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smashed pumpkin 10-09-2014 10:07 AM
What was the last movie or TV show you watched?
Let's get this sub-forum started, shall we?
The last movie I watched was Gone Girl this past weekend.
EXCELLENT film. I've never read the novel so I had no expectations coming into it. I thought it was great! Excellent casting too.
Joe Siegler 10-09-2014 02:40 PM
Re: What was the last movie you watched?
All the way through?
Roger Ebert's "Life Itself".
K100 10-09-2014 02:48 PM
I have watched the 7 Saw movies in the same day.
I have too much free time...
Stevey Boy 10-09-2014 03:39 PM
I think Noah was the last film I watched.
Damien_Azreal 10-09-2014 06:29 PM
Pretty good suspense/horror film. They didn't go overboard on the haunting stuff so that definitely helped. Also, they had a solid cast.
But, still not anywhere near scary. Solid atmosphere and mood... but, that's all.
Riddlewire 10-10-2014 04:04 PM
Batman Returns.
It was the only Batman movie I had never seen. I think cosmic forces were at work protecting me, keeping me away from it all these years. I really hated it. The DeVito Penguin fat-suit was idiotic. His body is already abnormal enough to not need that. Walken seemed out of place. Maybe it was just the hair. Definitely tied with Batman & Robin for worst live action Batman film.
Nukkus 10-15-2014 06:37 AM
Transformers: Age of Extinction. Was pretty brainless.
Kalki 10-17-2014 04:09 AM
Originally Posted by Riddlewire (Post 964356)
It was the only Batman movie I had never seen. I think cosmic forces were at work protecting me, keeping me away from it all these years. I really hated it.
Welcome, you must now be the 6th guy on the Internet to agree with me on this. Sigh.
Rewatched the A-Team. Great adaptation of the TV show. Sharlto Copley as Murdock had some hilarious moments.
Joe Siegler 10-19-2014 06:51 AM
Disney's Planes.
I have kids. :)
Kalki 10-21-2014 11:54 PM
The Robocop reboot. Surprisingly, it was good. Hit the right notes with a story more centered around an amputee than a machine. Had some nods to the original franchise with the portrayal of the media and some minor references.
Damien_Azreal 10-22-2014 06:53 AM
Yeah, I liked it as well.
It's what a reboot should be in my eyes.... completely different. Trying to be it's own thing instead of retelling the same story.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman - again, I have kids.
Commando Nukem 10-24-2014 06:30 PM
Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal (Post 964443)
And it couldn't just have a new title and thusly a whole new identity because....? MONEY. :p
The recent Godzilla. I thought it was alright. I think they got rid of Bryan Cranston way too damn soon. Dude was rocking every scene and then poof, gone. Damnit. Also the fight scenes came off as a little dark near the end, though i'm not sure if that was the film itself or my brother's glaring TV. Either way I enjoyed it and look forward to what they do with the franchise next.
Originally Posted by Commando Nukem (Post 964554)
That and everyone would've asked why it wasn't just called Robocop.
Rider 10-26-2014 11:50 AM
We did a horror marathon with some friends. Watched Tucker & Dale vs Evil, The Cabin in the Woods, and Don't be Afraid of the Dark. The last of which we didn't end up seeing all the way through.
fast-1 11-02-2014 07:43 PM
Cabin in the woods.
It is on 5 demand.
Watch for free in Uk for 30 days. But is it good or bad, you decide.
Stevey Boy 11-05-2014 06:44 AM
Originally Posted by fast-1 (Post 964832)
Cabin In The Woods is awesome.
Watched Godzilla the other day, which is also awesome.
I've started re watching the Alien films again, seeing Aliens yesterday. I love that film. It's pretty cool to see it again and to be able to recognize the roots of a lot of modern video game tropes and themes.
smashed pumpkin 11-05-2014 01:03 PM
I went and watched Fury this past weekend.
I loved it. Very dark and gritty portrayal of WW2. The characters aren't always "nice" either, which I think added to the realism.
The sound editing was awesome too.
Looking forward to Interstellar now.
fofo.rider 11-05-2014 02:15 PM
Escape From New York !
PimPamPet 11-07-2014 04:14 AM
Yes, that The Room. This is what I do with my life.
Why, Lisa, WHY?!
Bay TMNT.
I had heard of Caligula, how it was a depraved, yet historically accurate, telling of the life of Emperor Caligula featuring a young Malcolm McDowell. It seemed like the sort of thing you'd have to have seen at least once.
What I didn't know is that about half of the film's running time is straight-up hardcore pornography.
I can see why people would love, or hate, the film. It has an odd, haunting quality to it. It's one of those films that's hard to shake off after having seen it. I don't know if I would say I enjoyed it, or that it's particularly good. But it's certainly interesting, that's for sure.
Took in Interstellar last weekend.
Excellent film and IMO, one of the best Sci-Fi films in the genre.
Opinions seem to be polarizing on this one though, but I thought the movie had a thought provoking message. I also enjoyed the "human survival instinct" theme.
Has anyone else seen it?
I just watched that as well, and I don't have kids.
I watched it because it's a damn good movie.
Also, Bonnie and I went and saw Big Hero 6.
Which is beyond awesome.
Devil's Knot.
It was alright.
Alyxx 12-03-2014 06:49 AM
Control, a biopic about Ian Curtis and Joy Division as well as 24 Hour Party People, a documentary (somewhat) about Factory Records and the Hacienda club.
Doom. The movie!!!
Rip and tear, guts yeah. Lot's of action.
But what happened at the end ??
Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled.
show spoiler
What, so Reaper was a good guy. Spoiler:
so could not turn into a beast ???
Alyxx 12-14-2014 04:49 PM
Yep. Pretty much.
The virus only turns you into a demon if you're evil according to the movie. So silly. XD
Awesome movie though. Loved it personally.
OT: Alien Nation. James Caan in a buddy cop movie with an alien who gets drunk off bad milk. Rather enjoyed it.
Alien Nation I saw that too Alyxx, it is a good film not great. As it needed more explaining with the milk and water thing.
There was a TV series, have you seen it. Based on the film, with different actors.
Had some stories, and lasted afew years. More comedy than drama.
Edge Of Tomorrow, was great.
8IronBob 12-24-2014 02:10 PM
Just watched the trailer for "The Interview" on XBL. So it seems that Sony DID release the movie now after all! Surprised to see that it was released on consoles! :) I'm assuming that this was available, obviously, on PSN as well (knowing that it was a SONY made movie, you would clearly think they'd release in on their own console network).
Dunno why you'd need more explanation. It's established they're aliens and react to things that way. You just kinda accept it.
OT: From Dusk Till Dawn. Still a great flick.
salma hayek :p.
Yep, best part of the movie.
Feels like two different movies pushed together.
It's good, but it's not one of Robert's best films.
Originally Posted by Alyxx (Post 965283)
Are we on the same page Alyxx ?
Also I got Guardians of the Galaxy DVD for xmas. It is a great film.
The story is a bit complicated, if you have not read some of the comics and you won't get the hidden gems. If you think it's bad now, wait till later. There is also some crossover type events happening. With some things I know that will change and evolve. But having all this going on it feels like an ongoing saga.
Stay tuned.:dopefish:
Soap DX 01-21-2015 06:01 AM
Haha, I saw Alien Nation as a kid, finally say it again just a few years ago, I really enjoyed it. Not amazing, but memorable.
Saw "Chronicle" (2012) - wasn't crazy about the found footage style, but it worked. I really enjoyed the movie, mostly because it felt things people would actually go trough if it happened to them.
Also; "Blue Ruin" (2013) - just like movies which feel realistic, not over the top action or crazy explosions. Sometimes the most quiet moments are the most effective. The main actor didn't say much, but his facial expressions where great.
Id recommend both movies, but of course it's not movies for everyone.
"Flashbacks of a Fool"
Not a particularly good movie. As soon as it's over, most people will say, "What was the point of that?". I read that the writer/director wanted to turn a song (his favorite, I guess) into a film. Not an easy thing to do when the lyrics are somewhat abstract. But if you reconsider the film in those terms, then you have to admit that he succeeded brilliantly. That still doesn't make it a good movie.
It does include one incredibly sexy lip-synching scene (of the song in question) by the still somewhat underknown Felicity Jones.
Watch this and forget about the rest of the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7o9Kce8eqs
Watched Commando again last night :cool:
Predator :)
NutWrench 02-16-2015 07:27 PM
'The Interview' on NetFlix. It's hilarious. :)
Went and saw it in theaters this weekend.
Was great. Yes, I know it's not completely accurate... and it leaves out a lot of the more negative things about him, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a damn good movie.
Soap DX 02-20-2015 09:56 PM
I never heard of flashbacks of fool but sounds like an interesting project, probably would work better as a short film then a feature, not that I know which it is. I give props for people to try different things, but yes going into it without context can make for a disappointing experience.
I saw;
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pu...confi_9104.jpg
I saw this as a young teen, and thought it was interesting. I saw this just recently and thought it was stellar. What amazing script, actors and overall film.
Cyperpunk and Noir are my favorite Genres, so being played in the 50's after the war is a favored setting for me and it definitely had elements I enjoy.
I now realize how heavily L.A. Noir took inspiration for all sorts of Noir movies and movies of that time. It's like the creators of Rockstar checked what where the best noire movies and took elements of each. Which is funny because after watching LA NOIRE I figured for a favorite genre I haven't watch much of it. So digged up a list and found all sorts of inspiration in the movies I saw.
Which mind you is a good thing because it's good, but also makes LANOIRE slightly derivative, but luckely still it's own story and thing.
For those who haven't seen it, or it's been a really long time, I recommend it.
If you like LA Confidential, make sure to check;
The Untouchables (1987)
doggydoo 04-01-2015 12:55 AM
Above The Law (Steven Seagal - 1988)
"Toscani, Toscani my sleeping beauty,..."
Gotta love Henry Silva, he's playing the bad guy.
