Microforum International is a privately held company founded in 1984 and based in Toronto, Canada.
In the beginning the company focused its activities on the manufacture and assembly of storage devices and media replication on floppy disks. Later, the company expanded to the areas of packaging and corporate promotion.
Towards the end of the 80's, the company gained a prominent role in the multimedia production area, particularly with the creation of video, audio and animations, and the publishing and distribution of multimedia products such as games and software utilities. As a result of its strength in the North American market, Microforum decided to become a publicly traded company, and launched a successful IPO in 1995.
A strong presence in the European market, and particularly in Italy, lead to the establishment of Microforum Italia, which only three years later managed to become one of the leading multimedia publishers and distributors in Italy, with a nation-wide distribution network.
With its history and knowledge of software development and distribution, the firm entered the promising mobile games and applications market at the end of 2002. In just two years, Microforum created a portfolio of over twenty-five so-called "J2ME" games and utilities that are currently sold worldwide under the Microforum brand.
Microforum's distribution network includes leading mobile operators (such as Vodafone, Orange, O2, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Telia Sonera, SK Telecom, Hutchinson, Rogers, Telus, Virgin etc), mobile Internet portals, and content aggregators.


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Week of July 1-7, 2019
1836 – President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress the bequest by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found the institution in Washington, DC that bears his name.
1874 – Four-year-old Charles Ross of Germantown, Pennsylvania, is the first U.S. kidnapping victim using a ransom note. He was held for $20,000 and the kidnappers wrote a total of 23 ransom letters over a five-month period. Two suspects were shot during a robbery attempt and admitted to kidnapping Charlie before they died. Charlie was never found, although his father and mother searched for him until their deaths in 1897 and 1912 respectively.
1874 – The first zoo in the U.S. opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Zoo is still open.
1898 – Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt was elected president in 1901.
1905 – The USDA Forest Service is created within the Department of Agriculture. The agency was given the mission to sustain healthy, diverse, and productive forests and grasslands for present and future generations.
1943 – The U.S. Government begins automatically withholding federal income tax from paychecks.
1963 – The U.S. postal service institutes the zip code (Zone Improvement Plan).
1966 – Medicare becomes available as a result of the Medicare Act being signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 31, 1965.
1971 – The cost of building the Golden Gate Bridge, completed in 1933, is paid in full. There is still a toll, however, to cross the bridge ($7.75 for cars and motorcycles, up 25 cents from last year). Watch a video of the amazing statistics about the bridge:
1987 – Robert Bork is nominated to the Supreme Court. The Senate rejects Bork's nomination in October. Ten other nominees have been rejected by the Senate, with Bork being the most recent.
1996 – Placido Domingo becomes artistic director of Washington (DC) National Opera, a post he holds until 2011. The current director is Francesca Zambello.
2015 – The U.S. and Cuba announce an agreement to re-open embassies and establish full diplomatic ties.
1776 – Richard Henry Lee's resolution that the American colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States" is adopted by the Continental Congress.
1864 – Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is established and Congress invites each state to contribute 2 statues of prominent citizens. The first statue was of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island, placed in the Hall in 1870. There are currently 100 statues in the Capitol.
1881 – President James A. Garfield is shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died on September 19th. Vice President Chester Arthur became president when Garfield died. Guiteau was convicted of murder and hanged on June 30, 1882.
1926 – The U.S. Army Air Corps is created and the Distinguish Flying Cross is authorized. The first recipient of the DFC medal was Charles A. Lindbergh, then a captain in the Army Reserve, on June 11, 1927. The award recognized his 1927 transatlantic crossing in the Spirit of St. Louis.
1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean in their Lockheed 5B Vega in their attempt to fly around the world. They were never found.
1947 – An unidentified flying object (UFO) crashes at William "Mack" Brazel's ranch in Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft. Brazel died in 1963 at age 64.
1962 – Wal-Mart Discount City opens in Rogers, Arkansas. The company founded by Sam Walton and his brother James is now headquartered in nearby Bentonville, Arkansas.
1964 – President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law. As Senate Majority Leader in 1957, Johnson (D-TX) successfully blocked the civil rights legislation he was forced to sign when he was president! Watch a newsreel that includes a political who's who:
1995 – "Forbes" magazine reports that Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates is worth $12.9 billion, making him the world's richest man. He is now worth $103 billion, making him the second richest man in the world after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($157 billion).
2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. Fossett disappeared in September 2007 while flying an airplane. The crash site was found in September 2008 and his remains were identified in November. He was 63 years old.
1775 – George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1839 – The first "normal school" (teacher's college) in the U.S. opens in Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 female students enrolled, launching teaching as a profession.
1898 – Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe and lands in Rhode Island after sailing more than 3 years. He launched his sloop the "Spray" from Massachusetts on April 24, 1895. In 1909, Slocum disappeared while sailing to the West Indies, and was presumed lost at sea. He was 65 years old.
1913 – A common tern, banded in Maine on this day, is found dead in 1919 in Africa. It was the first bird known to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
1965 – Roy Rogers' horse Trigger dies at age 33. Trigger's first movie role was with Olivia de Havilland starring as Maid Marian. She rode Trigger (then called Golden Cloud) through the forest in the 1938 movie "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Watch Trigger's film debut with a description of his rise to fame:
1986 – President Reagan presides over a relighting ceremony in New York Harbor of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
2014 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 17,000 for the first time.
July 4 – Independence Day
1776 – The U.S. Congress proclaims in the Declaration of Independence our independence from Britain.
1785 – The first Independence Day celebration is held in Bristol, Rhode Island, and is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the U.S.
