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awesome, one thing, needs a napalm layer XD
Vietnam Glory Obscured is a total conversion for Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour that simulates jungle warfare during the Vietnam War with unique gameplay elements such as village occupation and reputation, jungle combat and modular construction.
awesome, one thing, needs a napalm layer XD
All i gotta do, is wait for those fools to take each other out and im golden, also, i think so bombs might help...... >:D
HOW DID YOU GET THAT AIRPLANE >:l
Haha I was waiting for someone to comment about it; congrats you get a Cookie for spotting the plane!
Yay! Cookie! ♥
Can u send it to Holland..?
But how did u get it :(. North Vietnam doesn't haves Airforce..? :(
FYI its just his custom skin texture. ;)
Indeed there is some truth to what sgtmyers88.
However there is more to that; & a bit more info on the forums.
It's a skin I made for a VNAF A-1 Model; it bares the markings of the VNAF
(South Vietnamese Air Force) the USA's allies.
It's some side work I've been doing to the VGO mod during my free time.
A possible add-on in a sense; although I can't promise anything.
You can see it much closer in this screen shot on my profile.
Uh oh...lol
ahhh...watching your enemies destroy eachother...what a luxery...i still remember playing king of the hill with these 2 guys...they kept on attacking each other for the center while i just built up my base and took 3 villages (in that map it was a lot) until i got napalm upgrades for my aircraft...and you wanna know what happened to them??? SCORCHED EARTH BABY! i saw wonderfully how their bases BUUURRRNED! my casualties were like a few troops...they had casualties in the hundreds. VICTORY WAS MINE!
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Wow, I can't believe its been a year since I've posted anything! A lot has happened in a year. Josh and I are both working, we've moved into our own place (with a fireplace even!) and even have health insurance again! We have been very, very blessed.
We both went to the dentist last week! I know, getting excited over going to the dentist is odd but this is the first time in 12 years that I've had dental insurance and I was sadly excited to get my teeth cleaned and looked after!
We haven't explored as much this summer but we have made 2 trips to the beach and gone to Mount Hood and Mount Ranier (I think).
Anyway, I feel like I'm rambling. Maybe that's why I haven't blogged in to long!
Movie Girl...
Random musings of a librarian of sorts.
About Me
- Moviegirl20
- Just a girl living life, enjoying movies and music and the quiet.
August 29, 2010
June 22, 2009
The International
|This was a very different movie than I expected but it was still very interesting. I thought it would be more of an action film. It was a definitely a drama, not an action film! But very good.
Film 60 of 60: Men in Tights
No, I am not generally a Mel Brooks fan, but this film wasn't bad. I had never seen this entire movie, but watched it with Josh who is really enjoying his new Mel Brooks collection. It is very silly, irreverent and fun (with mostly boy humor). Not my favorite version...but fine.
My favorite Robin Hood versions:
That's it for my 60 films, but of course, I'll still be watching movies! And blogging about them.
My favorite Robin Hood versions:
|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
A little dirty, but wonderful. A great, modern telling of Robin Hood.
|Robin Hood
The TV show! I absolutely love this show!
|Robin Hood
I grew up watching the Disney version of Robin hood and, of course, love it.
|The Adventures of Robin Hood
The classic, black and white version.
That's it for my 60 films, but of course, I'll still be watching movies! And blogging about them.
Film 59 of 60: Silent Movie
|I had planned to finish out my 60 films with modern musicals (Moulin Rouge and Rent) but ended up buying the Mel Brooks collection for Josh and watching some of the films with him. Silent movie is fun and silly while only slightly dirty. Bernadette Peters plays the love interest. She is one of my favorite actresses, and she does silent film beautifully.
Film 58 of 60: Evita
|This is the first real musical I saw at the movie theatre. We were in Washington for All Northwest Honor Choir, junior year of high school. I was immediately in love with this film and tried to buy it the day it came out on VHS (yes, that long ago) but it wasn't available for under $100 in the small town I lived in. Now, I own it on DVD. I know every word to all but the soldiers song (not my favorite) and sing along whether out loud or in my head. If you enjoy musicals, check this one out.
June 14, 2009
Film 57 of 60: Into the Woods
|I love this movie. Stephen Sondheim is the best. Bernadette Peters is wonderful as the witch. This movie combines several fairy tales into one story. Meet the baker and his wife, Cinderella, Jack and Red Riding Hood (along with a few cameos). They find that getting what you wish for may not always be the best thing for you, and people do not always live happily ever after.
Film 56 of 60: Red Riding Hood
|I first saw this movie when I was a little girl. You know how there are those movies that mysteriously make you afraid of something? This one left me with a fear of throwing my arm across the bed. Not detaching it and throwing it, but sprawling it across. Watching it as an adult, the scene was a bit creepy but not life altering. :-}
Film 55 of 60: Hansel and Gretel
|I love this version. This is the opera, but the children are played with actual children. I saw a video of this once with two women playing Hansel and Gretel. Cloris Leachman plays the witch, which is very funny given her recent notoriety.
Film 54 of 60: Rumpelstiltskin
|This version finds Rumpelstiltskin as a creepy little man with quite a temper. He helps the miller's daughter turn straw into gold so that he can have her first child, he needs a cook! It is very fun to see Amy Irving so young and sweet.
Film 53 of 60: Snow White
|I've owned this movie for over a year but hadn't watched it. It is actually very fun and quite on par with the rest of the fairy tale series. As with the rest of them, the singers are not fantastic, but they're interesting especially when they are big stars and don't sing quite so well.
Film 52 of 60: The Inside Man
|This is such a great movie! Filled with twists and turns and very interesting! Lots of language though, so not for children! Highly recommended if you like an intelligent heist film.
June 08, 2009
Film 51 of 60: Constantine
|This is the perfect role for Keanu Reeves; dark, doesn't entirely care about his fellow man and moody. Constantine was born with a gift/curse, he sees things that humans are not supposed to see. He uses this gift to send as many demons back to hell as he can during his short life. Why is he doing this? He's trying to earn his way into heaven after he committed suicide but came back to life (per the Catholic beliefs portrayed in this film). Is he damned to hell? Only time will tell.
