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March 11, 2011 The Catalina Islander
m WHEN DANNY PETERSEN ISN'T FAVORITE SUBJECT: CATALINA GIVING LOCAL TOURS, HE'S PAINTING'HIS From early settlers to current attractions, the best history yet! Soft Cover *.39" BY CHARLES M. KELLY Danny Petersen displays several of his paintings. Wrigley Family legacy told through memoirs & photos. Soft Cover *37" Hard Cover s47'5 Local artist. Danny Petersen's favorite painting subject is Catali- na. "All of my paintings are about Catalina because I never, leave the Is)and," he said. This is where he learned about flora and fauna (plants and animals). Petersen, 52, also likes to paint Catalina because the light is perfect here. It helps that the buildings here are beautiful because "the town was intended as a destination," he said. "The scenery is so unique." Petersen wasn't just referring tO the architecture of Avalon when he said that. He prefers the Outdoors. Petersen said he goes to the Interior whenever he possibly can to paint locations. Petersen said" the sur- rounding ocean and the mountain- ous terr. ain of Santa catalina Island contrast in interesting ways. "It truly is an enchanted Is- land," he said, It is the interpreta- tion of the scene that he believes is most important, He's not fond of deadlines. "I try to tell people that it Will be done when it's'done," Pc- tersen said. When .he is commissioned to create a painting, he usually tells clients that the work will be done in about three months. � He works primarily in oil paint, though he has worked in all me- dia including computers. He also sketches scenes in pastel chalk. amazed� 00Q What a patriotic time, for the island. Very rare photos! SoftCover s25�� SOLD ON CATALINA ISLAND AT Catalina Museum � Sugarloaf Books � The Steamer Trunk � Catalina Conservarcy Gifts * Two Harbors General Stores � Buoys & Gulls � El Rancho Escondido Gift Shop He described using the pas- tel sketches to hone his painting skills. He spends at least eight to 10 hours a week actually paint- ing. That doesn't count time spent thinking about the paintings. Portrait of aa artist Born in 1959, Petersen first came to the Island at age 9, the year mankind first walked on the moon. He attended Cabrillo College. "I never got a degree in anyth'mg. I just went to college," he said. While academic life was not for him, Petersen is always collecting information. He considers self-ed- ucation an on-going process. He learned to paint when he was 30. Yet he had been drawing all his life. "I've always been able to draw very well," he said. When he realized he could paint, he didn't hesitate. He remembered watching his grandfather paint. His influences include Vincent Van Gogh--his painting of the Marlin Club at night echoes "Starry Night"--and the post-impression- istic painters. He has also studied Leonardo DiVinci's sketches. He's been a member of the Catalina Art Association for about 20 years now. Petersen said that while Catalina is not an artist's colony, there have always been art- ists here. He said the artistic com- munity has been helpful. Like the vast majority of artists, he does not earn his living from his paintings. He called himself an amateur who takes a professional approach to the quality of his art. He doesn't like to talk about pricing. He said sometimes a paint- ing that takes months to work on will cost about as much as a paint- ing he did in 40 minutes. "Deep down, I just do art," he said. "The less I think, the better they (his artworks)come out," he said. Catalina's outdoors are not just the subjectof his art, but his place of work. He is a guide for Bike Catalina and senior kayak guide for Descanso Beach Ocean Sports. He also takes tourists snor- keling. "I'm pretty much a nature guide right now," he said. The nature guide/artist does two shows a year. The spring show will be the annual Catalina Art Asso- ciation show in April. The winter show will be in September. His art graces this week's Is- lander cover. 6 1 Friday, March 11, 2011 1lie c/flrAul~ i$1./o11)1~1~


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Dr. Don Fanning, Chairman of Global Studies Department at Liberty University, spent all his free time over the past year building a high performance kit plane with Indians and Nationals in the Ecuadorian rain forest. The RV-10 is a 200-mph plane with the latest in instruments, radios and a fully-digital panel, satellite weather, three-axis autopilot and beautiful leather interior.
Missions work is not just preaching the gospel, especially in rural and jungle areas. People living in the jungle need guidance to rebuild their spiritual lives around the Word of God as well as to help them build a new economic infrastructure where one does not exist, otherwise the church may not survive. I-TEC [Indigenous Technological and Education Center] is an organization founded by Steve Saint, son of Nate Saint, martyred missionary in Ecuador attempting to reach a dangerous tribe. Steve was the pilot and one of the lead players in the movie, "End of the Spear," a reenactment of the killing of his father and four other missionaries by the "Aucas" or Waodoni Indians in 1956. Some of those very killers and their children helped in the building of this plane.
Steve Saint, as the founder of I-TEC, is training indigenous people and rural people groups all over the world in technical skills to enable them to take care of themselves physically and economically in an ever encroaching civilized world into their previously isolated life. The primary areas of this training are Dental, Para-medical and aviation.
The latest venture, Don Fanning partnered with I-TEC in training these indigenous people in the building of aircraft in the Ecuadorian jungle, then marketing them all over the world. Don is an A&P aircraft mechanic and former jungle pilot in Colombia so he has seen first hand the ability and skills of indigenous people.
Steve's concern is for the Waodoni Indians since the oil companies and greedy commercial interests are seeking to exploit and corrupt the Indians. I-TEC is committed to building up the economy of the tribes to enable the indigenous people to not be dependent upon the foreigner's products and susceptible to the abuse that is too common for Indians who may not know any better.
Many tribal works are destroyed because the missionaries did not take the time or commitment to help the tribes through the transition to relationships with the outside world and the skills necessary to enable them to stand on their own economically as well as spiritually.
Liberty University will be involved with I-TEC in training tribal people in Latin America and rural people groups in Africa, India and China in how to meet the dental and basic medical, optical and mechanical needs of their own people. Within a two week period they are taught how to extract, clean and do basic fillings with specially build equipment from I-TEC and solar panel-driven high-speed drills, as well as ten basic medical skills from delivering babies to stitching up deep cuts. Our students can be trained to become coaches in these training trips. Some of the missionary pilots-in-training at Liberty University are able to spend their breaks or a whole semester working with the next plane projects in the jungle. More on these ventures will be written in the future.
The plane in the picture was the first plane produce in the jungles of Ecuador with the help of Waodoni Indians, Ecuadorian Christians, Steve Saint and his son, Jesse Saint who is the Chief Operations Officer of I-TEC along with Professor Fanning. Don Fanning and Jesse Saint are the builders of record. The fuselage and wings were built in the jungle, then the leather interior and painting was done in Quito, Ecuador, before shipping to the US. The engine and instruments were installed at the I-TEC headquarters in Florida of this 4-place, 200 mph airplane. Half of the profits of this plane are used in the development of the needs of the Waodoni people and their church. This will enable them to maintain their autonomy as well as give them confidence over the temptations of the corruption of the Ecuadorian civilization. This is cutting-edge mission work for the 21st century.