1802 – The United States Military Academy opens at West Point, New York. The fortifications were originally built on the west point of the Hudson River in 1778 during the Revolutionary War, making it the longest continually occupied post in the U.S.
1826 – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (2nd and 3rd presidents) die within five hours of each other at ages 90 and 82 respectively.
1939 – Baseball player Lou Gehrig makes his "luckiest man alive" speech. The Iron
Horse took himself out of the Yankee lineup for health reasons after playing 2,130 consecutive games. He was later diagnosed with ALS, a disease that now bears his name. Watch his iconic speech:
1966 – President LBJ signs the Freedom of Information Act. It act requires full or partial disclosure of information and documents on request that are controlled by the government, with nine exceptions including to national security, personnel, and trade secrets.
1996 – Hotmail begins as a free Internet E-mail service.
1997 – NASA's Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft, lands on Mars. The rover Sojourner was deployed to gather data about the surface of the planet. Its last communication was on September 27, 1997, after traveling 330 feet.
2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) is laid on the former World Trade Center site in New York City. The building opened in November of 2014.
2005 – NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, launched earlier in 2005, takes pictures as a space probe smashes into the Tempel 1 comet. The mission was aimed at learning more about comets that formed from the leftover building blocks of the solar system. Watch a short but compelling video of the impact:
2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to visitors. It had been closed to the public since 2001.
1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition in an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while appearing to maintain their loyalty to Britain and submits it to King George on July 8th. King George refused to read the petition and proclaimed that the colonists have "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion."
1865 – The U.S. Secret Service is created to fight the counterfeiting of money. The Secret Service was asked to protect presidents in 1901 after the assassination of President McKinley.
1934 – On "Bloody Thursday" police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco during a riot, striking three men and mortally wounding two. Watch actual newsreel footage of the shootout:
1954 – The B-52A bomber makes its maiden flight. A total of 744 were built by Boeing between 1952 and 1962.
1989 – Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North receives a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra affair. His convictions were later overturned.
1994 – The U.S. changes its refugee policy by sending back Haitian boat people.
1994 – Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, under the name "Cadabra." The name was quickly changed to Amazon.
1998 – Japan joins the U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.
2016 – The FBI releases a report stating that Hillary Clinton was "extremely careless" in her handling of classified emails, but did not recommend prosecution.
1699 – The pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston and sent to England for trial. He was convicted of piracy and murder and hanged in May 1701. He was 56 years old.
1785 – Congress unanimously resolves that the U.S. currency be named the "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage.
1945 – Abbott and Costello's film "The Naughty Nineties" is released and features the longest version of their iconic "Who's on First" routine. Watch the sketch from the movie:
1945 – President Truman signs an executive order establishing the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It was awarded "for especially meritorious contribution to 1) the security or national interests of the United States, or 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." It is the highest civilian award in the U.S.
1971 – President Nixon forms the White House Plumbers unit to plug news leaks after the "Pentagon Papers" are released to the New York Times. The "Plumbers" were also instrumental in trying to cover up the Watergate break-in at the Democrat National Committee's Headquarters in 1972.
1983 – The Supreme Court rules that retirement plans can't pay women smaller monthly payments solely because of their gender.
1993 – John F. Kennedy Jr. gives notice he is quitting as Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. In 1995, he launched the magazine "George." Kennedy, his wife, and sister-in-law died in a plane crash in July 1999.
2003 – Serena Williams beats her sister Venus Williams (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) at the 110th Wimbledon Women's Tennis Tournament.
2008 – Venus Williams beats her sister Serena Williams (7-5 6-4) at the 115th Wimbledon Women's Tennis Tournament. The sisters have competed against each other 29 times, with Serena holding a 17 to 12 advantage.
2010 – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden tells al-Jazeera news that President Obama told him, "He wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering." See it for yourself:
1863 – The first military draft in the U.S. is held. Exemptions to service during the Civil War cost $100.
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was first wrapped. No word on what is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
1948 – The Cleveland Indians sign 42-year-old Satchel Paige to a baseball contract. He was the oldest rookie in baseball history. Paige died in 1982 at age 75. Watch a short bio of Paige:
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is nominated as the first woman Supreme Court Justice. She was unanimously confirmed by Congress on July 8. She submitted her letter of resignation from the Court in 2008. O'Connor is now 89 years old.
1983 – Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after she writes him a letter. Samantha died in 1985 at age 13 in a plane crash with her father. Watch Ted Koppel's interview with Samantha:
2016 – In Dallas, Texas, a gunman ambushes police officers, killing five and wounding nine others, during a protest march against fatal police shootings of blacks. During a standoff, the gunman was killed by a bomb attached to a robot.
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The Georgia Mathematics Conference at Rock Eagle is fast approaching, and I would like to take this opportunity to encourage each of you to attend. The highlight of the conference for AP teachers is on Friday, October 21 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Gas Building. Keynote speakers will address topics in AP Calculus and AP Statistics, and there are several sessions for each discipline. These speakers all have extensive experience in the field and are there to bring you best practices and new ideas that will encourage and excite you about teaching AP. My motto as a teacher has always been, "If I think I know it all, I need to quit!" Through 30+ years of teaching, I have always been able to glean wonderful ideas from speakers at this conference dedicated to AP teachers and mathematics teachers. The following grid gives you the schedule for our part of the GMC on Friday.
Check out a resource from Lina Ellis about a Final Statistics Project.
*Registration for the Georgia Math Conference is required to attend the GA2PMT annual meeting.
Visit www.gctm.org to register for the conference and see www.GAAPMT.org for session descriptions and more about GA2PMT.
