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Bizarre ending to Cavs season
NCAAF Team Report - Virginia - INSIDE SLANT
It's one of the cliches of college football that people remember what you do in November.
What happened in Virginia's final game of the 2012 season is sure to linger for the Cavaliers and their fans for quite some time. Coach Mike London made two curious tactical decisions late in a 17-14 loss to Virginia Tech. And since the Cavs already knew they weren't going to a bowl, those decisions will now be scrutinized for the next several months -- at least until spring practice begins, if not beyond.
First, London elected to fake a 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, with Virginia already leading by a touchdown, 14-7. Virginia Tech stopped the play, and scored a game-tying touchdown on the ensuing possession. Then, at the end of the game, London elected not to use either of his remaining timeouts to save time for his offense with the Hokies eyeing a chip-shot 29-yard field goal with 40 seconds to go. Instead, he let the clock wind down and burnt both with four seconds remaining trying to freeze Tech's kicker and play for overtime. It didn't work, as Cody Journell booted home the game winner as time expired.
So ended the 2012 season for the Cavaliers, who lost to the Hokies for the ninth consecutive year. It was a final, bitter epilogue to a fourth losing regular season in the past five years for the program.
Where does Virginia go from here? It might start by establishing a clear-cut quarterback for the 2013 season. Junior Michael Rocco and sophomore Phillip Sims split time at the position throughout the 2012 campaign, to mixed results.
Virginia's offense really didn't start to click until November, and by then the Cavaliers had gotten off to a 2-6 start and had to win out in the regular season just to ensure bowl eligibility. A loss to North Carolina in a Thursday night home game on Nov. 15 killed those hopes. Meanwhile, life isn't going to get any easier in the ACC. The league expands next season, with Syracuse and Pittsburgh coming aboard.
NCAAF Team Report - Virginia - NOTES, QUOTES
GAME OF THE YEAR: Virginia 33, N.C. State 6 -- For the second straight year, the Cavaliers turned in their best overall performance in a season coming out of their bye week. N.C. State was the victim this time, with Virginia's defense forcing a season-best five turnovers and also racking up six sacks to slow down Mike Glennon, who at the time was the most prolific passer in the ACC.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Steve Greer -- Not only did Greer finish the regular season second in the ACC and 18th nationally in tackles per game, but he provided key senior leadership and served as a coach on the field as a middle linebacker in Jim Reid's defense. With more than 360 total tackles, Virginia is sure to miss Greer, who had a career-high 19 stops in his final collegiate game.
FAST FORWARD: Virginia fans took to social media to express their displeasure with coach Mike London after some curious game management decisions in a season-ending 17-14 loss to archrival Virginia Tech. However, London is under contract through 2016 and it would be a shock if the Cavaliers ate all that guaranteed money and let him go. Virginia may shuffle the deck on his coaching staff, however, particularly with regard to the kicking game. Special teams have been a weakness for Virginia for the past several seasons, so the Cavs may delegate that responsibility to someone other than Anthony Poindexter, a former outstanding DB at Virginia who also serves as the safeties coach.
RECRUITING TRAIL: London has built a reputation as a tenacious recruiter, especially for in-state prospects, and that trend has continued. Athlete prospect Taquan Mizell headlines another healthy contingent of signees from inside the Commonwealth who have verbally committed to Virginia. The Cavs had 20 verbals at the time the regular season ended.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I look at it as a blessing, and I just value the game. I really do. I just appreciate the opportunity to play for the University and be able to play with the guys on the team. It's been tremendous. I wouldn't change it for the world. They've done a lot for me. The program's done a lot for my life, and I just thank all the fans, I thank everyone that supported us." -- Senior LB LaRoy Reynolds, after the season-ending loss to Tech.
NCAAF Team Report - Virginia - STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
PLAYERS TO WATCH IN 2013:
QB David Watford -- As a freshman, Watford started the 2011 season sharing time with Michael Rocco before Rocco took over the position fully late in the season and led the Cavs to their best finish in years. Watford redshirted in 2012 after Phillip Sims arrived as a transfer from Alabama. He might be the forgotten man in a QB competition that's sure to continue with both Sims and Rocco coming back, but he's still on the team. Will Watford crack the depth chart and outplay one or both of these two in spring practice? Will he change positions? Might he consider a transfer? Time will tell.
TE Jake McGee -- The former high school quarterback was a revelation in the passing game for Virginia. He tied for the team lead in touchdown catches (5), a total that included game-winning grabs against Penn State and Miami.
DT Chris Brathwaite -- The sophomore led the Cavs in sacks and tackles for loss, providing an infusion of talent and playmaking ability on a defensive line that basically had to replace its entire front four from the previous season. Brathwaite did injure his knee on a chop block in the season finale against Tech, however.
PRO PROSPECTS:
OT Oday Aboushi -- A mainstay in the lineup for three-plus seasons, Aboushi is a former all-conference honoree and two-time ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week. He's got prototypical size to play at the next level.
OT Morgan Moses -- Aboushi's bookend at the other tackle spot is a junior who's sure to contemplate going to the next level. The third Virginia player ever to start at offensive tackle as a freshman, Moses is bigger than Aboushi. He's also had more injuries, which could raise questions about his durability.
RB Perry Jones -- Jones ended his collegiate career as just the fourth Cavalier ever to amass 1,000 yards rushing and receiving. He's got experience returning kicks and punts as well, and he's a solid pass catcher. That assortment of skills should be enough to get him a look at the next level.
LB Steve Greer -- Greer wrapped his collegiate career with a personal-best 19 tackles in the season-ending loss to Virginia Tech. He's got a good mind for the game and a nose for the ball.
OLB LaRoy Reynolds -- Reynolds missed two games with a hand injury, and though he played with a cast in the subsequent weeks, he still had four contests where he reached double digits in tackles. Another productive and prolific defender who's worth a look at the next level.
ROSTER REPORT:
--DTs Chris Brathwaite and Brent Urban, and DB Brandon Phelps all left the field due to injury during Virginia Tech's fourth-quarter touchdown drive that tied the game at 14 in the Cavaliers' final game.
--QB Phillip Sims left the Tech game with an apparent hand injury, went to the locker room and never returned to the field.
--DE Bill Schautz missed the bulk of the season due to a nagging hamstring problem, this after breaking his leg late last season to miss Virginia's final run. However, the senior was able to participate in the Cavs' final games against North Carolina and Virginia Tech.
--LB Henry Coley and TE Jeremiah Mathis did not participate in the final four games of the season after being suspended for violations of team rules.
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One Night with the King
It's been nearly five years since Gener8ion Entertainment, the quality company behind such modern classics as The Omega Code, Carman: The Champion, and Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, produced a film. This is a Christian company that specializes in releasing Christian fare which is fine and dandy, but their films are often horrible. The message is more important than the quality of the film itself. So while everything in the film may hold up to Biblical standards, the movies have awful scripts, cheesy special effects, and bad acting. What a difference five years makes. One Night with the King retells the story of Esther. The settings are lush, and CGI backgrounds and extras blend surprisingly seamlessly with real actors and locations. The magnificent Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif even have roles in the film. However, the movie still lumbers at a laborious pace, encompassing too many things that detract from the primary story. If this was a ninety-minute film, it would be better, but two hours is simply too long.
Worse, Sharif (Hidalgo, Monsieur Ibrahim) has a minor role, and O'Toole (Lassie, Troy) appears in the film for what seems like a few seconds. Of course, both are still featured prominently in the advertising. The lion's share of the acting goes to relative newcomers Tiffany Dupont (The Work and the Glory, Cheaper by the Dozen) and Luke Goss (The Man, Blade II), who play Esther and King Xerxes. Dupont is insanely attractive, and of course, looks more "white" than all of her co-stars. She gives an earnest performance, hampered a bit by overwrought dialogue (as is everybody else). Goss does little more than walk around shirtless, displaying his impressive, well-oiled pecs and abs. And he wears a lot of eyeliner.
The historical story of Esther, novelized by Mark Andrew Olsen and Tommy Tenney, then adapted by Stephen Blinn (Megiddo, The Omega Code) and directed by Michael O. Sajbel (The Ride) tells of a Jewish woman who becomes Queen of Persia. She hides her religion, but when the Jews are about to face extinction, reveals herself and saves her people. The movie One Night with the King adds in far too much context, placing the story of Esther and Xerxes into the wider arena of HISTORY. Their relationship is lost amidst all sorts of other things happening, thus gutting the love story from a film that badly needs an emotional core.
Esther grew up with her uncle Mordecai (John Rhys-Davies, The Game of Their Lives, The Princess Diaries 2), a scribe for Xerxes who also hides the fact that he is Jewish. Xerxes is looking for a new queen, and many women, including Esther, then known as Hadassah, are taken to for the King to choose from. This is where the story should lie. Instead, Sajbel takes the viewer into the past, showing why some in Persia hated the Jews, and who was out for revenge. He fills the movie with dull exposition about politics, which just takes time away from Esther and Xerxes, along with some weird reality-show like Queen training camp. She reads to him one night, and he falls in love with her. Huh? Does that make any sense? There are many better ways to present this than what actually came out on screen. It doesn't make much sense that after this one meeting both people would be madly in love with each other. Then, Sajbel follows this with more dull politics. It's nice that Gener8ion is now able to make a film that looks great. Now, all they need to do is make one that sounds great too.
Mongoose Rates It: Not That Good.
2 hours, 2 minutes, Rated PG for violence, some sensuality, and thematic elements.
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Peter Hayes
Dr. Peter Richard Hayes (born 11 April 1963) is a British diplomat and the current Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory.[1][2]
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He was educated at the University of Surrey (BSc, Physics) and King's College London (PhD, 1989).
Originally trained as a physicist, in 1990 Hayes joined the British Civil Service in the National Physical Laboratory, later working in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Cabinet Office, the Office of Science and Technology, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He worked for the British Embassy to the United States as a Counsellor for 2001-2005.[2]
In 2005 Hayes was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, serving under Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett and David Miliband until 2007. From 2008 until 2010 Hayes was the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, and concurrently the non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives. He then went on secondment to the London Stock Exchange as their Head of Public Affairs.[2] In 2012 he became Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory.[1]
In 2002, Hayes married Kirsty Hayes, a fellow diplomat.[3] Together they have two children: one son and one daughter.[4]
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Ok, ok, I know our topic this week is technology and all the super duper gizmos and gadgets in the modern car. Bear with me as I reminisce about how much and how quickly our vehicles have and continue to change.
Long before my Dad sparked my interest in cars, his Mom drove a horse and buggy. My Grandma Olga was born in the late 1800s and saw a lot of change in her 91 years. She taught school and really did travel by buggy in Mt. Olive, Illinois.
Over the years she experienced a lot of changes in transportation. She lived through my father's love of convertibles and motorcycles, tolerated my brother's and my varying taste in vehicles and even visited the Texas bluebonnets in my turbo charged Dodge in the late 80s. All this, and she never herself drove a motorized vehicle more than a mile in her life.
Of all the new features in cars today I am certain that Grandma would be most pleased with the safety innovations we have seen in recent years. She would be happy to know that her great-grandson is driving a vehicle with air bags, anti-lock brakes and she would probably even think that the Garmin stuck to the front window is pretty cool.
Well Grandma, I agree with you! Some of the gadgets are pretty groovy, but the most important advancements in vehicles improve our safety. With more drivers than ever on the roads today the number of fatal accidents has declined by almost 33%. In 1994 there were 21.15 fatalities for every 100,000 registered vehicles. By 2008 it had dropped to 14.53 according to NAFTA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Hmmmm, people are driving more and yet vehicle fatality rates are falling. Sounds like a great equation and this is why I think it is happening.
The more safety enhancements appear in vehicles the less that accidents occur and the safer we are when they do happen. Technology such as Side Air Bags and Electronic Stability Control systems come standard on most vehicles. Manufacturers are including the more advanced safety systems on more and more vehicles too. Collision avoidance systems and adaptive cruise control are becoming more common. The ever faithful seat belt has also been improved and its use is enforced.
Vehicle improvements cannot take all the credit. National and local initiatives that have reduced drunk driving played a part, but from inside the auto industry it is an amazing new world of technology and the complex additions that impact driver safety will remain my favorites.
The next front will involve other driving distractions like texting and cell phones. Wow, that sounds like another discussion!
So, what is your favorite (or not so favorite) technology?


