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The Hollywood Reporter: What do you think it is about your writing that resonates with Hollywood and attracts the attention of filmmakers?

Stephenie Meyer: You know, I have no idea why it resonates with anyone except for myself. I know it makes me happy. I feel like a lot of the appeal for Hollywood now is the crazy fan base who have made this so successful. Obviously Hollywood is always trying to tap into whatever they think is gonna be lucrative, but with the first one, someone just responded to the story they saw potential there, which was cool. We got lucky where with Catherine Hardwicke, she really wanted to make it like the book. There was an original script before we were with Summit that was so completely bizarrely different.

THR: What was different about it?

SM: FBI, boat chases, night vision goggles, Bella with a gun. Yeah, it was crazy. At the time — once you give away your rights you can’t object to the changes. It was just kind of like, ‘ahh!’ And then they didn’t make it and they let the rights come back, and it was like, ‘OK, I’m taking this home and no one’s ever touching it again.’ Then Erik Feig (former president of worldwide production and acquisitions at Summit, now president of production at Lionsgate) called and said, ‘Please we’ll do anything. We really want to make your story.’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ve heard that before.’ And he’s like, ‘No, no,’ and he let me come up with a rider where I wrote all these things that couldn’t change. They were like, ‘Yes, we’ll do it’ and I was like, ‘Oh, OK, well then I guess you really do want to make it as it is. That’s cool.’

THR: Were you at all scared about how The Host would translate to film?

SM: So many people had a hard time with that. The only three people I think who weren’t ever worried were me, Nick Wechsler, the producer, and Andrew Niccol, the director, because we all are like, ‘No, it’s obvious, totally obvious. You just need to have the most brilliant actress in the world and you don’t have a problem.’ And we got her, so we were really lucky. Saoirse [Ronan] is amazing. When you have an actress of that caliber, especially when not everybody knows who she is yet, I think she’s going to blow people away. And then you give her this concept role, it’s like a gift. She just loves to be able to do it and watching her — oh my gosh. There’s this one scene that has no music, it’s a close-up of her face for five minutes and you cannot look away. I mean, tears streaming down my face the first time I saw it. It was unreal.

THR: How involved have you been in the casting process?

SM: That was such a collaborative group. Nick brought me in from the very beginning. He wanted to do the movie and we got together. We kind of talked about how would you do this, and we both felt comfortable with it. Then he’s like, ‘What are your favorite science-fiction movies?’ My number one favorite science-fiction movie is Gattaca. Andrew Niccol was at the top of the list. I also really likedThe Truman Show because it’s such an odd but cool concept, and Andrew wrote that originally as a thriller and not a comedy. I’d really love to see that script — someday, I’m gonna get to read that. [Nick’s] like, ‘Well, Andrew’s fantastic’ and he’d worked with him before, and Andrew wanted to do it. He’s never done an adaptation before, so that was really cool.

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LAS VEGAS — Long known as a chip supplier for the PC world, Intel Corp. is trying to make its mark in the world of entertainment.

Although the keynote speech by Intel CEO Paul Otellini at the Consumer Electronics Show here Thursday (Jan. 5) touted several hardware developments, it also emphasized the company’s efforts to compete in the world of premium content services other electronic companies have entered.

"We’re at the threshold of a new entertainment era," Otellini told a packed audience in a multimedia-laden presentation.

After tracing the metamorphosis of the PC over the past two decades, Otellini spoke about Intel’s new dual-core processor, CoreDuo, which the company is integrating into its successful Centrino processor line for mobile PCs.

According to Otellini, CoreDuo runs 68 percent faster than older single-core processors while using 28 percent less power. The processor allows development of thinner, lighter mobile PCs, he added.

CoreDuo will also find its way into Viiv, a hardware and software platform Intel first announced last August at the Intel Developer Forum for a new class of entertainment-oriented PCs.

Otellini expects Viiv to help drive the long-awaited convergence between PC and home consumer electronics devices. "Consumers largely have the Internet experience on the PC, but we believe consumers want the Internet experience on a large screen," he said.

Intel Viiv technology platforms will include the Intel 945/955/975 Express Chipset family and Intel PRO/1000 PM or Intel PRO/100 VE/VM network connection.

Later this year, Viiv will add features that will simplify the set–up of a home network and the ability to transfer digital content from the PC to other devices.

Even with its attributes, Viiv faces stiff competition in the consumer electronics market.

Intel’s main rival AMD Inc. is also expanding its consumer focus with branded consumer desktops and notebooks. Last Fall, AMD overtook Intel in sales to the U.S. retail PC market, according to market research firm Current Analysis.

Given competition from AMD and other semiconductor suppliers in the consumer electronics arena, Intel is seeking to gain an edge by strengthening its ties with suppliers of premium digital video and audio content.

Intel announced it would ally with America Online, movie supplier ClickStar, DirecTV, ESPN, India-based film supplier Eros, ESPN, Spanish media company Grupo Televisa, Chinese media company Shanghai Media Group, and NBC Universal, to deliver premium content to PCs and consumer electronics devices based on the Viiv platform.

Thursday evening, Google agreed to port its video search technology to Intel Viiv-equiped machines. The Internet Search engine provider is hotly rumored to be negotiating a deal with retailers to sell a PC equipped with a Google operating system.

Making no bones about Intel’s commitment to the entertainment business, Otellini marched out Morgan Freeman, actor and head of ClickStar, along with ClickStar chairperson Lori McCreary. They announced the release of film “10 Items or Less” on ClickStar within weeks of the theatrical release.

The group was joined Hollywood filmmakers Danny DeVito, Tom Shadyac, Tom Hanks and Brad Silberling.

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Flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp. on Friday said a patent infringement complaint it filed against STMicroelectronics NV is being investigated by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

"We will uphold our claims vigorously, but can't comment an ongoing litigation," said Carol Brown, a senior spokeswoman at STMicroelectronics, a Geneva-based maker of semiconductor and microelectronic products.

SanDisk said the ITC will investigate whether STMicroelectronics NOR and NAND flash memory chips violate several patents, and should be barred from import and sale in the United States. The SanDisk’s U.S. patents are 5,172,338 and 5,991,517. The investigation will review whether ST NAND flash memory chips infringe SanDisk’s U.S. patents 5,991,517 and 6,542,956.

The investigation announced Friday expands more patents to the case, and covers both NAND and NOR flash memory chips, where the previous complaint only included NAND flash memory chips.

In December, SanDisk filed a patent infringement suit against STMicroelectronics in the Northern District of California, after the ITC declined to review SanDisk's complaint, which was denied review by an administrative judge.

At the time, SanDisk said it believed the order incorrectly interpreted the claims of the patent and had a strong basis for appeal.

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The New Windows 10 Upgrade is SHARING Your Files With the Internet – See How You Can Stop It

The new WINDOWS 10 upgrade has a setting automatically turned on that SHARES your files with the internet – here’s a way to stop the flagship Microsoft OS.

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The new Windows 10 upgrade features a default setting that shares files within your PC and also other PCs on-line – but it all occurs when you update the Microsoft software.

As the main Windows 10 upgrade or update process, Microsoft are creating a system called Windows Update Delivery Optimization.

When this is on, Windows 10 sends updates through your computer to other PCs that are part of your local network or online.

The process has been outlined on the official Microsoft website,  and it has two different settings.

Setting one allows the Windows 10 upgrade to share files along with other computers that are part of your local network.

However, setting two allows Windows 10 to share files along with computers on your local network AND other computers online, according to Techrepublic.

The second setting will be the default for every version of Windows 10 upgrade- apart from Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.

The Windows Update Delivery Optimization can be active once you purchase and downloaded any apps on the Microsoft Store.

The next Windows 10 update, the Fall Creators Update, is due to be released in a few months time this autumn.

If you have still got your default settings set, then Windows 10 upgrade could be sharing your files any time you upgrade your PC while using upcoming update.

