our website
Hello Luomu Z.
Hello Luomu Z.
I am not completely sure what you wanted to achieve here. But to all others who read this message: the current version as of June 2017 is 4.3.a.
It can be installed from within the Extension Manager or downloaded from our website www.rubysoft.eu and then installed directly into SketchUp.
Beste Alex,
Beste Alex,
Het was heerlijk en super om mij te helpen, ik kan deze maar alleen aanraden om RubySoft aan te schaffen.
Niet alleen voor het program maar ook voor de ondersteunning.
Nogmaals van harte bedank voor de perfecte service.
vanwege, Van Peer Vital
Hello Vital,
Thank you for your kind words and you are always welcome for support!
Best regards
It was great to help me and I can only advise to buy a RubySoft license.
Not just for the program but also for their support.
Thank you again for the perfect service.
Regards, Vital van Peer)
Almost every face is inside
Almost every face is inside out. Is it possible to reverse faces?
Hello Armin K.
Hello Armin K.
We are aware that a flaw might happen in v4.2 after manipulating the frame. It is resolved in v5 (but that version is not yet available).
I never heard about 'almost every face'. Can you please send me the model or frame so I can see what has happened? It should also only become an issue when you start rendering.
A solution is to explode the frame and use the default SketchUp option to reverse a face but again I am anxious to see what frame you created that would meet the description you gave it. Please email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanking you in advance,
Hi Alex
Hi Alex
Thank you for activation 3D Door and Window Plugin. This extension is useful for me and increase my productivity to make and revise 3D model for my customers. In the past I lose the time at least 1 day for preparation member of door and window. When I have used this plugin, I can finish within 5 minute (Beginner).
Look forward version 5th.
Rayong, Thailand
You are welcome Khun Praneet!
You are welcome Khun Praneet!
We will keep you informed about the release date of v5. We are working hard on it.
Best regards,
if you want people to
if you want people to evaluate your software, make the full version available to them for a trial.
what a load of crap that you can use five windows and that is the limit.
Hi Shaun,
Hi Shaun,
We do offer the full functionality in the trial. That is the first part of good news!
About the fact that we do limit: well that is for a reason and yeah I understand that you cannot complete your project that way... But let me tell you a little secret as some other good news: if you explode the 3dWindow you can still continue past the limit of five frames since it will no longer be seen as an intelligent 3dWindow but just a pile of lines. Do be aware though that you cannot modify the properties anymore so you will be playing with the lines if you want changes.
Then for the last piece to ease your mind: if you just send us an email and provide with some resonable arguments or just when you ask politely why you should have an extension we are more than happy to grant you a serial that will give you more time and will also remove the five frame limit.
Happy SketchUp-ing!
Hi Alex
Hi Alex
Thanks, will send a mail through later. I need half an hour with the full soft in order to make a decision to purchase or not. What you have looks nice and will be happy to pay if it will fulfill my needs.
You know what, Alex ? I'm
You know what, Alex ? I'm stunned by your zen attitude and the fact that, despite such a hostile comment, you manage to offer him hat he does want !
By the way, nice trick, the five frames to explode... XD really really smart XD
Thanks Gwenael. Appreciated.
Thanks Gwenael. Appreciated.
The explode function is common sense for every SketchUp user and has been going around for a long time.
If our software can help the designer/architect to ease the workload they will quickly understand the value and buy the software. If someone is pertinent in not willing to buy he or she will not buy and keep installing the trial over and over... and over (sometimes too :-))
You know what, Gwenael? I am
You know what, Gwenael? I am stunned that you have the time to poke your nose where it does not belong, surely the developer is able to take a bit of crit from me. If you are happy paying money when you are not sure how something works, kudos to you!!! If I were you I would rather spend time concentrating on getting my spelling correct before I post on a worldwide forum.
I was just talking to Alex, I
I was just talking to Alex, I didn't expect anything from you... but I'm flattered :)
You know, you can perfectly express your criticism staying polite and using kind words. In fact, I'm interessed in this topic because it is a way for me to get informed before buying it... but nevermind, I never ever will put my nose in your business, keep up just like the way you are.
Oh, by the way, I'm sorry not to master fluently a language that is not mine, I will immediatly suture my mouth to preserve your nerves.
"Peace and Tranquillity on Earth"
No you were not just talking
No you were not just talking to Alex. you decided to stand in judgement of an opinion that I have and make an assumption that I was being rude in an effort to brown nose the developer, to get who knows what out of it.......
Whether English or any other language it is good manners to mind your own business and you would do well in remembering this. I made a comment to the developer and was waiting for his reply on his software, not from you!!! At no point in my message do I recall inviting you or anyone else to comment on my comments.
Except that posting in a
Except that posting in a public forum (vs. private msg) is inherently an invitation to comment on your comments...
World peace can only start
World peace can only start one step at a time, Shaun...
Or one bit after another bit as we IT-guys like to say...
And... for everyone else reading my posts: English is NOT my primary language so please don't be just as hars on me if I might make a typo one day too... My apologies in advance!
RubyWindow claims you can
RubyWindow claims you can design and place a complex window in less than 30 seconds. Having just designed and placed over forty windows, French Windows and doors I can confirm that claim!
After you have entered the basic data for your project there is a logical sequence of 1) Selecting frame configuration 2) Adjusting frame dimensions and details 3) Selecting window/door fill 4) Adjusting the details and finally 5) Choosing the Level of Detail (Low for modeling, Medium or High for presentation). All this can be completed in 30 seconds per window.
I had a "special" project that needed louvres/shutters instead of one of the normal window fills. The folks at RubyWindow showed me how to prepare a custom "user component" and enter it into the UC library.
It is an excellent easy-to-use extension producing high quality models/graphics for a wide range of windows and doors. It is especially useful for schematic design before a window manufacturer is selected for construction. If the window manufacture does not have his own SketchUp models then RubyWindow will be able to produce darn good imitations.
As final note – every country/region seems to have its own convention for naming the parts of a window/door. It is worth taking the time to familiarize yourself with the convention RubyWindow uses.
I would like to buy this plugin, but here's the thing : you mentionned the 5.0 version few months ago, and this is still the 4.2 version that is available on your website. Do you keep working on this software ? Will it evolve in the next months ?
