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20 December 2013
Comex Claims Per Deliverable Ounce at 79 to 1
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"Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it. The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." Hannah Arendt
The Banks must be restrained, and the financial system reformed, with balance restored to the economy, before there can be any sustainable recovery.
"In the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Thereafter, any attack even on the least of men is an attack on Christ, who took on the form of man, and in his own Person restored the image of God in all. Through our relationship with the Incarnation, we recover our true humanity, and at the same time are delivered from that perverse individualism which is the consequence of sin, and recover our solidarity with all mankind." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"A credibility trap is when the managerial functions of a society have been sufficiently compromised by corruption so that the leadership cannot reform, or even honestly address, the problems of that system without implicating a broad swath of the powerful, including themselves.
The moneyed interests and their aspirants tolerate the corruption because they have profited from it, and would like to continue to do so. Discipline is maintained by various forms of soft financial rewards and career and social coercion."


text: I think I saw a thread over in the Voyager forum, but this probably more accurately belongs here. Orange is the New Black is the new show from Netflix, about an affluent woman who is convicted of a crime she committed ten years ago, and her struggles adapting to prison life. It stars Taylor Schilling, Jason Biggs, Laura Prepon, and Kate Mulgrew as an older inmate. I watched the first episode last night, and thought it was hilarious. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this season, and from the reviews it looks like Netflix has another winner on their hands.

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Random internet browsing brought me to a choice user response to "internet security measures":
Like, I know they are there for good reason, but so many web sites require so many different variations of passwords, I just can't keep up with them all. My bank for example...It's one of those "password must contain atleas 8 characters, upper and lowercase and atleast one number". Okay, I did that, I've managed to remember it...but then, I have to have 8 different security questions. It doesn't always promt me with one, but about every 5th time I log into the site they throw me one of the questions. I can't keep up with all the answers. There are multiple answers to most of the questions. I don't have a fave band, I have several. I don't have a fave candy, or movie or any of that other crap.... So, if I answer wrong 3 times, they disable my account and make me re-register it.....*grumble*
Demographics: female in her 20s on a social networking site (LiveJournal) with novice to intermediate internet savvy (i.e. email, web, url copying, picture/video uploads, IM, etc.)
I think the most interesting thing here is that a lot of internet security measures put up lots of barriers to entry but don't offer a comparable value to the usere either in terms of real security, or in perceived security.
From USA Today, Nielsen drops page view rankings in favor of weighing time on site as more important.
Article specifically cites online video and Ajax as reasons why page views are meaningless.
Time on site is also skewed. Measuring content views would be a more precise measurement of user engagement. (You can track content views for both video and ajax.)
(Link via Mr. Eddie James)
From Joost Unveils Stellar Brand Ad Launch Lineup, Partnership With IPG:
Joost is offering advertisers a range of formats beyond the traditional 30-second spot. Ten-second and 15-second pre-, mid-, and post-roll options are all available, all with interactive capabilities for users to delve deeper into ad messages if they desire.
Another alternative is a roughly 5-second "Brought to You By..." "introstitial," according to Elders. "We're going to be doing a lot of experimenting around our three core principles of targetability, measurability, and interactivity," he said. "There are a lot of unknowns, and we really don't know yet what viewing patterns are going to be like."
In addition, rather than interrupting programming, Joost will run ads alongside content known as "hand-raisers," which users can click for more information either within Joost's platform or on a brand's own Web site.
Hand-raisers are a great idea. With the potential to be highly contextual and relevant, the clickthrough from ads to really engaging and useful experiences (with sales at the end or not) could be really amazing.
Or it should be really amazing. But knowing how us monkeys like throwing our wrenches in things, I'm sure we can monkey it up.
NexD Journal has a follow-up article to GK VanPatter's Unidentical Twins that triggered much discussion a few months ago. The follow-up is a 4 way conversation between Bob Goodman, Peter Jones, Eric Reiss and GK VanPatter.
I feel like I should post a witty summary, but it is too long to summarise, covers too much ground and (for me) is somewhat hard to grasp (though much easier than the first article).
So I'll pull out just one tiny part that made me chuckle:
"GK: Perhaps we could each talk a little about what the most significant challenge facing us in practice is today and how we grapple with that challenge?
