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Speed camera clocks 81mph school bus terror run
Velocity-busting kit goes insane
Two drivers who found themselves facing a stern slap on the wrist for allegedly attempting to break the land speed record on the Queen's Highway will not after all face the full weight of the law. In both cases, the offenders were able to prove that the speed camera evidence was flawed.
Ipswich school bus driver Trevor Martin received a letter stating he would be prosecuted for driving his vehicle through a village at 81mph. The 43-year-old told UK tabloid the Mirror: "I was completely shocked when I received the notice as driving is my livelihood. I knew a conviction for going 81mph in a 30mph limit would lead to me losing my licence and being suspended from work. It created a lot of stress and worry. My wife doesn't work and I bring the money in."
Luckily for Mr Martin, the bus's tachograph showed that he had in fact been doing 29mph. Speed camera operator Suffolk SafeCam said of the outrage: "A combination of technical and human error was to blame. The camera wrongly recorded the speed - but a secondary check should have been made, measuring the speed of the vehicle against the white lines on the road. Unfortunately the operator did not complete the process fully and the matter was then automatically passed through the system.
"A secondary check would have showed the vehicle was not exceeding the limit and the matter should have been cancelled. It was corrected immediately when a telephone query was received in the office. Procedures have been reviewed with the intention of ensuring such a mistake can never happen again."
All well and good, but as Martin pointed out: "It would have been harder to prove my innocence in a car. In a way I'm relieved I was in a bus. It made it easier because there was no way I could have been doing that speed." He further noted: "I'm happy to be in the clear, but these cameras assume you're guilty until you're proved innocent."
The Home Office, meanwhile, has launched an investigation into the use of long-range ProLaser III radar guns after Inverness Sheriff Court threw out a speeding prosecution against 34-year-old John MacGregor. The alleged speed junkie was clocked at 132mph - something which surprised both MacGregor and the court since his car has a flat-out top speed of 107mph.
The ProLaser III is "a handheld device to catch vehicles more than a mile away" which was "designed to prevent drivers evading penalties by slowing down for roadside cameras then speeding up afterwards", the Daily Telegraph explains. Following the court's decision, MacGregor's lawyer called for all convictions based on ProLaser III readings to be reviewed. He further advised "motorists charged with speeding on evidence of the device to contest their case".
Finally, and just to further provoke those readers with steam already coming out of their ears, we have the heartwarming news of what must be among the UK's most lucrative speed cameras - stationed on the A610 in Nottinghamshire and with a five-year bonanaza of £4.2m in fines. Its tireless work has accounted for almost a third of all speeding raps in the county, totalling 280,000 motor-borne ne'er-do-wells.
Alison Richards, from the county's "safety" camera partnership, told the BBC: "We're definitely not cashing in. We have to look at driver responsibility first of all. All drivers should know - because they've passed their test - that the road signs indicate that they're coming into a 30mph zone. So they should start to think about slowing down before they get to that 30mph speed limit.
"It is an absolute shame really that we're in the position where cameras are hated so much and that people are paranoid that more cameras are being put up. If drivers slowed down and paid more attention on the road we wouldn't have this issue of casualties or collisions and therefore we wouldn't be looking at installing more cameras."
Here are Nottinghamshire's top ten earning speed cameras. Their record on clocking school buses at hypersonic speeds is not noted:
- A610 Bobbersmill
- A1 Elkesley
- A60 South, Nottingham
- A6004 Castle Boulevard/Abbey Bridge
- A60 Woodhouse Road, Mansfield
- A6514 Nottingham Ring Road
- A52 Clifton Boulevard
- A52 Middleton Boulevard
- A611 Hucknall Road, Nottingham
- A1 East Markham
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Invest in a two-way speakerphone, super long phone-to-ear cord, or quality headset so you can be more mobile while you chat.
Even if you simply stand while on the phone, you'll naturally shift from leg to leg.
Or take a quick walk post meals. The fat levels in your bloodstream are highest after eating, and simply moving around afterward increases the activity of lipoprotein lipase, which spurs your metabolism.
Sit on the front third of the barstool; spread your feet just wider than hip distance, so they're supporting a fair bit of your weight, and gently roll your hips forward, arching your back slightly.
This position is called "perching" - it maintains an S-shape in your spine, and distributes your weight more evenly.
Whether you're going to a concert, tailgate, or park, don't bring a chair.
You'll find that if you don't have one, you stand the whole time or naturally move back and forth between your blanket and standing, Hamilton says.
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Instead of emailing or calling a coworker, walk over to her desk. Stand in your colleague's office to discuss things, or suggest taking a walk to chat.
"Within two weeks, you could get addicted to walking and working," Dr. Levine says.
Hear us out: They can all be at the same desk. The idea is to allow your body to rotate between different positions throughout the day.
Cranz suggests creating an area where you can stand while doing work (try putting a box or milk crate covered by fabric on top of your desk, to rest your computer on), a stool to perch on (and a perch-level surface - slipping a few books under your monitor will do), and, if you can, a floor-level seating area, where you'll land to read that oh-so-important memo.
Sitting cross-legged naturally rolls your pelvis forward and maintains the S-curve. Move from one area to the next as you feel like it.

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I cannot get my head around people who use this term, & often look at them with a confused expression when I hear 'rest in peace'. What do people mean by this, & why do they feel they need to say it?
To me & probably all of you, its an empty phrase, meaningless. But still, its branded about more than Angry Birds.
How do you feel with this phrase? & how do you react to it socially? Are you offended by it? Have you never really thought about it?
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I'm open to it. It kind of makes me think of the last moments of life, as you give up the struggle and slip into the void.
It means I need to lose a couple of pounds and buy another pair of pants --
I saw RIP many times and for years before realizing it was an abbreviation. I only knew that for some reason, it means 'dead'. I usually visualize it on a tombstone; it's just another cliche to me, with a long history.
What I object to more is the space that a gravesite requires. I'd rather see ashes in a used Starbucks paper cup, with RIP and a name written on it for humerous effect.
(... and a check mark in the Decaff box.)
I agree about the waste of space. That's part of why I donated my body to science. When they're done with me, my body will be cremated. The only way I'm happy with whole body burials is when they are casket free and the earth is allowed to freely feast upon the remains (where legal).
Sadly a Starbucks paper cup would hardly offer enough container space. Three to four lbs of ash for most cremation remains. Not much to speek of, since it looks like wood ash with a few bone chips thrown in, but thats about it. If you did not know better, you might accidently think it was dry cement.
