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TV Vs. New Media – TV Still Wins
TV Still Beats All other media for # hours watched.
I've been saying it. Television still can deliver emotion better than any other media.
New business models are needed, but the answer lies in creative and innovative content. That can't be outsourced like other business functions.
So the headline in MEDIAWEEK came a no surprise. New Devices Impactful, But TV Still Rules.
Katy Bachman writes: The new media revolution may be coming, but it hasn't quite taken over yet. For all the fuss over the plethora of digital media devices, the TV screen is still by far the most popular media source for all consumers, both young and old, according to a landmark study commissioned by Nielsen-backed Council for Research Excellence.
The CRE study reports, consumers, on average, spend:
67% of their media time with TV (including DVRs, DVDs and games
About 2 minutes a day watching video via the Internet
A fraction of a minute watching mobile video.
Even among 18-24-year-olds, the average amount of time spent watching live TV (209.9 minutes) surpassed the total amount of computer screen time (169.5 minutes).
Glimmer of Hope
"Increasingly our clients are frightened by the onset of the DVR. There's been talk that the 30-second spot is dead and that young people don't watch TV anymore," said Shari Anne Brill, chair of CRE's media consumption and engagement committee and senior vp, director of programming for Carat told Bachman. "We wanted to verify or dispel those myths."
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Many applications are using time as a most important input for correctly working service. According to this NTP (Net Time Protocol) was invented. It is providing time synchronization between NTP Server and NTP Client with using of standard network infrastructure.
NTP is widely used for time synchronization between devices connected to network. For correct working NTP service is important to have source of reference clock (Stratum 0 NTP server) such as a radio, satellite receiver or telephone modem. Typically accuracy of NTP service is less than a millisecond on LANs and up to a few milliseconds on WANs. Typical NTP configurations is using multiple redundant servers and diverse network paths to achieve high accuracy and reliability of the service.
Definition of Stratum level related to NTP service is equivalent to distance from the reference clock. NTP protocol is supporting 0-15 Stratum level's. Stratum 16 Level is used for unsynchronized status.
Stratum 0 server are known as well as reference clock. In this case we are speaking about high precision timekeeping device. Usually an used atomic clock, GPS clock or special device connected to a NTP server.
Stratum 1 servers is synchronizing his local server time with Stratum 0 servers.
An example of Stratum 1 is a server with GPS receiver. In this NTP stratum/level it is possible to interconnect more Stratum 1 servers between each other, this will provide us failover solution in the case that one of the Stratum 0 server will be not reachable.
Stratum 2 servers are synchronizing they local server time with Stratum 1 servers.
Stratum 3 servers are synchronizing they local server time with Stratum 2 servers.
In most scenarios at this level we are already speaking about NTP clients that are using Stratum 2 as time source and not providing the NTP service to any NTP client. Any way in some cases at this level it is still possible to deploy as well standard NTP server that will provide the service to several NTP Clients. At this point it is important to understand that at each Stratum level we are getting higher inconsistency to reference time.
NTP protocol is supporting 0-15 Stratum levels. Stratum 16 Level is used as unsynchronized status.


