Raintree Restaurant of St. Augustine and Dianne Thompson Jacoby can offer your group an historical dinner theater experience. A Stetson University's Elderhostel/Road Scholar, Dianne is an Historical Dramatist who performs one woman dramas. All shows are available full length and luncheon length.
to reserve a dramatic culinary experience for your group.
The story of empire builder Henry Morrison Flagler comes to life in this historical drama in three acts. Henry's tremendous drive and magnificent accomplishments during Florida's glorious Gilded Age are seen through the eyes of his three captivating wives as each beautifully gowned lady tells of her years with the man who took the blank canvas of Florida and created a rich man's paradise. Each woman loves Henry in her own way. The devoted but sickly Mary Harkness, mother of his children, stood with him as he founded Standard Oil. Because of Mary's chronic ill health Henry takes her to the wilds of Florida. Although Mary tragically dies of consumption Henry always yearns to return to St. Augustine to create a winter paradise for the wealthy.
Devastated, Henry seeks consolation in the arms of the frivolous and high strung Ida Alice Shourds. Soon Mr. Flagler returns with his second wife to the wilderness of Florida and begins building magnificent grand hotels as his new wife lavishly entertains. Henry builds a string of lavish hotels and a railroad line, but sadly, amidst all the gaiety of the elite social scene, mental illness begins to claim Ida Alice's sanity.
As she spirals into insanity Mr. Flagler meets a wealthy and young heiress who captivates him, Southern Belle Mary Lily Kenan. A scandalous divorce ensues. Henry's 34 year old third wife, soon weds 71 year old Henry Flagler, by this time the most powerful man in Florida. Twelve years after their marriage Mary Lily became the wealthiest widow in the world. Each unique woman shares her experience, strength and hope as Mrs. Flagler. Meet Henry Flagler as only his wives knew him. This show can be performed in a shorter format with just one wife.
Dianne is a fourth generation Floridian living in St. Augustine, the Oldest City where she lectures, performs and coordinates Stetson University's Elderhostel/Road Scholar programs for Stetson University as an adjunct professor. She is also a graduate of Stetson University.
As an Educator, she taught for many years and was an adjunct professor o Art at Flagler College for ten years.
As an Artist, Dianne has exhibited her paintings throughout the United States, she is now specializing in portraits and custom mural painting.
As an Historical Dramatist she researched, wrote and performs one woman dramas.
She is a founding member of St. George Players Theater Troupe performing 16th century Comedia and Mummers shows. She also performs dinner theatre, mystery theatre as well as historical films and educational videos.
As a historical re-enactor she interprets personas from the 1500's through the Victorian Gilded Age. She serves as a consultant and educator in the area of historical clothing and costuming. She has National Park Service certification in black powder cannon and musket.
Her special interests include Historical preservation and heritage tourism.


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Can You Have PTSD if You've Never Been in Battle?
The average guy wouldn't compare his high-school car wreck to a firefight in Fallujah. But according to a Harvard medical school study, three out of five men have experienced at least one major trauma in their lifetimes.
Here are some techniques to employ if posttraumatic stress disorder visits your home front.
The technique: Stick to specific daily and weekly routines to stay focused, says John A. Fairbank, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University medical center.
Feeling especially anxious? Schedule an intense workout, and snack on pistachios—a third of a cup can relax your arteries and keep your blood pressure from spiking in stressful situations, say Penn State researchers.
The technique: Emotional memories will detonate your brain's fear center, as well as its memory bank, say Duke University researchers.
Next up: A paranoid protection instinct that you'll have difficulty shaking. Writing about the experience can siphon off some of the stress, according to a study review in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Your kids will sense your anxiety; give them a chance to ask questions. Answer honestly or you'll just provide more reason to worry.
The technique: In the immediate aftermath, look for short-term, feel-good solutions. A massage can cut a third of the stress hormone cortisol in your body, say University of Miami researchers.
For long-term help, focus on the hard facts of the accident, says Mark Lerner, Ph.D., chairman of the National Center for Crisis Management. Logical thinking, based on fact, can reveal irrational beliefs about the accident—an important first step in overcoming guilt or anger.
The technique: Separate the guilt for your mistake from excessive remorse over things you can't change. Identify what you should have done differently, but give yourself at least this much credit: You did not intentionally cause the wreck.
By focusing on your missteps, such as speeding or inattention, you can channel your guilt into changing your habits, says Loretta Malta, Ph.D., an instructor of psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
The technique: Try having a friend interview you, on CD or tape, about the relationship you lost. Listening to the recording can help you face the reality of the death and overcome the shock, says George Bonanno, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Columbia University.
Try focusing your grief into a mourning ritual, like visiting the place that person loved, to clear your mind for the rest of the day, says Bonanno.


Apps are not standalone products. When designing apps we focus a lot on UI, content and interactions. It's easy to forget that your app relies on a backend just as websites do.
How Can I Build My App?
We already saw why you may want to have an app. Now let's see what your options are for building one. It won't be an in-depth, technical article, but it should give you a good overview of the solutions currently (2014) available.
If you search for "Do You Need An App", results will show you that it's a popular question with complicated (and often contradictory) answers. Of course, for a few businesses, like games for example, not having an app is nonsense. But it's not so easy for the rest of the world. Small businesses and big corporations alike face the app dilemma.


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Anyone Remember the IRS Scandal?
Dr Snyder August 29, 2014 August 29, 2014
If you know who this woman is, you are part of the minority who stays on top of news that is truly important. If you have forgotten who she is, or her face draws a complete blank, please allow me to fill in that blank. She needs to be known because she represents one of the most heinous activities of the federal government in recent years—the attempt to suppress all political opposition to Barack Obama. She is Lois Lerner, one of the architects of the IRS scheme to target conservative political groups and affect federal elections. In fact, her activities, along with her co-conspirators—yes, I will use that loaded word—may have led directly to Obama's reelection.
Why am I writing about her today? Isn't she "old news"? Well, if you get your information from the mainstream news media, that would be the case. All the major networks have ignored completely the latest development in the IRS scandal.
You might remember that Lerner's attorney informed the Congress that all of her e-mails were inexplicably destroyed in a crash of her hard drive, and that there was no backup. Consequently, sorry Congress, but you really can't continue investigating this scandal because of this unforeseen act of God. That's the term, you know, for hurricanes, earthquakes, and destroyed computer hard disks.
That story, though, has been challenged by computer experts who say that's not possible, given the backup system set up in the government. Now, the latest chapter in this saga is that her Blackberry, which had those so-called lost e-mails, was destroyed after the investigation began. Hmm, is it possible this all could be a coverup? I mean, isn't there the slightest possibility this is political chicanery?
In league with Lerner is the fairly new head of the IRS, John Koskinen, a good friend and appointee of the president, who has carried out one of the craziest stonewalls of a congressional investigation ever witnessed. He keeps making statements that are demonstrably false, yet expects to get away with them. It's almost like a comedy routine:
I know many other people have made the following point, but it's worth repeating: if this were a Republican administration lying to this extent, a new Watergate would be born. Reporters would be falling over themselves digging up the dirt and rushing to report the latest angle of the scandal. Not so today. The mainstream news media doesn't care. It is so sold out to praising Barack Obama that it has abandoned its basic journalistic role. It's no longer a news media, but a cheering section in what it considers a political football game.
What about those hardy few who want to know the truth? Their path to the truth is going to be difficult:
In the middle of all the other newsworthy stories—our foreign policy fiascoes and the increased terrorism threat—let's not forget the IRS scandal. It hits at the very integrity of our government and our elections.
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Shakib Al Hasan: A man born to create milestone
By BSS, Dhaka
19th-Jun-2019
Talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan now won two matches for Bangladesh in this World Cup, all by alone. When most of his teammates looked inconsistent, he did it by his own almost, albeit with little support from two different men in two different games.
In Bangladesh's 21-run victory over South Africa, he found support from Mushfiqur Rahim. Here against West Indies, he got support from Liton Das who accumulated calmly before sensationally accelerating, hitting Shannon Gabriel for three consecutive sixes during the course of his 69 ball-94 not out in his World Cup debut.