Whats nice about it, is the amount of calcium phosphate and trace elements. It is little alkaline due to the sodium/potassium/calcium/magnesium oxides that go to hydroxides on contact with water. A fairly good soil amendment for trace elements, pH buffering, and phosphate.
We have spread cremation remains on our property here a few times now, for friends and family. A little of Mom made rather good tomatos two years ago. Thanks Mom.....;p(
Now that's cool. I did tell my kids once they could spread me around a flower or vegetable bed, which would give more back to nature than (say) being mixed into someone's concrete patio. But I'll probably donate myself to science, or maybe I'll be worth a few bucks on CraigsList?
I don't use it, even when burying a dead cat.
I have used 'God speed', once, but what does that mean. Is the dead cat going to get up and move a little faster after I said it?
'I loved you, thank you for your fellowship, Sweetie'. My oldest cat is getting close. 'Sweetie' has been with me since 1997, just after my father died. We have been through some real hell at times. It a matter of time now...
Sorry to hear about your kitty. :( We lost one of ours last year, so I know how you feel.
'Sweetie', still sits in my lap as she feels like it, but must establish a pecking order with our two puppies that are about 10x bigger than she is. The puppies are truely respectiveful of her, since she has a very sharp and fast business end. Atleast one other cat and family dog have come away with face abcesses after a 'Sweetie' encounter. Our puppies react explosively to 'Sweetie' if she generates that rather wonderful but ominous 'sizzling' sound, very similar to a cobra snake.
Our mother, before she died, did not quite discover the happy balance between 'Sweetie' space, and Mom space. Over a few years, Mom started to accumulate hand scars, and a few times we needed to bandage Mom up after an encounter.
Our male cat, 'Mr. Baker', gives 'Sweetie' a wide birth also, no sense in teasing fate I expect. The puppies use our male cat as a chase toy, with no negative effect.
About once a day, our livingroom can be a battle ground, 'Sweetie' hissing, puppies trying to get away through the dog door, and 'Mr. Baker' looking for a closet to hide in. I expect that she does this so she has a lose human lap to sleep in undisturbed.
Sadly 'Sweetie' has no interest in JW or Morman visitors, a 'slice and dice' might be interesting....
I like that name, "Sweetie", under the circumstances - it must lull newcomers into a false sense of security...
When she was younger, she was rather the charmer. Age and crowding has frosted her socialization skills. The 'false sense of security' is equal for all of us here. Happily, 'Sweetie' likes her cardboard box to sleep in, as if she is letting us off the hook.
My wife loves animals, as I, but a little less so, due to practical issues. Sometimes it is hard to find couch space for sitting or reading. The puppies can fill our double rocker with 115 lbs of warm snugglys, with no desire to share without a tickle fight.The dogs have more places to sleep than I do...


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Details about Amanda Knox's tell-all memoir emerged Wednesday amid reports that HarperCollins postponed the British release of the book fearing a libel suit.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knox's upcoming novel "Waiting to be Heard," reveals several details about her four-year stay in an Italian prison after she was convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher, while studying in Perugia, Italy, in 2009.
In the autobiography Knox confesses she was sexually harassed by both inmates and officials while serving her time at Capanne Prison outside Perugia, Italy.
The 25-year old talked specifically about a guard who "was fixated on the topic of sex -- who I'd done it with, how I liked it . . . if I would like to do it with him."
The guard's name was Raffaele Argiro and according to Knox she was "so surprised and scandalized by his provocations that . . . I would try to change the subject."
According to the National Enquirer, Knox's alleged confession, which played a key part in getting her convicted of the murder will be an important part of the book. In a letter she wrote the day after the confession was made, Knox explains that she is "very doubtful of the verity" of the statement.
"In regards to the 'confession' that I made last night, I want to make it clear that I'm very doubtful of the verity of my statements because they were made under the pressure of stress, shock and extreme exhaustion," she wrote.
Knox's lawyer Bob Barnett said many of the book revelation's "will shock [readers] to the core."
"Waiting to Be Heard" is set to be released on April 30th in the U.S. The book's May 9 British debut has been postponed until further notice.
On March 26 Italy's top court overturned Knox's exoneration and she and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are set to be retried for the murder of Meredith Kercher.


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Joint initiative launched for poverty reduction in Doi Mae Salong, Thailand
The PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), the leading energy producer in Thailand, energy producer and provider TOTAL E&P Thailand and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, signed a Memorandum of Agreement at the Energy Complex Building in Chatuchak, Bangkok, to jointly launch a project on poverty reduction in the Doi Mae Salong Landscape by improving local economic conditions through income generation opportunities.
Located in Chiangrai Province of Thailand, the Doi Mae Salong landscape, home to 35,000 people, has diminished in ecosystem functions and services over the years as a result of social pressures. It has been recognized that the populations in the watershed are living in significant poverty and are vulnerable to unpredictable risks such as seasonal climatic variations which affect their crops and economic shocks such as market shifts.
This three year public-private partnership initiative to be implemented by IUCN will support affected populations by engaging in income generation and expenditure reduction opportunities using a participatory approach.
Since 2007, IUCN through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy in co-operation with the Supreme Commander's Office of The Royal Thai Armed Forces has focused its attention on the most critical area, successfully implementing a Forest Landscape Restoration Project in this watershed. The work has been focused on forest rehabilitation and supporting the development of alternative income generating opportunities that aim to improve the ecosystem function and quality of life of the people living within the landscape. The current initiative will build on the existing structure and contribute to poverty reduction of the population by improving the economic situation at the village and household level, through promoting income generation and household expenditure reduction options.
Mr Anon Sirisaengtaksin, the President and CEO of PTTEP stated that the company was committed to sustainable social development, operating its business while making a contribution to society in return. Mr Michael D Sangster, President and General Manager of Total E&P, Thailand said that the partnership demonstrated how companies with like minded principles could join together and collectively invest in such interventions.
Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, the Regional Director of IUCN Asia, emphasized that the project would serve to mobilize public private partnerships to collaborate in mainstreaming conservation and social considerations into business.
The Memorandum of Agreement was signed in Bangkok, Thailand on 26 April, 2010 by:
- Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director of IUCN Asia
- Mr. Anon Sirisaengtaksin, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTTEP
- Mr. Michael D. Sangster, President and General Manager of TOTAL E&P Thailand


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Facebook is hoping to do something better and faster than any other technology start-up-turned-Internet superpower. Befriend Washington.
