Times have not always been easy for CentreStage. Running a community theatre strictly on what is taken in at the box office and on donations from generous private citizens is no easy task. There were times when month to month existence was all that could be managed—but manage they did. Times are somewhat better today, but our continued existence still depends upon ticket sales, advertisement, membership fees, and donations by generous patrons. The recent move from the Centre Square location in Kentville to the River Street location in Kentville was not accomplished without incurring great expense. Thankfully, "sweat equity" helped to keep the cost from soaring to unmanageable levels and the donations from the Town of Kentville, the Kentville Rotary Club, the Government of Nova Scotia, numerous patrons, and generous repayable loans from some Board members have allowed us to meet our obligations thus far. Those who have visited the new site have been favorably impressed and feel that the move has added greatly to the theatre-going experience. To aid in our fund-raising efforts, the Society applied for and was granted status as a not-for-profit organization by the Government of Canada. This, of course, allows us to issue tax receipts for any donations given to the theatre that meet the Revenue Canada guidelines.
CentreStage now produces eight different plays a year, each of them running for six consecutive weekends on Friday and Saturday evenings. During the run of each show, provision has been made for several matinee performances . The plays are a mix of comedies, mystery thrillers, musicals and warmhearted dramas. When one play is in production, the one following it is in rehearsal. The Society also offers theatre camps for children which usually results in a production that is presented to the general public.
While some regular cast members have professional experience in theatre, television, and film, their involvement with CentreStage is strictly on a volunteer basis and is done for the love of theatre. There are no paid employees, which makes it truly amazing that CentreStage Theatre is now in its 35th year of existence and has produced as of March 2019, 300 plays/musicals, involving a total of over 400 different actors/ actresses/ singers/ technicians in the Valley.


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Streaming service will now need to pay more up front, akin to traditional TV accounting
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Netflix isn't so different from traditional TV networks after all.
In its third-quarter earnings announcement Monday, the streaming service announced a significant shift in its accounting practices regarding original programming that will see it accelerate spending on series like "House of Cards."
"Now we have more specific viewing data for original content which shows more viewing in the early months of a show's debut, so we are accelerating the amortization of such content commensurately," wrote Reed Hastings in his letter to investors. "We'll continue to monitor the viewing patterns and adjust the amortization schedule as appropriate."
Netflix telegraphed the move in an investor letter during the previous quarter. "We are in the early stages of original content, and continue to monitor whether the viewing pattern is higher than initially expected in the first few months to suggest that we amortize at a faster initial rate," the disclosure read.
Barton Crockett, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets, had speculated back in August that an adjustment in its payment plan would lower its estimated earnings per share in the near term — a crucial metric that could affect the Netflix stock price.
While networks typically pay studios the bulk of the license fee for a series over its first year on the air because of advertising revenues, Netflix adheres to "straight-line" accounting for its original programming expenses, prorating dollars over the life of the license fee. That doesn't change the total cost, but the scheduling of the spending changes dramatically.
Pushing spending up earlier than expected could put additional pressure on Netflix to grow internationally in order to generate the revenues that will allow it to afford original programming.
With the accounting change, Netflix pulled forward about $27 million in expense for the third quarter of 2013 from future quarters. However, the company said that the effect of the faster amortization of original content is small enough that it is not changing domestic contribution margin targets or global profitability targets.
Also on the original programming front, Netflix said that "Orange is the New Black" is its most watched original series yet, and though the company did not release metrics, suggested its viewing levels were "comparable to successful TV shows."
The investor letter also indicated Netflix will double its original programming spend in 2014; its 2013 spend has been estimated at $150 million, according to analyst reports.
Netflix also released a highlight reel of its original programming to date (see clip above).

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Why is test data so important in SAP environments?
Because of the architecture and integrated data model, SAP test and development systems very quickly diverge from the state of the Production system - either via data changes in Production, or changes en route through the landscape, or via testing and training activities in those systems themselves. This makes it difficult to provide an accurate reflection of how a change will impact Production, effectively train new users, and support issues that do arise in Production. This means in many cases SAP professionals carry out activities in Production which should only ever be done in pre-Production environments. The ability to provision accurate test data removes the need to carry out such activities in Production.
Working within the SAP data model for the Oil & Gas industry can be complex, and creating secure data for non-production environments calls for a different approach. Why is test data important? The average organisation loses $8.2 million annually on poor data quality. For most Oil and Gas companies, their SAP system is integral to their business, and any significant outage of a particular business process, or worse – the entire SAP production system – has a potential multi-million dollar impact. This is why effective testing in non-production environments is so important. And of course, testing can only be truly effective if the test cases and the data match the situation that will occur later in Production.
Data Sync Manager™ (DSM) has brought massive disk savings and process benefits to some of the world's largest oil and gas companies.
For Downstream, the integrated nature of the business processes makes it difficult to isolate individual data sets to provision. Data Sync Manager™ (DSM) allows the copying of data on demand to update specific data types which may now be different in the test system, such as Material masters or Pricing Conditions, but in many cases customers decide to refresh the test systems more frequently by harnessing the power of Client Sync™ to bring back just a time-sliced subset of transactional history from production. The reduction in data volume, and simplified activities compared to a full system copy, mean much more frequent refreshes can be undertaken.
In Upstream, there are specific challenges with subsetting data, and in particular for organisations using Production and Revenue Accounting (PRA). For those systems, Data Sync Manager provides data on demand to copy isolated objects with related data types to help with support issue. A good example is ownership changes which can be tough to replicate and resolve under pressure to be ready for month end. Similar to Downstream though, the main benefit is being able to create a representative client with a fraction of the volume. This can enable real transactional data in a development system for the first time – lessening the time from design to production for new reports and code changes.
The data model for SAP IS-Oil is very different from standard ERP. The way that Well, Measuring points and Measuring documents, Delivery Networks and so on are generated with production systems, the data contains literally millions of records. It is impossible to keep several full copies of production in the non-production landscape. This provides a massive challenge around enabling functional analysts, testers, trainers and consultants to access the data they need to support the production system.
On the other hand, the Downstream data model is more directly in line with what you would expect from a generic ERP system. Some object types behave differently, for example, data involved in the Materials Management flows, but those objects have IS-Oil specific versions inside DSM.
For companies striving to embrace DevOps, the agility of the testing landscape for SAP IS-Oil solution becomes a frustrating barrier. For production support, having outdated data makes it difficult to replicate scenarios with standard SAP functionalities, resulting in testing in production with elevated permissions, or production open for changes due to the urgency of fixing the issue before the business is adversely affected.