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Medical director: New COVID-19 cases have slowed, but it's too soon to have a clear picture
Jennifer Timar
New daily cases of COVID-19 have slowed, but Livingston County health officials say they are at least two weeks away from a clear picture of what the virus is doing.
The county's new Medical Director, Dr. Juan Luis Marquez, said Thursday he doesn't see a resurgence coming now.
Marquez explained there is a delay when it comes to interpreting local and regional data about the virus.
"Currently, we are not seeing any evidence of a resurgence in Livingston County," he said Thursday. "The signs would be … the number of new cases per day. The hospitalizations. Any outbreaks we'd see. Decreased hospital capacity, so increased patients in the hospital."
Marquez, who is also medical director of Washtenaw County, said the virus is challenging because it has a long incubation period. Patients can take more than two weeks to show symptoms.
As the state loosens restrictions of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home orders and people change their habits, it will take time to know how the virus responds to human behavior.
The incubation period "is pretty long, much longer than the flu," Marquez said. "Whenever we make any sorts of changes, it takes a while to see what those effects might be. When we talk about lifting restrictions and looking at data, it's not you change a restriction and the next day you see changes. It's really looking at a two-week window."
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He said there is typically a delay in seeing an increase or decrease in cases.
"Everything is delayed, so that's why I think you need to be patient to see where the data over time – two weeks or so – shows you," he said.
In the past seven days the county has seen five new cases, with only three cases reported since Monday.
As of Thursday, 23 elderly residents – 13 men and 10 women — have died. There have been 380 cases in the county confirmed with tests and 101 probable cases, according to county health officials.
Out of those cases, 317 residents have recovered and 72 have been hospitalized.
'Doing quite well'
Overall, Livingston County is doing well in a few key areas, including declining new cases, according to Marquez.
"We're basically getting once case a day. It's really come down," he said. "I think we doing quite well."
He also said he is comfortable with the surge capacity of area hospitals, which are beginning to open up to some urgent but non-emergency surgeries and procedures.
He said the amount of COVID-19 testing in the county is only adequate and he would like to see greater testing capacity locally and statewide.
"If folks are symptomatic, even mild symptoms, they can get testing and I don't think there is much of a wait," he said. "We're doing enough for now, but we could always increase testing."
He said the county has been fortunate to have no known mass exposures of many people who spent time in the same place.
"There has been some transmission in long-term care facilities, but not (a mass exposure) of the general population," he said. "Most businesses have closed, so we don't see mass exposures. People are doing well to wear masks."
He said when outbreaks have occurred in nursing homes in the county, health officials have assisted by coordinating testing and distributing PPE from the national stockpile. They also give facility staff infection control guidance and instruct them how to isolate COVID-19 patients.
He said his most important message to county residents is the value of personal hygiene and infection control practices.
He recommends people wash their hands and practice good respiratory hygiene such as wearing a mask or coughing into the crick of an elbow.
While he says there is a lack of local data on how well social distancing is working, he recommends residents continue social distancing practices.
Ultimately, the county is not an island. It is part of a larger region of people who move between county borders, he said.
Marquez said health officials look at regional trends.
"Livingston is not an isolated county, meaning ... anything that happens nearby is likely going to affect us. It's hard to know if we're beyond the state in terms of the different phases" of how a virus behaves, he said.
State health officials have said cases are flattening in the state.
More than 49,500 Michigan residents have contracted the virus, and 4,787 have died, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Contact Livingston Daily reporter Jennifer Timar at 517-548-7148 or at jtimar@livingstondaily.com. Follow her on Facebook @Jennifer.Timar99 and Twitter @JenTimar99.

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Q: Rake migration aborted I'm running Ruby 2.0.0 and I installed it correctly. Just loaded up a gem 'devise' and as I tried to migrate my database changes, it wouldn't work:

$ rake db:migrate
  rake aborted!
  attr_accessible is extracted out of Rails into a gem. Please use new recommended protection model for params(strong_parameters) or add protected_attributes to your Gemfile to use old one.

Then, following another Stackoverflow post, they recommended installing Bundler. I did that successfully and got this:

$ bundle exec rake db:migrate
  rake aborted!
  attr_accessible is extracted out of Rails into a gem. Please use new recommended protection model for params(strong_parameters) or add protected_attributes to your Gemfile to use old one.

Is anyone up to the challenge to help?

A: It looks like you are trying to use Rails 4.0.0beta which is not (IMHO) the best choice for a newbie. You'd better switch back to Rails 3* and yield all the advantages of well-documented, tested rock-n-rolling environment.
If you still decide to stick to Rails 4… Previously there were no strict rules to deal with mass-assignment. Rails 4 standardises this with Strong Parameters, which has been merged into rails core. Thus, you are to do smth like:
# controllers/my_controller.rb
def create
    @app = MyApp.new(my_params)
  if @app.save
    redirect_to app_path(@app)
  else
    render :new, alert: 'There was a problem'
  end
end

private

def my_params
  params.require(:app).permit(:title, :password)
end

The assignment logic is now being encapsulated in a private method to permit certain values to act as params.

A: Please use Devise 3.0.0.rc, which supports Rails 4.
You will need to:

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*Revert the changes and delete the files generated by older version of Devise.

*Update Gemfile:
gem 'devise', '3.0.0.rc'

*Run bundle install.

*Regenerate Devise initializer and migrations.