Facebook has layered its executive, legal, policy and communications ranks with high-powered politicos from both parties, beefing up its firepower for future battles in Washington and beyond.
There's Sheryl Sandberg, the former Clinton administration official who is chief operating officer, and Ted Ullyot, a general counsel former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who is general counsel, among others. The latest candidate is Robert Gibbs, President Obama's former White House press secretary, whom Facebook is trying to lure to its communications team.
With good reason, political and legal analysts say. Barely seven years after it was born in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook, as much as any other company, is redefining the notion of privacy and transforming communications, media and advertising in the Internet age.
While the company has come under fire for a series of privacy stumbles, it largely remains a darling of politicians — even earning a glowing mention in the State of the Union. But Facebook has watched the missteps of Microsoft and Google in Washington, and knows that its current skirmishes are merely a prelude to looming clashes over its influence on the economic and social Web. And so it is building a stalwart defense, moving at broadband speed from start-up to realpolitik strategist.
"Information is the gold or the oil of the economy in the information age," said Paul M. Schwartz, a law professor and expert in information technology at the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Schwartz said Facebook seemed to have learned quickly that demands for regulation would pile up, not just from users and advocacy groups but from competitors.
"What they're doing is pragmatic, and it's pragmatic to do it sooner rather than later," he said.
Facebook declined to comment on its conversations with Mr. Gibbs, who is considering a position in Silicon Valley, not Washington.
The company said it understood the importance of having a Washington presence, mainly so it could explain its social networking service and its many features and privacy policies to lawmakers and regulators. But it played down the importance of having connections on both sides of the political spectrum.
"We are looking for people who are passionate about Facebook, who understand and can anticipate policy issues, and who are good at explaining those issues," said Marne Levine, a former Obama administration official, who joined Facebook last year as vice president of global public policy. She said Facebook hired people of different political affiliations to bring a "diversity of perspectives to its policy team."
Privacy Issues?
Still, some privacy advocates are fretting over Facebook's new hires. These critics say the company's growing Washington connections will dampen reasonable criticisms about some Facebook policies.
Other policy analysts say that, substance aside, Facebook's efforts will add up to significant influence.
"The practical implication is it's going to make it more difficult for advocates to convince members of Congress that Facebook presents a privacy problem," said Chris Jay Hoofnagle, director of privacy programs at the Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. He said politically connected executives would not only be granted audiences with government officials to discuss substantive issues but, in the case of elected officials, would also have the chance to reinforce the idea that Facebook can be a powerful campaign tool.
"One of the big points is to show lawmakers that Facebook is important to their own campaigns," Mr. Hoofnagle said. "Once that fact is established, Congress will not touch Facebook."
While Facebook's tentacles in Washington reach to both sides of the aisle, Democrats appear to be dominant, as they are in much of Silicon Valley.
Ms. Sandberg, the company's No. 2 official behind Mark Zuckerberg, its co-founder and chief executive, is a consummate networker who developed deep connections in the Democratic party establishment when she was chief of staff to Lawrence H. Summers during his time as Treasury secretary for President Clinton. While Ms. Sandberg focuses on Facebook's business side, she remains highly attuned to politics.
"Certainly I'm very focused on what's going on in D.C.," she said in an interview last year.
In June, Facebook hired Ms. Levine, who was chief of staff of the White House National Economic Council. She joined a growing Washington office that also included Timothy D. Sparapani, a former legislative staffer at the American Civil Liberties Union with deep connections on Capitol Hill.
But Facebook has not neglected Republicans. In 2008, it hired Mr. Ullyot, who in addition to working for Justice Scalia, was a White House lawyer and chief of staff for Alberto Gonzales, when he was attorney general in the George W. Bush administration. At the time of his hiring, Elliot Schrage, the company's communications chief, told The Los Angeles Times that Mr. Ullyot "has extremely strong connections with the Republican Party, and we think that's a good thing."
Last month Facebook increased its Republican credentials, hiring Catherine Martin, who had been President Bush's deputy assistant and deputy communications director for policy and planning.
Facebook's political operation remains quite small when compared with those of its competitors. The company spent just $350,000 in lobbying in 2010, far less than the $5.1 million spent by Google, according to OpenSecrets.org.
Still, the company is building up its Washington operation, which now has ten people. On Monday, the group moved into new offices with plenty of room for growth. In a nod to Beltway humor, the conference rooms have names like the Rose Garden, Camp David, An Undisclosed Location, Smoke-Filled Room and Kissing Babies.
Facebook is hiring at a rapid pace in all areas of its business to keep up with growth and prepare for a possible public offering
But legal analysts say Facebook is hoping to avoid mistakes made by predecessors like Microsoft. And they say the company is becoming politically savvy earlier in its life than Google, whose connections were firmly established once Eric E. Schmidt, the chief executive, advised the Obama presidential campaign and the administration.
"You can see how the thinking of the technology companies has changed," said Gary Reback, a Silicon Valley lawyer who helped organize opposition to Microsoft in the 1990s, and more recently intervened to oppose Google's plans for a giant digital library on antitrust grounds.
Last week, a federal judge agreed with many of Google's critics and rejected a settlement that would have allowed the company to go forward with its digital library plans.
Mr. Reback said that even though Google had come under attack, its connections had probably softened the blow.
"I don't think anyone in the White House calls up the Justice Department," Mr. Reback said. "But if you are in one of these agencies and you see a company that should be under investigation palling around with the president, it has a chilling effect. Most of these companies understand that."
Richard A. Epstein, a New York University law professor and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, who has counseled companies on how to avoid regulation, said Facebook appeared to have learned especially from Microsoft, whose early disdain for Washington became a liability when it was the target of antitrust regulators in the late 1990s.
"The stakes have gotten so large that companies are hiring two kinds of people: people who know something and people who know somebody," Professor Epstein said. "Access is priceless."
Facebook has spread its political connections beyond Washington. In 2009, it hired Richard Allan, a former member of Parliament in Britain, to be its director of public policy in Europe.
"None of this is rocket science," said Andrew McLaughlin, who served as director of global public policy at Google before joining the White House as deputy chief technology officer in 2008. "You make a judgment as to how much of a threat you face in D.C., you decide how much money you are willing to spend, and then you hire people based on your strategic sense."