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440 F. 3d 1019 - Baum v. Helget Gas Products Inc
440 F3d 1019 Baum v. Helget Gas Products Inc
Robert BAUM, Appellant,
HELGET GAS PRODUCTS, INC., Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: December 15, 2005.
Filed: March 16, 2006.
Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was David N. Damick of St. Louis, MO.
Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Daniel K. O'Toole of St. Louis, MO. Cynthia A. Petracek of St. Louis appeared on the brief.
Before MELLOY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Robert L. Baum sued his former employer, Helget Gas Products, Inc. ("HGP"), claiming breach of a three-year employment contract, or negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation of employment for three years. The district court granted HGP summary judgment, holding that Baum did not have a contract for a term of years, and alternatively, that HGP did not misrepresent the existence of a contractual guarantee. Baum appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands.
In January 2002, Baum met HGP's President, James F. Helget, and the St. Louis branch manager, Kenneth Bromeier, to discuss a sales position. Baum was then employed by a competitor, but worried it might soon stop operations. At the meeting, Baum informed Helget and Bromeier that he needed an employment contract before leaving his current position. He told Helget and Bromeier that he wanted a contract for at least three years as job security before changing employers at age 59. Throughout the meeting, Baum took detailed notes, itemizing the proposed salary, benefits, and job duties in years 2002, 2003, and 2004. He gave this handwritten paper to Helget at the end of the meeting.
After further negotiations and an employment test, HGP hired Baum as a salesman on February 25, 2002. Baum immediately reminded Helget that he needed a written employment agreement as soon as possible. Helget said he would have Baum's meeting notes typed up and signed. After a week's delay, Baum asked Bromeier to sign the original meeting notes. Bromeier agreed. He and Baum signed the paper on March 1, 2002, adding the words "contract with Helget Gas Products St. Louis Mo. Market" at the top of the handwritten page. As St. Louis branch manager, Bromeier had authority to sign for HGP. Although Baum and Bromeier drew a line for Helget's signature, he never signed the paper.
The final paper has three columns labeled 2002, 2003, and 2004. It says that, in 2002, Baum's salary is $39,150 with an additional bonus of $2,000; in 2003, he would receive a $43,150 salary and a $4,000 bonus; and in 2004, a $45,150 salary and a $6,000 bonus. It also provides that Baum is due a $2,000 increase in bonus each year after 2004, and that HGP would provide $9,600 each year to lease a vehicle and cell phone. As to the vehicle, HGP is to pay for or buy-out the lease if Baum is discharged "before contract expires." Finally, the paper provides for health insurance, vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, funeral leave, and an expense account.
Baum was the only salaried salesman at HGP in St. Louis. Baum testified he never received any performance expectations or goals to justify his salary, but was expected to service HGP's largest account (Anheuser Busch) and to bring in as many new customers as possible. He also stated that his supervisor told him that he was meeting HGP's expectations during his employment, as he was "doing everything he was asked."
Helget disagreed, pointing to another pre-employment document, a "letter of agreement" where Helget specified that he expected Baum to produce at least $1,000 in new business each month in order to justify his compensation. Baum did not sign the letter, and claimed never to have seen it. Helget testified he spoke with Baum several times about his failing sales performance, which was consistently below his monthly salary — far less than $1,000 new business each month. When Baum's sales performance did not improve (according to Helget), HGP terminated him on November 13, 2002.
Baum sued HGP for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and fraudulent misrepresentation. HGP moved for summary judgment, asserting that the handwritten paper was not an employment contract for three years, and that HGP never represented it was. HGP thus concluded that Baum was an at-will employee subject to termination at any time. HGP also argued that no one told Baum he had a guaranteed employment term, and that Baum understood he had to perform to HGP's expectations in order to keep his job.
The district court granted HGP's motion, first holding that, while the handwritten paper could be construed as a contract, it was not an employment contract for a definite term of at least three years. Rather, the district court found that the paper merely specified Baum's salary if employed through 2004. Because the district court found the handwritten paper unambiguous, it refused parol evidence indicating Baum's requirement and understanding of employment for at least three years. Additionally, the district court concluded that no one at HGP promised Baum employment for any period of time, defeating his negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation claims. Baum appeals.
Baum first argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment on the breach-of-contract claim. This court reviews the grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same legal standards employed by the district court, and considering whether the district court correctly followed the applicable substantive law. See Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. v. Limagrain Genetics Corp., 387 F.3d 705, 710-11 (8th Cir.2004). The district court is affirmed if, viewing the evidence favorably to the non-moving party, there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986); Davis v. Hall, 375 F.3d 703, 711 (8th Cir.2004). Summary judgment is not appropriate if the non-moving party can set forth specific facts, by affidavit, deposition, or other evidence, showing a genuine issue for trial. Grey v. City of Oak Grove, 396 F.3d 1031, 1034 (8th Cir.2004). This court reviews the district court's interpretation of Missouri law de novo. See Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938); Riordan v. Corp. of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 416 F.3d 825, 829 (8th Cir.2005).
Under Missouri law, "in the absence of a contract for employment for a definite term or a contrary statutory provision, an employer may discharge an employee at any time, without cause or reason, or for any reason." Main v. Skaggs Cmty. Hosp., 812 S.W.2d 185, 187-88 (Mo. App.1991), quoting Christy v. Petrus, 365 Mo. 1187, 295 S.W.2d 122, 124 (1956). Unless the contract specifies the duration of employment or limits the reasons for discharge, either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with no liability for breach of contract. See Luethans v. Wash. Univ., 894 S.W.2d 169, 172 (Mo. banc 1995); McCoy v. Spelman Mem. Hosp., 845 S.W.2d 727, 730 (Mo.App. 1993); Panther v. Mr. Good-Rents, Inc., 817 S.W.2d 1, 3 (Mo.App.1991).
Baum asserts that the signed, handwritten paper constitutes a valid three-year employment contract. While conceding it does not limit the reasons for discharge, he argues that it sets forth a duration of employment from February 2002 to December 2004.
HGP responds, and the district court agreed, that the paper only establishes Baum's projected salary and benefits over a three-year period, which is not a "contractual undertaking" to employ Baum for three years. See Anselmo v. Mfrs. Life Ins. Co. 595 F.Supp. 541, 547 (W.D.Mo. 1984), aff'd, 771 F.2d 417 (8th Cir.1985). HGP invokes the Missouri cases holding that, if an employment document does not specify a duration, the relationship is at-will. See Sturgis Equip. Co. v. Falcon Indus. Sales Co., 930 S.W.2d 14, 18 (Mo. App.1996); Kaskowitz v. Commerce Magazine, Inc., 793 S.W.2d 628, 631 (Mo.App. 1990) ("an indefinite hiring at so much per day, or per month, or per year, is a hiring at will, and may be terminated by either party at any time"), quoting Campbell v. Sheraton Corp., 363 Mo. 688, 253 S.W.2d 106, 110 (1952).
Whether the district court erred depends on whether the handwritten paper is ambiguous. Under Missouri law, summary judgment in a contract case is appropriate only where the contract language is so clear and unambiguous that the contract's meaning is readily apparent from the face of the document itself. See Family Snacks of N.C., Inc. v. Prepared Prods. Co., 295 F.3d 864, 867 (8th Cir.2002), quoting Mo. Consol. Health Care Plan v. BlueCross BlueShield of Mo., 985 S.W.2d 903, 908 (Mo.App. 1999); E.O. Dorsch Elec. Co. v. Plaza Constr. Co., 413 S.W.2d 167, 172-73 (Mo.1967); MECO Sys., Inc. v. Dancing Bear Entm't, Inc., 948 S.W.2d 185, 190-91 (Mo.App.1997). Where the contract is textually ambiguous, a question of material fact exists as to the parties' intent, which is for a jury to resolve at trial. Graham v. Goodman, 850 S.W.2d 351, 354-56 (Mo. banc 1993); Tuttle v. Muenks, 21 S.W.3d 6, 9 (Mo.App.2000); Busch & Latta Painting Corp. v. State Highway Comm'n, 597 S.W.2d 189, 198 (Mo.App.1980). See Anderson, 477 U.S. at 247-48, 106 S.Ct. 2505 (state substantive law identifies which facts are material for a motion for summary judgment).
The cardinal rule in contract interpretation is to ascertain and give effect to the true intent of the parties. See Lyster v. Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc., 239 F.3d 943, 946 (8th Cir.2001), quoting Speedie Food Mart, Inc. v. Taylor, 809 S.W.2d 126, 129 (Mo.App.1991); J.E. Hathman, Inc. v. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Club, 491 S.W.2d 261, 264 (Mo. banc 1973). Unless the contract is ambiguous, the parties' intent is determined by the language of the contract alone, not extrinsic or parol evidence. Armstrong Bus. Servs., Inc. v. H & R Block, 96 S.W.3d 867, 874 (Mo.App. 2002). That the parties disagree about the contract's interpretation does not, by itself, create an ambiguity. See Jim Carlson Constr., Inc. v. Bailey, 769 S.W.2d 480, 482 (Mo.App.1989). Rather, the test is "whether the disputed language, in the context of the entire agreement, is reasonably susceptible of more than one construction giving the words their plain and ordinary meaning as understood by a reasonable average person." Speedie Food Mart, 809 S.W.2d at 129. See also Farmland Indus., Inc. v. Frazier-Parrott Commodities, 111 F.3d 588, 590 (8th Cir.1997), citing Coughenour v. Bates, 785 S.W.2d 291, 297 (Mo.App.1990).
In this case, the contract language is reasonably susceptible to more than one construction. While the handwritten paper itemizes Baum's salary and benefits for 2002, 2003, and 2004, it is also clearly labeled "contract with Helget Gas Products" and contemplates HGP buying out the 39-month lease on Baum's company vehicle if there is "discharge before contract expires." Additionally, it states that HGP will pay Baum's "medical insurance for term of contract," and that Baum will receive "$2,000 each year after, increase in qtr. bonus after yr. 2004." Though HGP argues that these clauses merely set forth estimated projections if Baum is employed through 2004, the language is also susceptible to Baum's interpretation that it establishes a contract term from February 2002 through December 2004. As the contract is textually ambiguous, creating a genuine issue of material fact, the district court erred in granting summary judgment to HGP. See Graham, 850 S.W.2d at 354-56.
Baum next argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment on the claims for negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation. Baum pled in the alternative: (1) HGP knowingly led him to believe he had a three-year deal with no intent to honor it, or (2) Bromeier negligently represented to Baum that HGP would employ him for at least three years. Rejecting these arguments, the district court, focusing on Baum's admissions, decided that he could not establish a misrepresentation. This court reviews that decision de novo, applying the same legal standards as the district court and viewing the evidence most favorably to Baum, the non-moving party. See Koscielski v. City of Minneapolis, 435 F.3d 898, 900 (8th Cir.2006).
To maintain a claim for negligent misrepresentation, Baum must establish that, due to a failure to exercise reasonable care, HGP made false statements that he justifiably relied upon to his detriment. See Collins v. Mo. Bar Plan, 157 S.W.3d 726, 734 (Mo.App.2005), quoting Colgan v. Wash. Realty Co., 879 S.W.2d 686, 689 (Mo.App.1994); Hamra v. Magna Group, Inc., 956 S.W.2d 934, 939-40 (Mo. App.1997). A negligent misrepresentation claim cannot arise solely from evidence that the defendant did not perform according to a promise or statement of future intent. See Urologic Surgeons, Inc. v. Bullock, 117 S.W.3d 722, 726 (Mo.App. 2003); Hoag v. McBride & Son Inv. Co., 967 S.W.2d 157, 174 (Mo.App.1998) ("it is impossible to be negligent in failing to ascertain the truth or falsity of one's own future intentions").
The elements of fraudulent misrepresentation and negligent misrepresentation are very similar, with two main differences. For fraudulent misrepresentation, Baum must establish that HGP intentionally or recklessly made false statements in order to induce his employment, which he reasonably relied upon to his detriment. See Volker Court, LLC v. Santa Fe Apartments, LLC, 130 S.W.3d 607, 612 (Mo.App.2004), citing Gast v. Ebert, 739 S.W.2d 545, 547 (Mo. banc 1987). Unlike negligent misrepresentation, "a promise accompanied by a present intent not to perform is a misrepresentation sufficient to constitute fraud." Id., quoting Carlund Corp. v. Crown Ctr. Redevelopment Corp., 910 S.W.2d 273, 279 (Mo.App.1995); see also Sofka v. Thal, 662 S.W.2d 502, 507 (Mo. banc 1983); O'Neal v. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., 996 S.W.2d 700, 704 (Mo.App.1999).
The key to both misrepresentation claims is whether HGP made materially false statements to Baum about the duration of his employment. While Baum asserts that, during negotiations, both Helget and Bromeier led him to believe that HGP would employ him for at least three years, he admitted in his deposition that the parties never discussed how long his employment would last. He also affirmatively testified that no HGP representative made a misrepresentation to him during the negotiations:
Q: During the course of discussions that you had with Mr. Helget and Mr. Bromeier prior to your beginning employment with Helget Gas Products, do you believe that any representative of Helget Gas Products lied to you or misrepresented anything to you?
A: Not to my knowledge.
Finally, Baum admitted that he had no reason to believe that HGP did not intend to abide by the handwritten paper when it was negotiated or signed.
These admissions are fatal to Baum's misrepresentation claims, as they establish that no one at HGP made a materially false statement to Baum about the duration of his employment — a necessity for both negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation. If, as Baum admits, the parties never discussed the length of employment, HGP never promised Baum a three-year employment guarantee during the course of negotiations (other than in the ambiguous handwritten paper, as discussed above). See O'Neal, 996 S.W.2d at 702-03, citing Bernoudy v. Dura-Bond Concrete Restoration, Inc., 828 F.2d 1316, 1318 (8th Cir.1987) ("A fraud claim is permitted only if it arises from acts that are separate and distinct from the contract"). See also Deschler v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., 797 F.2d 695, 697 (8th Cir.1986), citing Gen. Dynamics Corp. v. Selb Mfg. Co., 481 F.2d 1204, 1216 (8th Cir.1973) (same, applying Missouri law). At best, Baum's evidence shows that the parties' negotiations implied a three-year relationship, which HGP did not fulfill. This is insufficient to establish either negligent or fraudulent misrepresentation. As Baum admits he believed HGP intended to abide by the handwritten paper when it was negotiated and signed, and did not believe that anyone at HGP lied to him during negotiations, he cannot establish the requisite "promise accompanied by a present intent not to perform" for fraudulent misrepresentation. See Volker Court, 130 S.W.3d at 612. Similarly, as to negligent misrepresentation, the evidence shows only that HGP did not perform according to a promise (if made), which is insufficient. See Urologic Surgeons, 117 S.W.3d at 726. Accordingly, this court affirms the summary judgment to HGP on both misrepresentation claims.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and the case remanded.