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Adverse Effects of Gluten-free Diets
Hugh James Freeman
International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2018, 6(3), 71-73. DOI: 10.12691/ijcd-6-3-7
Received November 12, 2018; Revised December 15, 2018; Accepted January 04, 2019
In celiac disease, treatment with a gluten-free diet is highly effective for management of clinical features, particularly resolution of diarrhea and weight loss. In children, normalization of growth results. In adult celiacs with iron deficiency anemia, complete normalization of iron levels and resolution of anemia may occur with a gluten-free diet alone. In addition, the small intestinal mucosa responds to restriction of dietary gluten and, eventually, in the vast majority, complete histological recovery occurs. Although effective in celiac disease, the gluten-free diet has been increasingly used in clinical conditions unrelated to celiac disease. Unfortunately, gluten-free diets may have significant negative effects with evidence for development of nutrient deficiencies, an increased risk for obesity particularly in children, and measurable evidence for the accumulation of several heavy metals in blood and urine. Although longer term studies are still needed, caution must be advised in the use of gluten-free diets for non-celiac disorders including those based solely on patient-reported gluten sensitivity
Keywords: celiac disease negative effects of gluten-free diets heavy metals fiber gluten sensitivity
Celiac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathy that leads to altered structure and function in the intestine 1. Malabsorption, diarrhea, weight loss and other extra-intestinal manifestations may result. Although a number of disorders can cause similar structural and functional changes in the small intestine, only in celiac disease can a gluten-free diet lead to resolution and a return to normal of the clinical, serological and pathological features that led to the initial examination. The importance of a through evaluation of a patient suspected to have celiac disease including critical assessment after a gluten-free diet has been initiated to confirm diagnosis of this gluten-dependent disorder 2. Overall, serological screening studies have suggested that up to 1 to 2 percent of populations may be affected by celiac disease, while biopsy screening of symptomatic referred patients result in higher yields 3.
2. Gluten Proteins
Gluten represents a heterogeneous group of proteins, mainly as gluten and gliadin, that serve the function of energy storage. They are derived from the starchy endosperm of cereal grains found in wheat, barley and rye. These are largely responsible for the viscoelastic properties of dough and bread products. Wheat and other grains improve the palatability of foods in the diet and enhance the production of foods with a high nutritional value. Indeed, it is believed that development of wheat cultivation per se was the single most important factor that permitted survival advantage over hunter-gatherers in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years ago 4.
These prolamine proteins, once ingested, require processing in the human gastrointestinal tract. They are long peptides with high proline and glutamine content and, as a consequence, may be difficult to digest. They are complex molecules with many repetitive amino acid sequences and as many as 45 different gliadins may be derived from a single wheat variety. They may be further classified based on differing electrophoretic motility characteristics with each protein having different biological properties, particularly in relation to immune cell recognition and immune activation 5.
3. Non-Celiac Gluten-Sensitivity (NCGS)
In recent years, increased use of gluten-free products has occurred, not only due to increased detection of celiac disease per se (due to widespread serological screening as well as increased awareness by physicians and the general public for celiac disease), but also because of the emergence of so-called "gluten-related" diseases. A specific descriptive term, "non-celiac gluten-sensitivity" (NCGS), has been coined to suggest a possible, even intimate, relationship with celiac disease per se. Unfortunately, the evidence fo support any direct relationship of this new "disease" to celiac disease is limited. Diagnosis of NCGS is largely related to patient-reported symptom improvement following removal of wheat or other grains, and specifically, dietary gluten, in some individuals. But, improvement is often transient and associated with the need to exclude an increasing number of other dietary products (causing similar symptoms). The cause of symptoms is not readily explained in these individuals and clinical symptoms in NCGS often overlap with common symptoms of functional or dysfunctional gastrointestinal disorders, including the "irritable bowel syndrome", or IBS. Finally, re-challenge studies with gluten-containing diets in those with NCGS have demonstrated that most do not develop recurrent symptoms 6, 7. And yet, ironically, individuals without convincing evidence of celiac disease may represent a significant global driving force for increased consumption of gluten-free diets. Of course, underlying all of this is the dramatic rise in marketing and sales of gluten-free products to the tune of more than 15 billion $US in 2016, a substantial increase in the past quarter century 5. To further justify the use of gluten-free diet, some have even claimed that dietary gluten may be harmful, and, by extension, that gluten restriction, rather than consumption, may be more in keeping with a healthy lifestyle 8.
Quite the opposite may be true. Studies examining the effects of gluten-free diets are limited. With the rising popularity of this "gluten-free life style" in individuals without celiac disease, added information has increasingly become available exploring the adverse or potential negative health effects of the gluten-free diet in otherwise healthy individuals as well as patients with celiac disease.
3.1. Nutrient Deficiency with Gluten-free Diets
In celiac disease, other disease related deficiencies or changes related to the underlying inflammatory process may be significant and could, in themselves, impact or confound the results and interpretation of studies thought to be focused solely on the gluten-free diet per se.
In a recent survey on adults with celiac disease related to the nutritional quality of a gluten-free diet, the recommended amounts of calcium, iron and fibre respectively were achieved for 31%, 44% and 46% of adult females and 63%, 100% and 88% of adult males 9. Some gluten-free foods may also be limited in fiber, folic acid and other vitamins, such as niacin, riboflavin and thiamine 10, 11. Further longitudinal studies on gluten-free diet consumption in non-celiac patients known to have otherwise architecturally normal small intestinal mucosa would be useful to further define safety of gluten-free diets.
3.2. Nutrient Composition in Gluten-free Diets
Some studies have also explored the specific nutritional composition of processed gluten-free products 12, 13. In a study of adolescents with celiac disease compared to healthy age-matched controls, adherence to a strict gluten-free diet increased protein and lipid consumption 12. In a study of celiac children compared to age- and sex-matched controls 13, significant reductions in anthropometric, biochemical and bone densitometric assessment were detected in celiacs. However, after a year on a gluten-free diet, no significant differences in measured parameters were defined in patients and controls, except in height and arm muscle area. In contrast, serum hemoglobin, iron and zinc values below the normal range in half of patients at diagnosis were within the normal range for all after 1 year on a gluten-free diet. Serum hemoglobin, iron, zinc, triglycerides, proteins, albumin and calcium levels rose significantly during the year of gluten-free diet treatment. Some alterations may simply be "behavioral", rather than related to the composition of gluten-free diets per se. In a recent report, results suggested than initiation of a gluten-free diet in children may lead to changes in eating habits and stable food eating in both children themselves as well as their families. As a result of a gluten-free diet, a more obesogenic environment may result 14. As a result of the gluten-free diet, the families in this study apparently consumed more junk food, including snacks and candies, particularly in children and fathers. This has implications for children with celiac disease and their families consuming a gluten-free diet with respect to a healthier lifestyle and further long-term studies are needed.
3.3. Heavy Metal Accumulation with Gluten-free Diet
It is recognized that fish and rice, often a component of gluten-free diets, have high concentrations of some heavy metals, including arsenic, mercury, lead and cadmium. In part, this may reflect exposure of these food sources to heavy metal concentrations in water and agricultural soils. In a recent population survey, patients consuming gluten-free diets were evaluated for different heavy metals in blood and urine 15. Results showed that total blood mercury, lead and cadmium levels were higher in those on a gluten-free diet. Urine levels of arsenic were also increased. These findings were particularly significant for those on a gluten-free diet, but without celiac disease. As noted elsewhere 16, the significance of these findings is not known. Higher exposure to heavy metals may result in higher cumulative exposure and higher bio-accumulation, but it is not known if a threshold can be reached with negative health consequences, particularly in those without celiac disease. The long-term effects of accumulation of these heavy metals in persons on a gluten-free diet deserve further study, particularly in those without celiac disease.
4. Gluten-free Diets in Treatment
While earlier surveys in patients diagnosed with celiac disease indicate that clinical features improved and recovery of symptoms 17, 18, later studies have confirmed that histological improvement also occurs in the vast majority of patients with celiac disease treated with a gluten-free diet alone 19. Indeed, even iron deficiency anemia in celiacs may be resolved simply with a gluten-free diet without the need for added oral iron supplementation 20. In contrast, in those consuming a gluten-free diet for reasons other than proven celiac disease, measurable benefits may be difficult to document. Indeed, in those without celiac disease, a significant long-term health risk may result from use of gluten-free diets.
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"Please Rob Me" Protects Against Just That
A lot of people love geocaching websites. For example, there are apps for Twitter and Foursquare that, under the guise of awarding badges for visiting certain locations repeatedly (and becoming mayor of whatever), are actually dangerous resources for potential criminals. I mean, you wouldn't put up a sign that says, "I am not home, please break into my house," would you? Warning people of this is the purpose behind Please Rob Me, a new website that warns users that their geocaching apps are actually the online equivalent of a stack of unchecked mail in the mailbox or a pile of newspapers on the porch.
That's the philosophy behind Please Rob Me. Basically, it's just a dressed-up Twitter search page to determine who has privacy holes and who doesn't. As their Why page reads, "The danger is publicly telling people where you are. This is because it leaves one place you're definitely not… home. So here we are; on one end we're leaving lights on when we're going on a holiday, and on the other we're telling everybody on the internet we're not home."
Jeez, when you think about it that way, it makes me glad I don't have a smart phone that runs BriteKite or any of those other self-updating apps. I never really considered the fact that Tweeting what I'm doing or where I'm going might leave my home vulnerable (or could if you lived alone).
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BEWARE: I'm slow going (and only 1 published release to date), so don't get your hopes up for a quick turn around. I'd say multiple months at a minimum.
The Beatles - Not Guilty (song) A George song from the White Album sessions that was cut from the final release. I'm using take 102 from the new 50th Anniversary release. (I ran this past Farottone before I started just to make sure I wasn't stepping on anyone's toes here).
Not much to see, but I recently had a song I had (just) started work on that was published by someone who I didn't know was working on it, so I thought I better make my working list public. I'm persistent but as slow as something that is really quite incredibly slow. I wouldn't want anyone putting in a bunch of work where I had already gotten a good start. Or more likely, someone starting and finishing a song I was already half done with.
Smart to make it known to all what you are working on. I too have cancelled a song due to not knowing someone else was working on it. Wasn't a big deal but now I announce whatever I am working on to avoid that in the future.
Good luck with your customs! Looking forward to the Beatles one!
Thanks! If I get decently good at this, I may offer my services to the Beatles Anthology project (assuming I can tear myself away from other songs I want to see done, but don't expect anyone else would be doing).