But Shakib Al Hasan is from different planet. In Bangladesh's first match in this World Cup, Shakib took the momentum away from South Africa, playing a sensational knock of 75 when the Proteas started ruling the Tigers. Here when the Caribbean looked pumped up, reducing Bangladesh to 123-3 in 18th over, Shakib took them in disdain to propel the Tigers pull off the second highest chase in World Cup history with a dominant seven-wicket win at Taunton.
With the determination he practiced, witness said he is destined to be something extraordinary in this World Cup. And it turns out to be preciously right.
This World Cup seemed to turn to be a milestone tournament for Shakib Al Hasan.
He also struck two half-centuries, before hitting two successive centuries, meaning his 124 not out against West Indies, ninth ODI century is his fourth straight fifty plus knock in the World Cup, a feat that no Bangladeshi could achieve so far. And it should be noted, he also kept striking with ball at regular intervals even though this World Cup pitch have nothing for the spinners.
However, Shakib Al Hasan became the only second Bangladeshi batsman after Tamim Iqbal to reach the milestone of 6000 runs during his 124 not out.
The milestone became even sweeter because he led from the front to help Bangladesh win it by seven wickets.
In form Shakib began the match with 23 runs shy of reaching the milestone and as he completed those runs chopping a length delivery off fast bowler Oshane Thomas to third man region for two runs.
As Bangladesh lost an early wicket in the chase of 322 runs when Andre Russell got the better of Soumya Sarkar with a short ball, Shakib gave the chase an impetus with free flowing batting alongside Tamim Iqbal.
Earlier, he reached the milestone of 5000 runs and 250 wickets as the fifth cricketer of the world when he claimed the wicket of Aiden Markram in Bangladesh's first match of the World Cup against South Africa. He achieved the feat faster than the other four cricketers-Sanath Jayasuirya, Abdul Razzak, Shahid Afridi and Jacques Kallis-who also hold this rare record.
Now he joins an elite list of the double of 6000 runs and 250 wickets that included only three others-Jayasurya, Afridi and Kallis-apart from him. And again he did it faster than them in 202 ODIs.
When Bangladesh played their second match of this World Cup against New Zealand, Shakib became the third Bangladeshi cricketer to play 200th ODI.
In Bangladesh's third match against England, he became the only second Bangladeshi cricketer to hit a World Cup century after Mahmudullah Riyad.
Bangladesh's fourth match against Sri Lanka was washed out due to heavy rain, which only could prevent Shakib from reaching some more milestones. And when rain stayed away from Taunton against West Indies, no one could prevent Shakib from creating another milestone. This time he struck second successive century to emulate Mahmudullah Riyad who hit tons against England and New Zealand in consecutive matches in 2015 World Cup.
Accidents at level crossings
A newly-married couple and eight others of the bridal party were killed when a Dhaka-bound train rammed their microbus at an unmanned level crossing in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila on Monday evening. The fatal accident has spoiled unmet dream of the couple. It's due to utter negligence of the Railway Authorities ...
Argentine sport court member advices Messi to apologize
AP, Buenos Aires :Lionel Messi should apologize for his harsh comments at the Copa America in order to avoid a sanction, an Argentine member of sport's highest court said on Monday.Following defeats in the last two finals, Messi had another frustrating end to the tournament when he was sent off ...
AP, New York :Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe's democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday.The report released by the Pew Research Center, covering developments through 2017, ...
Erdogan hails S-400 deal as Turkey marks 2016 coup bid
AFP, Istanbul :President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hailed the controversial delivery of a Russian missile defence system despite the threat of US sanctions, as Turkey marked the third anniversary of a bloody coup attempt.Just days before the anniversary, the first batch of the Russian S-400 defence system was delivered ...
Business & Economy »
HMD Global launches two Nokia Smart Phones
Economic Reporter :HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, launched Nokia 3.2 and Nokia 2.2 in Bangladesh.The Launching ceremony was held at a city hotel on Tuesday. Farhan Rashid, Head of Business of HMD Global Bangladesh, Raquibul Kabir, Managing Director of Union Group, Syed MostahidalHoq, Managing Director of Daraz Bangladesh ...
Lea Michele to star in Same Time, Next Christmas
Actor Lea Michele is set to star in ABC's Christmas movie titled Same Time, Next Christmas. In the movie, the Glee alum will play Olivia Henderson, a young woman who meets her childhood sweetheart during her family's annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separated by distance and time, the ...
Amala Paul reveals she is in a relationship
Actress Amala Paul, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming film 'Aadai' on July 19, has revealed that she is in a relationship. It is to be noted that the pretty actress fell in love with Director Vijay while working for 'Deiva Thirumagal' and the duo got married in ...
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Cricket World Cup team of the tournament
England won the World Cup for the first time after beating New Zealand in Sunday's thrilling final at Lord's, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic event featuring some superb individual performances.AFP Sport names its team of the tournament:Rohit Sharma (India)The 32-year-old emerged as the tournament's star batsman, making history ...
I will be apologising for rest of my life - Stokes on overthrows drama
Ben Stokes has been saying sorry a lot lately. His latest apology was to the people of New Zealand for one of the most outrageous sporting flukes that contributed to England winning the Cricket World Cup at the expense of the country of his birth.Stokes had already broken New Zealand ...
Iran tanker will be freed after guarantees, says Britain
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt sought to ease tensions with Iran on Saturday, saying a tanker held by Gibraltar would be released if Tehran guaranteed it was not heading to Syria.He said he had a "constructive call" with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, who he said assured him that ...
Deepika's Veronica stays etched; shares sneak peeks as Cocktail turns seven
Bollywood's leading lady Deepika Padukone gave an electrifying performance in one of her most strongly essayed characters- Veronica which stays as one of her most memorable characters. As Cocktail clocks seven years today, the actress took to social media to give a shout-out to one of her most rebellious characters ...
Mashrafe begins practice amid concern over his Sri Lanka tour
Amid the widespread apprehension over his Sri Lanka tour following a hamstring injury that kept him at bay throughout the World Cup, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza began practice at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.He was seen spending busy time in gymnasium and latter running at the Stadium, ...
Lee Nak-yeon's visit to strengthen Dhaka -Seoul ties
THE official bilateral talks between Bangladesh and South Korea held at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her South Korean counterpart Lee Nak-yeon led their respective sides. After the talks, a number of bilateral instruments on trade, investment and cultural fronts were signed. ...
Israel threatens 'crushing' response to any Hezbollah strike
AFP, Jerusalem :Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned the head of Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hezbollah that "crushing" retaliation would follow any attack, after its leader said the group's rockets could reach Tel Aviv."Over the weekend we heard (Hassan) Nasrallah's boasting about his attack plans," he said at the start ...
Nishita Barua`s new songs
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» MasterCard and shopkick Join Forces to Provide Consumers a More Rewarding Shopping Experience
MasterCard and shopkick Join Forces to Provide Consumers a More Rewarding Shopping Experience
MasterCard Cardholders Now Qualify for Increased Rewards Through shopkick's 'Buy & Collect' Program
PALO ALTO, Calif. & PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 27, 2012– Beginning today, MasterCard cardholders will have the ability to earn valuable rewards and special offers when making qualifying purchases with their linked MasterCard card at participating retailers across the United States.
In a partnership announced today, MasterCard and shopkick, the largest real-world shopping app, offer cardholders the ability to earn kicksTM, a proprietary reward currency, when they link their card to shopkick's Buy & Collect program and make qualifying purchases. kicks can be redeemed for gift cards, music downloads, movie tickets or other offers.
In addition to everyday opportunities to earn kicks, consumers will receive 250 bonus kicks for each MasterCard card they link to the Buy & Collect program, for a limited time during the kickoff period.
"Our partnership with shopkick helps us continue to meet our cardholders' demand for great deals and a more 'rewarding' shopping experience," said Mario Shiliashki, group head, Emerging Payments, MasterCard. "We'll be able to help consumers maximize rewards while also supporting their interests and passions, all through the simple download of the app and linking their MasterCard card. At the same time, our merchant partners will benefit from a deeper engagement with their customers."