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Bisley ToolStor Heavy Duty 2 Shelf Workshop Cupboard - 1000H x 1000W - 2 x 100kg Galvanised Shelves - BIS404243W.
- Price: £599.84 - In stock
- Model: BIS404243W
Bisley ToolStor 2 Shelf Heavy Duty Workshop Cupboard - BIS404243W - Overview:
Bisley Workshop presents our ToolStor heavy duty 2 shelf workshop cupboard. The BIS404243W cupboard has 2 heavy duty galvanised steel shelves, each with a load capacity of 100kg UDL. All shelves are adjustable on a 25mm pitch within the cupboards internal vertical rail system.
As well as its heavy load capacity shelves, the 2 shelf cupboard features two heavy duty steel lockable doors that have perforated lined tool panels. These perforated lined doors are ideal for tools and tool accessory storage using a variety of hanging pegs and hooks. This makes your contents organised and quick to hand. Perforated tool panels also provide the doors with extra thickness and reinforced rigidity, thereby aiding the BIS404243W cupboard's content security.
As part of Bisley's new range of tool storage this 1000Hmm x 1000Wmm x 550Dmm ToolStor workshop cupboard can be used as a single storage unit or as part of an integrated storage solution with other ToolStor cabinets, cupboards and worktops. Its industrial design positions the cupboard as a high end professional workshop system that can be tailored internally to meet your storage requirements. The versatility of the BIS404243W heavy duty shelf cupboard means it can be fitted out with a range of internal and external components and accessories.
Industrial Cupboard Carcass:
This well-engineered heavy duty workshop cupboard has overall external dimensions of 1000Hmm x 1000Wmm x 550Dmm. The laser cut and robotically assembled carcass is made using high grade cold rolled mild steel to meet the heavy duty and industrial workplace standards. Each industrial reinforced door is hung from the steel carcass using 3 heavy duty steel hinges. Each hinge provides the door with 180 degree swing motion.
This cupboard can support a top load of 1000kg (UDL). A 25mm internal pitch system within each corner of the 1000Hmm x 1000Wmm x 550Dmm cupboard supports all internal components.
All front corners and edges on the 1000Hmm x 1000Wmm x 550Dmm carcass are fully welded then grinded down before powder coating. This creates a flush and solid appearance whilst also providing the workshop cupboard with greater strength and structural integrity. 20.3mm thick front mouldings are constructed 5mm thicker than that of competing industrial cupboards. Heavy duty side walls provide strength and protection from side on impacts and house the industrial doors.
A 1.2mm top and base panel increases the stability, whilst the reinforced base and base struts provide superior strength and structural integrity to the cupboards carcass. The BIS404243W strong reinforced base allows the cupboard to have adjustable feet (included). These are ideal for workshop installations or for when a floor is not completely level.
Paddle Handle Locking Mechanism:
Incorporated into the distinct door profile of this heavy duty workshop cupboard, is our patented paddle handle and spring loaded, 3 point slam bolt locking arrangement. The uniquely designed paddle handle provides an ergonomic opening and closing solution, whilst the 3 heavy duty door latches promote a "Push-to-Shut" action. These patented features allow you to open the door and push it shut with little effort required.
By replacing the traditional 3 point locking pins with slam bolt door latches, the fiddly function of lining up the pins with their relative carcass holes is no longer an issue. Subsequently the combination of the locking mechanism and the ergonomic paddle handle makes this cupboard appropriate for use under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Distinct ToolStor Profile:
The BIS404243W 2 shelf cupboard features the range's distinct and attractive roll formed profile. This profile allows the cupboard to easily integrate and work alongside the ToolStor drawer cabinets when considering a complete fitted workshop solution. The rolled formed profile also has a technical function and forms a protecting steel channel in which the patented locking mechanism is situated.
Textured Powder Coat Finish:
The 1000Hmm x 1000Wmm x 550Dmm workshop cupboard carcass is finished in a hard wearing RAL7035 light grey textured powder coat. This high quality Bisley finish completes the cupboards internal and external surfaces. The doors are available in Gentian blue (RAL5010), Crimson red (RAL3004), light grey (RAL7035) or Anthracite grey (RAL7016). The colour distinction between carcass, door and paddle handle creates a smart, contemporary and ergonomic appearance suitable for any workshop or industrial workspace. The choice of colours allow you to select one that best reflects your workspace or your approach to business.
Colour Lead Times:
BIS404243W.50 - Gentian Blue (RAL5010): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS404243W.30 - Crimson Red (RAL3004): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS404243W.75 - Light Grey (RAL7035): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS404243W.70 - Anthracite Grey (RAL7016): 15 - 20 Working Days
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|Combined Drawer Height
|Rear Louvre Panels
|Rear Perforated Panels
|No. of Plastic Bins
|Door Lining
|Reinforcing Perforated Tool Panel
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|Propriatry Paddle Handle & 3 Point Latch Lock
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John Funk needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 327 designs submitted by 53 freelance designers.
My name is John Funk and I run a new, exciting consumer products company that has a disruptive innovation in the world of boring, sleepy trash bins and bags. Ever had a situation where you needed an extra trash bin? So you tear off a trash bag and hang it on a doorknob or set it on the floor? Only to watch it fall over, fall off, spill out, and just look, well, like trash?
Imagine a new type of trash container - ships flat, and then pops up and stays up to hold all your trash. Could be a party (that's kind of obvious, right?) or it could be a lunch meeting at your office, or perhaps even just a simple, portable trash bin for your small office or home office (SOHO).
The Flings Pop-Up Trash Bin is a trash bag (technically called a trash can liner) with an integrated internal frame that holds the bag up and open. Silly clever, with a smack-on-the-head kind of "why didn't I think of that?" kind of patent-pending design. Fill the bin, and when you're done, either dump it out and re-use, or pull up the "skirt" and it's a regular drawstring back that you can just close up and toss out.
Best of all, we can print on the bags. No more black or white bags here... We've got current designs for parties and events, and a killer lineup of recycling bins.
We're simple, clean and fun.
You can get a sense for our brand and our current products here:
We are looking for a new graphic design for a new Flings bin that is targeted to the small office / home office user. A less "event-specific" and more "office-specific" design that works in conference rooms, by a desk, near a copier, you name it.
Target buyer is likely female, looking for something tasteful.
You'd buy this at an office store (Staples, OfficeMax, OfficeDepot) or possibly at a club store (CostCo/Sams).