Lean subsetted clients with all master data and customising but only the last few months of transactions. The testing client provides a production like environment to support and develop with. When it comes to resetting the process is quicker and less manual effort. Data Sync Manager for IS-Oil can be used to slice the data according to a specific scenario. The team can help you to set that up, for example only copy one Measuring Point with its related data and so reducing the target. You get consistent data for a complete scenario.
To reduce the non-production environment and have real up-to-date, scrambled data you can slice the non-production environment again with a time slice of the data. This capability has brought massive disk savings and process benefits to some of the world's largest Oil and Gas companies. Data-on-demand can also be used for specific datasets which change quickly, such as Material masters and Pricing Conditions.
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Ocean City shows off newly renovated community center
By CAITLIN DINEEN, Staff Writer | Press of Atlantic City
Posted: Friday, October 29, 2010
OCEAN CITY - After more than two years of construction and three decades of discussions, the Ocean City Community Complex - which houses the city's library, senior center, aquatic and fitness center and museum - was reopened Friday with a ribbon cutting and an afternoon of thanks.
"It's going to be an amazing complex," Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said during the ceremony, which had about 250 people in attendance including designers from Garrison Architects of Marlton. Gillian and others associated with the project who spoke Friday said they were thankful to see the facility completed and already in use.
The building was buzzing with activity before city and county officials, local residents and people who worked on the project gathered to celebrate its completion.
"We still have some work to do here," Gillian said. "And we will continue to work until it's the best facility it can be."
Despite work Gillian said needs to be done, including renovations and updates to the city's museum, employees who work in the $15 million facility, which was paid for by county and city funding, said they were happy with how the final product turned out and are glad to be part of a one-building facility.
"I think with it all being under one roof now, people coming in will wander into places where they didn't go before," Karen Pratz, aquatic supervisor at the Aquatic and Fitness Center, said following the ceremonial ribbon cutting.
Pratz said the building never truly closed during renovations, but constant changes, including which door to enter through and what sections of the facility were temporarily closed, made the last two years
hectic at the center.
The fitness center saw a 2,500-square-foot expansion, with the addition of four new locker rooms, a weight room, a cardio room and a new child care room.
Those changes, and proposed changes to the aerobic room and pool area in 2011, will make for a more complete and comprehensive facility, Pratz said.
Lisa Rumer, program supervisor for the fitness center, said the library, museum and fitness center had been under one roof before, but they each had separate entrances and shared no common area.
Now, with the complex's large atrium - complete with a cafe area - the facility is more welcoming to the entire community, Rumer said.
"It's been an actual plus for all the members coming and going," she said, adding that with a central entrance, residents are able to see all the offerings on the city in one area rather than navigating through three separate entities.
Library officials who have also dealt with years of dust, loud noises and constant changes in pedestrian traffic patterns said the new building will make for a better community.
Ocean City Free Public Library Assistant Director Leslie Clarke said the final product was "worth waiting for."
Clarke, who has worked at the library since 1990, said she was thrilled for the ribbon cutting so residents would know the facility is operating as normal and is ready for their patronage.
As part of its expansion, the library grew 10,000 square feet and renovations included a lecture hall that can seat 80 people.
The new county-operated senior center will formally open its doors to local senior citizens the third week of November.


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I suppose that SDL send a RESIZED event only if the app is fullscreen.
But I did not test that, because I want to know the resolution change when my app is windowed.
> I'd assume SDL would get a window resize event (fired after you release the click from the resize, at least in the Microsoft windows manager)..
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Topic: Leslie Cheung
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A Chinese Ghost Story Part II
Tony Leung
Michelle Reis
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Fans Pay Tribute to Beloved Leslie Cheung
Cheung's favorite restaurant, Fusion -- where he ate the day of his death -- will also commemorate the anniversary with a special menu of Cheung's favorite dishes, including prime rib, spaghetti bolognaise, caesar salad and seafood soup.
Born in Hong Kong on September 12, 1956, Cheung was the youngest of 10 children.
The film's success enabled Cheung to develop his film career and in 1988, the same year he starred in the sequel to A Better Tomorrow, he played the opium-smoking playboy lead in Stanley Kwan's Rouge, a romantic ghost story set between the Hong Kong of the 1930s and 1987.
www.china.org.cn /english/NM-e/91868.htm (1139 words)
Leslie Cheung
Cheung was one of few Hong Kong actors who dared to take on openly gay roles.
Cheung's family urged the tabloids to let Cheung rest in peace.
This suggests that he indeed was gay and he finally confronted these rumors in 1995 as well as his recent film roles as gay characters, shortly after a tabloid caught a snapshot of him and Mr.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Leslie_Cheung.html (520 words)
Leslie-Cheung.net// Leslie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing was born on September 12, 1956, youngest of ten children.
Leslie continued to work in a variety of films with some of the industry's most respected directors throughout the 1990s.
Leslie continued his 2000 Passion World Tour which began in Hong Kong in August and moved on to other countries including Malaysia, China, Japan, Canada, and the U.S. Moreover, Leslie's evergreen hit, "Monica" was awarded one of the ten most favorite Chinese hits of the 20th Century in Hong Kong.
www.leslie-cheung.net /en/biography.htm (857 words)
Leslie Cheung 2/4 | Asian American Personalities | GoldSea
Leslie's sullen teddy boy was at his most memorable when doing the cha-cha in sparkling-white underwear, admiring his reflection in the mirror, reverberating the audience's admiration.
Although Cheung's role as the cuter, bitchier half of the duo was pivotal, it paled beside Tony Leung's visceral, masterful performance as the scorned lunk who's not only unable to articulate his misery, but can't even get the goobers at the local pizza parlor to hand over the correct pie.
Doyle's words are accompanied by stunning photographs of Cheung a la mode du femme, whose publication caused a bit of controversy (typically, one shot depicts Leslie in the middle of a hair-tease, fervently concentrating on his reflection).
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Leslie is also notable for being one of the few Asian stars to play openly homosexual characters, a choice that gained particular resonance from the public eye when he came out after playing one of his most famous gay roles in "Happy Together" with Tony Leung.
When Leslie's death from an apparent suicide was announced on April 1st 2003, the international film community suffered a devastating blow and legions of fans had a difficult time grasping how an actor of such talent could end his life with one fateful leap while still in the prime of his career.