The MasterCard-shopkick relationship will leverage best-in-class tools and analytics to help merchants increase sales and better measure the effectiveness of their location-based marketing efforts.
"As 'showrooming' becomes more and more of a threat to physical stores, shopkick and MasterCard can help retailers retain customers by offering rewards for in-store shopping," said Cyriac Roeding, co-founder and CEO of shopkick. "Over the past nearly two years, we have expanded our partner network of retailers, brands and financial partners to create the most powerful coalition rewards program in the U.S. The addition of MasterCard significantly increases shopkick's reach and its benefits to cardholders and partner retailers."
At the core of the shopkick mobile shopping app is the patent-pending "shopkick Signal" ultra-precise location technology, which detects its presence in partner stores accurately and seamlessly, automatically crediting rewards to the right account and delivering relevant offers. Cardholders interested in maximizing their rewards earning potential need to opt-in to the Buy & Collect program, as part of a joint commitment to maintaining the highest levels of privacy and security.
Shoppers who link their MasterCard card to Buy & Collect will qualify for offers such as "spend $40 and receive 250 kicks" at retailers such as American Eagle Outfitters, Arden B., Crate and Barrel, Old Navy, Toys"R"Us and Wet Seal.
About shopkick, Inc.
shopkick, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based startup funded by Kleiner Perkins' iFund, Greylock Partners and Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, and investor in Facebook and Zynga. In August 2010, shopkick launched the first mobile application that hands consumers high-value rewards, offers and exclusive deals at shopkick's national retail partners simply for walking into stores and malls. Even more rewards can be earned for scanning partner brand products at over 250,000 stores nationwide. In combination with a groundbreaking new location technology called "shopkick Signal", the app can verify location within feet, and because the detection occurs on the phone, privacy of presence information is completely in the users' control. shopkick's growing partner alliance includes American Eagle Outfitters, Best Buy, Crate and Barrel, Macy's, Old Navy, Simon Property Group, The Sports Authority, Target, Toys"R"Us, west elm, The Wet Seal, Visa, Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Intel, HP and more. shopkick is the only 100% performance-based marketing platform in the physical retail world, with measurable foot traffic and transactions at stores. The app grew to 3 million users in its first 18 months. The free shopkick app is available for the iPhone and Android.
MasterCard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com, is a global payments and technology company. It operates the world's fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. MasterCard's products and solutions make everyday commerce activities – such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more efficient for everyone. Follow us on Twitter @MasterCardNews, join the discussion on the Cashless Conversations Blog and subscribe for the latest news.
Source: MasterCard
Seth Eisen, 914-249-3153
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Scientists Identify Possible Key to Drug Resistance in Crohn's Disease
Wed, 01/08/2014 - 12:59 — bioquicknews
Two-thirds to three-quarters of the estimated 700,000 Americans living with Crohn's disease, an autoimmune condition that can disrupt the entire gastrointestinal tract, will require surgery at some point during their lives. Patients and physicians often turn to this surgical intervention after a patient develops resistance to current treatments, such as steroids. Now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a normally small subset of immune cells that may play a major role in the development of Crohn's disease generally and in disease-associated steroid resistance specifically. The study, published online January 6, 2014 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, focused on Th17 cells, part of a family of white blood cells that have been implicated in numerous autoimmune diseases, including Crohn's disease. In the new study, the researchers found that a subset of TH17 cells in humans expresses the multidrug transporter MDR1 and that these cells are linked to inflammation in Crohn's patients. MDR1—a protein famous for promoting drug-resistance in tumors—may also act as a survival and steroid resistance factor in T cells, particularly in harsh environments such as the inflamed gut mucosa of Crohn's disease patients. "Our study is the first to identify and characterize this uniquely pro-inflammatory T-cell subset," said biologist Dr. Mark Sundrud, a TSRI assistant professor who led the study. "We were able to sort these cells directly out of damaged tissue resected from Crohn's patients and found that these pro-inflammatory cells are over-expressing genes that contribute to disease." Within healthy individuals, only approximately 5 to 10 percent of CD4+ T cells are MDR1-expressing TH17 cells.
Zone in with Zon—Nucleic Acid Chemist Tackles Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Dr. Gerald Zon's latest blog post, dated January 6, 2014, and published by TriLink BioTechnologies of San Diego, focuses on the controversial subject of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing. Dr. Zon shares some personal history, beginning in 2009, of dealing with Navigenics, the first provider of direct-to-consumer (DTC) SNP-based genetic testing and medical counseling. He then discusses 23andMe, a company that has been a lightning rod of controversy in the area of DTC genetic testing and received a "bombshell" November 2013 letter from the FDA calling on the company to stop marketing its testing kit until it received proper authorization. D. Zon also noted the FDA's November issuance of marketing authorization for the first high-throughput (next-generation) genomic sequencer (Illumina's MiSeqDx), which will allow development and use of innumerable new genome-based tests, as described in a December 19, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine Perspective piece by Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and Margaret Hamburg, M.D. Dr. Zon further mentioned the "upbeat "Consumer Genetics Conference," held in September 2013 to emphasize the swirl of developments and debate in this key arena. According to Dr. Zon, Navigenics began selling its genetic testing services in 2008 based on SNP analysis to assess risk for a variety of common health conditions. In July 2008, California health regulators sent cease-and-desist letters to Navigenics and 12 other genetic testing firms, including 23andMe. The state regulators asked the companies to prove a physician was involved in the ordering of each test and that state clinical laboratory licensing requirements were being fulfilled. Two months later, Navigenics and 23andMe received state licenses allowing the companies to continue to do business in California. Dr.
Sage Grouse Threatened by Pole-Perching Ravens
Tue, 01/07/2014 - 10:44 — bioquicknews
A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Idaho State University, and the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that habitat fragmentation and the addition of makeshift perches such as transmission polls in sagebrush ecosystems are creating preferred habitat for common ravens that threaten sensitive native bird species, including greater sage grouse (image). The study appears in the January issue of the journal The Condor: Ornithological Applications. Authors include Dr. Kristy Howe of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Idaho State University, Dr. Peter Coates of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Dr. David Delehanty of Idaho State University. The authors looked at 82 raven nests on the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory land in southeastern Idaho, a sagebrush steppe ecosystem where ravens increased in numbers eleven-fold between 1985 and 2009. The study area has been subject to various alterations such as the addition of transmission lines, roads, and other human construction. Results showed that 58 percent of raven nests were located on transmission poles, 19 percent were in trees, and 14 percent were on other human-made towers. A 31 percent decrease in the likelihood of nesting by ravens was observed for every one kilometer increase in distance away from a transmission line when compared to unaltered areas. The authors noted that the transmission poles are taller than any other object in the study area and that nesting in or near them may afford the raven myriad advantages including a wider range of vision, greater attack speed, and easier take-off. Nesting on the poles may also gain them greater security from predators, range fires, and heat stress.
TGen and Collaborators Receive $4 Million Grant to Focus on RNA Biomarkers of Brain Injuries
In an effort to lower medical costs, identify patients at risk for injury, and speed patient recovery, scientists will attempt to identify a molecular signal that indicates severity of brain injury during a $4 million, five-year federal grant to Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix Children's Hospital, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) (image). TGen made this announcement in a press release dated December 4, 2013. Additional partners in the study include the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University. The molecular profile - comprised of extracellular RNAs- could help identify which patients are most at risk for vasospasm after hemorrhagic stroke. Hemorrhagic stroke can occur as: subarachnoid hemorrhage, or the bleeding into the area between the brain and a thin membrane that covers it; ruptured brain aneurysm, which is an abnormal bulge or ballooning in the wall of an artery within the brain. By identifying RNA molecular markers, a new standard of individualized care could be established, enabling medical teams to respond more rapidly to quickly changing health conditions, and allowing earlier intervention to prevent a secondary injury from occurring. "We hope this study will lead to less injury, less testing and cost, and shorter stays in the hospital," said Dr. Yashar Kalani, M.D., Ph.D., a resident physician in Neurological Surgery and assistant professor at the Barrow Neurological Institute and one of the study's principal investigators. Additional investigators at Barrow include Drs. Robert Spetzler, Peter Nakaji, Felipe Albuquerque, and Cameron McDougall. Vasospasms are characterized by bleeding in the brain that causes irritation and nearby blood vessels to spasm and narrow.