Oh, and Steven Seagal runs like a girl.
Pay attention when you see him running in this movie, very strange indeed.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ubeaY-JNgg...thing_1982.jpg
Avengers 2: Enjoyed it.
SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA (RUGBALL Episodes)
http://www.leguidedestelefans.com/ph..._cobra018a.jpg
Z Team vs Red Saxons
Awesome :cool:
Nowhere To Run, with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Originally Posted by doggydoo (Post 965825)
Great film.
Watched The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
PsychoGoatee 04-30-2015 05:43 PM
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda... oddly enough it was watchable. Pretty funny. :D
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
Worthy sequel with some fun moments. About as good as the first.
The Hobbit Battle Of The Five Armies.
Pretty good, but I prefer the LOTR movie trilogy to The Hobbit movie trilogy.
dan2091 05-12-2015 07:21 PM
Originally Posted by Kalki (Post 965844)
Saw it on April 30th, it opened that day here.
Saw it about a week ago.
I enjoyed it more then the first. Found the writing to be better, dialog was vastly improved... the actions scenes were better, camera work overall was better.
But, that's not saying much as I personally think the first Avengers is horribly overrated. It's not bad... but, in the world of the Marvel Universe... it's... meh. Okay. But nothing special.
But, I've always felt Joss Whedon was an overblown director. Everyone throws all this praise to him because of Firefly... and, to me, the best thing he's ever done was 'Cabin in the Woods'.
Maybe Avengers 3 will be better since he's not directing and the guys that did Cap American: Winter Soldier are doing it. Because that movie was pretty awesome.
Hoping to catch the new Mad Max this week. Anyone else seen it yet?
And it is the best movie I have seen this year. Hands. Down.
ixfd64 05-28-2015 01:51 PM
Days of Heaven. It's an old one.
KUNG FURY - (30 min., Free to watch) - Fans of Blood Dragon / Danger 5 would get a kick out of this.
dan2091 06-04-2015 11:45 AM
It seems there was some hype surrounding that film. Never heard of it till you post it. And by not knowing a thing I enjoyed it more. Its absurdity more than anything else.
The only thing I didn't like was...
Hitler. I just didn't like it. Hated that performance as Hitler. Personal tastes I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso
Originally Posted by dan2091 (Post 966130)
Heh I figured everyone had already seen it. I only posted the link in case anyone wanted to get a discussion going. Glad you liked it (most of it anyway).
Didn't have a problem with that particular <spoiler> bit myself. Provided more absurdity in its portrayal. I find myself enjoying the soundtrack too. Even the Hasselhoff track.
Jurassic World. Hollywood blockbuster. Obvious illuminati reference in front of you (not evolution, if you're guessing). Shame. It was a great movie, though.
Jeff 07-05-2015 05:13 PM
Arnold Schwarzenegger's newest film. Damn awesome.
Evil Dead III :)
http://fr.brains-world.com/wp-conten...l-dead-3-b.jpg
I rewatched Army of Darkness recently as well.
This movie is so dumb, it makes Hackers look like Primer.
douginpdx 07-29-2015 01:12 AM
The Avengers (2012) Movie. I just love this movie.
Pixels. :)
Originally Posted by Joe Siegler (Post 966394)
Does it suck as much as everyone says it does?
Wamplet 08-01-2015 09:30 PM
Depraved, i think was the name. 2 horror films. Both pretty good.
Pretty dumb film.
Originally Posted by Stevey Boy (Post 966428)
Blasphemy.
Evil Dead 2 is beyond awesome. Though, my favorite is still the first film.
Riddlewire 08-04-2015 03:01 AM
Nomads (1986)
http://ultraimg.com/images/nmdsmvpster.jpg
This is another one of those movies where the main character dies at the beginning and the rest of the story focuses on retelling the events leading up to that moment. This film offers a twist on that formula, however. And somewhat of a shock ending, I suppose. It's interesting. Could have used a few revisions. A nice diversion if you're burned out on superhero movies.
Oh yeah, its great, but its pretty dumb :p
Does it retcon the events of the first movie? I cant tell really, like at the end of the first one the cameras zooms into Ash then it ends, then that happens near the beginning of the second one, but he's only there with his girlfriend, not a group of four
The first 15 minutes or so of Evil Dead 2 are a quick/dirty remake of the first film.
It doesn't recon them.
In Ash's world, he lost his sister, girlfriend and best friend in that cabin.
It's great to get reactions of people who don't know what's going on. People like "Why is he going back to that cabin with a new girlfriend after what happened in the first film?" :p
Josie and the P-cats (edited :o)
I love this movie too. I have watched the first part of this movie too and that movie is also good.
Last time i watched The Avengers movie. I love this movie.
doggydoo 10-15-2015 12:16 PM
Originally Posted by Wamplet (Post 966447)
You mean this?
I used to love this cartoon. With 'Bleep' as the boogieguy
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...f/Josie_hb.jpg
Last movie I saw was: Toy Story 3
Great conclusion to the series.
The Dukenator 10-23-2015 06:47 AM
The live action film was good, if you didn't watch the toned down version. And where the hell is the cartoon these days? I don't recall seeing a dvd for it anywhere.
Jem & The Holograms was another cartoon similar to Josie, from what I hear.
Rumor has it they're doing Toy Story 4.
Originally Posted by The Dukenator (Post 966711)
I never knew about that live action film up until now. Might check it out.
The cartoon you can find on ebay, but is quite expensive.
Sincerely hope they don't milk it.
Saw The Martian last night.
Excellent film. Perfect balance of humor and action. Kept me engaged the entire time. I have not read the book, but if the film is half as good as the book, the book should be awesome.
G.B.F
Great movie. Right up there with Mystery Team, which i also just recently saw a few months ago.
Watched Primer.
Great film about time travel, but it's really complicated
Re: What was the last movie or TV show you watched?
Watched 2 Broke Girls on TV. It's lowbrow, but it makes me laugh. :)
Six-String Samurai
http://ultraimg.com/images/zzsam.jpg
Of all the Mad Max-Wizard of Oz-Sixth Sense-Highlander mashups out there, this one is definitely my favorite.
Featuring the maybe/maybe not wandering spirit of Buddy Holly as a desert phantom fighting an eternal struggle to preserve Rock and Roll against the onslaught of Pop, Hip Hop, Metal, and Communism, this low budget indie succeeds with Style and Concept, even when saddled with a heavy dose of "My Next Door Neighbor" acting performances.
The events of the story are open to interpretation, of course. This film sits firmly in the middle of the Surrealism genre. Other viewers take it more literally. But I prefer it the way I see it.
Here's a gif I made to give you a tiny sample of the content.
http://ultraimg.com/images/SSS6.gif
Jeff 12-21-2015 12:33 AM
X-Files: Beyond the Sea (Blu-ray)
Waiter 12-22-2015 08:51 AM
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Loved it because it was Star Wars. The real Star Wars, with no pod races and no Jar-Jar.
The intelligent part of my brain has been trying to tell me for 3 days now that the script could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.
But I loved it.
Because it's Star Wars.
I'm confused... :insomnia: :(
http://ultraimg.com/images/enthvo.jpg
This is the worst movie ever made.
If an enormous meteorite destroyed France, all those other 70 million deaths would be a small price to pay if it meant obliterating this film's creator.
Paranormal Whacktivity...
http://rapidmoviez.com/data/images/m...hacktivity.jpg
So incredibly bad it becomes great.
Saw together with a mate, we laughed so hard just because of how shitty it was made. I recommend it to see in group with lots of booze, you'll have fun.
Terminator: Genisys
The actors performed their parts well. The action is choreographed in a reasonably entertaining manner. The visual effects are above average. The camerawork is pretty nice. But...
This is an all-timer of a bad script. Whoever wrote it should definitely be banned from the film industry forever.
http://ultraimg.com/images/wolver.jpg
I can't think of anything to complain about with this movie. I just found it a little dull. However, I have no emotional attachment to the character of Wolverine. I suppose fans love this film. Review scores for it are very good. I'd like to see this creative team tackle another property.
So you found it dull, but you can't complain about it?
That is a riddle.
Nobody complains about crackers. They're not offensive to the taste buds.
Yet, I think it's perfectly legitimate to call them "dull".
Such is The Wolverine.
Guess that makes sense
Star Wars The Force Awakens on IMAX 3D - Finally.
Felt like Star Wars, which was a big plus (main issue with Abrams' Star Trek). Simple Hero's Journey plot with characters not bogged down by needless complexities (minus a slightly ambiguous ending) and who had fairly straightforward relationships was a breath of fresh air. The action sequences were real and way better than the cg videogame platforming crap that plagued the prequels and every single Peter Jackson Hobbit movie. Was not a fan of Spoiler:
Abrams' hard-on for superweapons, destroying stuff that would have been cool to revisit at some point #NeverForgetVulcan
As for your spoiler.
I will say, Abrams did not write the film. The writer on TFA was the same guy that wrote Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Arc.
So, the idea to include something like that and then get rid of it in the same film isn't really... new for this series.
But, I was glad it didn't devolve into a series of political debates and awful CGI locations.
And, while there was a rescue element to the film... it wasn't as bad as it was in A New Hope.
Or hell, the original trilogy in general. Ep 4, save the princess. Ep 5, save Han and the princess. Ep 6, Save Han. ;)
I wasn't aware of that and should have checked this. I was under the impression that these were well established in canon or that may have featured in other non-canon media (like the Jedi Knight games). It's not bad at all for stuff that's newly introduced.
A show about people who hate themselves.
For people who hate themselves.
I suspect Starz committed to this series based solely on that one award-winning episode of Breaking Bad from the creator (that's why I tried it out). But this isn't entertainment. It's just a bunch of rotten people wallowing in misery. There are no protagonists. No one to care about. It's no wonder there won't be a second season.