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In the 85 years that humankind has known of Pluto's existence, the dwarf planet has yet to complete a single revolution around the sun. So far is it from the sun and from Earth that even the most powerful telescopes see it as a blurry disk. Decades of calculating—and speculating—by astronomers have created only a sketchy portrait of the icy rock.
That all changes on Tuesday morning.
At 7:49:58 Eastern time, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will come within 8,000 miles of Pluto—close enough to capture features as small as the docks of Manhattan. Pluto's exotic ices, nitrogenous atmosphere, and mysterious dark spots will no longer exist merely in the minds of astronomers. They'll be real.
Not since Voyager 2 in the 1980s have humans explored an entirely new planetary world. "It's the kind of thing kids will read about in textbooks in the 22nd century," says Alan Stern, New Horizons' principal investigator, who has led the mission since NASA chose to embark on it 15 years ago.
Nine and a half of those years were taken up by New Horizons' 3 billion-mile journey across the solar system. When the little spacecraft launched, Pluto was still a planet. Stern and many Pluto researchers bristle even now at its 2006 demotion to the rank of dwarf planet—an indignity of cosmic proportions. But it's precisely Pluto's oddball status that makes it so fascinating.
Unlike the four rocky planets and four gas giants of the solar system, Pluto belongs to the unexplored "third zone" on its fringes, called the Kuiper Belt. Here lie dwarf planets and millions of other icy bodies, frozen remnants of the solar system's formation. New Horizons has traveled so far, in space and back in time.
A Race Against Time
That New Horizons has made it so far is thanks to two things: the Pluto Underground and how the planets aligned, quite literally.
The Pluto Underground is a group of researchers who gathered over dinner at a Baltimore restaurant in 1989. (It's been so long they can't agree over whether the restaurant was seafood or Italian.) Planetary scientists were excited by new Pluto maps, made possible by a once-in-a-century event. For five years beginning in 1985, Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, passed back and forth in front of each other within Earth's line of sight. By measuring the light Charon blocked as it eclipsed Pluto, scientists could infer patchy regions of light and dark on the surface of the dwarf planet.
Those maps only made the astronomers more curious: What the hell were those dark regions? "The obvious next step was sending a spacecraft to Pluto, but NASA wasn't talking about it," says Marc Buie, a member of the Pluto Underground who is now a co-investigator on New Horizons. The group drew up a strategy to promote a Pluto mission, and Stern became its unofficial leader.
In the next decade, the US rejected four Pluto missions, mostly for budget reasons. And time was running out. Pluto travels in an oval orbit, so from 1989 onward, it has been moving away from the sun—so far away that its atmosphere may freeze, rendering a large part of the scientific mission moot. The next window would not open until 2200. This was the opportunity of a lifetime.
Plus, there was the matter of Jupiter. If positioned right, the astronomers could use the gas giant as a gravity slingshot to speed up the journey to Pluto. Without a gravity assist, the nine-year voyage would be 50 percent longer. A few more years of dawdling and Jupiter would be out of alignment.
What ultimately got New Horizons off the ground was old-fashioned political maneuvering. At one point, Bill Nye the Science Guy lugged postcards bearing notes from thousands of Pluto mission supporters into the US Senate. The biggest breakthrough came in 2002, when the mission appeared at the top of the National Research Council's Decadal Survey for planetary science—no small thanks to Stern's lobbying of fellow scientists. New Horizons was officially funded.
With the political battle over, Stern took on the technical challenge of getting New Horizons off the ground—literally—in time for Jupiter's gravity assist. "A lot of people said, 'You can't do this,'" he says. New Horizons had to deal with a punishingly small budget of less than $600 million and a tight schedule (on NASA time, four years is nothing to get a mission launched). Then there was the difficulty of building a probe reliable enough to travel 3 billion miles.
But they did. On January 19, 2006, New Horizons took off atop a huge Atlas V rocket. It is a lean, fast machine—the fastest spacecraft ever launched from Earth. The rocket was flying at 36,373 mph when it left Earth's atmosphere, and New Horizons reached the moon in just nine hours—Apollo 11 took three days to get there. Exuberance among scientists was equally intense. The wonder inspired by the mission hasn't waned over the last nine and a half years, even for those not working on New Horizons. "This is really exciting!" says Mark Sykes of the Planetary Science Institute. "I keep using that word, but what else do you call it?"
Pluto Up Close
For such an important astronomical explorer, New Horizons is tiny—just the size of a baby grand piano. "All seven instruments on New Horizons weigh less together than just the camera on the Cassini Saturn probe," says Stern.
As New Horizons flies by Pluto, those seven instruments will execute a choreographed dance, scooping up as much data as possible. For the craft's earthly observers, the moment of its closest approach will be mostly quiet: New Horizons will be too busy observing to communicate much with mission control. The mission's astronomers, gathered at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland—and all of the people watching from afar—will simply have to wait.
"After nine and a half years, so much is riding on the last day," says Hal Weaver, the mission's project scientist. "It makes for some nail-biting." With New Horizons zipping by at 31,000 mph, a piece of debris as small as a grain of rice could punch a fatal hole in the spacecraft. So yes—nail-biting.
If all goes well, the data will begin trickling back to Earth, crossing a void so vast it will take more than four hours for each transmission to reach Maryland. A schedule of what happens exactly when fills four manuals, just one of which runs 50 pages. It'll take more than a year for the probe to send all that data home: the downlink speed is only two kilobits per second and New Horizons has to share the antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network with other spacecraft.
Slide: 1 / of 12. Caption: Caption: The Air Force C-17 cargo plane carrying the New Horizons spacecraft awaits unloading at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. , early on Sept. 24. 2006.
Slide: 2 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Mike Lynch of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Benjamin Rodriguez of the Southwest Research Institute re-install the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. Visible above SWAP is the Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) instrument; to the right are the telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and, with protective red covers, the spacecraft's star-tracking navigation cameras.
Slide: 3 / of 12. Caption: Caption: This series of New Horizons images of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken at 13 different times spanning 6.5 days, starting on April 12 and ending on April 18, 2015.
Slide: 4 / of 12. Caption: Caption: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky aboard an Atlas V rocket, January 19, 2006.
Slide: 5 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Team members at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, move the high-gain antenna assembly toward the New Horizons spacecraft for installation on April 13, 2005.
Slide: 6 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015. The craft's miniature cameras, radio science experiment, ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers and space plasma experiments will characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and Charon, map their surface compositions and temperatures, and examine Pluto's atmosphere in detail. The spacecraft's most prominent design feature is a nearly 7-foot (2.1-meter) dish antenna, through which it will communicate with Earth from as far as 4.7 billion miles (7.5 billion kilometers) away.JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 7 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Recent high-resolution views of Pluto sent by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
Slide: 8 / of 12. Caption: Caption: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto's five known moons.
Slide: 9 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Marc Buie, a planetary scientist and observational astronomer from the Southwest Research Institute, demonstrates a model of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to museum goers and students.
Slide: 10 / of 12. Caption: Caption: An image of Pluto and Charon from July 8, 2015.NASA/SWRI/JHUAPL
Slide: 11 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Artist rendering of a satellite approaching Pluto.
Slide: 12 / of 12. Caption: Caption: Pluto's Orientation with the Equator and Central Meridian. An annotated image of Pluto indicates features and includes a reference globe showing Pluto's orientation with the equator and central meridian in bold.
We're Finally Getting a Filmed Version of 'The Subtle Knife'
Slide: 1 / of 12 Caption: Caption: The Air Force C-17 cargo plane carrying the New Horizons spacecraft awaits unloading at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. , early on Sept. 24. 2006.
Slide: 2 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Mike Lynch of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Benjamin Rodriguez of the Southwest Research Institute re-install the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. Visible above SWAP is the Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) instrument; to the right are the telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and, with protective red covers, the spacecraft's star-tracking navigation cameras.
Slide: 3 / of 12 Caption: Caption: This series of New Horizons images of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken at 13 different times spanning 6.5 days, starting on April 12 and ending on April 18, 2015.
Slide: 4 / of 12 Caption: Caption: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky aboard an Atlas V rocket, January 19, 2006.
Slide: 5 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Team members at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, move the high-gain antenna assembly toward the New Horizons spacecraft for installation on April 13, 2005.
Slide: 6 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015. The craft's miniature cameras, radio science experiment, ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers and space plasma experiments will characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and Charon, map their surface compositions and temperatures, and examine Pluto's atmosphere in detail. The spacecraft's most prominent design feature is a nearly 7-foot (2.1-meter) dish antenna, through which it will communicate with Earth from as far as 4.7 billion miles (7.5 billion kilometers) away.JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 7 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Recent high-resolution views of Pluto sent by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
Slide: 8 / of 12 Caption: Caption: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto's five known moons.
Slide: 9 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Marc Buie, a planetary scientist and observational astronomer from the Southwest Research Institute, demonstrates a model of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to museum goers and students.
Slide: 10 / of 12 Caption: Caption: An image of Pluto and Charon from July 8, 2015.NASA/SWRI/JHUAPL
Slide: 11 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Artist rendering of a satellite approaching Pluto.
Slide: 12 / of 12 Caption: Caption: Pluto's Orientation with the Equator and Central Meridian. An annotated image of Pluto indicates features and includes a reference globe showing Pluto's orientation with the equator and central meridian in bold.
But the juiciest stuff will come first. Weaver says a close-up of Pluto from the camera on the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) will be among the first items on the list. Another camera, Ralph, will take color photographs of Pluto's surface (which, by the way, is reddish-brown—not blue, as decades of textbooks would have you believe).
"New Horizons will transform Pluto from an object of the astronomical world to one of the geological and physical world," says Richard Binzel of MIT, another co-investigator on the mission. That blurry disk of light will soon become a dynamic three-dimensional object. New Horizons might find weather in the form of methane or nitrogen snow. It might find an explanation for the dark spots on Pluto's surface—possibly the work of cosmic rays hitting methane. And it might gather evidence of a liquid ocean beneath all that ice. Other instruments will also be attuned to Pluto's atmosphere, analyzing its composition and how it interacts with solar winds.
New Horizons will also observe Pluto's moons, including Charon, which, at half the diameter of Pluto is so bizarrely big that they form a binary planet system. The two bodies orbit around a single point in space between them. Charon was the only known moon of Pluto when New Horizons launched. Now, scientists have found a total of five.
For Marc Buie, who has been staring at Pluto for decades, the one piece of data he is most excited about is almost laughably basic: size. Measurements of Pluto's diameter from afar leave about 20 kilometers or so of wiggle room, and that uncertainty affects just about everything else scientists think they know about Pluto, from the structure of its atmosphere to its temperature. "In all of the analyses I've done in past the 30 years, my software has something with how big Pluto is," says Buie. "As soon as we figure it out, the first thing I'll have to do is rerun everything."
That's just how little scientists know about Pluto, pre-New Horizons.
Beyond the Dwarf Planet
New Horizons' job won't be done once it passes Pluto. In the fall, mission control will fire up its thrusters and point the spacecraft at one of two objects in the Kuiper Belt—one closer and easier to reach, the other farther away but potentially larger and thus most interesting to visit. Both are smaller than the dwarf planet, and belong to another group of Kuiper Belt objects called the Cold Classicals.
These objects have been undisturbed since the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago; an expedition there has been likened to an archeological dig in space. "This is maybe the most primitive material out there in the solar system," says Weaver. The mission's scientists are working out the last details before they make the call on which object to visit.
From there, New Horizons will keep flying and observing until it reaches interstellar space—like the Voyager missions that preceded it. For many of the scientists working on New Horizons, Voyager was the singular inspiration for the Pluto mission. As young students, they watched planets one by one go from dots of light to swirling, celestial bodies. It's finally Pluto's turn now—the most remote destination in humanity's quest to make known the unknown. Says Stern: "We're going exploring."
This article was published in July 2015.
Photos and videos courtesy of NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI


