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"Yule for Fuel" concerts have returned to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, with three more Saturday nights of variety-style entertainment and a neighbors-helping-neighbors spirit of giving.
"Yule for Fuel" concerts have returned to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, with three more Saturday nights of variety-style entertainment and a neighbors-helping-neighbors spirit of giving.
Proceeds from concerts Saturday and Dec. 8 will go to the Lower Cape Outreach Council's fuel assistance program to help low-income Outer Cape residents. And for the final concert on Dec. 15, WHAT will partner for the first time with musician Chandler Travis and his "Christmas Cavalcade" effort to benefit both Lower Cape Outreach and the NOAH shelter (which stands for "No Other Available Housing") for the homeless in Hyannis.
Producer Stephen Russell, who conceived of the five-year-old program at WHAT, is back as host after a one-year absence, and is happy the event gets more sponsorship every year. For programming billed as "music, merriment and mirth," his goal has always been "to mix it up a bit," he says, and this year is no exception.
Each show is different in performers and styles, with musicians as well as readers, poets and comics coming together to produce a lively variety show that has been compared to public radio's "Prairie Home Companion."
Saturday's show includes vocalist and guitarist Ken Silvia as well as "a delightful young duo, Ben Williams and Eleanor Lincoln," Russell says. They remind him "of some of the great alternative country, Americana acts out there." Other acts: the R & B group The Rip it Ups; Ted Vitale; funnyman Dick Morrill (who is one of WHAT's founders); Jeffry George (Mr. Showmanship); the Catie Flynn Band, back for the second year; and vocalist Ruth Condon, accompanied by Tad Price and Kami Lyle. Also making appearances will be novelist Irene Paine, poet Lucile Burd and Steven Thomas Oney, the writer/producer/director behind the Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theatre series.
The Dec. 8 show, which Russell says "is turning out to be a big, folky night," will feature the bluegrass band Crabgrass, Zoe Lewis – often referred to as "a band in a body" for her prowess on a wide range of instruments – and jazz guitarist Fred Fried who, Russell says "is one of those musicians we have been trying to get every year. This year we finally got him." Other performers that night: Toast and Jam, Jim Rohrer and Katie Hickey, David Roth, and juggler Trevor Pearson. Readers include novelist Indira Ganesan, nature writer Robert Finch, travel writer and poet Kathy Shorr, and novelist Heidi Jon Schmidt.
The final concert on Dec. 15 will introduce the new collaboration between organizers at WHAT and Travis' Cavalcade. Travis' effort, in its seventh or eighth year, according to his website, is split up into two nights: the Dec. 15 WHAT event, then Dec. 16 at Jailhouse Tavern in Orleans.
Confirmed to appear with Travis on Dec. 15 are Fred Magee, Christine Rathbun, Sarah Swain, and Lucy and Jessie Swain. For more information and up-to-the-minute line-ups, check with the WHAT box office and what.org.


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Discussion in 'Fan Fiction' started by surak-toc, Apr 9, 2014.
Oops indeed, a great spoiler though, going to be interesting to see it progresses
I want everyone's opinion on this idea, what would you think when I say instead of the setting for starfleet academy being earth bound how about on the new ships in later years there a whole deck that's fitted with classrooms, labs, computer or what goes for a computer suites, weapons training/engineering suites, rec areas, dorms and what every student of the academy would need, that's where ships that are dimensionally transendient are brought into the mix, the lecturers are holograms who represent the actual people from earth starfleet academy with the occasional guest from the past as they were, for students to get in to this hands on academy the students have to complete one year on earth starfleet then complete a placement test to decide if they get in or have to stay on earth, the right students for this are chosen, a hands on front line experience, tell me would this idea work with in a story or series setting.
Additional - cadets have a the chance to choice 5 out of the 20 elective subjects
Can you actually justify that, or is it being included just because it looks cool? A training ship that is "dimensionally transcendent"? What does that even mean? And isn't that like a university developing a particle accelerator just for the students to play with?
Basically as it's but in doctor who it's bigger on the inside, the ships still massive though,
the ship won't technically be a training ship, the academy only being on a single deck and the academy follows the same education structure as the earth base, being on a ship for some of the students is a hands on and more of a extra bit advanced part.
Honestly, it sounds like it's just there for the sake of being cool. Both the TARDIS stuff and the fact that it is on a ship. And why would the ship need to be massive if it can be any size on the inside? Why not just have a Galaxy-class size ship inside a shuttlecraft?
And why do they need a training facility on a ship? If it's like a training vessel a la USS Valiant, then it's understandable (but would they really use this TARDIS technology on a ship like that?), but it sounds like it's just a ship they've decided to put a school in, and I've gotta wonder what the benefit of having a school that can fly is. Why not just have them going to the academy on Earth and when they need to be on a ship they can go on a dedicated training vessel?
Where I am coming from is that the ship be a used for what it's supposed to be, the academy should I say only be on certain ships, only some will have that facility on then, I will scrap the bigger on the inside bit, but I think by have a starfleet academy deck with the above facilities means instead of being grounded and only going on training exercises and what not it's all upfront first hand experience for new cadets, all real stuff
Another thing I recognized upon watching Abramstrek 1... write the story for the real world first, and then translate it into space. If it makes sense in a real world scenario, it will make sense in sci fi as well.
nuKirk's journey from cadet to captain is completely ridiculous if you apply it to the real world. A madman with his own ship (let's say a submarine), and an arsenal of nuclear weapons has destroyed a Navy ship, and killed cadet Kirk's father in the process. Years later, he shows up again, and attacks a major city. Naval cadet Kirk is suspended for cheating on a test, but illegally boards the aircraft carrier Enterprise which is sent to the rescue mission. He runs into the command center and confronts the commanding officer (Pike) with his hunch about how it's the madman. When the Enterprise arrives, the rest of the fleet is already destroyed. Pike promotes cadet Kirk to First Officer (!). To save the ship, Pike takes a helicopter to the madman's ship, but drops Kirk and a couple of others in diving suits into the water to stop the nuclear bomb. Pike gets captured, Kirk fails the mission, and the bomb goes off. The city is completely destroyed. The Enterprise could escape the blast zone just in time.
Now, the actual First Officer (Spock) lost his mother in the explosion. He actually left his post (!), took a helicopter to rescue her, but she didn't make it. There is a heated confrontation with Kirk, who wants to go after the madman's submarine immediately. Spock exiles Kirk on a rescue boat on a deserted island (!), instead of putting him into the brig. The Enterprise heads off to meet up with the rest of the naval fleet.
Kirk manages to reach the outpost on the island. He steals a helicopter together with another exiled dude (Scotty) on the outpost, and catches up with the Enterprise. When they are caught, they are taken to the command center. There, Kirk causes a serious meltdown in Spock. Now, the entire crew of the aircraft carrier is completely baffled, no command hierarchy exists (!), so Kirk takes command of the whole thing. And the other dude from the island outpost is promoted to chief engineer of the aircraft carrier (!).
Eventually, Kirk and Spock do a sneak attack on the madman's ship before he can destroy yet another city, rescue Pike and detonate one of the nuclear bombs to destroy the ship.
After that, Kirk is promoted to commanding officer of the aircraft carrier.
This is an absolutely ridiculous story.
It's helpful not to lose sight of the forest because of the trees, IMO. I think it's real easy to get so caught up in the technical aspects of the ship, Starfleet, etc., that the story and characters are drowning in them. Details are important, but too much detail can be as bad (if not worse) as not enough detail because it can bog down a story. Not everything requires a full page or even a full paragraph explanation.
When I was writing fanfics (in ancient times), I tried to visualize them as 40-minute stories (an hour long episode without commercial breaks) and would read the dialogue of my characters aloud to see if the story was becoming too talky with exposition or if I was spending too much time describing things in the narrative and wasn't really moving the story or the characters along well.
Characters, characters, characters… never forget they're the underpinning of any good story. The reader has to be drawn in to your characters, to their stories, their hopes, fears, failures and triumphs. All the cool space battles and super-starships in the cosmos won't make a bit of difference if your characters are paper-thin and the reader can't identify with them.
Sounds good to me. When I start to work on a new fanfic, I think of what ship I want (so I know what crew to assign, eg a Sabre-Class with 40 crew is doubtful to have a counsellor on board for patrol missions) then look at who those aboard are that I can tell fun/interesting stories with. Once I have them, then I go back and look at tech specs, bot mostly just the basics: warp capabilities, armament, dimensions, etc.
The ship/station will be a part of your series, at times an important part, but don't get hung up on it. Also one ship doesn't have to do everything; if you want to do something with cadets, then make it a separate project, explore them away from space and adventure first, to see who they are and if they have the right stuff to make it in Starfleet, whilst on another ship entirely, the crew are off exploring.
Well characters are at the heart of any story, closely followed by story. You also want some limits on your tech, so sure you can have a supership that does everything but you don't want any obstacles to be too easily overcome or there could be a lack of drama.