Film 50 of 60: Nixon
|Josh and I got Frost/Nixon from the library, only to find out that it was an old documentary, not the new movie...so we decided to watch this instead. It also allowed us to continue watching my Oliver Stone Collection. This was a very long film, but really interesting since I wasn't really around during the whole Watergate scandal. All films based on actual people must be taken with quite a grain of salt, but this was an interesting look into what may have motivated the former president.
Film 49 of 60: The Brothers Grimm
This is my favorite Heath Ledger Film. I am such a fan of Fairy Tales, (if you can't tell from my other movie posts)and love this fun re-telling of the Brothers Grimm. The brothers are not quite the story collectors, they are con-artists vanquishing witches and ghosts for a nominal fee. Of course, fairy tales start to come to life causing one brother to rethink his belief in fairy tales. Highly recommended, but not for kids, its too dark and a bit scary.
June 05, 2009
Film 48 of 60: License to Drive
|Back in the day, I was a fan of the Coreys. They were fun and the "Cool Kids" of the early 90's. I have had this movie for a while but hadn't gotten around to actually watching it. Now, I know why. It is not my favorite of the Corey films.
My favorites? Dream a Little Dream (of course!) and The Lost Boys. Both of those are actually fantasy films. Interesting. So, if you are interested in the Coreys, watch one of those, and not this one!
Film 47 of 60:
|The Order is a great movie dealing with Catholicism and the legend of the Sin Eater. It is especially interesting after watching Francine Rivers' Sin Eater, which is from the strictly Christian perspective. This version of the sin eater is of course darker, but also more interesting to me.
Heath Ledger is wonderful, as always and his films always remind me of our great loss.
Film 46 of 60: Fireproof
|Fireproof was a very nice Christian film about marriage. A couple is on the brink of divorce when the man's father suggests that he do the Love Dare. What follows is the husband's journey to re-discover his love for his wife and find faith.
Not a spectacular movie, but nice for what it is.
May 31, 2009
Film 45 of 60: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
|My favorite thing about this movie? They have Yetis! How cool is that?
Least favorite, Rachel Weisz did not want to reprise her role as Evelyn and they cast Maria Bello in her place. I love Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, but upon further reflection, Maria Bello does an excellent job in the role. I just miss the librarian!
Alex is all grown up, dropped out of college and on a dig in China, unbeknownst to his retired parents. Rick and Evelyn get sent on one final mission to China and discover him at Jonathan's club. Fortunately, Alex has made the find of a century, which dampens the horror of him dropping out. He has found the tomb of the Dragon Emperor and of course, this being a mummy movie, they must bring him to life.
Film 44 of 60: The Mummy Returns
|The second of the Trilogy, this one finds Rick and Evelyn married and raising their son Alex who is about 8-10 in this film. Being a curious child, he finds a very pretty golden bracelet and tries it on...well, of course that leads to trouble when it won't come off and they find out that they have 7 days to find a lost oasis so they can take the bracelet off without killing Alex.
This is my favorite of the Mummy movies because it deals more with ancient Egypt (one of my favorite subjects) than the other 3 movies.
Film 43 of 60: The Mummy (1999?)
|It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.
The first of the Mummy trilogy finds our beloved Rick in prison and Evelyn working at the museum in Cairo. Evelyn's brother Jonathan finds a map to the City of the Dead. Well, that can never be good! One thing leads to another and the Mummy ends up awake and ready to raise his dead girlfriend from the dead and rule the Earth.
This is a great adventure, especially if you're looking for a light hearted fun adventure film. Don't take it too seriously.
May 30, 2009
Film 42 of 60: The Ogre
Made for tv? Seems like a made for tv movie.
One of the main girls was in a few episodes of Supernatural. My favorite show.
Four friends go out looking for a mysterious lost city and, of course, they find it. Unfortunately for them, its also sacrifice time and they are looking mighty tasty.
Its not even on IMDB...anyway, its a lot like M. Night's The Village. They are trapped in a long ago time, only this one has much more fantasy involved.
Do I recommend it? Not really. There was nothing else on tv...
One of the main girls was in a few episodes of Supernatural. My favorite show.
Four friends go out looking for a mysterious lost city and, of course, they find it. Unfortunately for them, its also sacrifice time and they are looking mighty tasty.
Its not even on IMDB...anyway, its a lot like M. Night's The Village. They are trapped in a long ago time, only this one has much more fantasy involved.
Do I recommend it? Not really. There was nothing else on tv...
Film 41 of 60: High Society
Starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm. Can I just say that Celeste Holm is the biggest cutie? Oh my, I love her in this film. I haven't seen a lot of her movies, but I do enjoy her performances.
Anyway, this is a cute story of a marriage that failed and the re-marriage that should not be. The best part: Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby sing a duet. Its great. Highly recommended!
Other Films I love with these actors:
Celeste Holm: Snake Pit and All About Eve
Grace Kelly: To Catch a Thief and Rear Window
Sinatra: On the Town and Anchors Aweigh
Bing Crosby: Road to Bali and We're not dressing
Film 40 of 60: Terminator: Salvation
Christian Bale is the 3rd person (movie wise) to play John Connor. I must say that I was a bit affected (effected? I can never remember which) by his little rant on the set months and months ago. My favorite John Connor was played by Nick Stahl. Maybe not the most popular choice, but my favorite.
I do know (per EW) that Christian Bale was originally wanted for the part of Marcus Wright but ended up wanting the role of John Connor which makes great sense if there is another movie, he'll still look like John Connor.
It was a great movie and I'm glad that I saw it. Would I watch it again? For free. I won't be adding it to my collection, but I haven't bought any of the others either.
I do know (per EW) that Christian Bale was originally wanted for the part of Marcus Wright but ended up wanting the role of John Connor which makes great sense if there is another movie, he'll still look like John Connor.
It was a great movie and I'm glad that I saw it. Would I watch it again? For free. I won't be adding it to my collection, but I haven't bought any of the others either.
Film 39 of 60: Chronicles of Riddick Director's Cut
|Every once in a while, I greatly prefer a director's cut. The director can add whatever he/she wants and sometimes it really builds the back story. This is one of those films.