I would also like to know if there is a library of other profiles.
Thank you for the good work you did with this plugin, and happy new year to the team !
Gwénaël N.
Hello Gwénaël,
Hello Gwénaël,
We are full time and in a devoted and dedicated manner working on a completely revised v5. Since it is a new plugin 'from scratch' it takes some more time than expected but it will meet standards that even a factory can (fully automatic) process the frames. So it will be a real new breath of fresh air. We will approach our dedicated clients to join us in the beta testing soon.
The current version 4.2 is a stable version (no bugs have been reported the last months) and it will stay fully functional.
Thank you for your kind words and a happy new year to you and to all the SketchUp-ers in the world!
From all of us here at RubySoft: "Happy SketchUp-ing!"
Ok, thank you for your answer
Ok, thank you for your answer, that was fast :)
Some more questions... I LOVE questions :) !
1 - I use Thea Render plugin for Sketchup and was wondering if I could apply my own materials on doors and windows.
2 - From time to time, I put in my projects specifics sliding doors / windows : 3 equal sliders on 3 rails. I searched for this kind of element in the free trial but didn't found it. Do I have bad eyes ? Or is it not available for now ? If so, will it be part of the 5.0 version ?
Best regards.
You are welcome!
You are welcome!
Anwers: I love answers! :-)
1 - Sure. You can still play with all the colors or designs on the components as you like. nJoy SketchUp and live your heart out! :-)
2 - We don't cover all options nor all possible doors, windows or accessoires like door handles and so on. We DO have the UC (User Component) possibility in a FULL license version. You can first create the frame like you can do right now. Each 'area inside' a frame can be filled with a filling (duh) which can be a door a window or any specific component (user component) that you have created before as SKP file or can download from the 3dWarehouse. It will automatically be scaled and placed in the opening. The other accessoires can be placed anywhere you like. Even the 'welcome' floor mat. :-)
Three doors on two rails will be available in version 5. Three on three will be more of an aluminium solution rather than wood and does not have our first priority. But again: if you have created a two slider solution it is easy to clone one door!
정말 감사합니다.
정말 감사합니다.
참 잘 오셨습니다 :-) Alex
참 잘 오셨습니다
I could not get Ruby Windows
I could not get Ruby Windows to be recognized after installation in Sketchup Pro 2016. I requested help and they found I had an unusual problem. The technician connected directly to my computer (with my permission) and worked until the problem was solved. He then extended my trial period so I did not lose the trial days to evaluate the extension. I am very impressed with the technical support they provided. I am now using the extension. Thank you to Alex.
Harold W.
I like the plugin, but the
I like the plugin, but the licensing process sucks. It should be instant. I've paid and am waiting for my license now for over 24 hours. I've got work to do... I need what I've paid for...
Hi Dan,
Hi Dan,
Good to hear you like the plugin. As I have explained in my email: we have had to travel some 1.600 miles the last 21 hours so yes it took a little longer than normal to respond. We try to be quicker than 6 hours for any email coming in and do manage to get the average time down to less than an hour.
I have compensated your wait time by extending your license expiration time.
Everyone though will have to deal with the following considerations:
1) We normally live in European Standard Time zone. So In summer GMT/UTC+2 in winter GMT/UTC +1
2) For security reasons we don't have the generation of the keys written in some fance online application that probably will get hacked one day revealing the way the coding works and revealing our customer information!
3) When we receive the confirmation letter of the purchase with your key and pin outside office hours, you might have to wait a bit since we don't have an alarm bel triggered when we try to sleep for a few hours.
4) We don't mind helping you in the weekends, during holidays, after 9pm if we know beforehand and are more than happy to skip our mother-in-law's birthdays if we can help our clients.
So you have been the first in two years that had an effective wait of 15 hours. Again: our apologies and we hope to serve you as quick as all others whenever the next time will be.
Nice extension but its only a
Nice extension but its only a trial. It would be very helpful if it's free for us to use.
If you are good at something,
If you are good at something, never give it for free...
*torrent downloads
Hello Kate,
Hello Kate,
Yes it is a trial (that is where the whole second alinea is talking about). And yes, as discussed some time ago in this thread already, we know that it would be helpful if it would be for free. But I have tried your approach the other day at our local Shell after filling up the tank of my car.
Even this multi-zillion dollar company did not even wanted to let me test drive their fuel for ten days...
The world is harsh these days don't you think?
Best regards and if you need a key to evaluate the plugin a few more days, feel free to drop me a line! You are always welcome.
Best regards,
Strange I get some customers
Strange I get some customers who think that because you are drawing for a living (Architecture) that its a such a simple thing to move a few doors and windows, change the pitch of a roof, extend a floor plan that you should do it for free....... Just taking a trial of your software before investing for future projects. Thanks for the 30 days grace ! :)
Thank you for your comment
Thank you for your comment Simon!
I hope the tutorial and video (available on our website (link in the mail that you have received)) will explain the working and capabilities of our software. Feedback is always appreciated and whenever you decide to buy a license please remind me of this comment and I will make a nice gesture too!
what about if you want
what about if you want windows to open
Hi Jack
Hi Jack
You can use the normal SketchUp tools to open, rotate or move a window.
Easy as 1-2-3. :-)
Happy SketchUp-ing,
Hi there guys,
Hi there guys,
Nice plugin. After watching the tutorial video it all became clear and I like the quick implementation in my models. Is there a way of changing profiles myself?
Keep up the good work!
Hello Herman,
Hello Herman,
Thanks for your comment. We are working on version 5 right now and expect it to be launched this fall. With that version you will be able to create your own profiles. Also the possibility to insert other than squared frames will become available (multi-angled frames).
If you want to become a beta tester please send us an email via firstname.lastname@example.com.
From all of us at Rubysoft: "Happy Sketchup-ing!"
Rubysoft is one off the best
Rubysoft is one off the best and most ''game'' changing things in he plugin store off sketch up.
This is the most easy way to draw a window,door,sliding door,........
And most off all the service from the team is stunning they will help you until the problem is solved.
Big thanks to the rubysoft team!!
Hello Sam F.
Hello Sam F.
Thanks for your comment! We try to do our best and always happy if we can help our users and clients!