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Google TensorFlow 2.0 Promises More Refined Machine Learning
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TensorFlow, the popular machine-learning library (and one of 2018's fastest-growing, highest-paying tech skills), will undergo a significant v2.0 update, with a preview coming later this year.
"Shortly, we will hold a series of public design reviews covering the planned changes," Martin Wicke, a software engineer for Google Brain and a key member of the TensorFlow team, wrote in an August 13 posting to a Google Group devoted to TensorFlow updates. "This process will clarify the features that will be part of TensorFlow 2.0, and allow the community to propose changes and voice concerns."
Initially developed as an internal tool for the Google Brain team, TensorFlow was released in November 2015 under an Apache 2.0 open-source license. Developers can insert the TensorFlow libraries into their own code in order to speed up the machine-learning process; for example, if you want to build a computer-vision platform that recognizes certain faces, TensorFlow's deep-learning assets can make that a reality.
The open-sourcing is key here: by figuring out how to best use TensorFlow as the spine of their machine-learning projects, researchers are helping the larger A.I. field evolve—even as they're giving Google more ideas for improving TensorFlow's fundamentals. Originally written in C++, TensorFlow will support more languages and platforms in v2.0.
With the next version, Google plans on making things more efficient by removing deprecated APIs (including some without a direct equivalent, although there will be a compatibility module), as well as eliminating as much duplication as it can. "To ease the transition, we will create a conversion tool which updates Python code to use TensorFlow 2.0 compatible APIs, or warns in cases where such a conversion is not possible automatically," Wicke added. "A similar tool has helped tremendously in the transition to 1.0."
Google will also stop working on TensorFlow 1.x once 2.0 rolls out, although it will issue security patches to 1.x for a year after the new release.
According to data from Dice and Upwork, tech professionals who have mastered TensorFlow and other machine-learning platforms can expect to earn an average of $160,478 per year. As more and more companies wake up to the potential of deep learning to boost the efficiency (and profits) of their products and services, more will seek out tech pros with these highly specialized skills.
If you're interested in learning how to actually use TensorFlow, Google provides some handy tutorials via a dedicated website; and in the Google Developer portal, there's also a "crash course" in machine learning that's worth checking out for those new to the concept.
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We have a pair of geese that have been wandering around, and the female has laid her eggs in a pile of branches in our lot next door. We have watched them for about a week . The pile of branches is next to a tree where we keep a bird feeder. I have gone out with a bucket of seed and the male will come and eat out of the bucket while I hold it. I think they are Egyptian geese. We have watched them for about a week now. This morning, however, the male is nowhere to be found. I'm concerned for the female and her eggs . What should I do , if anything?
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The Big Take
With Zoe Bell, axe and you will receive.
(2018) Crime Comedy (Archstone) Ebon Moss-Bachrach, James McCaffrey, Dan Hedaya, Oksana Lada, Bill Sage, Zoe Bell, Robert Forster, Slate Holmgren, Tara Westwood, John Enos III, Joslyn Jensen, Taylor Gildersleeve, Nick Daly, Matthew Kehoe, Sean David Morton, M.J. Rodriguez, Sandra Docherty, Sid O'Connell, Donna Mitchell. Directed by Justin Daly
It goes without saying that movies that go direct to video are generally of a lesser quality than those that do not. However there are exceptions and The Big Take, a crime comedy that is the first feature for writer-director Justin Daly, is one of those.
Faded movie star Douglas Brown (McCaffrey) is plotting his comeback, although a bitter divorce has led him to put all his assets into a bank in Panama to keep them from his vindictive ex. At an exclusive club in West Hollywood, he is accosted by barback Vic Venitos (Holmgren) who pushes a friend's script called The Night of the Fire on the aging actor but Brown dismisses him in a manner that gives the impression that the movie star is quite the jerk.
Vic doctors one of Brown's drinks and the actor is forced to make an exit but not before collapsing in a stairwell where an aggressive transgender (Rodriguez) apparently rapes him in a moment of transphobia that may cause those sensitive to such things to squirm (NB: although the incident is never shown, it is intimated that something sexual is happening and while it's possible that the transgender in question was doing something else awful to Brown most audience members are going to think "rape"). Venitos then arranges to blackmail Brown into financing his film, but in typical neophyte fashion messes it up and writes the blackmail note on the back of the script which includes the writer's name – Max O'Leary (Moss-Bachrach) – and address.
Brown's hard-nosed agent Jack Girardi (Sage) puts ex-cop fixer Frank Manascalpo (Hedaya) on the case to retrieve the hard drive that Venitos stole from the club with the original security camera footage of Brown's moment but the screenwriter's Ukrainian wife Oksana (Lada) turns out to be pretty competent in hand-to-hand combat and gets the better of Manascalpo who then resorts to hiring nuclear deterrent Edie (Bell), who has a violent temper and a burning desire to be an astronaut and that's when things get rapidly out of control.
I generally don't have very high expectations for direct-to-video projects but the cast list should give you a clue as to the higher quality than normal of this one. I'm always happy to see Bell onscreen; not only is she a great action star, she also brings a certain sparkle to every role she inhabits. Forster is one of my favorite character actors as well and his world-weary cop here is a specialty of his. Hedaya is unfortunately far less visible than he was say 20 years ago but he still has the greasy screen presence he's always had. Moss-Bachrach is essentially the star here; Max is blissfully ignorant of his producer's machinations and doesn't understand why his star is sending thugs to his house. Moss-Bachrach (who is credited here without the hyphen) has a bit of a nebbish quality to him but is likable enough to pull it off.
There is a bit of a noir-ish tone here but with a sly wink towards Robert Altman's The Player and Elmore Leonard. In fact, I wouldn't have been surprised to find out that this was based on a Leonard novel (it wasn't) which is pretty high praise. One gets the sense that the same frustrations that Max and Vic feel are frustrations that Daly is no stranger to.
There are some missteps. The soundtrack is less than scintillating with an over-reliance on Trojan ska (Oksana's character loves to gyrate to the island riddim) and worse industrial club fare which actually detracts from the film. It's a given that a low-budget film isn't going to be able to afford the best soundtrack but I've seen plenty of films of comparable budgets that have managed to fill their soundtrack with wonderful songs. It's a shame they didn't put more time and effort into finding some for this film. Also, these type of caper comedies need to move at a breakneck pace to be effective; this one is a bit too laid-back and as a result doesn't have the energy it really needs to be truly memorable.
Nonetheless this is a reasonably entertaining crime comedy that doesn't waste the viewer's time and while there is some room for improvement, I was pleasantly surprised and can give this a solid recommendation. I could only find a couple of outlets where it's currently available but Sony's home video arm is behind it so I wouldn't be surprised to find it all over the place in the near future. New York City readers can also catch it at the Cinema Village for a brief theatrical run as well but I would suggest you get out to see it quickly; it's not likely to remain in theaters long.
Editor's note: The style of music on the soundtrack was misidentified as reggae and has been corrected. Also, at the director's request, it is pointed out that whatever violation of Douglas Brown occurs is not explicitly shown so that it is possible that the incident is something other than sexual assault.
REASONS TO GO: The movie is surprisingly entertaining. The cast does a strong job.
REASONS TO STAY: The soundtrack is more than a little weak. The energy is a little too low-key for the genre.
FAMILY VALUES: There is plenty of violence and profanity, some brief drug use and brief nudity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Daly is the grandson of the legendary Ingrid Bergman and nephew of Isabella Rossellini.
BEYOND THE THEATERS: Amazon, Vudu
CRITICAL MASS: As of 9/9/18: Rotten Tomatoes: No score yet: Metacritic: No score yet.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Get Shorty
NEXT: Rampage
Posted in VOD Review	| Tagged Archstone Entertainment, bitter divorce, blackmail, cinema, Cinema365, comeback, crime comedy, Dan Hedaya, doctored drink, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Films, fixer, hard drive, Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, James McCaffrey, kidnapping, Los Angeles, movies, Panama, police indifference, Robert Forster, script, struggling screenwriter, The Big Take, transphobia, VOD Reviews, Zoe Bell	| Leave a reply
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey are out looking for trouble.
(2016) Crime Comedy (Netflix) Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Gary Anthony Williams, Devon Graye, Christine Woods, Robert Longstreet, Derek Mears, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Dana Millican, Myron Natwick, Robin Blair, Buck Eddy-Blair, Marilyn Faith-Hickey, Jared Roylance, Michelle Moreno, Cristi Miles, Lee Eddy, Jana Lee Hamblin. Directed by Macon Blair
There comes a point in life where you just have to say "enough." You can't take another jerk in your life, you can't bear to just swallow the selfishness of people and be polite. What triggers that feeling may vary from person to person.
For Ruth (Lynskey) it starts with a very bad day. A nurse's assistant, her day begins with a most unpleasant patient, an elderly woman with racist thoughts, suddenly dies. It ends with Ruth coming home to a house which has been broken into. Her laptop is gone as is her grandmother's silver set. The police in the person of Detective William Bendix (Williams) seem fairly indifferent to her plight.