Here’s what you should do after a Windows 10 upgrade

If you’d rather files through your Windows 10 device aren’t shared you are able to turn the feature off completely or tweak it.

If you’d choose to turn it off, you firstly should open the Windows Update Settings Screen. This can be done by typing it into Cortana.

Then, click or tap the Advanced Options link on this page.

After that, select Choose How Updates Are Delivered, and on this screen, you possibly can change the default settings for Windows Update Delivery Optimization.

You may change from on to off entirely or you can select the local network option.

On the Microsoft website with the Windows Update Delivery Optimization, it is said the setting doesn’t download or send a user’s personal content.

They say the feature principal purpose is to provide updates and apps quicker when a Windows 10 user has an unreliable connection to the internet.

Microsoft said: “Delivery Optimization doesn’t access your own files or folders or change any files on your PC.” have previously says regardless of the free Windows 10 upgrade period ending in 2016 you may still be able to download Microsoft’s latest OS at no extra cost.

The Windows 10 free download offer ended last July, but PC owners can certainly still upgrade using a few easy steps.

Users who have a correct licensed and activated version of Windows 7 and 8.1 can upgrade by going to Download Windows 10 webpage and click on the ‘Download tool now’ button.

After that has downloaded, users must run the Media Creation Tool.

You will then choose ‘Upgrade this PC now’ when you have downloaded the Media Creation Tool for the PC you want to upgrade, and if you’re only upgrading one machine.

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Rhoda Heimbecker 2011 Rose Nolan Scholarship Winner is a treaty member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation, located in Northern Saskatchewan.

Rhoda decided to enter the Bachelor of Indian Social Work program through the First Nation’s University of Canada Northern Campus in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the birth of her third son.

She is the proud mother of three beautiful boys and has always participated in her community and takes pleasure in many volunteer activities.

Rhoda started volunteering in high school and was a mentor to young girls and immediately loved it and has continued for the past six years.

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Microsoft shows off Windows 7 which is reportedly set to release later this year [i heard October but when we see it we will believe it]. Since Windows 7 is the main ship for new builds of Windows Mobile 7 and possibly Zune v.3, when will we see a Zune phone?, of course Windows Mobile 6 is still pretty new... and is very touch capable. Until then check out Origami 2.0 and a nice official video of a few features windows 7 will include, note i am very in pressed by Silverlight which i use to stream Yankees games online in TV quality [Surface on-deck Silverlight in the batters box].

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Ok so I think I can help here, cuz I used to be the same way. I used to always have a boyfriend, and there was a lot of talk that went around. So I took control. My mom is always telling me, "Just stay friends with everyone. You don't NEED a boyfriend. If you like someone, then like them, but there's plenty of time for a boyfriend and it's not now." so my advice to you: try to hold back with the guys, and just be friends with everyone. In the end, I can tell you from experience that it will be a... (more »)
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The sun was beaming down from the hot Reno air. My 8 year old neck chapping from spending so much time leaning over out side. My 2 years older then me brother to my left, my burden to my right.

5 piles of rock each about 15 pounds, me and my brother were to lay them out to make a path that goes all the way around the yard.

We had been at it for four six hours. The process was simple only I could mess it up. Grab a rock carry it to the side of the yard, put it down were the red tape was then repeat. Fun right?

But I wasn't paying attention and grabbed a sharp rock. I didn't notice how heavy it was till I was to late. Pain shoot though my left hand.
When I looked down I almost screamed. The rock was stabbing it to the palm of my hand. Blood was starting to drip in to the sand by me. My 8 year old unloved blood dripping into the sand.

I tried to drop the rock but I couldn't the pain some how fit into the hell of a day I was to face. But I thought how it would skew up my hand. Maybe I could never use it aging. Maybe my father would come out a carry me back into his house, wash my hand till the pain stopped and tell me he loved me. Maybe he would yell at my step mom for making me do all this work.

I let go of the rock and forced back tears. For I knew my dad wouldn't come out and hold me. But the blood was starting to scare me. At that moment my brother noticed the blood.

'Kristen stop the bleeding or some thing the smell of blood is starting to make me sick.' My brother didn't do any thing besides that. Not like I expected more but still.

So with one hand I took off my purple ribbon belt and rapped it around my hand.

'Stephen what should I do now?' I'm sure my eyes looked something like a bunny rabbits.

'I don't know take a break for a while. Were going to be out here till she got a pathway so don't take to long.'

I cradled my arm against my chest and grabbed a small rock and hugged it against my chest crushing my arm and stared to do what I had been doing all day.

Drowning in my thoughts has the sun was beaming down from the hot Reno air and my neck became more chapped. And the sun became the moon.

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Consider little-known Milos, whose beaches rival those on Mykonos Photo: CORBIS

Getting there

Scheduled flights

Aegean Airlines (0871 200 0040; Heathrow to Athens and Thessaloniki.

British Airways (0844 493 0787; Heathrow to Athens (from £145.10), Gatwick to Thessaloniki (from £122.90).

easyJet (0905 821 0905 – calls cost 65p per minute; No new routes for 2010. Gatwick to Santorini, Rhodes, Mykonos, Thessaloniki and Crete; Manchester to Crete, Corfu and Athens; Bristol to Corfu. Fares start at £56.98 return. (0871 226 1737; Flies to five Greek destinations from Leeds-Bradford, Newcastle and Manchester – plus, new for 2010, East Midlands, starting mid-May. Kos is a new addition.

Olympic Air (0030 210 3550500; Newly set up after Olympic Airlines went into receivership last September. Currently offers flights from Heathrow and Gatwick to Athens.

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Thomson Airways (0871 231 4787; Flies to more than a dozen destinations including Rhodes, Samos, Thessaloniki and Corfu.

Thomas Cook Airlines (0844 855 0515; Likewise, offering seat-only fares.

Monarch Airlines (08719 405040; Departures available from Gatwick and Manchester, plus regional airports including Newcastle and East Midlands (new for summer 2010). Destinations include Rhodes, Kos, Skiathos, Zante, Cephalonia, Corfu, Lefkas and Parga. New for 2010: Volos from Gatwick and Manchester.

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Tia turns upset over Anika’s survival in Ishqbaaz

Anika gets a doubt seeing Shwetlana’s sandal burnt and wonders if it got burnt by the chemical. Tia and Shwetlana do not see who has entered the room. Tia doubts if Anika died or not, did Anika drink coffee or not. Tia thinks to check out.

Anika zeroes on the thought that Shwetlana is the one who wants to harm Shivay. She recalls the attacks on Shivay she has known since the beginning and the attacks happening now. She doubts Shwetlana was behind attacks before and even now Shwetlana wants to kill Shivay. Anika’s doubt on Tia gets released and nulls. Tia checks the coffee and gets to know that Anika did not drink the coffee. She informs Shwetlana that Anika got saved, and wants to plan something else to kill Anika. Shwetlana asks Tia not to waste time on Anika.

She advises Tia to concentrate on their plan of getting Rumi at home. Shwetlana gets tensed on seeing Jhanvi and Dadi in front of her. Dadi thanks Shwetlana for saving Tej’s life. She acknowledges Shwetlana’s big favor on them. She asks Shwetlana not to give anyone a chance to point at Oberois. Jhanvi asks Shwetlana to leave from Oberoi mansion. Jhanvi does not want Tej and Omkara’s relation to get worse. She says Omkara is hurt seeing you here, I want to request you, just leave from here and save Omkara’s life, I will be thankful to you always.

Shwetlana agrees to them, keeping the point that Tej got her here. She tells them that she did not come on her own, she will leave today itself as per their will. Jhanvi thanks Shwetlana for understanding their problem.

Anika goes to Shivay to tell about Shwetlana. Shivay says I will hire a private investigator to find out. He asks her to just relax. She asks is he not scared of the happenings. He says I m not scared of death, I was just scared once when I felt death is going to snatch someone from me.