So here we are, smack in the middle of summer vacation in the US.
I can't believe we are already about halfway through our summer vacation already. This month's blog circle should be filled with amazingly fun stories, and maybe some inspiration for summer fun of your own. When you finish here, please head over to my good friend Kelly at Momma Got Soul and see what fun her family had in June.
May was such an insanely stressful month for our family. Between school ending, surgery, sickness and work, I feel like the entire month was a blur. My wonderful husband thought ahead when he booked our June camping trip to Raystown Lake. Our site had no running water, no electricity-nothing. Just a gorgeous view of the lake, trails to hike and things to explore. Unplugging for a few days was exactly what we needed to regroup and prepare for the rest of summer.
We set up camp in the rain, and slept on a hill- so most of our night was spent waking up to readjust our sliding sleeping bags. Even the worst night sleep doesn't take away from how amazing it was to wake up and cuddle the boys in our tent as the sun rose and water splashed on the rocks outside our tent. In a blink, they are going to be too old to crawl in and cuddle up with us. This is the summer it's all hitting me.
Foggy and dreary on day two, we used the weather as an excuse to explore two local caves. Our oldest is a mini geologist and was in heaven seeing the stalactites and stalagmites. He is now on the hunt at home for a place where he can dig and find his own cave.
Vacation called for smore's pretty much all day long, so though I am back to trying to lose the pounds I packed on during our vacation, it was worth every ounce to see how excited the boys were to eat marshmallows for morning snack.
After our hike it was finally warm enough to let the boys play in the lake. Hubby was amazing enough to get dinner going over the fire while the boys and I played, splashed, laughed and looked for treasures to bring home with us from our trip.
The last day it was raining (again) and we packed up and headed back home to our running water and powered devices. I would love to say that we adjusted to life without, but it totally isn't true. I enjoy drinking my morning coffee while the kids zone out with their dry cereal and PBS Kids. I'm pretty PBS has saved lives with their ability to occupy my kids long enough to finish my coffee hot.
Our next vacation together isn't until the week before school starts, so I am not trying to wish it here. (I am so not ready to have a kindergartner.) However, I foresee a few weekend camping adventures in our future.
What are your plans, this summer?
Are you starting any new traditions, continuing your childhood traditions (camping was one of mine), or just stay-cationing it all summer long?
Let me know below and then check out Momma Got Soul Photography to see what Kelly had going on last month..