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Guest Blogger Mary Davis: Preemption and Modern Tort Litigation
I have spent the better part of the last decade thinking and writing about federal preemption of state common law damages actions, particularly in the products liability context. I think that federal preemption provisions should be narrowly construed to preserve state tort law--I am an unapologetic fan of the tort system with all its supposed faults. I think that state common law tort doctrine, and the private litigation that stems from it, adds value to our society that is largely immeasurable. Congressional intent, the "touchstone" of preemption analysis according to the Supreme Court, should be crystal clear if it is to displace that law. A longstanding "presumption against preemption" operates as a tool of discerning congressional intent in default of such clarity, but the Supreme Court wavers in its adherence to the presumption and, consequently, it is under attack.
The Supreme Court is poised to answer another preemption case this term in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth involving preemption under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (Vaccine Act). The Vaccine Act contains an express preemption provision which the Court will have to interpret and the application of the presumption against preemption, in both express and implied preemption, will be in issue. Unlike most congressional legislation which affects products liability, the Vaccine Act created a compensation system for children who are injured by the unavoidable side effects of a vaccine. The legislation was the product of a substantial outcry by vaccine manufacturers in the mid-1980s about the effect of tort litigation on the vaccine supply—manufacturers would stop producing vaccines if Congress didn't do something. So Congress did. Over twenty years later, the Court must determine in Bruesewitz what Congress meant when it said that state tort law was preempted if a vaccine's side effects were "unavoidable." For those of you familiar with the Restatement (2d) of Torts § 402A on strict products liability, this language comes from comment k on liability for unavoidable risks.
In 1991, the Supreme Court began in earnest to address preemption in product liability claims and has decided over a dozen such cases using a confusing array of analyses with results that are sometimes difficult to reconcile. Bruesewitz is one of two products liability preemption cases the Court has agreed to hear this term. The other involves preemption of product liability claims under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. In Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America Inc., the Court must determine whether the Motor Vehicle Safety Act impliedly preempts a claim based on the design of rear seat belt systems. This case will build on Geier v. American Honda Motor Corp., decided in 2000, in which the Court found implied conflict preemption based on the federal seat belt standard in a case involving the failure to incorporate air bags into the vehicle's design. Geier found the plainitiff's claim preempted even though the legislation contains a savings clause that purports to save common law damages actions. There is obviously much more to these cases but delving into preemption in detail is not my major goal.
While exploring the Vaccine Act and the preemption issue raised by Bruesewitz (because I never want to miss an opportunity to write something about preemption), I happened to receive an e-mail from our Torts colleague (and my former professor) Dean David Logan from Roger Williams University School of Law forwarding the following New York Times article by Binyamin Applebaum that I had not seen: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/business/15lawsuit.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a2. This article reports on the increase in private financing of tort litigation. I was startled by it. The Times article reports that "Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations — all in the hope of sharing in the potential winnings." I suppose that I should not have been surprised that private investors might be interested in the results of private litigation—law firms have to go somewhere for the funds to finance such litigation.
In the way that law professors do, I began to think about the intersection of my research into the Vaccine Act preemption issue, and my newfound knowledge of the abundance of private investment in tort litigation. The increase in preemption arguments since the early 1990s surely resulted in part from product manufacturers and other litigation targets trying to get out from under the "weight," perceived or real, of large-scale tort litigation. The occasional tort claim in the face of federal regulation never seemed to generate much preemption interest until truly large-scale tort litigation became the norm after the explosion in asbestos cases in the 1980s and 1990s. Traditional analysis of the preemptive scope of most federal regulation had not resulted in findings of preemption until then; indeed, very few such arguments had been made.
Fast forward to 2010. Large-scale tort litigation is the norm. And every case in which there is a federal regulation presents an opportunity for defendants to pose preemption arguments. The presumption against preemption assumes that state common law tort doctrine operates as an important counterpoint to federal regulation. What else informs the presumption? Must we explore the way in which state common law damages actions proceed--with an understanding of the monetary influences and the pressure to settle--as part of the analysis? Common law tort claims survive federal preemption efforts depending on an assessment of congressional intent but does that assessment require an understanding of the modern way that those claims come to exist and are resolved? I had not included the litigation process into my own analysis but that may have been naive. I wonder whether the value of tort law as I have always believed in it is being thwarted by those who champion it just as it is by those who would displace it with the work of federal regulators. The use of class actions and other aggregate litigation directed toward settlement was largely unknown to the Congresses writing legislation which is now the subject of preemption analysis. The Vaccine Act was written explicitly against the background of a concern for large-scale litigation and yet Congress still explicitly preserved some state common law claims. That awareness may be critical to deciding the scope of the Vaccine Act's preemption provision. In hindsight, that seems a remarkable step.
I have often criticized product manufacturers who cry that "the sky is falling" because of the flood of alleged unmeritorious litigation that they face. Private financing of litigation does not render litigation unmeritorious; on the contrary, it may suggest the opposite. But as we end another semester of teaching torts to One-Ls, my belief in the importance of a robust state tort law unimpeded by an aggressive use of preemption, and my concern over the influence of private investment of large-scale tort litigation have collided in a way that makes me ponder how I will reconcile the conflict for my Torts students of the future. What will I tell my students next year when they ask me what the purpose of tort law is in the 21st century with the mass of federal regulation controlling conduct of product manufacturers and others, and the pressure on lawyers to provide a return on investment to the financiers of private litigation. I would be interested to hear your answers.
--Mary J. Davis, Associate Dean for Administration and Faculty Development and the Stites and Harbison Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law
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Professor Davis, I do not know if there is a straightforward answer to the question you pose, but here is my less-than-educated opinion. Lawyers and the law itself face a number of outside influences. Although, heavier federal regulation and private financiers may be newer influences upon tort litigation, I doubt they will be "game changers." That is not to say that their influences are not significant, but just that the motivations and the outcomes sought by the affected parties should and will remain the same. Maybe it is naive to believe that the motivations and outcomes sought define the purpose of tort litigation. But if that is so, then the answer you would provide this year is likely to be the same next year. Not that it makes your job any easier.
Posted by: Brad | Nov 29, 2010 7:39:45 AM
Professor Davis, I too am an unapologetic fan of our tort system in America. I am also very active in protecting our jury system. Unfortunately with big corporate money, the individuals rights in this country are slowly eroding. It is important for us to help educate the public to help them understand that federal preemption is a dangerous loss that likely will never be reversed.
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Q: Drupal 6: template.php redirections I haven't worked to much within the template.php file in the Drupal installation, but this time I need to theme a node form. Following an excellent guide I found at http://drupal.org/node/601646, I set up the following snippet.
function amity_island_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  if ((arg(0) == 'node') && (arg(1) == 'add') && (arg(2) == 'service-request')){
  return array(
    'service_request_node_form' => array(
        'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
        'template' => 'node-add_service_request' ));
    }
}