With the aid of her martial arts-loving devout Christian neighbor Tony (Wood), Ruth endeavors to find her grandma's silverware which has a sentimental value to her. Utilizing a tracking program on her laptop, she does recover her computer and discovers that the stoners using it picked up the device at a dicey pawn shop.
This will lead her into the world of incompetent, petty criminals, wealthy douchebag lawyers and home invasions. The journey there will be dark and twisted; will she come out all right on the other end?
This made a lot of noise at this year's Sundance, winning the Grand Jury prize for dramatic presentation. Blair, a childhood friend of director Jeremy (The Green Room) Saulnier, is making his feature film directorial debut and I must say he has a really bright future if he chooses to pursue that aspect of filmmaking; Blair has appeared in front of the camera in several of Saulnier's films as well as this one in a cameo as an annoying bar patron. He has a great eye for shot composition which makes the film pleasing from a strictly visual point of view.
He also had the good sense to cast Lynskey in this. She's an actress who simply doesn't get her due; I can't remember a performance of hers that was anything but compelling and here, in a rare opportunity to carry a movie herself, she knocks it out of the park. Ruth is an essentially mousy character who has been pushed too far. There's a great scene where she stands up to Bendix at the police station, a confrontation that leads to an unexpected revelation. She also has great chemistry with Wood, who has morphed into an actor with a very broad range of styles. He may be one of the most versatile actors working in Hollywood today.
Ruth's journey is a fascinating one. Even though she's dealing with a sort of darker side of humanity not of her own doing, she keeps up her optimism pretty much throughout and although her naiveté gets her into situations that are somewhat precarious, she manages to prevail even though logic tells you that she shouldn't.
The tone is a little bit off-kilter which can work in its favor, but also discourage more traditional moviegoers from wanting to see it. I admit, there were times when I was a little bit put off by the somewhat unconventional atmosphere. It's not that there are a lot of eccentric indie trope characters in the movie, although there are a few; it's just the situations can get a little bit wonky.
This is a good metaphor for life in 2017. Most of us feel the way Ruth does; there are a few too many assholes in the world and all we want is to live life as asshole-free as possible. Our society has in general become far more self-centered; there is little thought given about others, whether they are part of our circles or not. It is ironic that with communication so much easier we understand so much less than we once did. The world is indeed full of assholes; to counteract them, we need more people like Ruth.
REASONS TO GO: Lynskey is a much underrated actress who has become one of my favorites. The shot composition is terrific.
REASONS TO STAY: The vibe may be a little too out there for some. The film is a little preachy in places.
FAMILY VALUES: There is some profanity and violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Blair used his own experience of having his apartment broken into and his laptop stolen plus a perceived lack of police follow-up to inspire the story; the title comes from a line in a gospel song sung near the end of the film.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Chasing Holden
NEXT: A Stray
Posted in VOD Review	| Tagged assholes, cinema, Cinema365, crime comedy, David Yow, dog poop, Elijah Wood, Films, home invasion, hostage, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, indifferent police investigation, Jane Levy, keepsakes, laptop, Melanie Lynskey, movies, Netflix, nunchuks, nursing assistant, racism, reviews, robbery, silver service, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival 2017, throwing stars, VOD Reviews	| Leave a reply
Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell enjoy the magic that is Bruges.
(2008) Crime Comedy (Focus) Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clamence Poesy, Jordan Prentice, Jeremie Renier, Elizabeth Berrington, Zeljko Ivanek, Mark Donovan, Anna Madeley, Jean-Marc Favorin, Rudy Blomme, Thekla Reuten, Inez Stinton, Ciaran Hinds, Theo Stevenson, Sachi Kimura, Eric Gordon, Stephanie Carey. Directed by Martin McDonagh
My wife is fond of saying that your sins will find you out. She used to say that to our son when she knew he was hiding something from us. With a mom's unerring nose for a kid's transgressions, she'd sniff out whatever it was that he was keeping from her. Sometimes, it's a pity that our mums can't be with us even as we get older to steer us right.
Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) have been ordered to Bruges to cool their heels after botching a job. Of course their chosen profession is contract killing, so who would think of looking for them in a sleepy little tourist town like Bruges, the best-preserved medieval town in Belgium?
The skittish Ray could care less; he's bored out of his skull and haunted by the results of his sanctioned but unintended mayhem. Ken on the other hand is a little more worldly; he is quite content to sit back, do some sightseeing and enjoy the magic that is Bruges. He knows that in time, his employer will call with instructions and the best thing to do is lay low and make as few waves as possible.
Ray, being Ray, is more interested in hanging out in the pub, finding himself a girl and getting his bones generally jumped. After getting more than a little tipsy one night, Ray and Ken run into a location set for a Dutch movie being filmed in Bruges, with a dream sequence starring Jimmy (Prentice), who prefers the term "dwarf" to "midget." Ray also meets a beautiful local named Chloe (Poesy) whom he flirts with. She finally agrees to go out to dinner with him.
Meanwhile, their employer Harry (Fiennes) is getting more and more frustrated that he can't contact his men since they are always out when he calls. He leaves a profanity-laced message with Marie (Berrington), the very pregnant receptionist who happens to be the co-owner of the boutique hotel the men are staying at. When Harry finally gets in contact with Ken, he gives the man instructions that the worldly killer may not want to follow, but at this point, Ken may not have a choice.
The top three leads – Gleeson, Farrell and Fiennes – are three tremendous talents who by themselves individually would entice me into the theater. All three together, well now you're talking. Gleeson in particular has developed into a marvelous actor who gives a memorable performance nearly every time out. His trademark "gruff with a heart of gold" rough about the edges sorts translates well for Ken.
Farrell has that innate Irish charm that has served him well in both major high-profile projects and smaller independent-minded ones like this one. While Farrell has been somewhat less active in the cinema recently, this one shows him at the apex of his game. His Ray is young and less experienced, virtually jumping out of his skin and bored to tears, failing to see what's right in front of him. Yet Ray is truly a tortured soul and his sins are just about to catch up with him, but the question becomes is it too late for redemption. Farrell's soul-searching is particularly poignant and you virtually watch him crumble before your very eyes in one unforgettable scene.
Finally, Fiennes who has Schindler's List and The Constant Gardener on his resume of award-winning performances doesn't have a whole lot to do here but makes every scene he is in memorable. He's one of those actors who makes every line count and uses every nuance in his arsenal to make his character remarkable.
Eigil Bryld's cinematography is understated, effectively so. Bruges is already fairytale-like in appearance; he uses the town's charm to his advantage. Carter Burwell's score is, as always, well-suited to the atmosphere. Although early in his career he tended to be a bit too jazzy for my taste, he has become in my opinion one of the more reliable film composers working today.
Bruges itself is a character in the movie, and its charm is the movie's charm. I wasn't that familiar with the town before seeing this movie; now it's a place I'd like to visit someday. I suppose that would characterize me as more of a Ken sort than a Ray, but history and architecture are two passions of mine. Movies like this one can make a particular place come alive and excite your imagination. Who knew that Bruges would end up on my bucket list?
The movie was sold as a black comedy and it really isn't when it comes right down to it. This is more of a crime drama with a bit of farce but the tone is black nonetheless. In point of fact, I'm not sure if the writers and director were quite sure what this movie was intended to be, so it turns out to be neither one thing nor the other. My expectations going in from what I'd heard about it weren't met so I came out disappointed when I saw it initially, but the truly odd thing is when I revisited it recently (I first saw it in theaters back in '08) is that my opinion of it revised upwards to a near-mediocre score to the much more enthusiastic score you see below.
There is a great deal of charm in the movie and some wonderful performances in it. I think if you go in without the very high expectations I went in with you might wind up enjoying it more than I did. It is definitely worth seeing regardless, if not for Gleeson, Farrell and Fiennes but for the irresistible appeal of Bruges itself.
WHY RENT THIS: Tremendous, compelling performances from Farrell, Fiennes and Gleeson. Bruges might just enchant you. Dreamlike surreal quality in some scenes.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Wobbles between crime caper and black comedy.
FAMILY MATTERS: There is some explicit violence, a surfeit of profanity and drug use.
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Both Gleeson and Farrell were nominated for Golden Globes for their performances here; Farrell eventually won the award.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO FEATURES: There is a gag reel, a montage of all the copious cursing done in the film called F***ing Bruges, and a five minute-plus boat trip through the canals of Bruges, further cementing the magic of the place.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $33.4M on a $15M production budget.
SITES TO SEE: Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Flixster, Vudu
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Seven Psychopaths
NEXT: The Art of Getting By