This wouldn't be the bin you're emptying every day or two; it's designed to be used for burst activity (team project, team meal, temporary staff, etc.) or for less frequent fill activity (home office).
General layout is 21" x 21" from floor to top of bin (that's the front; the back is generally identical but doesn't have to be). Bottom Flings "brand band" is about 3" from the bottom, so you have about 18" (high) by 21" wide to work with.
Fewer colors are better, but we can do CMYK.
Design can be repeat, pattern, illustration, scatter, toss, photo, you name it.
Design and color inspiration could be office furniture, existing hard trash bins, etc.
We'd love to maintain "fun and cool", but we can't polarize with too much color or craziness. It's an office trash bin after all :)
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai
High res PDF
If you use any stock images, they must be fully paid-up or royalty-free (provide documentation)


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My wife and my new daughter and I celebrated our first Thanksgiving in Cedarburg last week in the manner her family has for decades; by dressing up as pilgrims, Indians, and a single dubiously distinguished guest donning a turkey costume. As I held my daughter in that turkey costume, I wondered how tasteful or relevant the pilgrim/Indian myth was in 2012, but bit my lip in order to avert a sensitive issue.
Instead, as my child ramped up to a feeding, right when we were sitting down to eat, a heated discussion about breast vs. formula feeding leaped into the vacancy that would've been more comfortably filled by an argument about stereotypes and outmoded mythologies.
Having lived the past decade in bourgeoisie precincts of Brooklyn, I was unprepared for the onslaught from my older relatives. I've never been exposed to an enclave of formula supporters – everyone I know who's had a child in the past decade has opted for breastfeeding with the righteousness that one might a when opting for a reusable shopping bag or when signing a petition to end human trafficking. If you listened to any segment on New York's NPR station about the city's plan to offer free formula to new mothers, you'd have thought that the city was offering them Four Loko.
But apparently there is another side to the argument. And it was made at our Cedarburg dinner table by my older in-laws as they paused periodically to help themselves to canned cranberry sauce – a side dish I dismiss as totally as they do breastfeeding. The pros they presented were scattered and grasping, in the manner that rituals persevered by fashion and habit often are. Still, I would never dismiss an practice simply because a few of its practitioners defended it incoherently. There's usually an underlying logic to any ritual, even when none of devotees can remember what it is. I know this from years of having to defend contemporary art to students.
Defenses like: 'breast milk makes a child gassy'; 'mother's get anxiety about not producing enough milk, which affects their relationship with the child'; 'the child may be susceptible to the effects of the mother's sherry consumption.'
As the excuses flew scattershot over the dinner table, I fixed my eyes on my great-uncle-in-law (a staunch formula supporter) slicing the shapely gemstone of canned translucent cranberry into perfect coins. Another neat medallion was shaved from the dwindling cranberry cylinder by a great aunt whose pro-Similac pitch beamed through the metaphysical prism of the jellied side-dish and split the resounding argument into its fundamental components.
"Why wouldn't you want something that was measured and the same every time you served it? That's why they call it formula.â€
Yes indeed. F-O-R-M-U-L-A. Â As regular and unwavering as any myth meant to sort out the unknown and uncontrollable vicissitudes of chaotic reality into manageable pieces.
As the Similac-supporting crew whittled down the cranberry plug, they unwittingly revealed their deep appreciation for an entire age when cylindrical foodstuffs – the Primary Structures of food – signified industrial and technological progress. And conversely, an age when eating a farm-raised, grain-fed bird or a bundle of gnarled, irregular carrots was represented a wanting or lack of access to the post-war bounty of articulated metal and mass production.
The discussion dwindled after a half-hour and the drama of the Lions game took its place. The wedge of cranberry finally toppled as the hand-made cuts took their toll, its concentrically ringed ass ending up in the air. Still close to perfect from behind though. Take the plate away, put the glassy, scarlet disc in a white cube at the Green Gallery 50 years ago, and it would've been a minor masterpiece. A sweet 'n tangy Craig Kauffman, perhaps.
I'm sure none of the cranberry feasters know or care who Craig Kauffman or Donald Judd is, but their taste lets me know that they do in a deeper sense. They lived the same fantasy of industrial routinization exulted by Harley Earl, Kauffman and Judd alike. They helped shape and were shaped by a cultural milieu a half-century ago that has given way to one that yearns for the past they relinquished. One with dusty farms, knotty wood and fresh churned butter. And one with breast feeding. They left behind an untamed and less-regular past for one that could guarantee perfect cylinders of gelatinous, processed fruit that tastes either like irrefutable progress or oversimplified reality depending on who you ask.
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The defense industry is in the fight of its life, but many of its longtime champions on Capitol Hill are retired, dead or in jail.
Of the 30 largest House recipients of defense industry campaign donations since the 1990 election cycle, only 11 are still serving in Congress, according to a POLITICO analysis of federal data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. It's the same story in the Senate, where 14 of the top 30 recipients over the same time period still serve.
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And many observers admit that the remaining industry defenders aren't the defense giants who once walked the halls of Congress.
( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of the sequester)
Talk about bad timing: Monster spending cuts are set to hit the Pentagon and domestic agencies Friday and in turn take a major whack at the defense contractors' bottom lines.
That's left Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and other major firms scrambling to cultivate a new crop of defenders.
"Are we missing people who understood our industry and understood our contribution to our national defense? Yeah, absolutely," said Dan Stohr, a spokesman for the Aerospace Industries Association, the defense contracting industry's leading trade group. "Losing those kinds of people does hurt."
( Also on POLITICO: GOP's sequester message muddle)
The biggest recipient of defense industry largesse over the past two decades, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), died in 2010, while Pentagon favorites like Reps. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) and Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) have all retired, though Hunter's son and namesake now holds his father's seat.
Former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) is near the end of an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal bribery, fraud and tax evasion charges. Cunningham was an industry favorite — receiving a total of $878,000 in campaign contributions since the 1990 election cycle.
Meanwhile, many of the bets the industry made in the 2012 cycle didn't pan out. Scott Brown, the defense contracting industry's leading Senate recipient last year, lost his reelection race. Two other big recipients also lost: George Allen (R-Va.) pulled in $133,000 in donations and Todd Akin (R-Mo.) received $125,000. Two of the top 10 House recipients from the last cycle — Democrats Silvestre Reyes of Texas and Mark Critz of Pennsylvania — are also no longer around to stick up for defense.
