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Programs focus on pets
The Animal Welfare Society of West Kennebunk will sponsor two educational events this week.
A humane educator and a shelter pet will be at the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday for a hands-on program about animal care and handling.
The AWS also will have a table set up at the Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Adoptable pets will be visiting throughout the weekend.
For more details, call 985-3244 or go to www.animalwelfaresociety.org.
Asteroid discussion
Dr. Julie Ziffer of the University of Maine Physics Department will offer a lecture titled "Close Encounters of the Asteroid Kind" at 7 p.m. Thursday at Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St.
Ziffer will talk about the asteroid DA 14, which is expected to pass within 14,000 miles of Earth on Friday. She will also discuss asteroid encounters, NASA's programs to identify potentially hazardous asteroids and the importance of asteroid research.
Admission is by donation.
For more details or to reserve a spot, call 780-4249 or e-mail [email protected]
Laser light shows planned
The Southworth Planetarium will offer Laseropolooza 2013!, musically choreographed laser light shows, from Friday through Feb. 24 at 70 Falmouth St.
Next weekend's hourlong themes include:
• Friday: 7 p.m., Lasermania; and 8 p.m., Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon;
• Saturday: 1 p.m., Laser Perseus & Andromeda and Laser Pop; 3 p.m., Laser Orion and Laser Magic; 7 p.m., Laser Beatles; and 8 p.m., Laser Hypnotica.
• Sunday: 1 p.m., Laser Orion and Laser Mania; and 3 p.m., Laser Perseus & Andromeda and Laser Pop.
Admission is $5.50 per person, plus an additional $1 for use of 3-D glasses. Reserved seating is available by calling 780-4249 or e-mail [email protected]
For more details, go to www.usm.maine.edu/planet.
Workshop on volunteering
The Sanford-Springvale S.A.L.T. Council — Seniors and Law Enforcement Together — will hold a Community at Work workshop highlighting local volunteer opportunities at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Y Trafton Center, 19 Elm St.
Representatives from the YMCA, Trafton Center, Goodall Hospital, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, the Salvation Army, Visiting Nurses, Sanford Downtown Legacy, and many other groups will be on hand to answer attendees' questions.
Admission is by a suggested donation of $2. Light refreshments will be provided. For more details, call Thea Murphy at 457-0080.
Bowling for moms, sons
Mother & Son Bowling Night, sponsored by the Kittery Recreation Department, will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Bowl-O-Rama.
The evening will feature Cosmic Bowling, with music and lights, a DJ and pizza.
Stepmoms, aunts, sisters and grandmothers are also welcome to attend.
Tickets are available at the Community Center at a cost of $15 per person.
Pre-registration is required to secure lanes and food. For more details, call Todd Henley at 439-3800 or go to www.kittery.org.
Mardi Gras ball Saturday
The Community Partners Incorporated's Third Annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball will be held Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Rochambeau Club, 329 South St.
The event will include roaming vaudeville performers, a silent auction, buffet dinner and music by the funkadelic dance band "Mama's Boom Shack!"
Advance tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple. To purchase tickets, go to www.cpime.org. Tickets also may be available at the door.
Performance at library
Carolyn Currie will perform at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., as part of the facility's free Music and Muffins series.
For more details, call 829-2215.
Peace Corps workers to speak
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve members Clancy Brown and Annie Cox will talk about their work with the Peace Corps in southern Africa during a Lunch 'n' Learn talk set for noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in Mather Auditorium at Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Road.
Brown was a science teacher in Mozambique and Cox worked on rural aquaculture projects in a Zambian village.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a bag lunch. Suggested donation for the talk is $2.
For more details, call 646-1555 or go to www.wellsreserve.org.
Snowman contest for kids
Children of all ages are invited to participate in a Snowman Competition from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Vose Library, 392 Common Road.
Snow sculptures will compete in a number of categories, including smallest, largest, silliest, most colorful, most realistic, most creative, and best creature.
Participants should bring a shovel, sculpting tools, decorations, props and other materials needed, and they should dress warmly.
There will be hot cocoa and snacks.
In the event there is not enough snow, an alternative indoor snowman activity will be offered.
For more details, call 785-4733.
Valentine Bake Sale Tuesday
The annual Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary's "Sweets for the Sweet" Valentine Bake Sale wil be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the hospital's Cafe Corridor, at 123 Medical Center Drive.
Proceeds benefit the auxiliary's health career scholarship program.
For more details, call 373-6015 or email [email protected]
Free talk on indoor air quality
Kathleen Meil of Evergreen Home Performance will give a free talk on "Indoor Air Quality and Health" at noon Monday at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St.
Come hear about how moisture problems, poor ventilation and contaminants in the home can increase the risk of health problems, triggering everything from allergies and asthma to headaches, nausea and worse, as well as ways to treat the situation.
This Wellness Brown Bag Lunch series is open to all.
For more information, call the library at 236-3440.
Terrarium design explored
Horticulturalist and Maine Master Gardener Kelly Ash will give a talk on designing a terrarium, from concept to construction, from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at the Cumberland County Master Gardner Association, 75 Clearwater Drive.
Sponsored by the Saint Mary's Garden Club of Falmouth, admission is $5.
For more details, call Ellen Thayer at 450-5951.
Geneaology workshop Saturday
The Androscoggin Historical Society will sponsor a geneaology workshop at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Auburn Public Library Community Room.
John Henderson will discuss resources available at the library's local history room and Beverly Robbins will discuss tracing Revolutionary War ancestors.
The public is invited to the presentation.
Admission is free.
Donations are appreciated.


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San Fernando Valley people attending May 6th at camino real chevy
Hey guys i was thinking for all the people attending the camino real chevrolet meet on may 6th to reveal the 5th gen camaro that live in the san fernando valley, burbank, glendale i was thinking if you guys wanted to meet up somewere around the valley so we could all roll together post up who ever would like to do that we could all meet up around 4:45 so we can take off at 5 pm somewere like an in n out or something you guys put it up so we can plan it out.
I was thinking you guys might have traffic then maybe leave a little earlier there might be a little traffic depending which way you guys come down. I hope everyone can make it we are looking forward to seeing you guys.
yea your right im just tring to see who can make it because nobody has replied yet hope some people do
I and a couple of Family members will be driving in from Long Beach area... if goes acording to plan, we will be there before 5:30.
Looking forward to it...
Maybe you should send an invite to the Local Camaro Clubs? I think there's one call "cool runnings".
I will do some more research... and let you know.
Thanks guys I appreciate it
i am still trying to see who from around here will be attending to meet up
dose anybody knows where to get carbon hood?
go to group buy ,i started a thread on carbon parts hoods &ect.........