But just write whatever the hell you want and apply criticism only in the second pass. It's fan fiction, so you have the luxury of time.
True, you can always go back and change it. When i did PBEM's i used to through several drafts before I was happy enough to post.
Oh, I like that!
Exactly. In fact, Gene Roddenberry said as much in the original TOS Writers' Guide:
It's amazing how many professional and fan writers ignore this very basic advice that's as old as Star Trek itself. It's one reason I think the TOS Writer's Guide should be required reading for anyone writing any kind of Star Trek story.
Something that I like to see in Star Trek, and that's fun to write into my own fiction are references to the present - like when Kirk was climbing El Capitan at Yosemite. Also, two of my own characters take shore leave in Santa Monica, and comment about the pier still being there after all those years. And I can't imagine a future without a Hard Rock Cafe on Risa! This shouldn't be over-done, of course, but it's fun to throw one of these in every now & then, and I think it gives the reader something more personal to relate to.
Don't overdo that. I remember one TOS novel in which someone paid with American Express or something.
Oh, BTW - I'm glad I'm not the only one who, during the end credits of the first Abrams Trek movie, thought to myself, 'wait a minute!'...how much time just passed...was Kirk....did he even GRADUATE from the academy before he assumed command of the ENTERPRISE???
Thank you one and all for the great advice so far
Explain to me how some trek writer translated a real-world makes-sense situation into The Immunity Syndrome or Catspaw?
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With some children's stories, the setting is a major part of the story -- think of the woodland cottages in the "Hansel and Gretel," "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "The Three Bears," or the unexplained footwear habitation of the poor old woman who lived in a shoe.
We gathered 10 such storybook-worthy homes. Some of these properties look like they're straight out of children's stories, while others look like they belong in a beautifully illustrated vintage children's book. We've even featured a few from an architecture style known as Storybook.
Information on some of the following houses was provided by Realtor.com, and photos of a few others were supplied by John Robert Marlow, creator of the website Storybookers, which pays tribute to the whimsical, Tudor-meets-Hobbit Storybook architecture style that had a moment in the 1920s, but which lost its popularity by the end of the '30s.
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A costume the is under construction for my friends. We finaly did a test run of it so I have to finish himming the top. fix the hood a bid.. and make the sholders stay in place.
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What if things were different? What if Bella and Charlie were the vampires, and the Cullens were just normal, nice-looking humans? Would their love still bud and blossom like a spring flower, or will Bella give into her natural instincts?
*pulls out birth certificate* Dang it! It doesn't say Stephenie Meyer, so therefore I do NOT own Twilight or New Moon. I simply add my own touches, this one being a little more prominent to ones I've written in the past. Anyway, enjoy the story!
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It had happened again. Charlie and I had obviously been too conspicuous at hiding our secret. It was almost sad, pathetic even, that our superior intellect could be so easily matched and exceeded by a mere human. But I had to put aside my thoughts of guilt and regret to focus on the task at hand.
We were moving. There was no way around it.
Technically we weren't moving, as we had already moved and had started unpacking the few belongings we had managed to grab on our escape from Crystal, Maine. Charlie and I had decided we needed to get as far from that town as humanly, well, in-humanly possible while still remaining in the north. So here we were. In Forks, Washington: our new home.
I glanced in the mirror out of boredom, not curiosity. My appearance would always remain the same, no matter what.
My chocolate brown hair slid gracefully to the end of my shoulder bone and was impeccably straight. My golden eyes were now hidden behind a mask of black, specks of topaz peeking out like stars in the night sky, only tinted by my violet eyelids. My skin was pale, paler than in 1887. It was translucent, almost. The reflection wasn't normal. I wasn't normal.
I was a vampire, and always would be.
Charlie appeared in my new bedroom holding a box labeled 'Memories'. I snickered. As if you could call a bunch of scraps of white-laced fabric a memory. All that was in that box were old sets of china and swabs of fabric from the dress my mother had been wearing when she was murdered so many years ago. Don't get me wrong, I loved my mother, and missed her terribly, but every object sealed in that box held no emotional meaning for me; there were no real traces of her.
Charlie smiled kindly at me, his charcoal eyes lightening slightly at the sight of me unpacking. "Don't worry, Bells. You'll like it here! You'll be able to go outside during the day much more often!" he said, trying to cheer me up.
I nodded absentmindedly, then turned to Charlie. I knew he cared about me and was trying to help, and I was grateful. I just don't think I could take another four years of high school…
"So," I racked my brain for something to say to knock me out of my boredom. "How old are we?"
Charlie chuckled quietly and sat on my bed-more of a prop than anything else, but a bed nonetheless-and patted the seat next to him, inviting me to join him. I plopped down heavily by his side, causing the bed to shake.
"Bella, you're 120 years old, and I'm 135, remember?"
I rolled my eyes and sighed unnecessarily, though the corner of my mouth did turn up involuntarily.
"You know what I mean."
"Oh! You mean what ages we're pretending to be!" He smacked his forehead as he said this, adding to his act. He saw my grimace and immediately stopped kidding around. "Well, I thought you could be seventeen, and I could be thirty-five. May seem a little old, but I don't know if we'll be staying here to long."
I smiled glumly. Those were the ages we were when we had our lives so quickly taken from us. "I guess it does make since…wait…" something seemed to click. "Why won't we be staying here for long?"
Charlie sighed, seeming reluctant to answer for a reason I could not fathom.
"Well, this area is known to be like a pit stop for the travelers, the people of our kind. And our presence here may cause some people to stay longer then they would have had we not been here. We might endanger several people unintentionally."
And Charlie had no idea how prophetic his words were.
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STOCKTON - In terms of equality and tolerance, Sikhism was 400 years ahead of time.
STOCKTON - In terms of equality and tolerance, Sikhism was 400 years ahead of time.
In terms of independence for India, Stockton's Gurdwara Sahib was 40 years ahead of history.
The tenets of Sikhism:
� Symbolically, the name Singh is given to every individual at baptism to acknowledge that everyone is equal.
� The Sikh flag represents a welcome sign for all. In particular, it is a symbol for those who are persecuted to let them know they've found a safe haven.
� Sikhism is a "divine, revealed religion," said Harnek Singh Atwal, 47, the president of Stockton Gurdwara Sahib. Started in 1469 when its first guru, Nanak Dev, was born, Stockton's Amarjit Singh said, "It did not correct what was wrong; it is new." It was the only religion born on the Indian subcontinent, and it stood in marked contrast to Hinduism's caste system.
� A cornerstone teaching in its holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, is to respect societal equality and to be free of prejudice of any kind, including color and gender.
� A standard practice is to offer free food to anyone in need. Sikhs do not seek government assistance, but rather turn to fellow believers when they need help. The handouts are for anyone of any, or no, faith.
Members of the Stockton Gurdwara put their faith into action from the start.
In the early decades of the 20th century, the Stockton temple was a hotbed of revolutionary activity and printed materials demanding British withdrawal from India and the creation of a free and independent nation.
Hundreds of temple members went to India as freedom fighters. It wasn't until 1947 that India was granted its independence and not until three years later that the nation was finally created.
As Stockton's temple begins its three-week celebration of 100 years in America, centennial organizer Bhajan Singh Bhinder explains the main purpose: "To help people understand who we are and what we're doing. To invite them to come join us."


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Digital Video Transmission
System Overview
Modular setup where once can easily swap between different codecs, modulation and other parameters.
On the receiver side:
- Video input device:
- File
- Webcam
- Firewire cameras
- Video encoder
- ffmpeg
- vlc
- MPEG-TS muxer
- GNU Radio SDR transmitter:
- Modulator
- USRP with RFX
- RFX1200 gives 200mW at 1.2 GHz
On the receiver side:
- USRP with RF board for 1.2 GHz:
- GNU Radio SDR receiver:
- Demodulator
- MPEG-TS demuxer
- Video decoder:
- ffplay
- The MPEG-TS muxer would be nice to have in order to encapsulate more than one stream and to ensure CBR by inserting NULL packets.
- Gstreamer is also an interesting option for video processing pipeline, in particular since neither the ffmpeg nor vlc MPEG-TS muxer seems to be able to provide CBR.
Target Bitrates
Using H.264
- 1920 x 1080i (2-8 Mbps)
- 1280 x 720p (1-4 Mbps)
- 704 x 480p (412 kbps to 2 Mbps)
- 640 x 360 (256 kbps to 1 Mbps)
Source: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Panasonic-KXVC500/
Note: libx264 prefers both height and width to be integer multiple of 16, otherwise compression will suffer.
Using OGG Theora
Using Dirac
Differential BPSK would be simplest with best BER vs Eb/N0.
DVB-S uses QPSK.
Gaussian minimum shift keying or GMSK is a continuous-phase frequency-shift keying modulation scheme. It is similar to standard minimum-shift keying (MSK); however the digital data stream is first shaped with a Gaussian filter before being applied to a frequency modulator. This has the advantage of reducing sideband power, which in turn reduces out-of-band interference between signal carriers in adjacent frequency channels. However, the Gaussian filter increases the modulation memory in the system and causes intersymbol interference, making it more difficult to discriminate between different transmitted data values and requiring more complex channel equalization algorithms such as an adaptive equalizer at the receiver.