This is the sequel to Pitch Black which finds our hero hiding out on an ice filled planet. When a group of bounty hunters tries to capture him, he is compelled into defending a helpless planet against a new breed of monster, the Necromongers.
A great sci-fi adventure film with lots of bum kicking.
This one is unrated.
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|Krista at 15
In 1986 I was 15-years-old and I was pregnant.
That's an easy statement to make now, but it was a reality that took me months to accept.
I was in love. I honestly thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with him....until he broke up with me.
The next month my period didn't come. I thought it was because I was upset over the break-up.
The month after that, I was in denial. It couldn't happen to me. We had been safe....most of the time.
The month after that I accepted I was pregnant.
But I wasn't allowed to date yet, so how was I going to tell my parents I was pregnant?
When I finally told them they were angry, disappointed and concerned.
We talked about my future and what I wanted.
I wanted to go to college. And I knew I was not ready to be a mother at 15-years old.
My mother took me to the Planned Parenthood in Peoria Illinois.
After an examination the doctor said he could not perform the abortion.
I was more than 21-weeks pregnant.
Our only alternative was to travel to Wichita Kansas and the Women's Health Care Services clinic.
The same clinic Operation Rescue and other anti-choice protesters targeted for years.
When we pulled up to the gated clinic only one silent protestor stood outside.
I was relieved, but I was also scared.
The staff was kind. They smiled and treated me and the six others in my group gingerly.
They were other teenagers like me.
There was a 20-year old beauty pageant queen. She told me she was getting an abortion because the Miss America rules stated she could not have a child.
There was a couple in their 30's who made the difficult decision to terminate a planned pregnancy because the child was stricken with a severe birth defect.
The same birth defect that had already claimed one of their children.
And there was a 12-year-old Hispanic girl who didn't speak English. She looked terrified.
The staff explained that over the next week we would take pills to induce labor and abort our fetuses.
We all stayed at a local motel.
We ate together, we cried together and we supported each other.
My contractions started in the middle of the afternoon.
I couldn't keep food or water down.
The pain increased as the contractions got closer together.
By the next morning I was in agony.
I don't remember much about the moment when my pregnancy ended.
Just the nurse who told me to push.
On the long drive home, my breasts started producing milk. My body believed I had given birth.
Before we left the clinic, the Doctor talked to all of us about our futures.
When the Doctor looked at me he paused and quietly said I reminded him of his daughter.
My doctor was Dr. George Tiller.
In 2004, I saw Dr. Tiller again at the March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C.
I cried and thanked him for giving me a future.
I felt empowered knowing he was on our side.
On May 31, 2009 Scott Roeder shot and killed Dr. George Tiller.
The doctor was at his church serving as an usher during the Sunday morning service when Roeder shot Dr. Tiller in the head.
That single gunshot closed the Women's Health Care Services clinic permanently.
I want Dr. Tiller's legacy to be something he said, "Abortion is about women's hopes and dreams and potential, the rest of their lives, abortion is a matter of survival for women.
|Krista today
Krista is married to an amazing, supportive man. They have two dogs who fill their lives with joy. You can find Krista on Twitter.


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Richard, You have taken acrylic painting to a whole new level. The detail here is mind boggling! I enjoyed your description as well. F/L Jerry
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Thanks again, Jerry, This was the first painting I did (back in 2008) where I used a drafting table instead of an easel. I gave up on the easel because I was getting acute shoulder pain. However, the added benefit was that my ability to paint detail, which suits my character, was significantly increased. The downside was that it now seems to take longer to complete my paintings! Best wishes with your excellent work.
u r a master in painting water, I m ur fan, Richard.
Clovelly is a beautiful place. I like the perspective and composition. Well done.
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Very nice! You have a lot of great paintings.
Outstanding work of art Richard.
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ORIGINAL SOLD. AVAILABLE AS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS. In 2008 I met up with a friend and we undertook the spectacular 10 mile coastal hike from Hartland Quay to the fishing village of Clovelly in north Devon. Set into a steep hillside, Clovelly's main street winds its way down the 400 foot hill through traditional whitewashed cottages to the picturesque harbour. Traffic is banned and the hill is so steep that sledges are used for transport. Unusually, the village is privately owned and has been by the same family since 1738. Their policy is to care for Clovelly and keep it in the style of the mid-19th Century, making it very unusual, with a charm of its own. When we arrived in the late afternoon, the sun was casting strong shadows down the hill and I took a large number of photographs, several of which were used in composing this scene, which is taken from the breakwater. I have included a large amount of detail and my aim is to draw the viewer in to explore the village and...
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"Dinner party time – Who would you invite? What music is playing? What are you eating? Is there entertainment? Let your imagination go wild!"
This is (unsurprisingly as an Event Producer and dinner party hostess addict) something I think about all the time. I fuss over what the table centres would be, who sits next to who, and what to serve. I think though, as it's all meant to be fantasy, I can allow myself some fantastical indulgences….
The dinner would take place I think in my dream home, because there could be no place dreamier. If it's summer we'd eat out in my Xanadu-like gardens, or in Winter we'd eat inside in my grand dining hall. I'd prepare the meal myself in my dream kitchen, but as it's a fantasy I'd have staff hired in specially to help serve (all the better for my Hostessing bit). Dinner would be made from all the very best Organic, seasonal ingredients, and would probably be along the lines of a huge sharing roast dinner (all the better for everyone to get to know each other and break the ice by passing the dishes around). The table centres would be made myself that morning using some of the fantastical flowers from my fantastical garden, with lots of taper candles of course. I find live music a little imposing for small gatherings, so I'd create a playlist based on my mood and the season to play just as guests arrive…thereafter giving over to the sound of chatter.
For a proper dinner party, where everyone gets to enjoy the company of each other, I don't think numbers should be more than twelve in total. So, that leaves me the tricky task of who to invite (using hand-illustrated cards written out individually)….especially as this is a fantasy, which as far as I'm concerned gives me free reign to choose anyone from any point in time or from fiction.
Anyway, bearing in mind that I'd like my guests to have interesting discussions with each other as well as with me, I've come up with this table plan…..