Eric Reiss: The problems facing our practice? In general, I'd say it's folks who push their personal agendas rather than pursuing the greater good. And how do I "grapple with that challenge?" Well, I listen, learn…and give them lots of rope…"
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Online Media Daily quotes Jeremy Allaire's views on web video and advertising in Brightcove Founder Lays Out Media Vision For A New Video World.
His remarks were part of his keynote to the Outfront conference. (There's a link to the entire keynote you can watch, as well.)
Interesting comments fmor a smart gyu. Go read. Tasty bits to moisten your lips:
Open distribution and "self-service models" where content can be created and distributed with no cost of entry are leading to an explosion of new programming outlets and niche networks because anyone can create a TV network today--production companies, publishers, or consumers.
The idea, says Allaire, should be some "blended distribution strategy" that includes a branded content site, strategic syndication to affiliate sites, and viral distribution through widgets or players such as Brightcove's that "empower the consumer to distribute it for you." For advertisers, you're looking at extending reach by 50%, 60%, 70% or 80%, he said.
Advertising must be bound to content in this world, Allaire said, and because consumers are more likely to be "snacking"--or clicking around and sampling multiple videos to see which they want to sit through--the existing standard 15-second pre-roll with banner is a complete turnoff, as it forces repeated viewing with a resulting negative effect.
Let's start with Boyd's IP Theft (oops, I mean Dictum) on Prototyping Tools: it is easier for someone who knows what they are doing to transfer a design concept on the back of a business card with a crayon than it is for someone without a clue to perform the same task with any other medium.
In other words, the important part is transferring the design concept not look at the size of my tool.
Sure, some tools make things easier. Some tools are more efficient than others.
You've got a heap of choices. Rightly or not, most client sites in Canberra are Microsoft shops, so for portability purposes there is an argument to use XP-friendly prototyping tools. I'm not saying it's right, just easier.
Some I've looked at include:
There's a lot more to prototyping tools than this - a lot more. This article is a starting place for yet another discussion on the subject.
Richard Dalton has a new blog, and an excellent post called The Forces of User Experience in which he extends Jesse James Garrett's elements of user experience diagram to represent the effect of strategy on other planes.
Good stuff.
Matt Hodgson has posted a summary of a presentation he did for our local IA group recently. This is a truly awesome piece of IA work - he analysed a large volume of unstructured text and designed a framework to rewrite it in a consistent, machine-readable, human-readable way: Semantic analysis: Making sense of the chaos of free text
IAslash partner, the IA Institute, cherishes this resource and wishes to see it come back to life. Therefore, in my capacity as Institute director charged with web and technical initiatives, I have volunteered to undertake a rejuvenation of this site.
Over the next few weeks we will be cleaning up the aggregator subscriptions (retiring some venerable but defunct newsfeeds and adding some fresh new exciting ones) and working on developing a regular posting schedule.
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A couple of great blog posts by Peter Merholz – Emergent IA and Gene Smith – How do people co-create information environments? touching on topics surrounding emergent IA. There is also some follow up discussion in the IAI mailing list.
As designers look towards user research for the objective truth, Christopher questions the motives behind the research. He follows with a series of articles, the first of which discuss user research as a pseudo science pointing to absolutes that do not exist. He continues the discussion stating that tools such as eye tracking provide results that are already apparent to good UI designers. His latest article explains that a value of user research is often to cut through the politics and convince stakeholders to make good design decisions. His upcoming article: "Research as Bullshit"
If you haven't already seen Getty Images' 10 Ways, it's worth a look. Getty collaborated with 5 designers to create some very creative interactive experiences. They attempt to capture the compelling visual language of photography.
I'm not too sold on them as educational tools but they are neat interactive pieces none the less.
Leisa Reichelt of Disambiguity.com posted earlier this month against content inventories, positing that they immerse you in the status quo of the content types and approaches.
Her position is interesting, but we'd like to hear from you about how you react to this post. How have content inventories affected your process and creativity on projects? Is completing a content inventory as one of your first major IA tasks good or bad?
The responses to this question gave a nice blend of ideas, mainly that the initial runthrough of the content at the start of a project can be thorough, but likely should not be the final, detailed audit.