GMSK has high spectral efficiency, but it needs a higher power level than QPSK, for instance, in order to transmit the same amount of data reliably.
GMSK is used in GSM as well as in Space-to-Earth links for high-rate mission data.
Other Projects
- Wireless H.264 Video Testbed
- BATC Magazine TBD article
- http://www.d-atv.nl/
- http://www.g7lwt.com/datv.html
- http://g4guo.blogspot.com/
- Some HD test patterns: http://www.w6rz.net/


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1. A grade of C or better is required, first time, in HIM 100 and HIM 103 for continued matriculation in the program.
2. A student who fails to achieve a grade of C or better in BIO, other HIM courses, as well as MTH 150 and CRC 120, will be given the opportunity to repeat the course once. This option may be elected for a maximum of two courses. No HIM course may be taken more than twice.
3. Successful completion of each Professional Practice internship is required in order to remain in the program.
Readmission to the program is not automatic. Students seeking readmission to the program should contact the Program Director for Health Information Technology for information. Readmission, if approved, is always on a space available basis.
The program of study must be completed within five years of matriculation.
The student is responsible for arranging transportation to and from the College and local professional practice sites when required.
Graduates of this program are eligible to take the certification examination for the designation of Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), offered by the American Health Information Management Association (233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2150, Chicago, IL 60601-5800; phone 312-233-1100; fax 312-233-1090; web site ahima.org.
The Health Information Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Informatics and Information Management Education.
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|ENG 101 College Composition OR
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|BIO 134 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
|HIM 100 Introduction to Health Information
|HIM 103 Health Care Documentation
|HIM 104 Medical Terminology
|MTH 150 Survey of Mathematics or higher*
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|HIM 110 ICD-10 Diagnostic and Procedural Classifications
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Oh, Mondays. It wouldn't be impossible to get through them without that almighty cup of coffee. My hubs and I have always loved our single-serve brewer, but we recently decided to try our hand at the French press and you guys, it produces the best cup of joe I've had in my life. Plus, it's a whole lot prettier on the countertop than a bulky machine—save those moments for when family and friends come over and endless cups are needed!
French press (our is from Williams-Sonoma)
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Grind coffee beans. Coarse ground beans are preferred to achieve a smooth, full flavor.
Begin to heat your water in a kettle. In the meantime, measure out your coffee. You should aim for roughly 1 tbsp per cup of water.
Pour your hot water into the press, evenly covering the coffee grounds. Leave 1-2 inches at the top of your press to allow for room the lid. Stir and cover with your lid, leaving the press elevated still.
Let steep for 4 minutes. Then, gently but evenly push down on the press. If needed, release and press until coffee grounds are all at the bottom.
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About Paul Villinski
Flight and aerodynamics are recurring motifs in the sculptures and installations from Paul Villinski's 30-year career. Villinski's knowledge of aircrafts and their construction come from his hobby as a pilot of sailplanes and paragliders. Some of his best-known works are fanciful re-imaginings of flying machines, like boots with massive springs attached to their soles, propeller hats taken to an extreme, and modified flight suits. Butterfly swarms frequently appear in Villinski's work, acting as the source of flight power or articulating words and shapes. Villinski's materials are all repurposed from discarded objects—crushed beer cans, work gloves, cast away furniture, and police barricades.
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NEW YORK — The head of the baseball players' union is criticizing leaks to the media about whether players are cooperating with a drug investigation by the commissioner's office.
Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun are among the players being interviewed as part of baseball's inquiry of the anti-aging clinic Biogenesis. The now-closed clinic is accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Union executive director Michael Weiner released a statement Thursday saying "repeated leaks threaten to harm the integrity" of the sport's drug agreement. He adds that the leaks "call into question the required level of confidentiality needed to operate a successful prevention program." Many players, including Braun, reportedly have refused to answer questions about their dealings with Biogenesis. Braun was interviewed last month and Rodriguez is scheduled to be interviewed Friday.


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"Lips" is the only singing game that offers wireless motion-sensitive microphones and the ability to sing from your own music collection of DRM-free songs.* Start channeling your favorite pop star because it's you, your friends and most important your music that turns "Lips," the new singing game for Xbox 360, into the world's ultimate party experience this holiday season.
Keiichi Yano, celebrated developer behind some of the industry's most beloved rhythm games, brings his vision of collaborative and social musical entertainment to "Lips." The first and only singing game that offers interactive motion-sensitive microphones to make your party rock all night long, "Lips" encourages players to toss apprehensions out the window and join the party.
Available January 16, 2009:
- The Pussycat Dolls – "When I grow up" (160 Points)
- The Cardigans – "Erase / Rewind" (160 Points)
- The Righteous Brother – "You've lost that lovin' feelin'" (180 Points)
Lips tracklisting:
- a-ha - "Take on Me"
- Nirvana - "In Bloom"
- Alicia Keys - "No One"
- Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
- Aly & AJ - "Potential Break Up Song"
- Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"
- R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
- Ben E. King - "Stand by Me"
- Radiohead - "Fake Plastic Trees"
- Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
- The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
- Blondie - "Call Me"
- Rascal Flatts - "Stand"
- Chris Brown - "With You"
- Rihanna - "Umbrella"
- Coldplay - "Yellow"
- Roxette - "Listen to Your Heart"
- Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
- Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
- Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
- Sheryl Crow - "Soak Up the Sun"
- Dido - "White Flag"
- Taylor Swift - "I'm Only Me When I'm With You"
- Duffy - "Mercy"
- The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
- Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
- The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
- John Denver - "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
- The Jackson 5 - "ABC"
- Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
- The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
- Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
- The Raveonettes - "Love in a Trashcan"
- Lil' Mama - "Lip Gloss"
- Trace Adkins - "Ladies Love Country Boys"
- Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - "Superstar"
- Weezer - "Island in the Sun"
- Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"
- Young MC - "Bust a Move"
Key Features:
- Party Games. "Lips" has a variety of gameplay modes that will appeal to the gamer in all of us and possibly spark a little competition, while allowing you to experience and interact with your music in fun, new ways:
- Kiss is the epitome of singing and flirting your way to a sweet reward, where duos who hit the notes and gestures together meet in the middle to share a kiss. Are you a match?
- Vocal Fighters appeals to the competitor in all of us by pitting singers in one-on-one competition to win the most fans and boot one another off the stage. It's a sing-off!
- Time Bomb is a cooperative mode where players work together to perform well and stave off a time bomb. The clock is ticking!
- Music videos. "Lips" has a variety of engaging music videos that enhance the game outside the original videos included with most songs:
- Virtual Music Videos. The more you get into your performance, the better the video. An in-game virtual music video will enhance your performance because the screen will mirror your moves and the characters will lip-sync along with you.
- Custom Music Videos. These unique, quirky videos add a humorous element to your routine and provide a music video for songs that may not have one.
- Freestyle Mode. "Lips" also allows you to use digital rights management-free songs from your own music collection when singing or playing any of the Party Games. Sing along to your music collection and play up your gestures to add to your score, while a virtual music video accompanies your performance. It is as simple as plugging in your compatible MP3 player. Lyrics will not display for songs from your music collection. For a list of compatible music players, visit http://www.xbox.com/lips.
- Play along. In addition to using the two mics as instruments, four of your friends can join in using the standard Xbox 360 Controller and choose from a variety of percussion accompaniment to play along with the music in "Lips."
- Download new songs. For those who like what they see and crave more, "Lips" will also have a regular flow of downloadable content available for purchase via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, starting at game launch. Love Estelle's "No Substitute Love"? It is there. You can get it and the latest tracks to continually update your "Lips" experience.
- Split parts. Co-op Mode in "Lips" is designed to more accurately reflect songs that feature multiple vocalists. This gameplay mode enhances the experience by showing the lyrics and melody to all parts, helping turn a singing duo into a professional act.
"Lips" is rated "T" for Teen and will be available mid-November in all major retail stores nationwide.
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Universal Design: World's Best Practices Will Help Ukraine to Become More InclusiveMay 14, 2014
More than 60 representatives from 26 government entities and NGOs, as well as leading Ukrainian journalists, learned about the world's best practices and solutions aimed at inclusiveness and accessibility for all at the two-day interactive workshop "Universal Design: International Experiences and Best Practices". UNDP Ukraine, within the Joint Programme "Promoting Mainstream Policies and Services for People with Disabilities in Ukraine", brought Dr. Olga Krassioukova-Enns, a renowned expert from Canada, to share international know-how in Universal Design and to discuss how government policies and community actions can ensure social inclusion of people with disabilities. The workshop participants also had an opportunity to discuss the ways to apply examples from the US, Canada, and Ireland to the Ukrainian context.