Lunch will be provided during the AP reading session for current GA²PMT members. Annual GA2PMT membership is $10, and on-site registration will be available.
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Meet Our Featured Presenter: Landy Godbold received his BS and MS degrees in Applied Mathematics from Georgia Tech and recently retired from teaching at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta after LX years. He taught some version of courses in statistics for over 35 of those years (at the AP level since 1996). In 1984, Landy was one of the first fifty participants in the Woodrow Wilson Summer Institutes in mathematics at Princeton (that year the topic was Statistics) and returned during the summers of 1988-1993 as Computer Director for that program. He served two, three-year terms as an NCTM appointee to the ASANCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability, and served the final two years as chair. Landy became an AP reader of Statistics exams in 1997, and he has six years of experience as a table leader. Landy co-authored (with Linda Young, Gail Burrill, and Christine Franklin) NCTM's Navigations in Data Analysis. His honors include Westminster's Alex P. Gaines professorship, Alumni Fellow for Distinguished Teaching, and the national Presidential, Radio Shack, and MAA Edyth May Sliffe awards. Apart from statistics, he enjoys family (almost-two-yearold and one-week old grandsons), music, cycling, table tennis, and good red wine.


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What are the top 10 worst schools in the UK?
Why are schools underperforming?
What is the harshest school?
What's the worst university in the UK?
What is the hardest secondary school to get into in London?
What is the strictest school in the UK?
Worst 10 schools in England (all mixed):
Hugh Baird College ‒ Sefton, Merseyside.
The Da Vinci Studio School of Science and Engineering ‒ Hertfordshire.
Walsall Studio School ‒ Walsall.
Queen Katharine Academy ‒ Peterborough.
East Durham College ‒ County Durham (College of further education)
Schools labeled as underperforming are disproportionately located in disadvantaged areas. By extension, they often have limited resources and insufficient facilities and supplies, and are able to employ fewer well-qualified teachers than other schools do.
What is the hardest secondary school to get into UK?
The Royal School in Wolverhampton was the hardest secondary school to get into, with just 10% of those who put it as a first preference getting a place. Competition has also got tougher compared to 2020, when 12% of first preferences secured a place.
What is the highest achieving school in London?
1 Wembley High Technology College – North Wembley This non-selective state school is one of the top-performing co-educational schools in the country. Its Progress 8 score of +1.58* has been recognised as the 4th highest nationally. This score is also recognised as the highest in London by the Department of Education.
Michaela Community School, in Brent, North London, has developed a reputation for being the world's strictest school. Run by its famous headmistress and founder Katharine Birbalsingh, the school harks back to conservative values of yesteryear (without corporal punishment). Its detractors accuse Ms.
The University of Bedfordshire
The University of Bedfordshire has been ranked the worst in the UK by the Complete University Guide. In the 2022 rankings, Beds Uni was ranked 130th out of 130 UK universities – a drop by seven places from the previous year.
How can schools improve underperforming?
Some of these "focus areas" include:
monitoring the use of textbooks.
capacitating School Governing Bodies.
weekly progress reports.
lesson observation in specific subjects.
the monitoring of curriculum compliance and pace.
The training of Subject Heads of Department to improve their curriculum management skills.
How do you turn around low performing schools?
Signal the need for dramatic change with strong leadership. Show More.
Maintain a consistent focus on improving instruction. Show More.
Make visible improvements early in the school turnaround process (quick wins). Show More.
Build a committed staff. Show More.
Royal Alexandra and Albert School, in Reigate, was the hardest secondary school to secure a place at locally. The school had 1.8 first preferences for each of the 74 places offered, with just 46% of those who put the school as their first choice getting a place.
Michaela Community School
Michaela Community School is an 11–18 mixed, free secondary school and sixth form in Wembley, London, England. It was established in 2014 with Katharine Birbalsingh as headmistress and has been described as the "strictest school in Britain".
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Michael Ryderstedt (ur. 12 listopada 1984 w Sztokholmie) – szwedzki tenisista, reprezentant w Pucharze Davisa.

Kariera tenisowa
W gronie zawodowców startował w latach 2002–2012. W turniejach rangi ATP World Tour w grze pojedynczej najlepszy wynik osiągnął pod koniec października 2004 roku, w Sztokholmie dochodząc do półfinału. W meczu o awans do finału nie sprostał Thomasowi Johanssonowi.

W grze podwójnej Szwed dotarł do jednego finału zawodów ATP World Tour, w październiku 2008 roku, w Sztokholmie. Wspólnie z Johanem Brunströmem spotkanie o tytuł przegrali z parą Jonas Björkman i Kevin Ullyett.

W lipcu 2011 roku zadebiutował w reprezentacji Szwecji w zmaganiach o Puchar Davisa w rundzie ćwierćfinałowej grupy światowej przeciwko Serbii. Do końca 2012 roku zagrał w zawodach pięć przegranych meczów singlowych oraz jeden zakończony porażką pojedynek deblowy.

Najwyżej w rankingu ATP singlistów zajmował 130. miejsce (18 lipca 2005), a w klasyfikacji deblistów 150. pozycję (13 lipca 2009).

Finały w turniejach ATP World Tour

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Szwedzcy tenisiści
Urodzeni w 1984
Ludzie urodzeni w Sztokholmie

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There are some lessons that you can only learn when you've been in debt, which is unfortunate because it would be useful for many people who aren't and have not been in debt to know about them too. If only they knew what debt could do to you, they maybe think twice before getting in over their heads.