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text: SEC NEWS DIGEST Issue 2007-235 December 7, 2007 ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS FORMER ĀĀĀUNITED ĀHEALTH ĀGROUP ĀCEO/CHAIRMAN ĀSETTLES ĀSTOCK ĀOPTIONS BACKDATING CASE FOR $468 MILLION Settlement is Largest to Date in an Options Backdating Case On ĀDecember 6, the Commission announced a record $468 million settled enforcement Āaction Āin Āan options backdating case against William W. McGuire, ĀM.D., the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Āof ĀUnitedHealth Group Inc. The settlement is the first with an individual Āunder Āthe Ā"clawback" Āprovision Ā(Section Ā304) Āof Āthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act to deprive corporate executives of their stock sale profits Āand Ābonuses Āearned Āwhile Ātheir Ācompanies were misleading investors. The ĀCommission's Ācomplaint Āalleges Āthat Āduring Āa 12-year period, McGuire Ārepeatedly Ācaused Āthe company to grant undisclosed, in-the- money Āstock Āoptions Āto Āhimself and other UnitedHealth officers and employees Āwithout Ārecording in the company's books and disclosing to shareholders Āmaterial amounts of compensation expenses as required by applicable Āaccounting Ārules. ĀWithout admitting or denying the SEC's charges, ĀMcGuire Āagreed to a $468 million settlement that includes a $7 Āmillion Ācivil Āpenalty and reimbursement to the Minneapolis-based health Ācare Ācompany for all incentive- and equity-based compensation he received from 2003 through 2006. The ĀCommission's Ācomplaint Āalleges Āthat from at least 1994 through 2005, McGuire looked back over a window of time and picked grant dates for UnitedHealth options that coincided with dates of historically low quarterly Āclosing prices for the company's common stock, resulting in grants Āof Āin-the-money Āoptions. According to the complaint, McGuire signed Āand Āapproved Ābackdated documents falsely indicating that the options Āhad Āactually Ābeen Āgranted Āon Āthese Āearlier Ādates Āwhen UnitedHealth's Āstock Āprice Āwas Āat Āor near these low points. These inaccurate Ādocuments Ācaused Āthe Ācompany to understate compensation expenses Āfor Āstock Āoptions, Āand Āwere Āroutinely Āprovided Āto the company's Āexternal Āauditors Āin Āconnection Āwith Ātheir Āaudits and reviews of UnitedHealth's financial statements. According ĀĀto Āthe ĀSEC's Ācomplaint, ĀUnitedHealth Āfiled Āwith Āthe Commission ĀĀquarterly Āand Āannual Āreports, Āproxy Āstatements, Āand registration Āstatements Āthat ĀMcGuire Āknew, Āor was reckless in not knowing, ĀĀcontained ĀĀmaterially ĀĀfalse ĀĀand Āmisleading statements concerning Āthe Ātrue Āgrant dates and proper exercise prices of stock options. ĀBecause Āof ĀMcGuire's Āmisconduct, investors were misled to believe Āthat Āstock Āoptions were granted with strike prices not less than Āthe Āfair Āmarket Āvalue Āof UnitedHealth's stock on the date of grant Āand Āin accordance with the terms of the company's stock option plans. ĀIn ĀMarch 2007, UnitedHealth restated its financial statements for ĀĀeach Āyear Āfrom Ā1994 Āthrough Ā2005, Āand Ādisclosed Āmaterial cumulative Āpre-tax errors in stock-based compensation accounting that totaled $1.526 billion for that period. The ĀCommission's Ācomplaint Āfurther Āalleges Āthat from 1994 through 2005, ĀMcGuire personally received more than 44 million split-adjusted UnitedHealth Āoptions, Āmost Āor Āall of which were backdated. McGuire exercised and sold more than 11 million of these backdated options for an Āin-the-money Āgain Āof more than $6 million. McGuire also received nearly Ā$5 Āmillion Āof Āincentive-based cash bonuses in 2005 and 2006 tied Āto Āearnings Āper share targets that UnitedHealth would not have achieved Āunder Āfinancial statements restated due to errors in stock- based compensation accounting. Without Āadmitting Āor Ādenying Āthe Āallegations Āof the Commission's complaint, ĀMcGuire Āconsented Āto Āthe Āentry of an order permanently enjoining Āhim from violating or aiding and abetting violations of the antifraud, ĀĀreporting, ĀĀrecord-keeping, ĀĀinternal ĀĀcontrols, proxy statement, ĀĀcertification, ĀĀand ĀĀsecurities ĀĀownership ĀĀreporting provisions Āof Āthe Āfederal Āsecurities Ālaws, Āand Ābarring him from serving Āas an officer or director of a public company for a period of 10 Āyears. ĀMcGuire Āwill (i) disgorge ill-gotten gains of $10,997,596 with Ā$1,697,492 Āin prejudgment interest, (ii) pay a $7 million civil penalty, Āand (iii) pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reimburse ĀĀUnitedHealth ĀĀfor ĀĀall ĀĀincentive- ĀĀand ĀĀequity-based compensation ĀĀhe ĀĀreceived ĀĀfrom ĀĀ2003 ĀĀthrough ĀĀ2006, Ātotaling approximately Ā$448 million in cash bonuses, profits from the exercise and sale of UnitedHealth stock, and unexercised UnitedHealth options. Under Āthe Āterms Āof Āthe Āsettlement, ĀMcGuire's Ādisgorgement Āplus prejudgment interest and his Section 304 reimbursement would be deemed satisfied Āby his return to UnitedHealth of approximately $600 million in cash and UnitedHealth options pursuant to the terms of his separate settlement ĀĀĀĀwith Āthe Ācompany, Āalso Āannounced Ātoday, Āresolving employment Āclaims Āand Āshareholder derivative lawsuits filed against McGuire in state and federal courts in Minnesota. McGuire's settlement with the SEC is subject to the approval of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The ĀCommission Āacknowledges Āthe Āassistance Āof the U.S. Attorney's Office Āfor Āthe ĀSouthern ĀDistrict Āof ĀNew York and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The Commission's investigation is continuing. [SEC v. ĀWilliam ĀW. ĀMcGuire, ĀM.D., Civil Action No. C.A. No. 07-CV-4779- JMR/FLN (D. Minn. 2007)] (LR-20387; Press Rel. 2007-255) JURY TRIAL RESULTS IN VERDICT AGAINST SEC DEFENDANT; SEC TO RETRY CASE AGAINST TWO OTHERS The ĀCommission Āannounced today that on Nov. 29, 2007, a federal jury returned Āa verdict in the SEC's favor on all securities fraud charges against ĀĀformer Āregistered Ārepresentative ĀSheldon ĀA. ĀStrauss Āof Cleveland, ĀOhio, Āa Ādefendant in a previously-filed civil injunctive action Āinvolving a multi-faceted scheme to manipulate the stock price of ĀCompetitive ĀTechnologies, ĀInc., Ā(CTT), a technology development company Ālocated Āin Fairfield, Connecticut. In addition, the jury was unable Āto reach verdicts on most of the charges against two remaining defendants: ĀRichard ĀA. ĀKwak, Āa Āregistered representative formerly associated Āwith Āa Ābroker-dealer Āin ĀSan ĀDiego, ĀCA and Stephen J. Wilson, a registered representative formerly associated with a broker- dealer Āin ĀMedia, ĀPA. ĀYesterday, the SEC informed the Court that it will Āretry Āits Ācase Āagainst ĀKwak and Wilson at a future date. The verdict Āagainst ĀStrauss Āfollowed Āa three-week trial in Bridgeport, Connecticut before the Honorable Janet Hall, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. The ĀCommission's complaint, filed against a total of eight defendants on Aug. 11, 2004, alleged that the defendants participated in a scheme to Āmanipulate Āand Āinflate the price of CTT stock from at least July 1998 ĀĀto ĀJune Ā2001. ĀThe Ācomplaint Āalleged Āthat Āthe Ādefendants artificially Āraised Āand Āmaintained Āthe Āprice Āof ĀCTT's stock and created Āa Āfalse Āor misleading appearance with respect to the market for ĀCTT Āstock Āthrough Āmanipulative Āpractices Āsuch as placing buy orders Āat Āor Ānear Āthe Āclose of the market in order to inflate the reported Āclosing Āprice ("marking the close"), placing successive buy orders Āin Āsmall Āamounts at increasing prices ("painting the tape"), and Āusing Āaccounts they controlled or serviced to place pre-arranged buy Āand Āsell orders in virtually identical amounts (placing "matched trades"). The SEC also announced that on Oct. 26, 2007 and on Oct. 31, 2007, the Court Āin this case entered final judgments by consent against four of the original defendants: CTT; Frank McPike of Ridgefield, Connecticut, the Āformer ĀCEO Āof ĀCTT; ĀJohn ĀR. ĀGlushko, Āformerly Āa registered representative Āassociated Āwith a broker-dealer in Las Vegas, Nevada; and Āformer Āregistered Ārepresentative ĀThomas C. Kocherhans of Orem, Utah. The Ājudgments Āagainst ĀCTT, McPike, Glushko and Kocherhans, to which they ĀĀĀĀconsented Āwithout Āadmitting Āor Ādenying Āthe ĀCommission's allegations, enjoin them from violating Sections 9(a) and 10(b) of the Securities Āand ĀExchange ĀAct Āof Ā1934 (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder Āand, Āas Āto Glushko and Kocherhans only, Section 17(a) of the ĀSecurities Act of 1933 (Securities Act). Additionally, McPike and Kocherhans Āhave agreed to pay civil penalties of $60,000 and $50,000, respectively. Glushko was also held liable for $10,000 