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Kalamazoo Public Library wishes to congratulate the winners of the 11th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, which took place at the State Theatre, on Sunday, February 23. The Teen Filmmaker Festival presents the best teen-produced and directed films of 2014. Nearly one hundred films were submitted from teens, ages 12-19 from across Michigan, with the highest concentration of them coming from Kalamazoo County. This also marks the first year that films submitted from female directors outnumbered male directors. More than 400 people came to the State Theatre to view the films and vote for their favorites.
Three expert judges awarded prizes for best film, best animation, best experimental film, best documentary, best short film (under three minutes), best technical merit, best music video, and judges' choice. Audience members voted for a people's choice award.
The Winners:
Award Category/Prize Awarded/Film Director
2014 Finalists: The following are the official selections for the 2014 Teen Filmmaker Festival
Kalamazoo's Public Media Network recorded the Teen Filmmaker Festival. PMN will broadcast entries chosen for the festival, awards presentations, and interviews with the winners. Check http://www.publicmedianet.org for broadcast dates and times. The films will also be available for viewing on KPL's website.
The Teen Filmmaker Festival is cosponsored by Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Public Media Network, the Kalamazoo State Theatre, Campaign Pictures and Alamo Draft House.
Special thanks to the Kalamazoo State Theatre for hosting the 11th Annual Filmmaker Festival.
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Richard Clark weighs in on foreign affairs
With our decision made about leadership here at home, it may well be time to look abroad and plot a course through the minefield that is today�s foreign affairs.
Perhaps our most feared player on the world stage is China. China brings fear to the American people in much the same manner the former Soviet Union did. However, it�s not for something the Chinese have actually done, but more for what we as Americans have conjured up in our own minds.
China operates with a certain level of �secrecy,� at least that�s how we see it. When you couple this unwillingness to allow us inside with communism, a rising economy and extraordinary wealth, you set up an almost de facto rivalry with the United States.
Think of it as the two biggest, baddest boys on the playground. Sooner or later, everyone on the playground knows they will have a confrontation of some sort at some point. With any luck, we can handle China in much the same manner as the U.S.S.R. and escape unscathed.
However, China seems much more financially savvy than their European Communist counterparts. Moving into telecom industry with unsettling ease, the Chinese have positioned themselves for the next century.
While the Chinese companies, Huawei, which is the largest, most profitable telecom company in the world, and to a lesser extent, ZTE, excel and are two of the worlds largest telecom companies, no American companies are currently in the top 10 in this increasingly important field.
The U.S.will never be able to keep up with China�s ability to produce cheap products for obvious reasons (low labor costs, no production regulations and little to no health care responsibilities), thus we must take to task our own retailers. At the end of the day, Wal-Mart or any other retailer is only going sell what is selling.
We, as American consumers, must resist the temptation to save a few dollars to show retailers we will not continue to buy cheap Chinese products. We can gripe and moan about China�s rise and their unwillingness to �play by the rules� but, at the end of the day, it is on us, the consumers.
As long as China�s economy is rolling along, they will always be a major player on the world stage.
Next up, is Iran. Much like China, Iran�s major weapon against the U.S.is the unknown. We don�t have reliable intel or a solid foothold inside of the country. For the last decade, Iranhas been in pursuit of a nuclear weapon. The reality is that, barring something crazy, they will end up with one probably in the next few years.
Israelhas been a major fighter in the battle to keep Iranfrom obtaining the necessary materials or making the process viable. My opinion is that at some point, we will most likely have to step in and forcibly �deal� with Iran.
Recently, Iranfired at a U.S.drone, predictably, we said the drone was in international airspace and they said it was in their airspace. I imagine this is just a prelude to coming events. Let�s be honest, most of us have wanted a little bit of Iranpayback since the hostages were taken 1979.
Sitting alongside Iranare the countries in North Africaand Syria. This entire region is in a constant state of flux. There are only two ways with which the U.S.could get out of this region unscathed. The first is to reduce and/or stop our dependency on oil. As long as we continue suckle on the oil bottle, we will always have to deal with the problems in this region. What makes matters worse is the often what is best and/or the right thing to do and what is in our best oil interests are not the same.
This quandary often puts us at odds with ourselves and makes us seem hypocritical. It would be nice to be able to make decisions based on what is right instead of constantly having decisions turned gray by the blackness of oil.
The second way for us to relieve ourselves of this regions issues is, and I�m not advocating this, is to stop being in lock step with Israel. Look, people have been fighting over this little stretch of land since the dawn of man. And it will not stop no matter what the United Statesdoes.
The Arab world has harbored hostilities toward the United Statessince we, essentially, stood guard and allowed the state of Israelto be carved out. Who has right to the land is not my concern. What I am saying is we will always be fighting the Arabs as long we walk lockstep with Israel. Again, I�m not saying we shouldn�t, but I am saying by doing so these are the inevitable consequences of our actions.
This puts us in tough spot in dealing with the rest of the region which is entirely Arabic. The only positive from purely U.S.standpoint is that most of the region cant get along with themselves. However, it seems the only thing they can seem to agree on is the united hatred toward us.
From decades we have basically bought friendships and/or established regimes we deemed friendly. Americahas done as much to destabilize the region as any country within the region. It has become difficult for us to not only build alliances but extremely difficult to know whom to trust.
We, as a nation, call Saudi Arabiaa friend, but most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. And I�m pretty sure they trust us about as much as we trust them. Tenuous relationship to say the least.
The last hot spot, so to speak, I feel will be Pakistan. Oh, on paper and in official statements we deem the Pakistanis as friends. However, in light of bin Laden and the pretty obvious state of their corrupted government, it seems only logical that at some point we will be forced to deal with Pakistan. Complicating matters is Pakistan�s possession of nuclear weapons. What this truly means is that the U.S.can not and will not allow a purely �anti-American� government from ever taking the reins.
We can speak of democracy for the world and so forth, but at the end of the day there really is just one question: Does anyone really believe the U.S.will allow a purely �anti-American� Muslim government to control a nuclear weapon?
These are just a few of the potential �hot spots� I envision for the U.S.as we move through the next few years.

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Nosuperstition would probably know more about this.... but I understand there is a roaring trade in India ... in COW'S urine. This kind of thing pre-dates the camel urine craze in Arabia, so the whole idea may well have been "borrowed" from India, but due to lack of cows, Camels were substituted.
Camel urine is used in particular to treat skin-related illnesses, such as ringworm, scabies or cutaneous abscesses, dental problems, eye infections, snake bites, but also all abdominal pains (in particular stomach pains), and ulcers. Camel urine also has anti-dandruff properties and, when used in shampooing, it lends a brilliant lustre to the hair. It can also prevent thirst and hunger for the caravan driver lost in the desert. Several researchers in Arab countries also declare that camel urine has anti-carcinogenic properties, particularly with regard to cancer of the liver.