prior to adding the if statement, the site served node-add_service_request.tpl.php for every request. After I added the IF statement, my screen just went completely white (I have PHP errors ON - no errors)
Has this happened to anyone...?

A: A little tinkering revealed that it didn't like calling the function, and then evaluating the if statement. When it evaluated to FALSE, it just returned a blank HTML skeleton. With Drupal, once this happens, you have to go into the DB and manually wipe the cache table. Simply fixing the template.php file won't work - your screen will still come up white. The answer was to put the IF statement before the function...
if ((arg(0) == 'node') && (arg(1) == 'add') && (arg(2) == 'service-request')){
function amity_island_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'service_request_node_form' => array(
        'arguments' => array('form' => NULL),
        'template' => 'node-add_service_request' ));
    }
}

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This thesis demonstrates the application of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy to probe the structure of a variety of inorganic complexes and materials, many of which find applications in catalysis. Particular focus is given to SSNMR spectroscopy of "exotic" and unreceptive NMR nuclei. Complimentary characterization techniques such as quantum chemical calculations and X-ray diffraction experiments are also employed. The initial focus of the thesis is on the characterization of crystalline molecular metallocenes by 35Cl, 47/49Ti and 91Zr SSNMR spectroscopy. All of these nuclei are considered to be unreceptive for NMR experiments due to a combination of low natural abundance, low resonance (Larmor) frequency and/or extreme broadening by anisotropic NMR interactions. It is demonstrated that with the combination of modern pulsed NMR techniques and high magnetic fields, SSNMR spectra of these nuclei in metallocenes can be rapidly acquired. Correlations are made between the symmetry and structure of the metallocene species, and the observed electric field gradient (EFG) and chemical shift (CS) tensor parameters extracted from the SSNMR spectra. Preliminary results from SSNMR studies of model heterogeneous metallocene catalysts are also presented. 45Sc SSNMR spectroscopy of simple coordination complexes is investigated. Simple coordination complexes were investigated because most previous 45Sc SSNMR studies have been limited to extended systems with poorly defined structures. SSNMR experiments are also employed to investigate the molecular structure of a heterogeneneous scandium catalyst, microencapsulated Sc(OTf)3. 207Pb SSNMR in conjunction with quantum chemical calculations are used to investigate the electronic structure of a series of lead(II) thiolate complexes. Frequently, lead(II) complexes possess stereochemically-active lone electron pairs. The observed and calculated 207Pb CS tensor parameters are utilized to probe the electronic configuration of the lead(II) complexes. The utility of frequency swept WURST pulses for the acquisition of nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectra is investigated. The WURST pulses are demonstrated to be particularly useful for locating a NQR of unknown frequency and for acquiring wideline NQR spectra. The utility of WURST pulses for optimizing the configuration of NQR/NMR spectrometer systems is also demonstrated.
Rossini, Aaron, "Characterization of Inorganic Catalysts and Materials by Solid-State NMR" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 396.


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Q: Change NSWindow size with Storyboard I'm new using Storyboards for OS X and I can't find the way to change the Window size from my NSViewController
I tried
var window = self.view.window!
...
window.setFrame(frame, display: true, animate: animation)

but it doesn't work:

A: That should work. Are you sure you don't have same frame what your window's frame currently is? If so, this should work:
let window = self.view.window!
window.setFrame(NSRect(x: 100, y: 100, width: 400, height: 400), display: true, animate: true)


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Q: Why does finally() not work after catching on an Observable in Angular 2? I am trying to add a loading spinner to every request that ends in Angular 2, so I extended the Http service calling it HttpService. After every request I would like to call a finally() function after catching errors so that I can stop the loading spinner.
But typescript says:

[ts] Property 'finally' does not exist on type 'Observable'.

import { AuthService } from './../../auth/auth.service';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, XHRBackend, RequestOptions, RequestOptionsArgs, Request, Response, Headers } from '@angular/http';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';

@Injectable()
export class HttpService extends Http {

    constructor(
        backend: XHRBackend,
        options: RequestOptions,
        private authservice: AuthService
    ) {
        super(backend, options);
        this.updateHeaders(options.headers);
    }

    request(url: string|Request, options?: RequestOptionsArgs): Observable<Response> {
        return super.request(url, options)
            .catch((response: Response) => this.authError(response))
            .finally(() => {
                // ...
                /* Do something here when request is done. For example
                finish a spinning loader. */
            });
    }

    private authError(response: Response) {
        if (response.status === 401 || response.status === 403) {
            this.authservice.logout();
        }
        return Observable.throw(response);
    }

    private updateHeaders(headers: Headers) {
        headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
        if (this.authservice.isloggedIn()) {
            headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${this.authservice.getToken()}`);
        }
    }
}

How can I run some code after every http request like this? What is the best way of doing it?

A: You forgot to import it:
import 'rxjs/add/operator/finally';

A: Heads up, future readers:
since angular 6, that introduced rxjs version 6.0,
we now use finalize instead of finally.
It's now used within a pipe, so
observable.finally( x => console.log(x)).subscribe()
is now
observable().pipe( finalize( x => console.log(x))).subscribe()
and you import it from rxjs/operators
import { finalize } from 'rxjs/operators'


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Would You Wear Your Earbuds as a Bracelet?
The big problem with headphones and earbuds is what do you do with them when you're not using them. You could wind up the cable and shove them in your pocket, but the folks at Wraps Wearables have a better idea. The Wraps Wristband Headphones (£14.99-£24.99) are designed to be coiled up and worn like a bracelet. The seller is located in the UK, but ships to the U.S.
They look good on men and women and are available in a nice selection of colors and materials, including leather and wood. There are also versions with a microphone built-in.
The Wraps Wristband Headphones from Wraps Wearables is a clever concept; however, the one-size-fits-all approach of the earbuds may not fit all users.
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TSSA victory on Cross Country managers' holiday pay shows why all managers should join the union
TSSA has won an extension of new backdated holiday pay claim for all manager grades at Cross Country rail company not just those covered by our union's collective bargaining package.
Every manager will now have their legal right to holiday pay entitlement respected on the same basis as the company's other staff. This means that many managers will shortly receive a substantial additional payment.
This agreement comes after many months of urging the company to treat the managers fairly and has echoes of the dispute a year ago over the 2017 annual pay increase when Cross Country tried to pay managers less than other staff and only backed down when the managers voted to take strike action.
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes is now urging all Cross Country managers to join the union.
Cortes said: "This shows why being in our union makes good sense. Cross Country only agreed to do the right thing on holiday pay last week when TSSA threatened another dispute. The latest concession wrung out of Cross Country shows that a united workforce that is prepared to stand up for themselves can win in the workplace regardless of whether or not their union is recognised.
"It is regrettable that Cross Country continues to refuse to recognise TSSA for most managers. The result is that we lurch from one dispute to the next.
"It would be far better if the company treated the managers with the respect they deserve and allow them to have a collective voice through their union - that means formally recognising TSSA. We can then start to build a mutually beneficial relationship that avoids these disputes.
"To those members of our TSSA family at Cross Country who will soon be feeling the financial benefit of membership, I say - speak to your colleagues that are not in TSSA and invite them to join our union.
"The more managers there are in membership, the more the company will respect them, and they will be able to exert more influence when it comes to the company's decisions. And the easier it will be for TSSA to persuade Cross Country to formally recognise the union."