I'd definitely want my amazing fiance Adam to be there to share the experience with me, then clockwise from him….Grayson Perry, who I find massively inspiring, although would probably be too shy to talk to….Katy Perry, who I think would have fun chatting to Grayson, and bring lots of fun chat….Elvis I'm positive would love Katy, and he'd be close enough in this position for me to stare at lovingly, whilst not so close he could see my blushes….Fox Mulder would be just as excited as me to be at a dinner party with Elvis, and he *is* my second favourite Special Agent….first favourite though is Special Agent Dale Cooper who I would just love to spend the evening chatting with, especially with Mulder right next to him so they could share their stories with me….
My favourite British Agent would have to go to my left, and because it's what happens in all the books, as a woman, he'd have to flirt with me all night….I think Joseph Gordon Levitt would have good chat with Bond, but he's really there because I want to match-make him with the guest to his left….Zooey Deschanel is about my favouritest girl celebrity at the moment and I would love for her to get together with JGL to make babies and save the world….another inspiring woman is next, star of one of my favourite films and just all round awesome Tilda Swinton….and for intelligent banter, whit and trivia, the last seat goes to the wonderful Stephen Fry.
Writing all this down has made me think what a wonderful reality TV show this would make…..win your Fantasy Dinner Party by competing against other people in a sort of Come Dine With Me style, then the TV show arranges for all your dream guests to come along to your house for sups. I'd go on THAT TV show for sure!
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By sharifitness on Nov 21, 2013 in Fitness
So I had a realization about myself and where I am right now after I finished one of my workouts, but before I share the revelation…. my "a ha" moment, I want to take you into my world when I'm in the gym doing my thing.
Throughout my workout, I have my ear buds plugged in, lost in my music, rockin' out in my head, and completely absorbed and focused on my workout. Not a care, a worry in the world. Nothing to think about. Just me, the iron and my music. It's my "meditation in motion".
I watch myself in the mirror taking notice of the strength and power I have as I perform a set of DB clean and snatches making me feel empowered and invincible. I feel my heart beating as I perform my body weight exercises, and feel the sweat start to pour down the back of my neck and down the front of my chest. I'm aware that I'm breathing heavy and out of breath, even though I can't hear myself through my head phones.
As I continue on through my workout, watching myself in the mirror, sweaty, no makeup, I realize my beauty in the raw, and my sexuality. My beauty being my strength, my power, my sense of confidence in my abilities. That's what's sexy. It's the REAL me… raw and powerful and strong. I own that. No one did that for me. I didn't do it for anyone, or what my industry expects from me… I did it for me. That's the way it has been, and that's the way it will always be.
Wholly crap! And then it hit me..
And then it hit me. My realization. Wholly crap.. I'm almost 50! But as I think of the fact that I'll be celebrating my 50th birthday in 2014, I'm not thinking of it in terms of dread and despair. I think about it with pride.
As I approach the age of 50, I have more strength and power than I've ever had. I'm doing exercises and lifts I wasn't doing in my 20's, 30's or even in my early 40's. As I watch the only other 2 people in the gym, both guys much younger than me, I am aware that I am working out with more power and intensity than they are. Society dictates that it should be the other way around. After all, I'm an almost 50 year old female. These guys should be doing what I'm doing and totally killing their workout. But like most people I observe, even those way younger than me of the opposite sex, it's like they're sleepwalking their way through their workouts… kind of makes you wonder if they sleepwalk their way through life.
As the realization that I'm approaching the age of 50, so too, comes the realization that I have more energy than I did in my 20's and 30's and even my early 40s. I'm healthier than I've ever been. And…. I look the best I've ever looked in my life. Vibrant, healthy, strong, powerful, confident and yes, more attractive. I know I look much younger than my years and that I'm defying the aging process…. naturally. Not with pills and lotions and cosmetic surgery. But by treating my body, my being, like the precious temple it is. Working out, consistently over the years. Consistently eating foods over the years that contribute to my health and fitness that nourish my body. I can tell you over the years I've never once counted how many calories I consume. Never weighed or measured my food. Even when I competed I didn't count calories, weigh or measure my food.
I don't stress over what I ate or didn't eat simply because in the long run, I always knew that as long as I focused on health, and doing all the things naturally and holistically that keep a body strong and healthy, the rest will fall into place.
My other realization – what fitness means to me
I also had a realization about how I approach fitness and my workouts. It's not only about building a better body although that does come with the territory. It about the challenge, how hard I can push myself and giving it my all, enjoying it and having fun with it. It's about being present with myself and allowing mind and body to become one. It's not about obsessing about how my abs are looking or whether or not I'm happy or not happy with them. In the scheme of things, it really is insignificant.
It's more about a sense of pride and accomplishment after a good, hard, workout and how much better you feel afterwards…. how clear your head is and that wonderful post workout endorphin high.
I've also realized that through the years, the gym has helped me be as Elliott Hulse would say, a stronger version of myself and not just a stronger physical self.
Yes, I'm almost 50 and I'm kicking ass and rockin' everything out harder than ever and loving it, looking better than ever, feeling better than ever, and continuing to be …. a stronger version of myself as I continue to grow and evolve physically, mentally and spiritually into a new decade of me.
My advice to you
My advice to all of you….. Get out there and kick ass and rock everything you do 'cuz if you don't, something or someone will end up kicking your ass, and that would suck.
Challenge yourself. Challenge yourself physically and become a stronger version of you. Don't let age be an excuse because you and I know that's a bunch of bullshit. Don't let family, kids, friends your job be an excuse, because in the end, your excuses will be your would'ves, could'ves, should'ves that will make you miserable and you'll end up with nothing but regrets.
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Moody Towers are high rise dorms complete with card keys and staff security. But at 4:30 in the morning Thursday, a student awoke in her dorm room to a stranger touching her. She screamed and he fled. But a photo identified by the female student indicates the suspect is no stranger to campus police. He's been identified as Astin Chavers Clark, 22. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Lt. Bret Collier with the University of Houston Police Department said, "He'd been arrested before for criminal trespass. I believe he was sleeping in Moody Towers in the basement."
Police say security video captured his image as he entered the dorm lobby. Apparently he had help getting in.
"We can see that he was allowed in by someone that did have access," said Lt. Collier. "So we'll have to investigate to see if that was someone known to him."