A lot of people think that only foolish people get themselves into serious debt, but that really isn't true – it can happen to anyone. It starts with using your credit card to pay for that new washing machine that you weren't expecting to need and then you think, huh I might as well treat myself to a new Kitchenaid while I'm at it, for example, and then you're on that slippery slope where you see your credit card as being the answer to not only your problems but your dreams and wants too. It really can be that easy.
There are many people who, instead of dealing with their debts and contacting their creditors or sorting out a debt consolidation loan through https://debtconsolidation.loans, when they get into trouble, bury their head in the sand. This is a pretty poor strategy that will only serve to make things worse as the amount you owe goes up, non-payment charges are added, and legal action is taken.
Being in debt is really stressful. When you're in a situation where you have lots of debts, and you don't know how you're going to pay them off, it affects every waking moment of your life and there are a lot of waking moments because it's pretty hard to sleep when you don't know how you're going to make that payment or if the debt enforcers are going to show up in the morning.
When you're deep in debt, you can't simply go to the pub with friends, hold a lavish birthday party for your kids, buy a much-needed new car or book a sunny holiday away whenever you want to – you need savings and quite often a good credit score for that, which means that debt can really stop you from living the kind of life you would like.
If you're reading this and thinking as long as I can make the minimum payments what is there to worry about? You need to know that paying just the minimum can and does cripple you – just check out http://uk.creditcards.com/calculators/minimum-payment.php if you don't believe me. Interest is added to the balance each month, which means that the minimum keeps increasing and before you know it you're in more debt than you can handle. It really is a vicious circle.
Using a credit card or getting a loan isn't always bad, but you should only do so when there is a real need and when you can afford to pay it all back in a timely manner, fail to do that, and it will seriously affect your life in so many ways, none of them positive.
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For the first time ever in Vietnam, a Czech and Slovak Film Festival will be held in Hanoi and HCMC this month to celebrate the 100th founding anniversary of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia).
The event celebrates and promotes a contextualised range of classic and modern Czech and Slovak live-action and animated films to Vietnamese and expatriate audiences through a not-for-profit arts festival.
The week will present a selection of ten films including international award-winning pieces and some of the best of Czech and Slovak cinema.
The movies included The Line, Little Harbour, Perinbaba, Kolya, Divided We Fall, Three Wishes For Cinderella, Eva Nova, The Shop on Main Street, Fair Play, and The Dark Blue World.
The event will take place from November 6 to 10 at the National Cinema Centre (87 Lang Ha Str., Hanoi) and November 12 to 14 at the Cinestar Cinema (135 Hai Ba Trung Str., HCMC).
Tickets are offered free at embassies and cinemas./.


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Roger Ebert December 13, 1998
Q. The great Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a busy worker right up until his death, and was working on a film when he died. From what I've heard, the screenplay and carefully-drawn story boards were finished. My question is, why hasn't anyone opted to make THIS film? Wouldn't this have been a better idea for Gus Van Sant than a remake of Hitch's best-known work? (Jeff VanDreason, Syracuse, NY)
A. In 1977 and 1978, Hitchcock worked on a screenplay titled "The Short Night" with Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest") and David Freeman, but Hitch's biographer Donald Spoto says the script was never finished. If it had been, or if other finished scripts survive--yes, those would be more interesting projects than squirting juice into the Frankenstein's monster of the "Psycho" remake.
Q. I've been hearing that "Babe: Pig in the City," is too dark, and that darkness is a trend in kid's movies. This sentiment is being blamed for "Babe's" less than stellar box office. I saw "Babe" and thought that while it was more intense than most children's movies of late, it wasn't as intense as such classics as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," and that any darkness was justified by the unabashedly optimistic ending. In your opinion, are children's movies becoming too dark for younger viewers? (Paul Bogosian, Watertown, MA)
A. "Babe: Pig in the City," one of the year's most magical films, has been the victim of two widely-publicized factoids. One is that the film was hammered at the box office by "A Bug's Life" (true). The other is that it was "too dark for children." Not true. Troublesome for very young children, perhaps. But enchanting and original for anyone else. Dark themes are not new in children's films. Consider the deaths in "Bambi," or Mrs. Jumbo's chaining in "Dumbo." Reflect, too, that an alarming number of today's kids routinely see videos of R-rated slasher and horror movies. "Babe" is unlikely to cause many nightmares.
Q. I went to see "Babe: Pig in the City" and I loved it. It is a brilliant piece of work and a rare sequel that outdoes the original. I also found it to be the most ambitious family film I have ever seen. It will easily make my top ten. I was extremely saddened on how the film flopped badly at the box office. I cannot believe such garbage as "The Waterboy" and "The Rugrats Movie" is doing so well. Films like "Babe: Pig in the City" are the ones that inspire me to become a filmmaker. Why did it do so poorly at the box office? (Michael Pereira, Toronto, Ontario)
A. When it comes to family movies, you can't trounce the Mouse. Universal should never, ever, have opened on the same day as a Disney animated picture. So what if the lucrative fast-food tie-ins were already scheduled? Six weeks either way on the opening date, and the picture's history would have been dramatically different. Also, more hamburgers would have been sold. It would be a shame if this wonderful movie got lost in the shuffle.
Q. There is an editing technique, used frequently in film and television, in which the audio track of the next scene is cut to before the visual scene is. Thus the viewer hears as much as a full line of dialogue from the following scene before the visual image is edited to actually show the speaker. This technique is very effecting in conveying a feeling of linked, forward plot movement. My question is, what is this editing technique called? There must be a simple name to describe it, as opposed to the paragraph it took me to explain it. (Daniel Welch, Wheaton, IL)
A. I asked Thelma Schoonmaker, the gifted editor of such Martin Scorsese classics as "Raging Bull" and "GoodFellas," for an answer. She replies: "The term your questioner is looking for is 'sound overlap' or 'sound prelap.' He is right that the device does convey a feeling of linked forward movement. It is also used sometimes when you are having difficulty with a transition and a sound overlap can trick the eye into accepting what might, otherwise, be an awkward cut."