According to the WHO World Report on Disability, 15% of the world's population have disabilities. The number of elderly people is also growing rapidly. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy's report, there are 2.6 million people with disabilities in Ukraine and 164,000 of them are children. In addition, 40% of Ukrainians are elderly, 5% are children under seven and 2% are pregnant women and parents of small children. These groups increasingly suffer from the lack of access to key infrastructure and basic services.
"We must aim to remove all barriers that affect the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in society. Social exclusion not only impacts the lives of vulnerable groups, but affects the development of communities and society as a whole. Universal Design, also known as Design for All, is a worldwide recognized concept that involves designing products and spaces so that they can be used by the widest range of people possible. It can be an effective tool for making Ukraine more inclusive, where everyone has a voice and can participate on equal terms. We hope that this workshop will help Ukrainian policy-makers and experts to take incisive steps towards building an inclusive society in Ukraine", underlined Ms. Inita Paulovica, the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Ukraine.
"It is mistaken to think that Universal Design serves only people with disabilities. In fact, it can be helpful to all of us. We all share a similar life cycle with different levels of mobility in each of its stages, depending on age and circumstances (such as pregnancy or trauma). For example, children under seven might not be able to open a heavy door. A pregnant woman or a parent with a stroller might face a difficulty using the stairs or the street underpass. Similarly, an elderly or a young person with an injury or certain medical condition might face an accessibility obstacle that many people would not even be aware of. Universal Design aims to make the world accessible and convenient for all, regardless of physical ability or age", said Dr. Olga Krassioukova-Enns.
"There is a certain similarity between the concepts of Accessibility and Universal Design. However, they are not the same. Universal Design is a strategy that aims to ensure that buildings, products, communications and information tools and services are equally accessible, understandable and can be used by all. Universal Design is also a very cost effective approach. It requires public entities, private companies, architects, web designers, teachers and many others to take into consideration human diversity and challenges faced by many people at some point of their lives", added Larisa Baida from the National Assembly of the People with Disability in Ukraine (NAIU).
"Unfortunately, Universal Design is not a part of everyday life in Ukraine. Its fundamental principle stating that "needs of all users should be considered at the initial stage of the design planning" is widely neglected. This is manifested in many areas, ranging from government policies to construction of a new school", noted Volodymyr Azin, Executive Director of the National Active Rehabilitation Group.
"Ukraine has made a significant step forward in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard to Accessibility and Universal Design. The government adopted a number of regulations that provide for realization of rights for people with disabilities and people with limited mobility. However, often these laws are not being implemented and our cities remain inaccessible and full of barriers. Accessible environment will create a better society for all", said Yaroslav Grybalsky, the head of the Lviv Department of PWD Rehabilitation Foundation.
The Joint Programme "Promoting Mainstream Policies and Services for People with Disabilities in Ukraine" is implemented in Ukraine by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, and the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine (NAIU).
The Programme's main goal is to promote Accessibility and Universal Design standards and to address existing barriers that prevent or limit equal access for persons with disabilities to services and facilities. The Programme works both on national and local levels, and promotes comprehensive capacity building and raising awareness to support the Ukrainian government in implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


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Flingo, a major publisher of Smart TV apps, has secured an additional $1 million for its Series A investment round led by Mark Cuban and Gary Lauder.
The company had previously locked up $7 million for the round, led by August Capital, but Flingo CEO and co-founder Ashwin Navin, a co-founder of Bit Torrent, wanted more "breathing room."
He then ran into Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, chairman of HDNet and a frequent investor in technology and media companies, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January.
"I was coming back to our booth and recognized him so we sat and talked for about 20 minutes," Navin told TheWrap. "He loved what we were doing and it didn't take him long to figure it out. He saw some differences between our strategy and everything else in the connected TV space."
Also Read: Bit Torrent Co-Founder Lands $7M for Social TV Company Flingo
Flingo is a publisher of Smart TV apps – apps for Internet-enabled televisions – and it will use this latest round of funding to staff up, build out its infrastructure and delve further into the "second screen" space. That means apps and other content on laptops, phones and tablets that one uses while watching television.
The company attempts to merge the TV experience with what happens on the second screen. It uses audio software to recognize what is on TV, providing web content that corresponds to it. Viewers can also use web platforms like Twitter or Facebook through the TV, entering a conversation about a show instantaneously.
According to Navin, embracing the linear TV watching experience and building products around it – rather than trying to upend it – separates Flingo from other companies. The "second screen" space is a crowded one, with companies like GetGlue, Miso, Shazam and IntoNow (now owned by Yahoo) all competing for eyeballs.
Also Read: As Social Media Hits Television, 2012 Is the Year of Must-Tweet TV (Updated)
"Efforts to treat cable and traditional media as just one of many things are difficult to execute on," Navin said. "We should be using technology to enhance that experience rather than compete."
Cuban's own statement on the investment echoed that sentiment.
"I am excited to be part of the Flingo experience," he said in a statement. "I truly believe the future of TV is TV and Flingo will be one of the companies out front."
Flingo has partnerships with major television manufacturers like Samsung and LG, integrating its software into their hardware. It is available on more than 8.5 million screens and hopes to increase that as part of the continued growth of Smart TV. It also has partnerships with Fox, Showtime and CBS.
As for the other lead investor, Lauder is the managing director of Lauder Partners LLC, a venture capital firm based in Atherton, California.
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Rafi Kopelan is a typical 5-year-old. She's mastered Candyland. She's learning to read. Given a choice, she'd spend hours on the swings at the playground.
But unlike her classmates, Rafi's body is covered in blisters from her scalp to her feet. Her corneas are scratched. Her toes are fused together. And her esophagus is lined with so much scar tissue that she can barely swallow.
That's because Rafi was born with a rare connective tissue disorder called epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The genetic disease causes her skin to break down in response to the slightest friction. Even minor contact -- the scratch of a fingernail, the tag on the back of her shirt -- causes her skin to tear or to erupt in blisters, leaving 75% of her body covered in painful, open lesions.
Likewise, EB ravages her organs, damaging her heart, eyes, teeth and esophagus. Virtually no part of her tiny body is left untouched.
"It's literally the worst disease you've never heard of," said her father, Brett Kopelan.
An estimated 15,000 children in the United States suffer from EB, according to the Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of America. The disease, which occurs when the body lacks the ability to produce a specific type of collagen, is so rare that few treatments exist.
Eventually, EB proves fatal, either through organ failure, secondary skin cancer or infection. Worst of all, there is no cure.
But in New York City, where Rafi lives, a group of neighborhood mothers are hoping to change that, and in doing so, they are helping to change the way rare disease research is funded in the United States.
Group leaders Jill Arnold Pallad and Jamie Granet Bederman met the Kopelans when their children were enrolled at the Montclare Children's School in Manhattan. Moved by Rafi's struggle, they felt an urgency to act.
"I became consumed by it," said Bederman, "Here was this family in my neighborhood, who was so like my own, except that their little girl had an awful disease no one had heard of."
Armed with nothing more than their personal e-mail accounts and their networks on Facebook, they launched Rafi's Run, an annual 5K that raises money for EB research.
Last year, they raised $200,000 and gave it directly to Dr. Jakub Tolar, director of the Stem Cell Institute at the University Of Minnesota in Minneapolis, who conducts early-stage research on EB treatments.
Bederman and Pallad were confident they could reach out online to find runners -- and donors -- who would participate.
"We had no media plan or press plan, and no big corporate fund," said Bederman. "We all just networked through our friends and family."
"Social media was huge in reaching people both inside and outside our community," recalled Pallad. "We all started fundraising pages, and it was amazing watching people come out of the woodwork."
While private foundations often funnel money into disease research, the ability of a community of people to come together so quickly and deliver funding directly to an early stage researcher is a newer phenomenon.
Thirty years ago, the Orphan Drug Act provided financial incentives to pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for rare diseases -- diseases that afflict fewer than 200,000 people. According to the National Organization of Rare Disorders, there are nearly 7,000 such diseases in the United States, affecting a total of 30 million people. Today, nearly 1 in 10 Americans are currently battling a rare disease.
But while the Orphan Drug Act increased the amount of research into rare diseases, the field is still vastly underfunded. So, increasingly, individual patients and their private social networks of friends, co-workers and other casual affiliates are playing a vital role -- not just in raising awareness about a disease but in directing money into R&D for new therapies.
Tolar applauds this type of fundraising. As a pediatric oncologist and stem cell transplant specialist, his area of focus was initially cancer research, but he saw a challenge -- and an unmet need -- in rare diseases like EB.
The transferability of his gene therapies from treating cancer to treating EB is an object lesson in itself, as a breakthrough in one disease often leads to new treatments in another.
"It is a misconception that rare disease research only helps a small number of patients," said Tolar. "Finding a treatment for a rare condition often informs treatment for a more common disease."
Still, Tolar admits that his greatest allies in finding support for his research are his patients and their families.
"To fund great leaps in research, there needs to be an urge to succeed," said Tolar. "We get this from parents, and patient communities. They are working every minute to find a cure."
