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Posted: January 28, 2012 in Talk Radio, Uncategorized
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Former FCC Commissioner, Michael Copps, talked recently to Democracy Now! news program journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
According to Juan Gonzalez, those in support of reforming the Telecommunication Act of 1996 ( http://transition.fcc.gov/telecom.html ) consider Copps to have been the most progressive Commissioner in the history of the agency.
Michael Copps advocates public interest guidelines for regulating old and new media as one telecommunications group and forging the path of new media, including internet and wireless, to comply with an open policy of accessible media to everyone.
Copps shares his concern with the media world today:
"I'm extremely worried about the future of our media, because I think it impinges so directly on the future of our democracy and the future of self-government. And I think, between the private sector and the public sector, we have wreaked untold havoc on the media environment, and I hope we can have an opportunity to talk about that this morning."
He believes the challenge of the 21st Century is to make broadband available to everyone:
"But if we're going to have this broadband technology and have the internet available to everybody, it has to be open to everybody. It has to be accessible to everybody. It can't be run by gatekeepers and toll booth operators. It has to serve the purposes of us all. I would like to have gone farther than the Commission has gone so far, but at least it made a start."
He notes that in the past, public and private sectors worked together to build infrastructure, with a national goal in mind.
"And then we got off on this tangent, beginning in the '80s, that the market would solve all of these problems. You didn't need government, you didn't need a vision. So, we went from being first or second in broadband in 2001, when I joined the Federal Communications Commission, to now 15th, 20th, 24th."
"People need to understand how important this is. I am a strong proponent that one of our national priorities needs to be digital or media or news literacy, call it whatever you want, educating all of us, particularly the young children. I'd like to see a K-through-12 digital literacy, media literacy program, where you teach folks not only how to use this stuff for their own advancement, but also what to look out for and what to trust and what's a trustworthy news site, what's a reliable one, what's news, what's opinion, what's fact, what's rumor. So, media literacy is high on the list of our national needs, so people can really understand how important this is."
Read the full, in-depth interview here (there is a video option as well):
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/12/ex_fcc_commissioner_michael_copps_on
In the article, you will read the context of these Michael Copps excerpts:
"But we're still diddling around with those rules here, almost 10 years later. We haven't tightened the rules. We haven't done anything about media consolidation. And the situation gets worse and worse, and the consolidation goes on and on. And so people say, "Oh, well, it's all over with." Not so. We had NBCU-Comcast earlier this year, Sinclair buying up a bunch of stations, Cumulus and Citadel. And I think when the economy turns a little bit, you're going to see a lot more of this consolidation. And every time you consolidate, you lose a local voice, you lose an element of localism, you lose coverage of the—of a community's ethnic diversity and its cultural diversity. And it's bad for America."
"And goodness knows, we face some of the most awesome challenges right now in terms of our economy coming back, our global competitiveness being able to return, creating opportunity, health—you know, the whole list. But all of those issues are going to depend upon decisions made by the people, and those have to be fact-based. And you can't have a situation where we're saying, "Well, yeah, it's too bad what happened to newspapers and broadcast, but the new media is going to fix that," because we don't have a model there for that."
"I guess maybe the first thing we need to do is just stop thinking about old media and new media and just think about: we have a media environment right now in front of us. Part of it's traditional, but it's all one thing. This is how we inform ourselves. This is our information infrastructure. What are we going to do about it now? We can't sit around and wait. We can't watch journalism hemorrhage. We can't watch investigative journalism go down the tubes. So this has to become really a national priority."
"There are things we can do right now, that the FCC could do tomorrow morning. For instance, in the world of broadcasting, you know, we used to have some guidelines, public interest guidelines, that we would look at when a broadcaster came in to renew his or her license every three years. Well, all of that's gone now, beginning in 1980. …They got rid of all the public interest guidelines. The license period went from three to eight years. Now you send in a postcard, and basically, no questions asked, you get it back. I'm not saying that having some public interest guidelines is going to solve our media problem, but it would be a down payment. And it would have immediate effects in broadcast. It would have some spillover effects in newspapers, because so many newspapers and broadcast stations are owned together. And it would get—it would get a dialogue going and confront this problem of what is the public interest on the internet."
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En los JJ. OO. de Barcelona 1992 ganó la medalla de plata en los 5000 metros, tras el alemán Dieter Baumann y por delante del etíope Fita Bayisa.