The incident has a lot of students in the dorm talking and thinking.
Student Bailey Walcock said, "Lock your doors, be with a group of people -- just the basics."
There is a security review underway to determine what the breakdown was that allowed an intruder inside. A student dorm advisor who lives in the towers, though, says the student's dorm room door may have been unlocked and that's rule number one.
"You have to take the proper security procedures," said dorm advisor Mike Brown. "While in the dorm, lock your door. If there's a knock at the door, check to see who's there. Check to see if you know the person and if you don't, don't open the door."
The charge when the suspect is found is expected to be unlawful entry of a habitation and attempted felony act.
A second student was targeted in criminal act on the same day. Campus police say a female student abducted at gunpoint. She was robbed, driven around for about an hour and then released off campus.
Anyone with information about any of the incidents is asked to call UHDPS at 713-743-3333.


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I loved the Filipe Faisca Fashion Show at Moda Lisboa Freedom. I will post some pictures I took but you can see better here! See also the outfit I chose for the last day of Lisboa Fashion Week!
And my favorite one...
Dress: Love / Shoes: Gold Fish / Bag: Carmen Steffens / Belt: H&M / Necklace: Casa Batalha / Bracelet: H&M
Thanks for reading!
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Jeong Selected for Oklahoma Centerfold 2012 Juried Art Show
E.K. Jeong, interim chair of the art department at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, has been selected to exhibit her artwork at the Oklahoma: Centerfold Juried Art Show 2012 in Lawton.
Jeong will be displaying her piece, "Mark Making Series." It was selected for the exhibition by juror Kristy Deetz, a professor of art at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.
Oklahoma: Centerfold Juried Art Show 2012 runs through December 31 at the Leslie Powell Gallery, located at 620 SW D Avenue in Lawton.
The show began in 1989 as a locally judged and selected art show. However, as the show has grown over the years, it has received national attention and now features artists and works from all over the United States. The biennial show is now in its 14th year.


text: Am meeting a friend for early lunch on Friday and haven't been to either of these places for many years..friend is coming via subway, that's why I chose(??) these two places..anyone have suggestions as to what's good/what to avoid. Not up for Japanese/Shwama/Thai for this particular Lunch, other suggestions appreciated, but must be in the Annex..


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Recipe | "Panzanella" by Sue Ready
Cook's Notes: "Panzanella Salad is a great way to use up leftover or slightly stale bread and ripe tomatoes. The original recipe is typically made with red wine vinegar and olive oil. This version substitutes balsamic vinegar for red wine vinegar. Be sure to use your best extra light virgin olive oil as quality becomes apparent after the first bite. The dish gets better the longer the flavors are allowed to infuse so you can make it several hours in advance. Be sure to stir the salad a couple of times. If you happen to shop at a store that carries speciality oils and balsamic vinegars consider buying chocolate balsamic vinegar. It is amazing in this recipe." - Sue Ready
Panzanella or panmolle (bread salad) is a Tuscan salad of bread and tomatoes popular in the summer. It includes chunks of soaked stale bread, diced tomatoes, onions and basil, dressed with olive oil and vinegar.
- 1 small French bread or boule, cut into 1 inch cubes you will need 2 cups
- 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, cut into cubes
- 1 cup diced cucumbers or 1 cup diced zucchini
- 1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper
- 1/2 cup diced yellow pepper
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 6-8 basil leaves, coarsely chopped
- optional grilled summer squash or cooked green beans
- optional adding in mixed greens
Ingredients: Vinaigrette:
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup extra light virgin olive oil
- 3 TB. balsamic vinegar
- 1 TB. dried spice mixture a combination of oregano, thyme and parsley
- In a blender add oil, spices, minced garlic and vinegar. Mix well.
- In a bowl place stale bread cubes and add half of the vinaigrette to the cubes. Toss to coat well and set aside at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl add tomatoes chunks, onions, peppers, cucumbers and torn basil leaves.
- Salt and pepper to taste, stir to combine ingredients.
- Add in rest of vinaigrette with bread cubes.
- Mix the salad ingredients and let sit for at least 30 minutes. The longer the salad sits, the juicer the tomatoes will be.


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A very modern rock cinematic mood style. It'll work perfect for a cinematic-action product.. for example, somebody needs help, we have to rescue the people, the hero has a mission, the jungle is in danger, the animals are in extinction, the zombies are coming… anything you can imagine !
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Slack is one of the top messaging services for teams. You probably use it for your work. We do here at It's FOSS to communicate among ourselves. In this article, we'll see various ways to install and use Slack in Linux.
Some might wonder why we don't just run Slack in a browser tab. My answer is that it is nice to have it in a separate application because it is easier to switch to and it will not go away if you accidentally close your browser.
Slack: The official client for Linux
Slack has started offering a native app for Linux recently. It is still in beta but works pretty smooth and you can definitely install it to use Slack in Linux.
Slack provides Snap, DEB and RPM packages. If you use Ubuntu, you can install Slack from the Software Center itself.
It has all the features that you would expect from the native client, including desktop notification, auto-login and options to change teams etc.
If you don't want to use Snap, there are binaries available for Ubuntu (.deb) and Fedora (.rpm) for 64 bit systems. You can download the binaries fro the Slack download page.
Download Official Slack Client (Beta)
In case, you are not happy with the beta client or want some open source solution (though Slack is not open source), we've got you cover. I am going to introduce you to two open source client for Slack with options to add multiple instant messaging applications and email.
ScudCloud is an unofficial client for Slack. It improves Slack's integration into the Linux desktop by adding the following features:
- native system notifications
- count of unread direct mentions on launcher or system tray
- channels quicklist (Unity only)
- optional tray notifications
- "Close to Tray"
I prefer Scudcloud because it runs better than official Slack client for Linux. I had a problem with the latest update to Slack. Hopefully, they fix it soon.
You can use the following commands to install ScudCloud on Ubuntu-based systems.
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:rael-gc/scudcloud echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula
select true | sudo debconf-set-selections sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install scudcloud
To install on ScudCloud on Arch, search the AUR for scudcloud.
To install it on Fedora, use the command below:
sudo dnf install scudcloud.