Under his care in 2010, Rafi was the eighth child in the world to undergo a stem cell transplant for treatment of EB. While it hasn't cured her symptoms, the treatment was a success at the cellular level, as her bone marrow now produces the collagen that she had been unable to make on her own.
Since then, Tolar has transplanted a total of 24 children with EB, and continues to conduct research in gene therapy for EB and other rare diseases.
He describes the money from Rafi's Run as vitally important to his work.
"The fact is, we need more brainpower to develop new therapies," said Tolar. "The more people who wake up in the morning and spend their entire day dedicated to studying EB, the faster we can move the research forward."
Next month, the second annual Rafi's Run will take place in New York. Bederman and Pallad are hoping to match last year's total and look forward to once again putting the money in the hands of an early-stage researcher.
In the meantime, the Kopelans continue treating Rafi's disease. To fight the high risk of infection that comes from having so many open wounds, Rafi endures a daily bath in a solution of diluted bleach, followed by an application of specialized bandages. From start to finish, it takes two hours, and the pain it causes Rafi is excruciating.
"It's physically and emotionally exhausting," said Jackie Kopelan, Rafi's mother. "I wish we had more hugs and kisses than baths and bandages."
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The tablet has become an integral part of the mobile plans of many agencies. For some users, they have become the replacement for either notebook computers or full desktops. For others, they are simply a way to connect to the office while out in the field.
How long will it last when unplugged from a power source? Are optional spare batteries easily removable and replaceable?
Does it have a powerful processor and enough memory to open large documents, use high-performance apps or run multiple programs at the same time?
What kind of authentication is available? Are there FIPS-certified encrypted drive spaces or secure containers for BYOD users?
If it's designed to be rugged, how rugged is it? Can it pass MIL-STD 810G tests for temperature, shock, liquid and particle intrusion?
No matter their intended purpose, there are some features of the tablet form factor that every agency needs to consider. We take a look at five models — the Apple iPad, Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security, Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet2, Microsoft Surface Pro and Panasonic ToughPad — and see how their features match up with agency needs.
Apple iPad
There are many features that might make Apple's fourth generation iPad the right choice for an agency's users, such as the bright display and long battery life. However, its more limited processing power and limited number of ports might keep it out the hands of certain employees. Prices range from $499 for a 16G Wi-Fi version to $929 for a 128G cellular version. Read more.
Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security
The Latitude 10 Enhanced Security tablet from Dell has user authentication features that simply aren't available on most tablets. However, without a spare battery users won't want to be away from a power source for long. Prices range from $499 to $779, depending on the configuration. Read more.
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2
Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a Windows 8 Pro tablet with good battery performance well-suited to the agency user who needs a near-desktop experience while operating remotely. But its prior-version USB port might be a hindrance to those using many newer peripherals. It starts at $670, and its optional keyboard dock is $119. Read more.
Microsoft Surface Pro
The Surface Pro from Microsoft could be a popular choice among government IT administrators, given its large, clear display and processing power. But the larger size and weight of this device might make it less popular among some end users. Its price starts at $899 for 64G versions, $999 for 128G and a just-released 256G version for $1,200. Read more.
Panasonic ToughPad FZ-G1
Panasonic's ToughPad FZ-G1 is a Windows 8 Pro tablet rugged enough to be used in practically any environment. But when multiple options are in use, its power consumption might be an issue. Depending on the configuration, prices can range from $2,100 to $3,500. Read more.
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I agree with Mark. The advantage of a windows tablet is that could be use as your desktop too. The need of mobility is huge but why to have 2 devices when you have a windows tablet can become yor desktop too.
When I want real work to be done on a computer, phone software won't be my first choice. There's not an app for that.
This article shows in a wonderful stile the level of corruption.
Bad products, really bad products,like W8 and WP8, are pampered here by ignoring the fact, that MS-Office is the only relevant Microsoft product, all other MS-Products are just on "metoo and bad re-invention level". Microsoft ist just a NSA-subsidery - nothing more.
Government bodoes and agencies should not be allowed to use proprietary products! They should use open sorce products only.
I partially agree with Paul - the new Windows stuff is too new / untested IMHO.
And how can you have an article talking about tablets and not even mention a single Android tablet? I mean, I realize Android only has just_over_half of the market - clearly, no reason to look at it.
Sounds like Paul has his own security issues or a major fanboy. If you know what you doing with Windows in a MS environment all is good. Just lock it down.
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First impersonation Sony xperia Z
Sony xperia z is Sony's latest addition. It sits at the top of the range, replacing last year's disappointing Xperia T as the flagship. It is toting an impressive set of specs. A quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM slumbers beneath the hood and a 5-inch display with a whopping 1080p resolution shows off the Android 4.1 jelly bean interface. To protect that entire top-notch tech, Sony has generously made the Z waterproof to a depth of 1m.
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It is composed of full HD screen and it is water proof to 1 m. It ahs micro SD slot and has ability to record HDR video.
With a 5-inch display hogging the front, you'd be right to expect the Z to be a pretty big beast. It is 139mm long and 71mm wide, making it slightly longer and marginally wider than the mighty Samsung Galaxy s 3. It is just 7.9mm thick though, making it almost as skinny as Apple iphone 5. The front of the device is every bit as minimal as you might have come to expect from Sony of late, although thankfully it is ditched the cheap-looking clear plastic strip on the bottom. The lack of physical buttons on its face means that the glass screen remains unbroken from edge to edge.
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While talking about back you will be able to see an expanse of shiny glass or more likely plastic in white, black or a rather luscious purple. It is also extremely minimal, with only the camera lens and subtle Xperia logo on show.
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However the phone Z's is water and dust-proofing. The phone is submersible to a depth of 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. That means it is perfectly happy being used in awful British weather. The Z offers 16GB of built-in storage, but you can also pop in a micro SD card, expanding it by another 32GB.
The Xperia Z's 5-inch display packs in a whopping resolution of 1,920x1, 080 pixel that is Full HD, like your TV. It smashes the iPhone 5's, Galaxy S3's and even the Galaxy note 2's resolutions. Of course, the iPhone 5 is much smaller, but the Z's 441ppi pixel density easily beats the iPhone 5's 326ppi.
The Z is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor backed up by a healthy 2GB of RAM. That is a very generous serving of power so should provide a very swift performance for even the most demanding of tasks. The generous 2GB of RAM should also help with multi-tasking and switching between open applications.
Speaking of the camera, the Xperia Z is packing a 13-megapixel snapper around the back. It is using Sony's Exmor RS image sensor, which apparently provides richer color and less noise in low light situations.
Most interestingly however is the fact that it offers high dynamic range for both photos and video. True HDR in photos requires you to take three separate photos one too dark, one average and one too light and then combine them into one very evenly exposed scene.
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The camera also offers a bunch of features such as face detection, various scene modes and a sweep panorama mode.
On paper, the Xperia Z looks to be a powerhouse of a phone and one well-suited to sit at the top of Sony's range. The quad-core processor and generous RAM should help it power through tasks and the high-resolution screen should make images and video look superbly crisp.
It is likely to be matched in these departments by the rest of the year's flagship phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy s 4; so much of its success will depend on the quality of its camera and whether people value it being waterproof.
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Hitler Invades Uncyclopedia IRC
Truth doesn't "live here" — It's just camping out
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Uncyclopedia, Teh Intarwebz: The Uncyclopedia IRC was in thrown into tumult yesterday evening, when a surprise Hitler invasion devastated the still and peaceful waters of #uncyclopedia - "Still piss on a paper plate" as Severian once put it - causing a widespread disturbance that continued for an unexpected length of time; leaving many present shocked, speechless and considering legal action.
All active users were "forced" by a user going by the moniker of Olipro to take part in the mass salutation of the famous war leader, and Hitler's name reached the top space in the Most Used Words list in the stats. Reporters are unsure what the precise motive of this sabotaging attack was, however, many notable psychoanalysts feel this can be attributed to the mind of a highly disturbed psyche combined with a neo-nazism fetish and possibly a dislike of privacy invasion caused by the logging.
As a result, Users interspersed the word "Hitler" randomly throughout their sentences for the best part of 3 hours, and numerous and potentially promising newbies were scared off on the assumption that they had accidentally entered #hitler_youth. Many users also addresssed their fellow correspondents as "Hitler" and prefaced their sentences with the word and hence creating something of a popular new meme.
The invasion continued from 8:30 to 10:00pm, Greenwich Mean Time, with a large number of users affected on-and-off by the craze. An after-effect appears to have been a fondness for sudden use of the german language, although this did not occur during the invasion itself and often happens in the channel anyway.
The event was finally ended when the bot was forcibly removed from the room, hence rendering the utterances pointless; although they did continue for a brief period of time whilst a number of users were informed of this revelation, with some even desperately clinging to the hope that they were making a valid contribution.
During its short lifetime, the Hitler invasion cost hundreds of years of encyclopedic progress and the sanity of thousands of respectable users. Some have even gone as far to speculate that IRC may never be the same again, even though it is now for all intents and purposes back to normal.