Following the news of Leslie's untimely death, fans began mourning the loss of the cinematic icon while simultaneously taking note of the tragic irony of his own fate in parallel to that of his troubled character in Inner Senses, which was Leslie's final film.
www.hkvpradio.com /artists/lesliecheung (1884 words)
yax-311 Wanbao's coverage of Leslie Cheung's death
Leslie Cheung, a very well known actor and singer, died on 1 April 2003.
Second was the special mention by Leslie Cheung's niece, of Uncle Tong's place in the family's hearts, said in front of family and friends.
In both, the suggestion was that this was not the original Leslie Cheung, but what he chose later in life.
www.yawningbread.org /arch_2003/yax-311.htm (1390 words)
Leslie Cheung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheung was the youngest of 10 children in a middle-class family.
Cheung was considered as "One of the founding fathers of Cantopop," and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".
Cheung's role in the movie was widely considered his debut as a serious actor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leslie_Cheung (4416 words)
glbtq >> arts >> Cheung, Leslie
Leslie Cheung first gained legions of fans in Asia as a pop singer.
Leslie Cheung, born Cheung Kwok-wing on September 12, 1956, was the tenth and youngest child of a Hong Kong tailor whose clients included Alfred Hitchcock and William Holden.
Cheung's character in Farewell My Concubine is a boy who is made to chant "I am by nature a girl, not a boy" to prepare him for a career impersonating women.
www.glbtq.com /arts/cheung_l.html (799 words)
subway cinema | leslie cheung: 1956-2003
Leslie did comedy, and he was good at it.
Leslie was supposed to be bright, and beautiful, and brittle, and bitchy forever.
Leslie Cheung, wherever you may be, you've left a mess behind you.
www.subwaycinema.com /frames/leslie.htm (798 words)
Leslie Cheung tribute
This piece was originally written for the Leslie Cheung tribute held in Los Angeles at Regent's Showcase Theatre on December 6 and 7, 2003.
Exactly what prompted Leslie Cheung to take his own life was - according to the note found on his battered body on a street outside Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel - the disease of depression, but Leslie left other clues as well, in other messages.
In 1995, Leslie was asked why he'd given up singing (in 1989) to focus completely on acting, and he said that acting was "like having more lives during your lifetime." I hope he found happiness in at least some of those lives.
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Legend Forever Leslie Cheung
On April 1st of this year, popular singer and actor Leslie Cheung jumped to his death from a window in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong.
Leslie has been one of my favorite Chinese actors for quite sometime and while he was not known for martial arts films, he was well known for just about everything else.
The dancers were crap and Leslie did not have the greatest singing range, but damn if it wasn't a fun show.
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Leslie Cheung has died. | MetaFilter
Cheung, 46 - star of the hit 1993 movie Farewell My Concubine - fell from the 24th floor window of the hotel and was found lying in Connaught Road at 6.41pm.
Cheung, who was gay and lived with his banker lover in Kadoorie Avenue, Ho Man Tin, shot to fame when he was runner-up in ATV's Asian Music Contest in 1976.
Indeed, Leslie's songs were truly among the best and I think, were definitve of a period when Hong Kong TV serials and movies began to attract a much wider and younger audience in many of the chinese-speaking or -populated parts of Asia, US and Taiwan.
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Leslie Cheung who starred in A Better Tomorrow, Farewell My Concubine, and Chinese Ghost Story among others has died -- ...
Leslie Cheung was a superstar in Hong Kong and all over Asia.
Leslie was the lead in 91's Days of Being Wild, the first movie to truly bear the marks of Wong's style.
Simply put, Leslie Cheung was involved in some of the greatest productions to ever come out of China, both on the mainland and in Hong Kong.
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The Phantom Lover: Leslie Cheung's Personal Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leslie Cheung was born in Hong Kong in 1956.
In 1990, Cheung had decided to wrap up his career as a recording artist and immigrate to Canada.
To prepare for the role, he spent a long time training in the movements and gestures of the Peking Opera and learning to speak the Peking dialect, no easy task for one whose mother tongue is Cantonese.
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Leslie Cheung, 1956-2003 | PopMatters Film Feature
Cheung was one of Asia's most beloved stars for two decades.
Masculine yet also slightly effeminate, vulnerable yet dangerous, Cheung inspired Time magazine's Richard Corliss to call him, "James Dean with a mean streak, a deeper Johnny Depp." This blurring of traditional gender boundaries gave Leslie Cheung an edge over some of his Cantonese contemporaries.
It was about this time that Cheung become more open regarding his sexual orientation, acknowledging his 12-year relationship with banker Daffy Tong Hok-Tak in concert and at awards shows.
www.popmatters.com /film/features/030508-cheung.shtml (1162 words)
Forever........The Leslie Cheung Fanlisting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In a region already unnerved by the outbreak of the SARS contagion, the reaction to Leslie's dreadful April Fool's shock was swift and volcanic.
Cheung Kwok-wing was born September 12, 1956, in Hong Kong.
At his Toronto concert a voice cried out, "I love you, Leslie!"; he said, "I love you too, whether you're a boy or a girl." The line happens to be one he delivered in the hit 1994 comedy He's a Woman, She's a Man, but it winks at the man's pansexual appeal.
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Actor Leslie Cheung 'found dead'
Hong Kong singer and actor Leslie Cheung is reported to have committed suicide after falling from a hotel room.
Cheung, who was 46, rose to fame as a Canto singer in the 1980s after studying at Leeds University in the UK.
Cheung moved to Canada in 1992 but returned to Hong Kong to stay after its handover to China.
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Leslie Cheung - Asian Male Modeling, Man Fashion & Fitness Blog - Asianhunk.NET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cheung later stated that he was unaware of the sexual nature of the film when he signed the contract[10].
From 1986 to 1989, Cheung acted in a number of movies that are considered as Hong Kong classics by film critics and Asian movie fans[12][13].
Cheung was also a box office attraction in Hong Kong: from 1990 to 1998, 13 out of 39 movies starred by him were listed as yearly top ten box office movies.
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Sleepless Night:: The Official Leslie Cheung Concerts Fanlisting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A fanlisting is a place for all fans of a particular show, movie, actor, actress, singer, etc. to come together and build the biggest listing of people from all around the world who are fans of that subject.
Leslie Cheung is one of the few artists who has held over 100 shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum in addition to shows worldwide including Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Canada, Europe, and the USA.