You can find more installation instructions on their GitHub page.
The second option for Slack on Linux is called Rambox. If these two apps were pocket knives, Scudcloud would be a single blade folding knife and Rambox would be a Swiss Army knife.
Rambox is not limited to Slack, but also supports WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Hangouts, Telegram, WeChat, Gmail, Inbox, HipChat, ChatWork, GroupMe,Grape, Gitter, Steam, Discord, Noysi, Outlook, TutaNota, Hushmail, BearyChat, Sync, Wire, Rocket Chat, Missive, Yahoo Mail, Office 365, Dasher, DingTalk, FlowDock, Mattermost, Voxer, and Yahoo Messanger.
On top of support for 33 messaging and email services, Rambox allows you to sync your Rambox installs across multiple computers. Like ScudCloud, it supports native notifications. You can also add custom services that are not implemented by Rambox.
Rambox is available for Linux, Windows and Mac from their website:
Honorable Mention
There is a third option named Franz. It supports over 20 messenger services besides Slack. I didn't include it because I haven't used it. But I am sure you would find it useful.
What's your Slack?
What's your favorite Slack app for Linux? Have you had any experience with the apps we mentioned?


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Call of the Wild
How does buck defeat his rival?
Write evidence and page number
Write evidence and page number
Buck defeat his rival with imagination.
But Buck possessed a quality that made for greatness—imagination. He fought by instinct, but he could fight by head as well. He rushed, as though attempting the old shoulder trick, but at the last instant swept low to the snow and in. His teeth closed on Spitz's left fore leg. There was a crunch of breaking bone, and the white dog faced him on three legs. Thrice he tried to knock him over, then repeated the trick and broke the right fore leg. Despite the pain and helplessness, Spitz struggled madly to keep up. He saw the silent circle, with gleaming eyes, lolling tongues, and silvery breaths drifting upward, closing in upon him as he had seen similar circles close in upon beaten antagonists in the past. Only this time he was the one who was beaten.
Call of the Wild


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Happy Wife Farm
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This grower has a photo album.
We are a small family farm with dairy goats, and free range chickens and guineas. Our 100 tree established pecan orchard provides large meaty nuts, and a variety fruit trees offer a juicy treat to satisfy the sweet tooth. We use organic methods – no chemicals or pesticides are used on our property. All of our animals and food are raised naturally and with a great deal of love.


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The Eclipse Ti-S Inverted Research Microscope is Nikon's entry level research microscope with the basic model offering two built-in imaging ports that can be dedicated to specific tasks. This microscope is an excellent starting building block for many research applications. The Eclipse Ti-S uses Nikon's world-famous CFI60 optical system and a wide choice of objectives for bright field, dark field, fluorescence, phase contrast, DIC and modulation contrast microscopy techniques.
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The operational speeds of motorized components such as the nosepiece, fluorescence filters and stage have been greatly enhanced, allowing high-speed screening image capture during multi-dimensional experiments. Faster device movement and image acquisition reduce overall light exposure and subsequent photo-toxicity, leading to more meaningful data. The digital Controller Hub significantly increases motorized accessory speed by reducing communication overhead time between components, boosting total operation speed.
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The revolutionary external phase contrast unit enables the use of high N.A. non-phase contrast objective lenses for phase contrast imaging by the use of an external phase ring. As this external phase ring is not in the epi-fluorescence light path, users can capture both fluorescence images as well as phase contrast images without compromising on fluorescence tranmission.
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The Ti-U has two built-in imaging ports* that can be dedicated to specific tasks, offering a flexible configuration at a high cost-to-performance ratio.
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LENOX, Mass. -- In 1986, Elliott Carter wrote "A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes," a salute to Texas on its 150th anniversary. That may appear a lot of notes to fit into a three-minute piece, but this brash bevy of 11 fanfares all fighting for attention at once was but one very small part of "Carter's Century," a very large celebration of the composer's upcoming 100th birthday as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival here. If those 15,000 notes had been grains of sand, then this five-day jubilee (which ended Thursday) at the Boston Symphony's summer home in the lush green Berkshires could have been called Carter Beach.
There were 47 pieces, or quite a few more depending how you count -- "Celebration," for instance, became the first part of an orchestral triptych. There were two all-Carter concerts a day, totaling about 20 hours of music. Carter is still an active composer, and the event included several U.S. premieres of recent works and the first performances of two new pieces commissioned for the occasion.
This was the first time that the Tanglewood Music Center, a prestigious training program for young musicians, devoted its annual contemporary music festival to a single composer. The final concert, Thursday night, was the first time that the Boston Symphony performed a full concert as part of the festival. And that concert was also the first time in the orchestra's long history that it devoted a full program to the works of a living composer.


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Under Monday's agreement, South Korea confirmed the issue of "comfort women," as those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels are euphemistically known, was resolved "finally and irreversibly", if Japan faithfully took steps to help survivors.
South Korea defended on Thursday an agreement with Japan to settle the issue of "comfort women" following criticism it was inadequate, saying it was the best any government could do in the lifetimes of the elderly victims of abuse.
Under Monday's agreement, South Korea confirmed the issue of "comfort women," as those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels are euphemistically known, was resolved "finally and irreversibly", if Japan faithfully took steps to help survivors.
But some of the known 46 surviving victims have criticised the deal saying they were not consulted on the negotiations and it did not go far enough. Many other South Koreans have been critical and the political opposition called it "degrading".
The office of President Park Geun-hye acknowledged that any agreement would be inadequate given what the women faced after being forced to work in brothels during Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea.
"The scars of the comfort women issue are too deep so that in reality any conclusion reached will only be short of what is needed," the president's office said in a statement.
But scrapping the result of the government's "best effort" would mean nothing would be done, it said.
"No future government will try to tackle this complicated issue."
To reject this agreement would turn the clock back 24 years, the office said, referring to 1991 when what had for decades been largely unknown, unspoken of abuse came into the open with the first ever testimony of a victim.
In all, 238 women came forward to acknowledge abuse. Only 46 survive and their average age is 89.
"There will be nothing more for the government to do in the elderly women's lifetime," if the deal was rejected, the office said.