Posted in DVD Review	| Tagged architecture, Belgium, black comedy, Brendan Gleeson, Bruges, cathedral, Ciaran Hinds, cinema, Clamence Posey, Colin Farrell, crime boss, crime comedy, debauchery, drug dealer, DVD Reviews, dwarf, film crew, Films, Focus Features, guilt, hit men, In Bruges, Irish cinema, medieval town, movies, priest, pubs, Ralph Fiennes, suicide attempt, Zeljko Ivanek	| Leave a reply
The man. The myth. The legend. The cologne.
(2013) Crime Comedy (Fox Searchlight) Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Madalina Ghenea, Kerry Condon, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Jordan Nash, Jumayn Hunter, Samio Olowu, Hayley-Marie Coppin, Jeanie Gold, Glenn Hirst, Philippe Pierrard, Luca Franzoni, Richard Graham, Simeon Moore, Nick Raggett, Kaitana Taylor, Colette Morrow. Directed by Richard Shepard
Some people are just larger than life. They can get away with things simply by the force of their charm, no matter how serious the offense. Of course, they can't always get out of the way of their own shortcomings just like the rest of us but we can forgive them the kinds of lapses that we ourselves would never get a second chance for.
Dom Hemingway (Law) fancies himself the world's greatest safe cracker, a giant among men. His prowess with women is legendary and his reputation in the criminal underground of London is second to none. He is also a stand-up guy – he's just being released from prison after spending 12 years there – many more than he would have spent if he'd ratted out his boss, Don Fontaine (Bichir), a Russian mafia sort living in the South of France now with his Romanian girlfriend Paolina (Ghenea).
Life has passed Dom by in many ways while he was away; his wife divorced him, remarried – one of his old mates, one Sandy Butterfield (Raggett) – and finally, passed away from cancer. His daughter Evelyn (Clarke) has been raised by another man and hardly knows her father at all. In fact, she doesn't want to know him. After all, he chose a Russian mobster over his family.
Now that he's out, he wants to make up for lost time. He stops off to pay Sandy a visit and express his disappointment – Dom has a bit of an anger issue. He meets up with his one true remaining mate Dickie Black (Grant) who in the interim had his hand shot off but is still Don Fontaine's loyal man. After a few days of cocaine and whores, the two go off to see Fontaine.
Dom is on quite the bender. His employer is happy to see him and is ready to give Dom the payday he deserves – just under a million pounds. That's not enough for Dom – he wants not just what he's owed with interest but he also wants "a present." He's raging, a magnificent scoundrel who bellows his discontent at the universe and takes out his anger and frustration on his boss, never a good idea.
Dom in spectacular Dom Hemingway fashion loses his money and has to scramble, asking the son (Hunter) of his most hated rival for work. In between he is trying to reconcile with his daughter who now has a son (Nash) and a boyfriend (Stewart-Jarrett). Dom looks at his daughter and sees the life that could have been. Is the life he has enough?
This is definitely a character study and it all depends on the performance you get out of the lead actor. In this case, Law is more than up to the task, delivering one of the finest performances of a career full of them. Hemingway is a mesmerizing character, one any actor would love to sink his teeth into, and Law responds. Your eyes are always on him whenever he's onscreen (which is almost the entire movie) and you're never quite sure what he's going to do next.
His banter with Dickie is priceless and Grant, known for different sorts of roles, holds up his end. Neither of these guys is particularly bright so much as they are clever. There's a scene in which Dom is trying to crack a safe by apparently dry-humping it. It is comical but bizarre until Dickie explains what's really going on.
The problem with a character and a performance like this is that nobody can really stand up against it. It's like trying to do wind sprints into the teeth of a hurricane; all you can do is hope to stay standing but it's unlikely that you will. The other actors mean well and do pretty well given the circumstances – Clarke (best known for her very different role in Game of Thrones) holds out better than most but in general it's the Jude Law show.
And that's fine – he's given some excellent dialogue to work with even if the plot is of the been-there-done-that variety. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing this again. It's the kind of movie that I suspect will yield some rich depth once you get past being mesmerized by Law. Nobody is doing crime/gangster movies like the Brits these days and Dom Hemingway is a proper villain who will hold up with the creations of Guy Pearce and such classics as Sexy Beast.
REASONS TO GO: Jude Law is magnificent. Grant perfectly cast. Cockney criminal poetry.
REASONS TO STAY: Nobody else can really hold up to Dom's over-the-top personality.
FAMILY VALUES: Lots of f-bombs and other colorful English language, graphic nudity and sexual content, a cornucopia of drug use and a fair amount of violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Jude Law gained 30 pounds for the role by drinking ten Coca-Colas a day in order to put on the kind of empty calories that Dom would consume through alcohol.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
NEXT: Locke
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Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood share a Zen moment.
(1974) Crime Comedy (United Artists) Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson, Gene Elman, Burton Gilliam, Roy Jenson, Claudia Lennear, Bill McKinney, Vic Tayback, Dub Taylor, Gregory Walcott, Erica Hagen, Alvin Childress, Virginia Baker, Stuart Nisbet, Irene K. Cooper, Cliff Emmich, June Fairchild, Karen Lamm. Directed by Michael Cimino
Once a mainstay of Saturday afternoon television movie programming, this Clint Eastwood action thriller is notable for being Oscar nominated back in the day. All the digital splendor of a DVD doesn't hide just how dated this movie is, though.
Notable as the first directorial effort of Michael (Heaven's Gate) Cimino, the film concerns the pairing of a middle-aged, jaded bank robber now in hiding (Eastwood) and a young, impetuous and, er, highly vigorous young man named Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges, who garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the role) who literally run into each other in a wheatfield while bullets whiz around them. That pretty much sets the tone for the movie.
They are being chased by Red Leary (Kennedy), a foul-tempered former member of the Thunderbolt gang (Thunderbolt is Eastwood's character, by the way). Eventually, they all hook up and plan to duplicate the gang's legendary heist of Montana Armored. But you just know that Lightfoot, so full of piss and vinegar, will get on stodgy old Red Leary's nerves like stink on a two-dollar cigar, and that the fur will fly because of it.
The location in Great Falls, Montana, brings out the feeling of desolation and isolation that couldn't be pulled off on a studio backlot. Cimino shows some decent writing skills with a few unexpected twists here and there, but mainly he borrows too heavily on a stylistic level from such movies as Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch and Easy Rider.
Eastwood is at the point of his career here where he was beginning to stretch his acting wings (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot immediately followed Play Misty For Me on Eastwood's resume). Of course, the basics of his persona honed in so many badass Italian westerns are there, but the tough guy he plays here has a vulnerable, world-weary and dog-loyal soul beneath the veneer. Bridges was at the very start of his career which was somewhat checkered for awhile but has been awash with Oscar nominations and lately, Oscar wins. The supporting cast includes some of the era's most solid character actors in Lewis, Tayback, Taylor and Dodson, while Bach is lustrous and Busey turns in one of his earlier performances.
Few movies age well, especially those that try to make a hipness quotient that generally eludes Hollywood movies. What's hip in one era becomes hopelessly anachronistic in the next. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot has some meat on its bones, but generally speaking, holds up about as well as The Partridge Family does. Those who love '70s movies or are students of the era however might find this a hoot.
WHY RENT THIS: Fine performances by Bridges and Eastwood. Very much a product of its times.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Extremely dated and doesn't hold up well. Derivative of other, superior works.
FAMILY MATTERS: A bit of violence and sexuality.
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Eastwood's son Kyle had his first movie role in this film at age 5; because he had one word of dialogue, he had to be paid union scale for actors with dialogue rather than extras, which meant he got $128 (scale at the time) for his work.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO FEATURES: None listed.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $21.7M on a $4M production budget.
NEXT: Prisoners
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Posted on November 3, 2012 by carlosdev
Til death do them part.
(1999) Comedy (Warner Brothers) Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Scott Thompson, John Ventimiglia. Directed by Kelly Malkin
Hugh Grant was on a bit of a winning streak in 1999. First, the captivatingly charming (and box-office smash) Notting Hill which was followed by this low-key underrated romantic comedy.
Grant plays Michael Felgate, a dapper, suave man who auctions fine art in New York City. He's got a successful business, and he's about to propose to his gorgeous girlfriend Gina (Tripplehorn), with whom he is madly in love. It's a sweet moment and of course that's when things begin to go horribly wrong.
Gina turns down his proposal, initially, and runs off in tears. Mystified, a despondent Michael seeks out her restaurant-owning dad (Caan), whom he hadn't met before, to see if he can locate the distraught Gina. The two hit it off immediately and Dad is eager as all get out to make Michael one of the family. Trouble is, what Caan and his Uncle Vito (Young) really have in mind is to make Michael one of The Family. Gina warns Michael about this, but Michael wins her over with a promise not to get sucked into their criminal activities.
Naturally, he immediately gets sucked into their criminal activities, and things go rapidly downhill from there. In order to cover up his broken promise, Michael is forced to lie to his fiancée, which leads to further complications. Eventually, Michael runs afoul of the wrong people and his family is chosen to whack their new son-in-law. At the wedding. This is not what you would consider For Better. For worse maybe…but taking til death us do part a little too seriously.
