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Q: Fill in missing cases till specific condition per group I'm attempting to create a data frame that shows all of the in between months for my data set, by subject. Here is an example of what the data looks like:
dat <- data.frame(c(1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4), c(rep(30, 2), rep(25, 5), rep(20, 3)), c('2017-01-01', '2017-02-01', '2017-04-01', '2017-02-01', '2017-01-01', '2017-02-01', '2017-03-01', '2017-01-01',
                    '2017-02-01', '2017-04-01'))
colnames(dat) <- c('id', 'value', 'date')
dat$Out.Of.Study <- c("", "", "Out", "Out", "", "", "Out", "", "", "Out")

dat

  id value       date Out.Of.Study
1   1    30 2017-01-01
2   1    30 2017-02-01
3   1    25 2017-04-01          Out
4   2    25 2017-02-01          Out
5   3    25 2017-01-01
6   3    25 2017-02-01
7   3    25 2017-03-01          Out
8   4    20 2017-01-01
9   4    20 2017-02-01
10  4    20 2017-04-01          Out

If I want to show the in between months where no data was collected (but the subject was still enrolled in the study) I can use the complete() function. However, the issue is that I get all missing months for each subject id based on the min and max month identified in the data set:
## Add Dates by Group

library(tidyr)

complete(dat, id, date)

   id       date value Out.Of.Study
1   1 2017-01-01    30
2   1 2017-02-01    30
3   1 2017-03-01    NA         <NA>
4   1 2017-04-01    25          Out
5   2 2017-01-01    NA         <NA>
6   2 2017-02-01    25          Out
7   2 2017-03-01    NA         <NA>
8   2 2017-04-01    NA         <NA>
9   3 2017-01-01    25
10  3 2017-02-01    25
11  3 2017-03-01    25          Out
12  3 2017-04-01    NA         <NA>
13  4 2017-01-01    20
14  4 2017-02-01    20
15  4 2017-03-01    NA         <NA>
16  4 2017-04-01    20          Out

The issue with this is that I don't want the missing months to exceed the subject's final observed month (essentially, I have subjects who are censored and would need to be removed from the study) or show up prior to the month a subject started the study. For example, subject 2 was only a participant in the month '2017-02-01'. There for, I'd like the data to represent that this was the only month they were in there and not have them represented by the extra months after and the extra month before, as shown above. The same is the case with subject 3, who has an extra month, even though they are out of the study.
Perhaps the complete() isn't the best way to go about this?

A: I would still use complete (probably the right method to use here), but after it would subset rows that exceed row with "Out". You can do this with dplyr::between.
dat %>%
    group_by(id) %>%
    complete(date) %>%
    # Filter rows that are between 1 and the one that has "Out"
    filter(between(row_number(), 1, which(Out.Of.Study == "Out")))

      id date       value Out.Of.Study
   <dbl> <fct>      <dbl> <chr>
 1     1 2017-01-01    30 ""
 2     1 2017-02-01    30 ""
 3     1 2017-03-01    NA NA
 4     1 2017-04-01    25 Out
 5     2 2017-01-01    NA NA
 6     2 2017-02-01    25 Out
 7     3 2017-01-01    25 ""
 8     3 2017-02-01    25 ""
 9     3 2017-03-01    25 Out
10     4 2017-01-01    20 ""
11     4 2017-02-01    20 ""
12     4 2017-03-01    NA NA
13     4 2017-04-01    20 Out

A: This can be solved by creating a sequence of months individually for each id and by joining the sequences with dat to complete the missing months.
1. data.table
(The question is tagged with tidyr. But as I am more acquainted with data.table I have tried this first.)
library(data.table)
# coerce date strings to class Date
setDT(dat)[, date := as.Date(date)]
# create sequence of months for each id
sdt <- dat[, .(date = seq(min(date), max(date), "month")), by = id]
# join
dat[sdt, on = .(id, date)]

    id value       date Out.Of.Study
 1:  1    30 2017-01-01
 2:  1    30 2017-02-01
 3:  1    NA 2017-03-01         <NA>
 4:  1    25 2017-04-01          Out
 5:  2    25 2017-02-01          Out
 6:  3    25 2017-01-01
 7:  3    25 2017-02-01
 8:  3    25 2017-03-01          Out
 9:  4    20 2017-01-01
10:  4    20 2017-02-01
11:  4    NA 2017-03-01         <NA>
12:  4    20 2017-04-01          Out

Note that there is only one row for id == 2 as requested by the OP.
This approach requires to coerce date from factor to class Date to make sure that all missing months will be completed.
This is also safer than to rely on the avialable date factors in the dataset. For illustration, let's assume that id == 4 is Out in month 2017-06-01 (June) instead of 2017-04-01 (April). Then, there would be no month 2017-05-01 (May) in the whole dataset and the final result would be incomplete.
Without creating the temporary variable sdt the code becomes
library(data.table)
setDT(dat)[, date := as.Date(date)][
  dat[, .(date = seq(min(date), max(date), "month")), by = id], on = .(id, date)]