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The UN refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) said it raised about 100 million dollars on Thursday as it attempts to fill a nearly 450-million-dollar budget shortfall at a donors' conference in Rome.
UNRWA's budget crisis has been exacerbated by a January decision by its main donor, the U.S., to withhold funds and demand reforms from the agency.
The U.S. only committed to paying 60 million dollars this year, down from around 360 million dollars in 2017.
The nearly 100-million-dollar total comes from 11 countries: Qatar, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Mexico, Slovakia, India and France.
The Rome conference is being co-organized by Jordan, Sweden and Egypt.
"Financing #UNRWA to enable it to follow through with its mandate is an international political, legal, moral and humanitarian responsibility," Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi wrote on Twitter.
The U.S. funding cut was announced amid tensions between President Donald Trump and the Palestinian leadership over the president's move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December.
No fewer than 90 countries have been invited to the Rome talks, also attended by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
"We are here to help UNRWA overcome the worst financial crisis in its history," Guterres said in opening remarks.
On March 9, the Swedish mission to the UN said UNRWA's budget shortfall of 446 million dollars represented the "most challenging financial situation" since the agency's founding in 1949.
The crisis is especially serious in the Gaza Strip, where UNRWA supports about one million people with food provisions, and also runs 267 schools and 21 health facilities.
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, calling on the international community to support UNRWA and denouncing Washington and Israel.
"We send a message to Washington and to Israel that the Palestinian refugee issue will be maintained, and the refugees will defend their cause with their lives and bodies until they are able to return," UNRWA official Fathi Sabah said at the rally.
According to a World Bank report released on Thursday, humanitarian aid can only bring short-term relief to the isolated coastal enclave, which has been devastated by three Israel-Hamas wars and a suffocating blockade maintained by Israel and Egypt since 2007.
The World Bank said that international trade is essential for the Gaza economy to grow and called on Israel to ease restrictions imposed on the territory since the Hamas militant group seized control of the Strip in 2007.
"The economy cannot survive without being connected to the outside world," the World Bank said in a statement.
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Although Dark Horse digital titles were available for download to Amazon's Kindle, the absence of the publisher's popular titles on Comixology has become a topic of discussion within the comics the industry. Dark Horse's decision to remain off the platform became more prominent after Amazon acquired Comixology in 2014.
Some in the industry have criticized Dark Horse for not selling its digital comics via Comixology, accusing the publisher of denying its artists a higher revenue stream, and causing inconvenience to its fans.
Dark Horse will now offer more than 800 digital titles for sale via Comixology including such popular ones as Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City; Usamu Tezuka's Astro Boy; and Mike Mignola's Hellboy. In addition, Comixology has also released version 3.7 of its app with updates for iOS, Android and Amazon Fire tablets. The updated app offers easier management of titles with customizable smart lists, new sort options, enlarged cover views and much more.
"Comixology fans have requested Dark Horse from day one," said Comixology CEO David Steinberger. "I've been a fan of Dark Horse since I was a kid--and have continued to be so throughout their rich history--so this is an important addition to Comixology not only for me personally, but for our customers."
Dark Horse publisher and president Mike Richardson added that he was "excited" about the deal. He said of Comixology that "the technology is stellar and we are pleased that our books will be showcased flawlessly."
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Joseph Sanial-Dubay (né vers 1754 au Cheylard (Ardèche) et mort le  Paris) est un écrivain et moraliste français.

Œuvres
 Quelques Pensées sur les mœurs, Paris, 1808.
 Pensées sur l'homme, le monde et les mœurs, 1813.
 Pensées sur l'homme,... augmentées de celles qui n'avaient pu paraître sous le règne de la tyranie, 1815.

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Écrivain français du XIXe siècle
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Q: Side Roll "Catenoid" pair Apologies in advance for the very poor quality of images.
Longitudinal stretching a catenoid of revolution results in  well-known isometric helicoidal deformation.
Lateral stretch or spread-out results in ( a relatively less known ) two smaller catenoid-like rolls with a smooth bridge connection.
How is it possible to find a parametrization based on isometry for this two-roll configuration? i.e., we can assume conserved (negative) Gauss curvature K in the deformation process.
Whether mean curvature $H$ also remains zero as a minimal surface is one related matter.
The segment is a $(K<0)$ portion of a thin plastic drinking water container showing three elastic deformation pictures of the same anti-clastic flexible ring.
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Also searched in the book Bäcklund and Darboux Tranformations, by Rogers & Schief, Cambridge 2002, to look for relevance to Solitons or Breathers ( in this example there are loops and in Breather there are circumferential cuspidal edges) , but not able to establish any connections.
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The starting roll has two coincident /repeating loops, which can be seen when unrolled; these multiple cyclic loops (mathematically allowable) can be unfolded to separately appearing displaced coils, qualitatively shown below: The phenomenon has been observed in case of isometric deformations of the sphere and the pseudosphere.