The core of Leslie Cheung concerts is, has always been, and will always be the interaction between the heartthrob and his fans and of course a sweet memory that will last forever.
www.leslie-cheung.net /concerts (357 words)
Farewell, Leslie Cheung - Los Angeles CityBeat
Days before the ceremony, actor/singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing leapt to his death from the 24th-floor balcony of a luxury hotel room in downtown Hong Kong.
Cheung was nominated for Best Actor that year — his eighth nomination for acting, in addition to five nominations over the years for Best Song.
Cheung — who often played characters who were gay, fey, or at least boyishly naive — is equally convincing and charismatic as a tough-guy martial artist who falls in love with a powerful witch (Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia) from the enemy camp.
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Leslie Cheung Tribune at Siskel Film Center, May 2003
Cheung was the star of dozens of films, but first came to widespread fame in the west as the Peking opera star trapped in a tortured lifelong relationship with his same-sex stage partner in Chen Kaige's FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE.
None suspected that the 2002 film INNER SENSES would be Leslie Cheung's last, despite his lasting depression.
As part of the Siskel Film Center's 15th annual Hong Kong Film Festival, each of these famous Leslie Cheung films will be screened twice in part as a tribute to him.
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A tribute to Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing @ www.hkcinemagic.com
This page is dedicated to the memory of Leslie Cheung who has always worked hard to be a top level artist.
He is indeed considered as a big brother by the younger generation, for which he cared much, and a true friend and a great professional by the HK senior artists.
Here are words from Leslie Cheung's friends and co-stars to cherish his memory and to remember what a great friends, colleague and human being he was.
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Leslie Cheung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children.
San Seung Hoi taan (1996) (as Lesile K.W. Cheung)....
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Leslie Cheung
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HK Star Leslie Cheung Commits Suicide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hongkong pop star and actor Leslie Cheung leapt to his death from a five-star hotel in Hong Kong Tuesday.
Police sources also say Cheung left a suicide note, indicating the tragedy was caused by some emotional problem.
Cheung was also noted as one of the few Asian male stars to play openly gay characters.
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Leslie Cheung - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Heartthrob, pop star, and celebrated Hong Kong actor, Leslie Cheung was one of Asia's most popular performers and intriguing personalities.
Leslie Cheung on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Leslie Cheung - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Leslie Cheung Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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Open Directory - Arts: People: C: Cheung, Leslie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leslie Cheung - Contains news, music and concert information, photographs, and links.
Leslie Cheung Memorial Site - Fan tribute including original photographs, translated articles, news items, lyrics, message board and links.
Taipei Times - The Leslie Cheung legend lives on - Career overview and details of his death.
dmoz.org /Arts/People/C/Cheung,_Leslie (165 words)
Leslie Cheung @ Filmbug UK
Leslie Cheung @ Filmbug UK Film Stars > Leslie Cheung > Biography
Tell us what you think of Leslie Cheung in the Filmbug forum...
Find more details on the Leslie Cheung Movies page
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Leslie Cheung has been my idol for over a year now.
Haha...it's just that I enjoy watching most of his movies and they usually create quite an impact on me. There has never been an actor whose most of his/her movies make me crave for more.
Anyway, here are a few of Leslie's pix I collected over the internet.
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What I Learned About Equality From Dating Bisexual Guys
Bisexuality should not be considered a deal breaker.
By Suzannah Weiss
Last month, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a member of the British royal family, told The Daily Mail about coming out to his ex-wife, Penelope Thompson.
"I told her I was bisexual, that my attraction went both ways. She was understanding and I will always be grateful to her," he said. "Given my sexuality, I was quite surprised she married me in the first place. It was brave. Perhaps she thought she could change me but in the end she realized she couldn't."
I've dated bisexual men, and I found it heartbreaking to read that he was surprised someone would marry him, or that he expected his wife to want to change him. I never considered anyone's bisexuality a reason to not date them, or viewed dating them as "brave."
But I know my attitude doesn't reflect everyone's. A survey by Adam and Eve found that almost half of Americans wouldn't date someone who identified as bisexual—a surprising number given that 5.5 percent of women and two percent of men in the U.S. identify that way.
I've heard the stereotypes about bi guys, and my experiences debunked all of them.
First, of course, there's the idea that they just don't exist. I've read pseudoscientific theories about how men are either gay or straight, while women are capable of being truly sexually fluid. Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but I've dated two guys who identified as bisexual, and others who were straight but had experimented with men, and honestly? Never got the vibe that they were stalling until they could come out at gay. I have heard from bi and straight men that they feel it's less socially acceptable for guys to explore same-sex attraction. If it seems like bisexual men are scarce, that might be a big reason.
Then there's the stereotype that they'll cheat on women because they're secretly yearning for variety. I've only had one exclusive relationship with a bisexual man, and—to the extent that you can be sure someone didn't cheat on you—I'm sure he didn't cheat on me. He was actually the one to suggest that we become exclusive.
The whole notion that his sexual orientation would somehow affect our relationship never made sense to me. If anything, it changed things for the better. His openness about sexuality was a sign that we might share similar values. I look for someone who's open-minded, and it's important to me that my partner doesn't expect our relationship to follow gender roles. It always seemed to me that if you've been in a relationship with someone of the same sex, you probably don't view things in a traditional binary. I felt like my bi exes saw me as an individual, not just a woman filling my traditional role—which is more than I can say for some of the straight guys I've dated.
A recent study from Deakin University found that other women have had similar experiences. The women interviewed were just as happy—if not happier—dating bisexual men. They were also not concerned with their partner's sexuality as much as they were with whether they subscribed to patriarchal, misogynistic values—which many bi guys didn't. Lots of women were satisfied with the gender equality they experienced in their mixed-orientation relationships.
Still, being a straight person in a relationship with a bisexual person makes for some unique exchanges. Some people who saw a man and a woman together definitely assumed we were both straight—and occasionally that meant they felt free to say homophobic or otherwise ignorant things around us. I remember a classmate telling me that she didn't believe bisexual men really existed, and her argument essentially amounted to, "Because science." The look on her face when I told her my boyfriend was bisexual was priceless.
Fortunately, millennials are starting to change perceptions. One YouGov survey last year found that one-third of American millennials don't consider themselves completely straight, and it's no longer assumed that if someone is dating somebody of one gender, that's the only gender they've ever dated or had sex with. Even the notion of gender is becoming more openly fluid.
What really matters, after all, is not how someone identifies but whether they respect different identities. That's a quality I'd admire in any partner, regardless of who they like sleeping with.