Cuatro años después, en los JJ. OO. de Atlanta 1996 volvió a ganar la plata en la misma prueba, tras el burundés Vénuste Niyongabo y llegando antes que el marroquí Khalid Boulami (bronce).

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In summary, if the player's hand has a zero to five, the player will have to draw a third and final card. If the player's hand has a value of six to nine, the player doesn't have to draw an extra card. Instead, the player will have to stand.
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If the Bank has a value of 7 the player has to stand
If the Bank has a value of 8 and 9, the player has to stand since 8 and 9 are considered natural
NB; when the Bank's hand has a value of six, some complexity is added to the gameplay. A Bank can only draw a card if a player's total of six and seven are reached with three cards. If it is reached using a two-card total, then the Bank stands.
If a Player wins his or her bet, the payment is made on even money. All Punto Banco Bank winnings are paid at odds of 19 to 20 which implies that there is a 5% tax on Bank winnings. Winnings from the tie (Egalite bet) are paid at 8-1.
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A Look At Deposit's Push To Dissolve Police Department
By Sarah Gager | November 23, 2019
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VESTAL, NY (WSKG) — Deposit is proposing to eliminate its police department.
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Mayor Bryan Moore cites a lack of funding. "We couldn't come out and tax people—give a 20-or-30 percent tax increase. So, we had to come up with another option," he said. "So, basically, there's two options out there: either we fix our department at a cost or we go with an alternative."
The alternative is having sheriff departments from Broome and Delaware Counties cover the area. The counties both have jurisdiction in Deposit and already offer support because the Deposit police, which is made up mostly of part-time employees.
Scheduling troubles are another reason for the move.
"All these officers all have other jobs and lives," Moore said. "It's hard for them to work a set schedule. So, from week-to-week, it can be iffy whether we have certain coverage or not." Moore added it's hard to retain part-time employees.
If residents gather enough signatures for a petition, it will be put to a vote. If voters want to keep the department, taxes will go up. If not, the department dissolves effective in March.


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Q: How to install Grub Customizer? Entering command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer

And the last lines read:
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu kinetic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