in disgorgement plus Ā$8,308 Āin prejudgment interest, but payment of the disgorgement and Āprejudgment Āinterest Āamounts Āwere Āwaived Āand Āno penalty was imposed Ābased Āupon ĀGlushko's Āfinancial Ācondition. ĀThe Court will determine Āwhether Āadditional sanctions, including a bar from serving as an officer or director of any public company, are warranted against McPike at a later date. The jury found Strauss liable for violating Sections 9(a) and 10(b) of the ĀExchange ĀAct Āand Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Section 17(a) of the Securities ĀAct. In addition, the jury found Strauss liable for aiding and Āabetting Ādefendant and former registered representative Chauncey Steele's Āviolations Āof ĀSections 9(a) and 10(b) of the Exchange Act. Steele previously settled the Commission's action against him in 2005. The Ādistrict Ācourt Āwill Ādetermine Āthe Āappropriate Āsanctions and remedies Āagainst Strauss at a later date. In addition, the jury found that ĀKwak and Wilson had not violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Ābut Āthe jury could not reach a verdict on the remaining charges against them, including Sections 9(a) and 10(b) of the Exchange Act. For Āfurther Āinformation Āabout Āthe ĀCommission's Āaction Āin SEC v. Competitive ĀĀTechnologies, ĀInc., Āet Āal., Āsee ĀLitigation ĀRelease No.18827 (Aug. 11, 2004), Litigation Release No. 19320 (Aug. 2, 2005), and ĀĀExchange ĀAct ĀRelease ĀNo. Ā56785 Ā(Nov. Ā14, Ā2007). Ā[SEC Āv. Competitive ĀTechnologies, Inc., et. al., Civil Action No. 304 CV 1331 JCH (District of Connecticut)] (LR-20388) SEC PARTIALLY SETTLES SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST REGINALD HALL The ĀCommission Āannounced Ātoday Āthat Āit Āhas partially settled its enforcement Āaction, Āwhich involves charges of a deliberate "pump and dump" Āscheme to defraud investors in the stock of Aimsi Technologies, Inc. Āagainst ĀDefendant Reginald Hall, the Chief Executive Officer of Aimsi Technologies, Inc. On December 3, the Honorable Louis L. Stanton of Āthe ĀU.S. ĀDistrict ĀCourt Āfor Āthe Southern District of New York entered Āa Āpartial final judgment against Hall that enjoined him from violating ĀSections Ā17(a) Āof the Securities Act of 1933 and 10(b) of the ĀSecurities ĀExchange ĀAct Āof 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The judgment Āalso prohibits Hall from acting as an officer or director of a Āpublic Ācompany, Āand Ārequires Āhim Āto Āpay Āa civil penalty, and disgorgement and prejudgment interest in an amount to be determined by the ĀCourt Āupon Āmotion Āby Āthe Commission. The Commission filed its action Āon Āan Āemergency Ābasis Āon May 16, 2005, alleging that Aimsi Technologies, ĀInc., ĀHall and a group of stock promoters engaged in a deliberate Ā"pump Āand Ādump" Āscheme Āto Ādefraud investors, in which Defendants Āacquired Āa Āsubstantial Āstake Āin Āthe Āshares of Aimsi, orchestrated Āa Āfraudulent promotional campaign to drive up the price and Ātrading Āvolume of Aimsi's stock, and then sold their shares at a substantial profit to the investing public after their plan succeeded. The Ācomplaint alleges that before the Commission suspended trading in Aimsi's Āstock on Dec. 15, 2004, the Defendants earned illicit trading profits Āof at least $3.1 million. In connection with the Commission's filing Āof Āthe Ācomplaint, Āit Āalso obtained a temporary restraining order ĀĀthat, Āamong Āother Āthings, Āfroze ĀDefendants' Āassets. ĀThe complaint charges violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, ĀSection Ā10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5. ĀThe Ālitigation Āis Āpending against the remaining Defendants. [SEC v. Aimsi Technologies, Inc., et al., 05 CV 4724 (LLS) (S.D.N.Y.)] (LR-20389) SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZATIONS APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGE The ĀCommission Āgranted Āapproval Āof a proposed rule change (SR-CHX- 2007-22) filed by the Chicago Stock Exchange under Section 19(b)(1) of the ĀSecurities ĀExchange ĀAct Āof 1934 to amend rules relating to the execution Āof Āodd Ālot Āmarket orders. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56900) PROPOSED RULE CHANGES The American Stock Exchange filed a proposed rule change and Amendment No. Ā1 Āthereto Ā(SR-Amex-2007-20) Āunder Rule 19b-4 of the Securities Exchange ĀAct Āof Ā1934 related to amending complex orders procedures. Publication Āis Āexpected Āin Āthe Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56901) NYSE ĀArca, Āthrough Āits wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca Equities, Inc., Āfiled a proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2007-122) relating to certain Āmodifications Āto Āthe Āinitial Ālisting standards for Index- Linked Securities pursuant to Rule 19b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act Āof Ā1934. ĀPublication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56907) NYSE Arca filed a proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2007-121) relating to ĀRule Ā6.37B Āand Āthe Āquoting Āobligations of Lead Market Makers. Publication Āis Āexpected Āin Āthe Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56908) NYSE ĀArca, Āthrough Āits wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca Equities, Inc., Āfiled a proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2007-125) relating to the Ācontinued Ālisting Āstandards Āfor Equity Index-Linked Securities pursuant Āto ĀRule Ā19b-4 Āunder Āthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication Āis Āexpected Āin Āthe Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56918) IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGE A Āproposed Ārule Āchange filed by The NASDAQ Stock Market (SR-NASDAQ- 2007-087) Āto Āmodify Āfees for members using the Nasdaq Market Center has Ābecome Āeffective Āunder ĀSection Ā19(b)(3)(A) Āof the Securities Exchange ĀAct of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56905) ACCELERATED APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGES The ĀCommission Āpublished notice of, and granted accelerated approval to, Āa Āproposed Ārule Āchange Ā(SR-NYSEArca-2007-103), as modified by Amendment ĀNo. Ā1 Āthereto, submitted by NYSE Arca, through its wholly owned Āsubsidiary, ĀNYSE ĀArca ĀEquities, Inc., pursuant to Rule 19b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the initial listing standards for Other Securities. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56906) The ĀCommission issued notice of, and granted accelerated approval to, a Āproposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2007-071), as modified by Amendment Nos. Ā1, Ā2, Āand Ā3 Āthereto, Āsubmitted Āby ĀThe NASDAQ Stock Market pursuant Āto ĀRule Ā19b-4 Āunder Āthe ĀSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to generic listing and trading rules for securities linked to the Āperformance Āof indexes, commodities, and currencies. Publication is Āexpected Āin Āthe Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56910) JOINT INDUSTRY PLAN RELEASES ELEVENTH ĀSUBSTANTIVE ĀAMENDMENT ĀTO ĀTHE ĀSECOND ĀRESTATEMENT ĀOF THE CONSOLIDATED TAPE ASSOCIATION PLAN The ĀConsolidated ĀTape ĀAssociation has filed an amendment to the CTA Plan Ā(CTA Plan) to permit Participants to report to the Processor the actual Ānumber of shares for each transaction (exclusive of odd-lots), rather Āthan Āto report the number of round lots for each transaction. Publication Āis Āexpected Āin Āthe Federal Register during the week of December 10. (Rel. 34-56904) SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATIONS The Āfollowing Āregistration Āstatements Āhave been filed with the SEC under Āthe Securities Act of 1933. The reported information appears as follows: ĀForm, ĀName, ĀAddress and Phone Number (if available) of the issuer of the security; Title and the number and/or face amount of the securities ĀĀbeing Āoffered; ĀName Āof Āthe Āmanaging Āunderwriter Āor depositor Ā(if Āapplicable); ĀFile Ānumber Āand Ādate Āfiled; Assigned Branch; and a designation if the statement is a New Issue. Registration statements may be obtained in person or by writing to the Commission's ĀĀĀĀPublic ĀReference ĀBranch Āat Ā100 ĀF ĀStreet, ĀN.E., Washington, ĀD.C. Ā20549-1090 Āor at the following e-mail box address: firstname.lastname@example.com. ĀIn most cases, this information is also available on the Commission's website: www.sec.gov. S-8 MICRO IMAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC., 23456 S POINTE DR, LAGUNA HILLS, CA, 92653-1512, 9497709347 - 3,000,000 ($750,000.00) Equity, (File 333-147854 - Dec. 6) (BR. 03A) S-1 BERLINER COMMUNICATIONS INC, 20 BUSHES LANE, ELMWOOD PARK, NJ, 07407, 201.791.3200 - 1,295,047 ($1,579,957.34) Equity, (File 333-147855 - Dec. 6) (BR. 