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From doing the five kingdoms I learned how that it is vital to classify organisms not only to keep us organized but also to keep us aware of our surrounding and what lives there, like there is a new species that was discovered it's called tartigrades and without classification we wouldn't know if it's a harmful organism or not. From the feedback that I got from my presentation I learned that I should work on my gestures and voice level. Next time I will try to look at the audience more of the time, I will speak louder and try to use gestures, and engage the audience more.


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Computer Mouse Definition & Meaning
Abby Dykes
A mouse is a hand-held device used for directly interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) by controlling the movement of a cursor or pointer on a computer s display screen. The mouse detects the two-dimensional motion of the operator and translates it into the movement of the cursor on the screen. The most common operations are point-and-click and drag-and-drop.
Before the invention of the mouse, computer users could only interact with their computer displays by using keyboard arrows and typing commands. In response to the problem, a computer-technology researcher at Stanford named Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1963. The first version of a mouse was a small wooden box that was set on two metal wheels that made contact with the working surface and had a single button on top. The device was named mouse because of the wire s resemblance to a mouse s tail.
By 1981, the ball mechanical mouse had replaced Engelbart s wheeled prototype. Instead of relying on wheels and only being able to move up and down or left to right, the new trackball technology allowed the user to move the mouse in any direction because of the rubber ball within the mouse. Xerox is not only known for copier machines, but also for introducing the mouse to the public when they made it a part of their new personal computer system the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. The mouse didn t become a house-hold product until Steve Jobs partnered with Xerox and added an improved version to his original Macintosh computer in 1984.
Types of computer mice
Optical mouse: The optical mouse is the most common type of mouse and replaced the ball/mechanical mouse because of its better quality and increased accuracy. It projects an LED or infrared light onto a surface, takes thousands of images per second, uses those images to track the movement of the mouse, and relays that data back to the computer for seamless movement of the cursor on the display.
Laser mouse: The laser mouse is similar to the optical mouse, except that it uses a laser in the place of an LED or infrared light, which causes this mouse to be slightly more accurate than the optical mouse.
Trackball mouse:The trackball mouse is a stationary mouse option that has a large ball on top of the mouse that the user can roll in place to move the cursor. There are some thumb-operated trackball hybrid options that incorporate a smaller trackball on the side of an optical or laser mouse.
There are also multiple connection options when it comes to linking your mouse to your computer. Wired mice connect using either USB or ps/2 port, and wireless options connect with USB or Bluetooth.
History of the Computer Mouse
Different Types of Computer Mouse Models
Input Definition & Meaning
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I/O – input/output
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Input Sanitization Definition & Meaning
I/O adapter
ICH – I/O Controller Hub
IOPS – I/O (Input/Output) operations per second
NetBIOS – Network Basic Input Output System
Abby Dykes is a newly-graduated writer and editor for websites such as TechnologyAdvice.com, Webopedia.com, and Project-Management.com. When she's not writing about technology, she enjoys giving too many treats to her dog and coaching part-time at her local gym.


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CF-18 Hornets fly in formation on their the departure for Operation IMPACT, in Cold Lake, Alberta on Tuesday October 21, 2014. The Canadian CF-18 Hornets are making their way to Kuwait, to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
A group that claims to represent ISIS -- called Islamic State Hacking Division -- posted the list online as a "hit list" for lone-wolf terrorists.
Military personnel guide a CF-18 Hornet into position at the CFB Cold Lake, in Cold Lake, Alberta on Tuesday October 21, 2014. The Canadian CF-18 Hornets are making their way to Kuwait, to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
A Canadian CF-18 gets the go-ahead for takeoff at dusk at the military base in Dohar, Qatar on December 3, 1990. Defence Minister Rob Nicholson says an advance military team will leave Trenton, Ont., for Kuwait next week as Canada gears up to join the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
A video purporting to show a mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released Sunday, February 15, 2015 by militants affiliated to the ISIS terrorists.
Video provided by: Al Hayat
Survivors of Islamic State Video Speak Out
RAQQA, SYRIA - NOVEMBER 28: At least 5 people killed and cars,buildings destroyed during the air strikes by Syrian army warplanes on the ISIL-held northern city of Raqqa, Syria on November 28,2014. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - JANUARY 16: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, near Turkish-Syrian border crossing shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on January 16, 2015. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 09: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on November 09, 2014. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 9: Smoke rising during the clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) members and armed groups in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab), is seen from Suruc district of Turkey's Sanliurfa on November 9, 2014. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 30 : A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, near Turkish-Syrian border crossing shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on October 30, 2014. (Photo by Rauf Maltas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 5 : An image grab taken from a video released on July 5, 2014 by Al-Furqan Media shows alleged Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi preaching during Friday prayer at a mosque in Mosul.(Photo by Al-Furqan Media/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 30: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga military convoy, carrying heavy weapons belonging to Peshmerga forces, arrives in Suruc town, near the Syrian border, on their way to Syria to help defend the Syrian town of Kobani against ISIL militants on October 30, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government has sent its forces to fight alongside the armed groups against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) within a special arrangement with Turkey. (Photo by Rauf Maltas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SIRNAK, TURKEY - OCTOBER 29: People welcome Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces' military convoy, carrying heavy weapons as it crosses into Turkey from the Habur border crossing in Sirnak province of Turkey, on October 29, 2014. Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government has sent its forces to fight alongside the armed groups against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) within a special arrangement with Turkey. (Photo by Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: A photo taken from the Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows that smoke rises after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) carried out a suicide attack with two bomb-laden vehicles in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab), Syria, on October 20, 2014. (Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SIRNAK, TURKEY - OCTOBER 29: A boy, holding Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government, flashes V sign as people welcome Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces' military convoy, carrying heavy weapons as it crosses into Turkey from the Habur border crossing in Sirnak province of Turkey, on October 29, 2014. Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government has sent its forces to fight alongside the armed groups against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) within a special arrangement with Turkey. (Photo by Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: (TURKEY OUT) An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People's Protection Unit (YPG) position in the city center of Kobani, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 20, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey will reportedly allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the Syrian border to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in the Syrian city of Kobane while the United States has sent planes to drop weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Syrian Kurdish fighters around Kobane. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi (R) at Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on October 20, 2014. (Pool/Presidency/Yasin Bulbul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) meets Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi (L 4) at Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on October 20, 2014. (Pool/Presidency/Yasin Bulbul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Smoke and flames rise following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as seen from the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 20, 2014. Turkey dropped its refusal to allow Kurdish fighters over the border to defend the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, saying it was now helping Iraqi peshmerga to cross the frontier in a major policy shift. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: People watch the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed group near the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab), from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey on October 20, 2014. (Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 20: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups on October 20, 2014. (Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Kurdish people observe smoke rising from the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, following an explosion as seen from the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 20, 2014. US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria, the White House said. Kurdish fighters have been under IS assault for more than a month around Kobane, which has become a key prize as it is being fought under the gaze of the world's press massed just over the border in Turkey. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Flames rise following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as seen from the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 20, 2014. US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria, the White House said. Kurdish fighters have been under IS assault for more than a month around Kobane, which has become a key prize as it is being fought under the gaze of the world's press massed just over the border in Turkey. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Weapons system video of U.S. airstrike against an ISIL compound northwest of Ar Raqqah, Syria, Sept. 23, 2014.