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So you can either wait until the PPA supports Kinetic, or take the chance and modify the Repo to use 22.04 (Jammy) and hope it works.
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ADA and IntriCon Partner to Launch earVenture Low-Cost Hearing Aids
Sep 14, 2015 | Hearing Aids, Industry News, Management Strategies, Speech in Noise? |
In a bold move intended to bring low-priced hearing aids to the professional market and reinstate the provider's vital place in the treatment of hearing loss, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) and IntriCon Corp announced today the launch of earVenture, LLC. The new company, co-founded to deliver hearing aids and educational resources, will reportedly offer products of unprecedented value for audiologists and their patients.
Kim Cavitt, AuD
earVenture's hearing aids, available first to ADA members and later to all licensed dispensers, are advanced digital devices most professionals would consider in the "essential" performance category, delivering a feature set that includes 8-channel/12-band feedback control, directional microphones, telecoil, and noise-reduction. "This device is intended as a high-quality low-cost alternative with the provider in mind, delivered to the audiologist and the consumer so that it places our services—not the device—at the center of hearing healthcare," said ADA President Kim Cavitt in an interview with The Hearing Review. "This hearing aid is designed as an answer to the PSAPs (personal sound amplification products), direct to consumer, and mass retail devices that are currently challenging the practices of private practice audiologists."
Accessibility, Affordability, and Autonomy. According to the company, earVenture's products have been developed to disrupt the hearing aid market in a manner that allows all hearing care professionals to succeed. A video on the company's website describes how the new hearing aids will allow audiologists to employ the care model of their choice for exceptional outcomes and value for their patients:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUrDSvvoUY
Cavitt says audiologists are facing severe pressure as the hearing care field becomes awash in price-oriented marketing that continually places the device—and the price of those devices—at the center of the hearing healthcare industry's consumer message. "The Internet has changed everything," says Cavitt. "There has never been this kind of transparency in hearing aid prices. However, several peer-reviewed studies, including the recent research by Robyn Cox and colleagues, clearly demonstrate that what drives a consumer's success with hearing aids is not the device itself but rather evidence-based practices—providing the appropriate diagnostic and fitting services and aftercare that ensure an excellent outcome. Simply put, our field is desperate for a value-based model of quality care, with the devices being viewed as only one tool in the process. We need to make the comprehensive testing, fitting, and rehabilitative services that only licensed hearing care professionals can provide the center of the hearing care model."
"IntriCon is excited to partner with the ADA to form earVenture—a testament to each organization's strong commitment to provide audiologists access to high-quality hearing instruments and education resources at attractive price points," said Mark Gorder, president and CEO of IntriCon in a press statement. "IntriCon's long-standing design and development strategy focuses on hearing aid platforms driven by outcome-based features. This philosophy has enabled us to offer technically advanced products to independent audiologists at price points significantly lower than competing devices. Coupled with best practices, we believe this model will help audiologists compete in today's marketplace."
earVenture ReVel BTE.
Product line. Initially, earVenture will offer a limited product line that is focused on outcome-based features. The reVel thin-tube (312) BTE features 8-channel WDRC with 12 bands of gain adjustment, 4 programmable memories, adaptive feedback cancellation, adaptive directionality, dynamic speech enhancement, and a telecoil. The faVor (10A) BTE offers many of the same features, is reportedly one of the smallest directional devices on the market, and includes a telecoil and layered noise reduction. According to earVenture, the devices are designed to embody streamlined performance and value that will help audiologists compete in any market and reach underserved or never-served populations.
Delain Wright
"These are high-quality products at the right price point," Delain Wright, Intricon's VP of business development and a well-known industry executive, told The Hearing Review. Intricon, a public company (NASDAQ: IIN) located in the Minneapolis suburb of Arden Hills, has a long history of supplying the hearing industry with high-quality components and, more recently, in manufacturing hearing aids and PSAPs. They are perhaps best known as the suppliers of United Healthcare's hi HealthInnovations' line of hearing aids, as well as supplying components for the numerous medical device firms in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
Importantly, earVenture devices will not be marketed to consumers by the company, and they will be unavailable to over-the-counter or direct-to-consumer firms. There will be no minimum order or volume discounts, no perks or incentives for larger buyers, and little hand-holding outside of what is generally considered routine hearing aid manufacturing protocols. The programming software is NOAH-compatible and relies on a standard platform familiar to most experienced audiologists. The company is also rolling out a unique exchange and repair program. Rather than the traditional and costly return-for-credit approach, there will be immediate same-day replacement for exchanges and repairs.
It will be up to the dispensing professional how the reVel and faVor hearing aids fit into their practice's product offerings. ADA envisions that the new products will open up more options for audiologists and dispensing professionals to enhance their models of quality care. This might include unbundling the cost of hearing care services from the price of the devices—a prospect that is a desired business strategy but has proven to be elusive due to several practical challenges. In the latest Hearing Review survey, more than three-quarters of practices continue to bundle pricing. The educational section of the earVenture website, called reinVent, offers step-by-step ideas for success regardless of the pricing structure you use: bundled, unbundled, or a hybrid. It also provides recommended protocols for private-pay and third-party reimbursement.
Stephanie Czuhajewski
ADA Executive Director Stephanie Czuhajewski says the joint venture with IntriCon provides a unique product to the market that ensures value beyond the device. The company has no paid sales force, no consumer advertising, marketing, or sales. The products are purchased via credit cards on the earVenture website, eliminating administrative overhead and risks associated with accounts-receivables. "Maximizing profit is not the objective of earVenture," says Czuhajewski. "In fact, if the sole result of this start-up is to disrupt the market and other competitors enter this space, then we've achieved our objectives."
ADA member audiologists may pre-order earVenture hearing instruments through September 22nd at www.earventure.net (while supplies last). Non-ADA member providers (including hearing instrument specialists and ENTs) may register and order beginning September 23rd. Profits from earVenture will be split 50/50 between ADA and Intricon, with the ADA's profits being used to support ADA advocacy initiatives that advance best practices and the audiology profession.
What do you think? Chime in with your comments below.
Also see: HIA Expresses Concerns about ADA and IntriCon's Formation of earVenture
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Carol Killingsworth on September 17, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Once again ADA leads the way. Congratulations on a forward-thinking strategy.
Steve on September 17, 2015 at 8:50 pm
How long do you think it will be before the audiologists, instead of embracing this as part of total care, instead start to engage in price marketing? In my town, audiologists are ALREADY price marketing with established brands. This will absolutely destroy profit margins for dispensers already in business and is a totally idiotic and senseless attempt to drum up business at the expense of the industry as a whole.
John on September 22, 2015 at 12:00 am
With this move, ADA partners with a group that affiliated themselves with the United Healthcare HHI program? How is this sending a good message of options for audiologists?
What happened to our Academies in audiology maintaining a neutral stance? This move states even those in a position to influence have lost perspective.
Charles Watson on June 2, 2017 at 2:49 pm
This model is certainly worth a try. Anyone who has been watching current developments must realize that there is a huge segment of the population of persons with hearing loss who have been priced out of the market. Now that there is evidence that only modest intervention by dealers or audiologists is required to achieve user satisfaction, this model and OTC seem inevitable.