Mystery m6A Modification of mRNA Governs Half-Life of Molecule
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 11:49 — bioquicknews
Researchers had known for several decades that a certain chemical modification exists on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), which is essential to the flow of genetic information. But only recently did experiments at the University of Chicago show that one major function of this modification governs the longevity and decay of RNA, a process critical to the development of healthy cells. The chemical modification on mRNA in question is called N6-methyladenosine (m6A). A recent study by U. Chicago scientists and collaborators reveals how the m6A modification on mRNA could affect the half-life of mRNA that in turn regulates cellular protein quantities. That discovery could provide fundamental insights into healthy functioning and disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and infertility. The m6A modification "affects a huge number of messenger RNAs in human cells, and yet we did not know its exact function," said Dr. Chuan He, professor in chemistry at U. Chicago and a recently selected investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He, Xiao Wang and 11 co-authors from U. Chicago, University of California, San Diego, and Peking University reported their findings on m6A in the January 2, 2014 issue of Nature. RNA in human cells becomes constantly depleted as it produces proteins, an instability that is essential to biology. "Whenever a cells starts to differentiate, transform into a different type of cell, it needs to express a different set of proteins using a different set of messenger RNA," Dr. He said. "It can't be the original set." The disposal of old RNA allows for the addition of new RNA and the production of different proteins. The Nature study documents that this process is regulated by the insertion or removal of a methyl group, a chemical group commonly found in organic compounds.
10-Year Study Shows Keys to Successful Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance
Researchers from The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, together with collaborators, have published one of the first studies of its kind to follow weight loss maintenance for individuals over a 10-year period. The results show that long-term weight loss maintenance is possible if individuals adhere to key health behaviors. The study is published in the January 2014 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. J. Graham Thomas, Ph.D., is the lead author on a 10-year observational study of self-reported weight loss and behavior change in nearly 3,000 participants. The participants had lost at least 30 pounds and had kept if off for at least one year when they were enrolled in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR).vThe participants were then followed for 10 years. Dr. Thomas explains that the goal of the study was to determine how well they kept the weight off and to identify predictors of successful weight loss maintenance. Dr. Thomas says, "On average, participants maintained the majority of their weight loss over this extended follow-up period, and better success was related to continued performance of physical activity, self-weighing, low-fat diets, and avoiding overeating." Other findings from the study show that more than 87 percent of the participants were estimated to be still maintaining at least a 10 percent weight loss at years five and 10. The researchers found that a larger initial weight loss and longer duration of maintenance were associated with better long-term outcomes. Conversely, they found that decreases in physical activity, dietary restraint and self-weighing along with increases in fat intake were associated with greater weight regain. Dr. Thomas concludes, "This is one of the only studies to follow weight loss maintenance over such a long term.
January 3rd
Mating Observed for First Time in Sleeping Sickness Parasites
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 07:40 — bioquicknews
Caught in the act! Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK have observed mating for the first time in the microbes responsible for African sleeping sickness. This tropical disease is caused by trypanosomes, single-celled parasites that are found in the blood of those afflicted. The Bristol team was able to see what the trypanosomes were doing inside the tsetse flies that carry the disease by using fluorescent markers. The microscopic parasites were seen twirling and gyrating together before joining up into one hybrid cell. To tell which was which, individual trypanosomes were tagged with different colors, with the result that the hybrid cells had both colours. Professor Wendy Gibson, who led the research, commented: "It's not only bigger animals that have intricate courtship – but you need a powerful microscope to see this!" Sex matters for microbes because it enables genes to be swapped between different strains, leading to new combinations of genes. In the case of disease-causing microbes like the trypanosome, sex can potentially lead to a lot of harmful genes being combined in one strain. These new results suggest that sex is not an optional or rare part of this microbe's life cycle, but probably happens every time two different trypanosomes find themselves together in the same tsetse fly. Trypanosomes (see image) belong to a strange group of protozoa that includes several other medically important parasites such as Leishmania, Trichomonas, and Giardia. In the past, all these microbes were thought to reproduce just by splitting in half, but now results show that they also use sex to swap genes between strains.
Loss of Function of Singe Gene Causes Type 2 Diabetes in Mice
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine have found that dysfunction in a single gene in mice causes fasting hyperglycemia, one of the major symptoms of type 2 diabetes. Their findings were reported online on December 30, 2013 in the journal Diabetes. If a gene called MADD (which codes for MAP kinase-activating death domain protein) is not functioning properly, insulin is not released into the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar levels, says Dr. Bellur S. Prabhakar, professor and head of microbiology and immunology at UIC and lead author of the paper. Type 2 diabetes affects roughly 8 percent of Americans and more than 366 million people worldwide. It can cause serious complications, including cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, loss of limbs and blindness. In a healthy person, beta cells in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin in response to increases in blood glucose after eating. Insulin allows glucose to enter cells where it can be used as energy, keeping glucose levels in the blood within a narrow range. People with type 2 diabetes don't produce enough insulin or are resistant to its effects. They must closely monitor their blood glucose throughout the day and, when medication fails, inject insulin. In previous work, Dr. Prabhakar isolated several genes from human beta cells, including MADD, which is also involved in certain cancers. Small genetic variations found among thousands of human subjects revealed that a mutation in MADD was strongly associated with type 2 diabetes in Europeans and Han Chinese. People with this mutation had high blood glucose and problems of insulin secretion – the "hallmarks of type 2 diabetes," Dr. Prabhakar said.
Cleveland Clinic Researchers Create Online Colorectal Cancer Risk Calculator
Fri, 01/03/2014 - 10:35 — bioquicknews
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have developed a new tool called CRC-PRO that allows physicians to quickly and accurately predict an individual's risk of colorectal cancer, as published in an open-access article in the January-February 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. CRC-PRO, or Colorectal Cancer Predicted Risk Online, is designed to help both patients and physicians determine when screening for colorectal cancer is appropriate. Current guidelines recommend patients are screened at the age of 50. However, with this new tool, physicians will be better able to identify who is truly at risk and when screenings for patients are necessary. To develop the calculator, the researchers – led by Brian Wells, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences in Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute – analyzed data on over 180,000 patients from a longitudinal study conducted at the University of Hawaii. Patients were followed for up to 11.5 years to determine which factors were highly associated with the development of colorectal cancer. "Creating a risk calculator that includes multiple risk factors offers clinicians a means to more accurately predict risk than the simple age-based cutoffs currently used in clinical practice," said Dr. Wells. "Clinicians could decide to screen high-risk patients earlier than age 50, while delaying or foregoing screening in low-risk individuals." Dr. Wells and his colleagues hope that their new, user-friendly calculator will help improve the efficiency of colorectal cancer screenings. They also believe prediction tools like this can help lower healthcare costs by cutting down on unnecessary testing. The Multiethnic Cohort Study comprised a diverse ethnic population.
Deletion Increases Milk Production, Decreases Fertility in Dairy Cattle
Scientists have found a genomic deletion that affects fertility and milk yield in dairy cattle at the same time. The discovery can help explain a dilemma in dairy cattle breeding: the negative correlation between fertility and milk production. The work was published online on January 2, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS GENETICS. For the past many years, milk yield in Scandinavian dairy cattle has gone in one clear direction: up. This has been due to targeted breeding programs and modern breeding methods. Despite putting large weight on the breeding goal in Nordic countries, almost no improvement is achieved for fertility. It now seems that this unfavourable correlation between milk yield and fertility is partially affected by a deletion of a simple gene sequence. The presence and effects of this mutation have recently been discovered by scientists from Aarhus University, the University of Liège, and MTT Agrifood Research Finland, in collaboration with the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service and the Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation. Scientists, farmers, and advisors have generally assumed that the reduction in fertility is primarily due to the negative energy balance of high-producing cows at the peak of their lactation, but now the scientists have also found a genetic explanation. "We have discovered a deletion encompassing four genes as the causative variant and shown that the deletion is a recessive embryonically lethal mutation," explains Dr. Goutam Sahana. This means that the calves die while they are still embryos and are aborted or reported as insemination failure. The fact that the mutation is recessive means that both parents must carry it and pass the genes on to their calf for the calf to be affected.