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Tags / Decentralization, Security, Zero Knowledge, zkApps
Solving for Blockchain's Critical Security Flaw
While Web3 sets out to solve the problems of today's web, it is missing two essential elements: privacy and security. Learn about four approaches to Web3 and how one, leveraging zero knowledge (ZK) technology, can fill the gap by making full-node verification ubiquitous, scalable, and secure.
Web3 will combine the decentralization of Web1 with the interactive user experience of Web2. Unfortunately, Web2 is centralized around profit-seeking big tech. With their focus on monetization rather than product benefits, users have lost their privacy and security on today's internet.
However, Web3 is changing this. It promises user-centered value, privacy, and interactivity like convenient, decentralized apps or dApps, often used in decentralized finance and NFT marketplaces. To gain access to these benefits, you must interact with blockchains through a wallet.
Not all wallets are alike though. Most cannot manage the many hundreds of gigabytes of data needed for a traditional blockchain in a web browser. And without running a full node and verifying the chain by themselves, these wallets must depend on trusted intermediaries like servers, which the Founder of Signal, Moxie Marlinspike, raised was a critical flaw in Web3.
The Role of Intermediaries in Web3 dApps
Before exploring the problem with intermediate trust in further detail, let's review the three approaches that dominate Web3 thus far and the role that intermediaries play:
Approach One: Wallets connect to one or very few servers.
Approach Two: Wallets connect to a protocol with a light client
Approach Three: Wallets connect to an expensive full node
Both approaches one and two come with security risks. In approach one, wallets like Metamask depend on very few remote procedural call (RPC) servers to serve as a trusted intermediary. If those RPCs are compromised, then users are at immediate risk.
Approach two reduces but does not remove trust. In this approach, wallets leverage light clients which partially verify protocol information. However, some information must be trusted while also omitting full verification of all blocks. Moreover, light clients still do not meet the needs of Web3 — they require downloading large quantities of block headers which is still expensive and time-consuming, and this offers fewer trust guarantees.
Approach three is more secure, with L1 chains requiring full nodes to download and verify the entire history of a chain. It requires even larger amounts of data to be downloaded than a light client. All approaches require tradeoffs: either trusting intermediaries or running powerful computers which are expensive and a hassle to operate.
The Problem with Intermediaries
Web3 wallets and blockchains that rely on the trust of an intermediary don't adhere to the tenets of decentralization and trustlessness that are core to the Web3 ethos.
On top of such tradeoffs, Web3 wallets and blockchains that rely on the trust of an intermediary don't adhere to the tenets of decentralization and trustlessness that are core to the Web3 ethos.
Cryptographer Moxie Marlinspike ran an experiment to explain how blockchain assets on some wallets are merely displaying what is reported by centralized APIs (application programming interfaces), which risks your security. To prove it, Marlinspike created an NFT that changes based on where you were viewing it from: one image on one trusted entity, and another image on another trusted entity. When you viewed it from your crypto wallet, it would display as a large 💩 emoji.
The wallet could not display the original NFT nor verify its authenticity. Not surprisingly, someone on a trusted entity took offense and removed the display of Marlinspike's NFT altogether, including from their crypto wallet, failing to meet yet another key blockchain property—censorship resistance.
Marlinspike's point is clear: Intermediaries are not necessarily trustworthy. Moreover, intermediaries such as centrally-controlled servers are being used as a common source of truth for Web3 wallets which can be hacked or controlled to display information that is not reflected on the chain.
In a real-world example, users in Venezuela and Ukraine have recently seen their access to a trusted intermediary blocked, and with it, control of their data and assets. This was due to a configuration that blocked IP addresses from certain regions per US sanctions programs.
In this way, Web3, with its intermediaries, is not much different than Web2. Wallets that rely on intermediaries undercut the opportunity for true decentralization and security.
A New Approach to Ensure Trust in Web3 dApps
A newly emerging fourth approach to Web3 will solve the problems intermediaries introduce:
Approach Four: Wallets connect to a less expensive node with full-node verification
Approach four provides full-node security while reducing the costs by removing the need to download and verify a lot of data and thus—reducing its computational requirements. When full node verification becomes less computationally intensive and expensive, it can empower more people to participate and remove the need for intermediaries to run nodes or query a server, allowing for more decentralization. Essentially, the fewer intermediaries plus the more decentralized participation, the more secure a chain is. But how is this possible?
An emerging technology called zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) has been in research and development for years and the Mina Protocol ecosystem has leveraged it to design a lightweight blockchain for anyone to participate in.
Don't Trust, Verify – with Mina's Zero Knowledge Blockchain
As a reminder, approaches one, two, and three require trusting an intermediary or running expensive and complicated hardware.
The power inherent in the fourth approach, like in Mina's blockchain, comes from its recursive zk-SNARKs (a zero knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge). You are able to perform full-node verification that allows you to verify a ZK proof of the validity of the complete state of the blockchain (including your account), not just the latest block. This all happens with a small verifiable cryptographic proof that is less than the size of a tweet. In other words, full-node verification on Mina is efficient and protects users with full verification security without downloading the whole blockchain.
If you think about it though— with Mina, even if the node you connect to does not have full-node verification, you can still verify the integrity of the chain with the cryptographic proof. This works even if you are connected to a non-full-verification node or an evil node. The proof being received cannot be faked by a malicious node— and you can verify it. This is the power of Mina!
For the few who would like to hold onto the history of every account on the network, Mina archive nodes are optional types of nodes you can run on your local machine, durable storage providers, or centralized providers. These, however, are not needed for the network to be secure, because full-verification consensus nodes provide proof of the validity of the chain. As CEO of the Mina Foundation, Evan Shapiro says, "think of it as your credit card —you don't need the history of transactions to transact. The system just needs current balances to transact, while you may as an individual want to hold on to your own history of transactions."
The Mina ecosystem is taking this one step further by leveraging Mina's succinctness to develop the ability for anyone using a web browser to run a node, enabling further decentralization and security. For developers, a web node also significantly lowers the barrier to entry, removing the need to run and maintain nodes in a Linux environment—thus reducing energy requirements and deep technical knowledge.
Mina's Web3 dApps will also be able to leverage Mina's full-node security, while also utilizing ZK for data-privacy applications. ZKPs allow you to prove that you have access to information, like your personal data, without revealing it to anyone while also allowing you to verify it's correct without seeing the details. That means developers can build applications that preserve their user's privacy on top of knowing the chain they are submitting transactions to is secure.
As a result, your data can remain private even when processing, recording and verifying transactions on a web browser.
The Bottom Line for Solving Blockchain's Security Issue?
Zero knowledge with Mina removes intermediaries and provides provable information.
In today's computerized world, your privacy and security should be the norm, and making zero knowledge accessible to everyone including other chains will be key to that. Several teams in Mina's ecosystem are also working to further enable the possibility. Beyond the progress on non-consensus browser nodes, Mina contributors are also working on zero knowledge smart contracts (zkApps), and a zkBridge so other chains can access Mina's privacy and security properties.
If you're ready to build decentralized apps with ZK and already know TypeScript, check out some Mina developer resources to get started.
Learn more about how you can build towards this user-owned and private future by subscribing to get developer resources right in your inbox.


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Nine towns and villages within the Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District are to benefit from Cork County Council's 2018 Public Lighting Programme.
A total of €400,000 of funding has been set aside countywide for a public lighting programme with €52,400 being allocated to the Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District.
Welcoming the allocation of funding to the specific towns and villages, North Cork Fine Gael Cllr. John Paul O' Shea said "This announcement is very welcomed news and will go some way in addressing the gaps in our public lighting network we currently have in the District".
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Q: For what values of $x$ does $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{2\sin^2(nx)}{n}$ converge? For $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{2\sin^2(nx)}{n}$, for which values $x\in\mathbb{R}$  does the series converge?
When $x=0$, $2\sin^2(nx)=0$, so this converges. I don't think there are any other values.

A: If you write the series as $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1-\cos 2nx}{n}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n}-\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\cos 2nx}{n}$,
the first term diverges and the second term converges by Dirichlet's test (if x is not a multiple of $\pi$);
so
the series diverges (if x is not a multiple of $\pi$).

One way to show that the sequence $\displaystyle s_N=\sum_{n=1}^{N}\cos(2nx)$ is bounded is to use the equation
$\;\;\;\;2\cos(2nx)\sin x=\sin(2nx+x)-\sin(2nx-x)$, so that
$\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{N}\cos(2nx)=\frac{1}{2\sin x}\sum_{n=1}^{N}\left[\sin((2n+1)x)-\sin((2n-1)x)\right]=\frac{1}{2\sin x}\left[\sin((2N+1)x)-\sin x\right]$
and therefore $\displaystyle|s_N|\le\frac{1}{|\sin x|}=|\csc x|\;\;$ if x is not a multiple of $\pi$.


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Q: How to retrieve the rows from mysql whose field value should start with alphabet? I'm trying to retrieve the rows from mysql table, whose field values should start with alphabeic letter and the value may contain numeric values along with letters.
Eg:
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id : BKDyriu3
id : 12387545
id : YDfhety7

How can I retrieve id field which starts with letter ?
Can anyone please help me out...

A: We can use ASCII() function.

Returns the numeric value of the leftmost character of the string str.
  Returns 0 if str is the empty string. Returns NULL if str is NULL

SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE ASCII(id) BETWEEN 65 AND 90
      OR
      ASCII(id) BETWEEN 97 AND 122

*

*Uppercase A-Z has ASCII value range from 65 to 90.