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package org.apache.mina.util;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * {@link OutputStream} wrapper for {@link ByteBuffer}
 *
 *

 * Currently this class is only used and available in MINA's codec module
 *

 *
 * @author Apache MINA Project
 *
 */
public class ByteBufferOutputStream extends OutputStream {
    private ByteBuffer buffer;

    private boolean elastic = false;

    public ByteBufferOutputStream() {
        this(1024);
    }

    private ByteBufferOutputStream(ByteBuffer buffer) {
        this.buffer = buffer;
    }

    public ByteBufferOutputStream(int initialSize) {
        this(ByteBuffer.allocate(initialSize));
    }

    public ByteBuffer getByteBuffer() {
        ByteBuffer out = buffer.asReadOnlyBuffer();
        out.limit(out.position());
        out.position(0);

        return out;
    }

    public boolean isElastic() {
        return elastic;
    }

    private void needSpace(int len) {
        if (elastic && buffer.capacity() - buffer.position() < len) {
            ByteBuffer newBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(Math.max(buffer.capacity() * 2, buffer.position() + len));
            buffer.limit(buffer.position());
            newBuffer.put(buffer);
            buffer = newBuffer;
        }
    }

    public void setElastic(boolean elastic) {
        this.elastic = elastic;
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
        needSpace(len);
        buffer.put(b, off, len);
    }

    @Override
    public void write(int b) {
        needSpace(1);
        buffer.put((byte) b);
    }
}

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Sea cliff exposures of metamorphosed carbonate and schist, northern Seward Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
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Extensive seacliff exposures of marble, metadolostone, and schist occur on the north shore of Seward Peninsula in the Kotzebue A-1 and A-2 Quadrangles (fig. 12). Some of the exposed units have no analogs when compared to rocks mapped to the south in the Bendeleben and Solomon Quadrangles. Others are similar to units exposed to the south, but they differ in metamorphic grade and minor, though significant, compositional characteristics. Carbonate rocks predominate from Ninemile Point westward; schists of varying composition occur with carbonate rocks to the east. The carbonate-dominated section is separated in the vicinity of Ninemile Point from the schist-dominated section by a major fault zone, thought to be the northern extension of the Kugruk fault zone of Sainsbury (1974).
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Julie A. Dumoulin, Alison B. Till
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USGS Organization
Alaska Science Center
Julie A Dumoulin, Ph.D.
dumoulin@usgs.gov
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#ifndef BOOST_CONVERT_DETAIL_IS_CHAR_HPP
#define BOOST_CONVERT_DETAIL_IS_CHAR_HPP

#include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_const.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace cnv
{
    namespace detail
    {
        template<typename T> struct is_char          : mpl::false_ {};
        template<>           struct is_char<char>    : mpl:: true_ {};
        template<>           struct is_char<wchar_t> : mpl:: true_ {};
    }
    template <typename T> struct is_char : detail::is_char<typename remove_const<T>::type> {};
}}