Also, there is a desire to clarify the terms at work here. One person's "content survey" is another's "content inventory." Or, one person's "content inventory" is another's "content audit."
The responses to this question suggest the following continuum for the level of detail:
(Least detail) Content survey > content inventory > content audit (More detail)
They key to avoiding content myopia is to look at content produced not only for the website, but also via traditional means, feeds, competitive research, and adding in the desired additional functionality.
Look for ways to take content, add effective markup, and allow people the ability to build upon it – very Web 2.0.
The existing content provides lots of insight into what has come before, informs your ideation for the project, and indicates where issues may arise.
An IA that becomes "indoctrinated" by existing content is not doing a good job. One way to learn about your client company (not the users) is to examine what content is on the site. Time and budget are factors here.
The interesting thing here is the discussion around the differences, if any, between a content "survey" and content "inventory." This shows that the practices is still in the formative stages and that there should be an agreement at some point in the future.
In the end, which you do is determined by the project and the client (whether internal or external – ed).
Content inventories should be considered roadmaps, and it will become apparent when old content is not needed.
Sketch earlier to create artifacts and shared context. Many artifacts are much simpler to create and digest than content inventories - prototypes, comics, sketches, participatory design, games, etc. Numerous UX professionals are now doing so with much success, and the idea was promoted about 50 years ago - see Henry Dreyfuss' 1956 classic "Designing For People."
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Look for the first summary in the next couple days.
So, summaries from the IA Summit have been coming out - the most recent at Boxes and Arrows, now in its 5th year of Summit coverage. See session-by-session descriptions and reflection for
- Overview and Preconferences
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- Monday
UXMatters also has a summary posted, a reflective take from one summit attendee that's illuminating.
Finally many presentation slide decks and posters have been linked on the IA Summit site itself (with many thanks to Donna Maurer).
With the idea of the Internet of Things, emergent architecture, and other things being proposed as the 'Come to Me' web, Austin Govella writes a great post and gets awesome commentary from the likes of Adam Greenfield, Dan Brown, and Thomas Vanderwal.
C|net is running four galleries of early Apple UI evolution, from the early days documented in Andy Hertzfeld's Revolution in the Valley
The extraordinary Liz Danzico interviewed Peter Morville at SXSW. If you want to dig into some Ambient Findability goodness, there are 3 flavors of QuickTime video of the event.
So, at the IA Summit we had an open-mic mentoring booth, where anyone could sit down and offer advice, and anyone could sit down and ask. A conversation there was one of the highpoints of my Summit.
Today, Tues. March 29 Dan Brown is trying an experiment where he's got a campfire chat open in the same vein - pop on in and ask IA advice in realtime. The room will be up for a few hours, and may make its return if it's successful (which means y'all should go ask Dan a question, instead of just smalltalk chatting).
UPDATE: the room has moved to another location that I'm still tracking down, and there is a transcript from yesterday that I'm still trying to pick up too. Dan? Pointers?


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LONDON (AP) — Jordan Burroughs had his eyes on the gold medal for months, and he let everyone know about his plans.
Then he delivered.
The 24-year-old American backed up all that talk at the London Games, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in the men's freestyle 74-kilogram division to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold medal in London.
Burroughs beat Denis Tsargush of Russia in a tight semifinal, then got past Goudarzi in a rematch of their world-championship bout in 2011.
Burroughs, who grew up in New Jersey, has won 38 straight international freestyle matches and is the first Olympian to claim the $250,000 prize from the Living the Dream Medal Fund, a program designed to support U.S. wrestling.
Dzhamal Otarsultanov took the men's 55-kg freestyle category, beating Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia to give the Russians four wrestling golds at the London Games, tops for any nation.
Otarsultanov earned his first Olympic gold by downing the 21-year-old Khinchegashvili 1-0, 4-3.
Burroughs raised quite a few eyebrows when he made his Twitter handle (at)alliseeisgold.
He lived up to it with a brilliant run in London.
Burroughs won his first two matches to set up a rematch with Tsargush, a two-time world champion that the U.S. star beat in the 2011 world championships en route to the title.
It turned out to be the most gripping match of the Olympic tournament so far.