The movie is surprisingly funny as the ever-stammering Grant tries to take on the persona of a made man, trying not to sound like the sophisticated Brit he is. Grant is at his most endearing in these sorts of roles; he's a bit stiff and a bit awkward but at his core is a good man caught up in a bad situation. The fish-out-of-water element is played up nicely as Grant stumbles over things as simple as keeping his gun in his belt. One of the running jokes here is that many of the mobsters have neuroses, in a sly jab at the HBO series "The Sopranos." Finally, the ending is a swerve you can see a thousand miles off, but which is approached creatively and is appreciated all the more for it.
Mickey Blue Eyes is a bit of a satire of Scorsese's mob movies, but never loses sight of its romantic agenda. Grant is a very appealing lead at the top of his game here, coming shortly after his apology tour, as Letterman put it. His charm was growing with every movie he made. This movie didn't get a lot of acclaim at its release not did it get a whole lot of box office love; it deserved more.
These days the movie shows up on cable and broadcast regularly. It straddles the line between romantic comedy and caper comedy and doing it nicely. It remains one of Grant's career disappointments in many ways which is sad because the movie is so much better than critics and the audience gave it credit for.
WHY RENT THIS: Grant at the top of his game. Straddles romantic and caper comedy lines nicely. Sweet and funny.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Predictable. Cliche. Too Hollywood.
FAMILY MATTERS: There's some bad language, a little bit of violence and some sensuality.
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Several members of "The Sopranos" cast are here; in addition to Pastore, Aida Turturro, Tony Sirico, John Ventimiglia and Burt Young all had roles in the award-winning HBO series.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $54.3M on a $75M production budget; the movie was a box office bomb.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Married to the Mob
NEXT: Wreck-It Ralph
Posted in DVD Review	| Tagged art auction, auction house, Burt Young, caper comedy, cinema, comedy, crime comedy, DVD Reviews, FBI, Films, Gerry Becker, Hugh Grant, James Caan, James Fox, Jeanne Tripplehorn, John Ventimiglia, Mickey Blue Eyes, mob, movies, New York City, romantic comedy, Vincent Pastore, Warner Brothers, wedding	| Leave a reply
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill prepare for the next Tour de France.
(2012) Crime Comedy (MGM/Columbia) Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, DeRay Davis, Jake Johnson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Dakota Johnson, Ellie Kemper, Holly Robinson Peete, Dax Flame, Caroline Aaron, Joe Chrest. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Those of you who might remember the late 80s undercover cops in high school drama might mostly remember it for the presence of Johnny Depp, who used his appearance in the show to catapult himself into movie stardom. Most don't remember that it took on issues of drug abuse, child abuse, teen sex, gang violence, school violence, racial tension and teen drinking, among others things. Sure, it was mostly formulaic and doesn't hold up well over time (it was very much a child of the era) but it had its good points.
This film version, co-scripted by Hill, takes little of what originally comprised the series and kind of turns it for the most part on its ear. Schmidt (Hill) was a nerd in high school, a sweet-natured kid who due to his girth, social awkwardness and braces was the butt of a large number of jokes. Jenko (Tatum) was a popular jock, not too bright unfortunately but all about fitting in. The two couldn't have come from more different viewpoints if they had been born on different planets.
Yet they share something in common; both of them want to be police officers. What went on in high school seems to be continuing at the academy; Schmidt aces the written exams but does poorly in the physical training while Jenko rules in the physical aspect but fails the written exams. The two realize that they can help each other and thus an unlikely friendship is formed, leading to their graduation from the Police Academy.
They are immediately assigned to park duty on bicycles, which causes Jenko to muse "I thought there'd be a lot more car chases and explosions and less homeless people doo dooing on the sidewalk." They catch a lucky break when they find a bike gang loitering around in the park with drugs on them. They make the arrest but it's immediately thrown out because Jenko fails to read the Miranda rights to the suspect; in fact, he does not even know what they are.
Both Jenko and Schmidt are exiled to a program that had been shelved since the '80s; a high school undercover group headquartered at an abandoned Korean Christian church at 21 Jump Street. There they are given their assignment by Captain Dickson (Cube), the stereotypical black captain with anger management issues. They are joined by fellow officers Hoffs (Peete) among others who look at the two newest additions as losers.
The two are assigned to find the supplier of a new designer drug at Sagan High and are given new identities as brothers staying with Schmidt's parents (Aaron, Chrest). One is supposed to be a nerd and the other popular, but because they are knuckleheads they mix up which one is supposed to be witch so Schmidt winds up being the track star/popular guy and Jenko the science nerd.
That's just as well because things have changed considerably since they were in school. Compassion and ecological awareness is more what makes you popular these days and the two quickly find out that the dealer is Eric (Franco), a sensitive sort who quickly bonds with Schmidt who finds that his second go-round in high school is far more enjoyable than his first. Jenko struggles at first with the learning but thanks to helpful science geeks he suddenly finds he has an aptitude for it.
The two have to put up with overzealous gym teachers (Riggle), an oversexed science teacher (Kemper) who'd like nothing more than to get inappropriate with Jenko and a sweet cheerleader (Larson) who has developed a bit of a crush on Schmidt. However, finding the supplier proves to be a tougher challenge than they thought and soon Jenko and Schmidt are facing being drummed out of the force if they can't stop the tide of HFC flooding the school.
This isn't a remake but more of a re-imagining and to nearly every critic's surprise it actually works. This could easily have been just another big, dumb movie (which many remakes of classic television shows have been) that adds nothing to the mix but it actually is quite entertaining. It manages to balance the line between action and comedy nicely and even if Jonah Hill isn't who you'd think of as the next action star and Channing Tatum the next big comic actor, they acquit themselves nicely in fish-out-of-water roles.
In fact, the reason the two do so well is that they play to their strengths and avoid doing things that are beyond their capabilities. Tatum has been busy of late (and will continue to be) with roles mostly in romances and action films but he relies on his not-too-bright character to generate most of the laughs, playing on cop show (and cop movie) clichés and becomes part of the joke rather than having the joke be on him. Hill isn't a great physical specimen (although he lost 40 pounds for the role) and the likelihood that a pretty high school-age girl would fall for him are pretty long, he makes his character pretty decent at heart (although he does show some dick-ery during the second half of the film when he is trying to fit in with the popular crowd).
Larson is not only easy to look at, she's also got a good deal of talent and does a pretty good job here; she's one of those actresses who have a great deal of promise if she can get the right sort of roles and this one is one of them.
The action sequences aren't super-exciting and they don't particularly give you any gee wow moments, although they tend to focus on Schmidt's complete lack of competence in the physical aspects, which adds to the comedy nicely.
I'd just like to go on record as saying I wasn't a particular fan of the show when it aired and thus I had no expectations going in. I will say this is mighty entertaining although there are plenty of other films out there that are just as good. Let's just say this is better than average and not a waste of time and in fact there are plenty of people out there who are REALLY going to like it. Do check it out and not just for the cameos.
REASONS TO GO: Credible action comedy that blends just enough action with just enough laughs. Plays to the strengths of the lead actors.
REASONS TO STAY: Nothing groundbreaking here.
FAMILY VALUES: There is a lot of drug content as well as crude humor and sexual content, some teen drinking, a bit of violence and pretty much non-stop swearing.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Tatum's character Jenko is named for the first captain on the series, Capt. Richard Jenko who was played by Frederic Forrest and was killed off after the first season.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 3/26/12: Rotten Tomatoes: 85% positive reviews. Metacritic: 69/100. The reviews are strongly positive.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Starsky and Hutch
ORIGINAL SERIES LOVERS: Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise make cameo appearances near the end of the movie as their original characters from the series; Peete is present throughout the film as her original character and Dustin Nguyen shows up on television several times when characters in the film are watching TV and the original series is always on.
NEXT: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
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Q: Upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS Issues I have a new laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and noted the recent updates available so I have downloaded the image of 14.04 to a DVD disc and go through update manager.
This then ask me to insert the media:
"CD/DVD 'Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Trusty Tahr - Beta amd64 (20150805)' is required
Please insert the above CD/DVD into the drive '/media/cdrom/' to install software packages from it."
The DVD I have created is in the drive and is called:
"Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS amd64"
Can anyone advise what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks in advance.