Happy SketchUp-ing from all of us!
my add door button doesn't
my add door button doesn't enable?
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It's not every day that a particularly sexy piece of database technology winds up on the front pages of national papers or becomes integral to national and international policy and political debates. But that's exactly what's happening with data mining and related technology.
Most people in the United States, and many folks in the international community are aware of the press surrounding the analysis of phone records in the United States and abroad to search for potential terrorists. I won't state my political opinion here. Instead, I want to focus on the fact that the approach wouldn't be possible without vast data warehouses and data mining.
On the front page of the Washington Post, I've seen several recent articles related to data mining, and USA Today ran the front-page story "Data Miners Dig a Little Deeper" on July 12. The USA Today business section that day was devoted to issues surrounding data mining and privacy. It was an interesting read; I encourage you to check it out if you can find an issue or happen to have a subscription for viewing the article. I'm not singling out Microsoft, but the USA Today article began by using an example based on Hotmail and explained that Microsoft's analysis of Hotmail activity includes the time of day that emails are referenced as well as salary ranges for the ZIP code in question. The article said that Microsoft "knows a florist will pay a premium to have a coupon for roses reach males 30-40, earning good wages, who check their e-mail during lunch hours on Valentines Day."
I don't consider myself a data-mining expert, but I think the technology is exciting and holds huge potential to shape data management over the next decade. So, my first reaction to this news is, "That's really cool! I wish I had more time to become an expert in SQL Server-based data-mining technology." I also tend to be pretty conservative and pro-business, so my second reaction runs along the lines of "That's a really smart thing for Microsoft to do and they have every right to do it."
But I have to admit that the part of me that read "1984" in high school can't help but wonder what the natural evolution of this technology will be. Maybe opt-in clauses in the future will be written in a way that allows "Microsoft Flowers" to pre-ship the $500 Hawaiian orchid that Microsoft knows my wife admired because it's scanning our email and cell-phone traffic. (You've read about Microsoft's "Unified Communications" roadmap, right? Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGRoadmapPR.mspx .) Microsoft also knows that I haven't bought her a present yet based on a study of credit-card charges it has access to through a data-sharing agreement with ReallyBigCreditCo. Of course, the opt-in agreement will grant me permission to send the orchid back, but Microsoft's data-mining skills will indicate that I'm much too lazy to actually do so, so pre-shipping is a good investment for them.
Ok, enough with the Orwellian postulations. Data mining does raise some interesting privacy concerns that I suspect will be debated broadly over the next few years. What's in data mining for you today? Data-mining is a part of the data-management world that's poised for huge growth. SQL Server is becoming an increasingly compelling platform for data mining, and I'm sure the SQL Server team understands the importance of continuing this trend over the next decade. And only a relatively small number of people have any significant amount of expertise with Microsoft or any other vendor's data-mining tools today. You don't need data-mining analysis to recognize that this trend should create high demand for skilled data-mining professionals over the next decade.

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Groce learning about Illini with season month away
CHAMPAIGN -- With just a few weeks until the season begins, Illinois John Groce doesn't know how much of the up-tempo basketball he says is his trademark will work for his new team.
"That remains to be seen," Groce said during the team's media day Wednesday. "We're going to get some information this weekend as we practice back-to-back-to-back days as a team for the first time."
With a couple of additions, the roster Groce is working with is essentially the same one Bruce Weber coached to a 17-15 finish last season, averaging 65 points a game, before he was fired. Well, the same minus athletic 7-1 center Meyers Leonard, who left two years early for the NBA.
NCAA rules have limited Illinois to just a handful of practices since early summer, but with the Nov. 9 opener against Colgate now less than a month away the pace is quickly pick up for the Illini.
There's probably more Groce doesn't know about his new team right now than he knows.
He added transfer Sam McLaurin, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward from Coastal Carolina, to help ease some of the loss of Leonard. But Groce says McLaurin is a good enough athlete to spend significant time outside the paint, and the coach doesn't yet know how much of Leonard's 32 minutes and 8.2 rebounds a game he'll be able to make up.
"Obviously when you lose a player the caliber of Meyers at the juncture that we did we have to replace him by committee," Groce said, noting that sophomore big man Nnanna Egwu and others will be part of that rotation.
Groce's biggest unknown -- and he says his biggest concern -- right now is ball handling.
His ideal up-tempo offense, he says, is built on the abilities of his ball handlers and how well they can move and think fast. Players have said Groce has used a 24-second shot-clock rule in pickup games, cutting 11 seconds off the NCAA's shot clock, to pick up the pace.
Groce used his fast-paced style to get Ohio to the Sweet 16 last season.
"We want to wear you out with a 94-foot game. That's me. That's who I am," he told reporters.
Senior shooting guards Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson will help, but the pressure will fall squarely on sophomore Tracy Abrams.
"I think Tracy wants to be a lead guard -- that's half the battle," Groce said. "But there's more to being a lead guard than being 6-foot-1. Do you understand time and score? Do you make guys better? Do you understand who has the hot hand?"
Abrams had his moments as a freshman. He started 19 games and played in all 32, averaging 21 minutes and 4.3 points.
But there were only a handful of games in which Abrams, in spurts, showed what Groce said he's looking for from his point guard. That likely means Paul and Richardson will still be called on.
"I think those other guys are going to have certainly some responsibilities and take some of the burden," Groce said.
Weber's teams, and many of the players Groce has inherited, were regularly criticized for lacking grit and the ability to finish games -- nice kids who were short on leadership and toughness.
Groce said that given how little time he's had on the court with his players, he's still looking for leaders.
He wouldn't, though, talk Wednesday about any of their past shortcomings. "I'm not going to get into what happened in the past," he said -- and described his team in ways that Weber often did.
"I think their buy-in's been good, their effort's been good," he said. "They've been coachable, they've been teachable, they've been great off the court, they've been great in the classroom."