ISTR that in some areas of England where householders are expected to keep their houses looking rural ("preservation areas") they're told to spray them with diluted cow dung to make new houses look old.Nosuperstition wrote:Yes I do know that cow excrete is mixed with water and used for spraying before the door of a house.
Fernando wrote:Off topic but....ISTR that in some areas of England where householders are expected to keep their houses looking rural ("preservation areas") they're told to spray them with diluted cow dung to make new houses look old.Nosuperstition wrote:Yes I do know that cow excrete is mixed with water and used for spraying before the door of a house.
Health experts zero in on camels to fight deadly MERS virus
A 26-year-old Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and two months in jail after he allegedly performed oral sex on one of his employer's camels, reports the Riyadh Herald this week.
Abdullah al-Rashidi, 26, was tending to the herd of camels when he was caught performing a fellatio on one of the animals before local authorities were called in and proceeded to his arrest.
Al-Rashidi's employer first hesitated before calling the police but said he could not tolerate such an act of perversion before God and that his employee's actions needed to be punished.
"When I found him licking the camel's penis, he first told me that he was drinking the sperm from the camel to cure his oral herpes infection," his employer told the judge.
"I then asked him where he had heard that swallowing the sperm of a camel was a cure for anything," he explained, visibly concerned.
"He then started crying and admitted that he just liked the taste. That is when I called the police," his employer said in court.
Drinking camel urine is reputed to have many health benefits but sperm is not known to have any curative powers admit experts.
A disgrace to God
Judge Muhammad El Fehdi expressed his moral disgust towards the young man, warning him that he had not only disgraced himself but his entire family before God.
"How ashamed your father and mother must be and how much they must regret giving birth to a son who enjoys fondling the genitals of camels," the judge said in court.
Al-Rashidi's parents also pleaded the judge to give their son a harsh punishment so as to deter him from repeating the offense.
"I already have to live with the shame of having a son who likes putting camel penises into his mouth, may this punishment at least scare him away from turning into a homosexual," she pleaded the judge.
Not the first time
Under intense questioning from the judge, the defendant admitted that it was not his first offense but that he had taken part in such activities previously a number of times.
"I don't know why I did it. I knew it was wrong but I could not resist," said the young man, bursting into tears.
"Often sex with animals can lead to sleeping with human corpses or even worse, homosexuality," the judge warned the defendant.
"You are a young man who is starting your life, and so I will give you a light punishment, but if you are to repeat this immoral and disgraceful practice, next time I will be less lenient," the judge told the young man.
Abdullah al-Rashidi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and two months in prison. According to Shariah law, in the case of bestiality, the animal becomes "unfit" and must be killed.
He was also sentenced to pay SR 18,000 ($5,000 USD) to replace the worth of five of the camels he admitted having inappropriate relations with.
Yes, but the camel didn't get a chance to return the favour! Ouch!manfred wrote:And the camels got away with it free?
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Cast your mind back to the 1960s. It was a heady time for the youth, with popular music and fashion being at the forefront of most young people's minds. Where would you go in a small market town where you could get together with your friends? And, what about the older generation who didn't want all that noisy parlava? They went to Alfo's Cafe in Cross Street.
There you could get a decent, greasy fry-up meal all day (and sometimes very late at night if you were a passing lorry driver). And bottomless cups of tea. If you went to Alfo's in the 1960s, chances are you were served by a member of the Preston family.
|Alfo's circa 1966
Back of Alfo's in 1966Man on far left: My godfather, Tony Moore
Second from left: My grandmother Lilian
Boy in front with football, my uncle Raymond
Young man with cup and saucer, my uncle Malcolm
During the 1960s my mother and family lived in the big house in Cross Street. This early nineteenth century, three storey, limewashed brick house is also a Grade II Listed Building (listed in August 1972). The house is situated directly opposite the Buttercross Tearooms (once Alfo's). Conveniently, not too far to walk from home to work. :-)
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by Timothy Beneke and Janice J. Heiss
In a festive room teeming with over 200 people, including many celebrated Java luminaries,
along with excellent food and drink, the 9th annual JCP Program Awards were handed out atop the majestic Hilton Hotel on Monday night. As the JCP states, "The Java Community Process (JCP) program celebrates success. Members of the community nominate worthy participants, Spec Leads, and Java Specification Requests (JSRs) in order to cheer on the hard work and creativity that produces ground-breaking results for the community and industry in the Java Standard Edition (SE), Java Enterprise Edition (EE), or Java Micro Edition (ME) platforms."
The JCP added a new awards category this year for Adopt-a-JSR program participants, bringing the total to four: JCP Member/Participant of the Year, Outstanding Spec Lead, Most Significant JSR, and Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant.
The room was full of good cheer, playful humor, a music band of Java developers, and enthusiastic appreciation of much that has been accomplished on behalf of Java technology in the previous year.
The nominees and winners in their respective categories were:
JCP Member/Participant of the Year
--Azul Systems, Gil Tene
--London Java Community (LJC), Ben Evans, Martijn Verburg, Richard Warburton, Graham Allan
--Mohamed Taman
The winner was Azul System's Gil Tene. The JCP said, "Gil has worked diligently to provide clear advice on matters of Software Patents, IP and licensing that seeks to benefit both non-profits/individuals etc as well as organizations with vested commercial interests in Java. It's not easy delving into the depths of the legal aspects and the potential impacts of changes to the JCP, but with help from folks like Gil we're hopeful for a solid and fair outcome."
Tene characterized his approach to the JCP as follows: "I represent Azul Systems on the JCP EC, but I try to apply an approach of 'do the right thing first' in my choices and positions. Coming from a small company that depends on Java and its ecosystem for its livelihood, I see my role as representing the interests of an entire sector of non-big-company commercial folks and of individual and professional developers out there, and providing some offset and balance to the normal mix of such boards."
Outstanding Spec Lead
--Brian Goetz, Oracle
--Jitendra Kotamraju, Oracle
--Anatole Tresch, Credit Suisse
--Chris Vignola, IBM
The winner, Oracle's Brian Goetz, was recognized, "For tirelessly working away at an incredibly complex JSR - JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language. From a community point of view, we've appreciated his willingness to listen and consider ideas from other technologists as well as spending time with groups of developers to understand the impact of Lambdas on Java."
Goetz offered a statement in response to the award for his leadership in creating Lambda Expressions for the Java Language, which also won for most significant JSR. He said that lambdas, "represent a coordinated co-evolution of the Java SE platform, including the VM, language, and core libraries to provide developers with a powerful upgrade -- quite likely the largest ever -- to the Java SE programming model. We started this JSR in early 2010, but the topic of closures-in-Java had already been in play in the community for many years prior, and, of course, there was a broad diversity of opinions as to what direction, how far, and how fast to evolve the Java programming model. In the end, the most significant dimension of the challenge turned out to be: how do we integrate these new features in the language and libraries without them feeling grafted on after-the-fact. I think developers will find programming with this 'new and improved Java' to be a very pleasant experience -- I know I have."