By 6pchnews on Feb 3, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
The following incidents were reported to Ellsworth Police Jan. 21-27.
A woman reported damage to her vehicle's windows at 2:27 p.m. Jan. 22 in the 500 block of Cairns Street. The woman found deep scratches on her vehicles rear window, driver's side door window and windshield. She said the scratches were not there at 10:45 a.m. that day. She suspects a neighbor with which she's had ongoing problems, who she alleged left donuts on her car one day and whose son urinated in front of her window another day.
A resident reported a laptop stolen at 8:46 p.m. Jan. 24 from an Evergreen Estates residence. She said the last time she had seen it was Jan. 1; she believes it was stolen between Jan. 1-14.
• Jeffery Carr, 31, Ellsworth, was arrested for a failure to appear warrant at 8:36 a.m. Jan. 21 at Crosscut Avenue and Main Street.
• Chad Taylor, 43, River Falls, was arrested for a probation hold at 1:09 p.m. Jan. 24 at 310 W. Main St.
• Albert Pena, 35, Trempealeau, was arrested for operating after revocation after a traffic stop for speeding at 3:18 p.m. Jan. 26 at Crosstown Road and North Maple Street. His license had been revoked due to OWI.
• Alexis Glowartz, 22, Ellsworth, was arrested for a probation hold after police responded to 722 S. Piety St. twice; the first time was for a fight escalating between a brother and sister. The brother agreed to leave for the day. The second time, a woman called police and said Glowartz was being disrespectful. Police returned and she was transported to the Pierce County Jail without incident.
A woman in the 500 block of West Kinne Street reported to police at 7:38 p.m. Jan. 27 that a man stopped near her house, let a dog out of his truck and let it run down the street. The man, known to police, was told he cannot allow his dog to run around town unleashed. The sheriff's department has spoken to him about it in the past.
A two-vehicle accident between Christine Karlstad, 38, Ellsworth and Barbara Thoen, 67, Prescott, was reported at 4:21 p.m. Jan. 26. The crash, which occurred in the Ellsworth High School parking lot, happened when Karlstad's vehicle backed into Thoen's. Thoen had though Karlstad was turning left (Thoen was going to turn right), when Karlstad's vehicle began backing up and struck her vehicle with what she believed was the hitch. Karlstad allegedly told Thoen she has no insurance.
• Ellsworth High School staff called police for help in removing a noncompliant student at 8:24 a.m. Jan. 25.
• An EHS student was cited for possessing an e-cig/vape pen in a classroom at 2:27 p.m. Jan. 25. The student refused to give the name of the person he bought it from. He bought it for $50.
• Ellsworth Elementary staff contacted police at 10:37 a.m. Jan. 22 after a man smelling of alcohol showed up at the school to pick up a child. The child was not afraid to go with him, and he didn't appear intoxicated. The van in which they left was not located; probation was contacted concerning the alcohol smell.