Burroughs owned the first period. But Tsargush scored on a takedown in the second and kept himself alive to set up a thrilling final frame.
Burroughs and Tsargush circled the mat cautiously for about 90 seconds before Burroughs — one of the quickest wrestlers in the world — launched himself at Tsargush's legs for a takedown.
Burroughs opened the scoring in the final when he notched a double-leg takedown of Goudarzi with just nine seconds left in the first period. He clinched the final with a similar move late in the second.
The gold-medal final between Otarsultanov and Khinchegashvili was also wild.
Otarsultanov, who beat Russian star Viktor Lebedev for his country's spot at 55 kgs, won the first period by scoring from offense on a tiebreaking clinch.
Otarsultanov tied it at 3 late in the second, and because he had scored the last point he was in position for victory when Khinchegashvili drove him to the mat as time expired.
Nothing was called — even as the Georgia camp insisted Khinchegashvili had exposed the Russian's back for two points.
The Georgian looked positively despondent on the medal stand, even though he had won a silver medal.
The gold that Burroughs won brought a deep sense of relief for the medal-starved Americans.
The U.S. entered Friday with just one medal; a bronze won by women's freestyler Clarissa Chun. Burroughs was by far the best hope the U.S. had for a gold, and the fear was that if he fell short the Americans would go home without one.
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This year, a one for FIRSTS, we celebrated with SEVEN of the most amazing women leading our panel. Can't thank them enough for taking time from their rally to share with us! If you missed it, this is some of what you missed. Not to mention the firsts we all shared and celebrated and in doing so made connections.
Leading off, Benka Pulko who has two Guiness Book Records as well as an amazing slide show of pictures of her travels which she shared in two seminars.
Next up, Valerie Thompson, who piloted an S1000RR to a record 209.5 MPH! She met and graciously posed for pictures in the EPM booth for hours on end and visited lots of smaller gatherings.
Then Tiffany Coates, currently the world's foremost female bike adventurer. If you missed her seminars, you really missed a firecracker!
Dawn Douglas, who had to rent a CAR came because she'd promised even though bike problems slowed her way down. Watch for her documentary travel show which is still being born.
Followed by Becky Baker, first woman to win her class in AHRMA. Her seminar was great for anyone who has ever dreamed of racing.
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Almost every single post from getreal is something about Marbury. He has more posts about Marbury then anyone else on this site. He exposed himself by being quick to form an opinion on a marbury comment that was taken out of context. That maggot never responded to my post in the other thread, where i ethered his maggot ass
Getreal is the biggest haterbury alive. He said all summer long that Starbury wont be here at the start of this season. Well i got bad news Unreal, you have to put up with Starbury for one more year
Getreal also stated before the draft that he didnt want marbury around our draft pick. He was concerned that Marbury would corrupt him....smh
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Judge Lisa Munyon on Thursday set a tentative trial period date of April 9 for the civil lawsuit filed by Zenaida Gonzalez against Casey Anthony.
Gonzalez is suing Anthony, 25, for defamation, claiming her life was ruined after Anthony linked her to Caylee Anthony's disappearance in 2008.
The exact start date of the trial is uncertain, but Munyon said she hopes to begin around the week of April 9. She said she plans to start jury selection on a Tuesday or Wednesday, possibly the prior week, with the six-day trial beginning on a Monday.
Munyon called for the meeting Thursday to ensure that both sides were ready for trial, and both sides said they were. Attorney Keith Mitnik is representing Gonzalez and attorney Charles Greene is representing Anthony.
The jury will likely consist of a six-person panel. Gonzalez's attorneys said they doubt they'll ask for a sequestered jury. It is unclear if Anthony's attorneys will make that request.
Both Gonzalez's and Anthony's teams expressed optimism on Thursday they would be able to find a fair jury in Orange County.
Gonzalez's team said they plan to subpoena Anthony and put her on the stand, even though Anthony will likely plead the Fifth Amendment.
Anthony's attorneys pointed out that a defendant is otherwise not required to be present at the trial. They're unsure yet how they'll handle the witness subpoena.
As a courtesy to the security concerns, Gonzalez's attorneys said they have offered to serve the subpoena to Anthony's lawyers to prevent putting her home address on the subpoena.