Most Significant JSR
--JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language
--JSR 344, JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.2
--JSR 352, Batch Applications for the Java Platform
--JSR 354, Money and Currency API
--JSR 355, JCP Executive Committee MergeThe winner, as previously mentioned, was JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, which the JCP praised as follows:
"This brings Java kicking and screaming into the modern programming language age and is seen as a catalyst for the second age of Java. It's underlying discoveries and improvements with regards to Type Inference has also resulted in a stronger JVM for all."
Spec lead Brian Goetz, in picking up the award, remarked, "This is something we've been working on for three-and-a-half-years and it's nice to be looking at it through the rear-view mirror."
Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant
--BeJUG, Johan Vos
--CeJUG, Helio Frota, Hildeberto Mendonça
--JUG Chennai, Rajmahendra (Raj) Hegde
--Morocco JUG and EGJUG, Mohamed Taman, Faissal Boutaounte
The winner was Morocco JUG and EGJUG, Mohamed Taman, and Faissal Boutaounte, who were praised, "For adopting JSR 339, JAX-RS 2.0 specification, along with many other JSRs. One JIRA issue filed by Morocco JUG on JSR 339 was classified as a 'release-stopper'. A quick JIRA search using the 'adoptajsr' tag shows that most of the JIRA issues have been created by MoroccoJUG members. Several presentations and source code have been organized by these groups. Mohamed presented sessions about the upcoming technologies to widen the range of users in the future, especially Java EE 7 JSRs and spreading of community progress and contributions that make us encouraged to participate. Mohamed sent a clear message that Africa is here and is full of talented people who are willing to take it to the next level. Mohamed was responsible for translating an Arabic Adopt-s-JSR web page to allow more Arabs to participate."
Taman said that, "Currently, I hold two positions, one as a Business Solutions Systems Architect and design supervisor and Java Team leader, at a big financial services company in Egypt, which affects all the country by building solutions affecting Egyptians every day, by providing more facilities for businesses and enhancing the economy… I am passionate about Java. I really love it and have fun coding, and love seeing it grow, day by day, as if it were my kid."
The Annual Java Community Process Program Awards at JavaOne is an event and party not to be missed!


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Slash to Participate in Jimi Hendrix Celebration at 2014 South by Southwest
Slash has a jam packed schedule at this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. One of the events he'll be a part of is March 13's Jimi Hendrix Celebration.
The free event will take place at Austin's Butler Park on Thursday night (March 13). Curated by Wayne Kramer (MC5), a number of guitar greats are set to appear. In addition to Slash and Kramer, others participating include Robby Krieger (The Doors), Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney), Dave & Phil Alvin and Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction). The tribute will also feature Doug Pinnick (King's X), Mary Bridget Davies and Jesse Malin.
Before the music begins, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil the new Jimi Hendrix Forever Stamp, part of its Music Icons series. A Janis Joplin stamp is also set to be issued later this year.
In addition to that event, Slash will be launching the Slashathon at SXSW on Wednesday (March 12). It's described as an "artist-focused hackathon." Competing developers will rush to create their applications and technology, and Slash will use the winning "hack" for the release of his next album.
Speaking of that next album, fans can keep up with its progress via a web series. 'Real to Reel With Slash' takes viewers inside the studio as Slash, Myles Kennedy, Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz give a behind the scenes peek at the progress of the recording.


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Now that the 49ers and Chiefs have swapped a pair of underachieving first-round receivers, the question becomes whether either or both will achieve in their new cities.
For new Chiefs receiver A.J. Jenkins, the stat sheet says that he's not one of the 14 players who caught passes against the Chiefs. But coach Andy Reid says that Jenkins showed something on Saturday night.
"He actually picked up more than I thought he knew," Reid told reporters on Sunday. "You don't want to put the kid in a bad position, putting them out there when they don't know the plays, that's a tough thing to do. But we were able to get him in on a few things that he felt comfortable with. The pass plays actually kind of rolled in his direction. He had one nice block when he had to come and hit a safety which is a nice adjustment. I'm excited to get him in there when he has it all down. He's only been with us for a short period of time, but he's picking it up quicker than I thought he would."
Quick is the key word for Jenkins. He needs to do enough quickly to show that he deserves a roster spot.
Currently, Jenkins shows up as a third-stringer on the online depth chart, which puts him at No. 5 or No. 6. Which even if it puts him on the roster puts him in line for fairly extensive special-teams duties.


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20 Tornadoes Recorded in Illinois So Far in 2013
Weather officials in Illinois say the state has received only a third of the number of tornadoes typically recorded during a year.
The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports there have been 20 reports of tornadoes in the state through Oct. 7.
State climatologist Jim Angel says the figure is usually three times that.
All but seven of the tornadoes were recorded in northern Illinois. Two touched down in central Illinois while two others were recorded in southern Illinois and three more in Metro East.
Angel attributes the low number to the wet spring and dry summer and fall.
In 2012, 39 tornadoes pelted Illinois, killing at least eight people.
Angel says the rest of the country is reporting a similar decline in tornadoes.


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Dallas quarterback Tony Romo's interception with three minutes left in the fourth quarter on Sunday night effectively ended the Cowboys' season. Romo took the blame on his own shoulders after the game.
"It just does not feel good, and I feel as though I let our team down," Romo said. "We've done such a good job in those last five our 10 minutes to come back and win games. We were back in that position again, and that's on me. And that's a hard thing to think about."
Romo feeling as though he let his team down is not just a state of mind. He did let his team down. Although Romo deserves a lot of credit for playing well this season to get the Cowboys into a position in which they were playing for the division title in Week 17, he also deserves a lot of blame for his three-interception performance against the Redskins.
The question now is whether Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who has always been fiercely loyal to Romo, will attempt to find a replacement for him this offseason. Jones acknowledged after the game that he needs to make changes, but he didn't specify what those changes will be.
"This is very disappointing," Jones said. "We have players that have fought hard all year, but it did not get done. One of my jobs is to basically evaluate, analyze and make decisions in the offseason that can have us be in better shape when we're standing here going into the playoffs."
Going into the playoffs is something the Cowboys haven't done for three straight years now. Fair or not, Romo will continue to get a lot of the blame for that.


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Go to any upscale community, and you are likely to find a plethora of Lexus RX 350s. In fact, they are so ubiquitous, that Audi made a great commercial a couple years ago, about how when you went to look for your Lexus you couldn't find them in a sea of sameness. The question then becomes, is the Lexus RX 350 so popular because it's a good SUV, or just because it's the safe choice. This is what we set out to find out.
Our all-wheel-drive test unit arrived just after a big snowstorm. When it arrived, it was a perfect example of what you would find at any upscale high school soccer match. Our test unit was white with a cream-colored interior. If you were to go to one of the local upscale malls, it definitely would be important to remember where you parked because, you are likely to see 30 or 40 other cars that look exactly like this test unit.