#endif // BOOST_CONVERT_DETAIL_IS_CHAR_HPP


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Has anyone ever used this Network Wide Menu plug in with Marketpress?
I'm trying to create a multisite that shares the same theme, design menus, widgets, etc. for all the sites.
I have not personally used this plugin http://wpmututorials.com/plugins/networkwide-menu/ but can you just use it with MarketPress and let us know if you face any issue.
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Q: Items get forgotten by crafting logistics pipes when the world is reloaded I'm playing Minecraft with the Technic Pack and using Logistics Pipes, especially Crafting Logistics Pipes, to automatically process items in machines, e.g. smelt items in a furnace.
The logistics pipes have the property that they "forget" requests when the world is saved and loaded again. When a request is fulfilled by a crafting logistics pipe, an item is put into a furnace to smelt and the smelting will take some time. When I save and reload the world during that time, the item, or it's product, will still be in the furnace, but the associated request does not exist anymore. So the item will stay in the furnace.
When I request another item from the same crafting logistics pipe, the pipe will instantly pull the already smelted item out of the furnace but another one of the item needed to produce the requested one will be routed to the furnace. So from then on, there will always be one item too many inside the furnace.
This problem also happens with Automatic Crafting Pipes, where necessary items may arrive at different times and there is a time frame where reloading the world would get some of the items "lost".
There are also other reasons for this to happen. E.g. if a request can't be completed because of some other problem in the network, but the Logistics Pipes network thinks it can. So enhancing the Crafting Logistics Pipes implementation to save and restore active requests would not completely prevent this from happening and a more robust solution that I can implement with items from the Technic Pack is desired.
Is there any way solve this problem?

A: If you attach a logistic chassis with an extractor module (either mark 1 or 2) to the side of the furnace it will extract any excess products from the furnace and send them to the default route, do not worry about the extractor module taking items that the crafting pipe was waiting for as it has a lower priority so will not take the items unless no other pipe wants it.