*Lowercase a-z has ASCII value range from 97 to 122.


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Construction contracts are also subject to statutory schemes such as the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act, which impose ADR in the absence of appropriate contractual terms.
ADR typically involves procedures such as mediation, adjudication, arbitration, or a combination. Large or complex projects may have additional tiered dispute resolution procedures with obligations to negotiate in good faith, dispute resolution boards, steering committees and partnering meetings. For more information see: Alternative dispute resolution.
Where court action is necessary, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) is a specialist court, which deals principally with technology and construction disputes. However, in many cases, there will be a compulsory Pre-Action Protocol to encourage the frank and early exchange of information about the prospective claim and any defence to it. This can enable the parties to avoid full court proceedings by agreeing a settlement before commencement. It also supports the efficient management of proceedings where full court proceedings cannot be avoided.
Arrange an informal negotiation/discussion with both parties.
Advise on the various processes and which one to use.
Tread carefully before becoming directly involved.
Provide all necessary advice to the client but do not directly negotiate on their behalf.


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Q: WCF hosted in a Web application and compatibility mode I have a WCF service hosted in a web application (IIS). I need to expose 1 end point over wsHttp and the other over netTcp. I am on a IIS7 environment that makes it possible for me to host non HTTP based services. Anyways, when I browse the .svc file using a browser, I get the error:

The service cannot be activated because it does not support ASP.NET
  compatibility. ASP.NET compatibility is enabled for this application

By googling, I realized that WCF runs in two modes - Mixed and ASP.NET compatible. When I apply the attribute
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(
       RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]

However, it appears that once I apply this attribute to the Service Contract implementation, I cannot use a non HTTP binding.
How do I set it up so that:

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*I can support non HTTP endpoints

*I can host the service on a Web app

*I don't create multiple services one with aspnet compatibility turned on and the other turned off

A: There's quite a lot going on here. First of all, unless you're actually using an ASP.net feature specifically, you should NOT use compatability mode. To turn that off, follow Kirk's suggestion, and also remove this line from your code:
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(
       RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]

Compatability mode isn't required just to host a HTTP service, it's only if you want to use ASP.net features that aren't in WCF (or need to port up an older asmx service to WCF without changing other code).
The second problem is hosting a non HTTP binding using IIS. That only works in IIS 7, and only using WAS. ASP.net compatability will NOT work with a non HTTP binding, because ASP.net requires HTTP.
So what you're trying to do is impossible so long as compatability mode is enabled. Remove it, and then things should work.

A: At a guess, you have an ASP.NET compatibility setting turned on for your IIS application.  This link seems to be related.
I would suggest you turn off ASP.NET compatibility mode.  I have run net.tcp and basicHttp endpoints from the same application in IIS without problem.
edit: This is the configuration change you need to make / check (from the provided link).  The value should be changed from 'false' to 'true'.
<system.serviceModel>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>

A: Please try setting multipleSiteBindingsEnabled to be true in the ServiceHostingEnvironment. I am not an expert in WCF but after going through the question and reading a bunch of sites I think it would make sense since you are using both TCP and HTTP service endpoints.
Hope this helps.

A: I encountered this issue as well.
it resulted from migrating some new code ,that referenced the System.Web namespace but didn't actually require it, into an existing WCF project.
removing those using statements resolved the issue for me.
I expected to have to track down code that required that namespace but got lucky.