Shivay recalls Anika’s survival after Daksh’s incident. Shivay’s words make her blush again. Shivay asks her to see how she is blushing. She says blush box is not here. He asks her who has explained her the meaning of blush this way. She says its right meaning. He holds her and says that’s wrong meaning, blush means something else in my statement, it’s not make up, its natural redness that comes on the cheeks when the girl turns shy. Shivay shows her face in mirror and tells her what blushing means. He asks why does she blush when he is around. Anika turns shy to answer him. Anika tells Shivay about Shwetlana’s hidden motives to enter the house, and the clues she has found out against her. Will they act on time? Keep reading.

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TRUST..!! Episode 2 By Maryam

Hi Guys…!! I am Back with the next Episode of “Trust”..!! I really hope you enjoyed Reading the First Part..!! This is Obviously a SwaSan FanFic but I would like to show more Relations in it..Like Friendship, Relation between a Daughter and a Father, between Siblings….!! I hope you are Okay with it…!!

Ragini and Swara Started moving towards their Classes both has chosen Medical Science as their lead…!!..

” Hey Guys .!!” A voice came from back..

“Gosh..!! He is Here again..”Swara said rolling her Eyes and Ragini smiled on it..

” Yup .!! I am here. I knew it..!! You were missing me Right..!!
The voice again said.

“Haha..!! Missing and that too you..Nice joke..!! (To Ragini) Let’s Go Ragini I don’t wanna make a Kimma of brain early morning..!!” Swara said turning her face and marching towards her Class..
Ragini just chuckles on it and Shrugs her Shoulder towards the Boy and turns her face to accompany Swara….!!
But He was He…! He came in Front of them..!!

“Why do you Always try to escape from me..Am I a Ghost..!!” The boy asked..

“Well Honestly speaking you are actually a Ghost..! Haunting me every time..!! Swara answered back trying to hide her smile..

” You can’t hide it From me dear..!! I know I am Handsome and you fear Falling in LOVE with me..!! Because You Don’t TRUST yourself..!!” The boy answered unknowingly..

Swara’s Smile fades with this and she gave a Stern look to him..!!
Ragini who was witnessing this all tries yo divert the Topic…!!

“Hmmm..!! Swara I guess we are getting getting late let’s Go..!! And BHAI you plz go from here.. Don’t you have to attend your Own Class..!! Ragini said trying to make Swara cool..

“I am Sorry Ragini..!! I know he’s your brother but he has to stop all this..!! I know he does this to make me Happy but Plz I don’t want it..!! And KARAN I consider you a Good Friend of mine..!! Plz Karan I don’t wanna end it..” Swara said..

I’m.. I am Sorry Swara..!! I….” Before Karan could complete..

“Let’s Go Ragini..!! Said Swara…

Both Moved towards their class not before Ragini gives a Sad smile to her Brother and Before Swara wipes are tears who were ready to come out…!!

” God Karan..!! What have you Done yar..!! You know about her..!! should be Careful before her..!! Next time control your Feelings..!! Karan utters and went from there to Attend his Class too..!!

A Mansion is Shown with the Name plate ” The Maheshwari Mansion”…!! Upon Entering inside we can see a Man sitting in the Living Room and Reading newspaper while a lady is busy in Arranging the dinning Table for Breakfast…!!

” Ram..!! Breakfast is Ready..!! Come have it..” The Lady said..

” Yes Sujata I am coming…!!” Ram said while putting the newspaper on Table.

“Kaka..!! Please go and Call Sanskar…!!” Sujata said to the Servant who was helping her..

” Gi Malkin…!!

Knock Knock…!!

” Sanskar Baba Malkin is Calling you for Breakfast…!! Kaka said..

” Yes Kaka..!! You Go I am coming Coming…!! A low voice from Inside the room came..!!

OK baba..!!

” I Love You…!! Where are You..!! Why You Left us…!! Didn’t u Trusted me that I am strong enough to stand beside you that I would help you in every ups and down that I would TRUST you…!! Said said Caressing a Photo..!! But who’s Photo..??..
He Placed the Photo inside the Drawer not before kissing it….!!

” Good Morning Mom..!! Good Morning Dad…!! Sanskar said before seating him on the chair..!!”

“Good Morning Son…!! So What’s Your plan son..!! When are you BOTH going..!!” Ram said..

” Tomorrow Dad…!! Sanskar answers back..

” That’s Great beta..!! Work Hard and Achieve Your Dreams..That is the reason why I am sending you to LONDON for Further Studies..!! Ram said..

“Dreams..!! Yeah Dreams..!! I will work hard and achieve your Dreams because I myself don’t have any Dream left…!! Sanskar said and Sujata Smiled Sadly on this…!!

” You will Achieve Your Dreams son..!! And Maybe London will show You the way..!! Sujata said giving a ray of hope yo Sanskar..

“Oh Stop it You Mother and Son..!! Why are you both always Emotional..!! Ram said to enlighten the atmosphere..

” I am done..!! I am Going to Lakshya…!! He must be waiting for me…!! We Both have some work left in College..!! Sanskar said getting up from his seat..!! Ram and Sujata Nodded…!!

Another Mansion is shown quite Adjacent To Maheshwari Mansion..!! Sanskar enters there and Find s a Man, Lady and a Young Boy doing Breakfast without any emotions on their, Just their Idols…!!Sanskar moved Towards them..!!

“Good morning Everyone..!!” Sanskar said Gaining everyone’s Attention..

” Good Morning beta..!! God bless you..come join us..” The Man said..

” Thank You Uncle but I am already done with my Breakfast..!! I just came to take Lakshya with me we have to Go to College..!!”
Sanskar answered..

” Oh Yeah..!! Come Sanskar Let’s Go..!! Bye Dad Bye Mom..!!” Lakshya said getting up from his seat…

“Bye beta…!!” They answered

Bye Shekar Uncle Bye Shomi Aunty…!! Sanskar too said..

With This SanLak cane out from house and Sanskar started his Jeep and both left…

This is it for Today…!! Please do comment and share your views …!! Suggestions and Advices are always welcome..!!

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  2. Phoniex

    Loved it dearo

  3. Ishanvi

    Wow!! It was a amazing chapter! I am loving it!! Sakti g for next part di! Continue soon!!?

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    Awsm… Update soon next part

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    Thanks ;p

  6. Neptune

    nice waiting for swasan first meet

  7. awesome epi dr

  8. nice dear

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  10. its good one dear, lets see what is store in future

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    Swara and Laksh are bro-sis??

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      And Awesome chap..
      Loved it..

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    Awesome dear… Continue Continue

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      Soon *

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    Good one dear

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    Loved it Maryaaammmmmmm..!! Awesome..!! *run to next part
    Thnk u.. ;-*

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Feliciano Lopez has reached the quarter-finals of the 2015 US Open, his first eve quarter-final collected in New York, which ties his best ever Grand Slam result, with 3 appearances into the last 8 reached at Wimbledon in the years.

Next for the Spaniard will probably be Novak Djokovic. Speaking of the World No.1 Feliciano explained to the media what players feel when they go on court against the Serb. "When Novak plays good, you don't know what to do to be honest.

He really has no weaknesses in his game. I will just try to give my best, take the chances I get and also try to enjoy this match in the biggest court of the world, against the best player in the world. That really is just what I have to do." "In order to win I think I have to play aggressive and I have to play even better than what I did today against Fognini or the other day when I beat Milos Raonic.

If I am able to do it, which I don't really know considering how the level goes up and down these days on every round I play, then I have the opportunity to be a great challenge, I think." So when good players find themselves up against Novak in a good day, they feel like there is not much they can do to win the match and turn things around if they are losing.

That helps to realize the current dominance of the Serb, both with his tennis and psychological approach. If a player is winning against the World No.1 he would feel the pressure of knowing Novak can come back any minute playing better and better.