ISIL storage facility near Abu Kamal, Syria, struck by U.S. strike aircraft Sept. 23, 2014.
ISIL vehicle staging near Abu Kamal, Syria, struck by U.S. strike aircraft Sept. 23, 2014.
NVG footage of U.S. F-16's getting fuel from a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker, Sept. 23, 2014, during air strikes against ISIL in Syria.
U.S. airstrike on Jeribe West Modular Refinery, Syria, Sept. 24, 2014. The United States conducted this strike as part of the President's comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. Going forward, the U.S. military will continue to conduct targeted airstrikes against ISIL in Syria and Iraq as local forces go on the offensive against this terrorist group.
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 18: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows flames rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on October 18, 2014. (Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 18: (TURKEY OUT) People are silhouetted on the top of a hill close to the border line between Turkey and Syria near Mursitpinar bordergate as they watch the U.S led airstrikes over the Syrian town of Kobani on October 18, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. airstrikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city. Since mid-September more than 200,000 people from Kobani flee into Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
GAZIANTEP, TURKEY - OCTOBER 18: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows flames and smoke rising from an explosion in the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following a US-led coalition airstrike hits an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) target on October 18, 2014. (Photo by Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 18: (TURKEY OUT) Heavy smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 18, 2014. Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. airstrikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city. Since mid-September more than 200,000 people from Kobani flee into Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 18: (TURKEY OUT) An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobani during an airstrike by the US-led coalition during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 18, 2014. Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. airstrikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city. Since mid-September more than 200,000 people from Kobani flee into Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
Flames rise from an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, after a US-led coalition strike, as seen from the Turkish border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on October 18, 2014. Turkey is turning a deaf ear to insistent pressure to take a more pro-active stance in the fight against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, adding to existing strains with the West under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Western diplomats have repeatedly made clear they want to see the key NATO member play a key role in the coalition against the militants, who are battling for the Syrian town Kobane just a few kilometers from Turkey. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A Kurdish man stands next to another looking through binoculars towards the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 15, 2014. US-led aircraft will continue bombing near the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab (Kobane) and in western Iraq, President Barack Obama said after talks with military leaders from an international coalition fighting the Islamic State group. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 14: Turkish security forcers members stand guard the gate while the wounded Syrian Kurds are carried to the Turkish side of boder in Mursitpinar crossing in Turkey's Sanliurfa province on October 14, 2014, as the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed troops continue in Kobane (Ayn al-arab) city of Syria. (Photo by Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 14: (TURKEY OUT) Abandoned houses in the Syrian city of Kobani after fighting between Syrian Kurds and militants from Islamic State, on October 14, 2014 as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border. The strategic border town of Kobani has been beseiged by Islamic State militants since mid-September forcing more than 200,000 people to flee into Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 9: A photograph taken from the border line in Suruc district of Sanliurfa, southeastern province of Turkey, shows smoke rises during the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) city of Syria on October 9, 2014. (Photo by Ibrahim Erikan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 9: A photograph taken from the border line in Suruc district of Sanliurfa, southeastern province of Turkey, shows militants of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as they are walking in the town of Kobani during the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups continue in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) city of Syria on October 9, 2014. (Photo by Ibrahim Erikan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 9: A photograph taken from the border line in Suruc district of Sanliurfa, southeastern province of Turkey, shows destroyed buildings and rising smoke as a result of clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups in Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) city of Syria on October 9, 2014. (Photo by Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the southwest of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, following air strikes as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 7, 2014. Fresh air strikes by the US-led coalition hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab (Kobane), according to an AFP journalist just across the border in Turkey. The strikes came a day after the extremists pushed into Kobane, seizing three districts in the city's east after fierce street battles with its Kurdish defenders. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Alleged Islamic State (IS) militants stand next to a black IS flag atop a hill in at the eastern part of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 7, 2014. Fresh air strikes by the US-led coalition hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab (Kobane), according to an AFP journalist just across the border in Turkey. The strikes came a day after the extremists pushed into Kobane, seizing three districts in the city's east after fierce street battles with its Kurdish defenders. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 07: A photo taken from the Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey shows smoke rises from Ayn al-Arab city (Kobani) of Syria after the US-led coalition bombed the targets of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ayn al-Arab, on October 7, 2014. (Photo by Ibrahim Erikan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
An Islamic State (IS) flag is placed on a hill in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 6, 2014. Two flags of Islamic State (IS) jihadists seeking to take the Syrian town of Kobane were flying on the eastern side of the town, an AFP photographer reported. The flags, black with the Arabic lettering of the group, were seen by the photographer from the Turkish side of the border. One flew on a building while another larger flag was planted on a hill. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6 : Turkish Armed Forces soldiers are seen on the hills at the Turkey - Syria boder in Sanliurfa, Turkey as the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups continue in Ayn al-Arab city (Kobani) on October 6, 2014. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 06: Tanks of Turkish Armed Forces are seen on the hills at the Turkey - Syria borderline in the Suruc district of Sanliurfa Turkey, as the clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups continue in Ayn al-Arab city (Kobani) on October 6, 2014. (Photo by Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 5, 2014. Turkey warned on October 4 it would not hesitate to strike back at Islamic State jihadists if they attacked Turkish troops stationed at Ankara's exclave inside Syria. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 5: Photograph taken from Sanliurfa's Suruc district, Turkey, shows smoke rises from Syria's Ayn al-Arab city (Kobani) following the shelling during clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups in Ayn al-Arab city on October 5, 2014. (Photo by Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 05: After the howitzer shell fired from Syria, where the clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed troops continue, into Turkey, Turkish military forces take security measures at the border line in the Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, on October 5, 2014. Military tanks are sent to Turkey - Syria border line. Veli Gurgah / Anadolu Agency
US Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu (R) during a meeting in the northern Turkish-controlled area of Nicosia, the capital of the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus on May 22, 2014. The breakaway state that Eroglu leads is recognised only by Turkey, and the US vice president moved swiftly to reassure Greek Cypriots that the meeting signalled no change in US policy. AFP PHOTO / YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU (Photo credit should read Yiannis Kourtoglou/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 2: Turkish armed forces take security measures in Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey as the clashes near to the Turkish-Syrian border intensify between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Syrian Kurdish armed groups in Ayn al-Arab (Kobane), on October 2, 2014. (Photo by Ismail Hakki Demir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Strike on a tank in Iraq
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 2: Photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey shows that smoke rises following the shelling as the clashes near to the Turkish-Syrian border intensify between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Syrian Kurdish armed groups in Ayn al-Arab (Kobane), on October 2, 2014. (Photo by Ismail Hakki Demir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Strike on vehicle in Iraq
Air strike against an ISIL-held building east of Al Hasakah, Syria
Strike on a weapons storage facility, Al Hasakah Military Garrison in South Milibya, Syria.