Gonzalez filed a motion Wednesday asking for a partial judgement against Anthony for statements Cindy Anthony made to the media about Gonzalez.
No hearing is set for that case yet.
Within the next two weeks, Anthony plans to file a motion asking for the case to be thrown out. One of their big angles will be that Anthony always mentioned a Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez.
Records show that that is not Gonzalez's full name, even though her attorneys had originally filed the lawsuit under that name erroneously.
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My previous experience with lowfi/mid-fi audio is that I own/have owned Sony V6 headphones, Sennheiser HD580 headphones, Energy Take 5 5.1 home theater set, Monsoon PM9 speakers, Klipsch PM 2.1 and the Logitech Z623. My tastes run towards ambient/accoustic & rock music, so I was interested in smooth mids and accuracy, rather than boomy mids/lows and loudness. I tried most of the leading PC speakers at the local store and all of them left me wanting because of lack of decent mids.
Since this is my first day with them, I will withhold judgement until I finish auditioning them. My take so far is that while the mid and highs are good, the bass seems a bit on the light side. The sound is revealing to the point of being somewhat fatiguing. Maybe I need to acclimate to these monitor speakers, which admittedly are for recording, not listening. The sound is forward and revealing, so it makes badly recorded sound stand out that much more, and exposed the deficiency in my soundcard as well. Anything less than 256k mp3s sounded crude and artificial. With a good source & soundcard, I'm guessing these will positively sing.
The BX8a Deluxe were on sale at 219, which is the upper limit of what computer speakers go for. The model I got is discontinued and the new ones are BX8 D2 costing double, supposedly with sturdier caps that don't burn out so quickly. Considering the price, these are decent value, but not overwhelmingly good. I was expecting to be blown away by the 8" woofer, but my guess is that the size is more marketing than actually put to good use. If things don't get noticeably better, I may go for the Swan M50s, which are around 280.


text: Diary of a Racketaholic Been looking at the PSTGT+ and APD and APD/C in the last month or so. The PSTGT+ is actually a standard size that has had the extra . 5 " added later (fine work there Meaghan), and the APD/C is strung @ about 35 lbs... (oh crap)... so, yeah, I'm not going to say much about that, accept for this: 'noodle'... Yesterday's proper session (and not just hitting with a bunch of bratty little kids) put me in bad mood. You see, having realized that my aging and lazy b-line game maybe required something more appropriate than the C10 which I settled on at the start of the summer (not quite enough of a monster, spinny, heavy ball, for me), but that hits less demanding than the tennis ball crushing oomph of the RD7 that I'd so appreciated at the beginning of this year (btw, for those who haven't had the pleasure, the best description I've heard for this beautiful but slightly unpredictable beast of a racket is 'bi-polar bear'!), well, my early impressions of both racks was this was the way to go... you want booming serve and big oomphing topspin groundies (and hitting fhs with this is just so incredibly addictive... ohhhh yeeeeees)... the APD (original with the black pj) has got it!... you want a far richer feel with less of that Serena-like big old chunky APD beam but a frame that can still produce huge power and good spin (specially with that added length)?... the PSTGT+ has got that covered as well!... Or I thought so... with the APD, an old problem re-emerged, namely, how to customize the thing... with about 6g on the butt and 4g @ 12, the thing felt a bit too clunky and slowed down... having gone through a load of lead set ups this was/is an annoyance that I know, from past experience, can wind me up just as much as watching Andy Murray - and nearly as much as watching Gael Monfils :evil: ... anyhow, I've got to rethink the whole customization issue... again... Secondly, when I was warming up, I happened to look around the adjoining, not too packed courts, and noticed 5 players wielding the APD/C... now... I know this sounds petty and irrelevant... but this is a real turn off for me... at least no-one was carrying a black pj orig APD, but still... no, I don't like that... too common, man! :roll: After a set with the APD, with the PSTGT+ the improvement in feel is instantly registered... this racket does what's required: gives a bit of assistance on 2hbh and serve, and hits a massive shot and you can really nail a ball (hits a bit flatter for me than the APD), when you've got the timing down... because there's no doubt about it - for the first time, I really noticed, in a negative sense, that extra length. Anyhow, I know PP is going to lecture me about not leading up the APD at all (I'm putting my crash helmet on now!)... PED will have something to say too... I woke up this morning to hear the disappointing news that Wozzy has lost (have become a fan recently)... it already looks like winter has arrived outside and we're still in early Sept?!... I don't know when I'll be free for tennis next week... I have about 35 frames I need to put on fboy before my lady kicks me out the house... Oh... and I wish Fed Kennedy would stop his very head-turning posts about the YT Extreme Pro - LOL! R.