Veteran defense industry allies have also been drying up in the Senate with the loss of Sens. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who was defeated in 2008, and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), who died in December, and former Sens. John Warner (R-Va.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
"Turnover is the nature of the business," House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith told POLITICO. The Washington state Democrat received $201,000 in the 2012 cycle from the defense industry, putting him in the top five among House lawmakers.
While lawmakers do come and go, industry officials acknowledge they are in a bind.
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A string has a mass per unit length of 9 10–3 kg/m. What must be the tension in the string if its second harmonic has the same frequency as the second resonance mode of a 2m long pipe open at one end? The length of the string is 1.5 m.
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Player Commendations in FFXIV
I'm sure that you are all thinking of the myriad ways this system could be exploited. However, Square did something brilliant here.
You can only give give a commendation if you queued up for the run in the group finder by yourself!
If you queue up as part of a group, you can receive commendations, but you cannot give them out. So to get a commendation, you have to rely on the goodwill of a perfect stranger, someone who you may never see after the run. As well, you only get the commendations when you leave the instance, and you don't see who gave you the commendation.
I think it is an excellent system considering the balance of power in a group. The solo player has the least power in the group, but since she is the source of commendations, that is incentive to at least try to be nice.
As well, the solo player has no stake in who gets the commendation. She will never see these people again. So she may as well give the commendation to the person who deserves it.
Now, I don't know if it has made a large difference in the quality of groups. My groups are always nice, and mostly competent.[1] I've gotten 12 commendations so far. However a good deal of that comes from the fact that I play a tank, and so am pretty much the default option for commendations. I've tried to make an effort to recognize good dps. Judging by the forums, others are making the same effort.
I think the Player Commendation system in FFXIV is inspired. I hope that Square stays with the notion that solo players are the only source of commendations. In my view, that restriction is what really makes the system work.
[1] Except for Hard Mode Titan. No one expects success in Hard Mode Titan, so the overall mood is not very happy.
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Huh, that's freaking brilliant, actually. Square Enix came up with that system?ReplyDelete
Snark aside, I really kinda want to get back into FFXIV again. I had a blast for the month I played... so many games, so little time.
Nice idea. I wonder if WoW will copy it. A currency to unlock deco items would probably go well, or a kind of rep grind which gives you access to more stuff as you climb up. It may even work :)ReplyDelete
Well they tried.ReplyDelete
Standard Operating Procedure quickly became to just give it to the tank to click it off and get out of there.
So it's already just a mechanism for occasionally punishing tanks you don't like by withholding their commendation.
Also if you queue with just one person you get commendations without having to (or being able to) give any out. I never queue alone, never gave one out and am just quietly collecting commendations totally unable to contribute.
All this said it won't hurt the game any, but I feel it's going a bit far heralding it as genius.
A problem with the system, however, is that if someone leaves the party before you open the commendation window, you are unable to give them a commendation.ReplyDelete
Now, I'll probably just use that as "Hey, if you didn't want to stick around long enough to give a commendation/wait for someone to finish the cutscene/get loot, then you probably don't deserve the commendation. But it's also still kind of a goofy problem.
It's an interesting system I'll give you that. It would be kind of nice if we, the groups, could give something back to the solo player too though.ReplyDelete
I'm nearly always grouped with people in my company so I never get to give these out, but we're a really small company so we always need at least one extra body to fill out the group. A lot of times the people we get are more experienced players than we are, and really help us learn the instance. Or solve problems we're having with various fights. I would love to be able to do more than just say "Thanks!" to those people.


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Spain's banking bailout last year is now a distant memory. First Italy, then Cyprus refocused the market's attention away from Madrid, but according to one strategist, Spain's fragile economy now faces the possibility of tipping over into a renewed credit crunch.
Markets dipped slightly in the last two weeks as Cyprus agreed to a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout from the so-called Troika. Banking stocks on the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 Index, which had a strong start to the trading year, were hit the hardest, sinking around 7 percent since mid-March.
This could have serious repercussions in Spain, Stephane Deo, global head of asset allocation at UBS told CNBC, adding that Spanish banks will find it hard to refinance as investors "price-in" the risk. That in turn will hit lending to businesses and could create a credit squeeze.
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"This is obviously a problem. I think Spain has a lot of wholesale funding to do, if you put more risk into the funding, obviously the price will be higher and higher," he told CNBC Thursday. "So that again will feed into the credit crunch."
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Fishermen and scientists in the state of Maine have noted a marked increase in the numbers of green crabs over the last two years, which are taking a dramatic toll on the ecosystem, notably the clam and soft-shell crab population.
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Why is the problem getting worse in Maine?
One factor is that the crab has no natural predators. However, this is not new. The other more interesting theory is that a warming of the ocean temperature may be a factor. Experts from the Maine Department of Marine Resources report the Gulf of Maine saw warmer temperatures during 2012.
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Confrontation is good. People should air their grievances on a regular basis. But drama on public email lists should be discouraged for a number of reasons:
- It is used to avoid confronting people directly.
- Real time communication would be much less prone to misunderstanding and more expedient.
- Any given issue only concerns a small fraction of the list subscribers.
- Emails of interest are lost in the noise.
- List drama does not present our best face to the public.
- Most issues will need to be discussed at a meeting anyway.
- 1 The [drama] Tag
- 2 A history of Noisebridge-discuss epic threads
- 2.1 The one about children at Noisebridge (77)
- 2.2 The one about mercury on the table (50)
- 2.3 The one about putting stuff in the 'DJ Booth/server room' (64)
- 2.4 That one about someone accidentally offending a trans person
- 2.5 That one about moving the couch on top of the dark room (20)
- 2.6 That one about getting wifi from monkeybrains (31+)
- 2.7 That one about [REDACTED] sleeping in the space (?)
- 2.8 Patrick discovers Noisebridge!
- 2.9 That one about sleeping in the space(AGAIN)(DEVELOPING)
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- 2.11 The one about the monk
- 2.12 The one about the GMO Ho-Hos
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The [drama] tag can be added to the subject line of an email to mark threads which have become dramatic. Anyone can add the tag by replying and adding [drama] to the end of the original subject. The body of that email should explain that the tag has been added but should not comment on the content of the thread. Future posters are asked to keep the tag when they reply to the thread, and failing to do so may be seen as inconsiderate.
Reasons to use [drama]
- It allows people to create message filters based on the tag (I turn them purple)
- It's optional and decentralized
- It doesn't censor a thread, just tags it.