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UEFA European Championship Sweden 1992
Thirty-four years after holding the FIFA World Cup, Sweden played host to Europe's finest for the 1992 European Championship. The tournament was probably the last small-scale gathering of its kind, as by this time television and marketing had started to play a larger part in their organisation. When the tournament next came about in 1996, it was a completely different animal with sixteen teams competing in a schedule that lasted the best part of a month.
It is an incontestible fact that had the hosting package for the 1992 event been proposed today, it would have been rejected immediately: the largest of the four grounds used in the competition and the venue for the final – Göteborg's Ullevi – could only hold a maximum of 44,000 people, and both Malmö and Norrköping – with capacities of 30,000 and 23,000 respectively – would have come nowhere near the standards required today. While the tournament that has retrospectively come to be known as Euro 92 was the last one to feature the elite eight teams, it was the first to implement the new requirement for players' shirts to display their name on the back and a smaller number on the front.
The eight finalists included two countries that might not otherwise have been there were it not for the political changes that had been taking place across Europe at the time; when the qualification round ended in late 1991 both the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia had booked their places in Sweden, but when the tournament started the Soviet Union had ceased to exist, resulting in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States – or CIS. The CIS featured players from all of the former Soviet republics with the exception of the Baltic states, Georgia and Azerbaijan; by 1996, all of the former Soviet republics would be competing as individual teams in an expanded qualifying competition. Yugoslavia meanwhile had found themselves disqualified from the finals on account of its ongoing civil war; its place was awarded to Denmark, who had finished second in their qualifying group.
In the fifteen games that were played a total of only thirty-two goals were scored at an average of 2.13, lower than it had been at the World Cup in Italy two years earlier; following the Netherlands' victory in 1988 the tournament saw its second successive first-time Champion as Denmark shocked the entire continent by beating both the reigning European and World champions en route to taking the title. Hans-Christian Andersen himself could not have written a better script.
Qualifying Campaign and pre-tournament build-up
Germany secured its berth in Sweden with relative ease, overcoming a 1-0 defeat in Wales to top the group on account of winning all of their other games in its four-team group. The highlight was without doubt the return home fixture against the Welsh, which saw Berti Vogts' men turn on the styled in administering a 4-1 thrashing.
Germany had never really paid much attention to pre-tournament friendly match form, and 1992 provided yet more evidence as to why. After losing their opening match of the year – sporting their new kit – to Italy by a single goal in Torino, they travelled to Prague to play a Czechoslovakian side where Thomas Häßler scored in a 1-1 draw.
Two home fixtures against Turkey and Northern Ireland in late May and early June completed the pre-tournament warm-up fixtures, with both games producing nothing special. After beating the Turks – a side that had lost all six of its group qualifiers – with a solitary Rudi Völler second-half goal, the Mannschaft found themselves being held by the Northern Irish in Bremen, with sweeper Manfred Binz levelling the scores after they had fallen behind.
One win, two draws and one defeat – hardly the sort of record that would have made their rivals quake in their boots. But then Germany had always been a tournament team.
Germany's Tournament in brief
The twenty-man German squad that arrived in Sweden contained a number of those who had been part of the winning FIFA World Cup squad two years earlier, but with one notable exception. Skipper Lothar Matthäus had been central to the team's success in Italy, where he had been the team's driving force and talisman – a man voted as the player of the tournament. Although Nationaltrainer Berti Vogts still had plenty of experienced players at his disposal, the team's performances throughout the tournament were far more workmanlike, and lacked the spark of inspiration provided by the influential Matthäus.
Vogts' side made it through past the group stage – though not without a bit of fortune, both good and bad. In their opening fixture against the CIS stand-in skipper Rudi Völler suffered a broken arm that saw his tournament come to a premature end before Thomas Häßler's last-minute free-kick earned the Nationalmannschaft a precious point; this was then followed by a hard-earned and arguably flattering 2-0 win against Scotland that had seen both Stefan Reuter and Guido Buchwald leave the field with nasty-looking head injuries.
In the absence of Buchwald and Reuter Vogts' side lost their final group phase game 3-1 to the Netherlands with what had been a quickly patched-up defence, but found themselves able to creep into the semi-finals thanks in no small part to the Scots, who defeated the CIS in their final match. The already eliminated Scots had been playing for pride; the CIS had only needed a point to progress.
If the group game against the Dutch had produced the worst result of Euro 1992 – if not necessarily the worst performance – the semi-final against hosts Sweden provided the highlight. At 3-2 the final result looked a lot closer than it actually had been, as Karl-Heinz Riedle bagged a brace and Häßler stroked in his second curling free-kick of the tournament to take the Mannschaft to a fourth European Championship final.
In what had been a see-saw of a tournament, things fell away again in the final against an inspired Danish side. After John Jensen had given the Danes a shock lead, Danish 'keeper Peter Schmeichel was on hand to gather everything that came in his direction. When Kim Vilfort controlled the ball with his hand before lashing home his side's second, it was pretty clear that Germany were not going to play the wicked witch in ruining the final chapter of what had become a Danish footballing fairytale.
Tournament Matches
v CIS First Phase Group 2, Norrköping, 12.06.1992 View Report »
v Scotland First Phase Group 2, Norrköping, 15.06.1992 View Report »
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v Sweden, Semi-Final, Stockholm, 21.06.1992 View Report »
v Denmark, European Championship Final, Göteborg, 26.06.1992 View Report »


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These Colorful Kiosks Could Be The Future Of Urban Bike Storage
Half of all urban cyclists know the pain of having a bike stolen. Shabazz Stuart is one of them, so now he's designing a secure storage solution to put an end to theft in cities.
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Shabazz Stuart is an enthusiastic cyclist, but he leaves his bike at home and hops on the C train to get to work in Downtown Brooklyn.
"I've had three bikes stolen in five years," Stuart says. He's certainly not alone: around half of all active urban cyclists have had a bike stolen. (I've had two pilfered in my first two years of living in New York City.) But he's not willing to gamble his nice new road bike with those odds.
As heart-wrenching as Stuart's multiple brushes with bike theft have been, they got him thinking: Why is this problem so prevalent? And was there something he could do to tackle it?
[Photo: courtesy Shabazz Stuart]
What Stuart landed on was the issue of secure bike parking, or more specifically, the lack of it. He, along with Manuel Mansylla, an architect whom Stuart met while working in public space design and management in Downtown Brooklyn, created Oonee, a modular bike-storage kiosk that can be easily installed and integrated into public spaces. The pilot Oonee pod will open in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in March, and from there, Stuart hopes, the kiosk will begin to pop up in cities to equip cyclists with a safe space to store their rides.
The Oonee pod is a variation on a form of bike storage that's existed for a while: the bike cage. While certainly secure–generally, cyclists can pay a fee to lock up in a cage, for which they get a key or a door code–they're inflexible, ugly, and rare, generally appearing only in parking garages or high-traffic areas like train stations.
Stuart wanted to create a more flexible storage unit, and one that could scale. "We had to create something that could integrate with public space, and would have something for everyone–both cyclists and other folks who are just passing by," he says. Cyclists will access Oonee via an app, and pay a monthly membership fee to use the kiosk (the fee will be no more than $11–as much as a Netflix subscription and as much as people are generally willing to pay for such services, Stuart found out in his consumer research). Inside the kiosk, they'll be able to lock their bikes, and eventually, Stuart says, the Oonee team is looking to partner with local bike shops to have mechanics come by and service bikes in need of repairs–say, if a cyclist got a flat tire on the ride in.
But for Oonee to really prove viable, Stuart says, the pods have to provide something for everyone, not just cyclists. "We went from thinking about secure bike parking to infrastructure that was community-centric, and public-space enhancing," he says. He envisions that Oonee pods–because they're modular–could attach to a coffee kiosk, for instance, and perhaps also offer mobile phone charging units on the side; chairs and coffee tables could cluster around. In that way, they could anchor an otherwise vacant swath of space.