11C) S-3 GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN, VA, 22102, 703-287-5800 - 0 ($300,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-147856 - Dec. 6) (BR. 08C) S-4 Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Corp., 200 GREENWICH AVENUE, GREENWICH, CT, 06830, 203-862-7900 - 35,916,667 ($281,586,669.00) Equity, (File 333-147857 - Dec. 6) (BR. 09) S-3 AUDIBLE INC, 1 WASHINGTON PARK, 16TH FLOOR, NEWARK, NJ, 07102, 9738200400 - 5,897,335 ($67,052,698.95) Equity, (File 333-147858 - Dec. 6) (BR. 02A) SB-2 BUCKEYE VENTURES, INC., 4455 LAMONT ST, SUITE 3, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92109, 858 272 6600 - 6,316,854 ($631,685.00) Equity, (File 333-147861 - Dec. 6) (BR. 06A) F-6 REED ELSEVIER NV, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, P7, 00000, 011442071665660 - 50,000,000 ($2,500,000.00) ADRs/ADSs, (File 333-147862 - Dec. 6) (BR. 05C) F-6 VITRO SAB DE CV, AVE RICARDO MAGAIN 400, GARZA GARCIA, MEXICO NUEVO LEON, O5, 66265, 5283291200 - 100,000,000 ($5,000,000.00) ADRs/ADSs, (File 333-147863 - Dec. 6) (BR. 06A) F-6 REED ELSEVIER PLC, 1-3 STRAND, LONDON WC2N 5JR, X0, 00000, 011442071665660 - 50,000,000 ($2,500,000.00) ADRs/ADSs, (File 333-147864 - Dec. 6) (BR. 05C) S-1 GLG Partners, Inc., 390 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022, 212-224-7200 - 84,150,406 ($727,348,062.00) Equity, (File 333-147865 - Dec. 6) (BR. 06C) S-8 IRIDEX CORP, 1212 TERRA BELLA AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94043, 6509404700 - 269,000 ($1,932,140.00) Equity, (File 333-147866 - Dec. 6) (BR. 10B) S-8 Amtrust Financial Services, Inc., 59 MAIDEN LANE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10038, (212) 220-7120 - 0 ($62,446,760.00) Equity, (File 333-147867 - Dec. 6) (BR. 01B) S-8 CHAUS BERNARD INC, 800 SECAUCUS ROAD, NEW YORK, NY, 10018, 2018634646 - 0 ($59,000.00) Equity, (File 333-147868 - Dec. 6) (BR. 09B) S-8 NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS INC, 1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.,SUITE 1000, WASHINGTON, DC, 20036, 2027723133 - 5,000,000 ($2,600,000.00) Equity, (File 333-147869 - Dec. 6) (BR. 01B) S-8 EMULEX CORP /DE/, 3333 SUSAN STREET, COSTA MESA, CA, 92626, 7146625600 - 0 ($30,857,054.00) Equity, (File 333-147870 - Dec. 6) (BR. 03B) S-4 Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 14 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD, SOMERSET, NJ, 08873, (732) 537-6200 - 0 ($893,455,000.00) Non-Convertible Debt, (File 333-147871 - Dec. 6) (BR. ) S-8 SIERRA WIRELESS INC, 1,733,178 ($28,042,820.04) Equity, (File 333-147872 - Dec. 6) (BR. 11C) RECENT 8K FILINGS Form 8-K is used by companies to file current reports on the following events: 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement 2.05 Cost Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities 2.06 Material Impairments 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics 6.01. ABS Informational and Computational Material. 6.02. Change of Servicer or Trustee. 6.03. Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support. 6.04. Failure to Make a Required Distribution. 6.05. Securities Act Updating Disclosure. 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure 8.01 Other Events 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits 8-K ĀĀreports Āmay Ābe Āobtained Āin Āperson Āor Āby Āwriting Āto Āthe Commission's ĀĀĀĀPublic ĀReference ĀBranch Āat Ā100 ĀF ĀStreet, ĀN.E., Washington, ĀD.C. Ā20549-1090 Āor at the following e-mail box address: email@example.com. ĀIn most cases, this information is also available on the Commission's website: www.sec.gov. STATE NAME OF ISSUER CODE 8K ITEM NO. DATE COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99 CENTS ONLY STORES CA 5.03,9.01 11/30/07 ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/ DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 Acadia Resources Inc. NV 1.01,2.01,5.01,5.02,5.06,9.01 11/28/07 ACCENTURE SCA 3.02 11/30/07 ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INC DE 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 ACTEL CORP CA 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 ACTIVISION INC /NY DE 1.01,3.02,3.03,5.02,9.01 12/01/07 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LTD NV 8.01 12/05/07 AEHR TEST SYSTEMS CA 5.03,9.01 12/05/07 AEROPOSTALE INC 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 ALBEMARLE CORP VA 8.01,9.01 11/30/07 ALDILA INC DE 1.01,2.01,9.01 11/30/07 ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC HI 8.01,9.01 11/30/07 ALLERGAN INC DE 5.02,9.01 12/03/07 Allied Security Holdings LLC DE 5.02 12/04/07 Allis Chalmers Energy Inc. DE 1.01,5.02,9.01 12/06/07 AMERCO /NV/ NV 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 AMERICAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING II LIMITE MA 8.01 12/06/07 AMERICAN CONSUMERS INC GA 2.03,9.01 11/30/07 AMERICAN SOFTWARE INC GA 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 AMERICAN SOIL TECHNOLOGIES INC NV 1.01 10/31/07 AMERIWEST ENERGY CORP. NV 4.01 12/06/07 AMIS HOLDINGS INC 5.02 12/01/07 AMSURG CORP TN 5.02,9.01 12/01/07 ANALOGIC CORP MA 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 Andover Medical, Inc. DE 7.01,9.01 12/05/07 ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 ARQULE INC DE 8.01,9.01 11/29/07 ARUBA NETWORKS, INC. DE 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 ATRION CORP DE 5.03,9.01 12/03/07 AVAX TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 1.01,5.02,9.01 12/01/07 AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 1.01,2.01,5.02,9.01 11/30/07 Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. NJ 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 Bancorp, Inc. 2.01,3.02,9.01 11/30/07 BANK JOS A CLOTHIERS INC /DE/ DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 BANK OF FLORIDA CORP FL 7.01,9.01 12/05/07 BIG DOG HOLDINGS INC DE 2.02,9.01 12/05/07 BIG LOTS INC OH 2.02,8.01,9.01 11/30/07 BON TON STORES INC PA 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 BOSTON FINANCIAL TAX CREDIT FUND PLUS MA 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. 2.02,9.01 12/05/07 Bradford Bancorp Inc /MD 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP WI 1.01,8.01,9.01 11/27/07 Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. DE 8.01 12/06/07 Brooklyn Federal Bancorp, Inc. X1 1.01,9.01 12/04/07 C&D TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 2.02,5.02,5.03,9.01 12/04/07 C-BASS 2007-CB5 Trust DE 1.03 11/30/07 CALAIS RESOURCES INC 3.02 11/30/07 CALPINE CORP DE 7.01,9.01 12/05/07 CANYON COPPER CORP. 1.01,5.02,7.01,9.01 11/30/07 Cape Bancorp, Inc. MD 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 CAPITAL GROWTH SYSTEMS INC /FL/ FL 1.01,3.02,9.01 11/30/07 CASCADE CORP OR 5.02 12/02/07 CASCADE MICROTECH INC 5.02,9.01 12/05/07 CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC DE 2.02,5.02,9.01 12/03/07 CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC IA 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC DE 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 CCH II LLC 5.02,9.01 11/30/07 CCO HOLDINGS LLC 5.02,9.01 11/30/07 CENTENE CORP 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 CENTEX CORP NV 8.01 12/06/07 Centro NP LLC MD 1.01,2.01,9.01 11/30/07 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LLC DE 5.02,9.01 11/30/07 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC /MO/ DE 5.02,9.01 11/30/07 CHARYS HOLDING CO INC 4.01,9.01 11/28/07 CHECKFREE CORP \GA\ DE 5.02,7.01,9.01 11/30/07 CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC DE 8.01,9.01 12/03/07 CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC. NV 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP OK 8.01,9.01 12/03/07 CINCINNATI BELL INC OH 1.01,7.01,9.01 11/30/07 CINTAS CORP WA 1.01,9.01 12/04/07 CMS ENERGY CORP MI 1.01,9.01 11/30/07 COBIZ FINANCIAL INC CO 7.01,9.01 12/04/07 COGNIGEN NETWORKS INC CO 2.01,8.01,9.01 11/30/07 Commerce Planet UT 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO IL 8.01,9.01 10/26/07 COMMSCOPE INC DE 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ DE 1.01,8.01,9.01 12/06/07 Comverge, Inc. DE 1.01,9.01 12/05/07 CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PR CA 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PR CA 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL PROPERTIES IV CA 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 CONVERSION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL INC DE 1.01,5.02,9.01 12/03/07 CORNERSTONE BANCORP/SC SC 5.02,9.01 12/05/07 CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND LLC CA 8.01,9.01 12/03/07 COVANTA HOLDING CORP DE 5.02,9.01 12/06/07 Covidien Ltd. D0 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 CRITICAL PATH INC CA 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 