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Sometimes it's the little things

It is a week old, but Richard Green has a great post on the need in this country for public works spending, both to stimulate the economy and to keep us competitive. He also makes a great point about how often elected officials still manage to muck things up:
Government officials also often prefer grand, ineffective projects to more pedestrian, effective projects (transit officials here in LA prefer extended light rail to synchronizing the traffic lights). So if we are about to spend a lot on public works, I think we need some sort of non-partisan entity, such as the CBO, that develops a rigorous capital budget process for determining spending priorities. In the absence of such a process, we will spend money on negative NPV bridges to nowhere.
Atlanta obviously has an impressive list of big deal public works-type projects: the sewers, and the ongoing nightmare they have made driving around town; the BeltLine, of course, includes transit and trails; we just repaved the connector; plans for new HOT tolls on I-85; the new Old Fourth Ward Park (is this part of the BeltLine, really?); streetcars (perhaps); and other I am of course forgetting. I can come up with lots more big-ticket items that I think should get added to this list, too. But what are your suggestings for the smaller infrastructure-related things you think the city needs to work on?

One of mine is something that Richard Green mentions: un-synchronized traffic lights have to be one of the biggest annoyances in town. How many areas can you think of where you will wait at one red light while the light one block down is green and no one can get through because they are all stuck at the first light? Then, your light turns green, two cars get through the next one, and it turns red, backing up both lights.

Every night I leave class and turn down John Wesley Dobbs, and get stuck at two lights in a row. The most annoying part is that this happens where there are no other cars at all - the lights are timed so horribly that I get stuck no matter what. I just sit and wait at two red lights before I can turn onto Piedmont, with no cars passing in front of me.

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The following is a list of great research paper topic suggestions for your history course. These are only ideas, so if you have your own you should always present them to your instructor for approval.

Creation Myths: What can be said about a culture that has created a specific type of creation myth? For instance, the Mayan creation myth is quite different from the creation myth that sprouted from Ancient Egypt. What could each of these stories from these two powerful, rich cultures tell us about the people, customs, geography and more?

India and Independence: Ghandi was a tremendously influential historical figure whose unique type of nonviolent resistance was welcomed and widespread during India’s struggle for independence. Compare and contrast his nonviolent resistance with the nonviolent resistance methods of Rev. Martin Luther King in the U.S. during the civil rights movement.

Geography in History: The Mesopotamian and Egyptian geographies are quite similar, but their political and cultural history couldn’t be any more different. Consider other areas in the world and how geography played a part in a culture’s history. For instance, there is a lack of natural resources in Greece. Did this shape how its success or fall played out?

The Arab Oil Embargo and OPEC: What events or policies contributed to the creation of OPEC and the subsequent Arab Oil Embargo? What results have there been since the creation of OPEC and the start of the embargo?

Ancient Greece and Sparta: Write a comparison of the cultures of Sparta and Athens and describe what advantages (or disadvantages) each had. What do we know from Greek theater that may show us how morality influenced Greek culture? What can the lack of a Spartan theater tell us about its culture?

The Soviet Union and Stalin: Dictatorships rose sharply in Europe during the mid-20th centuries. Compare leadership styles of Hitler in Germany with Stalin in the Soviet Union. How did Stalin’s leadership style contribute to the start of the decades long cold war between the first and second worlds.

Industrial Revolution: What was the greatest impact that the Industrial Revolution had on Europe? Did it affect European imperialism and colonialism in any way? Did it have a role in the development of utopian visions of the time or in the development of communism or socialism in Marxist theory?

The Soviet Union and the Fall of Communism: What were the major factors that contributed to the fall of several communist governments in Eastern Europe during the late 1980s and early 1990s? What hurdles did these nationals have to overcome directly because of their communist past?

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Aishwarya Rai Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is in a legal tangle after veteran writer-director Dayanand Raajan accused him of plagiarising the script of “Guzaaarish” from his unpublished novel “Summer Snow”, Tuesday refused to comment on the controversy.

A legal notice has been issued against both UTV Motion Pictures, the film’s producers, and Bhansali.

“You talk with UTV… I am not getting into it. Yes, a legal notice has also been issued, but you talk with UTV on that. What happens when someone stands up to say… What should I react? If anyone stands up and says I had written it, why should I believe him? During ‘Krrish’, someone called up and said he has written it and Hrithik got into legal problems.”

“It’s best that UTV look at it legally and answer them legally and correctly. I am not getting into it,” Bhansali told IANS.

The director maintains that he involves himself with such dedication about every minute details associated with the making of his films that he ages five years with every film.

“With my every film I age five years than my normal age because I even look at every thing from the sweeper on my set right up to getting the money, to make a film of this scale to everything. I have a great team; I have great people working with me. My assistants are my pillars of strength. But yes, I passionately live every moment, every line, every thought, every agreement, every actor, I give it all,” he said.

“For two and a half years I don’t even know the world outside my film exist. I sit all through the making of my set, choosing every word of my dialogues, but I do it because I enjoy it. Every director’s duty is to do it. Every director must understand that it is his creation and you are doing it only with the support of those great technicians. So it doesn’t remain your film, it remains your vision. It’s something you are creating and it’s going to remain for lifetime,” said Bhansali.

Releasing Nov 19, “Guzaarish”, which stars Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan is a love story that also touches the issue of euthanasia. Monikangana Dutta and Abhishek Roy Kapoor also played important roles in the film.

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NORTH CANTON — Alliance’s Marquez McLendon and Marlington’s Kyle Lepley helped the East race past the the West 125-105 in the Meyers Lake/YMCA/Chick-fil-A Boys’ All-Star game at Walsh University on Friday night.

McLendon scored 29 points, sinking 11 field goals, including seven threeballs.

"I liked this game, because we weren’t allowed to play zone," McLendon said. "I just got open looks and shot."

Lepley added 14 markers.

"This game was a blast," Lepley smiled. "We played fast and knocked down some shots."

McLendon sank a threeball with 7:43 left, giving the East a 101-73 lead.

"Our coach (Canton Heritage Christian’s Mike Brown) wanted us to score 140 points," McLendon laughed.

The girls’ East-West game preceded the boys’ game.

Marlington’s Danielle Gallina scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the East, but the West rolled 103-61.

"This was a fun experience playing with girls you played against and with and against girls from a larger division (Division I)," said Gallina.

Marlington’s Angie Nutial added nine points.

"I didn’t worry about the score," Nutial confided. "I just wanted to go out and have some fun."

Alliance’s Ce’ara Harris scored two points and grabbed four rebounds for the East, piloted by Mike Schott, her high school head coach the last two years.

"It was good to get to play one more game for Coach Schott, although we lost," Harris said. "They just had too much teamwork."

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Defect: Due to an improper washing process of a metal part within the brake master cylinder, there is a possibility that the groove for installing the rubber seal ring, which is located at the end of the mast cylinder, may be corroded. In this condition, brake fluid may leak from the seal, or a small amount of air may enter the master cylinder, which could lead to an increase in vehicle stopping distance.
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It seems that the U.S. may launch attacks on Syria in the coming days. Michael Crowley offers a two-part explanation. Here is the first part:

The first principle is American credibility. It was almost one year ago that Obama declared the use or movement of chemical weapons in Syria a “red line” that would force him to rethink his “calculus” about that country’s conflict.

And this is the second:

The second goal is about enforcing a taboo. Obama wants to send a clear message — not only to Assad but to the world — that the international community views chemical weapons with special contempt.