Scholars debate how many women were exploited. Activists say there may have been as many as 200,000 Korean victims.
The issue has long soured ties between the U.S. allies and the United States welcomed the accord.
On Wednesday, two surviving victims joined a rally outside Japan's embassy, criticizing the government for not pushing Japan hard enough and calling for it to pay formal compensation.
Under the agreement, Japan will pay about 1 billion yen ($8 million) into a fund to help survivors and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed an apology. But Japan has declined to call the money compensation.
In a poll of 508 people released on Thursday, 51 percent of them said the government did a poor job negotiating the agreement while 43 percent said it did well.


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Field astronomy deals with the determination of the relative positions of the celestial bodies by taking the astronomical observations.
Related terms:
1. Celestial sphere: If we assume the space to be a sphere having the earth as its center and all the star lying on its surface, or studded in it. The celestial sphere can be of few kilometers to many thousand kilometer.
2. Zenith and Nadir : These are two points on the celestial sphere opposite to each other and lying above and below the observer. Zenith is the point on the celestial sphere, above the head of the observer and Zenith is the point on the celestial sphere below the observer. Alternatively, these are the points of intersection of the plumb line(drawn through the point of observation) with the celestial sphere.
3.Terrestrial poles and equator: Terrestrial poles are the points of intersection of the axis of rotation of the earth with the earth sphere, and the terrestrial equator is the great circle of the earth which is perpendicular to the the axis of rotation of the earth.
4. Celestial poles and Celestial equator: If the earth's axis of rotation is extending on both direction, it will intersect with the celestial sphere at the two points, celestial poles. Similarly Celestial equator is the great circle of the celestial sphere, in which the plane of intersection of the terrestrial equator with the celestial sphere lies.
5. Sensible Horizon: In the celestial sphere the point of observation is taken as the center. Sensible horizon is a great circle of the celestial sphere which passes through the point of observation and is tangential to the earth surface, or which is perpendicular to the zenith-nadir line.
6.Vertical Circle: The vertical circle of a celestial sphere is a circle passing through the zenith and nadir and therefore all the vertical circles are perpendicular to the horizon.
7. Observer's meridian: It is a circle which passes through the zenith and nadir of the observation point as well as through the poles of the celestial sphere. So it is a vertical circle.
8.Prime meridian: It is a vertical circle which is at right angles to the observer's meridian.
9. Azimuth: It is the angular distance between the observer's meridian and the vertical circle passing through the observer(Zenith and Nadir) and the heavenly body.
10. Hour Angle: It is the angular distance between the declination circle and the observer's meridian.
11. Latitude: It is the angular distance of the zenith from the equator.
12. Co-latitude: It is complementary angle of the latitude, i.e. 90 - latitude. It is also known as the zenith distance from the poles.
13. Right Ascension: Right ascension is the angular distance along the equator of the heavenly body from the point of Aries. It is simply written as R.A. and is always measured in the right direction from 0 to 360.
14. Ecliptic: It is the the path of the Sun around the earth assuming the earth to be stationary, traveled in one complete year. Ecliptic intersects the equator at the point of Aries and the Libra just opposite to Aries. It is the spring season when summer enters into Aries to the northern hemisphere, and it is the start of winter in the northern hemisphere when it passes the Libra and enters into the southern hemisphere.
There are some important things to discuss to understand the position of the star, or a heavenly body.
Napier's Rule: Napier's rule can be be used to solve the spherical trigonometry dealing with the right angled spherical triangles. If we arrange the 5 remaining angles in a circle in the manner as shown in fig. below, then we can get the other three angles if two of the angles are known.
The formula used is written in the photo itself. It says the sine of the middle angle is equal to the product of the tangents of the adjacent angles and product of the cosines of the opposite angles.
Star at elongation: The star is said to be at elongation when it is at its farthest point towards east or towards the west from the observer's meridian. This is point where the path of the star is tangent to the vertical circle passing through the star and the zenith nadir line. So in this position the star angle M is 90 degrees.
Star at prime vertical: When the star is on the prime vertical which is the vertical circle at right angle to the observer's meridian, the star is said to be at the prime vertical. So in this position the Azimuth is 90 degrees.
Star at horizon: When the star is at the horizon then the altitude of the star is zero, so the co-altitude or the zenith distance is 90 degrees.
Star at culmination: When the star is on the observer's meridian, either culminating from the east to west or from west to east, the star is said to be at culmination.
Aphelion: This is the point on the elliptic path of the Sun when it is at its farthest distance from the earth (Earth is assumed to be stationary, at one of the foci of the ellipse.)
Perihelion: Perihelion is another point on the ecliptic when the Sun is at the nearest distance from the earth. When the Sun is at its nearest distance to the earth, the apparent motion of the Sun is faster, as compared to other positions.
Note:The Sun is always stationary, but it astronomy we assume the earth to be the center of the universe, so we assume the Sun to be moving. It is called its apparent motion.
Sidereal Time: It is a time which is obtained using the sidereal time system. In the Sidereal time system, the time at any place can be measured by measuring the longitude eastwards from the first point of Aries to the meridian of the place along the equator.
If at any moment, Sun's Right Ascension is known and the hour angle is known, then we can find the Local sidereal time = Right Ascension of the sun + Hour angle of the Sun
Apparent/ True Solar Time: It is the time obtained based on the Sun's motion above a given place. In this system the time is measured as 0 hours 0 min 0 Sec, when the Sun is at its lower transit, means when it is midnight at the place. It is 12 Hours 0min 0sec, when the Sun is over the head of the place. So a day is the time interval between two consecutive transits of the Sun from the place.
The day is divided into 24 hours, so each hour Sun moves 15 degrees westwards. unfortunately the length of the day is not the same throughout the year, so this system can not be adopted in the digital watches of the modern day.
The days are of variable length due to the obliquity of the path of the Sun and the non-uniform motion of the Sun around the earth.
Mean Solar Time: So a new system is originated to measure the time, it is known as the mean solar time. There is a mean Sun, which revolves around the earth in a uniform speed, on the equatorial path. So the days are of the uniform length throughout the year. A mean solar day is the average of the lengths of the 365 days of a year. The watches give us the mean solar time.