- It is a gentle reminder to people that they are being dramatic on the internet
- It's a meme, and memes should be spread
How to recognize a dramatic email thread
- Someone is unhappy about something other people have done
- Claims are made that others agree with the author, sometimes listing those people (building alliances)
- The issue that sparked the dramatic email does not initially concern most of recipients, or even most the people who reply.
- Emails are much longer than needed, make a case instead of stating facts.
- Stilted use of language
- Some poor fool has intentionally invoked Godwin's law.
- Someone is explaining to someone else how the world really works.
- An apology is demanded.
- Someone is saying they don't see what all the fuss is about, or debates the use of the [drama] tag (if it floats it's a witch)
A history of Noisebridge-discuss epic threads
There is a blog dedicated to Noisebridge drama. But it's moribund.
Shit Noisebridge Says is up though.
The one about children at Noisebridge (77)
May 2009 After an unexpected group of children showed up at Noisebridge one day, an extensive discussion regarding children in the space ensues. Whether or not hackers knew how to act in the presence of children was debated. To this day no other unexpected groups of children have arrived at Noisebridge. This thread sparked such great conversations as "Noisebridge Day Care Center" and "adult themed posters in a do-ocracy"
The one about mercury on the table (50)
June 2009 Some droplets of mercury were discovered on the tale at the 83C Wiese space. Extensive discussion over where the mercury came from and the proper protocol for clean up ensued. Noone is sure why we don't have a full haz-mat suit on site yet.
The one about putting stuff in the 'DJ Booth/server room' (64)
Somebody wanted to put some of their stuff in the DJ booth. Some other people complained. Yet other people called those people over controlling. The door to the room was covered over with drywall, and now you need a ladder to climb in through the window.
That one about someone accidentally offending a trans person
At some point someone wrote "Cool story, bro" without realizing they were addressing a trans woman. It did not go over well. Someone who was trans complained that they felt disrespected. Another person claimed it was unintentional. Everyone said they like trans people just fine, and some people said it was a dumb thing to be arguing about.
That one about moving the couch on top of the dark room (20)
November 2009 Somebody put a sofa on top of the dark room as it was still under construction. Someone else took it down. Someone put it back up again, affixing it with screws. Someone wrote an email complaining. The sofa is no longer on top of the dark room (at this writing)
That one about getting wifi from monkeybrains (31+)
November 2009 Someone paid monkeybrains to install a fast wireless internet connection. Someone else thought that it might hurt the effort to install a fiber connection. Lots of people had opinions about how the world works.
That one about [REDACTED] sleeping in the space (?)
November 2010 (no drama for a year? really?) Someone was probably sleeping in the space. Many very philosophical messages about the meaning of 'sleeping' and 'in the space'. [REDACTED] eventually moved to Japan.
Patrick discovers Noisebridge!
December 2010 We get a new regular, Patrick. When Patrick sees something in the space the he thinks is inefficient or just plain wrong, he mails the mailing list with a precise description of his demands. Many meta discussions about the rules of making rules in a space with no rules result.
That one about sleeping in the space(AGAIN)(DEVELOPING)
December 2010 A couple of people were sleeping in the space on a rainy afternoon. Pictures of the sleepers were taken, posted to the wiki and emailed to the mailing list.
That one about Patrick sexually harassing women and subsequently being do-ocratically banned
February 2011 The aforementioned Patrick picks out from the list and privately sexually harasses female noisebridgers, sees nothing wrong with it when called out, refuses to stop when asked nicely, and is summarily dealt with by do-ocracy.
The one about the monk
July 2011 In which the shrine gets caught in an infinite loop
The one about the GMO Ho-Hos
March 2013 In which a perfectly reasonable request for food somehow descends into a discussion of the iniquities of the military-industry-confectionery complex and how Noisebridge is turning into a "hoodoo-ocracy".


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Richard Seymour is sticking with the Oakland Raiders.
Seymour, the defensive tackle whose contract expired at the end of the 2010 season, has agreed to a new contract with the Raiders, according to multiple reports.
The terms of the new contract are not yet known. Jim Trotter of SI.com reports that it's a two-year deal with $22.5 million in guarantees and the potential to make $30 million. But Jason La Canfora of NFL Network reports that it's a four-year deal.
Seymour has said he expects to remain in Oakland and this deal appears to fulfill that expectation. It also means the Raiders won't need to use the franchise tag to hold onto Seymour. Oakland may now use the franchise tag on tight end Zach Miller.
The Raiders acquired Seymour in a trade with the Patriots before the 2009 season. New England reaceived Oakland's first-round pick (No. 17 overall) in this year's NFL draft.


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Now that the summer of superhero movies is nearing its end, with all four of 2011's comic book movie tentpoles having been released, three of which were Marvel films and the one Warner Bros./DC Entertainment flick not meeting expectations, DC is attempting to take some of that spotlight. At Comic-Con two weeks ago, Warner Bros. had nothing to show audiences, while Marvel was releasing Captain America: The First Avenger alongside a first look at The Avengers.
With that out of the way, Warner Bros. is now dominating the headlines with casting news, a change in date for Man of Steel, the first look at Henry Cavill in his Superman costume and now, our very first official look at Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.
Since filming of The Dark Knight Rises moved over to Pittsburgh, we've seen plenty of set photos and videos that reveal not only some of the vehicles and characters of the film, but plenty of potential plot spoilers. Such images gave us a better look at Tom Hardy in his Bane outfit and what may be the lowdown on Talia al Ghul.
This new photo however, wasn't snapped by onlookers watching the crew shoot the film from a distance, and instead was released by Warner Bros. officially. It presents Selina Kyle in what appears to be her Catwoman outfit, or at least part of it, while riding the Batpod, putting to rest any speculation that Hathaway Selina Kyle character may not become Catwoman in the film.
She's got the leather outfit on, so cross that off the list. Not too surprisingly, the outfit worn by Hathaway here is spot-on the rumored Catwoman costume description we reported on in June, which hinted at a less sexy, but more tactical form-fitting outfit with goggles - something a world class thief may actually wear.
The tech-heavy glasses (look for them in Target and Walmart next summer) shouldn't be too surprising, considering what we've seen from Batman's vehicles and gadgets in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. From the Tumbler and the Batpod, to the 3D sonar glasses Batman used through a cellphone network - as illogical as that may have been - director Christopher Nolan isn't shy about introducing a little science fiction in his films about the caped crusader, which is especially true if the Lazarus Pits we've seen photos of play into the story of The Dark Knight Rises the way we think they might.