2. tidyr / dplyr
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

# coerce date strings to class Date
dat <- dat %>%
  mutate(date = as.Date(date))

dat %>%
  # create sequence of months for each id
  group_by(id) %>%
  expand(date = seq(min(date), max(date), "month")) %>%
  # join to complete the missing month for each id
  left_join(dat, by = c("id", "date"))

# A tibble: 12 x 4
# Groups:   id [?]
      id date       value Out.Of.Study
   <dbl> <date>     <dbl> <chr>
 1     1 2017-01-01    30 ""
 2     1 2017-02-01    30 ""
 3     1 2017-03-01    NA NA
 4     1 2017-04-01    25 Out
 5     2 2017-02-01    25 Out
 6     3 2017-01-01    25 ""
 7     3 2017-02-01    25 ""
 8     3 2017-03-01    25 Out
 9     4 2017-01-01    20 ""
10     4 2017-02-01    20 ""
11     4 2017-03-01    NA NA
12     4 2017-04-01    20 Out

There is a variant which does not update dat:
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
dat %>%
  mutate(date = as.Date(date)) %>%
  right_join(group_by(., id) %>%
               expand(date = seq(min(date), max(date), "month")),
             by = c("id", "date"))

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Both accounts are visible on my Experian report that I obtained from Experian's website. In fact, both accounts are visible on *all three* of my credit reports from the major Bs. Is there any way you can get FICO to factor something they aren't factoring? The AU card is legitimate, meaning I personally make timely payments on it, and considering others have their AU counted for FICO8 and AU exclusion isn't a hardfast rule, then the scoring is entirely unfair and is not in alignment with accurate credit reporting. Is there anything I can do?
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They apply (hidden) heuristics to determine if the account is legitimate (spouse at same address, etc) or the result of "tradeline buying" (random stranger you paid to add you).
The cases in the middle (spouse, but different address on the card; non-spouse, same address; close friend for family member...) end up falling into either the "good AU" or "bad AU" pile - but you have no easy way of telling for sure if an AU tradeline "counts" (barring careful experiments with UTIL, etc).
Remember, FICO8 originally discounted AUs completely. Only after the backlash over what that did to the scores of SAHMs and similar, did they add the heuristics to determine if AUs would count.
I am an AU on my wife's credit card. That card is used for all household expenses andd gets heavy use. It was opened 23 years ago. We have the same address and all that good stuff. However, the AU account does not count toward my Fico 8 and Fico 9 scores.
Quite simply I believe it's because I no longer have an AU card that shows activity.
About 15 years ago I stopped carrying the card in my wallet. We moved 13 years ago and I was unale to find the card. When the expiration date passed on the card, I was re-issued a new card but, never activated it. All three of my CRA reports show the account and monthly activity AND the account is being factored into my Fico 04 and Fico 98 - but not Fico 8/Fico 9.
1) You don't have a card issued to you.
Thanks IV. I appreciate your insightful input. This is an AU card I've shared with my mother for years. I help her make monthly payments; we have the same last name, and have the same address listed on our American credit reports. Are you saying that having a close family member with a matching address sometimes isn't enough, and that you'd need a spouse?
The only contributing factor other than that I can possibly think of is that we both have an extremely common last name and the card is from Barclays US, which is nevertheless a British company (I doubt it's the latter).
Thanks Thomas- unfortunately I check all of these boxes. I have a card issued in my own name for the account, it isn't expired, I pay the bill monthly to help my mother (although I admit I seldom put any charges on it myself, which could be a factor), so it therefore also has recent activity. My mother and I have the same address listed on our credit reports.
Right, but I think you missed the last sentence of what I wrote. I said all factors being equal. So, if an AU account "counts" for someone that has X/Y/Z factors in place, someone else with X/Y/Z factors in place will also have it "count." If they only have X and Y (but not Z) perhaps it won't count, but that by definition would not be "all factors being equal."
Except that for this purpose, all factors will never be equal.
This isn't as (comparatively) straight-forward as "normal" FICO scoring factors, where it's at least reasonably possible to have multiple people with similar-enough files to predict behavior.
Remember, in this case, it's entirely likely the the anti-fraud/abuse may be looking at both people's reports to determine if the relationship is valid.
Number of AUs in either direction between one of the two, and ANYONE ELSE.
None of those possible criteria are subject to public disclosure, and even if part of the process involved rolling dice, you wouldn't be able to either know or contest it.... and there are enough factors potentially involved that the experience of any one pair of people just can't generalize.
The only useful thing we do know for sure - is that the older models do include all AUs.
And that means the current mortgage scores don't have any exclusion rules applied - all AUs count there.
But for FICO8/9, it's a crapshoot - there's no simple set of rules we can tell people to follow that will promise to make an AU count. Sure, sure, recommend matching addresses and so on... it can't hurt. But it may or may not be enough.