The pods could also be branded, like bike-share systems, giving sponsoring companies and events an unconventional ad platform and providing an additional revenue stream for the company as it scales, which Stuart hopes to do so quickly. The Oonee co-founders are planning initially to market the pods to private property owners and managers, who can opt to install the kiosks without having to navigate the hurdles of getting a permit to install on public, city-run space. But eventually, once they prove the business model, Oonee pods could also start appearing in public areas.
As cycling has become the fastest-growing mode of transit in the U.S., solving the secure parking issue is only getting more crucial. Cycling is both a sustainable and efficient way to get around, and that's reflected in how quickly its grown in popularity: Since the 1990s, the number of cyclists on the road has increased 350% in New York City, and 498% in Washington, D.C. Stuart worries that unless cities tackle bike storage, those rates will plateau. And with urban areas confronting traffic congestion issues as populations boom, they can't afford to lose this alternative mode of transit–and cyclists can't afford to keep losing their bikes.
Eillie Anzilotti is an assistant editor for Fast Company's Ideas section, covering sustainability, social good, and alternative economies. Previously, she wrote for CityLab.


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Daphne Akhurst ha battuto in finale Esna Boyd 6–1 6–3.

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 Daphne Akhurst (Campionessa)
 Esna Boyd (finalista)
 Sylvia Harper (semifinali)
 Marjorie Cox (semifinali)
 Meryl O'Hara-Wood (quarti di finale)
 Kathrine Le Mesurier (quarti di finale)
 M. Richardson (quarti di finale)
 H. Turner (quarti di finale)

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Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: A Healer's Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha is a Saint to pray to for guidance in all aspects of life. She also inspires Catholic Aboriginals to combine their cultural backgrounds with their faith practice.
Program Twelve: "Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: A Healer's Saint"
"Directions in Aboriginal Ministry"
Building Bridges Project/ Newman College, Edmonton Alberta
"The Story of Canadian Aboriginal Spirituality"
Chapter 3, World Religions: A Canadian Catholic Perspective
By Sr. Eva Solomon, CSJ
Novalis Publishing Inc. and Nelson Education Ltd. 2011
"Medicine Wheel: A Method of Reading the Bible"
By +Sylvain Lavoie, OMI
Publisher TBA
"Drumming from Within: Tales of Hope and Faith from Canada's North."
Novalis Publishing Inc. 2009
"Faith Moments: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha"
By Anne Neuberger. Novalis 2009
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Click Here
Canadian Bishops on Saint Kateri Click Here
Canadian Bishops on Canadian Indigenous Peoples Click Here
Salt and Light TV video on Saint Kateri Click Here
Jesuits of English Canada on Saint Kateri Click Here
Catholic Missions in Canada Click Here
Saint Kateri Resources
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Renfrew County Catholic School Board Click Here
The goal of Program Twelve is to provide students with a background to the story of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (canonized on October 21, 2012) and the devotion to her among North American Aboriginal Catholics. Reflections from Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie, OMI, Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas (2005-2012); Founding Chair, Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Assembly of Western Catholic Bishops; Rosella Kinoshameg, Odawa First Nation, Member, Aboriginal Council, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops; Sr. Eva Solomon, CSJ, Ojibway First Nation, Sister of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie, Executive Director, Building Bridges Project; Sandra Carter; Elder; Cree First Nation; Florence Catcheway, Elder, Schonan Reserve; Doris Lirondelle, Métis, Elementary school teacher.
1. Show the internet TV video - Program Twelve: "Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: A Healer's Saint"
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following impressions from the video:
Who was Kateri Tekakwitha?
Who are the non-Aboriginal speaker in the video and why do they care about Kateri Tekakwitha?
Who are the Aboriginal speakers in the video and why do they care about Kateri Tekakwitha?
What did you know after viewing the video that you didn't know before?
Why do you think this story is so important to Aboriginal Catholics?
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
Via the Internet find more facts about the story of Kateri Tekakwitha and her times.
Provide facts for the history of North America at Kateri's time.
Provide facts about the history of the Church in North America in Kateri's times.
Find out why the Church decided to make Kateri a saint.
In groups, make presentations to the class about any or all of the above. Include suggestions on how students could find out more about the devotion to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.


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Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Genre: English Drama, Thriller
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Actors: Adrian Holmes, Byron Mann, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Rankin, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Roland Møller
Keywords:Skyscraper (2018)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Country: France, Germany, Spain, USA
Genre: English Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jamesy Boy (2014)
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around…
Genre: Crime, English Drama, Romance
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Remember that really cute guy who said he'd call – and didn't? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he's in the hospital. Maybe he's awed by your beauty, brains or…
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Double Lover (2017)
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a…
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most…
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Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Genre: English Drama, History, Thriller
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Genre: English Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Genre: English Drama, Horror, Thriller
This Is England (2006)
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Genre: Crime, English Drama
A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in…
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A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
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Chambersburg 2, Cedar Cliff 2: The Colts scored with 7 minutes left in regulation and 2 overtimes couldn't change the result, a Mid Penn Commonwealth draw between the Trojans and Cedar Cliff.
Asher Schwartz scored the first goal for Chambersburg (7-3-3, 5-2-2 MPC), and Emmanuel Hewitt knocked in the second, getting an assist from Griffin Redding.
The Trojans more than doubled up in shots (25-12) and had an 8-5 advantage in corners. Andrew Armstrong made 8 saves in goal.
Carlisle 3, Chambersburg 2: The Herd reversed a 3-0 loss to the Trojans earlier in the season by prevailing 15-12 in the fifth game. Chambersburg won the first and fourth games relatively easily (25-15, 25-16), but Carlisle won a pair of close ones, 30-28 and 27-25.
Ching had 44 assists, 12 digs and 3 blocks for Chambersburg (7-4, 6-4 MPC), which had a four-match win streak halted. Ansley Runk had 15 digs and 19 service points, Ashley Adams had 3 blocks, and Anne Romine (12), Taylor Myers (11) and Nitterhouse (10) helped out with double-digit digs.


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'Luca' may go to Disney +, but Pixar's future is in theaters
Still from the latest Disney Pixar movie "Luca".
Along the clean white sand beaches and azure waters of the Italian Riviera, an unlikely friendship grows between two young sea monsters disguised as humans.
That's the premise of Pixar's latest feature film, "Luca," which opens Friday on Disney +.
Since 1995, Pixar has released 23 other titles, setting the standard for animated films. His films have won nearly two dozen Academy Awards, including 10 for best picture, and have grossed more than $ 14.5 billion at the global box office.
"It's hard to imagine [it's been] 26 years since Pixar first opened its box of animated toys to the world, "said Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst at Comscore." From the first 'Toy Story' movie to 'Luca,' Pixar has left an indelible creative mark on animation art, earned a reputation for storytelling brilliance, and in the process, generated a worldwide box office fortune. "
Over the course of nearly three decades, Pixar has fundamentally changed the animation industry. He released the first fully computer-generated feature film in 1995 and revolutionized the way animated films were made. His stories were designed to entertain children and adults alike.
Disney acquired the studio in 2006, funneling millions into the brand's coffers to produce and release more movies. Pixar became the favorite of the Disney company, revitalizing its animation channel, which had stalled at the box office.
But, nearly two decades later, Pixar animators are reportedly questioning their role in the ever-growing Walt Disney Company. They may not have to worry, analysts said. Animated films have had a strong track record at the global box office, which should persuade studios to continue releasing these features on the big screen.
The coronavirus pandemic accelerated studios' broadcasting ambitions, altering the way certain films hit the market. Disney bypassed theaters in December to release Pixar's "Soul" on Disney + for free, a move that employees at its prestigious animation branch hoped would be unique.
However, in March, the company said its next "Luca" would skip theaters and head straight to broadcast as well. Once again, Disney did not put the $ 30 opening access price on the film, something it had done for the release of "Mulan" and "Raya and the Last Dragon," as well as part of the theatrical release of "Cruella." and the next "Black Widow".
The "Luca" strategy was developed when the studios were very concerned about the theatrical display. Only in the last month has the box office shown signs of revival. The momentum also comes as Disney has reorganized its media and entertainment divisions to focus more on digital offerings.