Q. Many moviegoers have noticed parallels between the Gene Hackman character in "Enemy of the State" and his classic character Harry Caul in Francis Coppola's "The Conversation" (1973). Here are some more. The clerk in the electronics store addresses Brill as "Harry." And the identity photo of Brill in the NSA's data base is a shot of Gene Hackman from "The Conversation." (Bill Mullins, Huntsville, AL)
A. Also, when Hackman takes Will Smith into his secret hideout, the set-up, with electronic equipment locked behind steel mesh, is very similar to his rig in "The Conversation."
Q. Did I miss something or was there a mirror image shot in "One True Thing"? In the scene where Rene Zellweger's character first overhears her mother talking with her father's friend looked like a mirror image because all the lettering on the books were backwards. And there's a later scene in the same room where everything is reversed. Why would they do that? Was it a heavy handed way to symbolize a world in turmoil, or were the filmmakers sloppy? (Mark Rennie, San Jose, CA)
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SSchultz0956 Posts: 121, Reputation: 10
Oct 3, 2005, 12:14 PM
Lately I have been reading about effects of pornography on society. Conclusively research says that an increase in pornography increases domestic crimes, specifically those of sexual type. Obviously we all know that the industry hides behind the first amendment, however in Article 1 section 8 of the constitution Congress retains the right to regulate interstate and international commerce. Further in article 4 section for the national government is required to protect all states and their citizens from a variety of things, including domestic violence. It's apparent that two things in the constitution can conflict, the question is, in our federal system, what's more important: the people's rights, or the protection of the people. Should this or should this not lead to stricter regulations on the pornography industry, not exclusive too just child porn, but to all forms, both soft and hard core?
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Oct 4, 2005, 07:20 AM
Peoples' Rights
Peoples' Rights are more important; if viewed in light of the Majority.
The Majority should have the right to say what will be, not just minorities making laws. Everyone should be considered, but when the Minority over-runs the rest of us, it's time for some changes.
Congress will NOT do anything to any group, if there is much money floating around, such as lobby, contributions, whatever. It's a way of life in DC; and has gotten completely out of hand.
The best thing that can happen to the Senate and the House, is to get rid of those who have been there for 20 yrs, wipe the slate clean, and start over with new senators and representatives.
Surely, everyone knows they will not vote to have only 1 or 2 terms; they have to be voted out by the Majority.
Porn is controlled (whether legal or not) by Congress. It they want it changed it will be changed. If they don't want it changed, it's time they were kicked out.
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tjr Posts: 70, Reputation: 2
Puritan Nation ?
I would say no,free speech is to important to be hacked apart.
There are already far to many restrictions on what you can say and where.
To say that you can't say something because it offends someone,is to say that you can't say anything because there is always a dissenting voice on any subject.
What would you think about stopping all children's TV because child predators like to watch the kids on barney,or stop all forms of fire on TV because it excites pyromaniacs.
Also were your stats on America?Because most of Europe has more porn than us and less crime.What's up with that?could it be that our nation is more disturbed?
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The idea is not to ban porn based on the fact that it's offensive to some people. The idea is the domestic violence that results from it. In states that have a higher population of subscriptions to porn magazines have a higher commission of sexually based crimes, whereas the oppositte for those who don't. So the question isn't what's up in Europe, or whether it's offensive. The question how do we further protect the American citizens from domestic violence here based on American statistics. In the Philippines you'll find it more prevolant than in Europe, and they have the same stats as America. Obviously we can't base this on other areas of the world due to cultural and environmental circumstances. Example: the PATRIOT act. Though now revised, this act obviously disrupts to some extent the freedom of the American people, but it's for our better good. Finally, the question is whether it's constitutional to increase regulations on something like porn.
Is there a coelation between subscriptions and population?
I also feel that the patriot act is unconstitutional,to react to terrorist
By ignoring the constitution is to allow them win
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Originally Posted by SSchultz0956
Conclusively research says that an increase in pornography increases domestic crimes, specifically those of sexual type.
Oh really. Conclusively, huh? Where is this study? Who funded the study? Who was studied? How were the statistical correlations made?
There are _obviously_ too many variables here to make that kind of conclusive correlation.
Obviously we all know that the industry hides behind the first amendment,
No one "hides" behind the first amendment. The First Amendment is the ideological foundation of this country, and anyone who thinks that using it as a defense is not honorable has serious priority problems.
however in Article 1 section 8 of the constitution Congress retains the right to regulate interstate and international commerce.
Okay. Even so, that would only allow them to regulate pornography sold across state lines. And, even so, this does not allow them to impose some sort of arbitrary "community values" constraint for no concrete reason.
Further in article 4 section 4 the national government is required to protect all states and their citizens from a variety of things, including domestic violence.
Originally Posted by U.S. Constitution
Section. 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Notice the use of the word "State."
It's apparent that two things in the constitution can conflict, the question is, in our federal system, what's more important: the people's rights, or the protection of the people.
Do you really need to ask?
Originally Posted by Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Should this or should this not lead to stricter regulations on the pornography industry, not exclusive too just child porn, but to all forms, both soft and hard core?
First off, you've failed to prove pornography causes violence.
Second, child pornography is significantly different from what the legitimate "pornography industry" creates.