When you look at the styling of the Lexus RX 350 certainly doesn't do anything wrong, but then again there is nothing to distinguish it either. Like most vehicles that sell well, styling that doesn't it's stand out is often a key factor. For some however, in not trying to offend anyone with conservative styling is in itself somewhat offensive. You could say much the same about the interior of the RX 350 as well. The materials are nice, fit and finish are excellent, as you would expect from a Toyota product, and the whole package itself inside is nice.
When we had the RX 350 in for review, it was a particularly cold week here in Metro Detroit. The extreme cold weather pointed out two glaring issues we had with the interior of the Lexus RX 350. Number one, was that the wood trimmed steering wheel had no heat element in it, therefore gripping it with un-gloved hands, in single digits to below zero Fahrenheit temperatures, was rather uncomfortable. We found ourselves using the sleeves of our coat to hold on to the steering wheel until the interior came up to temperature. We would gladly trade the wood rimmed wheel for leather wrapped one that had a heated steering unit for occasions such as this.
The second issue, was the fact that the seat heaters took forever to warm up, and on their highest setting of three, is what we would call in any other vehicle a low setting. Again, sitting down on a cold leather seat on a single degree Fahrenheit temperature day is not the most pleasant experience. The fact that it would take five or or ten minutes to feel any heat coming from the seat, this, certainly didn't win any marks in our books.
With those two exceptions we had no other real gripes with the interior of RX 350. The the ride was very quiet , the telematics system worked good enough, once you got use to the "mouse" for navigation, the stereo was good though not exceptional, and for the kids our test unit had dual rear seat DVD players.
Driving the RX 350 was a rather unremarkable experience. Again, in typical Toyota fashion, it's not that the Lexus does anything wrong, it's just that nothing stands out. The Lexus drives down the road just fine, handles well, sucks up the potholes of Metro Detroit just fine, and transports you to your destination safely and comfortably.
The difficulty in evaluating this particular Lexus is that we don't follow into its key demographic. Most of the people who drive the RX 350, are upper-middle-class soccer moms, who live in suburbia where conformity is the norm. What we mean by conformity, is that they all send tend to shop at the same big-box stores, watch the same home-improvement shows, and have the same aspirations for their children. If you've ever seen the movie Pleasantville it's kind of like that, just a bit more upscale.
As you can imagine, as a 41-year-old white male with no children, save one large dog, it's not exactly the vehicle that with appeal to us. However, we can say, that the RX 350 does do a good job of hauling an eight-year-old English mastiff around. In any SUV that comes to us for testing, this is one of the most important test for us. After all, since we have no children to haul around, no school runs to make, and are more likely to head to the Home Depot or Lowe's, rather than hardware restoration or the Pottery Barn, these are the measurements that we had.
Fuel mileage for the Lexus was reasonable during our time with the vehicle. In very cold conditions in mixed driving, we saw 22 miles to the gallon. While this is nothing that stands out in the class, it is right in line with the norms. The V-6 engine provides plenty of power, sure, it would be nice to have more, but for 95% of the people who will buy this vehicle, it would be pointless. The RX 350 accelerates away from stoplights just fine has plenty of power for merging onto the freeways, and will roll down those freeways at 80 miles an hour with nary a worry.
Trying to come up with an overall evaluation of the RX 350 was fairly difficult for us. It's a vehicle designed for people that we aren't. Lexus' tend to be for people who view cars as appliances, but like a little bit of luxury with their appliances. Think of it this way, the Lexus RX 350 is like going into Best Buy, and getting a Samsung refrigerator, but buying the stainless steel model, rather than the white one. It's not a Viking, or SubZero, or a Wolf, it's just a very nice refrigerator with an upscale finish.
The idea with the RX 350, like most Lexus', is to offer a comparable non-offensive way to transfer yourself, and your family, in a bit of luxury. The RX 350 will do nothing to offend you, and for most people that's exactly what they're looking for. People who buy Lexus' are not enthusiast, and therefore you can't look at the Lexus through the microscope that an enthusiast would. For an enthusiast, it's hard to imagine buying a vehicle, that doesn't either excite you, or make you look forward to driving it. For a vast majority of America, they just want something that gets the job done. The Lexus RX 350 certainly does that. If you like to blend into the crowd, want of vehicle that'll never have to worry about, or not have your neighbors shocked by the choice of vehicle showing up in your driveway, the RX 350 certainly qualifies.
The best way to sum up the Lexus RX 350 as this, it is Häagen-Dazs French vanilla ice cream. It's very good, it's much better than the store brand, it's a great standby, it's just not something that's going to get you excited.
If you'd like to see the rest of the pictures of the Lexus RX 350, please have a look in our photo gallery here.
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a somewhat snarky, sometimes cranky, borderline stalker-y view of the world from my seat on the bus. No offense meant to anyone.. all of these stories are just made up. I really know nothing about you. And I care even less. I love watching the urbanites as they do their daily dance along the train tracks and bus routes...They make me happy. And sleepy.


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why don't you guys stop argueing and agree that anything I say is corrrect!Billy B. wrote:Kamikuza wrote:[No matter how many podiums you stand on, no matter how much gear you may try, no matter how many friends you have who are sponsored pros winning contests - your OPINION can still be wrong... no matter how unwilling you are to admit it. This whole thread has gone to 5 pages because you take this shit too seriously and couldn't just let it lie.
I may not be the expert you are... but I know enough not to put a beginner on a kite they're not used to in conditions they're not ready for, to try and make a few bucks off them. That gives a better impression of your "vibe" and ability than all your dick-waving and chest beating...
The only thing you've posted that is worth anything.Billy B. wrote:just not the kite feel I prefer
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First, It is MY OPINION you idiot, It is impossible for it to be wroung becuase it is my opinion........This is why your internet persona is such a total junk show, When some one post their OPINON and is is different then yours they are not wroung they have a differnt OPINON then you. You truley beleave your opinon is right and tear apart amy one whos opion is different with stupid belittle comments that fluffs your feathers.
Did you read number 3???? I am a professional sharing my opinion on a web site in my field.....
Second, I never said the guy I put on the foil kite was a begginner I said he was a new kiter, I even listed his skill set as background he can stay up wind, jump, spin in the air and kite all by him self safely.....I Helped him fly a foil kite becuase he wanted to try one and because I am so kind I let him borrow mine to try, mentioning it was for sale if he liked it..I lent him the kite 3 months ago becuae he doesn't have a little kite since destroying a 9m and I woulod hate for him to miss a session while a kite he could use just sat unused in my garage.....Wow what a sshole I must be!!!!!! but becuase you are always looking for a way to shit on people here this is how you spun it.........
I may ot be the expert you are... but I know enough not to put a beginner on a kite they're not used to in conditions they're not ready for, to try and make a few bucks off them. That gives a better impression of your "vibe" and ability than all your dick-waving and chest beating...