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Avoiding Valuation of Referrals - Interpreting OIG Advisory Opinion 09-09 By James Pinna, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond, VA
Once again, this summer, the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") has waded into the subject of ambulatory surgery center ("ASC") transactions and disproportionate returns on invested capital. As many may remember, the OIG issued the somewhat controversial Advisory Opinion 07-05 in the summer of 2007, taking the surprising position that a hospital's purchase at fair market value of ownership interests in an existing ASC from certain physician owners could potentially generate prohibited remuneration under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (the "AKS") 1 and that the OIG could potentially impose administrative sanctions on such transaction. 2 This result turned in part on the fact that the hospital and the physicians would not receive investment returns directly proportional to the dollar amount of their invested capital (although returns would be directly proportional to percentage ownership interests).
Advisory Opinion 09-09, posted by the OIG on July 29, 2009, takes the position that the independent development of ASCs by a hospital and a group of physicians and the merger of those ASCs into a joint venture could potentially generate prohibited remuneration under the AKS, but that the OIG would not impose administrative sanctions on such transaction. 3 Although the hospital and the physicians in this transaction may possibly receive investment returns that are not directly proportional to invested capital, the OIG concludes that the risk of abuse from such difference is low, in part because the valuation of the ASCs contributed to the joint venture is based on a tangible asset valuation. 4 More surprisingly, the OIG notes that, under certain circumstances, it might be concerned if the valuations of the ASCs are based on a cash flow analysis as opposed to a tangible asset valuation. 5
Before jumping to any conclusions based on this recent opinion, it is important for healthcare providers and their advisors to understand the unique structure of the transaction at issue. Moreover, despite this recent opinion from the OIG, a cash flow based valuation should still be considered a reliable valuation approach, and in many cases, the necessary approach to ensure that none of the parties to a transaction give or receive improper remuneration by transacting at other than fair market value ("FMV").
Advisory Opinion 09-09 deals with a unique, multi-step transaction that appears intended to avoid state certificate of need restrictions. The first step of the transaction involves a limited liability company (the "Surgeon LLC") owned by a group of seven orthopedic surgeons (the "Surgeon Investors") developing a single operating room ASC (the "Surgeon ASC") in a medical office building owned by and located on the campus of a local hospital (the "Hospital"). The second step involves the Hospital developing a single hospital operating room (the "OR") located in the same building and contributing the assets used to operate the OR to a company owned by the Hospital (the "Company"), after which the OR will be operated as an ASC (the "Hospital ASC"). The third step of the transaction involves the Surgeon LLC purchasing 50 percent of the membership units in the Company by contributing the Surgeon ASC. Prior to this contribution, appraisals will be conducted to determine the FMV of the Company and the Surgeon ASC. If the FMV of the Surgeon ASC is less than the FMV of the Company, the Surgeon LLC will make a cash contribution to the Company in the amount of the difference. If the FMV of the Surgeon ASC is greater than the FMV of the Company, the Hospital will make a cash contribution to the Company in the amount of the difference. At the conclusion of these steps, the Hospital and the Surgeon LLC will jointly own the Company, which will own and operate a two-operating room ASC. The requestors of the Advisory Opinion indicate that the independent development of single operating room ASCs by the Surgeon LLC and the Company (as opposed to the joint development of a two operating room ASC) does not require a certificate of need in the applicable state.
Advisory Opinion 09-09 takes great care to point out that the appraisals of the Surgeon ASC and the Company will not take into account the volume or value of referrals, but will be based solely on the FMV of the tangible assets of the Company and the Surgeon ASC, consisting primarily of equipment, furnishings and supplies. In footnote 5 of the opinion, the OIG further explains that its conclusion might be different if the valuation of the respective contributions of the investors included intangible assets. The OIG indicates that, given the circumstances of the proposed transaction, it might be concerned if the valuation were based on a cash flow analysis of the Surgeon ASC as a going concern because "a cash flow-based valuation of that business potentially would include the value of the Surgeon Investor's referrals over the time that their ASC was in existence prior to the merger with the Hospital ASC." This would result in the Surgeon Investors receiving a greater return on their capital investment than the Hospital. The OIG notes that, in these circumstances, the Hospital ASC would be newly developed and may have little or no cash flow at the time of the proposed merger, but that it would be similarly concerned with a valuation of the Hospital ASC based on a cash flow analysis when the Hospital could influence referrals. The OIG caveats footnote 5 by stating that it does not assert that a cash flow-based valuation or other valuation involving intangible assets would necessarily result in a violation of the AKS and that the existence of a violation depends upon all the facts and circumstances of a particular case.
Purchases and sales of ownership interests in ASCs are relatively common transactions. Parties will typically engage a valuation expert to determine the FMV of the ownership interests to be purchased to ensure there is an equivalent exchange of value and that none of the parties is receiving any extra consideration that could be viewed as remuneration for referrals. Business valuation standards generally require that the valuation expert consider all appropriate valuation approaches, including the asset approach, the income approach (sometimes referred to as a cash flow-based approach) and the market approach. 6 With respect to existing businesses that generate a stream of cash flow, most valuation experts would indicate that the income approach must be considered and, in many cases, is the preferred approach. 7 The OIG's conclusion in Advisory Opinion 09-09 appears to create an untenable conflict between business valuation standards and regulatory requirements, until one considers the unique structure of the transaction addressed in this advisory opinion.
The key distinguishing feature of the transaction in Advisory Opinion 09-09 is that the contribution of the Surgeon ASC and the Hospital ASC to the Company is agreed to ex ante ("before the event") by the parties in connection with the overall joint venture between the Hospital and the Surgeon Investors. Absent state certificate of need restrictions, one could reasonably expect that the parties would take the more simple approach of making initial capital contributions to the Company and having the Company develop a two operating room ASC. The OIG takes the position that all of the steps in the proposed transaction should be considered as a single investment in the Company, noting that it considers each investor's investment to be the amount that the investor contributes to develop the separate ASC, plus any additional cash that the investor contributes at the time the two ASCs are merged. Thus, the OIG is reasonable in its position that the contributions of the ASCs should be viewed as initial capital investments, rather than contributions of going concerns. Using a tangible asset valuation of the ASCs prevents either party from abusing the agreed-to arrangement by directing referrals to a particular ASC to increase the value of their capital contribution. In contrast, if the Surgeon ASC or the Hospital ASC had been in operation for many years, and the proposed joint venture had not been agreed to ex ante by the parties, then the contribution of one of these ASCs, or the purchase of ownership interests therein, should not be viewed merely as an initial capital investment. The same can be said for other ASC transactions where a party is purchasing ownership interests in an existing ASC that has going concern value. In these instances, the purchaser should pay FMV for the ownership interests, and the valuation expert should consider all applicable valuation approaches, including the income approach. Dictating a tangible asset valuation in such circumstances could actually lead to the very situation the OIG wants the parties to avoid - improper remuneration that could be related to referrals. For example, if a physician is buying an ownership interest in an existing ASC based on a tangible asset valuation of the ASC of $1 million when the FMV of the ASC is actually $5 million (based on the income approach), then the physician could be viewed as receiving remuneration (in the form of a discounted purchase price) in exchange for referrals. The same could be true if a hospital were to contribute its interest in an established ASC to a joint venture with physicians for a tangible asset value that is lower than the FMV of such ASC (based on the income approach).