Disney + has always been the home of television series based on Pixar and Disney Animation properties such as "Monsters Inc." and "Big Hero Six." The strategy has also been used for the Star Wars and Marvel franchises.
For the most part, studios have postponed the release of animated films until movie theaters have reopened. Universal-owned animation studio Illumination, for example, delayed "Minions: The Rise of Gru" until 2022 to make sure it could be released in as many theaters as possible. After all, animated features can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars at the global box office and even surpass the billion dollar mark.
"I think a lot of people involved in feature film development are not happy with the direct approach to streaming," said Eric Handler, media and entertainment analyst at MKM Partners. "If your compensation structure depends on the financial success of a movie, then cutting the first window, and the largest one, probably means less profit. Also, how do you define the benefit of a movie that is part of a subscription-based platform? "
Representatives for Disney did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
The big screen against the living room
In recent years, streaming players like Netflix have looked to animation as a way to attract new subscribers, particularly parents of young children. That could change the dynamics a bit, as streaming services seek to keep subscribers satisfied.
Although Disney was forced to put "Soul" and "Luca" on Disney + due to the pandemic, these films could easily have made hundreds of millions of dollars at the company's box office. Disney diverted these movies to its streaming platform primarily because the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the development process and needed new content for its digital consumers.
"Throughout the pandemic, major media conglomerates have prioritized their streaming platforms as the key (top priority) growth engine of the future," Handler said, explaining that movies became a tool to accelerate growth. subscribers.
Tina Fey and Jamie Foxx voice the characters in Disney Pixar's "Soul."
Disney + has certainly benefited from this. In May, the company said it had 103.6 million paid subscribers at the end of its second fiscal quarter. This was a feather in the cap for Disney, considering that the platform had only launched 16 months prior. The company expects to see between 230 million and 260 million subscribers on Disney + by 2024.
Still, the sizable budgets for movies like "Soul" and "Luca" mean that this digital release strategy is not sustainable. While shows like "WandaVision," "Loki," and "Monsters at Work" were budgeted for streaming debut, these Pixar features were created with the expectation that they would hit the big screen first.
"Since not all theaters are open yet, capacity restrictions are still in place, and not all age demographics are comfortable returning to theaters yet, studios need to be flexible with their films, especially since there aren't many spaces. available for release in theaters. more movies in 2022, "said Eric Wold, senior analyst at B. Riley Securities.
As global markets continue to reopen and seating restrictions relax, there is an expectation that attendance will return to normal levels. Handler and Wold anticipate that Pixar releases will also return to theaters.
'To infinity and beyond'
When it comes to the box office, Pixar has become one of the most consistent studios in the industry.
Since his first film, "Toy Story," was released in 1995, his films have averaged $ 650 million at the global box office and four of his films have grossed more than $ 1 billion in ticket sales.
And the critical reception of his films has been equally constant.
The animation company has long been praised for its poignant and sometimes heartbreaking narrative. His films feature complex characters and rich universes. The study has answered timeless questions that populate children's minds, such as: What happens to your toys when you leave the room? What if the monsters in your closet weren't all bad? Where do our emotions come from?
Only seven of its 23 releases have scored less than 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and only one movie, "Cars 2," is considered "rotten" on the site, with a score of less than 60%.
"Pixar's appearance on the Hollywood scene was a turning point if it ever existed," said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Boxoffice.com. "Not just 'Toy Story' and those early films led a new era focused on [computer-generated] animation, effectively retreating the traditional style, showed that Disney's in-house animators weren't the only creative teams capable of making timeless animated classics. "
In fact, Pixar's early success in movies like "Toy Story," "Monsters Inc.," "Finding Nemo," and "The Incredibles," which were co-produced with funding and distribution from Disney, led to then-CEO Bob Iger. to buy the company for $ 7.4 billion in 2006.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks voice Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody in Pixar's "Toy Story."
Pixar's use of computer animation changed the game. This new method of filmmaking basically bypassed the need for hundreds of illustrators and significantly reduced the amount of time it took to make an animated film.
"It took hundreds and hundreds of people, highly skilled people, to make a piece," said Frank Gladstone, executive director of ASIFA, an international animated film association. "In the traditional way of drawing and painting and photographing and all that, it took a lot of time and a lot of people. There were other animated functions, but for all intents and purposes of the big markets, it was Disney. "
In the decades before "Toy Story" was released, the box office saw only a handful of animated movie releases each year, and the dominant distributor for those movies was Disney. Now, there are dozens of animated movies from various different studios every year.
And as more content flooded the market, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took notice. It added a category to its annual Oscars for animated films only. Along with the prestige, there were huge box office profits, which inspired studios to continue to invest heavily in these projects.
In the years before Pixar entered the industry, animated films averaged only about $ 250 million to $ 350 million in ticket sales globally. Since 1995, nine animated films have surpassed $ 1 billion at the global box office and the average box office gross is around $ 740 million worldwide.
This blockbuster is hard for studios to ignore and is one reason analysts are convinced animated films will continue to debut on the big screen.
"It has become clear that most studios have been using some key titles to launch their streaming platforms, and that is likely no longer a priority going into 2022 and beyond," Wold said.
Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal and CNBC. NBCUniversal owns Illumination, Dreamworks, and Rotten Tomatoes.
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Taylor Swift is leading the pack for the 2015 American Music Awards.
The singer, who notched six nominations, is followed by Ed Sheeran and the Weeknd, with five nominations apiece. All three were nominated for the top category, Artist of the Year.
The AMAs, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, will air on Nov. 22.
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A look back at 2021 with Splitgate's Ian Proulx
Ian Proulx, the co-founder and CEO of 1047 Games, reflects on Splitgate's unforeseen spike in popularity and future plans for 2022 and beyond
At the start of 2021, Ian Proulx and his team at 1047 Games sat down and set some sensible, measured goals for its arena shooter Splitgate. The plan for the year involved bringing Splitgate, which was still in its beta stage, to the console market in the summer, and hopefully grow enough to launch fully a few weeks later. For a successful console release, where players would be satisfied with queue times and matchmaking, Proulx aimed for a modest concurrent player count across all platforms of 2,000.
"Obviously, [there was] a very different outcome," the 1047 CEO and co-founder tells The Loadout with a chuckle. What actually happened was an enormous surge of players following Splitgate's console launch. Despite still being in beta, first-person shooter fans piled in at such an unforeseen rate that servers hit capacity and the 1047 team had to take the game offline to fix server issues and set up queues.
"The peak of what we were able to handle was 175,000 concurrent," Proulx recalls, "and we had more than that, so we probably had about 200,000." With roughly a 100x mark up on his expectations at the start of the year, Proulx and his small development team were now looking at an enormous opportunity, but were also trying to sort an avalanche of issues.
"There were a lot of extreme highs and lows," Proulx says, "because it was like: 'Oh, the numbers went up. Awesome.' And then there was extreme stress, like: 'Oh gosh, we're in uncharted territory, what's gonna happen?'
"There was a lot of that repeatedly, every single day, of extreme highs and then extreme lows. We'd push an optimisation that was, like, totally not tested whatsoever. And it would work most of the time. It was definitely a mixture of emotions during the summer."
Proulx admits there was little time to enjoy those moments where things were going as planned – partly because of those constant technical issues, but also because he was busy conjuring up a completely new plan of action for Splitgate. While the spike in players was unprecedented, 1047 acted swiftly to adjust its strategy on the fly – something it would have to do more than once during the summer.
The game's original full launch date of July 27 – and the marketing budget Proulx had put aside earlier in the year to build interest in the weeks leading up to that date – were now canned. "There's no reason to do any marketing, because we don't want more players," he recalls thinking.
Instead, the plan was shifted to fully launch Splitgate in August, with no marketing necessary. But even plan B would quickly be scrunched up and tossed aside – Splitgate was the talk of the town, and it hadn't gone unnoticed. After speaking with potential investors, 1047 managed to secure $100 million in a funding round.