So my vibe was helping out a new kiter by loaning him my personal gear (foil, then brand new pump up 2012 kite). spending 30 minutes helping him set up answering questions about foil kite, teaching him how to fly a foil kite, then landing him and setting up another kite that he was unfamilier with, so another 30 minutes of help and instruction(the kite I would have flown personally so I took out a differnt kite and flew it) launched him...(all while launching and landing other kiters around us) then went kiteing all while it was blowing 8m wind on a sunny day.........
And you spin this into another chance to belittle and insult as you made up your "fantasy story" about my vibe??? You or course turnrd it into "I may not be the expert you are... but I know enough not to put a beginner on a kite they're not used to in conditions they're not ready for, to try and make a few bucks off them. That gives a better impression of your "vibe" and ability than all your dick-waving and chest beating...
Just to again prove to yourself you are a better person making better opions then me yet another change to be condesending and feel supirior???????
See how it starts out.......I may not be the expert you are.....You should really remember this when you make up storys based on how you imagain a thread on this forum is going, If you even had the intellect to read what people posted and understand it, as written, with out spinning it into what ever you think it might say for your perssonal arguement, you wouldn't be such a douche bag to every one...
All you do is try to be right and creat conflict. All I do is share my expereance while kite boarding.
That makes one of us a stoked kiter sharing ideas on a forum. It also makes the other a Troll using the forum to f*** with others just to get his jolly on. I am tired of you not only fucking with others but also me. Look in the mirror and you see a junk show....fucking with real kiters on a forum about kiting...why not go to a shop opera forum and live out your dreams there...
Here you are hoping to gain some support by tayloring the topic of foils and ram airs to racing vs freestyle. I compete in races, have a few national titles on my resume..but you think no one cares about racing, and it helps you continue to be a prick in this thread with eye rolls and what not, so you might as well throw it out there right. Time to talk 2 handled race foil kite to support your foil kites, your opion and keep you feeling like your contribution have kiting content. Becuase it has become clear to you that you are a dick on this forum and you would like to feel better about your self, perhaps this is what this is all about you need to shit on others to make yourself feel good and you use this forum to do it.....Kamikuza wrote:You're not being very helpful you could at least tell us how well the Elf's went in the competition.
Oh wait, don't bother - nobody cares about anything but freestyle
Sorry Big Air, at home with the kids this morning, afternoon session for me. Go get some this AM for me! I am really fired up about this jack off and how he shits on people all the time....You know I have nothing but Love and respect for you thoughDjoubs wrote:Stop talking go riding !!!


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January 2012
The Great Gas Hydrate Escape
Computer simulations revealing how methane and hydrogen pack into gas hydrates could enlighten alternative fuel production and carbon dioxide storage
Computer simulations at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory revealing how methane and hydrogen pack into gas hydrates could enlighten alternative fuel production and carbon dioxide storage. [PDF version of highlight] Enlarge Image | Video clip
Results: The analysis is the first time researchers have accurately quantified the molecular-scale interactions between the gases—either hydrogen or methane, aka natural gas—and the water molecules that form cages around them. A team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory published the results in Chemical Physics Letters, online December 22, 2011 and due to be published in print in 2012.
The results could also provide insight into the process of replacing methane with carbon dioxide in the naturally abundant "water-based reservoirs," according to the lead author, PNNL chemist Dr. Sotiris Xantheas.
"Current thinking is that you need large amounts of energy to push the methane out, which destroys the scaffold in the process," said Xantheas. "But the computer modeling shows that there is an alternative low energy pathway. All you need to do is break a single hydrogen bond between water molecules forming the cage—the methane comes out, and then the hydrate reseals itself."
Why It Matters: For some time, researchers have explored flammable ice for low-carbon or alternative fuel or as a place to store carbon dioxide. Now, a computer analysis of the ice and gas compound, known as a gas hydrate, reveals key details of its structure. The results show that hydrates can hold hydrogen at an optimal capacity of 5 weight-percent, a value that meets the goal of a U.S. Department of Energy standard and makes gas hydrates practical and affordable.
Methods: In earlier work, Xantheas and colleagues used computer algorithms and models to examine the water-based, ice-like scaffold that holds the gas. Water molecules form individual cages made with 20 or 24 molecules. Multiple cages join together in large lattices. But those scaffolds were empty in the earlier analysis.
To find out how fuels can be accommodated inside the water cages, Xantheas and PNNL colleague Soohaeng Yoo Willow built computer models of the cages with either hydrogen gas—in which two hydrogen atoms are bound together—or methane gas, a small molecule made with one carbon and four hydrogen atoms.
In the hydrogen hydrates, which could potentially be used as materials for hydrogen fuel storage, a small hollow cage made from 20 water molecules could hold up to a maximum of five hydrogen molecules and a larger cage made from 24 water molecules could hold up to seven.
The maximum storage capacity equates to about 10 weight-percent, or the percentage of hydrogen by mass in the chunks of ice, although packing hydrogen in that tight puts undue strain on the system. The Department of Energy's goal for hydrogen storage—to make the fuel practical—is above 5.5 weight-percent.
Experimentally, hydrogen storage researchers typically measure much less storage capacities. The computer model showed them why: The hydrogen molecules tended to leak out of the cages, reducing the amount of hydrogen that could be stored.
The researchers found that adding a methane molecule to the larger cages in the pure hydrogen hydrate, however, prevented the hydrogen gas from leaking out. The computer model showed the researchers that they could store the hydrogen at high pressure and practical temperatures, and release it by reducing the pressure, which melts it.
Understanding how the gas interacts and moves through the cages can help chemists or engineers store gas and remove it at will. Willow and Xantheas' computer simulations showed that hydrogen molecules could migrate through the cages by passing between the figurative bars of the water cages. However, the cages also had gates: Sometimes a low-energy bond between two water molecules broke, causing a water molecule to swing open and let the hydrogen molecule drift out. The "gate" closed right after the molecule passed through to reform the lattice.
With methane hydrates, some fuel producers want to remove the gas safely to use it. Others see the emptied cages as potential storage sites for carbon dioxide, which could theoretically keep it out of the atmosphere and ocean, where it warms the earth and acidifies the sea. So, Willow and Xantheas tested how methane could migrate through the cages.
The water cages were only big enough to comfortably hold one methane molecule, so the chemists stuffed two methanes inside and watched what happened. Quickly, one of the water molecules forming the cage swung open like a gate, allowing one methane molecule to escape. The gate then slammed shut as the remaining methane scooted into the middle of the cage.
"This process is important because it can happen with natural gas. It shows how methane can move in the natural world," said Xantheas. "We hope this analysis will help with the technical issues that need to be addressed with gas hydrate research and development."
Xantheas said performing computer simulations with carbon dioxide instead of methane might help determine whether it's chemically feasible to store carbon dioxide in hydrates.