The main site was not affected in the slightest, and no-one will ever remember what happened the next morning. This renders this article totally useless. Ah well.
Although the true cranial origins of the madness remain unknown, sources pointed out that it is allegedly All Olipro's Fault. It usually tends to be...
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- "#uncyclopedia". IRC, October 31, 2006
- "IRC Statistics (permanent copy)". User:Sikon, October 31, 2006


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It's all in the name.
Columbia Pictures, which celebrates its 90th anniversary on Jan. 10, began life in 1920 as the C.B.C. Sales Film Corp. Founded by Harry and Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt, the company churned out low-budget shorts, westerns and comedies. In fact, it was even jokingly referred to as "Corned Beef and Cabbage" because of its shoe-string productions.
To add luster to its reputation, the name was changed to the more prestigious-sounding Columbia Pictures. And the studio continues to thrive under that name to this date as part of the Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group at the old MGM studios in Culver City.
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Charles Gnizak, Joan Rumpel, Mark Collado. "IFRS and Texas Industry Clusters: Likely Intersections." Midwestern Business and Economic Review (46), p. 1-5. (2010)
Ogletree, Billy T., Susan M. Bruce, Amy Finch, Ronal Fahey, Lee McLean. "Recommended communication-based intervention for individuals with severe intellectual disabilities." Communication Disorders Quarterly XX(X), p. 1-12. (2010)
Weigel, Christa R. "Integration of tablet computers and DyKnow into a radiologic science curriculum." The Journal of the Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences 15(1), p. 13-22. (2010)
Pfeifer, Aaron M., Raymond W. Lee, Brian R. Maricle. "Effects of diet, drugs, and activity levels on δ13C of breath and hair of humans." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 113(1/2), p. 91-102. (2010)
Sechtem, Phillip R., Lynette R. Goldberg, Douglas F. Parham, Kathy L. Coufal, Masako Maeda, Rosalind R. Scudder. "Peer review: The importance of education for best practice." Journal of College Teaching & Learning 7(2). (2010)
Perniciaro, Joseph. Winner of Kansas National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition. (2010)
Dilley-Knoles, Jennifer, Jeffrey S. Burnett, Kayla W. Peak. "Making the grade: academic success in today's athlete." The Sport's Journal 13(1). (2010)
Ellis, Joyce. "Taking "Aim" to enhance student success." KAHPERD 81(2). (2009)
Fitzhugh, David. "Expectations: What Greek mythology can teach educators." KAHPERD 81(2). (2009)
Maricle, Brian R., Aaron M. Pfeifer. "Ascorbate concentrations and osmolalities in orange and apple juices." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112(1/2) p. 77-86. (2009).
Maricle, Brian R., Nuria K. Koteyeva, Elena V. Voznesenskaya, Joseph R. Thomasson, Gerald E. Edwards. "Diversity in leaf anatomy, and stomatal distribution and conductance, between salt marsh and freshwater species in the C4 genus Spartina (Poaceae)." New Phytologist 184, p. 216-233. (2009).
Clewitt, Catherine F.M., Steven W. Morgan, Brian Saam, Tanja Pietraß. "Optically polarized 129Xe NMR investigation of carbon nanotubes." The American Physical Society 235402(8). (2008).
Cummins, Amy. ""An honor to be a teacher": Antebellum literary depictions of schoolwomen." Women's Studies 38, p. 799-817. (2009).
Schmierbach, Amy. "Touch me, I'm art, by Jarret Keene" Las Vegas CityLife. (31 January 2008).
Trout, Steven. "The Western Front Comes to Kansas: John Steuart Curry's The Return of Private Davis from the Argonne." Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains. 31(3). 194-211 (Fall 2008).
Schulenberg, Stefan E., Jessica T. Kaster, Carrie Nassif, Erika K. John son-Jimenez "Chapter 18: Assessment of Psychopathology." Handbook of Clinical Psychology. Eds. Michel Hersen, Alan M. Gross. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons Inc. Vol. 2, p. 520-50. (2008).
Nassif, Carrie, Randal Quevillon. "The Development of a Preliminary Creativity Scale for the MMPI-2: The C Scale." Creativity Research Journal 20(1). p. 13-20. (2008).
Marrs, Heath, Melissa R. Barb, Julie C. Ruggiero. "Self-Reported Influences on Psychology Major Choice and Personality." Individual Differences Research. 5(4). p. 289-99. (2007).
Marrs, Heath, Erica Hemmert, Jenna Jansen. "Trouble in a Small School: Perceptions of At-Risk Students in a Rural High School." The Journal of At-Risk Issues. (13)2. p. 29-34. (Summer 2007).
Gillock, Eric T., Sam R. Zwenger. "Bacteria isolated from sewage influent resistant to iprofloxacin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline." Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Vol. 44. p. 123-9. (2009).
Hinger, Charlotte. "The Colored People Hold the Key." Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains (31)1. p. 32-47. (Spring 2008).
Cummins, Amy. "Letter to Dame Van Winkle." Interstice: A Literary Publication of South Texas College, Vol. 4, p. 81, (2008).
Cummins, Amy. "Africa and the Americas." Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Eds. Richard M. Juang and Noelle Morrissette, Vol. 3, 997-1007, (2008).
Fort Hays State University Problem Solving Group. "Problem 212: Three-Year Integral." Math Horizons. The Mathematical Association of America: 34 (February 2008).
Sander, Rebecca and Karen A. Trible. "The Virtual Clinical Evaluation Tool." Educational Innovations 47:1, 33-36 (January 2008).
Parker, Carl and Thomas Johansen. "Cost-Benefit Model for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs." Journal of Business and Leadership 3:1, 130-135 (2007).
Cummins, Amy. "'Loyal and Devoted Attachment': Anti-Abolition Rhetoric by Southern Women of Letters, 1852-1860." Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South IIV(II) (Fall/Winter, 2007).
Leahy, Todd E. "So that a Nation May Live: The Pawnee Ghost Dance and Cultural Renaissance." Chronicles of Oklahoma (November 2007).
Taggart, Germaine L., Paul E. Adams, Ervin Eltze, John Heinrichs, James Hohman, Karen Hickman. "Fermi Questions." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 13(3), 164-167, (October 2007).
Dale, Kathy, Robert Moody, Mike Slattery, Regi Wieland. "The Essential Role of Integrating Technology Content and Skills into University Principal Preparation Programs." The Rural Educator, 29(1), 42-47 (Fall 2007).
Bennett, S. Christopher. "A review of the pterosaur Ctenochasma: taxonomy and ontogeny." N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh., 245(1), 23-31, (July 2007).
Bach, Roger A., Kenneth W. Trantham. "Automated two-dimensional position measurements with computer vision." American Association of Physics Teachers, 75(1): 48-52, (January 2007).
Goodlett, David. Yugoslav Worker Emigration 1963-1973: Government Policy and Press Coverage. Lewiston, NY, The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., (2007).
Levy, Patricia. "Gas Masks, Self Affirmation, and War in Israel." Days in the Lives of Gerontological Social Workers. Eds. Linda May Grobman and Dara Bergel Bourassa. Harrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications, 61-64, (2007).
Luehrs, Christiane W. and Robert B. Luehrs. "Caroline Roe: Isaac the Outsider." The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction Volume II. Eds. Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 20007. 46-57.
Singleton, Carl. Rev. of Wizard of the Crow, eds. John D. Wilson and Steven G. Kellman. Magill's Literary Annual 2007. Essay-Reviews of 200 Outstanding Books Published in the United States during 2006, Two(L-Z) (2007).
Willhaus, Janet, Rebecca Sander, Anissa Sonntag. "Mock Code Blue for Nursing Students." Simtect 2007 Healthcare Simulation Conference. (2007).
Willhaus, Janet, Kim Riffel, Kathleen Ward. "Improving Nursing Student Assessment Skills for Mother and newborn Care." Simtect 2007 Healthcare Simulation Conference.
Johnson, Aileen M., Lance R. Thurlow, Sam R. Zwenger, Eric T. Gillock. "Partial Characterization of Two Moderately Halophilic Bacteria from a Kansas Salt Marsh." The Prairie Naturalist 39(1), (March 2007).
Maricle, B.R., Lee, R.W., Hellquist, C.E., Kiirats, O., Edwards, G.E. "Effects of Salinity on Chlorophyll Fluorescence and CO2 Fixation in C4 Estuarine Grasses." Photosynthetica 45(3), 443-440 (March, 2007).
Crull, Terry. "Choral Warm-ups: Invent Your Own!" KMEA Conference. (23 February 2007).
Maricle, Brian R., Cobos, Douglas R., Campbell, Colin S. "Biophysical and Morphological Leaf Adaptations to Drought and Salinity in Salt Marsh Grasses." Environmental and Experimental Botany 60, 458-467 (2007).
Arano, Kathleen G., Carl Parker. "Modeling Credit Card Borrowing by Students." Southwestern Economic Review. (Spring, 2007).