Originally Posted by fredg
Okay. The government based on the U.S. Constitution is not, and never was, a government of "the majority." It's a government of The People.
In a simple "mob rule" government, if 70% of people wanted 10% of the population burned alive, that 10% would die. It's (not supposed to) work that way in the U.S. today.
Second off, you seem to think that a "majority" thinks pornography should be banned. From where do you base that assumption?
In states that have a higher population of subscriptions to porn magazines have a higher commision of sexually based crimes, whereas the oppositte for those who don't.
Really now. Well, from the way you phrased it, it doesn't look like your "study" took into account ANY other factors, including such things as population density, personal wealth, unemployment, education. In fact it looks like you didn't even consider that some states have higher populations than others.
I'd like to see your "study." Again, who is behind it?
the PATRIOT act. Though now revised, this act obviously disrupts to some extent the freedom of the American people, but it's for our better good.
Oh really. Is that what FOX News (TM) told you?
Never, ever, ever let your rights be taken away for ANY reason, because it will be very hard to get them back. Fear is the most potent method of controlling large groups of people. You've fallen into the fear trap and will do anything to make that horrible feeling of irrational fear in your mind go away. Snap out of it and realize that if there were really tens of thousands of "sleeper cell" "terrorists" in our country, we'd all be dead by now.
Finally, the question is whether or not it's constitutional to increase regulations on something like porn.
Of course not. There's nothing wrong with pornography, as long as all participants are consenting adults.
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Hear! Hear!
The studies done have mainly been lead by Dr. James Dobson, you can Google him if you so desire.
Quote Ted Bundy (the serial killer that was executed):Listen, I'm no social scientist, and I haven't done a survey. I don't pretend that I know what John Q. Citizen thinks about this. But I've lived in prison for a long time now. And I've met a lot of men who were motivated to commit violence just like me. And without exception, without question, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography Quote
Dr. Dobson:There's no question about it. The FBI's own study on serial homicide shows that the most common interest among serial killers is pornography. Well-meaning, decent people will condemn the behavior of a Ted Bundy, while they're walking past a magazine rack full of the very kinds of things that send young kids down the road to be Ted Bundys. But I'll tell you, there lots of other kids playing in streets around this country today who are going to be dead tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day and month, because other young people are reading the kinds of things and seeing the kinds of things that are available in the media today.
Dobson further said, I witnessed the most graphic illustration of pornography's cancerous curse in 1989 when I interviewed convicted serial murderer Ted Bundy, just 17 hours before he was executed in the Florida State Prison. He described for our video cameras how he had stumbled onto several pornographic magazines in a dump near his home. He was just 13 years of age at the time, yet he was instantly addicted to violent images that eventually fueled his brutal fantasies. He murdered more than 28 women and girls in cold blood, one of them a beautiful little 12-year-old girl named Kimberly Leach. After assaulting her, he killed her and then dumped her body into a pigsty.3
You will also remember little 7-year-old Danielle van Dam who disappeared from her home in San Diego in 2003. Authorities seized thousands of computer files containing child pornography from the murderer's house. They included a cartoon video depicting the rape of a young girl. The prosecutor in the case said, "The video represented [the defendant's] sexual fantasies and inspired the abduction, rape and murder of Danielle."15
Similarly, the man who confessed to kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Jessica DeLaTorre in South Dakota earlier this year told detectives he had viewed child pornography at an Internet café and in his home prior to committing the crime.16 Dennis Rader, the so-called "BTK killer" who savagely took the lives of 10 people, has offered very little information about his private life, but from the available evidence, it appears clear that pornography played a part in his past.17
An article in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Sun Sentinel last year noted the sharp increase in sexual assaults among grade-schoolers in the area, including a 10-year-old and 11-year-old accused of raping a 5-year-old girl; a 9-year-old accused of sexually assaulting a 2-year-old and a 6- and 7-year-old accused of simulating rape by rubbing up against a playmate.21 Sheila Rapa, a child psychologist interviewed for the story, noted how rapidly violent sexuality has infiltrated the world of children. "When I started doing these psychosexual evaluations in '94, it was a different child I was evaluating than I'm evaluating now … [today's children] talk about adult sexual behavior, they talk about oral sex, anal sex, things that children even 10 years ago didn't have knowledge of."22 The article highlighted several reasons for this downward spiral among young children, chief among them being sexual abuse at home and exposure to pornography. While it's true that every person who delves into this seedy world will not necessarily turn into a criminal, one thing is certain: Exposure will warp the minds of not only children, but men and women as well. Inevitably and invariably, God's gift of human sexuality becomes corrupted when individuals become wrapped up in unrealistic and immoral depictions of sex. The worth of men and women is reduced to a matter of mere utilitarian purpose. [To read more about this theme, you might want to visit one of our Web sites, www.pureintimacy.org.]
I had an FBI source but I'll have to keep looking where for where it was. Is this enough for you or do yo uwant more? I suppose I could list the number of people raped and murdered by Ted Bundy alone. It's only around say 50 to 100 because he never disclosed how many it was, and only somewhere in the 30's were identified.
Tell me, is it OK to smoke marijuana if we are all consenting adults? Many adults in the deep south would also consent to segregation laws, does that make it OK?
"God's gift of human sexualiy..."There's the whole problem in one word,GOD
You speak of children in years past compared to today's as being exposed to more and more ponography,and on this we agree today is the information age and for better or worse it is here to stay.
Technology has done something strange to us,it use to be that children were
Young adults they had responsabilities they were held accountable for their actions.A hundred years ago a 13 year old getting married and having a family was the norm, but today in our MODERN society we see that as putting too much pressure on an immature person,and I agree
But instead of teaching our children that SEX is Natural and your not going to hell if you mastrabate,we preach abstinence.Now how can we expect a child hopped up with hormones to say no if our own priest can't?