Funding: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
User Facility: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Research Team: Soohaeng Yoo Willow and Sotiris S. Xantheas, PNNL
Reference: SY Willow and SS Xantheas. 2012. "Enhancement of Hydrogen Storage Capacity in Hydrate Lattices." Chemical Physics Letters 525-526:13-18. DOI:10.1016/j.cplett.2011.12.036.


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Oilers vs. Stars – Preseason Game 8 – 2013-09-27 @ 6:00 PM MST – web
Small change to the line-up tonight with Eberle and Perron being split up. Eakins is trying to spread the talent over three lines. Pre season is a good time to do it, so if it's failed experiment then it's easy to move on. That will give the top 3 lines a dangerous option each so we should see balanced scoring opportunities.
4th line will have its own danger aspect as well with MacIntyre and Brown being centered by Acton. Word is the Stars have a goon line, so good to hear we'll have a deterrent or two dressed.
I'm also really happy with the attitude that Eakins is bringing to the team. He wants to win every pre-season game and carry over a winning attitude into the regular season. He's bringing a lot of passion to the bench and hopefully it will result in some solid play.
Tonight's game will be in the home of the OKC Barons where a number of the younger guys spent time during last year's partial lockout. The building will likely be packed and noise levels will raise the roof. Should be a great experience for the Baron's faithful.
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It happens to the best of us.
We start out wide-eyed and optimistic, hoping for the best. We work hard, we do everything we believe we're supposed to do, and even go above and beyond the call of duty.
But no matter how good your book, how supportive your publisher, how enthusiastic everyone is---bad things still happen.
Publishing is a tough business. Staying idealistic is impossible. Sooner or later, something is going to disappoint you.
Perhaps your agent, thrilled to work with you when you signed on, doesn't seem to be answering your email with the same energy or frequency.
Perhaps your publisher cuts promotional dollars, or print runs.
Perhaps your numbers are getting smaller, or aren't where everyone hoped they'd be.
Perhaps you didn't get nominated for that award like you'd hoped, or get reviewed in a certain publication.
Perhaps your book(s) go out of print, or your contract doesn't get renewed.
Perhaps you agent can't sell your latest.
Perhaps your career is in a slump.
The list goes on. Success in this business takes a staggering amount of luck, and no matter how much you do, it still may not be enough.
Here are some tricks to dealing with the discouragement inherent in this profession.
Act Successful. This may sound like "put on a happy face" but the fact is, if your career is taking a downswing only a few people know about it. Your fans, your peers, and most of the publishing world has no idea your last book didn't do as well as expected, or that your agent isn't taking your calls.
Projecting confidence, showing the public you're a winner, goes a very long way.
Get Busy. Worry, regret, and guilt are useless emotions. They do nothing to help you. If you're discouraged about something, the best remedy is to act. Write. Promote. Write. Promote. Keep repeating this.
Depression can derail you. The only way to combat that is to get back on the horse and ride even harder.
Plan. Like chess, you should always be thinking several moves ahead. What you did in the past may not have worked out. Learn from it, and figure out what to do next. Maybe you need to change agents, or publishers, or genres. Do some soul searching, pinpoint what the problem is, and brainstorm solutions.
Vent. Talking about problems not only makes them feel better, it helps you deal with them. But you should limit this kind of talk to a few close, discreet friends. Keep your dirty laundry private.
Forgive. Both yourself, and those you believe have wronged you. Keeping all that venom stored up can poison you. Let it go, and move on. Blaming people for your problems won't change the situation.
Remember. You became a writer for a reason. It's easy to lose sight of that when something discouraging happens. Remember why you chose this path, because chances are good those reasons are still valid.
Of course, the most important thing to remember is:
Time Heals All Wounds.
We all have setbacks, and when they occur they may seem insurmountable. But you'll get through them. You always do. And you become stronger, smarter, and better because of them. Today's tragedy is next year's fond memory.
The scariest thing about this profession--the uncertainty--is also one of the coolest. You never know what will happen.
Some of what will happen will be good. Guaranteed. And the bad things that have happened will make for a terrific story to tell newbies some day...
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Oh what do you know, CSN Houston might never really catch on
SNL Kagan, a media and communications research firm, said that CSN Houston represents the new battleground between teams and television providers and, for the foreseeable future, is a "bust." The SNL Kagan report says it will be 2014 - at the earliest - for Suddenlink and CSN Houston to reach a deal, 2015 for DirecTV, and if you're a Uverse subscriber and want to watch the Astros then you are likely better off leaving Uverse for Comcast, because it'll probably never happen.
Why? Quite simply, Big Media isn't going to pay for something nobody is watching. And, honestly (the next statement is probably just a reflection of my mood at present) why in the hell would they? CSN Houston is projected to have "a negative cash flow" in each of its first three years, and won't be profitable until 2015. According to CSN Houston, they're in no danger of folding (but won't get into the financial health of the network).
Right now, Houston isn't watching baseball. Barron notes that Houstonians aren't watching the Rangers, either.
The Astros/Rockets signed with Comcast (who outbid DirecTV and Fox Sports for the rights) because of their greater reach? Was that short-sighted? Probably. Who wins this fight? Nobody.
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I talked to DirectTV this weekend and got a "don't hold your breath". Shot a few emails to them, MLB and the Astros with my goodbye message. Funny thing is.. no one will care.
It has been fun everyone and this site is the only thing that kept me hanging onto being an Astros fan. But, I'm done. I don't even recognize the players at this point anyway. The Astros of old will forever hold a place and maybe one day. But not anytime soon.
Goodbye to some of the greatest fans in the sports.
- July 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM
- Seth said...
I know Jim and Reid are having trouble getting this done, but let's not forget who rushed to get a TV deal started to drive up the asking price, Mr. Drayton McLane Jr.
Man, I tell you. Drayton has been gone for some time, but this TV deal that he started and the 2007 draft are the gifts that just keep on giving.
- July 22, 2013 at 10:08 AM
There have been a lot of articles and discussion on the CSN Houston coverage in the Houston area, but what frustrates me most is that the Central Texas area seems to be largely ignored. I live in San Antonio, and I have friends in Austin and elsewhere that are unable to watch any games. A lot Astros fans in the area have no idea what's going on, and they just assume the Rangers bumped out the Astros on TV because they play better.
Our biggest disadvantage, however, is that we don't have the luxury of heading over to a friends house, or the neighborhood bar to catch the game. If I had the option, I'd likely have switched to Comcast at this point, but that's simply not possible anywhere within a hundred miles of me. It's really frustrating, and I wish they'd take some time to address the concerns of Astros fans outside the Houston area as well. Just an acknowledgement of Time Warner negotiations would be better than nothing.
- July 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM
I don't get the "blame Drayton" in this case. Crane knew he was buying into a netowrk without carriage. If he did his due diligence, he should have understood the probable pricing of CSNH and structured his bid for the Astros accordingly. It was simply another asset he needed to price.
I fear that Crane's numbers were based on mis-pricing CSNH. That is all on him, not Drayton.