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Newlight Technologies, a pioneer in smart home automation, has teamed up with IBM to develop an IBM X10.
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Newlight has been building its X10s and X15s for about three years now, and the company is launching the first consumer X10, which is slated for launch later this year.
IBM has a long history of developing new technology for the home, and its latest announcement is an extension of that trend.
The X10 will be an entirely new product from Newlight, and it will be powered by IBM's new X10 supercomputer.
The X10 is expected to launch this year and will offer a range of features, including a built-in smart home assistant called the Newlight SmartHome Suite, which will work across different platforms.
IBM will also offer its own suite of smart home products, including the SmartThings Platform, which offers a wide range of IoT and automation services.
The new X series of X10 models will be built around two new models.
The first is the Newlux X10X, which has a 15-inch display and features a 5GHz Intel Atom processor, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage.
The second model is the X10S, which includes a 20-inch screen and features an Intel Atom X5100 processor, 16GB of memory, and 64GB of hard drive space.
The latter model is expected later this spring, with the X20X.
The Newlux and Newlux SmartHome Suites will be available for purchase on the Newlit website, and they will include a range (including one that ships with a SmartHome Hub) of hardware features, like a built in smart thermostat, built-ins for the Amazon Alexa and Nest Cam, and access to other services.
The Newlux products will be the first of a series of products that will be launched with the company's new x10 supercomputers, which it is planning to build into an even larger range of products.
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package com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.activitity;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.PopupWindow;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.MyApplication;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.R;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.activity.AlbumActivity;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.activity.GalleryActivity;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.utils.Bimp;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.utils.FileUtils;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.utils.ImageItem;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.utils.PublicWay;
import com.zhongshu.maintenanceexpert.photo.utils.Res;

public class PhotoReleaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private TextView title;
    private TextView leftTitle;
    private ImageView backBtn;

    private GridView noScrollgridview;
    private GridAdapter adapter;
    private View parentView;
    private PopupWindow pop = null;
    private LinearLayout ll_popup;
    public static Bitmap bimap;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_photo_release);
        MyApplication.getInstance().addActivity(this);

        //加载相册
        Res.init(this);
        bimap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
                getResources(),
                R.drawable.icon_addpic_unfocused);
        PublicWay.activityList.add(this);
        parentView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.activity_photo_release, null);
        setContentView(parentView);

        initView();

    }

    public void initView(){
        title = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_title);
        leftTitle = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_title_left);
        backBtn = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.back_btn);
        leftTitle.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        title.setText("发布");
        leftTitle.setText("取消");
        backBtn.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        leftTitle.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                finish();
            }
        });

        //初始化popupwindow
        pop = new PopupWindow(PhotoReleaseActivity.this);
        View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.item_popupwindows, null);
        ll_popup = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.ll_popup);
        pop.setWidth(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
        pop.setHeight(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        pop.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable());
        pop.setFocusable(true);
        pop.setOutsideTouchable(true);
        pop.setContentView(view);

        RelativeLayout parent = (RelativeLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.parent);
        Button bt1 = (Button) view
                .findViewById(R.id.item_popupwindows_camera);
        Button bt2 = (Button) view
                .findViewById(R.id.item_popupwindows_Photo);
        Button bt3 = (Button) view
                .findViewById(R.id.item_popupwindows_cancel);
        parent.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                pop.dismiss();
                ll_popup.clearAnimation();
            }
        });
        bt1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                photo();
                pop.dismiss();
                ll_popup.clearAnimation();
            }
        });
        bt2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(PhotoReleaseActivity.this,
                        AlbumActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                overridePendingTransition(R.anim.activity_translate_in, R.anim.activity_translate_out);
                pop.dismiss();
                ll_popup.clearAnimation();
            }
        });
        bt3.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                pop.dismiss();
                ll_popup.clearAnimation();
            }
        });

        noScrollgridview = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.noScrollgridview2);
        noScrollgridview.setSelector(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
        adapter = new GridAdapter(this);
        adapter.update();
        noScrollgridview.setAdapter(adapter);
        noScrollgridview.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {

            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2, long arg3) {
            if (arg2 == Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size()) {
                ll_popup.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(PhotoReleaseActivity.this, R.anim.activity_translate_in));
                pop.showAtLocation(parentView, Gravity.BOTTOM, 0, 0);
            } else {
                Intent intent = new Intent(PhotoReleaseActivity.this,
                        GalleryActivity.class);
                intent.putExtra("position", "1");
                intent.putExtra("ID", arg2);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
            }
        });

    }

    @SuppressLint("HandlerLeak")
    public class GridAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
        private LayoutInflater inflater;
        private int selectedPosition = -1;
        private boolean shape;

        public boolean isShape() {
            return shape;
        }

        public void setShape(boolean shape) {
            this.shape = shape;
        }

        public GridAdapter(Context context) {
            inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        }

        public void update() {
            loading();
        }

        public class ViewHolder {
            public ImageView image;
        }

        public int getCount() {
            if (Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size() == 9) {
                return 9;
            }
            return (Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size() + 1);
        }

        public Object getItem(int position) {
            return null;
        }

        public long getItemId(int position) {
            return 0;
        }

        public void setSelectedPosition(int position) {
            selectedPosition = position;
        }

        public int getSelectedPosition() {
            return selectedPosition;
        }