Bennett, S. Christopher. "Reassessment of Utahdactylus from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah." Vertebrate Paleontology. Volume number: 27(1) (March, 2007) : 257-260.
Slechtem, Phillip A., Gary Y. Shaw, Jeff Searl, Kristina Keller, Taib A. Rawi, Emily Dowdy. "Transcutaneous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (VitalStim) Curative Therapy for Severe Dysphagia: Myth or Reality?" Anals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. (2007).
Sanders, Kathleen J. Ed. Kansas Journal of Reading, (Winter, 2006-2007)
Crawford, C.B., Sue C. Strohkirch. "The Critical Role of Communication in Knowledge Organizations: Communication Apprehension as a Predictor of Knowledge Management Functions." Journal of Knowledge Management Practice. (December, 2006).
Bennett, S. Christopher. "Juvenile Specimens of the Pterosaur Germanodactylus Cristatus, with a Review of the Genus." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. (December, 2006).
Hickman, Karen R., Greg H. Farley, Rob Channell, Jan E. Steier. "Effects of Old World Bluestem (Bothriochloa Ischaemum) on Food Availability and Avian Community Composition Within the Mixed-Grass Prairie." The Southwestern Naturalist. Volume number: 51(4) (December, 2006) : 524-530.
Buffington, Gavin. "ESR studies of gas adsorption on carbon nanotubes." Physica Status Solidi B, 243(13), 3242-3245, (November 2006).
Alam, Todd M., Catherine F.M. Clewett, David P. Adams, John D. Williams, Hongyou Fan, Andrew F. McDowell, Natalie L. Aldolphi, and Laurel O. Sillerud. "Bioagent Detection Using Miniaturized NMR and Nanoparticle Amplification: Final LDRD Report." Sandia Report (November 2006).
Heinrichs, John F., Donald J. Cavalieri, Thorsten Markus. "Assessment of the AMSR-E Sea Ice Concentration Product as the Ice Edge Using RADARSAT-a and MODIS Imagery." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3070-3080 (November 2006).
Stroeve, Julienne C., Thorsten Markus, James A. Maslanik, Donald J. Cavalieri, Albin J. Gasiewski, John F. Heinrichs, Jon Holmgren, Donald K. Perovich, Matthew Sturm. "Impact of Surface Roughness on AMSR-E Sea Ice Products." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3103-3117 (November 2006).
Leuschner, Eric. "Academic Memoir." Ed. Jeffrey J. Williams, Pittsburgh: The Minnesota Review, 67, 137-142, (Fall 2006).
Burnett, Jeff, Lynn Maska, Duane Shepherd. "Wellness-based courses vs. activity-based courses: Which one does the best job?" KAHPERD Journal. (Fall, 2006).
Taggart, Germaine, James Hohman, Paul Adams, John Heinrichs, Karen Hickman. "A "Nature of Science" Discussion." Journal of College Science Teaching. (September, 2006).
Young, Lanee, Germaine Taggart, Paul Adams, Nancy Costigan-Talbott. "Using testable questions to teach motion and forces." Science Sampler 30(1): 68-70 (September 2006).
Stutz, Mark. "Preparing high school students for accredited athletic training education programs." KAHPERD Journal. (Fall, 2006).
Strauss, Eric A., Jennifer C. Cavanaugh, William B. Richardson, Lynn A. Bartsch. "Nitrogen dynamics in sediment during water level manipulation on the Upper Mississippi River." Wiley InterScience. (June, 2006).
Austin, Aaron, Brad Austin, Erin Melroy, Tyler Pilger, Kyle Tutak. "Spring Growth and Condition Assessments of Largemouth Bass, White Crappie, and Wipers in Lake Olathe." Department of Biological Sciences. Ed. Bill Stark. (May, 2006).
Britten, Frederick, Carol Ann Raymond. "Sea Your Way to Success." Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Ed. Colleen M. O'Rourke. (April, 2006).
Strauss, Eric A., Denise A. Bruesewitz, Jennifer L. Tank, Melody J. Bernot, William B. Richardson. "Seasonal effects of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on sediment denitrification rates in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River." NRC Research Press Web site. Published March, 2006).
Cummins, Amy. "Finders Keepers: Munro's 'Day of the Butterfly' in the Classroom." Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction 6(2): 106-113 (Spring 2006).
Cummins, Amy. "'The inexorable bell': Fanny Fern's Concerns with US Education." The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 39(1): 14-24 (Spring 2006).
Thomasson, Joseph R., Scott A. Thomasson, Daryl E. Mergen. "First Record of Calochortus Apiculatus (Liliaceae) in Wyoming." Western North American Naturalist. (2006).
Kitzis, Stephen N., Joyce Wolfe. Paper Presentation, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference. "Six Years Later: Revisiting a Safe Schools/Healthy Students Site." (2006).
Cuodray, Yves, Anna Eva Hallin, Joseph H. Jennings, Paulo V. Lourenco, Matthew D. Oltman, Joseph Perniciaro, Patrycja Poluchowicz, and Kimberly Roberts. Notes, Translations and Pronunciation Guides for "A Chanticleer Christmas." Eds. Matthew D. Oltman and Joseph H. Jennings. (2006).
Trout, Steven, ed. "History, Memory, and War." Cather Studies, Vol. 6, University of Nebraska Press, (2006).
Olson, Ken. "A literature Review of Social Mood." The Journal of Behavioral Finance 7(4): 193-203 (2006).
Eberle, Mark, Robert B. Channell. "Homogenization of fish faunas in two categories of streams in a single basin in Kansas and the choice of similarity coefficients." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. (2006).
Gillock, Eric T., Sherrie K. Stawinski, Lance Thurlow, Amanda Robben. "Partial characterization of a Saccharopolyspora isolated from a preserved lab dissection specimen." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (2006).
Crowley, Timothy R. "Canzona." BOK Press, Hays, KS (2006).
Strauss, Eric A.,William B. Richardson, Jennifer C. Cavanaugh, Lynn A. Bartsch, Rebecca M. Kreiling, Alyssa K. Standorf. "Variability and regulation of denitrification in an Upper Mississippi River backwater." The North American Benthological Society.(2006).
Leuschner, Eric. "Body Damage: Dis-Figuring the Academic in Academic Fiction." The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 28: 339-354 (2006).
Packauskas, Richard J. "On the Re-erection of the Tribe Stenoscelideini Schaefer (Heteroptera, Coreidae, Coreinae)." Denisia 19, zugleich Kataloge der OÖ. Landesmuseen. (2006).
Bennett, S. Christopher, Gregory A. Liggett, Kenshu Shimada, Bruce A. Schumacher. "Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas." PaleoBios. (September, 2005).
Packauskas, Richard J. "Hudsonian Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora hudsonica): A Technical Conservation Assessment." USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Species Conservation Project. (August, 2005).
Thomas, Robert J., Steven C. Rose, Tim T. Clark, Gavin D. Buffington, Michael L. Edwards, Benjamin A. Rockwell. Paper presented at 2005 International Laser Safety Conference. "Coupling of Thermal Damage Models of the Retina to Atmospheric Scintillation Models for CW Laser Exposures." (March 2005).
Thomas, Robert J., Clarence P. Cain, Gary D. Noojin, David J. Stolarski, Gavin D. Buffington, Lance J. Irvin, Michael L. Edwards, benjamin A. Rockwell. Paper presented at 2005 International Laser Safety Conference. "Extension of Thermal Damage Models of the Retina to Multi-wavelength Sources." (March 2005).
Rockwell, Benjamin A., Gavin D. Buffington, Michael L. Edwards, J. Steven Rosenboom, Robert J. Thomas. Paper presented at 2005 International Laser Safety Conference. "Predicted Trends in Retinal Damage Thresholds for Pulse Durations Shorter than 50 FS and Implications to Maximum Permissible Exposure Levels." (March 2005).
Thomas, Robert J., Rebecca L. Vincelette, Gavin D. Buffington, Amber D. Strunk, Michael L. Edwards, Benjamin A. Rockwell, Ashley J. Welch. A paper presented to the 2005 International Laser Safety Conference. "A First-order Model of Thermal Lensing of Laser Propagation in the Eye and Implications for Laser Safety." (2005)
Roach, William, Robert Thomas, Gavin Buffington, Garrett Polhamus, John Notabartolo, Cheryl DiCarlo, Kevin Stockton, David Stolarski, Kurt Schuster, Val Carothers, Benjamin Rockwell, and Clarence Cain. "Simultaneous Exposure Using 532 and 860 nm Lasers for Visible Lesion Thresholds in the Rhesus Retina." U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, 241-249, (2005).
Cain, Clarence P., Robert J. Thomas, Gary D. Noojin, David J. Stolarski, Paul K. Kennedy, Gavin D. Buffington, Benjamin A. Rockwell."Sub-50-fs Laser Retinal Damage Thresholds in Primate Eyes with Group Velocity Dispersion, Self-focusing and Low-density Plasmas." Graefe's Archive for Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology>, 243, 101-112 (2005).