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New Revealing AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Details On Character Relationships And Much More
Spoilers afoot! Revealing which Avenger do the Maximoff twins have the most beef with, and why, among other things, a new set report has surfaced with new intriguing details from the cast/crew
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Filed Under: "Avengers" Source: Digital Spy
The folks at Digital Spy have just published 25 new and intriguing Avengers: Age of Ultron details that they learned while visiting the set last year; from character motives, relationships and so much more. First up, Joss Whedon teases doing a lot more with Hawkeye this time around. "We got to do some interesting stuff with Hawkeye which is a different kind of dark," he said. "It's been fun for Jeremy because he was possessed for so long last time – it's interesting to not be a zombie!" Producer Jeremy Latcham then reassured that Earth's Mightiest Heroes will already be a team when the movie begins. "This movie starts off and the team is together, on a mission, they're working in tandem, and there are new relationships between them," said Latcham. "Time has passed, so you pick up right in the middle of an action sequence and start trying to catch up. I think that's fun for an audience, to try and figure out, 'Wait, those two are funny together now, there's something going on with them, maybe there's a little tension over there'. You're showing up at a party when it's already a little bit started." Joss Whedon then reveals that Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is his favorite character to write for. "She has a special place in my heart - there is one scene in each movie that was filmed pretty much unchanged from the first draft, and they're both Natasha scenes," said the director. "She's just somebody that I feel like I get."
Next up, Jeremy Latchmen discussed how Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, initially link up with Ultron to create a balance of power for the team much different than Tom Hiddleston's Loki. "Instead of Ultron giving a lot of speeches so everybody knows what he's thinking, it'd be nice if he had some allies," Latcham said. "The story that Joss put together with these two kids is really sweet and poignant, and you really understand why they would start on this side of the line. It's a great journey that they go on, from being these rough and tumble kids in Eastern Europe who blame the West, and the Avengers for the plight, the power structure of the world that keeps kids like them down. Over the course of it they realize maybe the Avengers are here for good reason." It's then revealed there is one particular Avenger that the twins initially have hatred towards. "Our characters have a lot of anger, especially towards Tony Stark, and we want revenge," explained Elizabeth Olsen. "We meet Ultron, and he's someone who preaches peace and… believes what we believe, which is that the Avengers create destruction and that Tony Stark's bomb is responsible for killing our parents." Of course, the Twins' allegiance with the titular villain falls apart, and Olsen says, "My character ends up really having to deal with her ignorance. A lot of problems that happen towards the end of the film are her responsibility."
Furthermore, it is mentioned that while The Avengers was about bringing the team together, Avengers: Age of Ultron will be about tearing the heroes apart, in light of the threat that is Ultron and the Maximoffs. "The larger threat individually isolates each of us," said Chris Hemsworth. "It's quite a personal kind of threat, and Thor is potentially seeing the bigger picture here - he has a whole other sort of journey for a while, where he kind of goes 'Hang on, this is part of something else, I think'." Jeremy Latchmen then explained how much of the team's problem is the fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. was disbanded in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and they don't have a clear leader. "S.H.I.E.L.D. has fallen apart, so this movie becomes Tony Stark and Steve Rogers trying to put the Avengers together without a parental unit like Nick Fury hovering over them," says the producer. "What you realize is that these are guys who work best with rules, and probably do need some adult supervision. Tony has been paying for everything, designing stuff, building new toys, he's the benefactor of the whole thing. But Steve Rogers is very much in charge of operations and missions, he's the moral compass, but how long can Tony Stark have someone else be in charge?" Surely, next year's Captain America: Civil War will further explore that answer.
Mark Ruffalo then said Bruce Banner's life with the Hulk has improved since The Avengers, "but it's still evolving," he said. "I think he does feel more comfortable with himself and his relationship to Hulk, but that confidence definitely gets shaken during the movie." It is then noted that the team has found a way to use the Hulk as a "nuclear option" during battles (which may be showcased in the opening sequence). "He's sort of left behind in waiting as the secret weapon, the nuclear bomb," said Ruffalo. The actor then explains how there's more of the Hulk to be explored, even though there's no new solo movie in the works. "I feel like we haven't even scratched the surface with Hulk, as far as his character goes," said Ruffalo. "The technology just hasn't completely been available, and I think we've sort of been ignorant about the approach, like, what can we do with the Hulk? Yeah, he's great and it's exciting when he freaks out and smashes, but there's a whole character there from the comics, who can talk and has a personality. Is it always just rage? I think there's a battle of identity going on between him and Banner, about establishing dominance, and what troubles Hulk in a very primal way is Banner, because he's the only thing that has any control over him. That sets up an interesting dynamic that hasn't been explored yet."
Moving along, Jeremy Latchman explains how Joss Whedon and the Avengers: Age of Ultron cast had developed a controlled improvisation system. "Joss is such a writer that he'll have ten alternatives written, if there's a joke and he's worried Downey's not gonna like the joke," said Latcham. "Downey always comes in with a couple of alternatives, so there's definitely room for interplay, but with a cast this big you want to make sure you stay on point. You don't want to let the scene wander off into something we all find hilarious on the day, and later in the editing room makes you go, 'Arrgh, what are we doing?' Sometimes when everyone gets together, they're all so funny that they kind of slip out of character, and start saying stuff that's not quite in line with what their character would say. Joss is really great at moderating that on the day, keeping his eye on the big picture." Latchman then explained how Age of Ultron will be Marvel Studios' first "true-blue" superhero movie in a long time. "With Winter Soldier we said, 'Let's make a 1970s paranoid thriller', with The Dark World we said, 'Let's make a full-blown fantasy film', and with Guardians we said, 'Let's make a full-blown space opera'," he said. "Everything else has been kind of its own genre, so from our perspective if we can keep changing what this kind of movie is, and saying you can't pin down a Marvel Studios film... then people won't get bored."