        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
            GridAdapter.ViewHolder holder = null;
            if (convertView == null) {
                convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.item_published_grida,
                        parent, false);
                holder = new GridAdapter.ViewHolder();
                holder.image = (ImageView) convertView
                        .findViewById(R.id.item_grida_image);
                convertView.setTag(holder);
            } else {
                holder = (PhotoReleaseActivity.GridAdapter.ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
            }

            if (position == Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size()) {
                holder.image.setImageBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
                        getResources(), R.drawable.icon_addpic_unfocused));
                if (position == 9) {
                    holder.image.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                }
            } else {
                holder.image.setImageBitmap(Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.get(position).getBitmap());
            }

            return convertView;
        }

        Handler handler = new Handler() {
            public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                switch (msg.what) {
                    case 1:
                        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                        break;
                }
                super.handleMessage(msg);
            }
        };

        public void loading() {
            new Thread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    while (true) {
                        if (Bimp.max == Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size()) {
                            Message message = new Message();
                            message.what = 1;
                            handler.sendMessage(message);
                            break;
                        } else {
                            Bimp.max += 1;
                            Message message = new Message();
                            message.what = 1;
                            handler.sendMessage(message);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }).start();
        }
    }

    public String getString(String s) {
        String path = null;
        if (s == null)
            return "";
        for (int i = s.length() - 1; i > 0; i++) {
            s.charAt(i);
        }
        return path;
    }

    protected void onRestart() {
        adapter.update();
        super.onRestart();
    }

    private static final int TAKE_PICTURE = 0x000001;

    public void photo() {
        Intent openCameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        startActivityForResult(openCameraIntent, TAKE_PICTURE);
    }

    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case TAKE_PICTURE:
                if (Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.size() < 9 && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                    String fileName = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
                    Bitmap bm = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
                    FileUtils.saveBitmap(bm, fileName);

                    ImageItem takePhoto = new ImageItem();
                    takePhoto.setBitmap(bm);
                    Bimp.tempSelectBitmap.add(takePhoto);
                }
                break;
        }
    }

    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        //清空之前打开过的activity
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
            for (int i = 0; i < PublicWay.activityList.size(); i++) {
                if (null != PublicWay.activityList.get(i)) {
                    PublicWay.activityList.get(i).finish();
                }
            }
            System.exit(0);
        }
        finish();
        return true;
    }

}

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Rapid Renewal, an e-commerce service allowing citizens to conduct business with municipal government and state government in one seamless online transaction, has gained national acclaim and has been enthusiastically embraced by Mainers. While municipal participation in Rapid Renewal is optional, the service has now grown to include 162 municipalities and nearly 767,000 transactions have been processed.
The Rapid Renewal service is currently offered by cities and towns from York County to Aroostook County, with populations ranging from Glenwood Plantation's 2 citizens to more than 64,000 in Portland. Through Rapid Renewal, citizens are able to quickly and easily renew their vehicle registrations and pay their municipal excise taxes online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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We would like to dedicate our new challenge, HEARTS &/or FLOWERS, to our Team Leader Eileen Dobson, who sadly passed away earlier this week.
RIP Eileen. You have left a space no-one can fill.
Anne makes some beautiful cards and will be a great asset to our Design Team.
from Petaloo as shown below. Have fun creating with them.
a Heart Die (Marianne Design), and Roses.
Enter your creations using Inlinkz below by 9pm on 1st July 2016.
Congrats to all the winners and what a stunning array of cards from the DT filled with inspiration.
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So sorry to hear about your Eileen, my thoughts go to you all and her family.