A: Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have now successfully installed 14.04 LTS -but I have an issue.
I put my password in during the installation but now it is not recognised when we get to the initial sign in page and I have had to log in as a Guest User.
I am totally sure that the password I have entered during the installation of 14.04 LTS is correctly typed to what I am now currently entering - can anyone advise if this is a common issue and how it is resolved please?

A: I also had the same problem.
Then, I found that in software and update center, there was Ubuntu Trusty Tar update given. I unchecked that and the installation of software was taking successfully place.

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Intelligence agent Will Cochrane--working on a joint mission for the CIA and MI6--is out to capture a brilliant and ruthless Iranian spy, in this extraordinary international espionage debut by a real-life former field officer.
On the run from the CIA, intelligence operative Will Cochrane heads to the U.S. to uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of an international conspiracy.
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Waking up at the Waldorf Astoria with blood on his hands and no memory of what happened, former intelligence agent Will Cochrane is challenged to evade U.S. authorities who would apprehend him for a murder he did not commit.


Gareth Ainsworth is calling on Chairboys fans to help deliver an occasion for the people of High Wycombe to be proud of at Adams Park on Thursday night (k.o. 7.45pm).
Wycombe take on Plymouth Argyle in the second leg of the play-off semi-final with a one-goal lead from the first leg, as a dream trip to Wembley awaits the winners.
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Tickets must be purchased in advance (by noon on Thursday) and can be booked by calling 01494 441118 or visiting the Information Centre at Adams Park. Prices start at £15 for adults and £5 for juniors, while all under 7s go free. Fans with a previous booking history can also buy online.
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Pana is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat Illinois, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Christian County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 5614. In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 5501, een daling van 113 (-2,0%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van 6,9 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Pana ligt op ongeveer 202 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 16 km rond Pana.