Customer Acquisition Network Holdings DE 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 CYBER DIGITAL INC NY 1.01 11/30/07 Deja Foods Inc 1.03,3.03,5.01,5.02,5.03,9.01 12/03/07 DEL GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP NY 5.03,9.01 12/05/07 dELiAs, Inc. DE 5.02 12/03/07 DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP OH 5.02 12/01/07 DEVRY INC DE 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 DIVX INC 5.02,9.01 11/30/07 DOMINION MINERALS CORP DE 5.02,9.01 12/03/07 DOMINOS PIZZA INC 1.01,9.01 12/03/07 DOW JONES & CO INC DE 5.02,9.01 12/06/07 DURECT CORP DE 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. PA 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORP WI 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 EL PASO CORP/DE DE 5.03,9.01 12/06/07 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP /DE/ DE 5.02 12/04/07 EMC INSURANCE GROUP INC IA 5.03 12/03/07 EMERSON RADIO CORP DE 5.02,9.01 12/01/07 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP IN 5.03,9.01 12/04/07 EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC CO KS 8.01 12/04/07 Emrise CORP DE 1.01,1.02,2.03,3.02,9.01 11/30/07 EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 2.02 12/05/07 EN2GO INTERNATIONAL INC NV 4.01,9.01 12/06/07 AMEND Endeavor Explorations Inc. NV 5.01,5.02 12/06/07 ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 ENERGEN CORP AL 8.01 12/04/07 Energy Infrastructure Acquisition Cor DE 1.01,7.01,9.01 12/03/07 EnteroMedics Inc 8.01 12/03/07 ENVIRONMENTAL POWER CORP DE 1.01 11/30/07 EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP DE 3.03,9.01 12/06/07 ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC MO 1.01,2.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 EXELIXIS INC DE 7.01 12/05/07 EXELON CORP PA 8.01,9.01 10/26/07 EXELON GENERATION CO LLC 8.01,9.01 10/26/07 Expedia, Inc. 5.02 12/04/07 Exterra Energy Inc. NV 5.02 12/05/07 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES INC DE 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 FAMOUS DAVES OF AMERICA INC MN 5.02,9.01 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta X1 2.03 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston X1 2.03 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago X1 2.03 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati X1 2.03,9.01 12/04/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines X1 2.03,9.01 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapoli X1 2.03,9.01 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of New York X1 2.03,9.01 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh PA 2.03,9.01 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francis X1 2.03 12/03/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle 2.03 12/06/07 Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka 2.03 12/03/07 FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 10/31/07 FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/31/07 FGX International Holdings LTD 2.02,7.01,9.01 12/06/07 FINISH LINE INC /IN/ IN 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 FIRST INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES GR TX 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 FIRST POTOMAC REALTY TRUST MD 1.01,9.01 11/30/07 FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES INC/DE/ DE 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORP WA 1.01,9.01 12/04/07 Fortress International Group, Inc. DE 1.01,2.01,3.02,8.01,9.01 11/30/07 FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC DE 1.01 11/30/07 Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. DE 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 GANDER MOUNTAIN CO MN 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 GAP INC DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 GEMINI EXPLORATIONS, INC. NV 3.02 12/05/07 GENITOPE CORP DE 5.03,9.01 12/03/07 GEODYNE ENERGY INCOME LTD PARTNERSHIP OK 9.01 11/15/07 AMEND GEODYNE ENERGY INCOME LTD PARTNERSHIP OK 9.01 11/15/07 AMEND GEODYNE ENERGY INCOME LTD PARTNERSHIP OK 9.01 11/15/07 AMEND GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL PENSION ENERGY OK 9.01 11/15/07 AMEND GEODYNE INSTITUTIONAL PENSION ENERGY TX 9.01 11/15/07 AMEND GEOKINETICS INC DE 7.01,9.01 12/03/07 GEORGIA POWER CO GA 8.01,9.01 11/29/07 GIGABEAM CORP DE 3.01,9.01 11/30/07 GLOBAL CASINOS INC UT 1.01,9.01 12/05/07 GLOBAL CROSSING LTD 2.02,7.01,9.01 12/06/07 GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LTD LA 8.01 11/26/07 GOLD HORSE INTERNATIONAL, INC. FL 1.01,2.03,3.02,7.01,9.01 11/30/07 GOLD RESOURCE CORP CO 3.02,9.01 12/05/07 Golden Aria Corp. 1.01,2.01,3.02,5.02,9.01 10/15/07 Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc. DE 8.01,9.01 11/08/07 Golden West Brewing Company, Inc. CA 1.01,3.02,5.02,9.01 12/04/07 GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC NV 1.01 12/06/07 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ OH 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 Gottaplay Interactive, Inc. NV 5.02 12/06/07 GOTTSCHALKS INC DE 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 GRAHAM CORP DE 1.01,1.02,9.01 12/05/07 GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO INC MD 8.01 12/03/07 AMEND GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC. IA 8.01,9.01 12/05/07 HANCOCK FABRICS INC DE 7.01,8.01,9.01 12/05/07 HANDLEMAN CO /MI/ MI 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 Harbor Acquisition Corp. DE 1.01,9.01 10/17/06 AMEND Harry & David Holdings, Inc. DE 1.01 11/30/07 HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC DE 1.01,2.01,9.01 11/30/07 HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC DE 2.05 07/26/05 AMEND Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. DE 2.01,9.01 11/30/07 HAYNES INTERNATIONAL INC DE 5.02 12/04/07 HECLA MINING CO/DE/ DE 5.03,9.01 12/03/07 HELMERICH & PAYNE INC DE 5.02,9.01 12/04/07 HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 HERLEY INDUSTRIES INC /NEW DE 5.02 12/04/07 HEXCEL CORP /DE/ DE 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 HOMELAND ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC 1.01,2.03,5.02,7.01,9.01 11/30/07 HOPFED BANCORP INC DE 5.03,9.01 12/05/07 ICF International, Inc. DE 5.03,9.01 12/05/07 INDYMAC BANCORP INC DE 7.01,9.01 12/05/07 InfoLinx Communications Ltd. NV 8.01 12/05/06 InfuSystem Holdings, Inc DE 1.01,2.01,2.02,2.03,5.02,5.03, 12/06/07 AMEND 5.06,8.01,9.01 Inland American Real Estate Trust, In MD 5.03,9.01 12/06/07 INNERWORKINGS INC 2.01,8.01,9.01 11/30/07 Innophos Holdings, Inc. 5.03 12/06/07 INOVIO BIOMEDICAL CORP 5.03,9.01 11/30/07 INSIGHTFUL CORP DE 8.01,9.01 12/03/07 Intcomex, Inc. DE 5.05,9.01 12/03/07 INTEGRA BANK CORP IN 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP /DE/ DE 5.02 12/02/07 ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP DE 5.02,7.01 12/01/07 ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP DE 3.02,3.03,9.01 12/06/07 ION MEDIA NETWORKS INC. DE 1.01,9.01 11/30/07 Isilon Systems, Inc. DE 5.02 11/30/07 ITERIS, INC. DE 8.01 11/30/07 ITEX CORP NV 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 ITRON INC /WA/ WA 5.03 12/04/07 J P MORGAN CHASE & CO DE 9.01 12/05/07 JACOBS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. DE 1.01,9.01 12/03/07 JAMBA, INC. DE 5.02,9.01 12/01/07 JCM PARTNERS LLC DE 3.02 12/01/07 JMAR TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 5.02 12/01/07 JMP Group Inc. DE 1.01 11/30/07 JOHN D. OIL & GAS CO 1.01,2.03,9.01 11/30/07 KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc MD 1.01,2.01,2.03,8.01,9.01 11/15/07 KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS L P DE 7.01 12/05/07 KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC DE 7.01 12/05/07 KIRKLANDS INC 2.02,9.01 11/30/07 KOHLS CORPORATION WI 7.01,9.01 12/06/07 KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL DE 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC NC 2.02,7.01,9.01 12/06/07 LABOR READY INC WA 7.01,8.01,9.01 12/03/07 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC DE 2.02,9.01 12/06/07 LANCASTER COLONY CORP OH 8.01 12/06/07 LANGER INC NY 8.01,9.01 12/06/07 LCC INTERNATIONAL INC DE 1.01,9.01 11/30/07 LEAF Equipment Leasing Income Fund II DE 1.01,2.01,2.03 11/30/07 Legacy Bancorp, Inc. 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Literacy and Life Skills for Pasifika Adults: Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey
Publication Details
The 2006 ALL survey was designed to measure the distribution of literacy and numeracy skills among the adult population of New Zealand. The ALL survey included an oversample of Pasifika adults. This design feature has allowed meaningful insights into the distribution of literacy and numeracy skills among the adult Pasifika population of New Zealand.