text: After watching DS9 for the first time the whole way through and finding my new favorite Trek, then watching Enterprise which I also enjoyed but not as much as DS9 and TNG, I'm now giving Voyager a second chance. I've started that journey tonight. Watching this series is a little different than watching DS9 or Enterprise which I had watched very little of. I was actually faithful to Voyager up until sometime shortly after Seven's arrival, then I watched sporadically through the finale. I remember finding Janeway's voice annoying, then I found Seven's voice annoying...two annoying voices! Aggghh!! Okay, I know that's sort of like complaining about hair (go ahead, call me "Slut"), but I eventually got used to those voices. The bigger problem for me was there were so many lost opportunities along the way for this show to take some risks and be truly great. I would shake my head and say to myself "they should have done this," or "wouldn't it be great if they did that." Keep in mind, I went off to college during the later seasons, so that partly (probably mostly) explains my sporadic viewing later on. So now I'm watching it again and filling in with the episodes I missed. And I'm honestly kind of excited about it! I just finished watching "Caretaker." I'll tell you right off that VOY has the best show opener and best theme of any Trek in my opinion. I love Goldsmith's sweeping theme and the absolutely breathtaking visuals. Love, love, love. I remember also being in love with the ship design. I really wanted to get a Voyager ship model when I was in high school along with an Enterprise C, but with what little money I had I opted to purchase Trek scores on CD. I was new to CDs and was amazed by them. Back then, they all came in those long, thin cardboard boxes. Anybody know why? I think my first purchase was the score for Star Trek IV because that was the only Trek CD available in whatever store I was in. Later, I fell into the trap of BMG Music Service. Remember that? I also purchased the Trek films on VHS gradually until I had the whole set. Wowee! Boy, did I wear those out! I love that DS9 is featured in the episode. Wish there was more of that. To me, Paris had the strongest showing early in this episode. He had attitude, but he was also a flirt and likable. You could tell he was hardened a bit from his past mistakes, embarrassing his father, his time with the Maquis and being imprisoned, but he also had a soft side. Great character. I liked the first officer (pre-quadrant jump). It's a shame he was killed off instead of...well, I won't go there. I think it would have been great if the guy who played the first officer was actually the Captain initially and then sort of build up his character more in the beginning. His death would have more impact. Then Janeway, the first officer, would have to pick up the pieces and be tested to see if she's really ready to command a crew of mixed allegiance. But I'm sure the writers didn't want to insinuate that a woman wasn't already qualified to be captain, even if that was not the intent. Got to be PC and all of that. Still, I think it would have made a stronger story. The EMH is a treat. I remember loving his arc when I watched. I also remember finding the array to be an annoying part of the pilot episode. All of the records on those ships and they create a hillbilly hoedown to make them feel at home? Ridiculous. And based on the sound she was making and the look on her face, I wasn't sure whether Janeway was experiencing pleasure or pain when she was injected with the giant needle! Neelix just makes me laugh. I'm sure he's one of those characters you either love or hate. And B'elanna...well, I had a huge crush on her the first time I watched this. And Mariah Carey. And my high school Spanish teacher. The trip to the surface of the Ocampa underground was way too long. I remember it being suspenseful the first time I watched, but this time it was just a drag. People hate on Archer for being dumb, but Janeway has the ability to get the crew back home and she decides to allow the array to be destroyed? Whaaa??? Use those crazy "tri-cobalt devices" to destroy the remaining Kazon ships, give Neelix the Maquis ship, a lifetime supply of water and a couple of those tri-cobalt deals and ask him to destroy the array as soon as they leave, and for Pete's sake set the thing on the array to send them back home. Boom, all problems solved. I can understand the Maquis crew giving in and working with the Voyager crew, but wearing the uniforms? So quickly? Get real! Let's have more tension! I did enjoy Janeway's speech at the end. But I wanted the last shot to be the EMH in a dark sickbay saying, "is anybody going to turn me off?' As I recall, watching VOY during its original run was when I really started to notice the "wallpaper music." I love some of Jay Chattaway's work (especially in ENT), but this episode doesn't rank very high for me. All in all, a weak way to introduce the situation, but a nice intro for some of the characters. The climax and resolution were especially weak. The only visual tension we actually witnessed between the Kaizon and the Ocampa was a couple of bruises on Kes. I understand that the Ocampa are helpless and dependent on the Caretaker and the Kaizon have ships and weapons and are obviously presented as somewhat ruthless. But Janeway's decision at the end would have made more sense if the Kaizon had proven to be more of a tangible threat. Perhaps they managed to capture some Ocampa over the years and treated them as slaves, tortured them, kept them as hostages or something - anything to add more tension visually. Or perhaps the Ocampa could have been (or at least appeared to be) a far less advanced culture. Out of a possible five emoticons, I give this episode three smilies, a scream and a wtf: I really should just give it two smilies, but I think nostalgia kicked in.