- July 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM
sad to see the astros organization **** up this badly. I mean, JUST REACH A DEAL. i love houston, but it's not a top-5 or 10 media market for baseball.
i love the astros. more than the texans. but houston is, and always will be, a football town. lower your asking price, astros, and let your fans WATCH your shitty team.
- July 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM
It will become a Catch 22. It won't be offered because nobody is watching and nobody is watching because it isn't offered.
- July 22, 2013 at 4:05 PM
Do the Rockets not even come into the equation! They are going to be good and if not good, exciting. People will want to watch. This has to factor in for CSN
- July 22, 2013 at 7:12 PM
I am guessing that the rockets is the reason that CSN is waiting this out. Perhaps a rush of subscriptions over the winter.
- July 23, 2013 at 2:48 AM
- Jeffrey Thompson said...
You know what really stinks is that I am a ranger fan living in Addison tx, and I can't watch the astros when they play our division rivals Oak and LAA, I would love to cheer on and watch the astros beat Oakland especially in this tight AL west race, but because of selfish greed I am stuck, and I would hope that MLB.TV would get its act together and lift the blackouts for me as well.
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Formidable, indomitable, irascible: Pick your adjective, and it pretty much describes the force of nature who holds the stage in "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me."
But what makes this documentary on the celebrated actress and singer especially involving is that watching it calls forth another, quite different selection of descriptors as well: vulnerable, insecure, even fragile.
As directed by Chiemi Karasawa, "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" is less an examination of the long career of the gifted performer with the big personality who first appeared on Broadway in 1944 than a snapshot of her as she approached her 87th birthday, still as much in love with performing as ever and wondering how long she can keep it up.
The most engaging thing about the feisty Stritch, and what any film that spent time with her couldn't help but capture, is her candid sense of humor, her willingness to say anything as long as it is the truth. Described by one friend as "a Molotov cocktail of madness, sanity and genius," she is an invigorating tonic to hang out with, even on screen.
Though she has since semi-retired and moved to suburban Michigan to be near family, Stritch was still living at New York's luxurious Hotel Carlyle at the time of filming, and "Shoot Me" begins with her exiting her hotel, wearing an exotic coat and her trademark oversized glasses and trading remarks with the numerous people who recognize her on the street.
Though television watchers will similarly recognize Stritch as the actress who won an Emmy playing Alec Baldwin's redoubtable mother on "30 Rock," this film also fills us in briefly on other parts of Stritch's extensive career. Highlights include doing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" on Broadway, having Noel Coward reconstruct "Sail Away" for her, and costarring on screen with Rock Hudson and Woody Allen (not at the same time).
It is for her singing that Stritch is most celebrated, especially as the interpreter of Stephen Sondheim standards like "I'm Still Here" from "Follies." We get to see, in a marvelous clip from a D.A. Pennebaker documentary, how Stritch struggled and triumphed in recording the original cast version of her signature song, "Ladies Who Lunch" from "Company."
That truthfulness in performance is Stritch's trademark, and big chunks of this film show her rehearsing a new program of Sondheim's tunes both for the Cafe Carlyle and New York's Town Hall. It's great to see her put over a song, but also troubling, for her as well as for us, to see her stumble over and have difficulty remembering lyrics that were once second nature to her.
We also see Stritch's fragility in other ways, especially her constant need to manage her diabetes. One particularly bad hypoglycemic attack completely terrifies her, and it is typical of Stritch that she told the filmmakers she specifically wanted that footage in the film. On the other hand, she snaps, "Is this a skin commercial?" at a cameraman who swoops in for a close-up she considered too close.
Aside from singing songs, what Stritch does best is tell stories, funny ones about her going out with a very young John F. Kennedy, and moving stories about her relationship with her late husband, actor John Bay, who died of cancer in 1982.
We also see Stritch shamelessly faking a limp to avoid a parking ticket, and listen as she talks candidly about her fears ("there's something exciting about being afraid") and her decision to turn to the theater because "I couldn't get the love I needed anywhere else."
Whatever this woman is saying or doing, you want to be there to hear it and see it, and there's no better formula for an entertaining documentary than that.
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Early in the development of "The Lego Movie," Jill Wilfert, the executive who oversees Lego's licensing efforts in Southern California, had a question for her bosses at company headquarters in Denmark: Can we have a character die?
"It wasn't something we ever had to really think about before," Wilfert said. "But we had to think about it now."
Their conclusion was yes, and it became one of a number of freedoms the company allowed Warner Bros., producer Dan Lin and writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller in creating the most freewheeling and reference-packed picture to come out of film's branded-movie era.
"Lego"--which as of Thursday had garnered a rare 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes and was expected to open upward of $50 million this weekend--is a rare Big Hollywood entertainment with a playful subversiveness, the world's first postmodern toy film. Its very existence is an object lesson of sorts — evidence of how the right mix of filmmaker whimsy, corporate latitude and, perhaps, Hollywood newbieness can align for something original in a culture of big-budget sameness.
Hollywood has been riding a toy wave since the first "Transformers" picture in 2007, with franchises both successful ("G.I. Joe"), stalled ("Battleship") and stuck in development ("He-Man"). But where most films have used a toy as little more than a pretext for a big action movie, "Lego" takes a different approach.
Themes inherent to the product--the tension between following instructions and going your own way--form the film's spine. With a unique visual look that includes splashy 3-D colors and limited points of articulation, characters in "The Lego Movie" also look and move uncommonly like the toy.
But most surprisingly, "The Lego Movie" pokes fun at the very idea of a toy film.
"There are thematic things that you wouldn't expect to see in a kids movie that we feel like we're getting to say," Lord said.
Or as Alison Brie, who costars as the movie's hybrid unicorn-feline Unikitty, puts it: "With a lot of animated movies, there are jokes for adults. But the idea here extends past the comedy so that there are a lot of conceptual things for them too."
The movie portrays a world in which the evil president Lord Business (voiced by Will Ferrell) rules over a land made numb by inane reality TV and fast-food giveaways. The rare independent-minded type, known as a Master Builder, is drowned out by the conformists.
Landing with a jolly shake of his mini-arm is Emmet (Chris Pratt), a cheerful rule-follower whiling away his days in an anonymous construction job. ("I guess Phil and Chris captured something about my real personality," Pratt said, jovially.) Soon, though, Emmet meets the rebel spirit Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), who mistakes him for a Neo-like chosen one and corrals him into adventures through various Lego worlds.
As Emmet and Wyldstyle embark on their frenetic adventures — filled with references, asides and non sequiturs (Siri jokes, anyone?) — they run into characters from modern Lego sets and pop culture at large. Many are Warner Bros. and DC Comics entities — Harry Potter, Gandalf, Batman (played with a suave jerkiness by Will Arnett). Others, though, come licensed from the vaults of other companies, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the heroes of "Star Wars" and NBA stars such as Shaquille O'Neal.