Author(s): Elliot Lawes, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2009
This report is available as a download (please refer to the 'Downloads' inset box). To view the individual chapters please refer to the 'Sections' inset box. For links to related publications/ information that may be of interest please refer to the 'Where to Find Out More' inset box.
Section 4: Gender
This section is concerned with the distribution of skills by gender amongst Pasifika peoples.
Figure 2.1 shows the distribution of men and women among Pasifika peoples measured by the ALL and IALS surveys. Figures 2.2 to 2.5 show the distributions of each of prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving skill for Pasifika men and women in New Zealand. In addition, Figures 2.2 and 2.3 show the comparable statistics available from the IALS survey.
Overall, Figures 2.1 to 2.5 indicate that:
- According to the IALS and ALL surveys, there was a slight decrease in the proportion of Pasifika adults who were female.8
- For all four skill domains (prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy, and problem solving skill), for both men and women, the majority (from 71 percent to 93 percent) of Pasifika adults in 2006 had level 1 or 2 skills.
- For all four skill domains, Pasifika women had slightly higher skills than Pasifika men (but see also Section 9 where this result is not always true when disaggregated by Pasifika ethnic population).
- The percentage of Pasifika men and women with level 3, 4, or 5 prose literacy appeared to decrease substantially from 1996 to 2006.9 For Pasifika men, the percentage at level 2 remained stable. For women, this percentage increased substantially.
- Changes in document literacy from 1996 to 2006 were somewhat different to those of prose literacy over the same period. The percentage of Pasifika men with level 3, 4, or 5 document literacy appeared to decrease substantially from 1996 to 2006, but for Pasifika women, there appears to have been an increase. For Pasifika men, the percentage at level 2 decreased substantially. For women, this percentage increased substantially. Again, assessment of the significance of these changes is difficult as the number of Pasifika respondents in the IALS survey was relatively small.
Figure 2.1: Gender, IALS and ALL
Figure 2.2: Prose literacy level by gender, IALS and ALL
- To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.
Figure 2.3: Document literacy level by gender, IALS and ALL
- To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.
Figure 2.4: Numeracy level by gender, ALL only
- To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.
- Numeracy was not measured in the IALS survey.
Figure 2.5: Problem-solving level by gender, ALL only
- To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 3 and 4 were grouped together.
- Problem-solving was not measured in the IALS survey.
- The New Zealand Census records that from 1996 to 2006, the percentage of women among the Pasifika population increased from 51 percent to 52 percent.
- See Appendix Figures 2.1 to 2.6 for a description of the quality of the data. Some of the statistics concerning Pasifika peoples were of marginal quality so these apparent changes may not be as pronounced as they appear.
- Section 1: Executive Summary
- Section 2: Introduction
- Section 3: Age
- Section 4: Gender
- Section 5: Labour Force
- Section 6: Attainment
- Section 7: Language
- Section 8: First Language
- Section 9: Place of Birth
- Section 10: Income
- Section 11: Ethnic Populations
- Section 12: Discussion
- Section 13: Publications
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Re^2: 'state' variables and unit testing (Devel::Init)by tye (Sage)
|on Feb 01, 2014 at 22:36 UTC ( #1073004=note: print w/replies, xml )
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Delaying initialization until first use is a very common technique. And it is an important technique when it comes to making unit testing easier. Initializing too early is a great source of serious, hard-to-work-around problems when it comes to unit testing. (See Devel::Init for a lot of discussion about why and how to avoid problematic premature initialization.)
The specific example given above is obviously contrived. So let me pick a different example:
Clearly the value from getConfig($key) depends on which host it was called on. That is the design. It is not a bug. It would be a huge pain and introduce much room for mistakes all over the place if we required everybody who wanted to get a configuration variable to do their own lookup of what their hostname is and pass that in to the API that gets host-specific configuration information.
We could try for both easy-to-use and "the getConfig() API is not buggy according to moritz" with something like:
But there are a lot of ways that that is worse. Getting the configuration for the wrong host is not something that we want people to be doing in Production code. It is very much something we want people to be doing in test code.
So we use the first approach where getting configuration information for any host is easily possible but only by doing things that all of our programmers know constitute ugly peeking under the covers and so are not things that they would do in Production code, but are things that make sense to do in unit test code.
The point is even more important when we are testing code that gets configuration information somewhere under its covers. I may want to be able to test that code from the perspective of some other host without having to plumb the "optionally pass in a hostname parameter" at every single layer between the entry point that I'm testing and any number of places that might be looking up configuration information.
So I want my test code to be able to do:
And it is convenient to be able to have a single unit test script that can perform tests pretending to be on any number of other hosts with:
This is an approach that does make it possible to do stupid things that get you strange results (for example, if you leave off the resetting of %MyConfig::HostConfig above). But the only way to get screwed up in Production code is by doing things that are obviously not appropriate in Production code (in our group, anyway). And the ways to get screwed up in test code are just not very likely.
We could add a bunch of code to try catch such unlikely mistakes, but that code would be in the Production MyConfig package. And more code means more complexity which means more chances for bugs. I don't want code in Production modules that is there only to try to prevent unlikely mistakes that are only possible outside of Production.
It is an official best practice in our group to use "our $Var //= ..." over "state" or even a more complex construct with "my". And that is because such persistent variables are very likely to be things that are convenient to be able to override when writing unit tests (for lots of different reasons). And there are lots of cases of things that make perfect sense to cache just one version of in Production because there is only one valid way to get it in Production while it also makes sense to use different and more than one value for those same things in unit tests.
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Ezra Klein's Vox endeavor is a mixed bag. Sometimes it has some really intelligent articles. But with 30-some posts a day, it occasionally posts some really dumb shit with very little critical thought. For example, they recently posted about a deeply flawed study claiming female-named hurricanes kill more people than male-named hurricanes because sexism (a notion I debunk here). And today, they post this article arguing that we should ban spanking.