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It's official, I'm going on tour. Okay, sadly I haven't been invited to join The Rolling Stones. But I'm delighted to announce that Exasol have been included in this years' Tech Tour Growth 50 list – having been recognised as one of the innovative companies that make up the next generation of Europe's fastest growth equity backed tech businesses: the super scale-ups. And, as the lucky CEO of our fantastic company, I have been invited to take part of the Tech Tour Growth Summit on March 28-29 in Geneva and Lausanne.
And without blowing our collective trumpet here, it was no mean feat. We were chosen from a group of over 300 qualifying companies with impeccable credentials, by a vigorously selective committee chaired by Falk Müller-Veerse, Partner, Bryan Garnier & Co. So we'll be among more potential European tech 'unicorns' (billion euro companies) than you can shake a magic wand at.
At the upcoming summit in Switzerland, I will be speaking at a round table on Business Productivity – and Exasol is in with a chance to win the Tech Tour Growth Award and Tech Tour Innovation Award.
Of course, this isn't a one-man show. It's testament to our incredible development team and passion of everyone who has made Exasol what it is. I'm really proud that we not only have the best data analytics platform out there but have achieved this working by genuine values of openness, inclusiveness and integrity in our unique company culture. That's how we managed to not only innovate with our product but do it in a way that enables our customers to turn their visions into real data strategies, while continuing to push boundaries in the future.
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Angus McDonald's remarkable film Manus only possible after video journalists 'smuggled in'
A video journalist and two accomplices snuck into a high security facility the Morrison Government doesn't want filmed. This is what they saw.
Rohan Smith@ro_smith
news.com.auJune 22, 201910:15am
Australia's relationship with PNG at risk over Manus Island
The Prime Minister's push to strengthen Australia's relationship with Papua New Guinea will be tested over his plan to renew a Manus Island security contract.
Manus Island, where hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers await their freedom.Source:Supplied
Telling a story that hasn't been told from behind impenetrable fences in Australia's immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is no easy task.
But after dark one night in 2017, a journalist and two Christian missionaries set about doing just that.
They were smuggled inside the makeshift home to hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers on a mission to give a voice to the voiceless.
The end result is a remarkable short film by first-time Australian filmmaker Angus McDonald that screens today as part of the St Kilda Film Festival.
McDonald told news.com.au that Manus was only possible after video journalist Olivia Rousset and two religious activists snuck into the facility and spent a night recording testimony from those stuck in an unending cycle of hope and limbo.
An aerial view of the detainee camp on Manus Island.Source:News Corp Australia
"The authorities in PNG didn't want anyone sniffing around," McDonald told news.com.au. "To go and film at that time was very difficult."
He said the trio told authorities they were in PNG for a Christian festival, but instead hooked up with some locals who were supportive of the plight of refugees. They snuck inside and starting recording.
Footage filmed under the cover of darkness includes heartbreaking interviews with men who have been locked up awaiting news that might never come — news that they are free.
One of the men has been there for six years without his wife and children. He has missed all of their birthdays and countless precious moments in the search for a better life.
"It's all horrible," McDonald said. "These guys are being tortured. But if I put myself in their position — having kids of my own — the stories that are the most heartbreaking for me are the ones where guys haven't seen their kids in so long.
"There's one guy who has three kids. They were super young when he left. He hasn't seen them for six years. Plus, his wife is with them."
The film includes interviews with outspoken Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani and the people he has been locked up with.
"We have been recognised as refugees under international law," Boochani said. "We deserve to get freedom."
A refugees tells the filmmakers "nobody knew about us".
"Noone knew what's happening here. Now people have the chance to just see."
Another says everyone on Manus is a "brother".
"We respect each other. It doesn't matter if you're black or white. We don't care. We don't care about religion. We care about the humanity."
The film is being released as self harm incidents on the island increase.
Behrouz Boochani features in a new film about life on Manus Island. Picture: Jason GarmanSource:Supplied
The United Nations this week urged Australia to intervene after at least eight men reportedly tried to hard themselves since Monday.
"The situation of their indefinite and prolonged confinement, exacerbated by the lack of appropriate medical care amounts to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment according to international standards," seven UN human rights officials said in a statement.
McDonald said the spike in reported incidents was clearly connected to the Federal Election results that saw the Scott Morrison-led Government returned to power.
"I have spoken to a few of the guys there recently and the problem for them is its this kind of endless situation where there's no end in sight," he said.
"Their mental health continues to deteriorate because they're stuck in this strange psychological limbo. When the government got returned, it was too much for them.
"One of the things Labor said it would do was talk to New Zealand about a new deal. It was just like a massive shock for them (when the Coalition won) and they were already in a horrible place psychologically.
"The resilience is starting to wear thin. They've just been pushed so far."
Victoria Police officers are seen during a Manus Island protest in Melbourne. Picture: Mal FaircloughSource:AAP
The 13-minute film project started when McDonald decided to move away from painting — something he had been doing for 24 years — and try his hand at a medium that could better move people to action.
"We want as many people to see it as possible," he said.
McDonald's production company, Howling Eagle, shares its content here. The film will screen today at 1.30pm at St Kilda.
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//! Analyze the performance of a DB