It shouldn’t take much reflection to recognize that these are poor reasons to order military action. The first principle is not so much a principle as it is a phobia: the irrational fear that something bad will happen somewhere else if the U.S. doesn’t back up a president’s vague threats. It’s true that presidents shouldn’t make threats if they don’t intend to back them up, but following through on foolish threats primarily for the sake of saving face is inexcusably irresponsible. If an administration finds itself in the position of preparing to launch military attacks against another country in order to avoid embarrassment, it should stop and seriously reconsider what it is doing. As we’ve already discussed ad nauseam, U.S. “credibility” on other issues isn’t threatened by failing to back up a vague threat regarding Syrian chemical weapons. Other governments don’t judge U.S. intentions on Iran, North Korea, or any other issue by what the U.S. does or doesn’t do in Syria. Likewise, Assad ignored the intervention in Libya that was supposed to deter him from trying to crush his opponents with force. The signals that the U.S. thinks it is sending to intimidate authoritarian regimes don’t intimidate them, and the signals that supposedly undermine U.S. credibility with other states don’t undermine it.

The taboo argument is less obviously ridiculous, but it’s still mistaken. There is a broad, almost universally shared taboo against the use of chemical weapons. Attacking Syria doesn’t strengthen or reinforce that taboo. Choosing not to bomb a country whose government has used these weapons does not signal approval of that use, and launching some cruise missiles at government forces in response to that use isn’t going to keep them from being used in the future. All that it does do is potentially invite Syrian retaliation against the U.S. and its clients and allies. At best, it is a reaction designed to show that the U.S. will “do something” while achieving nothing, and at worst it is the beginning of the slide towards escalation to a major war.


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Recht contends that the customer sales records have limited relevance to the investigation and that there is no compelling need for law enforcement to bypass First Amendment protections.

"It's not an issue of getting bad guys and having a bunch of intellectuals getting in the way of doing that job," Recht said. "This is a very important issue. Book readers need to be confident that the government will not know what they buy and read. That's inherent in the freedom of expression. There's no absolute privilege, but you can't let law enforcement trample over the First Amendment."

Like Krug, Recht blames Starr's initial attempt for the subsequent subpoenas. "After Starr attempted to subpoena for the records, law enforcement saw that they can attempt to get this information. And they've tried ever since."

But while law enforcement might be able to construe a plausible argument for trying to get the Tattered Cover information, other cases since the Lewinsky subpoena have had less legal strength. In fact, in some instances, law enforcement agencies have asked for the information when they clearly should have never sought it in the first place.

Of the three other cases, two involved giant corporate booksellers that were savvy about the law and had the financial resources to combat the request. In the summer of 2000, a Borders store in suburban Johnson County, Kan., near Kansas City, was subpoenaed for information regarding a sealed indictment in a drug case. When the company's lawyers fought the subpoena, a federal judge quashed it.

A more recent case evolved out of the investigation of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli. The FBI subpoenaed a number of bookstores around the country for cash purchases made by Torricelli and seven other people as far back as 1995. "They ran roughshod, and colored outside the lines on this one," said Phil Bevis, owner of one of the subpoenaed stores, Arundel Books in Seattle and Los Angeles. "The Justice Department drafts these ridiculous subpoenas and warrants that are not even in accord with their own standards, let alone the law."

Bevis said that when the FBI agent arrived and started interrogating his staff, it was intimidating and served as a "gut check," but that even if he ended up losing the case or going to jail, he knew what decision he would make. "At the end of the day, I know that I decided that if we were required to report reading habits to the government, I'm out. Once you reach that decision, you're not going to do it on any level."

Bevis said he was surprised that law enforcement would place such importance on someone's book purchases, since in many cases the information would be difficult to interpret or would be misleading. For example, if a banker buys a book on money laundering or a FBI agent buys something about terrorism, it's likely that he is researching matters related to his profession, not planning those activities.

"You think about the information we have about people, but without context, its just information," he said. "They see this as any chance to make a case, but they're not looking five moves ahead. They don't want this information to be public, either. Nobody wants the information we have to be communicated to employers or to the government. Nobody wants to edit what they think, or the books they buy. I've never had anyone say they're not interested in their privacy, but thousands have said the exact opposite."

Although the Justice Department eventually dropped the requests when it found out that Bevis and other storeowners would fight the subpoenas, it wasn't a total victory. "It's going to take us years to pay off the attorney bills," he said. "The whole thing was expensive and time consuming and it's not my job to get the Justice Department to do their job. I've lost a lot of respect for my government over this. It's a disgrace."

Perhaps the most wide-ranging request for customer information of this kind came in the summer of 2000, when Ohio authorities subpoenaed Amazon.com. They requested records of all the people in a large part of Ohio who had purchased the "Cyborgasm I" and "Cyborgasm II" audio CDs, trying to identify a stalking suspect who had sent the CDs to his victims.

Amazon attorney David Zapolsky says the company told Ohio authorities that Amazon would not answer an out-of-state subpoena and that it wasn't the company's policy to give out that information. "We always raise the First Amendment issue when we're confronted with a request for buying habits or reading material, because it's a serious request," he said.

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TV Tonight: ‘Bong Appetit’ aims to elevate cannabis cuisine

When it comes to cooking with marijuana, the plan in many home kitchens is probably similar: Infuse butter or oil. Make cookies or brownies. Repeat.

A new show on the Viceland television network intends to show professional chefs bringing cannabis cuisine into a new realm. “Bong Appétit,” an extension of a Vice web series, features culinary masters experimenting with new techniques and an array of ingredients to throw dinner parties where marijuana not only enlivens the vibe, but gives guests a taste of new flavors and textures.

Host Abdullah Saeed enlists help from pros like former “Top Chef” competitor Marcel Vigneron, founder of Wolf restaurant in Los Angeles, to adapt some of their favorite dishes to not only give diners a variety of highs, but use the tastes and aromas of cannabis to really transform the concept of haute cuisine.

In the first episode (airing Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 10:30 p.m.), Vigneron works with cannabis infusion expert Ry Prichard and Marigold Sweets founder Vanessa Lavorato to prepare a meal that includes smoked tuna and 10-hour beef cheek. Vigneron is appropriately impressed when Prichard unveils the “pot pantry” he’s assembled for the show’s chefs to use; dozens of jars are filled with flowers from different strains, concentrates and terpenes.

With the help of Prichard and Lavorato, Vigneron figures out how best to incorporate cannabis into the molecular-gastronomy style for which he became famous on “Top Chef.” He uses a smoke gun to bathe slender slices of tuna in marijuana smoke, crafts a “ganja gremolatta” herb mix to dress the beef cheeks and a soy-cannabis honey glaze to braise the meat and juices marijuana leaves (which aren’t psychoactive, but still have plenty of flavor) to make tiny liquid-nitrogen-frozen toppings for his pot-infused turmeric-lemongrass-black pepper ice cream.

Throughout the process, Prichard is not only helping Vigneron and Lavorato pick weed flavors that work well with the menu items, but he’s advising them on managing the amount of THC in the food, even deploying CBD ingredients to help counteract the effects.

Saeed also devotes a segment to meeting with Sebastopol-based vintner Pax Mahle of Wind Gap Wines, who demonstrates his technique for using cannabis flowers to make wine. (Basically, add a lot of weed at each stage of winemaking; soak the fresh juice in it, then add some more for fermentation, then add some more for aging.)

In the end, Saeed, Mahle and a handful of other cannabis experts gather to enjoy the meal – and it looks fantastic. Between the wine, the food, the dab hits between courses and a post-dinner joint, everybody’s having the time of their lives by the end of the evening (listen for the hysterical giggles at one point).

A future episode features a Bedouin-style birthday dinner for Saeed, featuring whole chickens stuffed with both cannabis flowers and leaves, cold-smoked labneh (Lebanese strained yogurt) and baklava made with fresh cannabis honey.

“Bong Appétit” seems intent on combining our insatiable appetite for fine cooking on television with the increasing interest in cannabis as more than just a smokeable. It looks to be must-see TV for fans of 420 and the Food Network.

“Bong Appétit” airs Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. on Viceland.