ALEPPO, SYRIA - SEPTEMBER 25: A Syrian inspects the rubble of destroyed building, allegedly belonging to Al-Nusra Front following the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on a residential area in northern Aleppo, Syria on September 25, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Hasan Ubeyd/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Syrians inspect the rubble of destroyed building, allegedly belonging to Al-Nusra Front following the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on a residential area in northern Aleppo, Syria on September 25, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Hasan Ubeyd/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Rubble of destroyed building, allegedly belonging to Al-Nusra Front, is seen following the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on a residential area in northern Aleppo, Syria on September 25, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Hasan Ubeyd/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Rubble of destroyed building and a pickup truck, allegedly belonging to Al-Nusra Front, are seen following the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on a residential area in northern Aleppo, Syria on September 25, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Hasan Ubeyd/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville Jr., Joint Staff Director of Operations Director of Operations, shows before and after photos as he speaks on the airstrikes in Syria during a briefing at the Pentagon September 23, 2014 in Washington, DC. Mayville briefed the press about US and Arab nation joint airstrikes against Islamic State(IS) group targets in Syria and unilateral airstrikes against an al-Qaeda group in Syria. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
A screen grab from a video posted to YouTube by ISIS that claims to show journalist James Foley, who was abducted in 2012 while covering the Syria civil war, being beheaded.
SALADIN, IRAQ - AUGUST 31: Iraqi armed forces have entered the northern town of Amirli which had been under the siege of Islamic State militants for over two months in Saladin ,Iraq on August 31, 2014. Supported by Kurdish forces and Shiite militias, the Iraqi army launched an offensive shortly after the U.S. carried out airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) positions near the town, and dropped aid for the nearly 20,000 Shiite Turkmen trapped in Amirli. The government forces and Kurdish peshmerga forces have been fighting against the militant group to block their advance. (Stringer - Anadolu Agency)
SALADIN, IRAQ - AUGUST 31: Shiite militias hold the Hezbollah flag after Iraqi forces have entered the northern town of Amirli which had been under the siege of Islamic State militants for over two months in Saladin ,Iraq on August 31, 2014. Supported by Kurdish forces and Shiite militias, the Iraqi army launched an offensive shortly after the U.S. carried out airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) positions near the town, and dropped aid for the nearly 20,000 Shiite Turkmen trapped in Amirli. The government forces and Kurdish peshmerga forces have been fighting against the militant group to block their advance. (Stringer - Anadolu Agency)
KHAZIR FRONTLINE, KRG, IRAQ - 2014/08/26: A Peshmerga soldier makes a victory sign on top of a bunker at the Khazir Frontline. Khazir refugee camp is located outside Kalak, a town halfway on the road between Erbil and Mosul. It was overrun by ISIS militants on the 7th of August following an unprecedented push of the Caliphate into Kurdish territory. Its thousands of Iraqi and Arab refugees were forced to flee again as the now deserted camp has become the new frontline between the Peshmerga and ISIS. It is the theatre of frequent U.S. airstrikes that have helped halt the ISIS advance into a stalemate situation. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
MOSUL, IRAQ - AUGUST 19: Iraqi army forces and Peshmerga forces take security precautions against possible Islamic State (IS)-led terrorist groups' attacks with heavy weapons and armoured vehicles around the Mosul Dam on August 19, 2014 in Mosul, Iraq. IS-led militants had seized the control of the dam and they were driven after the U.S. airstrikes and ground offensive of Iraqi troops. (Photo by Sivan Siddik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A Peshmerga fighter looks at the remains of a car, bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, which reportedly belonged to Islamic State (IS) militants after it was targeted by an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by federal forces and US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive Monday against jihadists after retaking Iraq's largest dam, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
MOSUL, IRAQ - AUGUST 9: Fierce clashes keep going on between Peshmerga forces and Islamic State-led armed groups outside of Makhmur district of Mosul, Iraq on August 9, 2014. It's stated that Peshmerga forces silence the Islamic State members with attacks staged with Iraqi air forces' strikes, Katyusha rockets, howitzers and heavy weapons. (Photo by Feriq Ferec/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
An alleged ISIS militant calling himself 'the Palestinian Slayer'
Druze men stand in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights as they look at smoke rising in the distance caused by fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels over the control of the Quneitra border crossing, on August 27, 2014. Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda's affiliate Al-Nusra Front, seized control of the Syrian crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights today, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone (UNDOF) use binoculars to watch smoke rising in the distance caused by fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels over the control of the Quneitra border crossing, on August 27, 2014. Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda's affiliate Al-Nusra Front, seized control of the Syrian crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights today, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters hold a position on the front line in the Gwer district, 40 kilometres south of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on September 18, 2014. France said that it will follow the United States in launching air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq, as the jihadists posted their latest video of a Western hostage. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
A rebel fightercarries homemade mortar rounds on September 3, 2013 in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on September 3, 2013 that a military strike on Syria over the use of chemical weapons could worsen the country's conflict. AFP PHOTO / MEZAR MATAR (Photo credit should read MEZAR MATAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on 3, September 2014, after chairing an emergency meeting following the execution of a second US journalist by Islamist fighters in Iraq and the threat that a British hostage will be next. In a video showing the severed head of 31-year-old Steven Sotloff, a masked militant warned a British man, widely identified as David Cawthorne Haines, would be killed in response to US air strikes against militants in northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a televised address at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Obama pledged a relentless campaign to destroy Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria, with Middle Eastern allies such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan playing crucial supporting roles. Photographer: Saul Loeb/Pool via Bloomberg
U.S. President Barack Obama leaves after speaking during a televised address at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Obama pledged a relentless campaign to destroy Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria, with Middle Eastern allies such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan playing crucial supporting roles. Photographer: Saul Loeb/Pool via Bloomberg