Externe link

Plaats in Illinois

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After a summer of Boy Scout camp, band camp, drum major camp and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State camp not to mention college tours, it feels good to be back behind the camera again and there is no better way than with Kenny Chesney's Trip Around the Sun Tour.
Kenny has been shattering his own attendance records since the tour started at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium with 55,292 fans and 57,528 at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium. Can Chesney break the 60,000 mark at Soldier Field this weekend? With a few tickets still available and some prices half the cost of most summers tours, Kenny Chesney's Trip Around the Sun Tour has placed him on Pollstar's midyear survey of the year's biggest tours. LA Times' hails Kenny Chesney as "The People's Superstar" joins Taylor Swift, the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, U2, Justin Timberlake, the Eagles and Pink in the Top 10.
Chesney's 30th no. 1 hit "Get Along" also broke a Billboard record for Most No. 1's by a Country Act in their Country Airplay chart history "Music is medicine, and it's energy, and it's fuel," says Kenny. "To me, when music is really firing, it can help you do impossible things, lift you out of unthinkable problems and give you a reason to keep going. I hope the fans who come get as much out of the shows as everyone in my road family gets out of the energy and love that No Shoes Nation throws at us every night."
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Теему Лайне (; 9 августа 1982, Хельсинки) — финский хоккеист, нападающий. Воспитанник клуба «Йокерит».