9W122 is a international flight operated by Jet Airways. 9W122 is departing from New Delhi (DEL), India and arriving at London (LHR), United Kingdom. The flight distance is about 6,744 km or 4,191 miles and flight time is 9 hours 20 minutes. Get the latest status of 9W122 / JAI122 here.
Scheduled Departure: 4:10 a.m. Scheduled Arrival: 6:35 a.m.


Born in Ohio, Scanes was a painter and print-maker. He studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. A member of the Scarab Club in Detroit, he also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Solid auction records.
The subject was King and Dean of the Apes at the zoo, In 1983 when this pastel was done, he excaped from his glass enclosed space and wandered around the zoo until he was tranquilized and returned. He died in 1988.


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Enjoy the festive season - don't get a penalty
Transport for London (TfL) would like to remind all motorists that parking and traffic regulations on the London's red route network are enforced on public holidays over the festive season.
I would urge all drivers in London over Christmas to make sure they know how and when they can park, stop and drive
A recent survey found that many London drivers are not fully aware of the restrictions of red route enforcement, particularly during the weekends and public holidays.
The red route is made up of 580km of London's busiest roads and is still heavily used on public holidays and so it is important that congestion is kept to a minimum for the benefit of all road users.
TfL aims to help drivers avoid unnecessary Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and recently updated the information available on the TfL website with this in mind.
Unnecessary penalties
John Mason, Deputy Director of Congestion Charging and Traffic Enforcement at TfL, said: 'Our objective is to ensure drivers understand and abide by the restrictions in place and this also applies on Bank Holidays.
'We don't want motorists to get unnecessary penalties at any time, but especially not over the festive season, and so would like to remind all motorists that many parking and traffic controls on the red route apply as normal on public holidays.
'I would urge all drivers in London over Christmas to make sure they know how and when they can park, stop and drive. This information is fully explained on the TfL website.'
The Congestion Charge will not be enforced between 25 December and 1 January 2009
Research was conducted by Synovate among 1,005 Londoners, of which 473 were drivers, whose results are shown below. The research was conducted from 6-26 October inclusive. Data was weighted by age and gender to reflect the London population as a whole:
Drivers in London by geographical area
Inner Outer Central Inner north
Central, inner north and inner south boroughs Total of outer north, east, south and west boroughs City of London, City of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Newham, Tower Hamlets
Awareness of red routes 85 90 84 89
Awareness of enforcement on:
week days 78 77 72 85
Sunday 56 55 55 57
Bank Holiday / public holidays 54 51 51 55
Inner south Outer north Outer east Outer south Outer west
Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth Barnet, Brent,Enfield, Waltham Forest Dagenham & Barking, Bexley, Greenwich, Havering, Redbridge Bromley, Croydon, Kingstone-upon-Thames, Merton, Sutton Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond-upon-Thames
Awareness of red routes 81 91 90 92 89
week days 76 77 81 76 73
Sunday 56 53 58 54 53
Bank Holiday/public holidays 56 51 55 44 57


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Get your sunnies ready, y'all! Legendary Austin music venue, the Mohawk, is officially bringing back their "All Are Welcome" SXSW Day Party for a second year in a row. On Friday, March 16th from 12pm-6pm, everyone (read: no badge required, free entry, and all ages welcome) will get a chance to sip, sit and soak up some tunes at the famed music club!
The lineup this year is a daytime appropriate blend of surfer-chill-meets-garage-band-of-the-aughts stylings from the likes of – ready for it? – WAVVES as headliner, Sunflower Bean, White Reaper, Okey Dokey, Post Animal, Cut Worms, Girl Ray, HIGH WAISTED, PART TIME and Suburban Living.
We don't know about you guys, but we're super pumped to catch WAVVES at this shindig! These guys have been burning the candle at both ends over the past year, from their sixth album, You're Welcome, dropping, to mashing up with band buddies Culture Abuse for a couple of singles, not to mention two tours in 2017 – one in the spring with the almighty Blink 182, the other in the fall with Joyce Manor.
So, needless to say, we're stoked they were able to squeeze in a few sets here in Austin for SXSW. Can't wait to hear some of those sun-soaked, California-stoner melodies as we kick up our feet for a little end-of-fest reprieve.
And you really can't go wrong with the rest of the lineup, either. From Sunflower Bean surely sampling tunes from their sophomore album, Twentytwo in Blue – which not-so-coincidentally gets released shortly after the fest on March 23rd – to White Reaper also coming out with a second album in 2017, etc., etc., newness – and greatness – is sure to abound at this for-the-everyman daytime party.
No required RSVP, but again, the event is free and open to all ages, so we recommend getting there early. Check out more details on the party's Facebook page. See ya there!


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HER ROOK, HIS PRIEST, ONE FAITH AND THEIR COVER
PART TWO – HIS PRIEST
BRIEF SUMMARY OF PART TWO – HIS PRIEST
In 2007, Opus Dei sources from Vatican City, symbolic of the black-bishop, were publicly rejoicing and celebrating former Prime Minister Tony Blair's conversion to Roman Catholicism. Faith-wise, black-rook was not only confirming his affinity to his fellow Crypto-Jewish popes, but he was also following the well-trodden paths of his two ex-presidential buddies, black-king Clinton and black-king Bush, together with many other Pharisees in the UK and elsewhere operating across the grand-chess-board.
Her Priest provides a stark illustration of how one man's ecclesiastical manoeuvres in the dark, mimic the invidious instructions of the Grand Sanhedrin (Elders of Zion), which date from as far back as 1492.
A jovial Jesuit is also on hand as the role model for how they want their catholic goyim to worship the papal-Jew vicar as god. Heaven and mirth jokes are cracked, as the absurd faith that the black queen's rook has very publicly embraced, is exposed for what it is. From Babylon to Rome, "His Priest" dissects the ancient unGodly Marian worship, accepted by 1.2 billion duped catholics world-wide. It ends with reference to the work of The White-King, when some stark examples are given as to why God has been provoked to anger.
CLICK BELOW TO VIEW PART TWO
REVISION QUESTION FOR PART TWO
QUESTION 2: In "His Priest", to whom does the WHITE-KING refer as resembling the black-bishop on the grand-chessboard?


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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is warning motorists to watch for increased deer movement. The current deer breeding season and added crop harvesting are main factors in the added traffic risk. Minnesota's deer population is estimated at more than one million.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is warning motorists to watch for increased deer movement. The current deer breeding season and added crop harvesting are main factors in the added traffic risk. Minnesota's deer population is estimated at more than one million.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says that a strong harvest and a healthy deer population should make for a robust hunting season. 500,000 hunters are expected to participate in the season that opens Nov. 5.
Using data from the Federal Highway Administration, State Farm calculated that the chances of a motorist colliding with a deer in Minnesota is 1 in 98. That puts the state in eighth place.