The stupidity of the article is revealed in the first two sentences:
The law prohibits you from spanking your boss, your employee, your spouse, your best friend, or a stranger you walk past on the street.
But in the United States, it's still perfectly legal to spank your own children.
What … I … you … but … for …
(Sounds of Hal banging his head on the keyboard)
Seriously, Vox?
The reason we can spank our kids is because they are our fucking kids. We're expected to exercise discipline and teach kids how to live and behave properly. The rules are different when we deal with adults. It's true, you can't spank your boss. You also can't force her to eat her vegetables. You can't make strangers to go to bed on time. If you told your employees they were grounded, they would laugh at you. And frankly, I've known some people who probably would enjoy a good spanking. Hell, there are some people who will pay strangers to spank them.
The article gets worse. It cites some research showing that spanking doesn't work and that it causes long term damage. I have no doubt that abuse causes long-term damage. But the research on spanking is actually somewhat mixed. The reason is that children who grow up to have problems as adults often had problems as children too and therefore earned more physical discipline. There is some hint in the literature that spanking does benefit younger children, at ages when they are less amenable to reason and other forms of punishment.
The scientific case is not nearly clear enough to ban spanking, least of all (I guess) arrest or fine parents who do it. In a country where parents can be arrested for leaving their kid in a car for five minutes on a cool day, do we really want CPS arresting every parent who swats a kid's bottom?
The rest of the article uses "everyone else is doing it" logic to say we should join other nations in banning spanking. But everyone else is not doing it. France hasn't. The UK hasn't. Australia hasn't. Italy hasn't. Canada hasn't. This isn't like the metric system where we are practically the only country in the world not doing it. This is clearly something that many countries have different opinions on. If Tunisia has banned spanking, good for them. I'm not using that as a basis for our domestic policies.
More countries outlaw abortion than outlaw spanking. Is Vox going to advocate that we should too? More countries use some form of Sharia Law than ban spanking. Is Vox going to advocate that we should adopt it? Well … I shouldn't give them ideas.
To me, this just boils down to parental freedom. Spanking is not nearly so abusive and and not nearly so damaging that it mandates government intervention. If you don't want to spank your kids, don't spank your kids. But don't come into my house and tell me how to discipline my offspring. Joseph Stromberg, who wrote the Vox article, clearly has a much lower threshold for government barging into our houses than I do.


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Chelsea to make it another blue day for Arsenal
Arsene Wenger insists there is no need for panic at Arsenal despite their recent poor run but their resilience will be truly tested as they take on the in-form Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal's confidence will have been boosted somewhat by their last minute Champions League victory over Dynamo Kiev but the Gunners are trying to avoid a third league defeat in a row having been dispatched by Aston Villa and Manchester City.
Chelsea had a worse week in the Champions League drawing to Bordeaux and having Frank Lampard sent off but have been in good form in the league, drawing their last match against Newcastle but winning four in a row before that.
It is Chelsea's superior league form and that fact that they sit 10 points above Arsenal that makes them 4/5 favourites with Arsenal 4/1 and the draw 9/4. One thing for sure is an in-form Arsenal team would not be such a big price.
Nicolas Anelka has been one of the main catalysts behind Chelsea's good run of form having scored eight goals in his last Premier League five appearances and scored in the 1-1 draw with Bordeaux. The ex-Arsenal man can be backed at 9/2 to find the back of the net first and 13/8 to score anytime.
Arsenal will welcome back their top striker Emmanuel Adebayor and he will bring a more menacing look to The Gunners' front line. Adebayor is 15/2 to score the first goal and 14/5 to net for Arsenal at any point during the match.
New Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will be hoping to get his second straight win of his captaincy since William Gallas was controversially stripped of the armband last week. The Spanish youngster is 12/1 to lead from the front and score first for Arsenal.
Chelsea have an enviable record in defence having not conceded more than one goal in 21 Premiership matches, which included clean sheets. Even more interestingly, Chelsea have not conceded a goal in the second half of any Premier League match this season.
If Chelsea are as solid at the back as usual and Arsenal can begin to recapture some form then 2/1 about the first half being the half with the most goals could look appealing as the game would be a tight affair.
When Chelsea and Arsenal meet bookings are always in the offing with 39 yellows and four red cards in the last seven meetings making the 5/6 about over 55 booking points a must have bet for many. Alternatively 10/11 is the price that this game will have more booking points than the Manchester City v Manchester United match earlier in the day - one of a range of Derby Day special available.
Phil Scolari knows that Arsenal are a dangerous team to underestimate even though they are on a bad run. Scolari was bitterly disappointed after another poor showing from Chelsea in the Champions League and a similar performance here will simply not be tolerated.
Arsene Wenger will be desperate for a win to boost the team's morale and make up some ground on the Premier League leaders before they are totally out of the title race.
It is a tall order to come and win at Stamford Bridge though especially with a team that is low on confidence and desperate for wins. Any sign of weakness and Chelsea will exploit it in an instant. Arsenal have the ability to threaten but will need the returning Adebayor to be fully fit after his injury to have a real chance of troubling the Blues.
The returning Michael Ballack always carries a potent goal threat and if fully wound up, would appeal at 9/1 for the first goal. Frank Lampard, a constant menace is priced up at 6/1.
Jose Bosingwa is of some interest at 25/1 for the first goal or 10/1 to score anytime. The defender loves surging forward, has a superb shot and has already scored two this season and could pose Arsenal some trouble at a big price.
For Arsenal, Samir Nasri at 14/1 looks a possible bet as he was in great form before getting injured and poses a constant goal threat from midfield.
This should be an entertaining but tight affair between the London rivals and Chelsea should just edge it due to their excellent defensive record. Arsenal will be desperate to win otherwise any aspirations of challenging for the title would have to wait until next year.
Bosingwa to score anytime - 10/1
Chelsea to win 2-1 - 7/1


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I just noticed this which may be of interest to the story...
To rescue Lorelei, Thor went to the English Cotswolds, where stood the faerie castle that serves as a nexus between Earth and the other dimensional faerie realm of Svartalfheim.
That's where that note is! I had read it a while back, and then later couldn't dig it up again. I had been wondering if they would use Stonehenge instead of the faerie castle mentioned above to get to Svartalfheim. Thinking about it some more, Greenwich University could stand in for the castle.
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Also, one thing that's been bothering me about the armored helmeted dudes on the attack here, is such variation there. Some really look like they have the Viking influence with the horns, and others not so much (such as the red armor guys). I am wondering now if perhaps Malekith and the Dark Elves team up with the Vanir, to attack Asgard, starting with Nornheim (possibly to get their hands on the 3 Norns?), and so the Viking looking guys on horses are the Vanir, and the other odder looking armored guys are Dark Elves who must cover up completely due to not being able to be out in the sun without turning to stone/burning (as I proposed earlier, based on the myths). So the guy I was wondering about in the Kurse thread a while back, could actually wind up being Algrim in a full armor, as we were once considering. I still feel like I see an outline of a skull on his chest.
And maybe while that is going on Malekith and more Dark Elves are attacking Odin's palace/elsewhere.
I feel obligated to pick a historical nit: actual Vikings did not incorporate horns into their helmets. That said, those guys with the horned helmets do look like they have design elements that are in the same general vein as Vikings and Aesir.
To flesh it out: what is the Vanir's beef with Asgard? If they currently have trade pact, what does it benefit them by teaming up with the Dark Elves? (ie, what is their motivation?)
Regarding the Norn, I have the impression that they are like oracles. They merely inform of what will come to pass. They don't directly control or influence events. So I'm not certain what the objective would be in capturing them.
I agree that likely another attack is going on. Maybe this attack is to draw off the main army.
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I spent the last few days just soaking in the show and not worrying about reporting EVERYTHING once it happens. Well, for one, someone has probably beaten me to it who's career is really "on the line" (lord, this woman threw a fit when the wireless in the press room cut off her internet connection as she was blogging) and, second, no one's paying me to do what I'm doing! On top of that, not all that many people follow my blog postings anyway.