French President Francois Hollande holds a press conference with Madagascar president (unseen) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on September 19, 2014. Earlier today, Hollande made a statement on France's first air strike in Iraq. French jets carried out their first air strike against Islamic State militants in Iraq, successfully destroying their target, Hollande announced, vowing that more operations would follow. Hollande himself visited Iraq late last week -- the most high-profile leader to do so since jihadists stormed across the country -- and Paris hosted an international conference on the crisis last Monday. AFP PHOTO FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
Displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing to safety, in northern Iraq, on August 13, 2014. At least 20,000 civilians, most of whom are from the Yazidi community, who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said. The breakthrough coincided with US air raids on Islamic State fighters in the Sinjar area of northwestern Iraq on August 9, and Kurdish forces from Iraq, Syria and Turkey working together to break the siege of Mount Sinjar and rescue the displaced AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Peshmerga forces hand out water bottles and show the way to displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community as they cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 11, 2014. At least 20,000 civilians, most of whom are from the Yazidi community, who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said. The breakthrough coincided with US air raids on Islamic State fighters in the Sinjar area of northwestern Iraq on August 9, and Kurdish forces from Iraq, Syria and Turkey working together to break the siege of Mount Sinjar and rescue the displaced. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 22: Syrians, fleeing from clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants and Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces in the Tal Abyad district of Syria's Ar-Raqqah Governorate, passing through Turkish border gate on September 22, 2014 in Suruc district of Sanliurfa province of Turkey. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
By BASSEM MROUE
BEIRUT (AP) - U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck Islamic State fighters in Syria attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, as well as positions in the country's east, activists and a Kurdish official said.
The Islamic State group's assault on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani has sent more than 100,000 refugees streaming across the border into Turkey in recent days as Kurdish forces from Iraq and Turkey have raced to the front lines to defend the town.
Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, said the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, destroying two tanks. He said the jihadi fighters later shelled the town, wounding a number of civilians.
The United States and five Arab allies launched an aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria early Tuesday with the aim of rolling back and ultimately crushing the extremist group, which has created a proto-state spanning the Syria-Iraq border. Along the way, the militants have massacred captured Syrian and Iraqi troops, terrorized minorities in both countries and beheaded two American journalists and a British aid worker.
The latest airstrikes came as Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV that airstrikes alone "will not be able wipe out" the Islamic State group. Speaking from New York where he is attending the U.N. General Assembly, al-Moallem said in remarks broadcast Saturday that the U.S. should work with Damascus if it wants to win the war.
"They must know the importance of coordination with the people of this country because they know what goes on there," al-Moallem said. The U.S. has ruled out any coordination with President Bashar Assad's government, which is at war with the Islamic State group as well as Western-backed rebels.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the coalition's strikes near Kobani came amid heavy fighting between the Islamic State group and members of the Kurdish force known as the People's Protection Units, or YPK.
The Britain-based group, which relies on activists inside Syria, had no immediate word on casualties from Saturday's strikes. The Observatory reported Friday that 13 civilians have been killed by the strikes since they began.
Kurdish fighter Majid Goran told the Associated Press by telephone from Kobani that two bombs were dropped over the nearby village of Ali Shar, at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT), but that the positions they struck were empty.
Turkey's Dogan news agency reported Saturday that the sound of heavy fighting could be heard from the Turkish border village of Karaca. The agency said Kurdish forces retook some positions they had lost to the Islamic militants a few days ago. It did not cite a source for the report.
Dozens of people wounded in the fighting arrived in Turkey for treatment on Saturday, it said.
Another Kurdish fighter, Ismet Sheikh Hasan, said the Turkish military on Saturday night retaliated after stray shells landed on Turkish territory, firing in the Ali Shar region. He said the Turkish action left Kurdish fighters in the middle of the crossfire.
He said that on Friday, the Islamic militants were attacking the Kobani area from the east with tanks and artillery, advancing on Ali Shar and Haja. He said some 20 people were killed, including Kurdish fighters and civilians, while another 50 people were wounded.
The fighting around Kobani sparked one of the largest single outflows of refugees since Syria's conflict began more than three years ago. The Syrian Kurdish forces have long been one of the most effective fighting units battling the Islamic State, but the tide has turned in recent weeks as the Islamic militants have attacked with heavy weapons likely looted from neighboring Iraq.
The Observatory said other coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State compounds in the central province of Homs and the northern regions of Raqqa and Aleppo. The group said 31 explosions were heard in the city of Raqqa, the group's de facto capital, and its suburbs.
The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group, said the strikes in the east hit the province of Deir el-Zour as well as Raqqa. The LCC also said the coalition targeted grain silos west of Deir el-Zour city.
It was not immediately clear why the silos were targeted.
Max Blumenfeld, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said the U.S. airstrikes "don't target food or anything else than can be used by the civilian population." But he said that until the military reviews images from planes that participated in the strikes, he could not rule out that silos were hit.
He said the airstrikes are aimed at specific Islamic State targets such as command and control centers, transportation and logistics, and oil refineries, "but not food that could have an impact upon the civilian population."
"Our targets are structures that combatants would use," he said.
Blumenfeld later said the U.S. did target what he called an Islamic State grain storage facility on Tuesday near Boukamal, a town close to the Iraqi border which was seized by the Islamic State group earlier this year.
In recent days coalition warplanes had struck oil-producing facilities in eastern Syria in a bid to cut off one of the Islamic State group's main revenue streams - black market oil sales that the U.S. says generate up to $2 million a day.
The coalition striking Syria includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan, and the strikes are an extension of the U.S. campaign in neighboring Iraq launched in August.
Near the capital Damascus, Syrian troops meanwhile entered the once rebel-held northeastern suburb of Adra after days of clashes, Syrian state TV said. The advance came two days after troops captured the nearby Adra industrial zone.
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