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US broadband: Overpriced, Underpowered and (for once) Over There
By Martyn Warwick
via Flickr © jaumescar (CC BY 2.0)
As an Englishman and therefore, a European (by dint of geographic proximity if nothing more) who is a very frequent visitor to the United States, I have, over many years now, been able to make my own informal comparative study of the state of the Internet on both sides of the Atlantic. My conclusion is this: in almost all circumstances the US Internet is slow, cumbersome and damnably expensive and in the Global Broadband Stakes, it comes in way down at the end of the field, a knackered, blowhard also-ran.
Leaving aside for the moment my pet hobby horse - the extortionate rip-off prices charged for feeble and sluggish Internet access in many of the biggest US hotel chains - and letting it chomp away on the astroturf outside the Marriot Gaylord Opryland in Nashville where it can continue grazing whilst simultaneously irrigating and nourishing the roses, a new report confirms the popular belief and prejudice that Internet speeds and access prices in the US can't hold a candle to what pertains over in Europe and Asia.
"The Cost of Connectivity" report, newly published by the Open Technology Institute of the New America Foundation, compares Internet access in US cities with cities in Europe and Asia. It makes depressing reading for America. The US lags much of the rest of the world not as a result of inferior technology but because there just isn't sufficient competition in the marketplace to force the fat and lazy monopolies and duopolies that dominate the SME and residential broadband internet access sector from their monied torpor. It is a state of affairs that, if not addressed, will have serious long-term economic consequences for US competitiveness.
As Tim Wu, an erstwhile advisor to the US Federal Trade Commission and now a Professor at Columbia Law School, says, "It's very simple economics The average market [in the US] has one or two serious Internet providers, and they set their prices at monopoly or duopoly pricing." That's the basic reason why the US so obviously lags behind so many other countries when it come to Internet speed and affordability. In America it can take 20 time longer to download a film than it does in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo or Zurich and it costs 10 times as much.
Hobson's Choice is no choice at all
According to statistics from the US regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), three-quarters of US homes have no more than Hobson's choice (i.e. a complete absence of choice) when it comes to signing up for a maximum, but no more than mediocre, 25 megabits per second broadband Internet access connection.
What actual 'choice' there is is usually AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner or Verizon. These are the huge companies that either provide monopoly service or rub happily along together as smug and cosy duopolies whose prices and services, whilst all but identical, are not in the least competitive.
And that's in the cities. Out in the rural heartland of the US it is even worse. There it's a matter of 'like it or lump it' - and lumping it for subscribers means swallowing an inflated bill of US$300 or more every month or remaining electronically dispossessed.
As the FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in September, "Just let that sink in. Seventy-five per cent of American homes have no competitive choice for the essential infrastructure for 21st-century economics and democracy."
So, what's to be done? Economic theory has it that that in a genuinely, open, free and laissez-faire environment companies will always compete and will benefit the customer or consumer by fighting to provide the best at the lowest possible cost. That's the theory, now look at the current position of broadband access in the US: in many places the mantra of 'competition, competition' is parroted endlessly in marketing, advertising and CEO platitudes but the words and the concept are rendered meaningless because there is only one supplier (or at best two, who are in bed with one another.)
The evident solution would seem to be regulation but that's a very dirty word to the big service providers and thay have immense and lobbying powers that are remorselessly used to ensure the status quo stays just they way it is - and just the way they like it.
Across in Europe governments endeavour to foster competition via mechanisms such as local loop unbundling and equipment co-location, compelling the infrastructure owners (many of whom were, literally, gifted what had been a publicly owned and paid for networks during the privatisations of the 1980s and 1990s) to share their pipes and other infrastructure with rivals. But that, according to the ISPs anyway, is not the American Way.
In the US, back in 2002, the FCC in its wisdom reclassified "high-speed Internet access" as an unregulated information service rather than a regulated telecoms service. It did so in the hope that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would properly compete with one another to provide the best networks and services. It was a foolish and forlorn hope. What actually happened was that the market was carved-up and ISPs simply stayed out of one another's territories and spheres of influence. And that's why the US consumer is now and always has been paying through the nose for broadband access.
The counter-arguments: It's all the fault of subscribers. They expect too much and anyway the US is really big
But, even as Nick Russo, the co-author of the "Cost of Connectivity" report is saying, "More competition, better technologies and increased quality of service on wireline networks help to drive down prices", a countervailing argument is voiced by Richard Bennet, an academic and visiting fellow at the American Enterprise institute, a private and deeply conservative think-tank. Mr. Bennet says that the slow and stuttering access times endured by so many US subscribers is nothing to do with the state and management of broadband networks but is down to the number of customers and their high levels of usage. Yup, it is all the fault of the subscribers expecting to be able to access the Internet in accordance with the flowery verbiage of the ISP's marketing and advertising departments.
Another argument runs like this: It's all down to geographics versus demographics. The US is a big nation and the average concentration of population (discounting the likes of New York, Los Angeles and all the other big cities) is far below that of the UK, or Tokyo, or Seoul. High bandwidth infrastructure, it is claimed, is far easier and cheaper to provide in these and other crowded hellholes than it is on the prairies, the deserts and in the mountains
Susan Crawford, the author of "Captive Audience: Telecom Monopolies in the New Gilded Age." (a volume well worth more than just a passing glance) and a visiting professor at Harvard Law School says that big and powerful ISPs "have little reason to to upgrade their networks" because `'there has been little pressure from competitors or regulators" to force them to do so.
So, the market continues upon its merry way, well, merry for the ISPs anyway. Meanwhile it should be remembered that in addition to the $300 a month bills that have to pay for indifferent Internet access and services, many US subscribers in many cities are compelled by their ISPs to pay an additional $100 per annum for the "modem rental" that comes as an integral part of the contract. The same devices can be bought in retail stores for $30 or less.
Where's the digital Paul Revere when he's needed? "The ISPs are coming!" One if by fibre, Two if by copper.
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There is a new, at least to me, site called Scribd that I have just discovered, and I'm very excited about it. This site allows you to type a document on your computer, easily upload it to Scribd in seconds, and then the site immediately posts your document on the Internet with audio speaking the text.
Just click on the "play" button to the right of the story to hear the text.
This, I believe, is an extraordinary site for English Language Learners. They can easily post what they write and listen to how it sounds. They can use pictures and text or just plain text. Other students and family members can access them (if they have computers and Internet, of course, like the students in our Family Literacy Project).
I've posted this link on my Examples of Student Work page. It's near the bottom of the page and is called Student Talking Stories. You'll also be able to see a number of examples of student "talking stories" there.
As always, another great tool.
I liked these talking stories but I couldn´t find the audio anywhere around the document.
I cannot find the play button either. Could you please tell us where we should go to find it?. Thank you very much!
Unfortunately, Scribd eliminated this feature awhile ago.


Whether you absolutely hate makeup, have beginners level experience with it or you just don't have the time for it. There may come a moment where you feel you need just a touch. Perhaps it's a job interview. A wedding. Maybe a headshot for work. If you find yourself in that position and realize you have no idea what to use or how to use it; then this post is for you!
I made sure to use the cheapest and easiest products and steps I could for you! I hope you enjoy! And let me know if you have any other suggestions or additional questions in the comment section below!


Introduction: Many anglers yearn for a line that is as easy to cast as standard mono, but are as invisible as pure fluorocarbon. P-Line develops their new Floroclear copolymer line to be a single line that exhibits the most desirable attributes from both copolymer and fluorocarbon.
Impressions: Many Fluorocarbon lines I have tested thus far have been excellent in terms of invisibility under water, but all have been a bit too stiff for my tastes. This is especially the case when it comes to lines between 2-6lbs. With light lines such as this you are most likely tossing the lightest of lures, and any added stiffness in the line not only reduces your casting distance and accuracy, but increases the chances of those nasty line twists.
The premise behind P-Line Floroclear's construction was to create a copolymer core and a fluorocarbon coating to reduce visibility. In this way the P-Line engineers hoped to create an extremely manageable and effective line. The foundation of this line utilizes the very same copolymers used in other P-Line Products, but is enhanced to have even less memory.
Real World Test: What better way to test the cast and presentation capabilities of this copolymer line then on the shy backcountry trout in the Yosemite High Country. With the recent snow melt the rivers in upper Yosemite are ultra clear, and hold many medium sized trout that survived the harsh winter.
Knot Strength: One of the main advantages of a copolymer line over pure fluorocarbon is the increased knot strength, and abrasion resistance. Pure fluorocarbon lines can often break down quickly and become brittle. We tied a variety of lures on the Floroclear including Blue Fox Vibrax, Kastmasters, and my favorite...Panther Martin spinners. The waters we tested the Floroclear in were ice cold, as the streams were basically direct runoffs from the melting snow in the nearby Sierras. In these frigid conditions the trout were exceptionally active and fought violently once hooked up. Not once during our test did a fish successfully break the line at the knot.
Casting: Casting ultralight lines can be frustrating for many anglers because of loop issues. Coupled with a small enough reel the P-Line Floroclear casts like a dream. While still slightly stiffer then some mono lines, P-Line Floroclear is probably the most manageable hybrid line I have ever fished with. With a .18mm diameter this line is considered very thin for a 4lb line, and you can fit plenty of it on even the most ultralight spinning outfits. The Fluorocarbon coating serves a dual purpose, not only does it promote invisibility but it also prevents water absorption into the line's core, giving the line greater casting distance and manageability. I was able to present even the smallest lures with no difficulty. When fishing in ultra clear water positioning is vital, as a single miscast can spook fish and eliminate any chance of a take.
Visibility: Here is where Floroclear really shines. With the ability to cast like a mono line anglers now retain the advantage of a fluorocarbon coating. With a refractive index very close to that of water the Floroclear appears virtually invisible underwater...and when I say invisible I mean it! Your lures look as if they are swimming freely in the water below. I caught over 30 fish on this last trip, a much larger number then times I have come to the same location using pure 4lb mono. Lure presentation is crucial to these shy wild trout, and this invisible line definitely helps present lures with more realism.
Durability: We fished with the 4lb P-Line Floroclear during the entire field test. While 2lb lines will help you cast farther with lighter lures you definitely will find yourself losing more lures, and potentially losing large fish if you try and muscle them. With 4lb line you have a little more backbone when turning these energetic fish, and still can relish the fight. P-Line has always been known for high durability, and are often the #1 choice for Fly Fisherman when it comes to choosing strong tippet. In P-Line tradition Floroclear is extremely durable for such a thin line. When in the backcountry your lures are often inches from the bottom and your line is in constant contact with rough abrasive surfaces. At the end of the 3 day trip the entire line remained in excellent condition, and ready to tackle our next destination.
Conclusion: Floroclear is the newest addition to P-Line's family of premium lines. The combination of a copolymer core and a flurocarbon outer layer allows anglers to benefit from the best of both worlds. In our backcountry test this hybrid line exhibited very low visibility, excellent knot strength, and accurate castability. While the ultra light lines are excellent for spinning gear, the heavier Floroclear lines are also suitable for extremely delicate baitcasting presentations as well. If your looking for a line that can offer you that extra edge you don' have to look any farther the P-Line's effective new hybrid.... Floroclear.