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Movie review: Cannabis drama ‘Woodshock’ gets lost in the haze

When a film distributor picks up a promising director’s feature, often it’s a show of faith — a down payment the distributor’s happy to make on that filmmaker’s next project. A24, the boutique distribution company that finessed ‘Moonlight’ all the way to the Oscars, is one of the shrewdest and most adventurous in the business. And its belief in ‘Woodshock,’ the archly poetic debut feature from fashion designers Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy, is best viewed as a down payment.

Kirsten Dunst in ‘Woodshock.’ (Merrick Morton/A24)

This one puts the ‘abyss’ in ‘cannabis.’ The setting is Northern California’s Humboldt County, home of gorgeous old-growth redwood forests, perpetual logging debates and copious marijuana. Theresa, played by Kirsten Dunst, works at a pot dispensary in an unidentified town (the film was shot in Arcata, Calif., among other locales). Her employer, a man of mixed motives (Pilou Asbaek of ‘Game of Thrones,’ unofficially known as the Danish Michael Shannon) has begun experimenting with a lethal variation on his product line intended for those seeking euthanasia.

In the early scenes of ‘Woodshock,’ Theresa bids farewell to her terminally ill mother. The Mulleavys’ film, which plays out like a dreamy, stream-of-consciousness collection of earth-toned images, follows Theresa through her grieving process. She shares her home, originally her mother’s, with a local logger (Joe Cole) and the glue holding the relationship together is running thin. The narrative, which isn’t really narrative-bound, includes the inadvertent murder of a key supporting character, but ‘Woodshock’ (a Humboldt County expression for getting lost in all those stunning Sequoias) is far more compelled by textures than plot devices.

It’s dominated, in other words, by shots of Dunst’s fingers, gliding across ancient redwood bark; double exposures of the actress twirling in the forest, or simply staring down the camera; and enraptured portraits of Dunst holding a piece of glass up to the sunlight. Now and then the Mulleavys capture a moment or glimmer of true mystery; more often, and certainly in dramatic terms, ‘Woodshock’ feels like a movie that never stops buffering.

Dunst does all she can. She taps into the wellspring of private anguish she brought to the screen so memorably in Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia,’ keeps this project from floating away altogether. But even in a dreamscape plainly disinterested in dialogue, exchanges such as: ‘How’s Theresa?’ ‘She’s fine, she’s just, you know — Theresa’ add up to dead wood and the opposite of an immersive cinematic trip. The movie turns you, the audience, into the one person at the party who isn’t high.

1.5 out of 4 stars

MPAA rating: R (for drug use, language and a scene of violence)

Running time: 1:41

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Reporter threatened after helping to dismantle Slovak-Hong Kong ring

Reporters Without Borders is urging relevant authorities to protect deputy editor in chief of TheDaily.SK, Antonio Papaleo, who is being threatened after infiltrating the criminal underworld to investigate money laundering between Prague and Hong Kong.

Using his own name, he acted as the white horse for a ring in 2012, which eventually led to the arrests and trial of several suspects. It also resulted in death threats against Papaleo and a lack of interest on the part of the police in the European countries concerned.

After risking his life to do investigative reporting, Papaleo is being rewarded by death threats from the criminal underworld and the indifference of many European officials who have been alerted to the situation,” said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific desk.

The Slovakian and Italian authorities must get involved and must help a citizen who has rendered a service of public interest. Concrete measures must be taken to protect Papaleo so that he can recover a normal life after exposing himself to great danger for more than two years.

In 2012, Papaleo started establishing contact with Czech and Slovak criminals involved in money-laundering in Hong Kong and Dubai, who decided to use him as the frontman of an operation to launder millions of euros involving the creation of two shell companies and many bank accounts.

Antonio Papaleo (c) TheDaily.SK

After travelling to Hong Kong to open two bank accounts for this purpose, he tried to report what he had learned to the Czech and Slovak authorities, and to Interpol, on his return but they showed little interest.

So Papaleo went back to Hong Kong and reported his findings to the Special Bureau for Narcotic and Financial Crimes, which took him seriously and began an investigation. After the Hong Kong police arrested the head of the ring in May 2013, Papaleo received several death threats. Since then, the Hong Kong police have been asking the European authorities in vain to provide him with protection.

As a result of the complete lack of support from the European authorities, Papaleo went into hiding after testifying at the trial in Hong Kong last month.

Papaleo’s financial situation is also poor because he has earned little from the story although it enabled the Hong Kong authorities to bring down a ring that was laundering a great deal of money. The care he took to always act legally makes the lack of both protection and recognition all the more shocking.

Source: Reporters Without Borders

1 Comment for “Reporter threatened after helping to dismantle Slovak-Hong Kong ring”

  1. George M

    Yes shocking, but not really surprising thou ?

    This is all very Tom Nicholson ….investigate a criminal story, claim you are being threatened my some Mafia and then claim you are now Mr poor because you followed the story for two years ???????

    Can I just ask, why did he even bother ? What did he expect ?

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EVEP Planning to Sell Off Utica Acreage and Its Interest in Processing Facilities

From an EV Energy Partners press release:

Update on Utica East Ohio and Utica and Eagle Ford Acreage

In December, UEO completed and brought on line its fourth processing train and third fractionation facility, both of which were on time and on budget. Volumes continue to increase and there is a significant inventory of drilled and completed wells scheduled to be turned inline.

On the third quarter earnings call, the Partnership stated plans to monetize its 21 percent interest in UEO during 2015. EVEP is accelerating that process and would expect to utilize proceeds from a sale to reinvest in long-life, producing oil and gas properties. Management believes that such a sale and reinvestment would result in a significant increase to EBITDAX, borrowing base and liquidity.
EVEP had also communicated plans to market portions of its Utica acreage and Eagle Ford formation rights beginning in early 2015. Given the current commodity price environment, that process will likely be delayed. However, EVEP is exploring alternative structures with third parties to provide additional capital to drill undeveloped acreage and increase cash flow.
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November 20, 2009

Happiness, after all!

There are moments your dads just embrace you with their words and make you feel so good about being their daughters. These are pretty rare moments really, because, contrary to popular opinion, I AM an Amma's child. It has always been my amma who has supported all my whims and fancies, despite knowing that I have a tendency to the excess.

My appa and I have always been very attached to one another. We have been friends more than anything else, just like my amma and I. We fight, we bond, we team up against my sister or my mother, we talk electronics and gadgets, we discuss science with great interest and he's someone who has inspired me a lot.

But somewhere, despite all that, I have always thought appa never really encouraged my endeavours and never really cared for what I wanted. Praise from him, was always valued. Amma knew, intuitively, and she is my pillar of strength, the biggest support and a person whose capacity to love, patience, spirit and brilliance I want to emulate. Appa was this person whose genius I admire, experience I respect and whose sense of humour I laugh over. But somewhere, being the white elephant child that I am and also with my varied interests and extreme enthusiasm, appa and I have always had our differences of opinion.

So when that day, just after my jury, which went really well, I rushed to the phone to call amma, who'll KNOW how much this meant to me, who'd feel the exact happiness like I did and who'd be delighted over it! I knew she could be trusted to buoy up my ecstacy. I asked her to pass on this news to appa, as I was sure he'd be happy, but not absolutely sure of how much it would mean to him. But when he called back almost instantly and with such enthusiastic happiness, gushed his congratulations, the delight I knew, could not be worded.

For, the man who told me it wasn't wise to chase films, who provoked me saying it is high time I get a job, and who also laughed at me for being a fool to give up architecture- finally realised how much this means to me. And humbly, with great love for his daughter, he sweetly called and chirped in his happy song to me.

It meant so much, I'd be mad to attempt to write it. It jerked hitherto invisible tears into my eyes suddenly.