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New cast members include the legendary Volturi, a venerable coven of vampires who weigh and impose the laws of the vampire world, as well as two new members of the Quileute Indian Nation. The Volturi include Charlie Bewley as Demetri, Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, Daniel Cudmore as Felix, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, all Volturi enforcers. Dakota Fanning plays Jane, a high ranking and powerful Volturi member and Cameron Bright is Alec, her brother. Noot Seer plays Volturi member Heidi. Michael Sheen plays Aro, the Volturi leader. Graham Greene appears as Harry Clearwater, Quileute tribal leader and old friend of Bella's father Charlie. Tinsel Korey is Emily, the fiancé of Sam Uley.Thanks, Nino!!
In NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and she finds her loyalties tested.
Jamie Campbell Bower was last seen in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" and is the lead singer of the band The Darling Buds. Daniel Cudmore played Colossus in the "X-Men" films, "X2" and "X-Men: The Last Stand." Dakota Fanning was last seen in Summit Entertainment's sci-fi thriller "Push" and provided the lead voice in the animated feature "Coraline." Graham Greene earned an Academy Award nomination for his work in "Dances With Wolves," and has appeared in such films as "The Green Mile," "Die Hard: With A Vengeance" and "Transamerica." Chrisopher Heyerdahl has appeared in such films as "The Chronicles of Riddick," "Catwoman" and "Blade: Trinity." Tinsel Korey has worked on numerous films and television shows, from "Into The West" to "The Lookout," opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She is also a singer/songwriter. Vancouver-born Noot Seer began modeling at age 13 and has lived in New York, Barbados, Guyana and New Zealand. She was a champion horseback rider prior to her modeling career. She made her film debut in the comedy "Head Over Heels," starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Monica Potter. Michael Sheen last starred opposite Frank Langella in Ron Howard's film "Frost/Nixon," and played Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair to Helen Mirren's Queen Elizabeth in "The Queen." The award-winning actor was recently seen in "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans."
April 16, 2009
Summit Finally Releases New Moon Cast List
8 comments:
Um, I don't think I've ever seen that Charlie Bewley guy, but he is YUMMALICIOUS.ReplyDelete
Can't Wait ;)ReplyDelete
I'm so blown away by the complete awesomeness of this cast...Weitz is the man, way to upgrade an awesome young cast with an awesome seasoned cast!!! I'm seriously looking forward to seeing this one!!ReplyDelete
Team Demetri all the way!!ReplyDelete
(I'm kidding Jasper, you know I love you <3 xDD)
OMG.....could it be any more perfect? I am so psyched to see this movie, even moreso than Twilight somehow.ReplyDelete
I love it!ReplyDelete
I was soooo hoping an amazing Native American would play Harry!
This cast is gona be amazin :)ReplyDelete
Mmmm..Demetri ;)
Omg that guy Cameron Bright looks like Sterling Knight from the movie 17 again...:o
I'm so glad you moved up the picture of Charlie Bewley. I came back today just for another look at him....seriously, he is GORGEOUS.ReplyDelete