Equation of Time: So as we know that there is a difference between the true solar time and the mean solar time, this difference is known as the equation of time.
So the equation of time = Apparent Solar time - Mean solar time
The apparent solar time and mean solar time, are one behind the other at various time periods of a year. Sometimes, the Apparent solar time is forward of Mean Solar time and sometime vice verse. So the equation of time is either positive or it is negative. There are four times in a year when the equation of time becomes zero, one such day is April 16 of the year.
It can all be understood by considering the obliquity of the path of the Sun and the non-uniform motion of the Sun around the earth.
Standard Time: To have the same time at all the places on the earth, the meridian passing through the Greenwich is taken as the standard. So when the mean Sun passes through the standard meridian, the standard time is 12h 0m 0sec in the noon. The standard time is same at all the places in the earth, but the local times can be found out by knowing the longitude of the place, from the Greenwich meridian, and adding or subtracting it, whether it is on the east or west of the standard meridian, respectively.
Converting angular distance into hourly time:
If I want to change the angular distance (longitude) into the time, I use the following relationships:
- 360 degrees(Angular) = 24 hours. (time) 1 hour(time) = 15 degrees.(angular)
- 1 degrees (angular) = 4 min. (time) 1 min (time)= 15 minutes(angular)
- 1 min(angular) = 4 seconds(time) 1 seconds(time) = 15 seconds(angular)
So a longitude of 82 degrees 30 minutes = 5 hours 30 minutes


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British Waterways wanted to find a way to slow down careless bikers along the Regent's Canal towpath in Islington, North London, so they paired up with street artists Joe Hill and Max Lowry. These talented artists created an illusory three-dimensional cliff that must be working like a charm, because British Waterways are planning to paint other areas of the city.
I bet Joe Hill and Max Lowry didn't think that one day their street art would be helping to increase the public's safety.
3D Floor Murals
3D Illusory Graffiti
3D Illusion Chalk Drawings
Optical Illusion Photos
Optical Illusion Sportsvertising
British Waterways Commissions Street Art to Slow Reckless Bikers
- By: Shelby Lee WalshJun 18, 2009
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Project Description
This program is specifically targeting the youngest soccer players from age 4 through 8. We make it a fun and challenging environment for the kids as well as preparing them for the competitive side of their later years.
The program will provide a year-round program. Players may join at any time with a month to month commitment. Each session will focus on a single topic. Dribbling, passing and receiving, shooting 1v1s and 2v2s will be part of the fun experience your little soccer star will experience. The younger age group will enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere with soccer related games that will keep the little ones engaged and loving the greatest sport in the world. The players will meet twice a week including practice and 4 v 4 fun games where no scores are kept and the focus is on learning to play the right way.


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God's Fiddler: Jascha Heifetz: Film Review
Peter Rosen's doc biopic takes advantage of solid performance footage shot throughout the soloist's six-decade career.
NEW YORK — An informative if uninvigorating look at the violinist Itzhak Perlman calls "the first true modern virtuoso player," Peter Rosen's God's Fiddler: Jascha Heifetz will draw only the most ardent classical fans to its niche theatrical run but should please a wider audience after making its way to educational TV.
Benefitting from solid performance footage shot throughout the soloist's six-decade career, the doc offers first-hand evidence of Heifetz's technical gifts but does little to explain them to the uninitiated. It's much better at recounting the breadth of his fame, which extended far beyond the classical cognoscenti: "Heifetz" was at one point a household synonym for musical genius, and Rosen offers everything from ancient newsreels to a casual Muppet Show reference to illustrate that renown.
Rosen's interviews with former students and colleagues can be dry, but brighten in the second half as the man's eccentricities come to the fore. Despite being known for stone-faced performances and sternness as a teacher, Heifetz was given to silly old-man humor and unannounced visits to his students' homes.
Among Heifetz's many offstage passions (at one point, he converted his Volvo into an enviro-friendly electric car), he was a self-professed "camera fiend" from a young age. As a result, Rosen can draw from a wealth of home movies dating back to the Flapper era; paired with countless portraits and other archival material, the movie offers visuals as evocative as its soundtrack. Occasional use of cheesy split-screen transitions, though, sometimes give the film an amateurish feel belying Rosen's long filmography.
Missing from most of those home movies is any hint of a family. Only in its last ten minutes or so does the film reveal the loneliness of a man who divorced multiple times and, one interviewee claims, had "zero relationship" with his three children.
Opens: November 11
Production Company: Peter Rosen Productions
Director-director of photography: Peter Rosen
Screenwriter: Sara Lukinson
Producers: Peter Rosen, Sara Lukinson
Executive producers: Carol Colburn Hogel, Lothar Mattner, Bernd Hellthaler
Editors: Josh Waletzky, Peter Rosen
No rating, 87 minutes


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Discussion in 'Middle East - General' started by Said1, Feb 6, 2005.
Jesus H Christ. What the hell IS it about that section of the world. Have they never heard of anything like a quid pro quo? They seem genuinely flummoxed by their problem. I don't think they understand that if you blow up schoolchildren, people will be less inclined to give you stuff. Arabs and Chechens. wtf.
Those wacky Jihadis.
Cruelly mistaken, and not delighted! You'd think he was talking about a protest march at the Kremlin!
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Conflict of Interest Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lawyer represents Client, who was seriously injured in an accident and is unable to work. The defendant's liability is quite clear, but the case will take several months for discovery and even longer if it goes to trial. Client is having difficulty paying her bills and daily living expenses. She also can't afford to pay costs necessary to pursue the litigation.
Which of the following is proper?
Lawyer pays deposition expenses, with repayment contingent on the outcome of the case
Lawyer makes a $5,000 loan to Client for living expenses, with repayment required regardless of the outcome of the case
Lawyer pays Client's rent during the pendency of the litigation, as long as Client is deemed to be indigent
a) I only
b) I and II, but not III
c) I and III, but not II
d) I, II and III
Would Lawyer be subject to discipline if he takes this case?
a) Yes, unless Lawyer and Tax Attorney are screened from each other
b) Yes, unless Client and Paula give informed consent to the representation
c) No, because the matters are not substantially related
b) No, because the lawyers are in different departments and are unlikely to share information