And today, when he once again did a similar sweet act, I realized, maybe it was just a fear that his child would be hurt-that made him oppose me. And when he said, an hour ago, that he can see me go places, I had happy tears once again and a new dream rooted itself deep into my heart. It is not just for the mother(and sister too), but also for the father that the movies shall be made.

Appa, I'm sorry, if I have ever been horrible to you. But you know I love you!
Amma, I love you for what you are and what, I know, you'll always be! You're simply wonderful.
Swethu, you're perfect and even a thought of you makes me long for home!

It is delightful to be alive!
God bless the world with such happiness!

November 19, 2009

At 2:21 am on a Thursday morning

As a string of poplar Bollywood numbers are belted from a party in one of the hostels, I am, in the light of my table lamp, tapping the keys of my laptop. My roommate is tossing and turning, unable to sleep with all the crooning from the speakers and all the sing-along voices. The typing isn't helping either.

It is not that I particularly have anything special to say. But a sudden seizure to write just broke over me. Speaking of seizures, I've been watching a bit of House M.D. lately and I can't wait to find the loser who deleted it from Unsecure so I could feed him to those scavenging kites that circle the Eames Plaza!

I've had an 'avial' day with a bit of every thing thrown in to flavour it. Work went fantastic today. Whether or not the final product is good, bad or ugly, we had great fun trying out the different lights and positioning them. I felt like a kid with a newly opened Lego toy box.

I LOVE Cinematography. Maybe only after direction and writing, but in a special way. There is something that light and darkness try to tell, and capturing them and sealing them on a midget sized device forever still seems to fascinate me.

Maybe the undying kid in me is helping me in this field of cinema. It talks to me and makes me write, draw and make shots that excite me. That excitement- I never want to lose. Irrespective of the end product(judgement is anyway so relative in everything), I hope this excitement never dies.

I am glad I took this course here. I was delighted today when I could intutively feel a few things about lighting dawn on me. Architecture, maybe has a say in it. I always used to base my designs on light and free-flowing spaces. So to a certain extent, the physical quality of light is something I seem to be picking up fast. The technical aspects, is where yours truly stumbles. I just DON'T seem to have a memory to retain it. Internet, thank god, was invented, and so was Gutenberg's press, and I'm glad both have been a part of our history.

I am hoping to experiment with my 'Lightening'- my very ordinary camera- this weekend. I have no idea if I would succeed. Things just crop up dime a dozen and the KMC has been tugging at my sleeveends from when I landed. I need to pay obesience to that love of my life and run my hands across the stems of those wonderful books. And as always, I want to think of all the great thoughts that have completed the space between covers...I want to dream of all those torturous times those authors must have experienced before shaping this beautiful is so lovely to be in a place full of books!

I miss 'My Shrine'(my personal library of books not-open-to-public or friends. I don't believe in lending books to people generally as they never return/take care of it like something precious!). The pain is sometimes so unbearable that it gets almost to a level of a physical ache at the tip of the fingers!

There used to be days when I used to take out all the 400 odd books from the shelf and arrange them all back in, after cataloguing the new ones. Oh! Such fun times! I miss doing that. I wonder if me and my shrine shall ever be reunited forever. Maybe when I build that dream house...

I seem to be in a really dreamy state right now. So many expectations from myself, a few from the world at large, a huge craving for Andhayug to happen and a hope for the role of the Old Mendicant. Plans plans plans and more plans for my life as a filmmaker and creator of sorts(my jury had a good dig at my partiality for this word. Lol!).

I can't wait to learn and begin work. Short films for kids, Travel docus and programmes, telefilms(I LOVE this concept! Not too long, not too short! JUST right!), reviving Doordarshan(maybe!), teaching art and film, writing endlessly, ahhhhhhhhh!!! Life is soooooooooooo full of endless possibilities!

I am blithe! :)

God bless the world with dreams. I think as long as we are, as Willy Wonka would say, "the music makers and the dreamers of dreams", all our troubles, somehow, shall just fritter away!

Ah! To be alive! :)

(P.S: Randomness, yes! :P )

November 17, 2009

Where did all those fairy dreams and hopes go? A tiny shoot-ling of cynicism has crept inside and established its roots like some old tenant claiming the house for their own!

There used to be a time when I could just let myself berserk and dream on and on with such vividness and conviction! Growing up has somewhere or the other, left a little singe in the end, a few black spots on my rosy glasses, marring my visions.

Once in a while, unknowingly out of old habits, the spirit just takes off on a mad unmanned flight into the limitless cosmos. And then, for those few seconds I experience once again, after eons, that pure feeling of unquenchable happiness.

But they are only sometimes. Even for a die hard optimist and humanity lover, it does get hard to live with both of the above at a stretch!

Growing up isn't half as fun as I thought it would be. And honestly, I had never wanted to grow up, really! So even the meagre expectations lay cruelly crumpled.

well, work stares ahead, motivating me to the unknowns ahead.

Good luck, good people!

November 10, 2009

This moment

Afloat in some limitless universe.

A Bottomless pit receives.

darkness that can be worded not.

a shameful feeling of loneliness

in the opening paragraphs of life.

Eye full of searchlights scanning the skies

In the rhythmic clatter of existence

wanting a momentary pause of meaning

space-expanding or contracting

never stagnant-same.

never embracing the whole in perfection.

Give me back my rainbows

those lyrical melodies that were sung within

smugness invade again

this wandering hermit to peace.

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Maira Gall


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Drive Wire: Watch Scotland’s Fastest Cyclists Get Acclimated To A Painful Course

For today’s ridiculous video, we have either a display of extreme skill or idiocy as we watch three of Scotland’s fastest races get acclimated with the Fort William downhill mountain bike world cup course. We’re going to give them the benefit of the doubt and although we respect their talent, we have zero intention of following in their footsteps.


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Drive Wire for September 30, 2016: Uber Wants to Partner With Retailers for Easier Shopping Trips

But you'll have to be willing to watch ads on your phone during the ride.

Today on Drive Wire, The Drive discusses a new report that Uber is working to let retailers give users the ability to summon a ride directly to their stores—while simultaneously hitting those Uber users with additional ads. According to the report from The Verge, Uber and business location data company Yext aim to allow people to summon cars directly through a retailer's website or email list, then show them related advertising in the Uber app during the ride. Check out the video for more on this story.


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Multimillionaire Gym Mogul Crashes Lamborghini Murciélago, Kills Uber Driver

Fitness magnate, twice previously arrested for DUI, was speeding and had been drinking before the wreck.

Delray Beach Police Department via Facebook

J. Gerald Smith, an 82-year old Uber driver, died this week after a yellow Lamborghini Murciélago struck his Buick Enclave, which was sitting at a stop sign. The fatal crash occurred in downtown Delray Beach, Florida. Roger Wittenberns, the 60-year old multimillionaire health club mogul, was behind the wheel of the Murciélago at the time of the wreck.

His girlfriend, Patty Ann McQuiggin, 61, who was following in her matching yellow Porsche 911 Carrera cabriolet, fled the scene and parked her car, but was found later by police. Wittenberns admitted he and McQuiggin spent the afternoon drinking. Both have been arrested multiple times in the past for driving under the influence, and have previously had their licenses suspended as a result, according to state records.

Mr. Smith was a retired real estate agent. He’d started driving for Uber to make some extra money to help support his wife, Eloise. “I made him dinner and he didn't come home,” she told the Palm Beach Post. “Until I see his body, it’s like he just went out into space.”

Wittenberns is known for founding the Lady of America fitness club franchise, which has 1,300 locations in nine countries, and more than a million members. He served as the company’s president and CEO from 1984 until 2005, and now runs Diversified Health & Fitness, which owns Access Fitness, American Body Works, Fit For Her, Zoo Health Clubs, FitZone For Women, and others.


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Spencer Gives Update

ST. MARYS — Members of a local service club Tuesday night received an update about a variety of county news from one of its top elected officials.