Though the effect is to advertise the branded Lego sets that have become the company's bread and butter, much of this is handled tongue-in-cheek, a piling on of the marketing while winking at the idea of piling on the marketing. A quick cutaway to Lego sets that feels like product placement is in fact a self-deprecating reference to failed lines like Clown Town.
"What I love about what Lego let us do is that they let us have a wink at themselves," said producer Lin. "'Is that product placement? No, it's actually a joke about product placement.'"
Epitomizing that have-it-both ways postmodernism: the movie's theme song, "Everything Is Awesome," an impossibly sunny number sung by Tegan and Sara and Lonely Island that is embraced by Emmet--and which manages to satisfy animation audiences' need for infectious synth-pop and simultaneously making fun of that very need.
How a movie this unusual came to be assembled by a studio and a toy giant is a question as intricate as one of its trademark kits.
For years, Lego — the world's second-largest toy company but, as a privately held Scandinavian firm, rooted in a culture physically and spiritually far from Hollywood — resisted a movie. The company eventually came to back a video game and a pair of cable series, but it turned down numerous movie pitches it thought didn't fit with its brand. And it rejected the Hollywood agency-brokered deals that for a time gripped Hasbro and other toy giants.
That began to change about five years ago, when the Warner Bros.-affiliated producer Lin brought on writers Dan and Kevin Hageman, up-and-comers who had an affinity for the toy based on their own childhood experiences.
The trio traveled to Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark, and gave a pitch for a film, one that wouldn't just be a blow-'em-up in which the heroes were rehashed intellectual property but something more sweet and personal. Chief Marketing Officer Mads Nipper and his colleagues — a group of such a whimsical bent that its members handed out "business cards" that were minifigures emblazoned with contact info — were hooked, and gave them a standing ovation
Soon, Lord and Miller, known for family fare such as "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and grown-up entertainment such as "21 Jump Street," were hired and set about giving the movie its irreverent comedy feel.
Also brought on under the film's relatively modest budget (less than $70 million) was Australian visual-effects company Animal Logic. Lord and Miller wanted the movie to be photo-realistic and avoid animation's anything-goes rules of motion so the characters really felt like Lego. (One of the jokes is that romance in the Lego movie universe is consummated by the anatomically incorrect minifigures linking scooped hands, because, really, what else can they do?)
All this, filmmakers said, came together to become something surprisingly, well, handmade given the corporate interests.
"We grew up on the Warner Bros. cartoons that didn't talk down to kids," said Miller. "You know, the stuff that had adult humor about opera and existential crises for Daffy Duck. That's what we wanted to do here, and that's what we feel we got to do."
Still, there was some tension. Warner Bros. executives, according to a person familiar with the movie's development who asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity around the issue, were less keen on a whopping third-act twist that would be considered heavily meta even in an independent film. Though the finale would bring a smile to the face of many adults, executives felt it might be too subtle for younger viewers. Lord and Miller pushed for it, and won.
Lego had its own objections to some elements — the company didn't want guns, for instance. "I'm sure Phil and Chris would have wanted more playfulness," Wilfert said, offering a small laugh. "But there were some things we knew we couldn't do because they didn't fit with our brand."
Lord acknowledged the delicate balance between casting Lego in a good light and poking fun at it. "Some of those conversations were difficult," he said. But he added that they were able to turn hurdles into strengths. The gun issue, for instance, was resolved by having the movie's chief weapon become industrial-strength glue. Because what could be more scary for minifigures than the idea of getting stuck together?
Most notably, all the principals said, they agreed on the basic mission. "We all wanted to make a movie that captured what it was like to play with Lego," Wilfert said.
Could that take on a truly postmodern form? "Maybe someone will make a Lego trailer out of 'The Lego Movie,'" said Miller, referencing what has become a stop-motion YouTube phenomenon for some of Hollywood's biggest movies. It may only be a matter of time.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Things I Know
Happy Friday! Welcome to the Things I Know linkup. If you want to join in write a Things I Know on your blog including a link back to this post an then add your link below-easy!
Here is what I know this week-
-there are no rules for blogging and being a part of the social media community. The world will not stop turning if I put my family first and detach myself from my iPhone for large periods of the day.
-frustrated toddler is frustrated
-every time the phone rings I think it's my brother telling me that my niece has been born. Any day!!
-a wheat free and preservative/colour free diet really makes a difference to Willow and Harper. We are almost a week meltdown free and there is sleep happening!
-there is only so much of the game "Mum I'm a dinosaur, listen to me roar ROAAARRRRRR" I can handle
-Even six year olds can get star struck by their favorite entertainer
-great friends put up with your intoxicated singstar performances and don't put it on the internet. Best friends do all that and then listen to your drunken rambling on the car ride home
-Croque Monsieurs fix hangovers
-The Safety Dance in the catchiest song of all time-boo to you Reservoir Dad.
You're welcome.
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- Kelley @ magnetoboldtoo said...
You know what I know?
I know that I love your face off.
I love your more than my shoes.
True story.
- June 17, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Leah - Bogue Living said...
I was saving it for Things I Know, damn it!! LOL
- June 17, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- •´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥.Trish.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´• said...
LOL - I know you are always good for a giggle and some sound advice.
Glad you found a way to reduce meltdowns, onwards to more sleep.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Kate said...
Safety Dance = FML.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Kellie said...
I freaking love the Safety Dance.
Best annoying 80's song ever.
- June 17, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Deborah said...
I cannot believe you met Justine! I'm so jealous! (I think Ash would be jealous too!).
Exciting days when baby news is imminent!
I can't get enough of the Safety Dance. Soundtrack to my youth. Ah!
- June 17, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Reservoir Dad said...
Ha! Love it.
- June 17, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- Grace said...
Justine is a dear favorite in our household...and ooooh...the Safety Dance !!! All I need to hear is the first few bars of that keyboard riff and I am OFF ! A bit delayed with my TIK but just had to check out everyone else's:)
Happy Friday !
- June 17, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Moodi Mumma said...
Oh I'm with you on the Dinosaur Roooaaaaar game lol my Loo loves that!!
Hope you get that lovely call soon :o)
- June 17, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Caz (The Truth About Mummy) said...
You met justine. How cool....little miss three loves her and that jolly Roar song. Everyday .... twenty times.... arrrgghhhh!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- katepickle said...
Ha.... I know ALL your secrets now.. and even some I wish I didn't! LOL You are a fun drunk!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- SaraMG said...
Big grin on my face for The Safety Dance :)
- June 17, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- nellbe said...
My 22 month old's favourite song in the whole world is watermelon... Justine is a big fav in our house too :)
- June 18, 2011 at 7:06 PM
- Rane dae said...
Thinks I know: Way, RightOn!and Doood can only touch how I feel about this post.
- June 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM
- Toushka Lee said...
omg if you love the safety dance you will love the literal version.
- June 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM
Love the pic with Justine. She is The Boy's favourite singer too.
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