My vision of what Splitgate 1.0 looks like is a very different game than what I thought it was six months ago
"I think we did an amazing job building Splitgate – I'm very proud of it, I think it's a terrific game, and I think the reviews reflect that," Proulx says. "But the reality is there's just so much more we can do with this kind of budget that we never could have dreamed of before. And so at that point, we basically realised: 'Why would we possibly launch this thing in August?' I've said this before, but my vision of what Splitgate 1.0 looks like is a very different game than what I thought it was six months ago."
Because of this influx of cash, which could in time be used to grow Splitgate in ways previously inconceivable, 1047 delayed the full release of the game indefinitely.
Despite remaining in open beta so that 1047 could work on a new long-term plan, Splitgate managed – and still to this day manages – to retain a decent amount of players from the summer spike. Season passes full of content and themed events like Splitmas were pushed out, and the Splitgate Pro Series was launched to appease the game's high-skill players and to kickstart its esports scene.
While Proulx says breaking Splitgate's old peak player count record of 11,900 (set in its first week on PC in May 2019) and securing investment for 1047 were two achievements he was particularly proud of this year, he also appears equally proud about Splitgate's community.
He recalls rewarding the loyalty of Twitch streamer 'Mikaveli', who had been playing and streaming Splitgate since the early days of its PC beta, with a raid from the official Splitgate channel after a dev stream. While it was a kind gesture that showed how much 1047 values its community members, it unfortunately backfired.
"We had some ridiculous number of viewers on Twitch after a dev Q&A and then we hosted him right after," Proulx says. "His reaction was just like the most insane thing I've ever seen. But his entire stream ended up crashing because there were so many people flooding his stream and following, donating, and subscribing. I'm pretty sure it crashed his entire computer."
Well I know I've said it a lot this past couple weeks but, today was unbelievable. HUGE shout out to the best game ever, Splitgate my favorite game out there and HUGE thank to for the raid, and to everyone who came along, followed, subbed, gifted or hung out, I love this fam 💙 pic.twitter.com/4Hmi1t9Wi3
— Mikaveli (@MikaveliGG) July 29, 2021
Showing appreciation to those that have stuck by Splitgate and helped shape it into the game that players loved when it came to console appears to be high on 1047's list of priorities. Keeping them onside is as important now as it has ever been, what with a rival game like Halo Infinite rocking up. However, Proulx – a massive fan of the Halo franchise himself – was "never worried" that Infinite could poach players from Splitgate and stomp it into the ground.
I honestly think that, in the long run, Halo Infinite and Splitgate will help each other
"I'm actually glad [Halo Infinite] is out," he says. "I honestly think that, in the long run, Halo Infinite and Splitgate will help each other. I think that there's just so much noise and so many battle royales right now, and [these two games] are bringing people over to the arena shooter genre. You know, there's a lot of kids who have never played Halo, right? There's a lot of kids who have never played Quake or Unreal Tournament. They've never played this kind of game. And getting them exposure to that I think is just a good thing for the genre as a whole."
Proulx also reveals that Splitgate's player count on PlayStation consoles has actually "gone up" since Infinite's multiplayer launched in November, which is certainly evidence that backs up his theory.
So after a year where modest expectations were washed away by a tsunami of players and investment, what's next for Splitgate and 1047?
Proulx remains tight-lipped when asked whether 2022 will be the year we see Splitgate come out of open beta and fully launch. However, he does let us in on some secrets about how much Splitgate and his studio will evolve next year.
In September 2021, Proulx said in an interview with TechCrunch that Splitgate was around 25% complete. When asked what percentage he hopes Splitgate will be at by the end of 2022, Proulx cautiously predicts "at least 50%" – although he does quite rightly point out that no live service game is ever 100% complete.
2022 will see the release of an optimised version of Splitgate for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and of course a continued stream of new content. In the background though, 1047's massive hiring spree of developers will mean bigger projects can be worked on, and it's this work that will help Splitgate take its biggest strides towards triple-A status.
However, there's also one other thing on Proulx's mind for next year: Splitgate's art style.
One of the things we really want to do is establish our own art style
"One of the things we really want to do is establish our own art style," he says. "I think that Splitgate's art style is very much 'Halo meets Portal', and the brand is very much that too. I think for a small indie game with no marketing budget, that was incredibly effective – it was just a very succinct way to get people interested. But that's not what we want to be. We want to establish something where you look at it, and you know it's Splitgate and not just a pretty well-executed Halo-style game.
"For the [original] size of our team and budget, I think we did an amazing job. It looks phenomenal. But I think that with the artists that we're hiring, and just more manpower, really, we're talking about redoing pretty much everything in terms of art to come up with something that's memorable, unique, and triple-A."
While some might have expected to see that $100 million investment be put to use on Splitgate straight away, the cash is not being hurriedly thrown at the game. Proulx is being measured and strategic, and has explained on several occasions this year that improving Splitgate and turning 1047 into the "next Riot Games" will take time. However, that comparison is interesting in itself. While for close to a decade Riot was a one-game studio with League of Legends, it now has several spanning multiple genres. So when Proulx talks about emulating Riot's success, is a multi-genre studio what he's alluding to?
"I personally have two other game ideas that I would like to do at some point, but I think they're both at least five years away," he says. "They're both shooting games. Neither of them [have anything to do] with Splitgate. There's no portals – they are their own very unique things."
Speaking to Proulx, it's clear that he doesn't want to rush things. Yes, a big hiring spree is currently underway thanks to that investment round, but tangible results of the new developers' work likely won't be seen for some time.
Splitgate's unforeseen surge in popularity in 2021 was enough to prove to Proulx and investors alike that the concept of this game was strong, and along with the goliath that is Halo Infinite, this year has definitely proved that arena shooters are alive and kicking.
Many mainstream gamers plugged into games like Fortnite or Call of Duty might not hear or see much from Splitgate in the near future – but that's ok in Proulx's book. It's all about the longer term for both the game and studio he helped create. Whether it happens in 2022 or maybe even beyond, 1047 and Splitgate will likely return with a big, noticeable bang.
That's all ahead of us, but what's been left behind us is a remarkable story of a game that broke servers, crashed PCs, and shattered expectations with its sudden popularity.
Jamie Hore Deputy Editor
A console gamer frequently belittled by the PC 'master race', Jamie is an avid Call of Duty and FIFA fan. The Loadout is now his home, but his words can be found on Esports News UK, GiveMeSport, Red Bull, and more.
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The "House of Cards" of Political Reality
Abstract: The article gives the narrative analysis of the women images of three television series that cover the political reality of USA — "Political Animals", "Madame Secretary" and "House of Cards". They have been chosen in connection to the indication of the possible sponsoring of them from Clinton. The author investigates the parallels between the screen reality of these television series and the current political reality of USA and one of its actors – presidential candidate for the 2016 election Hillary Clinton.
The topicality of the research of reflections of political realities in the screen-related arts grows in consideration of the rising significance of the conception of "mediatization" of politics. Basing herself on the approaches towards "mediatization" and its effects, and also building her theory on the foundations of Russian researchers of literary subjects from the realm of literary studies and American researchers of "storytelling,", the author gives a brief overview of the interaction between stories and screens through the history of human society. This kind of approach gives the author the ability to show how the screen realities and storytelling can have impact on current political reality in the era of "mediatization of everything" and "post-truth politics".
The following narrative analysis of female figures in the aforementioned television serials related to politics makes it possible to observe a strong embedment of feminist issues in the American screen culture. The author demonstrates and analyzes the features of the main heroines of the analyzed television series which make it possible to conclude about their similarity to the figure of presidential candidate from the Democratic Party for the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton. Those parallels include her political experience as the Secretary of State, of her husband being the former president of the USA (and the experience of being the first lady of the country), of her preference of women for her assistants in the electron campaign, as well as the general features of Hillary Clinton.
Because it would not be possible to analyze the figure of the main heroine without analyzing a complex of characters from the serial movies, certain conclusions also relate to the general features of political reality reflected in the screen cultures – the latter may include examinations of the figures of Russia and the Islamic Caliphate as the political opponents of the USA in the "House of Cards" serial. Keywords: political storytelling, television series, USA, female images, political communication, Hillary Clinton.


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