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Posted by Jason Zingale (12/30/2008 @ 12:00 pm)
It's never easy coming up with a Top 10 list – both for the best movies and the worst. On one hand, some films are just technically better than others, and on the other hand, some are just more enjoyable. I kept this in mind when compiling my year-end lists for 2008, and so while an Oscar contender like "The Wrestler" may seem like it ranks low in comparison to guiltier pleasures like "RocknRolla" and "Tropic Thunder," I would rather see both of those movies over the former almost any day of the week.
Another problem is that the studios tend to delay the release of their prestige films until the end of the year in fear of being overshadowed by other Oscar bait, and this time around, not a single Best Picture candidate (save for "The Dark Knight") was released before December. That makes things difficult when you're a film critic living in Ohio (you see, just because something opens in New York or LA doesn't mean it opens everywhere else in the country), and when the rest of the year is so exceptionally average, you depend on those types of movies to help fill out your list.
Thankfully, I managed to catch just about everything a respectable film critic should see before year's end (except for Steven Soderbergh's "Che"), and though my list may feature a few surprise entries, I'm willing to stand by each and every one. The same goes for my worst-of list, though I doubt anyone will be surprised by what they find there.
THE BEST MOVIES of 2008:
Christopher Nolan's follow-up to "Batman Begins" will likely get the shaft when it comes to Best Picture nominations, but ask anyone you come across and I guarantee that four out of every five people will not only list "The Dark Knight" as their favorite movie of the year, but the best as well. The late Heath Ledger's knockout performance as the Joker certainly helped in this respect, but despite a villainous turn so good that the actor himself couldn't stop licking his lips onscreen, the film was far from a one-man show. Everyone from Christian Bale to Aaron Eckhart and Gary Oldman made this movie what it is, and if you thought "Batman Begins" was dark and gritty, you ain't seen nothing yet. "The Dark Knight" is the "Empire Strikes Back" of comic book sequels, and just like George Lucas' own space trilogy, it's hard to imagine Nolan topping this one.
I had a feeling that Ron Howard's big-screen adaptation of the award-winning stage play would be good, but not this good. Staged like a no-holds-barred boxing match between its two stars, "Frost/Nixon" blazes through its tension-filled two hours so fast that you almost forget to breathe. Credit goes to Peter Morgan for writing such captivating material and making it work in movie form, but without its two stars – Frank Langella and Michael Sheen – the drama just wouldn't work nearly as well as it does. Langella, in particular, captures the spirit of Nixon without even trying to look like him, and it works surprisingly well. So well, in fact, that if Sean Penn wins Best Actor for his work in the incredibly mediocre "Milk," the Academy might as well just close down shop and stop giving out awards. The same goes for the movie itself, because "Frost/Nixon" is so good that you'll want to watch it unfold all over again the minute it ends. And mind you, that's coming from a 26-year-old with absolutely no interest in politics.
Those who thought David Fincher's "Zodiac" was too long probably won't like "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," because it's even longer. Still, there's an argument to be made as to why both movies needed to be so long, and in the case of the latter, it's that because the story is about the entire life of one man. That he's living his life in complete reverse is what makes the film so appealing, and the visual effects that Fincher employs in order to accomplish such a feat (aging and de-aging star Brad Pitt) makes the whole experience nothing short of magical. Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Benjamin Button" has to be one of the most peculiar love stories ever captured on film. The two lead performances may not be extraordinary, but considering the source material, they're still quite an achievement. Women may swoon at the thought of seeing Pitt in his 20s again, but it's his time as an old man that proves the most memorable.
"Slumdog Millionaire" is supposed to be this year's "Juno," but apart from the fact that they're both indies being distributed by Fox Searchlight, there's not a single thing about either film that bears resemblance to the other. This isn't a knock against "Juno" (it was, after all, my second favorite movie of 2007), but Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" is just a far more complex film; and one that, despite its eventual happy ending, doesn't have too many feel-good moments scattered throughout. This is a movie that doesn't go easy on its characters – from torture and violence to rape and drugs – and yet to call it anything other than a fairy tale would be to seriously downplay the spectacle that Boyle has created. Dev Patel is clearly a star in the making, but while he's the one getting all of the credit, it's the entire cast (including phenomenal performances from the six Indian kids playing the younger versions of the main trio) that makes "Slumdog Millionaire" so amazing.
I'll admit it: I had my hesitations going in to "WALL·E." Though Pixar has proven in the past that they can do just about anything, the fact that there would be virtually no dialogue had me worried that they could pull it off again. Based on it's placement on my list, however, you can probably deduce that, well, yes, they did do it again, and it's one of the best movies they've ever made. Though the first act is unquestionably the most enjoyable part of "WALL·E," as the junk-compacting robot embraces his inner Buster Keaton, the movie offers plenty of laughs throughout. Some have complained that the film is little more than a two-hour lecture about the environment, to which I say, so what? Pixar has always prided itself on telling stories that appeal to people of all ages, and what better way to learn something than to watch a movie starring one of the coolest robots ever?
6. "Gran Torino"