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Q: How to return "Not built" to Gerrit Trigger Plugin There are 4 kind gerrit command in gerrit plugin settings.
Success / Fail / Unstable / Not Built.
I could return "success/fail" from my job to gerrit plugin, by using exit 0/1,
And "success/fail" gerrit command was executed.
But I don't Understand how to return "Not Built" by shellscript.
Please teach me.
sorry for my poor english.
Thanks.

A: Success / Failure / Unstable

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*If the job has no test reports configured:

*

*If the last build command executed by Jenkins exits with failure
(<> 0) exit code, the build is considered to be failed.

*If the last build command exits with success (= 0) exit
code, the build is successful.

*If the job has one or more test reports configured:

*

*If the last build command executed by Jenkins exits with failure
(<> 0) exit code, the build is considered to be failed.

*If the last build command exits with success (= 0) exit
code but test reports have some failed tests, the build is unstable.

*If the last build command exits with success and all test have
passed, the build is stable.
The only other way to get "Unstable" result is through the use of some post-build plugins (like static code analysis for example).
Not Built
I'm not sure about this item... but I think (guess) the build is considered not build when the job finishes by a timeout.

A: I found out way of force stopping by following command
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/job/${JOB_NAME}/${BUILD_NUMBER}/stop

and gerrit command for "Not Build" was executed .


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Q: Matlab - printing selected lines from a text file in new text file I have a text file whose contents are for example:
[1] John where are you bring me copy number = 1 4 5
[2] Hi, Sam what is the cost of your calculator = 200 500 800
[3] Nancy, bring me the no. of copy that I gave you = 4 8 5
[4] Hi, how many litres of milk you have = 10 12 6
[5] Peter, give your copy numb = 23 45 32
    & so on.

I am interested in those lines which contains the word 'copy'. The code below gives me the line number in the text file that contains the word 'copy'.
 fid = fopen('my_file.txt', 'r');
 C   = textscan(fid, '%s', 'Delimiter', '\n');
 fclose(fid);

 % Search for string 'copy' and find all rows that matches it
 D    = strfind(C{1}, 'copy');
 rows = find(~cellfun('isempty', D));

I want to print those lines with the word 'copy' in another text file.

A: First, you need to select the content you want:
C2=C{1}(rows);

fprint can write a comma separated list, which allows to write the file in one line:
fid2=fopen(....
fprintf(fid2,'%s\n',C2{:});
fclose(fid2);


If you can't make it to the Gold Lot parking lot at CES, sometimes you have to bring the Gold Lot to you. That's exactly what Elektrobit did at CES 2017, with an automated driving demonstration in North Hall that was developed in conjunction with researchers at the University of Munich. In the demo, several toy cars retrofitted with cameras, ultrasonic sensors, MEMS, and compasses navigated around a small track replete with obstacles, along the way obeying traffic laws and avoiding, most notably, each other. The catch here, though, is that none of them were equipped with communications technology – all of the collision avoidance and active safety functions of the driverless cars were performed completely locally.
The cars in the demo were outfitted with an ITX motherboard housing an Intel Core i7 processor, and running the hardware-agnostic, AUTOSAR-compatible EB robinos application-layer software platform. As shown in the figure below, EB robinos contains all of the software components necessary for autonomous driving and active safety functions by employing a modular approach that can be tailored to the capabilities of a particular vehicle. Therefore, sensor inputs from various technologies can be abstracted and fed into an architectural block of the EB robinos that handles situation analysis and planning (see Situative Behavior Arbitration), allowing cars to ingest information about their surrounding environment, asses it, and then take a corresponding action based on pre-defined behavior. Speaking of behavior, it was interesting to see the "personality" each car seemed to develop over the course of the demonstration, as at times if there was an obstruction that caused them to wait too long (i.e., one of the other vehicles), they would seemingly become impatient and navigate around it.
"The robinos architecture allows the combination of various technologies, and allows algorithms to run based on the technology present in the vehicle architecture, whether you have them or not." says Manuela Papadopol, Director of Business Development and Communications at Elektrobit.
As evident in the demo, EB robinos is capable of supporting level 5 on the SAE autonomous driving scale. As a cherry on top, the cars were also supported by the automated valet parking feature of Elektrobit's EB Assist Automotive Data and Time-triggered Framework (ADTF) software so that when the cars were running low on battery, they simply pulled into a designated area and parked themselves.
Automotive security has inundated the headlines since the Jeep Hack about 18 months ago, and given the second half of my meeting with Elektrobit, it appears automakers and their suppliers have taken notice.
While at the Elektrobit booth, I was informed of a partnership between the company and Argus Cyber Security that has yielded an automotive-grade intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS) integrated with the EB tresos operating system (OS). In the implementation shown (though any electronic control unit (ECU) architecture or implementation can be supported, according to officials from the two companies), the integrated solution had been installed on the gateway ECU of a makeshift vehicle that monitored messages traversing the CAN bus to determine their validity, authenticity, and integrity.
Shown on the tablet is a representation of the vehicle's systems, and after "hacking" into them I was able to manipulate operations on the actual car platform itself by, for example, increasing the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of the engine, modifying the output of the infotainment system or instrument cluster, or shutting the car off completely. However, through the Argus back end console (shown on the monitor in to the rear of the picture), the yellow bar indicates that messages (and therefore, actions) are being monitored as potentially suspicious. Slightly to the right, you will notice that a red bar is beginning to appear, which indicates that these messages are being blocked, though monitoring continues. In this demonstration, all of this monitoring and intervention is being done remotely through the cloud.
However, another intriguing feature of the solution described by Yoram Berholtz, Business Development Director at Argus is that while blocked messages are no longer being received by ECUs targeted by a particular malware or hacker, this is not discernible by attackers. The adversaries believe that their attack is commencing as planned, which makes the implementation one part cyber countermeasure, one part honeypot/deception network. Since the technology is completely rooted in software, it can quickly be deployed to AUTOSAR-compliant OSs like EB tresos. As far as security is concerned, there, at least, is one benefit of the connected car.