You say that we can't compare our stats to other countries because of this
And that but what you are really saying is that were not like them,why are they not human are they so sexually deviant as to be less than us
Why don't we teach sex ed. In a more realistic light ? If you are going to have sex,and we Know that you are,then use protection show them the whole picture not just your jaded view
P.S.Whats your point with dope?
There's nothing wrong with pornography, as long as all participants are consenting adults This is what psi42 said which brings the connectinoto dope. Not specifically dope, but the principle of the statement.
You cannot use information from different countries because it's unstable and varies. NOT because they aren't human, so don't twist my words.
I did not mean that you thought they weren't human,no offense meant.
But your response leads back to the same ? Are you saying that other countries can't be trusted to tell the truth?Their stats are unstable and vary?
Are you saying their stats change from year to year in respect to themselves or us?
Comparitivly all our stats are unstable. Granted there are some things that can be consistent from country to country. There are also things that change depending on where you are. Maybe it's in the water. Thus, I mean to say that Europe's stats on this topic are oppossitte ours. The Philippines is consistent with ours. Surely there's other places that are consistent with Europe. This is why it's too complicated to say we should compare ourselves to just Europe which someone did in a previous post. We can do that, but not limit it to just that continent.
I did. He looks like your basic religious fundamentalist, with a lot of influence.
So, OBVIOUSLY pornography was the _only_ factor in the development of Bundy's character? There are _so_ many other variables in this situation.
This is the same sort of logic used in the following argument:
1) A black cat crossed my path today.
2) I had a horrifically bad day today.
3) I must have had a bad day because of the black cat.
Let's compare that to what you're saying.
1) Ted Bundy looked at porn.
2) Ted Bundy was a serial killer.
3) Looking at porn makes you a serial killer.
Many adults in the deep south would also consent to segregation laws, does that make it ok?
This is a _completely_ different case. It's very clear that all participants in that segregated society were _not_ consenting, and were being segregated against their will.
comparitivly all our stats are unstable. Granted there are some things that can be consistent from country to country. There are also things that change depending on where you are. maybe it's in the water. Thus, i mean to say that Europe's stats on this topic are oppossitte ours.
So, basically, what you are saying is that we should only consider statistics that agree with your argument?
Face it:
There's nothing wrong with pornography involving consenting adults.
There's nothing wrong with consentual sex.
Good thread
Some answers here have obviously taken the writer a long time to put together and type out.
Politics and Religion are two subjects one can talk about for quite a long time.
Interpretation of the Constitution is up to the Supreme Court of the US, and will change with each new generation.
I do sincerely hope that Porn on the web will become illegal, as time goes by. Free speech is important, but at some point, becomes ridiculous. That's when changes will be made.
It's not a question of just looking at my stats. You wanted evidence, I produced it. You said that there are many variables in a situation, which is true. Example, drugs can be a variable in crime, but there are many other factors, so why should we prohibit drug use since it's not necessarily or always THE factor. Further, your idea of "consenting adults" has no foudnation whatsoever. Consenting Senators, maybe, but not adults. The mere fact that adults may consent on a matter isn't sufficient enough. Frankly, not all adults do consent on the matter at hand. I personally know many who are strongly against it. Also you stated my source is obviously some chritian religious zealot. Who else is going to do the research? Ted Kennedy? Bill Clinton? No! It's going to be someone strongly opposed to it. No one else would do it because they don't want to know the outcome. Just like the argument used for gay marriage. Many say that it should be prohibited because it's not a good environment to raise children. In America there are hundreds of thousands of children living in households with gay couples. That's plenty for a study. But neither side wants to investigate because they are both worried that the outcome will not be politically what they want. It's the same principle here, so the mrer fact the doc is a religious fundementalist, can't be used against him.
Further, your idea of "consenting adults" has no foudnation whatsoever. Consenting Senators, maybe, but not adults. The mere fact that adults may consent on a matter isn't sufficient enough. Frankly, not all adults do consent on the matter at hand. I personally know many who are strongly against it.
I was referring to the adults participating in the pornographic production, not the fundamentalists afraid to see _themselves_ naked.
If you don't like porn, don't look at it. It's that simple. I don't understand what the problem is here. It's not like you're being locked in an adult bookstore every day.
As a side note, I think we need to put this "moral majority" myth to rest. If there was really a "moral majority" of Christian fundamentalists, you _would_ control Congress and the executive, and be able to amend the Constitution to make this a theocracy. So if you really think there is a fundamentalist "majority," why don't you go run for office, with pure fundamentalist theocracy as your platform. See how many votes you _really_ get.
Also you stated my source is obviously some chritian religious zealot. Who else is going to do the research? Ted Kennedy? Bill Clinton? No! It's going to be someone strongly opposed to it.
You mean someone strongly opposed to it for religious reasons?
Have you considered that this "study" hasn't been done before because it's common sense that there is little or no correlation?
No one else would do it because they don't want to know the outcome. Just like the argument used for gay marriage. Many say that it should be prohibited because it's not a good environment to raise children.
Heh. So we should ban gay marriage because of the couples that do raise children, you think the children may not "turn out right?"
Sorry to break this to you, but there are many heterosexual couples that do not provide a healthy environment for their children.
In any case, this can't be used against gay marriage, because marriage does not imply having children (although I'm sure the children will be just fine).
It's the same principle here, so the mrer fact the doc is a religious fundementalist, can't be used against him.