Clint Eastwood is a legend. There's no question about it. And if this truly is his final onscreen role, then at least he made it a good one. "Gran Torino" is one of the funniest movies of the year, and it's all thanks to Eastwood's performance as a grizzled Korean War vet who spends his days growling at the insensitivity of his kids (they buy him a Gopher and a phone with giant buttons for his birthday) and muttering racist comments at his Asian neighbors. Though it's easy for a character like this to come off as extremely unlikable, Eastwood somehow manages to turn him into a charming old man who doesn't take shit from anybody. This is a role that, in any other year, Eastwood would be a lock for a Best Actor nod. The same could be said of the film as well. The screen veteran has a tendency to under-direct his movies, but it's exactly this simplicity that makes "Gran Torino" so good. It's original, heartfelt, and above all else, the most intentionally funny dramatic thriller you'll ever see.
Those who were lucky enough to attend the "Iron Man" panel at last year's San Diego Comic-Con already had a pretty good idea nearly a year in advance of how much the movie was going to rock, but I don't think anyone thought it would be as cool as what Jon Favreau delivered this past May. As the first blockbuster of the summer season, "Iron Man" didn't just exceed expectations at the box office – it demolished them, all while assuring Marvel fanboys that life after Spider-Man wouldn't be so bad after all. Robert Downey Jr. is flawless as Tony Stark, and his supporting cast is just as great, but what ultimately makes "Iron Man" such a fun ride is that it took everything great about film (comedy, drama and action) and made it work in the context of a comic book movie. Granted, "The Dark Knight" did it even better just a few months later, but that doesn't make "Iron Man" any less of a success.
Say what you will about Guy Ritchie, but the dude makes entertaining movies. Unfortunately, it looked like the crime caper specialist was all but done after marrying Madonna. Ritchie wasted ten years of his life into with the music superstar, and with the exception of his son Rocco, the only other things he had to show for it was a BMW short film, the atrocious "Swept Away," and the clusterfuck "Revolver." Thank God for "RocknRolla," then, the director's long-awaited return to the world of the London underground and arguably his best and most mature film to date. Sure, Ritchie still seems to favor style over substance, but film's eccentric cast of characters more than makes up for it. Gerard Butler and Tom Wilkinson, in particular, are both fantastic in their respective roles, and Thandie Newton takes part in one of the funniest dance scenes ever recorded on film. Word is Ritchie is just itching to make a sequel, and if it's even a fraction as good as the original, then it'll likely wind up on whatever year-end list it's eligible for.
9. "American Teen"
Nanette Burstein's film about high school life in the "mostly while, mostly Christian, and red state all the way" town of Warsaw, Indiana is about as close to home as any movie is ever going to get for me (I grew up about 200 miles away), which is probably why I'm so willing to look past the obvious favoritism that was shown to certain subjects during filming. Then again, it's hard not to fall in love with Hannah Bailey, the unofficial star of the movie. Whether it's her unconventional beauty, her free-spirited lifestyle, or the fact that she just doesn't seem to belong, the audience gets behind Hannah from the moment she's introduced. "American Teen" is smart, funny and downright entertaining, and whether you've just graduated from high school or are about to attend your 20-year reunion, you could only be so lucky to have a video yearbook as impressive as this.
10. "Son of Rambow"
Movies like "Son of Rambow" don't get nearly as big of an audience as they deserve, which is a shame, since it's one of the best and most wildy inventive family films that I've seen in a long time. And who better to make a movie that incorporates animated doodles into its character's imagination than the director-producer duo that created the wacky, stop-motion music video for Blur's "Coffee and TV"? It's a match made in heaven, though much of the film's success is thanks to newcomers Bill Milner and Will Poulter, who give child actors a good name. Anyone with a young son needs to watch this right away – just don't forget to let them watch it with you. Animated movies shouldn't be the only source of entertainment for parents looking to teach life lessons, and though it does feature its share of smoking, "Son of Rambow" does more good than harm.
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THE WORST FILMS of 2008:
1. "Strange Wilderness"
In all my time as a film critic, I've never given a zero-star rating. That is, until this giant piece of turd marked with Adam Sandler's stamp of approval crawled into theaters nearly three years after it was made. From recurring gags about joke-shop hand buzzers to dreadfully unfunny set pieces involving gay turkeys and guys named Dick, there's not a single redeemable moment in the entire film. The script is so lazy that the two main characters are actually named after the writers, and though it technically qualifies as a comedy, there's nothing about "Strange Wilderness" that will actually make you laugh. Even those terrible parody movies usually have a good joke or two hiding within them, but this is a new low. Speaking of parody movies…
2. "Meet the Spartans"
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer are surely Angels of Death sent from Hell to destroy Hollywood. Their latest parody film, "Meet the Spartans," is so lazily constructed that Fox should be fined the entire box office gross for releasing it in theaters. This a movie that attempts to take all of those gay jokes about "300" and turn it into a 67-minute movie whose biggest highlight is the end credits. I always wondered how these kinds of films even got greenlit, and now I know the answer: in-movie advertising. "Meet the Spartans" is jam-packed with shameless plug after shameless plug, including not-so-subtle commercials for Subway, Gatorade, Krispy Kreme, Budweiser, Dentyne Ice, Red Bull, and, well, you get the point. The people running Fox are clearly greedy idiots, but even they must see the errors of their ways by now.
3. "Disaster Movie"
Unfortunately, Lionsgate has not. Just when you thought one Friedberg/Seltzer parody movie was too much, they went and made another one… in the same year. What makes "Disaster Movie" worse than "Meet the Spartans," however, is that half of the jokes are based on references to films that weren't even in theaters when the movie was being shot. Guys dressed in Wal-Mart-quality Iron Man, Hellboy and Incredible Hulk costumes are hit with plastic cows for three straight minutes, Carrie Bradshaw is played by a dude, and Beowulf pops up to continue the tirade of gay jokes started in the last film. So why the slightly better ranking? Frankly, because "Disaster Movie" has brief moments of hilarity. Namely, a bit involving Alvin and the Chipmunks singing death metal that will have you rolling on the ground in laughter. Granted, it's one of the only times you'll actually be laughing with the movie, but at least there are no commercials in this one.