Cummins, Amy. "The Leatherstocking Tales, by James Fenimore Cooper." The Facts on File Companion to the American Novel. Ed. Abby Werlock. New York: ABC-CLIO, 755-757 (2006).
Zwenger, Sam R., Tanner Welsch and Eric T. Gillock. "Bacteria resistant to ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline isolated from western Kansas feedlots." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 111(1/2):125-135 (2005).
Thurlow, Lance R. and Eric T. Gillock. "Characterization of two environmental bacterial isolates by 16S rRNA sequence analysis, fatty acid methyl ester analysis, and scanning electron microscopy." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 108 (1-2):22-31 (2005).
Hrepic, Zdeslav, Paul Adams, Jason Zeller, Nancy Costigan-Talbott, Germaine Taggart, and Lanee Young. Paper presented at the 2005 Physics Education Research Conference. "Developing an Inquiry-Based Physical Science Course for Preservice Elementary Teachers." (2005).
Rebello, N. Sanjay, Dean A. Zollman, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz. A paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2005 Annual Meeting. "A Model for Dynamic Transfer of Learning." (2005).
Rebello, N. Sanjay, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Kara E. Gray, Dean A. Zollman, Paula V. Engelhardt, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon F. Itza-Ortis. "Dynamic Transfer: A Perspective from Physics Education Research." Transfer of Learning: Research and Perspectives. Ed. J.P. Mestre. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 217-250 (2005).
Hrepic, Zdeslav, Dean A. Zollman, N. Sanjay Rebello. A paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. "Eliciting and Representing Hybrid Mental Models." (2005).
Cain, Clarence P., Robert J. Thomas, Gary D. Noojin, David J. Stolarski, Paul K. Kennedy, Gavin D. Buffington, benjamin A. Rockwell. "Sub-50-fs laser retinal damage thresholds in primate eyes with group velocity dispersion, self-focusing and low-density plasmas." Graefe's Archive of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 243:101-112 (2005).
Thomas, Robert J., Gary D. Noojin, Paul K. Kennedy, Benjamin A. Rockwell, Kate S. Denning, Jesse Shaver, G.D. Buffington. Presented dat SPIE. "Laser damage threshold trends for sub-100 fs pulses in the retina." (2002).
Callaway, A., D. Giesman-Cookmeyer, E.T. Gillock, T.L. Sit, S.A. Lommel. "The multifunctional capsid proteins of plant RNA viruses." Annual Review of Phytopathology. 39:419-460 (2001).
Shaver, J.H., Gavin D. Buffington, B.A. Rockwell, R.J. Thomas, C.P. Cain, G.D. Noojin, and D.J. Stolarski. "Effects of Dispersion & Aberrations in Ocular Focusing of Femtosecond Pulses & the Impact on Damage Mechanisms." Reprinted from 32nd annual Boulder Damage Symposium (2001).
Buffington, G.D., D.H. Madison, J.L. Peacher, D.R. Schultz. "Lattice, time-dependent approach for electron-hydrogen scattering." Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 32: 2991-3001 (1999).


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Move Over Ed Snowden, Al Jazeera Has A Huge New Stack Of Spy Documents
from the and-the-revelations-just-keep-on-coming dept
Spanning a period from 2006 until December 2014, they include detailed briefings and internal analyses written by operatives of South Africa's State Security Agency (SSA). They also reveal the South Africans' secret correspondence with the US intelligence agency, the CIA, Britain's MI6, Israel's Mossad, Russia's FSB and Iran's operatives, as well as dozens of other services from Asia to the Middle East and Africa.As Al Jazeera points out, this is not "signals intelligence" (SIGINT) material, but rather "human intelligence" (HUMINT) of the kind normally done by the CIA, rather than the NSA. It's about spies on the ground -- and also, according to Al Jazeera, their humdrum daily office existence. Honestly, it almost sounds like the plot of a bad sitcom: come work at a premier national intelligence agency... and bitch about the lack of parking:
The files unveil details of how, as the post-apartheid South African state grappled with the challenges of forging new security services, the country became vulnerable to foreign espionage and inundated with warnings related to the US "War on Terror".
At times, the workplace resembles any other, with spies involved in form-filling, complaints about missing documents and personal squabbles.... One set of cables from the Algerian Embassy in South Africa relates to a more practical concern. It demands that "no parking" signs are placed in the street outside. The cable notes that the British and US embassies enjoy this privilege, and argues that it should be extended to Algeria as well.Whether or not this latest leak turns up anything more interesting than parking disputes, it is worth noting that another trove of intelligence documents have leaked...


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Mr. Popper's Penguins (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
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For anyone who wondered about "Kung Fu Panda 2," the movie I believe comes out on DVD and Blu-ray December 13th, not October 11th.
All three people I I know who saw this said they loved it and I told them that I'll eventually see it but who am I kidding I've been telling people I'll check out movies like 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' for a few years now and I haven't hard the urge yet to see 'em.
I actually found this quite funny. Saw it twice in the theater actually. Definitely a great family film. Definite purchase for me.
Yeah, this didn't look very good, but I feel the need to defend Jim Carrey's recent flick "YES MAN" as it was surprisingly enjoyable. Plus that had Zooey Deschanel in it, too.
This movie looked awful. Not checking it out at all. Would agree with the one that wants "Kung Fu Panda 2."
XxFreakxX wrote: WHEN ARE THEY GONNA ANNOUNCE KUNG FU PANDA 2?!
Comes to Dvd/Blu on October 11.
Comes to Dvd/Blu on October 11.
I didn't even find bruce almighty that funny. I think jim's last funny movie was me, myself, and irene. It was also the farelly brothers last solid movie, though hall pass wasn't bad. Carrey, Sandler, and will ferrell sorta get in this mish mash of varying quality films and all have tried to go the serious route as well. I thought ferrell did fine in everything must go but his comedies have been sucking wind. Sandler can put asses in seats but even his movies are often hit or miss.
Everything Jim Carrey has done recently has been really, really bad.
I knew this was gonna be the art cover! Anyways, this movie never interested me. But it still looks like a good family movie. I wonder how they convinced Jim Carrey to do this movie. Hmmm.
Wow. I just realized that I haven't watched any of his movies since "Bruce Almighty".
Zero interest for me. Watching some washed up actor, who was rarely funny in every film he was in, playing second to a group of annoying CGI-ed penguins is not my idea of a good film.
Shocked that this isn't out already.
Have zero desire to see this. At least it wasn't in 3d through.
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Presentation of work-in-progress "Inspired by life" by h.arta
The clothes that are part of the Inspired by life. Timişoara-Berlin-Warsaw-Bucharest clothing collection are created, transformed and re-used starting from what is around us, in our everyday environment. We think of our environment, of the objects we come across, of the people we want to identify with, of our bodies in their most physical aspects, of the ways in which fashion and concepts of beauty influence us, etc. in order to transform clothes into vehicles for ideas. By transforming clothing – practical, everyday objects into concepts (reflecting the interactions we experience, the discussions we have, the texts we read, the ideas we exchange) and then transforming these concepts into practical, familiar, everyday objects – clothes – back again, we intend to signalise once more that dichotomies between the body and the mind, 'high' (art) concepts and everyday life, theory and practice need to be constantly demolished.
We use different practical methods to make visible the narratives that inform the clothes. Raw materials that we use are of a varied and multiple nature. We could mention here the actual physical objects such as clothing items that we transform or fabrics that we use to make new clothes. We could also mention actual events, facts, encounters and discussions that triggered a certain piece and that informed its concept and its design. We could mention as well the theoretical texts (present in the collection in the form of the several quotations that we use). They are important for our understanding of our situation as persons, as women, as artists, as members of the society. These are texts that demonstrate our present situation in the times of global capitalism – times when life has no value in relation to capital as well as texts that envision possibilities of resistance and of reclaiming life.
'Inspired by life', although names itself a 'collection' will not follow a certain formal line such as common compositional elements for the pieces, or a certain type of fabric, a certain colour scheme etc. that would give different pieces a sense of formal unity. Each piece that we do for the collection follows its own story, and we move from one piece to another according to the ideas that we want them to convey. Some clothes carry quotations, which are a direct reaction or response to the origin or 'story' of a particular item that we are using or transforming. Other pieces use clothing as a somewhat neutral surface on which carbon copied images of our (already mediated) reality are exposed and are connected to quotations that expose and explain even further the artificialness of things depicted in these images (things taken for granted such as the 'naturalness' of gender, for example, or the 'normal' disconnectedness between women working in a sweatshop and women who get to wear the clothes). Other pieces have parts kept together by zippers, parts with texts of protest and revolt, in a society where possibilities of revolt are more and more normalised, limited, absorbed and policed, and in which protest, in order to be possible, often has to take subtle forms of the quotidian. Some pieces have already taken their proper forms or we already know how to make them, others may only remain sketches and plans.
Tuesday, 13.07.2010 | 20:00Warsaw Praga Północ Event
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