Advisory Opinion 09-09 reinforces the OIG's general concern, also iterated in Advisory Opinion 07-05, when returns to investors are not directly proportional to capital invested. Unfortunately, Advisory 09-09 still does not address the situation where different returns on invested capital are actually appropriate because the FMV of investment interests purchased by later investors is higher than the price of the original investment interests. To be sure, the OIG could not possibly condone a later investor paying the same price as an original investor when such price is below FMV. The position taken by the OIG in Advisory Opinion 09-09 and 07-05 stands in contrast to its position in Advisory Opinion 01-21, which concludes that the distribution of profit and losses in direct proportion to each investor's percentage of equity ownership in the ASC (as opposed to original capital investment) does not increase the risk of fraud and abuse, even though it does prevent the arrangement from meeting the ASC safe harbor. 8 In fact, the OIG explains in Advisory Opinion 01-21 that there is a reasonable basis for different prices paid by later investors, namely, the appreciation in value of the ASC over time. It should also be noted that when the OIG originally established the investment interest safe harbor in its July 29, 1991 Final Rule, it explained that "in order to receive protection, dividend payments can only be tied to the number of shares owned by an investor, and not to his or her referrals." 9 In stating as much, the OIG had to be aware of the fact that corporate dividend payments are never tied to the amount of capital invested, but rather the percentage of ownership interests held.
Healthcare providers and their advisors may be concerned upon first reading the OIG's statement in Advisory Opinion 09-09 that, under certain circumstances, the OIG might be concerned if the ASC valuations are based on a cash flow analysis as opposed to a tangible asset valuation. However, upon further examination of the unique structure of the transaction at issue, the OIG's conclusion proves to be a reasonable one in the specific instance where the parties agree to contribute the ASCs to a joint venture ex ante to their development, and these contributions are in effect treated as initial capital investments by parties to the joint venture rather than contributions of going business concerns. Finally, Advisory Opinion 09-09 should not be read in any way to discredit cash flow-based valuation of ASCs, and in many cases a valuation based on the income approach may be absolutely necessary to ensure that the parties to a transaction are receiving FMV consideration.
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Photos: Mail truck crashes in Auburn
Driver said he fell asleep
Photos: Mail truck crashes in Auburn
Driver said he fell asleep
AUBURN, Calif. (KCRA) —
A fully loaded mail truck crashed down an embankment Monday morning in Auburn, closing a lane of northbound Highway 49.
The driver of the privately operated semi-truck was working under a contract with the United States Post Office.
The California Highway Patrol said the trailer was full of mail being delivered from West Sacramento to Grass Valley and Nevada City.
The driver told investigators he was feeling drowsy and believes he dozed off before the truck slammed into a guardrail and crashed down the embankment.
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Sure enough, it said it, an a4 CPU slot WU with an ETA of 9.94 days. All twelve threads pegged at 100%. And for something really low like 5 points. I made a little sound that went something like "eeep!"
A few minutes later, it was updated to say 19 hours 42 minutes with an estimated credit of 17229, which I think is still low but better. Whew!
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The Java language and platform's specification and certification body will now combine the Executive Committees (EC) supervising Java Standard Edition (SE), Java Enterprise Edition (EE), and Java Micro Edition (ME).
The Java Community Process (JCP) will now bring these entitles into a single body with the aim of reducing the total number of committee members involved at any one time.
Java Specification Request (JSR) JSR 355 has stipulated that the existing two-to-one ratio of ratified-to-elected seats will be maintained. On the merged EC, neither Oracle nor any other member may hold more than one seat.
Reports suggest that JCP chair Patrick Curran sees sense in this move because Java is, essentially, just one single platform that comes in "three flavors" for a variety of use cases and environments.
According to the JCP Executive Committee, "Changes in the Java ME market, and the increasing maturity and consolidation of the Java market generally, suggests that some rebalancing between Java ME and the other platforms, together with a modest reduction in the total number of EC members, would be appropriate. Looking forward, the expected convergence between Java ME and Java SE is likely to render the current division into two separate ECs increasingly irrelevant. Since Java is One Platform, it ought to be overseen by a single Executive Committee."
As the Executive Committees of the JCP now guide what seems to be continually referred to as "the evolution of Java", a new raft of Java Specification Requests will now be developed and these must be approved from draft, through maintenance revision stages and onward to release. The impact of the new structure of the organizational committee remains to be seen.


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Another top-notch actor.
Casting has been constant this week with "True Blood" actor Gary Cole signing on to play Royce, the manipulative lawyer of Billy Ikehorn's late husband, who is infuriated after Billy inherits her husband's empire and swears to keep it under her management.
Fans may remember Cole in a few of his more popular roles such as the micro-manager from "Office Space," Andrew Klein from "Entourage," Earl Stackhouse from "True Blood," and he played Kurt McVeigh on "The Good Wife."
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Peggy Anderson Beer, 55
Peggy Anderson Beer, 55, died on Thursday, July 3, 2008, while laughing and surrounded by loved ones.
Peggy was the beautiful and beloved wife of Gary Beer and mother of four children, Lindsey, Alexandra, Matthew and Kyle, and two shih tzus, Bentley and Isabelle.
She is survived by her immediate family, mother-in-law, brothers and sisters by blood and marriage, and an immense extended family of friends old and new.
Peggy touched the hearts and lives of countless people across the coasts. Born and raised in Grosse Point, Mich., she moved to Boston at the age of 18 to steward during the heyday of Eastern Airlines, a job which allowed her to travel the world and even rescue orphaned children in India.