It's a pretty clear indication that your movie sucks when the funniest bit involves a talking parrot. One could even argue that it's the only funny bit of the movie, but that wouldn't change the fact that "Over Her Dead Body" is one the worst romantic comedies ever made. It's not that ghost stories can't work in that context, either. The Ricky Gervais vehicle "Ghost Town" is the exact same movie, and though much of that film's success is thanks to the comedian's unique brand of humor, he receives great support from screen vets like Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni. Paul Rudd, on the other hand, is partnered up with Lake Bell (she's been better) and Eva Longoria, who is not only a major reason why the movie sucks, but also gets top billing for what is essentially the third lead. Sorry honey, but appearing in every rag in town does not a star make.
After Eddie Murphy's fantastic performance in "Dreamgirls," it looked like the comedian might actually begin taking his career seriously. Who knows, he could have even strung together a comeback so good that everyone would finally forget about "The Adventures of Pluto Nash." Unfortunately, Murphy went the other route by making "Norbit," and one year later, he re-teamed with director Brian Robbins for a movie just as bad. "Meet Dave" was supposed to be big summer comedy for the family, but all it proved is that Murphy isn't funny and Robbins is a shit director. Lame jokes about printing money out of the ass aside, "Meet Dave" has got to have some of the worst special effects work I've ever seen. True, that's not the reason the movie flopped, but if you're going to make a film as painful to watch as this, at least make it look good.
If there's one studio that just doesn't seem to understand the inner workings of the film industry, it's Screen Gems, who continues to put out direct-to-video-quality movies every year. Their techno thriller, "Untraceable," is a sloppy genre flick that's equal parts good ("Se7en"), bad ("Saw 3″) and ugly ("Feardotcom"). What it lacks in originality, however, it more than makes up for with gaping plot holes, silly clichés, and enough product placement to make you sick (though not as sick as "Meet the Spartans"). How typically good actors like Diane Lane and Colin Hanks managed to get roped into this movie is beyond me, but they must have thought that they were making something a little less trashy than this. When the "Saw" series features a stronger moral code than the one that appears in your film, however, there's something horribly wrong.
7. "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins"
Contrary to what you might have read in fellow BE editor Will Harris' review of the film, "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" is not an average comedy. Nevertheless, there are a few things that you can learn from watching a movie like this. For starters, Martin Lawrence is just as annoying as you remember. I can't think of another high-profile actor who is as consistently unfunny as Lawrence is in every one of his headlining roles, and yet somehow, he continues to get work. Secondly, while Lawrence may have stopped trying to mimic Eddie Murphy's career, he's chosen a less superior replacement (if that's even possible) in Tyler Perry. And finally, Michael Clarke Duncan is one funny dude. It's certainly been hinted at in past projects, but the hulking actor is one of the only genuinely funny things about the film. Pity he wasn't in it more, because then maybe the film would have been ranked eighth instead of seventh.
The makers of "Nim's Island" clearly don't believe that a movie has to make sense for kids to understand and enjoy it, and when those kinds of films make $100 million while far superior ones like "City of Ember" tank, well, it really grinds my gears. This has got to be the worst movie Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler have ever made, and they should know better. Butler's crimes aren't nearly as bad as Foster's, however, who should never step foot near anything even remotely resembling a comedy for the remainder of her career. Abigail Breslin isn't as much to blame as her adult costars, but it still sucks to see such a talented young actress wasted in kiddie fodder like this.
Some people will surely have my head for not placing Mike Myers' latest costumed comedy higher up on the list, but while "The Love Guru" really is as terrible as everyone says it is, there's something strangely entertaining about watching the former "SNL" star bomb for 88 embarrassing minutes. Not to give Myers more credit than he deserves, but "The Love Guru" simply shouldn't have been this bad. The inspired casting of Justin Timberlake as the film's villain, Jacques "Le Coq" Grande, proved once again why the musician should quit his day job and become a full-time cast member on "SNL," while the commentator team-up of Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan had the potential to be so much better. Unfortunately, their limited screen time falls just as flat as all the dick and fart jokes that Myers hurls nonstop at the audience. And did we really need to see two elephants fucking on screen? Yeah, didn't think so.
10. "One Missed Call"
"One Missed Call" isn't a particularly scary movie, which is kind of like making a comedy that isn't funny (see above). It is pretty creepy, however, and it's a shame that director Eric Valette didn't have a better story to work with. I mean, really, cell phones? Didn't Jason Segel and Russell Brand make fun of a similar movie in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall? It was no doubt inspired by this one, because I can't imagine an idea that stupid could be thought of more than once. And what the hell is Ed Burns doing in a horror movie anyway? He's not the greatest actor of his generation, but I thought he had a more taste than this. Even Margaret Cho was smart enough to get in and get out before anyone recognized it was her, and she probably bought a new house with the paycheck.