Adding to Jeremy Latchman's comments about Age of Ultron being a true superhero movie, Joss Whedon had then explained how he categorized the sequel in just about every genre throughout production. "With the first one, I set out to make a war movie," said the writer/director. "This time I said to Marvel, 'I really want to make more of a science-fiction horror', but then in the first week I was like 'This is clearly a western'. Then it became a war movie again, then oh no, it's a romantic comedy, a 1940s romantic comedy… No, it's Ibsen! No, okay, it's definitely an adventure. It's an action comedy! I suppose if it's gonna get put in a category, it has got some science fiction in it, but for me, it's just everything. And hopefully that doesn't come out as ADD, but as what happens when you put these different people together, you get that kind of weird dissonance with their different worlds and styles, and you hopefully make music out of it, instead of a horrible cacophony." Lastly, Whedon reiterates how he's less likely to direct the two-part Avengers: Infinity War. "I cannot imagine directing a film with – if you'll pardon the expression – more f**king people in it. I'd love to see one, though," he said. To read all 25 interesting things that Digital Spy learned on the Age of Ultron set, make the jump here. What do you think?
Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure. Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series "The Avengers," published in 1963. Get set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in Avengers: Age of Ultron May 1, 2015.
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Ethiopia sets out terms of possible talks with Tigray rebels
Thursday November 11 2021
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks on at the House of Peoples Representatives in Addis Ababa on November 30, 2020, during a session on the ongoing conflict with the Tigray rebels. PHOTO | AFP
Foreign ministry outlines three conditions for possible talks with Tigray rebels, one of which TPLF had said is "an absolute non-starter".
Ethiopia on Thursday outlined conditions for possible talks with rebels from the country's war-hit Tigray region, following days of frantic diplomatic efforts by international envoys to head off another surge in fighting.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has been locked in a year-long war with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has pushed south in recent months and not ruled out a possible march on the capital Addis Ababa.
Foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told reporters that one of the conditions for possible talks -- which he stressed have not been agreed to -- would be for the TPLF to withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions bordering Tigray.
"In order for there to be a peaceful solution, they say it takes two to tango," Dina said.
"There are conditions: First, stop your attacks. Secondly, leave the areas you have entered (Amhara and Afar). Third, recognise the legitimacy of this government," he said.
"By the way, don't misunderstand, it's not being said a decision has been made to enter into negotiations," he added.
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TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda told AFP at the weekend that pulling out from Amhara and Afar before talks begin is "an absolute non-starter".
Aid blocked
The TPLF is demanding the end of what the UN describes as a de facto humanitarian blockade on Tigray, where hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be living in famine-like conditions.
No aid has gone into Tigray by road since October 18, and 364 trucks are stuck in the capital of Afar "pending authorisation from the authorities to proceed", the UN said Thursday in a weekly report on the humanitarian situation.
"It is estimated that 80 percent of essential medication is no longer available in Tigray while most health facilities are not functional due to damage and lack of supplies," it said.
The region's biggest hospital, Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, has been forced to close its cancer treatment programme, "leaving some 500 patients without treatment", it said.
Last week the government imposed a nationwide state of emergency, triggering a fresh wave of mass arrests that has further hobbled the aid response.
Some 22 UN staffers have been detained in the raids that rights groups say target ethnic Tigrayans, and nine remained in custody as of Wednesday.
The UN has also sounded the alarm about 72 drivers contracted by the World Food Programme who have been detained in Afar.
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The government describes such arrests as part of a legitimate effort to stamp out the TPLF.
Asked about the detentions, Dina said UN workers "have the duty to respect Ethiopian people and Ethiopian law", though he acknowledged that "mistakes can be made" and would be investigated.
Separately, a government statement said all landlords have a week to provide information about their tenants to the police "to assist security forces in their efforts to clean those who pose a threat to public safety."
More than 27,500 youths have also been recruited to help in security operations in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopia Press Agency (EPA) quoted a city official as saying.
High-level talks
International envoys have in recent days stepped up efforts to broker a cessation of hostilities.
Jeffrey Feltman, US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, left Ethiopia on Wednesday following several days of meetings there and in neighbouring Kenya, according to officials briefed on his movements.
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU's special envoy for the region, was due to leave Thursday after a final meeting with Abiy, the officials said.
He has also recently travelled to the Tigray capital Mekele to meet TPLF leaders.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Obasanjo on Wednesday and offered "strong support" for his mediation efforts, the State Department said.
He voiced hope that there was a "window" for progress.
Yet it is far from clear how major gaps between the two sides can be bridged.


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After being transferred to hospital following his high-speed crash at turn three during qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Ryan Hunter-Reay has been released, although his participation in the 500-mile event on Sunday remains in doubt.
The Andretti Autosport driver lost control of his Honda-powered Dallara on the exit of the turn on his warm-up lap, slamming into the wall on the outside before the car took another hit on the pit wall, with Hunter-Reay complaining of a pain in his hip as the car came to rest.
Following some x-rays, it was found that nothing was broken, and Dr. Terry Trammell, the safety consultant for IndyCar, believes that former Verizon IndyCar Series champion and 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Hunter-Reay could race on Sunday despite being in pain.
His primary car was destroyed in the crash, but his crew are working hard to put the backup car on track for the race.


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