She later married husband Gary and took residence in Washington, D.C. for several years before moving to Utah, their home of 18 years, and then back to D.C. for nearly the last decade of her life.
During that period, she was primarily a devoted mother but also parlayed her love of real estate and unique talent for remodeling into a side career in commercial real estate. However, she will be best remembered not for what she did, but for who she was: the life of the party; our fearless leader; an indomitable optimist with a contagious smile; a woman of great heart, warmth and generosity who went to extraordinary lengths to better the lives of those around her.
Peggy had planned to retire in Jamestown, where she and Gary were married. Accordingly, services will be held in St. Paul's Church, 12 Marlborough St., Newport on Sunday, July 13, at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Island Cemetery, Newport.
Services are open to the public. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends make donations to the Utah SIDS Alliance c/o Ms. Lisa Hughes, 1760 American Park Circle, West Valley City, UT 84119.
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Swing, batter, batter! In less time than it takes to say that phrase, Major League Baseball sluggers have their bat across the plate, and the best of them are golfing the shot over the outfield wall.
How does the brain "know" when to swing? Researchers at UC Berkeley believe they've found the internal architecture that lets a batter get ahead of the fastball, and allows the rest of us to pour a beer and find our seat in the stands. They pinpointed a region of the brain's middle temporal complex that can "predict" spatial position ahead of its actual location in the real world.
For example, in a 2008 game, a baseball is just leaving the right hand of Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton, at 95 mph. The eye of Philadelphia Phillies hitter Matt Stairs can't send signals to his brain fast enough. But Stairs' brain is already one step ahead, moving perception of the ball forward and "predicting" where it will cross home plate.
Neurons twitch, the left-handed hitter's well-honed motor skills are activated, and -- crack! -- Stairs sends the ball deep into the right-field pavilion, and the Phillies go on to win Game 4 of the 2008 National League Championship Series, and eventually the series itself.
(Broxton now pitches for the Cincinnati Reds, and Stairs has retired.)
The UC Berkeley researchers who found this visual prediction center probably would still strike out, like the rest of us. But knowing this bit of brain architecture may lead to important clues to how we navigate the everyday world.
"What you see is not what's in your eye," said Gerrit Maus, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at UC Berkeley and lead author of the paper published in the latest edition of the journal Neuron. "It's not only in the case of a fast-moving object, but it's really something that happens in everyday life -- even if you cross a street and see a car coming, or you pour a cup of coffee and need to know when to stop."
In each of those cases, the brain "starts pushing the object forward to compensate" for a lag of as much as a tenth of a second in processing visual stimuli, Maus said. By then, Broxton's 139-feet-per-second fastball has traveled nearly 14 feet, almost a quarter of the distance to the plate.
That brain function probably was fundamental to knowing when to dodge a leaping tiger or spear a woolly mammoth, helping hominids survive the slings and arrows along the path of evolution.
The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record brain activity under various laboratory situations, including while watching a video that prompts an optical illusion known as the "flash-drag effect." (See video, below.) Flashes presented near motion are perceived in the brain as being "dragged" toward the motion. The fMRI patterns produced by a perceptually shifted image matched those of an image actually shifted in reality.
The researchers have previously interfered with the same section of the brain, using magnetic stimulation, and found that spatial prediction was interrupted. In rare cases of brain damage to the same area, some people become "motion blind," Maus said.
"To them, the world is a series of still images," he said. "They cannot see where things are going and they cannot predict motion."
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Quinn Signs Laws Aimed at Fighting Gang Crime
July 08, 2013
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed two laws aimed at combatting gang-related crime.
One requires school officials, such as principals, to report illegal weapons and gang activity to police. It also requires authorities to let principals know when a student is held for gang activity. The law takes effect next year.
Another bill establishes a Crime Witness Protection Program for people who help prosecute gang crimes. The law takes effect immediately and allows counties to be reimbursed for victims' and witnesses' short term living costs, among other things.
Quinn signed the laws Monday.
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President Starr Announces Executive Appointments
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WACO, Texas (July 10, 2014) – Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr today announced two appointments to the executive staff of the University.
Tommye Lou Davis has been appointed Chief of Staff to the President. Ms. Davis also will retain her responsibilities as Vice President for Constituent Engagement. Juan Alejandro Jr., Ed.D., has been appointed Interim Vice President of Governance and Risk and Chief Compliance Officer. Both currently serve on the President's Executive Council. The appointments are effective immediately.
"Tommye Lou Davis and Juan Alejandro bring to these new appointments years of experience and a deep appreciation of Baylor University, its history and its mission," President Starr said. "Having served in the president's office previously, Tommye Lou Davis brings to her new position a profound understanding of the priorities and responsibilities of the Office of the President and the management of its many functions. Dr. Juan Alejandro has done outstanding work as director of internal audit and management, and he is well suited to now occupy a larger role in the increasingly critical areas of risk assessment and compliance at the University."
Davis will manage the day to-day operations of the Office of the President and oversee other areas that report to the office, such as governmental relations and Baylor Event Services.
"It is an honor to serve President Starr and Baylor University in this capacity," Davis said. "President Starr is a gifted and inspirational leader of our University, and I look forward to assisting him in his service to Baylor in the years ahead."
Davis earned her bachelor's degree from Baylor in 1966 and a master's degree in educational psychology in 1968. She has taught Latin to Baylor students since joining the faculty in 1966, and has been honored with several outstanding teaching awards. She was appointed assistant professor with tenure in 1972 and was designated Master Teacher and associate professor in 1993.
Davis has served as a member of the Faculty Senate and on the Faculty Athletics Council for 12 years and as chair for three years. Actively involved in student life, Davis has served for 22 years as faculty adviser for Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and as the adviser for Alpha Chi Honor Society.
From 2000-2003, Davis served on the Bush Presidential Library Committee, chairing the Museum Planning Committee. In 2003, she was appointed Chief of Staff to the President while assuming overall responsibility as chair of Baylor's presidential library efforts. Before returning to the department of classics and the Honors College as associate dean in 2007, Davis served as Chief of Staff to the Chancellor.