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Jim is a lifelong resident of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY where he lives with his wife and three kids. When he's not working, Jim can often be found on his bicycle as he is an avid bicycle racer having competed in races all over the country including a 508 mile team race through Death Valley (The Furnace Creek 508) and a 540 mile race through the Cascade Mountains of Oregon (The Race Across Oregon). First and foremost is my family. I am blessed with a wonderful family: My best friend/wife Meg who is an Attorney for the Child representing children in Family Court. For years Meg put her own career on hold as a stay-at-home Mom to our three kids until they flew the nest for college (and now grad school and jobs).
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My Dad was a very hard-working, self-employed plumber who taught by example that there was great value in attention to detail, good manners and a strong work ethic. Because he ran his own business and because of his devotion to his regular customers, my Dad was uneasy being away from home (and his customers) for too long. Because of this, long-distance travel was out of the question. Maybe as a result, I love traveling to distant places and experiencing cultures very different from our own. Like my Dad, in a week to ten days I am itching to get back "home" but I have really enjoyed traveling with my kids over the years. I hope by exposing them to other cultures they will learn what a truly diverse place the world is and they will appreciate just how fortunate we are in the United States. Now that my kids have flown the nest and I am no longer devoting half my waking hours driving to travel soccer games all over the Northeast, I have turned into a passionate woodworker. I have much to learn but I love spending hours working in my workshop restoring old tools, learning new skills and making lots of sawdust!
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Researchers can now collect and sequence DNA from the air
By thespecimennews on April 6, 2021 • ( 0 )
It could spook some people but the future of DNA sequencing is taking mankind to the air with DNA found to be everywhere. For the first time, researchers have collected animal DNA from mere air samples, according to a new study.
The DNA that living things, human and otherwise, shed into the environment is called environmental DNA (eDNA). Collecting eDNA from water to learn about the species living there has become fairly common, but until now, no one had attempted to collect animal eDNA from the air.
"What we wanted to know was whether we could filter eDNA from the air to track the presence of terrestrial animals," study author Elizabeth Clare, an ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, said in a video abstract for the study, published Mar. 31 in the journal PeerJ. "We were interested in whether we could use this 'airDNA' as a way to assess what species were present in a burrow or a cave where we could not easily see or capture them," she added.
As a proof-of-concept experiment, Clare and her colleagues tried collecting DNA from the air in an animal facility housing a model organism, the naked mole rat. The researchers detected both human and mole rat DNA in air from both the mole rat enclosures and the room where the enclosures are housed.
"The demonstration that the DNA from relatively large animals can also be detected in air samples dramatically expands the potential for airborne eDNA analysis," said Matthew Barnes, an ecologist at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, who was not involved in the new study.
In the last decade, the collection and analysis of eDNA to study and manage plant and animal populations has taken off, Barnes said. "The analogy that I use is like the detective at the crime scene, finding a cigarette butt and swabbing it for DNA to place the criminal at the crime scene. We do that with eDNA except for instead of looking for criminals, we're looking for a rare or elusive species," Barnes said. The species might be endangered or an invasive species new to an environment, he said.
Prior to this study, some researchers had collected plant DNA from the air, but most of those experiments involved plants that were "expected to intentionally release plumes of DNA into the air in the form of pollen and dispersing seeds," Barnes said. Animals, on the other hand, don't do that. "We had no idea if this would work," Clare told Live Science.
But while animals don't shoot pollen spores into the air, they do shed DNA in the forms of saliva and dead skin cells, for example. To see if animal eDNA from these sources could be collected, Clare and her colleagues vacuumed air from an enclosure of naked mole rats and from the room housing the enclosures through filters similar to the HEPA filters commonly found in heating and ventilation systems. The researchers then extracted DNA from the filters and sequenced it. To identify the species the DNA came from, the researchers compared the sequences to reference sequences in a database.
The finding of human DNA within the animal enclosure at first surprised the researchers, Clare told Live Science. However, given that humans care for the mole rats, it made sense in retrospect, Clare said.
The presence of human DNA in nearly every sample from the study is "a major hurdle," Barnes said. On one hand, it encouragingly shows that the detection method is sensitive, Barnes said. But "this could also suggest that airborne samples are particularly easy to contaminate with DNA from the research team, especially when mammals are the target of analysis," he added.
To avoid such contamination, researchers might have to use clean room techniques — think air filters, gowns and hair nets — to avoid adding their DNA to the environments they're studying or to DNA samples they're working with, he said.
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Each email client will have different functionality that can be used to better manage email. I am choosing Outlook as it is widely used and is available free to all staff and students either as part of the campus agreement or by downloading Office 365. It is a powerful, flexible tool available for: Windows, MacOSX, iOS and Android) for Linux users wishing or needing to use Outlook are restricted to Outlook Web Access (OWA) client via a browser.
Categories are like tags or labels, I use them to categorise items using a mixture of words and colour, mainly I rely on colours, because the colour is always visible in the client which is not so for the written category label. You should also be aware that the written category label is also visible to recipients of tagged messages or calendar events. Choose your words wisely, or keep the category description as the default which is simply the colour name.
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