But it's just so obvious that his "evidence" is baseless.
First of all, I never took a stand on gay marriage so you're putting words in my mouth. Second, I never based this argument on religion. Third, isn't it my right to be concerned even though I don't view such filth. What happens if I have a child or wife who gets raped because some punk needs "real" attention outside of his closet and computer room. Self-stimulation isn't enough for him so he rapes other people. Look at the facts. Everyday on the news we hear of more and more people being raped and killed from any age group. It wasn't like this before. This summer a tun on the TV and it seemed almost weekly that some poor childe has been molested and tortured by some crazy man. It just happened in my home town Des Moines last week. The guy raped a 20-MONTH OLD BABY!!!!! There actually have been people in congress that have tried and are trying to stop this stuff, but there are people like you who feel it violates your first amendment right of speech. Well what about the rights of my family and every other vulnerable person out there to live safely? I'm not saying you and everybody that looks at porn is sick and demented. But, not everyone that uses crack or marijuana committs henous crimes either, it doesn't make it OK. They're still illegal.
What happens if i have a child or wife who gets raped because some punk needs "real" attention outside of his closet and computer room. Self-stimulation isn't enough for him so he rapes other people.
Well, then he has a serious psychological problem, but that doesn't mean that his problem was actually caused by viewing pornography.
Once again, we have the same issue:
It just doesn't make sense.
It wasn't like this before.
Do you have authoritative evidence of how many rapes and murders were committed "before"? Have you considered how other factors that make the present different from "before" may have affected crime rates?
Do you really think if pornography disappeared overnight, these crimes would as well?
This summer a tun on the TV and it seemed almost weekly that some poor childe has been molested and tortured by some crazy man.
It just happened in my home town Des Moines last week. The guy raped a 20-MONTH OLD BABY!!!!!
Don't think that I'm not appalled by that news.
However, why should we think pornography was responsible for his actions?
Personally, I think he is responsible for his actions.
There actually have been people in congress that have tried and are trying to stop this stuff, but there are people like you who feel it violates your first ammendment right of speech.
Well, some of us actually like the Bill of Rights.
Well what about the rights of my family and every other vulnerable person out there to live safely?!
Okay. Well then why don't we expand the government's surveillance powers so that no matter what you do, every moment of every day you are being watched by someone whose job it is to "keep you safe." That way, these horrible, scary, evil people whould never have a chance to commit their crimes, and you and your family would live without fear of harm. Would you like that?
I'm not saying you and everybody that looks at porn is sick and demented. But, not everyone that uses crack or marijuana committs henous crimes either, it doesn't make it ok. They're still illegal.
Cocaine is a mind-altering drug. Pornography is not.
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tjr,
Considering your presupposition that every "child hopped up with hormones" is going to either masturbate or have sex I would have to argue that your statement that "If you are going to have sex,and we Know that you are,then use protection show them the whole picture not just your jaded view" stems from a rather jaded point of view.
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Is there someone who would like to write a motivational speech to an audience of youth? The tone should be centered around "Keep Yours Eyes on the Prize). It needs to be about 5 to 10 minutes long.


We all know Palawan as the ideal summer getaway – the white sand beaches, tourist hotspots, hotels and resorts – but Palawan is so much more than that. It is an archipelago that stretches from Mindoro to Borneo and is known as the Philippines' "last ecological frontier" due to its high levels of biodiversity, an abundance of natural resources, extensive flora and fauna, and vast expanses of mangroves.
It is composed of 1,768 islands or 16% of the Philippine's 7,100 islands.
It is home to two of the country's UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites: the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (or more popularly known as the Underground River).
It serves as a home to a lot of indigenous peoples (IPs). As of 2010, the total population of Palawan is 994,340. The indigenous peoples' population is 351,354. It is home to cultural minorities such as Tagbanuas, Pala´wans, Batacs, Calamianes, Ken-Uys, Jama-Mapuns, Molbogs, Cagayanos, Agutayanos, and Tau´t Batu.
Palawan's vegetation is one of the most diverse in the Philippines and includes tropical lowland evergreen rain forest, lowland semi-deciduous (seasonal/monsoon) forest, montane forest and forest-over-limestone.
Palawan's species of terrestrial and marine vertebrate wildlife accounts for 38.6% of the wildlife species in the entire country.
Palawan's fishing grounds supply 65% of Manila's fish consumption.
With the increasing tourism activities in the coastal areas of Palawan, structures and buildings, such as hotels and restaurants, are also increasing in number along the beach areas. When left unregulated, the wastewater generated from these business establishments could drain directly or seep to the sea.
The clearing of forest for agriculture purposes and the conversion of timberland to give way to housing and residential areas due to the increasing affluence of some members of the community is another challenge.
The annual rate of Palawan's forest loss at 5,500 hectares per year for the period 1992- 2010 is lower than the 1979 to 1984 deforestation rate at 19,000 hectares per year. This is due to the ban on commercial logging embodied in the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Law.
However, its mangrove forests is faced with continuous threats caused by human activities in the coastal communities. The "open access" to mangrove forests results to continuous cutting of mangrove trees for construction of houses, as well as firewood and charcoal.
Mineral resources are richly deposited in Palawan's high mountains with significant deposits of nickel, chromium, iron ore, and limestone. However, land degradation is considered to be an unavoidable by-product of mining activities. The damage could reach alarming proportions if not regulated properly. Open pit mining in areas with forest cover causes deforestation and soil erosion as well.
In support of the SEP Law, we have also allocated Php 82M to provide grants to protect the forests of Palawan.
The Forest Foundation Philippines is registered with the SEC as Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, Inc.