In 2010, President Starr appointed Davis as Vice President for Constituent Engagement. Since then, she has led a comprehensive University-based alumni relations program that engages and serves Baylor alumni worldwide through the Baylor Alumni Network and other outreach programs for alumni, current students, parents and friends of the University.
In his role, Dr. Alejandro will manage and coordinate Board and university policies and procedures, ensure processes are in place to evaluate business and regularity risks, and, as compliance officer, ensure that Baylor has the necessary policies and processes in place to comply with the many policies, procedures, laws and regulations to which the University is subject as an institution, including Title IX.
"I am honored to serve President Starr and to help guide the University in these important areas of governance, risk and compliance as we move forward under the strategic vision of Pro Futuris to attend to matters of growing importance to the institution," Dr. Alejandro said.
Dr. Alejandro joined Baylor as director of internal audit and management in June 1994 to direct a comprehensive program of internal auditing at the University. He previously served as director of internal audit at the University of Iowa and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
He is a graduate of Texas State University, where he earned a B.B.A. with a concentration in accounting in 1979 and his M.B.A. in 1981. In 2000, he received his doctorate in education from Baylor in administration. He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.
Dr. Alejandro has served as an adjunct professor at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business, where he taught auditing and assurance services and business and professional ethics for accountants. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, Association of College and University Auditors and the Big 12 Conference Internal Auditor Organization.
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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Senior (2014-15)
Saw action in 39 total matches ... was 8-11 in singles and went 2-4 against conference foes at No. 1 singles earning second team All-SoCon ... played No. 1 (5-8), No. 2 (2-3) and No. 3 singles (1-0) ... defeated Mercer's Xandra Fougner and Wofford's Catherine Martin in conference ... In doubles, went 6-14 at No. 1 doubles with teammate Corinne Blythe ... took down Wofford's duo Kalli Karas and Lauren Reid at No. 1 doubles in conference.
Junior (2013-14)
Played in 40 total matches ... was 9-11 in singles ... went 5-3 against conference foes ... posted a 4-3 record at No. 4 singles and was 3-4 at No. 3 singles ... In Doubles, went 8-12 and was 5-4 in conference matches ... had a 8-10 mark at No. 1 doubles ... paired with Devon Sutherland, Jamie Grinberg and Soumeya Anane.
Sophomore (2012-13)
Appeared in 48 matches … earned Second Team All-Conference honor in doubles with teammate Annette Rios … ended the season 10-12 overall in singles and was 4-3 in SoCon play … held an overall doubles record of 15-14 with a variety of partners … played 24 matches with Rios, going 12-12.
Freshman (2011-12)
Played in 43 matches … Southern Conference Honor Role distinction … went 8-3 overall in singles competition, going 2-1 at No. 6 for UNCG … won her lone SoCon singles match ... won her final two singles matches against opponents from Charlotte (April 4) and Western Carolina (April 15) … finished with an overall doubles record of 22-10 … played twenty-five matches with teammate Annette Rios, going 19-6.
High school
Attended Broward Virtual School but did not play tennis there … was ranked No. 952 in the world by the International Tennis Federation … was all-state and first-team all-conference in track and field for Lincoln Park Academy … won district and region long jump titles as an eighth-grader, freshman and sophomore … won a district title on the 4x400 relay team as a freshman.
Kayla Giovanna Gammie ... born Feb. 20, 1993, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. ... daughter of Mel Ordonez and Janet Hodgson ... has two older brothers, Daniel and David Hodgson … majoring in kinesiology.
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Guilty Pleasures: Footloose
Can our Scott McKenzie escape the long arm of the law with another bad movie?
Your honour, Footloose is a criminal movie on more than one count. First of all, as I will prove today, it is such a guilty pleasure that every fan of this travesty should be sentenced to a life of shame without chance of parole. Secondly, it is guilty of riding on the coat-tails of Flashdance, which was released one year earlier. All the producers cared about was knocking out a 'dance movie' as quickly as they could and the only criteria that led to Kevin Bacon's casting in the lead role of Ren was that he was considered 'f**kable'.
The movie has dated horrendously. This is immediately clear from the embarrassing opening credits, where we see set after set of feet clad in shoes (and leg warmers, no less!—see exhibit A) from the 80s. If one were to sit down and actually attempt to endure this relic, they would be in no doubt about the sheer volume of cheese they will be expected to consume in the following 107 minutes. The main problem is that in making a movie that was supposed to be 'cool' in the 80s, the producers have created evidence of just how un-cool the era was. The fashions presented to us and the attempts by the actors to dance are the equivalent of catching your parents at it. You know it's natural to them, but there's no way you ever needed to see it.
Exhibit A – Kick off your Sunday shoes! Thanks, but I'd rather not.
This may have been the movie that launched Kevin Bacon onto the road to stardom, but for some reason it appears that every attempt to make him look like a red-blooded cool dude has been thwarted. To begin with, it's difficult to come across as the new James Dean if the chicken race you're competing in substitutes tractors in the place of stolen cars (exhibit B), and your success is based on the way you tie your shoelaces rather than your heroism. Lori Singer plays the love interest but the relationship Ren shares with Willard (played by a pre-two-for-one-dinners Chris Penn) is unashamedly homoerotic.
Exhibit B – More chug chug than vroom vroom
The emotional climax of their relationship is surely the montage of Ren teaching Willard how to dance (exhibit C), to the tune of 'Let's Hear It for the Boy'. I challenge anyone here today to watch this sequence in the light-hearted innocent way it was probably intended in 1984. In this post-modern, post-irony world, it is impossible to watch the sequence without questioning whether you'd prefer to have caught your parents at it than endure another second.
Exhibit C – To hell with the girls, let's hear it for the boys!
I could go on picking holes in this movie. I mean, how does the town full of people who haven't danced for years suddenly learn to do so in perfect formation by the end credits? Why does everyone in the diner turn round to look at John Lithgow when he's chastising Ariel, even though some of them are in the bathroom, unable to see him, never mind hear the music his daughter wasn't supposed to be playing? Where does all the glitter come from? Don't even get me started on the 'make Ginger pop' story.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I implore you on behalf of all that is decent to find Footloose guilty.