use std::fmt;
use std::os::raw::c_void;
use std::ptr;

use rocks_sys as ll;

use crate::to_raw::ToRaw;
use crate::{Error, Result};

/// Repr single histogram data item
#[repr(C)]
#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
pub struct HistogramData {
    pub median: f64,
    pub percentile95: f64,
    pub percentile99: f64,
    pub average: f64,
    pub standard_deviation: f64,
    // The following fields were added in newer version of RocksDB
    pub max: f64,
    pub count: u64,
    pub sum: u64,
    pub min: f64,
}

/// Analyze the performance of a db
pub struct Statistics {
    raw: *mut ll::rocks_statistics_t,
}

impl Drop for Statistics {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_destroy(self.raw);
        }
    }
}

unsafe impl Send for Statistics {}
unsafe impl Sync for Statistics {}

// Clone for shared access
impl Clone for Statistics {
    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
        Statistics {
            raw: unsafe { ll::rocks_statistics_copy(self.raw) },
        }
    }
}

impl ToRaw<ll::rocks_statistics_t> for Statistics {
    fn raw(&self) -> *mut ll::rocks_statistics_t {
        self.raw
    }
}

impl Default for Statistics {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Statistics::new()
    }
}

impl Statistics {
    pub fn new() -> Statistics {
        Statistics {
            raw: unsafe { ll::rocks_statistics_create() },
        }
    }

    pub fn get_ticker_count(&self, ticker: &str) -> u64 {
        unsafe { ll::rocks_statistics_get_ticker_count(self.raw, ticker.as_bytes().as_ptr() as _, ticker.len()) }
    }

    pub fn get_histogram_data(&self, histo: &str) -> HistogramData {
        unsafe {
            let mut data = HistogramData::default();
            ll::rocks_statistics_histogram_data(
                self.raw,
                histo.as_bytes().as_ptr() as _,
                histo.len(),
                &mut data as *mut HistogramData as *mut ll::rocks_histogram_data_t,
            );
            data
        }
    }

    pub fn get_histogram_string(&self, histo: &str) -> String {
        let mut ret = String::new();
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_get_histogram_string(
                self.raw,
                histo.as_bytes().as_ptr() as _,
                histo.len(),
                &mut ret as *mut String as *mut _,
            );
        }
        ret
    }

    pub fn get_and_reset_ticker_count(&self, ticker: &str) -> u64 {
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_get_and_reset_ticker_count(self.raw, ticker.as_bytes().as_ptr() as _, ticker.len())
        }
    }

    pub fn reset(&self) -> Result<()> {
        let mut status = ptr::null_mut();
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_reset(self.raw, &mut status);
        }
        Error::from_ll(status)
    }

    /* NOTE: disable write to Statistics in Rust
    pub fn record_tick(&mut self, ticker_type: Tickers, count: u64) {
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_record_tick(self.raw, mem::transmute(ticker_type), count);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_ticker_count(&mut self, ticker_type: Tickers, count: u64) {
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_set_ticker_count(self.raw, mem::transmute(ticker_type), count);
        }
    }

    pub fn measure_time(&mut self, histogram_type: Histograms, time: u64) {
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_measure_time(self.raw, mem::transmute(histogram_type), time);
        }
    }

    // Override this function to disable particular histogram collection
    pub fn hist_enabled_for_type(&self, type_: Histograms) -> bool {
        unsafe { ll::rocks_statistics_hist_enabled_for_type(self.raw, mem::transmute(type_)) != 0 }
    }
    */
}

impl fmt::Display for Statistics {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        let mut s = String::new();
        unsafe {
            ll::rocks_statistics_to_string(self.raw, &mut s as *mut String as *mut c_void);
        }
        write!(f, "{}", s)
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::super::rate_limiter::RateLimiter;
    use super::super::rocksdb::*;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn statistics_rate_limiter() {
        let tmp_dir = ::tempdir::TempDir::new_in(".", "rocks").unwrap();

        let stat = Statistics::new();

        let db = DB::open(
            Options::default().map_db_options(|db| {
                db.create_if_missing(true)
                    .statistics(Some(stat.clone())) // FIXME: is this the best way?
                    .rate_limiter(Some(RateLimiter::new(
                        4096,    // 4 KiB/s
                        100_000, // 10 ms
                        10,
                    )))
            }),
            &tmp_dir,
        )
        .unwrap();

        assert!(db
            .put(&Default::default(), b"long-key", vec![b'A'; 1024 * 1024].as_ref())
            .is_ok());
        assert!(db.put(&Default::default(), b"a", b"1").is_ok());
        assert!(db.put(&Default::default(), b"b", b"2").is_ok());
        assert!(db.put(&Default::default(), b"c", b"3").is_ok());

        assert!(db.compact_range(&Default::default(), ..).is_ok());

        assert!(db.get(&Default::default(), b"long-key").is_ok());

        println!("st => {}", stat);
        assert!(stat.get_ticker_count("rocksdb.block.cache.bytes.write") > 0);
        // this is the last ticker, since we set up rate limiter to a low value, this must be true
        println!(
            "debug rate limiter: {}",
            stat.get_ticker_count("rocksdb.number.rate_limiter.drains")
        );
        assert!(stat.get_ticker_count("rocksdb.number.rate_limiter.drains") > 0);