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Halloween Homecoming
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Halloween Resurrection came after the success of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, where it appeared that Laurie Strode had once and for all destroyed infamous serial killer and her brother, Michael Myers, aka The Shape. Therefore, trying to explain away just how he could have survived such a definitive and crowd pleasing ending, was always going to put the film makers involved in another sequel in a very difficult position. That aside, Resurrection decided to kill off Laurie Strode in the first 10 minutes of the film.
The rest of the film played with the concept of a media company, Dangertainment, inviting some lucky teenage entrants to try and spend a night in the house of Michael Myers, on Halloween no less. This concept, with all the web cameras etc was actually quite an intriguing one to bring to the series. However, annoying characters such as Freddie (played by Busta Rhymes) reduced the film to a bit of an embarrassment, especially when it came to poking fun at Michael and having Freddie defeat him by using his kung fu no less.
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Spectre: The LS Cut
FanFix August 09, 2019 1433 0 1 0 5
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Spectre was an attempt by Eon Productions and director Sam Mendes to embrace the grandiose nature of the Bond films of yesteryear, both in terms of the locales used, the scope of the picture and in bringing back the arch villain Blofeld and the Spectre organisation. Whilst it was wildly successful at the box-office, the reception on the film was very mixed. Some reveled in the large scale nature of the film, whilst others cited a poor script, lacklustre direction and a poorly executed idea of linking all the Daniel Craig Bond films together - not to mention the little controversial storyline regarding Blofeld being related to Bond as an adoptive brother.
Halloween 5: The Shape of Rage Featured
Halloween 5 was made just a year after the impressive Halloween 4, and the fact that the script was unfinished before filming began is just one contributing factor to the feeling that the whole film feels rushed and somewhat underdeveloped. Having said that, there are some good scenes in the film, particularly involving Dr Loomis and Jamie Lloyd, and it boasts a finale well worth sticking around for. This fanedit will attempt to streamline, and refocus the film to be about the three central characters - Loomis, Myers and Jamie - redundant scenes and characters will be heavily trimmed or totally excised.
Halloween - A Portrait of Terror
FanMix October 27, 2015 3339 0 1 0 2
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Halloween. Most people think little further than the strange custom of having their children wear masks and go out trick or treating in the hope of getting some candy.
An unexplained event of terrifying horror in 1963 however, would change the sleepy little town of Haddonfield forever. Whilst the town would still celebrate the festival of Halloween, Doctor Sam Loomis knew that it was only a matter of time before the shape of terror which formed itself back in 1963 would return. Thus, it is time to unveil a portrait of terror which will haunt you forever.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - The LS Cut
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ian Fleming's 007 gets a new lease of life in the form of newcomer George Lazenby, as Bond finds himself on a mission to Switzerland which could lead to the final capture of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of Spectre. Obtaining the information on Blofeld's whereabouts however, comes at a cost, particularly when it derives from the head of a European Crime Syndicate, the daughter of whom, becomes part of a deal which will have unforeseen personal consequences for Bond.
Friday the 13th Part V: Jason's Legacy
FanFix February 12, 2015 2913 0 1 0 2
Friday the 13th : A New Beginning
Jason Voorhees is dead - killed at the hands of 12 year old Tommy Jarvis. Now, 6 years later an institutionalized Tommy is plagued by nightmarish images of the psychopath he killed. He is taken to a Pinehurst Halfway House in an attempt to reintroduce him into society. However, when a spate of murders starts up around Pinehurst, it looks very much like the work of Jason. But Jason is dead... isn't he?
'Jason's Legacy' is an attempt to streamline a movie which suffers from characters who are introduced solely to be killed off straight away. The idea is to refocus the killings on the inmates of Pinehurst as much as possible. Heavy colour correction also attempts to paint the film in the same light as Joseph Zito's excellent preceding chapter, 'The Final Chapter'. Happy Friday the 13th!
FanFix November 25, 2014 3958 0 1 0 3
The purpose of Skyfallen is purely to streamline this 50th anniversary movie in an attempt to tighten the pacing somewhat. Also, it's to rein in some of Bardem's overacting in the part of the main villain, Silva, and hopefully make him a bit more threatening in the process. Subtle edits are also attempted to give it that "classic" Bond feel, including use of music from other Bond movies.
Rambo - A Warrior's Journey
From the minds of David Morell and Sylvester Stallone comes one of the most eagerly awaited television series in history. Spanning 26 years of shooting, we follow the adventures of decorated Vietnam war veteran, John Rambo, in Rambo - A Warrior's Journey.
The purpose of the edit is to tell the journey of US soldier John Rambo after he returns from the Vietnam war, starting of course with his run in with Sheriff Teasle in the "quiet" town of Hope, through a 26 year journey which ends with the civil war in Burma.
FanFix January 10, 2013 6367 0 1 0 3
Die Another Day should have been celebration of everything good about the James Bond franchise. Unfortunately, in trying to throw everything but the kitchen sink at the screen in celebration of 007's 40th anniversary, director Lee Tamahori and the producers ended up with an unfocused movie, riddled with poor innuendo jokes and some ill-advised ventures into the more fantasy CGI arena. The hope with Icarus, is to redress the balance and uncover what I believe is a genuinely good old-fashioned large scale Bond adventure. No invisible car, no CGI tsunami surfing heroics, the poor jokes removed, Icarus attempts to give Pierce Brosnan the Bond swansong he deserved.
Rocky V - The 80's Remix
Rocky V
After the fight of his life against Russia's seemingly unstoppable Ivan Drago, Rocky Balboa finds himself returning home to America with not only the realisation that he's suffering from brain damage, but also that he's suddenly facing bankruptcy due to illicit dealings from his accountant. Unable to step back into ring, one last opportunity presents itself in the unlikely form of boxer, Tommy Gunn, a fan of Rocky's who asks the Italian Stallion to manage him and teach him everything he knows.
As one victory follows another, it isn't long before Tommy is eyeing up the heavyweight championship of the world. Along the way however, Rocky becomes so obsessed with tasting success again that he doesn't realise that he faces losing the most important aspect of his life - his family.
Smallville Destiny
TV-to-Movie August 13, 2012 2359 0 1 0 2
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To present the core themes explored within season 1 of Smallville whilst excising the "freak of the week" element, with 2 feature length parts in the style of a mini-series. Please note this is not intended to be Smallville: The Movie (even if I started out the project with that exact intention!). It is still very much grounded in its television roots and I wanted to maintain a strong sense of character and story telling in the edit which is reminiscent of the TV series.
Jaws III: Monster
Jaws III
Welcome to Seaworld, Florida's number one aquatic theme park for the whole family. Preparations are well underway for the opening of the eagerly anticipated Undersea Kingdom. Unfortunately, an unwelcome visitor has made its way onto the guest list… the killing machine known as the Great White Shark has forced its way into the man made lagoon from the open ocean. Now trapped, it has but one thing on its mind – doing what comes naturally of course and eating the paying customers!
Quantum of Solace: Bond's Revenge
FanFix July 07, 2012 3398 0 1 0 4
From what many consider to be the the worst Bond title song ever, to the frenetic action sequences which have come straight from a Jason Bourne movie, Marc Forster's take on James Bond struggled to maintain that special identity which separates 007 from the rest of the crowd. For this fanedit, I wanted to try and achieve a few things which I hope may inject the movie with more personal emotion and drum home the feeling that Bond's trail of vengeance, not to forget Camille's too, is very much what the film is about.
Prophet of Destruction
FanMix July 07, 2012 1351 0 1 0 0
Prophet of Destruction is an attempt to present an alternative take on what the Coen Brothers laid bare at the cinema. By moving the focus of the movie a little more in favour of Chigurh, the hope is that the movie becomes more about exploring this almost unstoppable force of nature than it is about Sheriff Tom Bell's retirement and how uncomfortable he feels in this country which is no place for old men.
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It will never cease to amaze me how much can happen if you let it. We're staying in a studio apartment in Davenport, Iowa through the generosity of Dustin, another warmshowers.org host. He's a printer – he makes the big signs on buses and t-shirts and giant sticks of gum the size of you.
He does all sorts of things. His apartment is above a newspaper publisher in an old brick building downtown. His apartment is his office, and a museum of creativity – Mississippi driftwood and bike pieces made into art. He's working on a side project right now – making giant lollipops for an upcoming Christmas event. Big styrofoam balls and brightly coloured foil lay on the floor.
_Yesterday was Thanksgiving, so we climbed into his cargo van – me in the back in a folding lawn-chair next to his new bike with tires at least 4 inches thick. We head to his Aunt Margo's where his family is gathered. Two total strangers and we're welcomed with big smiles. It's everything I imagine American Thanksgiving to be – lots of homemade pies and family recipe dressings, football, and everyone under 25 is perpetually looking at their smartphones. Dustin's Aunt Margo and his mom, Joyce, make sure we're fed to the brim, they're lovely and friendly. We eat, talk about adventure with his cousin Ryan, and soak up the absurdity of finding ourselves in the midst of this family's Thanksgiving in central Iowa.
One by one, they all begin offering their houses up for us to stay – "I've got two spare bedrooms" says Ryan. "I've got the whole basement empty" says Joyce. "I live in this big house all by myself" says Margo. We're not strangers anymore.
After we leave, we stop by Dustin's friends' house – Tal is a scuba-diving lion-fish hunter who has patented a tool to exterminate the invasive species in the Caribbean. He and his wife Julie plan on sailing down the Mississippi to move to the Caribbean when their daughter graduates highschool.
So many memories in one evening, so many great, interesting people. And the funny thing is, we were kind of tired before we left. We were thinking "nahhh, maybe we should just stay at the apartment and rest." But we went, we said "Yes, let's!" and I'm so glad we did.