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Title Match and Mick Foley Announced for Tuesday's WWE SmackDown, Show's Title Shot at WWE TLC, Update on Booker T vs. Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan Speaks, Kizarny Responds to WWE, Heath Slater Comment, More
– Coming out of last night's WWE SmackDown, Daniel Bryan is the new #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Title and will face champion Mark Henry on this coming Tuesday's live SmackDown special inside a steel cage.
WWE has also announced that Tuesday's live SmackDown episode will be hosted by Mick Foley.
– As seen on SmackDown last night, Daniel Bryan cashed in Money in the Bank to defeat World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry. The match was overturned by Teddy Long because Henry wasn't able to compete. Bryan told WWE.com in a storyline video that he tried to cash in because then, he wanted to take the World Heavyweight Title from Mark Henry more than he wanted to main event WrestleMania 28.
– Regarding Bryan's steel cage match against Henry on this coming Tuesday's live SmackDown special, the winner of that match will defend the World Heavyweight Title against Big Show at WWE's TLC pay-per-view.
– Also coming out of SmackDown, WWE has a new backstage interview with Booker T, discussing Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. Booker insists he does not want to return to the ring to face Cody because his wrestling days are over. Booker says he has put that life behind him and it's about focusing on the new generation of stars. This is all part of the storyline as Booker is scheduled to return to the ring soon.
– WWE terms trending worldwide on Twitter during SmackDown last night were Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, Heel, Jinder Mahal, Hunico, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Heath Slater, DiBiase Posse, Zack Ryder, Kaitlyn, Alicia Fox, Macho Man, Justin Gabriel, Daniel Bryan, Teddy Long and Mark Henry.
– Kelly Kelly and Daniel Bryan will be meeting fans at the Kmart on Sinclair Lane in Baltimore, Maryland on December 18th at 12pm. The signing is open to the first 300 fans and a wristband policy is in effect.
– Heath Slater, who recently made his return from a suspension, wrote the following last night: "I'm back, looking good, and Trending World Wide.. Thanks Slater Haters keep up the good work.."
– Former WWE Superstar Nicholas "Kizarny" Cvjetkovich was listed by WWE on their website this week as one of the top 7 "turkeys in the ring." Kizarny has responded in the video below and shares a discussion he had with John Laurinaitis and more. Here's the video that contains some graphic language:


Jesus of Nazareth driving the merchants and money changers out of the Temple, declaring, "My Father's House shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." Echoing the words of His Master, the Apostle Paul declared to Timothy, "First of all...I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil...life..." On the Lord's day the saints in General Assembly extend the scepter of King Jesus out of Zion through it's Kingdom prayers, binding the powers of darkness, loosing the power of Christ's Kingdom, and changing governments, cities, and nations.
1. The Lord's Day is the official day of worship for the Church of Jesus Christ. It is the day that the allotments or churches of the true Israel of God go up to Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, to worship the Father and the Son in the Spirit and through prayer extend the scepter of King Jesus to release the government of God upon the cities and nations of the earth. Therefore, every Lord's Day the churches that makeup the networks or jurisdictions of the CAC gather in the Spirit with the whole Church in General Assembly around the throne.
On the Lord's Day we go up to Zion, allotment by allotment, city by city , region by region, nation by nation until the whole Church has assembled in rank and order as a mighty army around the throne of God to celebrate and worship Jesus Christ the King, pray governmental prayers binding the powers of the kingdom of darkness and releasing the power and glory of the Kingdom of Heaven and transforming cities and nations, hear the Word of our King, and celebrate the Eucharist. Then, we descend the Holy Mountain to serve His Kingdom in our cities, nations, regions, and throughout the whole earth.
2. At the Lord's direction the ministers and churches of the member networks or jurisdictions of the CAC may be convened internationally in General Conference by the Presiding Apostle with the consensus agreement and support of the General Council or Synod.
3. At the Lord's direction the ministers and churches of member networks or jurisdictions of the CAC in a region may also be convened in Regional Conference by the Presiding Apostle or Elder of a Regional Council with the consensus agreement and support of the Regional Council.
4. At the Lord's direction the ministers and churches of member networks of jurisdictions of the CAC in a nation may be convened in National Conference by the Presiding Apostle or Elder of a National Council or Synod with the consensus agreement and wholehearted support of the National Council.
5. At the Lord's direction the ministers and churches of member networks or jurisdictions of the CAC in a city may be convened for a Citywide Celebration or Conference by the Presiding Apostle or Elder of a local Presbytery or Council with the consensus agreement of the Presbytery or Council.
6. The CAC Ministers' Fellowship may meet in conjunction with these meetings as the Spirit of the Lord directs the governmental councils of the CAC.
7. The CAC General Council or Synod shall be convened at the Lord's direction by the Presiding Apostle with the consensus agreement of the CAC Executive Council. Meeting dates and council agendas are to be determined by the Presiding Apostle (President or Bishop) together with the Executive Council. Members of the General Council or Synod are to be formally advised of meeting dates and discussion topics in writing at least one year in advance.
8. The Presiding Apostle may call meetings of the Executive Council regarding CAC concerns or to determine meeting dates and General Council agendas as directed by the Lord. He must give Executive Council members a three month notice in writing.
9. The Presiding Apostle may also appoint special Convening Councils or Special Task Forces to address special issues, concerns, or projects with the consensus approval of the General Council.
10. The Presiding Apostle with the consensus agreement of the General Council may also convene a variety of international dialogs, summits, conferences or congresses to serve the ministers and churches of the CAC globally, as well as, the larger body of Christ.
11. CAC Chairmen, Presiding Apostles or Elders (ruling pastors or bishops) of regional, national, or municipal councils, synods, or presbyteries with the consensus agreement of their respective governmental bodies, may also convene special meetings deemed appropriate or essential to advance the vision and mission of the CAC or the body of Christ in their geographic region, nation, or city.
This is an early painting of Apostle James the Just, the brother of Jesus whose judgment was adopted by the apostles and elders in the first apostolic council in Jerusalem in 50 AD. The apostles and elders met to govern or judge the issue of circumcision and the salvation of the Gentiles (the nations). 1st Peter shared his surprising experience with Cornelius' household; 2nd Paul and Barnabas shared about the sovereign move of God in Antioch; 3rd James declared to the council that the conversion of the Gentiles was demonstration God was rebuilding the Tabernacle or House of David which had fallen down. As a result the apostles and elders issued apostolic decrees concerning these matters that became the rule among all the churches in the Empire.
This fellowship of apostles (the apostolate) that Jesus Himself established in the beginning of His ministry and the Jerusalem Council in 50 AD established Apostolic structures and patterns for the ongoing government of the Church of Jesus Christ today. Structures and patterns that must be recovered.
For more detailed information about the vision of the Communion of Apostolic Churches, what we believe, and how we are structured and governed see page entitled Constitution.
Also, for details about becoming a member network or jurisdiction of churches, a member minister, and/or congregation you may write the CAC in care of the Presiding Apostle George Kouri at gekouri@mac.com.
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Handmade table cloth on quality cotton block printed with a turquoise peacock pattern and thick border.
A gorgeous colourful addition to your summer outdoor dining and to any lunch, dinner, cocktail or afternoon tea.
A beautiful colourful addition to an outdoor dining table and summer garden lunch party. Matching decorative tablecloth cushion and garden parasols available.


For stability and ease of use choose the Mobel Motion Height Adjustable Desk with its 160 kg lifting capacity, this is one of our most popular desks. Take control of your working environment - easily adjust the height from 63 cm to 120 cm to suit standing, sitting or perching in between. Recent studies show that standing for part of your working day is beneficial to your health.
Mobel Motion desk includes a 3 memory button switch with LED read-out and Anti-Collision safety feature.


Good Source of Vitamin B6: Yam is a good source of Vitamin B6 which is needed by the body to break down a substance called homocysteine, which can damage blood vessels walls Having a good supply of Vitamin B6 in the body is believed to reduce the risk of developing heart diseases.
Supports Female Endocrine System: Yam is particularly useful for menopausal women. It contains an enzyme that provides a natural alternative to hormonal replacement in women who have reached menopause.
Cancer Deterrent: Yam can also be viewed as a cancer deterrent especially of colon cancer. The dietary fibre in this tuber prevents colon cancer by preventing toxic compounds in the food from adhering to the colon mucosa. Vitamin A in Yam provides protection from lung and oral cavity cancer.
Source of Energy & Antioxidant: Being high in fibre, yam keeps you full without putting on those extra kilos. Yams are also a good source of manganese, a mineral that aids carbohydrates metabolism and is very important for energy production and antioxidant defences.
Helps in RBC Production & Improves Blood Flow: Copper present in yam, is very useful for the production of red blood cells and improves blood flow in the body. Iron further improves the blood circulation in the body. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
Delays Ageing Signs: Yam has amazing anti-ageing benefits. It contains amazing skin-friendly nutrients like beta carotene, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and antioxidants which can help to prevent wrinkles and other signs of ageing.
Prevents Premature Hair Greying: Yam will also prevent premature greying as it contains a good amount of Vitamin B6 which creates melanin and gives the hair its colour.
Promotes Blood Circulation in the Scalp: Iron in yam helps the red blood cells to carry oxygen and promote blood circulation in the scalp. Thus, regular consumption of yam will prevent hair loss and will promote hair growth.