        // a multiline string
        assert!(!stat.get_histogram_string("rocksdb.db.write.micros").is_empty());

        stat.get_and_reset_ticker_count("rocksdb.block.cache.bytes.write");
        assert_eq!(stat.get_ticker_count("rocksdb.block.cache.bytes.write"), 0);
    }
}

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February 2023 Horoscope for Leo
The full moon on the 5th signifies the completion of your efforts and wishes. It may be that your feelings will be expressed to the person you love, that you will be successful at work, or that your troubles will come full circle. Either way, this day will definitely make you a step up from your current self. However, the Moon will be waning after this to full again. You yourself should not try to maintain the current status because you have achieved a sense of satisfaction, but rather, you need to push forward to the next goal. As you continue to step up in this way, you will be…
For Leo: Crush and excitement Venus brings to you (Jan 26 – Feb 20, 2023)
There are suggestions of deep romantic, or sexual, and physical relationships. From January 26 to February 20, Venus will stay in Pisces. During this period of less than a month, you, Leo, may be emitting perfumed pheromones that induce sexual arousal without your knowledge. This is a time when you will be sexy and erotic, and you will radiate a lovable charm that will attract others. Some people may respond, "What…?" but everyone has their own period when their "sexuality" comes to the fore. Even those who think they have nothing to do with such things may experience desires that are not directly related to sex, but are close to…
For Leo: Profound transformation that Uranus brings to you (May 15, 2018 – Apr 26, 2026)
Uranus is the planet of transformation. It takes Uranus 84 years to go around the 12 signs of the zodiac. In other words, it takes almost as long as a person's life to finally go around all the zodiac signs. It stays in one zodiac sign for seven or eight years. During this period, the combination of the atmosphere of that zodiac sign and the luck of change brought by Uranus will create great transformation unique to its era. Uranus has been in Taurus ever since it moved into the sign in 2018 (then temporarily returned to Aries) and will continue to stay there until 2026. Over this long period…
For Leo: Foundation fortune brought by the Sun (Jan 20 – Feb 18, 2023)
The Sun will stay in Aquarius from January 20 to February 18. The Sun is the planet that forms the "foundation" luck of events. It travels through the 12 signs of the zodiac evenly over a period of about 365 days, and is responsible for bringing "time" to people. While Saturn and Jupiter travel more slowly through the 12 signs of the zodiac and their influence falls on people slowly and deliberately, the Sun shapes the "foundation" fortune on a more daily life level. And the luck that the Sun will bring to you as a Leo during this month can be summed up in one word as a "facing"…
For Leo: Crush and excitement Venus brings to you (Jan 2 – 26, 2023)
Venus is the planet of love, and the reason for this is that Venus freshens up people's relationships and gives rise to feelings of "like" and "crush". The great enemy of relationships is ruts. The opposite of "like" is not "dislike" but "indifference. It is correct to say that Venus is a planet that brings back to life relationships with people, things, and work in a fresh and exciting way, and thus, it is a planet that can bring surprises and happy feelings to people. Venus will be in Aquarius from January 2 to January 26, 2023. Venus, the planet of "crush" and "excitement," gives you, Leo, in a word,…
January 2023 Horoscope for Leo
There is a saying, "The year's plans are made on New Year's Day," and nothing could be more apt for you, Leo, this month. Not only on New Year's Day, but this month you should make proper plans for 2023 or even further ahead. For example, if you have a goal such as meeting and marrying an attractive person of the opposite sex, achieving success at work, or saving $00, think concretely about how you can make it happen. The point is not to be overwhelmed. It is important to blend it into your daily life as a habit, rather than doing something special. If you accumulate little by little…
For Leo: Foundation fortune brought by the Sun (Dec 21, 2022 – Jan 19, 2023)
The Sun will stay in Capricorn from December 21, 2022 to January 19, 2023. During this month, the Sun's luck will powerfully move your daily routine as a Leo. It is an image of your daily work, daily life, and daily routine evolving by a step. Astrologically, the Sun is the base planet. For example, Mars is passion, Mercury is communication, etc. Each planet has its own genre of destiny, but the Sun is the base fortune for people and the world. Unlike love, money, etc., the Sun affects the fortunes that are the "foundation" of these individual fortunes. During the period of stay in one constellation, the Sun, which…
For Leo: Crush and excitement Venus brings to you (Dec 9, 2022 – Jan 2, 2023)
Venus stays in Capricorn from December 9 to January 2, 2023. The following is the path that you, as a Leo, will be following in your communications. Venus governs emotions such as "like" and "excitement." Venus works intuitively, neither planned nor calculated, and it can cause you to reach a distant place as you devote yourself to what you love. And during Venus's stay in Capricorn, the theme for you as a Leo will be "bringing back the 'crush' to your daily work, life, and routine." Venus is often said to govern romance, because it freshens up people's relationships and creates feelings of "like." The opposite of "like" is not…
For Leo: Fortune and expansion Jupiter brings to you.(Dec 20, 2022 – May 16, 2023)
Jupiter is the planet of expansion. It has the role of expanding what it touches all at once. Jupiter is often called the planet of fortune because it leads people to happiness through positive expansion of things, money, emotions, concepts, and relationships. The form of our good fortune and expansion changes with the constellation in which Jupiter stays, as does the atmosphere that envelops the world, the economy, and people's feelings. On December 20, 2022, Jupiter moves into Aries. Jupiter will remain in Aries until May 16, 2023. This means a powerful flow of good fortune and expansion will descend upon you. One thing to note here is that this…
For Leo: Fortune in the First half of 2023 (Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2023)
On December 20, 2022, Jupiter, the planet of fortune and expansion, moved into Aries, and in the first half of 2023, this planet will lead you to great destiny. Jupiter will encourage you, Leo, to change your values. For example, you may feel closer to things you have always considered distant. Or you may become more interested in a world that is entirely unfamiliar to you. If you are a working person, there is a suggestion that you will become more interested in an industry or occupation that has little to do with your current job, or you may develop an interest in music, art, or sports that you have…


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Ecstasy pills shaped to look like Donald Trump seized by German police
By Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Authorities in Germany seized thousands of bright orange ecstasy pills over the weekend, each shaped and stamped to look like President Donald Trump.
Police in Osnabruck, a city in northwest Germany, said in a news release that officers stopped a Peugeot 307 around 9 p.m. Saturday as it was traveling toward Hanover on the A30. Inside the car, officers said they found a 51-year-old Austrian man and his 17-year-old son.
The pair told officers that they had been in the Netherlands to look at a vehicle they were planning to buy, but inside the car, authorities said they found 5,000 ecstasy pills and a large amount of cash. Police believe that the pills, which were stamped with "NL" and the name "Trump," originated in the Netherlands, according to BBC News.
Police estimated that the pills were valued at about €39,000 (about $45,900) once sold.
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Officers arrested both the father and the son, who were not identified.
It's not the first time the Trump-shaped ecstasy pills have made the news. British tabloids reported last month that the pills, reportedly made in both pink and orange, were flooding the UK illegal drugs market. The Daily Star reported that one seller, who was not identified, was marketing the pills with the tagline "Trump makes partying great again," a play on the president's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
Those pills were also believed to have come from the Netherlands, according to the Daily Star.
Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
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Russian police pledge to stem religion-motivated crimes, help Catholic priests get citizenship
AP, July 11, 2002
MOSCOW - A top Russian police official promised the country's religious leaders Thursday that crimes motivated by religious or ethnic hatred would not be tolerated, in a meeting prompted by anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim incidents that are raising alarm nationwide.
Such crimes must be "shut off" and the Interior Ministry will use "the whole force of the law in the fight against them," Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Vasiliev told the meeting, according to the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies. "No emergency steps will be taken, but criminals should not expect lenient treatment."
He said that hate crimes remain a very small percentage of overall crime in Russia, but have become more frequent in recent months.
The meeting in Moscow came hours after a shot was fired into a mosque in the Siberian city of Irkutsk during an overnight prayer service. No one was injured in the incident, and it was unclear who was to blame.
Also recently, three people have been injured while removing signs reading "Death to Jews." On Wednesday, vandals reportedly smashed gravestones in a Muslim section of a cemetery in the southern city of Volgograd, scrawling swastikas and the word "skinheads" on graves.
"The spiritual leadership also is concerned about the security of the country. Why should we be silent when from all sides totalitarian sects and religious extremism are emerging?" the leader of Russia's 20 million Muslims, Talgat Tadzhuddin, said angrily at the meeting, in comments carried on NTV television.
Also at the meeting were Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar, the head of the Catholic Church in Russia, Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, and representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Buddhists, and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Vasiliev also said Russian officials would help Catholic priests obtain Russian citizenship, but gave no details.
Two foreign Catholic priests were barred from returning to Russia earlier this year, amid mounting tensions between Catholics and the dominant Russian Orthodox Church.