I will concede that Footloose would not have been made were it not for the success of Flashdance, but I ask you to consider the following question—is it not a better movie? After all, all Flashdance has to offer are neon lights and welding, but Footloose offers so much more. To begin with, the themes are more hard-hitting than you might expect from a by-the-numbers against-all-odds 80s teen movie. Family break-up, drugs, book-burning censors and a couple of fairly brutal moments (exhibit D) are all major factors in an adult story that betrays its Karate Kid-style setup.
Exhibit D – Cop this, Ariel
Footloose is different because it doesn't prescribe to the typical clichéd social structure within high school movies. In this world there are no jocks and geeks, just the good guys and the bad guys and the script is peppered with many nice exchanges between them. There is a wide array of different characters, some of which are awarded very little screen time, possibly indicating that a lot more footage ended up on the cutting room floor. This means there are a decent number of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments, like when Ren is helped out at the diner in a one versus three grappling match (exhibit E).
Exhibit E – One outnumbers three
Admittedly, this movie may not be the greatest ever made, but the performances of some members of the supporting cast rise above the rest. The exchanges between John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest are few and far between, but they are at the emotional core of Footloose, and Ren's use of quotes from the bible to curry favour with the Reverend add a dash of welcome intelligence to the proceedings. As my learned friend for the prosecution has stated, the relationship between Ren and Willard may bring their intentions towards the characters of Lori Singer and an almost unrecognisable Sarah Jessica Parker into question, it does allow for some entertaining scenes:
Ren: You like Men at Work?
Willard: What men?
Ren: Men at work.
Willard: Well where do they work?
Ren: No, they're a music group.
Willard: Well what do they call themselves?
Ren: Oh no! What about the Police?
Willard: What about 'em?
Ren: You ever heard them?
Willard: No, but I seen them.
Ren: Where, in concert?
Willard: No, behind you.
At the very least, Footloose must be acquitted on the grounds that not just one but two of the original songs were nominated for an Oscar.
Prosecution: Objection! Those songs were a bunch of cheesy crap!
Judge: Sustained. But watch your mouth, councillor. Now, as ever, I must ask the good people of DVDActive. Footloose… guilty pleasure or not guilty?
Editorial by Scott McKenzie
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By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic
I figured it would be tense and exciting. I knew Mark Boal's gripping screenplay, based on actual, firsthand accounts, would be informative. But what I didn't count on was how eerily haunting director Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," about the hunt for and eventual assassination of al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, would be.
Focusing on the heretofore unsung heroine of the true saga, a female CIA agent known to us only as Maya, the time spent rummaging through the modus operandi of evil takes a toll. The sheer horror of what befell us on 9/11 is relived, and the need for retribution is dramatically examined. It is time spent in ugly but sorrowfully necessary circumstances.
Even if you rethought things considerably in the flower power 1960s after originally growing up on John Wayne shooting his way to democracy at every historic opportunity, it can't be escaped. It's that patriotic tingle when first we're shown the specially modified Blackhawk helicopters that will carry Navy SEAL Team Six to their date with destiny.
We're reminded how thin the buffer that protects us is, and how great is the resolve to destroy all things American, whether because of religious belief, jealousy, class warfare or an aberrant combination thereof. It is impressed by one CIA boss who, angry at the lack of progress, screams, "There's no secret cell also working on this. We're it!"
That sends a shiver. But it's the stone cold determination evoked by agent Maya, depicted with steely eyed intensity by Jessica Chastain, that best personifies the fire required to fight the fire. We see it after her arrival at a black site in Pakistan when she witnesses her first interrogation. While nary a wince from her, we mull the use of torture.
Expect no political correctness. There's no trying to show the evildoer's side of things. Considering the 9/11 prologue, it'd be an insult. This is a war movie about the new kind of war and what it takes to win it. And, save for a few moments where it can't be helped, there is no great show of pride in doing what we must to protect our way of life.
Oh, but of course, like Jell-O, there's always room for politics, from way up top right down to the field operatives. Convincing performances by good and bad guys alike, combined with a decrepit, third world atmosphere that makes you thank your lucky stars you live in the good old U.S. of A., powerfully establish the sociopolitical landscape.
Though injecting an artistic flourish here and there, Ms. Bigelow achieves a compelling integrity by steering clear of the clichés generally employed in most action yarns. Sadly, these facts need no dramatic embellishment, and by relating them so astutely, she fashions a nearly three hour film that won't have viewers checking their watches.
We remain in awe as the director essentially ferries us through an arduously detailed Sherlock Holmes sleuther rife with blind alleys, false starts, painstaking investigation and undaunted dedication. The search for a needle hidden in a haystack that ostensibly encompasses the whole wide world hammers home the aloneness of America's mission.
We won't learn very much about the CIA agent referred to here only as Maya, except that she evinces many of the personality earmarks mystery writers love to imbue their protagonists with. She is a loner, exhibiting an economy of lifestyle bereft of all superfluousness, as if machine-honed specifically for the mission that is her obsession.
Adding a notion of humanness to the proceedings as well as a glimpse into the inner sociology of things CIA is Jennifer Ehle as Jessica, a senior agent who suggests the appeal of friendship to the younger firebrand. While mildly receptive, Maya nonetheless isn't above criticizing that many of her older colleagues' methods are just so Cold War.
Also effective in establishing the mood and aura of the narrative is Jason Clarke as Dan, the agent under whose wing Maya first learns her field craft. Controversial in that he's a proponent of waterboarding and other interrogative methods that soon come under congressional scrutiny, he smartly personifies the inherent conundrum of his occupation.
Exemplifying the business and red tape end of things, that necessary contingent behind the selfless heroism, Kyle Chandler is Joseph Bradley, the top official in Pakistan. And, giving a piercing look into the enemy camp, Reda Kateb is torturingly credible as Anwar, the stereotypical detainee. The faint of heart will want to skip his searing inquisition.
An important film marking America's resolve in the war against terror, and hopefully the turning point in the defeat of that cowardly scourge, director Bigelow's pedigreed account raises the bar on what we expect from historical drama. We don't cheer at the end, but rather, muse how "Zero Dark Thirty" is proof there is a time for everything.
"Zero Dark Thirty," rated R, is a Columbia Pictures release directed by Kathryn Bigelow and stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke and Jennifer Ehle. Running time: 157 minutes
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