Just about every day, I spent at the 2010 NW Flower and Garden Show. Each of those days I snapped photographs, talked to nurserymen and growers, designers, stressed, but still managed to pull off a successful talk, and most importantly, I was able to connect with friends and close colleagues.
To make this a far less boring and more entertaining blog post, I won't rant and ramble like I do in most of my talks and just give you a photo montage like I did during press day.
I was quite impressed by this garden for its layout and the stunning stone walls, very Bernard Trainor like. Love love LOVE how the curly willows are "lightened up" and create a silhouette up against the wall.
*Most Eye-Catching Planting Combination*
Easy composition, but stunning use of color by the designers at Ravenna Gardens.
*Garden Ornament I'd Actually Consider Using*
This is kinda cool, actually.
*Best Attempt at Transporting One to a Different World*
A lovely display of a wide assortment of orchids by the Northwest Orchid Society.
*Best Attempt to Really Make a Statement, but unfortunately didn't*
A vignette display by a local high school that was quite a bold attempt at teaching a lesson on environmental impacts on careless gardening.
*Most Awesomely Fragrant Vendor Display*
Loved these vendors since my first show, but I HATE the use of fake flowers and foliage and claiming that it's really easy to grow Plumeria, Proteas, and Tuberoses in the Pacific Northwest. Gotta love the fresh flower samples they have of richly scented Frangipani and Tuberose.
*Tackiest Accessory*
Found at The Lily Pad comes this cute, but somewhat pointless and gaudy contraption that's suppose to allow you to shower outdoors during the summer months. And what the hell are you suppose to do with it the rest of the year? Eww…
*Best Potentially Misleading Signage That Annoys Me"
Again, a Lily Pad poo poo. Lilies are not trees, dammit! Yes, these Oriental x Trumpet hybrids can get large, but THEY DIE BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND EACH WINTER!!!
*Best and Clever Use of Edibles*
"Crops for Clunkers" by Seattle Urban Farmers.
*The Pacific Islands Award*
A Japanese landscape designed by a Filipino man, Tony Fajarillo of Active Landscape, Inc.
**The "WTF is that" Award**
This was just one of several table container displays that were well composed and actually even won an award for "Best Use of Plants", but really, WTF is up with the Barbie Dolls. If this is their attempt at coaxing the next generation of women and gay male gardeners, they're seriously trying too hard.
There ya go! Until next year, folks! More stories and interviews to come later!


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The Lappenballerina by Harry Sacksioni This a great excercise if you want to improve your fingerpicking technique or increase your speed. Once you got it in your fingers it's not easy to lay down the guitar again. Play it uptempo for the b (guitaretab.com)


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"A Scandal In Bohemia": Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to recover blackmail evidence, held by the woman whom the king once promised to marry, but who was abandoned for a woman of noble birth.
"The Red-Headed League": Holmes (and Doyle) pull out all the stops in this classic story. Of all the many excellent tales of Sherlock Holmes, this must rate amongst the most perplexing of them all. Why would a pawnbroker have to copy out in long-hand the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica, word for word, and what bearing can the knees of a man's trousers have on the case?
"A Case of Identity": Miss Mary Sutherland, angry and beside herself with feelings of loss, asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the sudden, mysterious disappearance of a shy and attentive man she has grown to love, upon the very day they were to be married.
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery": Holmes is brought into the investigation of what appears to be a simple, obvious case of a son murdering his father, shortly after the son was seen by witnesses near, and at, the scene of the man's death.
"The Five Orange Pips": A young man comes to Holmes for help, fearing that the unknown forces that have brought about the deaths of his uncle and father will soon visit him as well.
"The Man with the Twisted Lip": Holmes' search for Neville St. Clair has led him to the opium dens of Upper Swandam Lane, where the "disappearance" of many souls in this vile alley is a sobering fact of life. St. Clair's distraught wife has seen him there in one of the dens, but he has vanished just as suddenly. With no body, seemingly deprived of sufficient evidence, and bereft of insight, Holmes appears unable to solve the case.
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I was looking at a website for a product called a Zen Staff, and one of the things they make called the Imperial Dragon fan:
(link) http://zentech.info/dragonfan.html
Basically, a folding fan with titanium blades and kevlar fabric. I like the idea of applying modern engineering to old weapons, but this part kinda concerned me:
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So I'm pretty doubtful about these claims above. First, the firearm one:
Let's say that this thing is structurally strong enough to have a bullet hit it without piercing through it. Do you imagine that you could maintain a grip on a fan after it takes the energy of a bullet? A fan puts the wrist at a weird angle, and I'll bet the fan would fly out of the hand when shot (at best). I'm guessing the only way that the small firearm application might work is if you covered your back with it while running away. This is all assuming that it can actually stop bullets, which I'd like to see.
Next: knives
I've read that kevlar vests are not stab-proof, so I'm pretty skeptical that this is stab proof. Again, the angle of the fan when open isn't really suitable for receiving force, so I imagine trying to shield against a thrust with it would end up stapling the fan to the stabbing target. I'm guessing the tip would pass between the titanium tines and through the fabric like a knife sliding through a ribcage.
Anyone with a background in engineering, firearms, knives etc have any thoughts on this thing?


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Just getting back from a great movie weekend ("Juno," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Atonement"). More about these fine films later today. But first, some other notes …
No-show alert!
The new year is still hours away, and already there's a depressing movie note. Word is today that "One Missed Call," this weekend's only wide release — and the first since Christmas Day — isn't being screened in advance for critics.
Not that that's any great surprise or any great loss. Horror films opening in January are prime no-show candidates, mainly because they tend to suck and the studios know it. Remember last year's stellar crop ("Primeval," "The Hitcher," "Blood and Chocolate")?
But you'd think with the opportunity to have the market all to itself, this remake of a Japanese horror film, about people hearing what their deaths will sound like on their cellphones, would bite the bullet and let those nasty critics have a peek in time for opening-day reviews. Instead, the first screenings are at 10 p.m. Thursday, far too late for Weekender. Oh well. We'll get a review posted on MySA.com Friday.
Famine vs. feast
As many years as I've been following movie-release schedules, I'm still at a loss sometimes as to how studios and distributors work. We only have two openings in S.A. this week — the scaredy-cat "One Missed Call" and "Starting Out in the Evening," which stars Frank Langella as an aging novelist and is supposed to be excellent. And it's only opening at the Bijou.
The first Friday of 2007, we had SEVEN movies open — five wide releases ("Freedom Writers," "Happily N'Ever After," "Code Name: The Cleaner," "Children of Men" and "Thr3e" and the limited-release flicks "Little Children" (which got some Oscar nominations) and "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer." Seven new movies is a lot for any Friday. And every one was screened, even "The Cleaner," which was an act of unquestioned bravery.
Best of 2007
Nobody asked me, mainly because I'm not a film critic and see fewer films in a year than Larry Ratliff sees in a month. But my favorite films of 2007 included:
1. "Once" — Saw it twice. And bought the soundtrack. And put the DVD on my Christmas list (thanks, kids!). And learned the tunes on my guitar.
2. "Juno" — As good as advertised.
3. "Charlie Wilson's War"
4. "3:10 to Yuma" — Not exactly a feel-good Western, but I liked the fact that the lines between the good guys and bad guys (at least, some of them) are blurred.
5. "Talk to Me" — Don Cheadle was great as the ex-inmate turned radio-show host Petey Greene. His broadcast after MLK was killed belongs in a time capsule marked "Great Movie Scenes."
6. "Sunshine" — Sci-fi film about a crew trying to revive our fading sun is a workmanlike effort that emphasizes the nuts and bolts of the mission and doesn't treat the audience like it has ADD.
7. "The Queen" — Helen Mirren deserved her Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Liz II coping with Princess Diana's death.
8. "Waitress" — Keri Russell was great, and gee, those pies looked tasty.
9. "Atonement"
10. "Enchanted" — Amy Adams had an interesting year, from trying to keep Charlie Wilson pulled together to singing to rats and cockroaches.
Honorable mention: "Stardust," "Hairspray," "The Jane Austen Book Club" (there goes my man card), "Hot Fuzz," "Bridge to Terabithia."
Disappointed! By the third "Pirates" and "Spider-Man" flicks.