The Keeper of the Scottish United companies Museum provides a few 25 colour and black and white plates depicting Scottish regiments from the 18th and nineteenth century, and reviews on their differences and similarities to British army types.
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21Mahadevan, 141. 48 such universal incorporation has occurred before any manuscript extant to us, we would never detect it through analysis of extrinsic evidence. 22 The example of the Bhagavadglta points to the likelihood of universal incorporation. But perhaps simply to argue the likelihood of a universal insertion is to make an absolutely unfaIsifiable, and therefore "unscientific" claim? My argument would certainly be much solider if I could point to such and such a passage as a definite case of universal insertion.
The project of critically editing the Mahabharata is an attempt by a scholar who studied in Europe and had interiorized the standards of Euro-centric culture through his education to address such negative assessments and to justify the Mahabharata somewhat in terms acceptable to scholars such as Oldenberg. The multiplicity of versions suddenly became a problem. and the figure of Vyasa in itself was no longer capable of perfonning the "author function:" The ultimate problem is to unify. 47 Justify to whom?
One or both combatants, or a third party, will recollect verbally the reasons for the hostility between the parties. The limited battle scene is thus contextualized within the Mahiihharata's larger narrative. We may get a glimpse into the state of consciousness of the side who is about to be killed, including his reflection on his own action and its motivations. We are allowed to contemplate alternative possibilities in the development of the plot. Some of the most complex among these exchanges, two of which I treat in detail.


Three days after Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner announced a $50 billion program to prevent home foreclosures, a powerful Democratic congressman who is deeply involved in the housing crisis suggested that $50 billion might prove to be just a down payment for a larger taxpayer-funded program.
"We may need more than $50 billion for foreclosure [mitigation]," Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told reporters Friday at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. If there is not a high re-default rate after the $50 billion is injected into Treasury's homeowner bailout plan, the government should consider spending more money to fund the plan, the Massachusetts Democrat said.
Mr. Frank said deteriorating home prices were a major cause of the plunging value of mortgage-related assets, which have blown huge holes in the balance sheets of many of the world's largest banks.
And foreclosure mitigation is the best way to slow down home-price depreciation, he argued.
Since the housing bubble burst, home prices have been in free fall.
The S&P;/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for 20 metropolitan areas has plummeted more than 25 percent since its peak in 2006. Home prices in some areas have fallen much more, including 40 percent in Miami and 36 percent in Los Angeles. Last year, the U.S. housing market lost $3.3 trillion in value, according to a recent Zillow.com report. Nearly one in six homeowners with a mortgage is now underwater, meaning they owe more than their houses are worth, Zillow.com said.
Mr. Frank said his goal would be to reduce mortgage payments to 31 percent of a homeowner's gross income. To the extent possible, that would require a write-down of the mortgage principal, which he said would lessen the likelihood of default because people would no longer be underwater.
To reduce mortgage debt or to otherwise modify an unaffordable mortgage, Mr. Frank said lenders would have to take a hit, the taxpayer would have to bear part of the burden and homeowner benefiting from the bailout would face "constraints," which he did not identify.
Federal money will be necessary to buy down the mortgages to levels that are closer to market prices, he said. In areas where housing prices have plunged, the necessary write-downs could be extremely costly to banks, investors and taxpayers.
To the extent that troubled banks are required to reduce the value of their mortgages, their profits would be lower on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Banks that are losing money would see their losses rise and their already-inadequate capital further reduced. Setting off another round in a vicious cycle, more taxpayer funds might be required to finance additional capital injections into the nation's troubled banking system.


I have been very busy lately, with My Attic about to start its next session on the 21st February at The Deck, and lots of other preparations going on. So blogging has been a distant second, third or fourth to all of that, but I do plan to get back into it once I get my sleeping pattern back to normal as well.
I couldn't delay today though, because Ploom has released NEW Skins. There has been a lot of waiting, and a lot of nagging for these to come out, as it has been far too long between skin releases from Ploom. The Gia skin comes with so many great options as well, with brows, two make ups per pack, lipsticks in a great range of rich beautiful colours – I only showed one in the pics – as well as cleavage options, nail covers and as a separate purchase you can even get tango and lush appliers to match your skins.
As I said it has been such a long time between Ploom skins, that I had to show a body shot as well, because the body of Gia is fabulous. Make sure you get yourself over there and try Gia out for yourself. While there try out some of the latest poses released in the poses section of the store, there are two new packs this week, I am actually using previous release poses in this post, but trying them all for yourself is half the fun of it. Take some friends, Whimsy and I always stand on stands next to each other and that way we can view two at once,lots of fun.
Other NEWness is the gorgeous new hair by Exile, this is Crazy in Love, and for lovers of big hair, this is an 'At first sight' moment. This hair can make you feel all girly girly pretty, and the new sweaters by The Secret Store help with that too. They are 3D Rose sweaters, and the roses are actually modelled mesh, so they have such an incredibly realistic look to them, and are so lovely.
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Dust of the Sahara that reaches the Yucatan Peninsula increases by 300% every year
By Yucatan Times on November 5, 2019
MERIDA, YUCATAN.- Dust clouds from the Sahara desert reach the Yucatan Peninsula each and every year.
"However, the amount of particles that come across the Atlantic, all the way from Africa into the Yucatán Peninsula, is increasing by 300 percent; a situation that could cause respiratory problems in the population", revealed researcher Luis Ladino Moreno, from the Science Center of the Atmosphere of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
During the commemoration of the 97th anniversary of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), the specialist conducted the conference "Impact of Sahara dust on air quality, microbiota and cloud formation in the Yucatan Peninsula ". The expert pointed out that the dust is composed of sand and dispersed aerosols, which contain bacteria, fungi and viruses, which are generated in storms formed in West Africa.
The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics (Image: Sipse)
The expert pointed out that these mineral powders not only come from the arid regions of northern Africa, but also from the Arabian peninsula, Central Asia and even from as far as the Gobi Desert in China.
Ladino Moreno explained that in addition to respiratory problems among the population, this meteorological phenomenon is capable of causing a decrease in rainfall over the regions where it moves in large quantities, in fact, it could inhibit the formation of tropical cyclones as well.
He added that the arrival of these clouds of dust, mineral remains cause the sunrises to be grayish and the sunsets reddish.
"The amount of dust from the Sahara that enters the Peninsula depends on the intensity of the wind and its concentration on Africa," said the specialist.
Besides the impact on health, he stressed that these African particles bring with them metals and nutrients that enrich the Yucatecan soil. And, as it affects the formation of clouds, this phenomena could also alter the development of precipitation in one way or another.
Finally, the expert from the from UNAM's Science Center of the Atmosphere, stated that the dust from the Sahara contains phosphates and iron, which are powerful fertilizers for algae and plants.
The Yucatan Times Newsroom with information from UNAM's Science Center of the Atmosphere
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Darlington és una ciutat del districte de Darlington, Durham, Anglaterra. Té una població de 92.392 habitants i districte de 105.646.

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Ciutats d'Anglaterra
Comtat de Durham

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Hanaori (Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden).1968. Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. Japan: Kawamoto Productions Ltd..
Ibara hime matawa Nemuri hime (Briar-Rose or The Sleeping Beauty).1990. Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. Japan/Czechoslovakia: Kyo Ltd..
Kataku (House of Flames).1979. Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. Japan: Kawamoto Productions Ltd..
Oni (The Demon).1972. Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. Japan: .