Auglaize County Commissioner Doug Spencer gave an update on the county during a visit to the St. Marys Kiwanis Club’s weekly meeting. Spencer touched upon topics ranging from income tax collection receipts to the massive renovation project at the courthouse.

“With all things being equal, economic development is this — increasing the velocity of good money, decreasing the velocity of bad money and increasing the volume of neutral money,” Spencer said. “Sales tax ties into that quite well.”

Spencer gave an example of residents shopping at Wal-Mart. Instead of going to Celina to purchase products from the retailer, Spencer encouraged residents to visit the Wapakoneta store if Wal-Mart is their ultimate retail destination.

“With all things being equal, distance, the amount of the purchase, it makes more sense from the county’s perspective that we all live in that Auglaize County would be our choice for a Wal-Mart if that’s the only place you are going,” Spencer said. “That’s because we will receive 1.5 cents on that purchase if it’s sales tax applicable.”

After several years of sagging sales tax receipts, Spencer said the county has started to rebound. The county recently surpassed collection rates from 2008 — when Spencer said the county had a banner year.

“Let’s continue increasing the velocity of good money and decreasing bad money,” Spencer said.

With the passage of the state’s biennial budget, the county now has a more clear picture of its Local Government Funds disbursement. Spencer revealed the county’s share of the revenue will be sliced in the coming years.

“In 2010, we took in 767,000 and change from the state government,” Spencer said. “In 2011, this is the projected number now that we know that it’s going to extend through July 1, 2011, we should be bringing in $739,000.”

Further cuts are expected the following years. In 2012, Spencer said he expected to see the county receive $500,000. In 2013, Spencer said the county is guaranteed $337,000 for the first six months of the years because of how the state’s fiscal year falls.

“Will they totally annihilate Local Government Funds with the next budget round, I would bet on it,” Spencer said. “But that’s all we know.”

Spencer also touched upon the failed attempt to include a provision in the biennial budget that would have established a local entity, made up on county commissioners of Auglaize and Mercer counties, charged with directing progress for Grand Lake St. Marys. State Sen. Keith Faber proffered the option, which ultimately was stripped out of the budget.

“Sen. Faber believed it was pretty much a slam dunk to get through the budget bill and that we would have this established and it didn’t happen to this point,” Spencer said. “Hearing from some reps from the governor’s office and Sen. Faber’s office, it will be attempted again this fall.”


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Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 Gameplay – What a game!!

So we have uploaded loads of vids recently but I figured we needed to feature one on the blog.
The game in question is Goldeneye on the N64

Personally this was one of my favourite games on the N64 and gave me and my mates ENDLESS hours of entertainment..

Not only was the one player mode quality but when you had 4 people all playing it was just pure mayhem.

Proximity mines was a personal favourite gun set of mine.. Loved planting them all over the place so people could not go anywhere without blowing up!! 🙂

Released in 1997 (15 years ago!!!!!) and instantly became one of the best games of its time setting Nintendo apart from the rest.
Rare took the first-person shooting genre and made a game that will stand out from the glut of First person-clones for years to come. GoldenEye set a new standard on N64 for its graphics, sound and multiplayer action. GoldenEye for me was and still is the best movie to game conversion!
What do you think? We have a video here of some in play action above.
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2015 Giving Quilt Show

The 2015 3rd Biennial Quilt Exhibit

2015 Quilts

The 2015 G
iving Quilt Exhibit, held February 7 & 8 at Lamar Dixon Trade Mart, was our first 2-day show. Six hundred fifty-one quilts, preemie quilts and wheelchair lap quilts were exhibited and donated to 31 charitable organizations.
The quilts were donated by quilters from across Louisiana and from Mississippi, Indiana, Iowa and California.
              Thank you to all the quilters and volunteers for your generosity!

The judges for the show were Maida Owens, Louisiana Folk Life
Program Director; Bill Bodiene, HandiQuilter Technician; and Donna Britt, WAFB News Personality.
  • First Place: "Use Any Fabric", donated by Sherry Herringshaw to Iris Domestic Violence Center.
  • Second Place: "Scrappy Disappearing 9-Patch", donated by Wasted Women to ALS Hopes & Dreams.
  • Third Place: "Charmingly Easy", donated by Wasted Women to Ronald McDonald House.
  • Honorable Mention: "Tumblers", donated by Effie Ducote to Braveheart.

2015 Judges Choice

Show attendees decided the Viewer's Choice Awards.
  • First Place: "Mariner's Compass", donated by Judy Holley to Quilts of Valor.
  • Second Place: "Vintage Lonestar", donated by Wasted Women to Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home.
  • Third Place: "Days of Yesteryear", donated by Wasted Women to Moosehaven.
  • Honorable Mention: "It's a Ducky Day", donated by Anonymous from Quilting Fans of LaPlace to Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital.

2015 Viewer's Choice

There were one hundred four Challenge Quilts which were made using red dimples fabric and donated to children. Show attendees chose the prize-winning quilts.
  • First Place: "Bed Bugs", donated by Joyce Perry to Iris Domestic Violence Center.
  • Second Place: "Heroes Like Me", donated by the BOM Quilters to Dreams Come True
  • Third Place: "Ballerinas", donated by Elena Acosta to Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital.
  • Honorable Mention: "Red & White Circles", donated by Barbara Gardner to Children's Hospital, New Orleans.

2015 Challenge Winners

Several activities kept us all busy, productive and having fun!
  • Block by Block for Quilts of Valor (QOV) Sponsored by the National Quilting Association
    February 7 was National QOV Sew Day. In recognition of and to donate to this worthy cause, the Giving Quilt hosted Block by Block February 7 & 8. The event was sponsored by the National Quilting Association. The goal was to complete 3 QOV quilt tops with blocks made at the show. Two tops were almost completed. Blocks for a 3rd and a 4th quilt were started and will be completed at sew days sponsored by River City and Wasted Women.

    2015 Show Activities

  • Kids Draw for Kids (KD4K)
    Both February 7 & 8, children and young-at-heart adults drew quilt blocks during this ever-popular event. Enough blocks were drawn at the show to complete 5 quilt tops. These quilts are destined to comfort a child in need.
  • Camp G.R.A.C.E. Pillowcases
    The Camp G.R.A.C.E. (God's Really Awesome Camping Experience) pillowcase event, sponsored by Granny Hugs of Gonzales, kept those antique featherweight machines humming. Almost 50 pillowcase were made at the show. Attendees also donated pillowcases for a grand total of 175.
  • Stuff-A-Bear
    Sponsored by Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild and one day only, February 7. Visitors stuffed bears to benefit children at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital and Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge. One hundred eighty-five bears were completed at this 1-day event.
  • Baton Rouge Quilts for Kids (BRQ4K)
    Sponsored by Sharon Hicks, director of BRQ4K, and one day only, February 8. Visitors sewed quilts blocks and assembled quilt tops for the BRQ4K program.
Our vendors helped keep things lively too. Their regularly scheduled demonstrations kept us running back to the booths to purchase the latest gadgets and bling.

2015 Show Vendors

  • All About Sewing
  • All Stitched Up by Angela
  • DJ's Creations
  • Mama's Quilt Shop
  • Martelli Enterprises
  • Southern Essentials
  • The Quilt Corner
  • The Quilt Cupboard

2015 Show Presentations

We always wrap up the show by presenting the quilts to the recipient organizations. This touching ceremony was made even more special when our youngest quilters were recognized. A group of 4-H students from Dutchtown Baptist Church made and donated a Quilt of Valor. How wonderful that they are learning a new skill and growing a giving heart. Congratulations, ladies!
That was followed by four individual Quilt of Valor presentations made by Roxanne Brown, the Louisiana state coordinator for the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Our veterans were thanked for their service with a standing ovation.

Congratulations to Franks S. who won the stunning raffle quilt, "A Day in the Park", donated by Friends of the Giving Quilt and quilted by Charlene Harp.


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