Looking past the surface details of this Catwoman photo, there are greater implications to be discussed. Firstly, Hathaway is riding the Batpod. Why? Did she steal it or at this point in the film, can we assume she's working alongside Batman to fight what may be multiple villains in the story?
The Dark Knight Rises cast sees the return of Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Nestor Carbonell and Michael Caine along with franchise newcomers Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Burn Gorman, Diego Klattenhoff and Alon Aboutboul.
The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20, 2012.
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NEW YORK (AP) — If you're curious about Lily Collins and head to the Internet to find out about her, beware — McAfee has ranked the actress as the most dangerous celeb to search for online.
Collins— who starred in movies such as "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" — posed the biggest risk of landing on a malicious site, according the computer security company; last year Emma Watson topped the list.
Female celebrities were the overwhelming lure to malware; Avril Lavigne, Sandra Bullock, Kathy Griffin, and Zoe Saldana rounded out the top five; "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm was the only man in the top 10.
A person could be led to malware after doing a general search and clicking on dubious links, but risks increased when searchers added phrases like "free apps" or "nude photos."


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The Boston Society of Film Critics named "Zero Dark Thirty," a dramatization of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, as the best film of 2012 yesterday and also honored its filmmaker, Kathryn Bigelow, as best director. "Thirty," which will be released in the Boston area on Jan. 4 after opening in New York and Los Angeles, also took the award for editing from the Boston critics. The film has been named best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle and online critics groups in New York and Boston, positioning it as an early favorite for the Oscars in February.
Daniel Day-Lewis was awarded best actor for his lead performance in "Lincoln" by the BSFC; Steven Spielberg's period epic was also honored by Sally Field's win for her supporting performance as Mary Todd Lincoln and for Tony Kushner's screenplay. Best actress went to Emmanuelle Riva, the legendary French actress ("Hiroshima Mon Amour") who plays a woman in the twilight of her life in Michael Haneke's stark drama "Amour" ("Love"). That film also won best foreign language film from the Boston critics.
The BSFC is made up of 22 film critics from the New England area; this year marks the organization's 32d annual awards. The voting spread the honors around: Best cinematography went to Mihai Malaimare Jr.'s burnished work for Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," while the much-loved summer art-house hit "Moonrise Kingdom" won for best use of music in a film. "How to Survive a Plague," a nonfiction film about the activism of the early AIDS eras, won the best documentary prize while its director, David France, was awarded the David Brudnoy prize for best new filmmaker. Ezra Miller was named best supporting actor for his performance as a misfit teenager in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Best ensemble cast went to Martin McDonagh's eccentric gangster film "Seven Psychopaths," while Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie" was named best animated feature.
This is the fourth time Day-Lewis has won best actor from the Boston critics; earlier awards were for "My Left Foot," "In the Name of the Father," and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." Bigelow also won best director and best picture from the BSFC for her last film, "The Hurt Locker."
In addition, the critics group handed out awards citing local theaters, arts groups, and film series. The Independent Film Festival of Boston received a commendation for a decade of "providing the city with a unique and genuine film festival experience," while kudos also went to the Brandeis-based National Center for Jewish Film, Berklee College's Sounds of Silents series, the authors of the book "Boston's Downtown Movie Palaces," and MIT film programmer Generoso Fierro. A full description of BSFC winners can be found at www.bostonfilmcritics
.org. The group's sixth annual awards ceremony will be held Feb. 10 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge.
A new group, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, announced their first annual awards on Saturday and also named "Zero Dark Thirty" best of 2012, with Bigelow winning the directing prize and star Jessica Chastain winning best actress. Day-Lewis won best actor for "Lincoln" (the film's script won as well, as did Tommy Lee Jones for supporting actor), and "How to Survive a Plague" took best documentary. "Oslo, August 31st" was named best foreign language film, and Anne Hathaway won best supporting actress for "Les Miserables."
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Ind. officer ambushed, suspect killed
A Fortville officer was shot in the head and wrist in what police described as one of two ambush-style attacks on officers
The Indy Channel
LAWRENCE, Ind. — A Fortville police officer was shot in the head and wrist in Lawrence late Friday night in what police described as one of two ambush-style attacks on officers.
IMPD spokesman Kendale Adams said Fortville K9 Officer Matt Fox, 29, was attempting to perform a traffic stop 800 North Carroll Road in Lawrence about 11:30 p.m., but the suspect wouldn't stop.
The stop was eventually made at 7817 High View Drive, but before Fox could get out of the vehicle, the suspect ambushed him with gunfire from a high-powered weapon, police said.
"Before you know it, you just heard a rumbling of gunshots. I mean, there was probably at least 75 to 100 rounds shot over there," said witness Mike Lopez.
Fox was hit in the wrist area and the bullet ricocheted and hit in his head. His bulletproof vest stopped a shot to the chest, sources told RTV6.
"As assisting officers were arriving, the now injured officer was able to provide a description of the suspect and the vehicle he was driving," said Indianapolis police spokesman Officer Kendale Adams.
The suspect then fled in a white Volvo into nearby apartment complex Grand Reserve. There was no other way in or out of the complex, so Indianapolis police and Lawrence police set up outside the complex to wait for the suspect to come out.
The suspect then drove out of the complex, struck an Indianapolis police car, exited his vehicle and began firing shots from a high-powered automatic weapon at officers, Adams said.
Officers from Indianapolis and Lawrence returned fire, striking and killing the suspect, who was later identified as James Lockhart III, 27, of Indianapolis.
IMPD Officer Andrew Branham was grazed by a bullet. He was treated at the scene early Saturday morning and released.
A Lawrence K9 named Danny was still in his kennel and was wounded in the shooting. He was treated and released Saturday.
Fox was taken to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, where sources told RTV6 he was originally listed in serious but stable condition. He was upgraded to good condition Saturday afternoon, police said.
Police said Lockhart was previously arrested in 2004 on suspicion of battery, resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana.
"This individual had no regard for life," Adams said.
Neighbors were shocked by the violence.
"You see all these things and you're like, 'Wow. How do people act like this?'" Jamie Stearley said.
Police asked anyone with information about the shooting to call 317-327-3475.
Reprinted with permission from The Indy Channel