Карьера
Теему Лайне начал свою профессиональную карьеру в 1999 году в составе родного клуба СМ-Лиги «Йокерит». В следующем году на драфте НХЛ он был выбран во 2 раунде под общим 39 номером клубом «Нью-Джерси Девилз». За время своего выступления в «Йокерите» Теему сумел завоевать золотые и серебряные награды финского первенства, а также стать обладателем Континентального Кубка. 13 апреля 2004 года Лайне перешёл в клуб «Таппара», в котором он провёл следующие 3 сезона.

20 июня 2007 года Теему заключил однолетнее соглашение с «ТПС», где провёл отличный сезон, набрав 47 (17+30) очков в 53 проведённых матчах. После окончания срока действия своего контракта с клубом из Турку Лайне принял решение перебраться в Шведскую элитную серию, где стал игроком ХВ71. В составе клуба из Йёнчёпинга Теему становился золотым и серебряным призёром шведского первенства, а в 2010 году стал четвёртым снайпером чемпионата.
12 мая 2011 года Лайне подписал двухлетний контракт с минским «Динамо».
В апреле-мае 2013 г. подписал контракт с донецким «Донбасс»

Международная
В составе сборной Финляндии в 2000 году Теему Лайне принимал участие в юниорском и молодёжном чемпионатах мира, на первом из которых он вместе с командой завоевал золотые награды. Также Теему призывался под знамёна сборной для участия в этапах Еврохоккейтура в сезонах 2007/08, 2008/09 и 2010/11.

Достижения
 Чемпион мира среди юниоров 2000.
 Чемпион Финляндии 2002.
 Серебряный призёр чемпионата Финляндии 2000.
 Обладатель Континентального Кубка 2003.
 Чемпион Швеции 2010.
 Серебряный призёр чемпионата Швеции 2009.

Статистика

Клубная карьера

 a В этом сезоне в «Плей-офф» учитывается статистика игрока в Кубке Надежды.

Международные соревнования

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 Профиль на сайте hockeydb.com

Хоккеисты Финляндии
Хоккеисты КХЛ
Хоккейные нападающие
Игроки ХК «Йокерит»
Игроки ХК «Киекко-Вантаа»
Игроки ХК «Таппара»
Игроки ХК ТПС
Игроки ХК ХВ71
Игроки ХК «Динамо» Минск
Игроки ХК «Донбасс»
Игроки сборной Финляндии по хоккею с шайбой


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I hate boxing. I kind of like wrestling. In boxing your objective is to damage your opponent to the point he can't go on. Knock him out if possible. Wrestlers try to overpower their opponents with strength, agility, craftiness, strategy. It's a pretty pure sport, going all the way back to the original Greek Olympic games. It's damn ironic that so-called professional "wrestling" has degenerated into a blood orgy that only a demented 8-year-old could enjoy. In high school and college and the Olympics it's a serious sport, as it is in many other countries. In America, once out of college there's nowhere for a wrestler to go.
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The length of the vector X.  N >= 0.
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Q: How to format errorbars in matplotlib I am importing data from a file into a pandas DataFrame and I want to graph that data with errorbars. Here is my code:
y = df['PP04-O3N2SNpos log(O/H)+12'] - df['nuclear metallicity']
yerr = np.array([df['negative error!'],df['positive error!']]).T
x = df['NED calculated virgo infall distance in Kpc']

plt.errorbar(x,y,yerr,fmt = 'r^')
plt.xlabel('Distance from center in kpc')
plt.ylabel('PP04-O3N2SNpos log(O/H)+12')
plt.title('Central metallicity vs SN metallicity')
plt.show()

However, the graph I get looks like this
As you can see, the format of the errorbars on the graph is all messed up. I'm not sure why it isn't plotting like normal errorbars, but instead with lines randomly placed.

A: Your problem is with the shape of your yerr array.
The documentation says that the array should be a Nx1 array or a 2xN array. Your yerr array has a Nx2 shape.
replace your second line with
# create a 2xN array for the error bars
yerr = np.array([df['negative error!'],df['positive error!']])

and you should be ok


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Specifically, General Paul Nakasone, commander of the US Cyber Command, holds that authority to make these decisions about offensive strategies. Without confirming that the DoD is taking more aggressive measures, House minority whip Steve Scalise told Meet the Press on June 16, "I'm glad the administration has been taking aggressive actions."
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"US-CERT warned just last year about Russia's cyber-operations against multiple US utilities. We've also seen Russia put these capabilities to real-world effect, as in the case of the two cyber-induced power outages that affected Ukraine. We have to take this threat seriously, and having a cyber-response ready to go is of paramount importance."
Perez clarified that the operations described by the New York Times also do not constitute cyber-war, nor do they exceed the legal restrictions set by our own government.
"The Department of Defense Law of War Manual has codified cyber operations, which this current action falls within. As you'll notice, these guidelines include such operational objectives as reconnaissance, acquiring and securing access to key systems, and implanting access tools into infrastructure for the purpose of acquiring foreign intelligence, gaining information about an adversary's capabilities and gathering information to determine intent, just to name a few."
While trying to avoid the risk of escalating the situation with Russia, Perez said that this action and others taken by US cyber-ops teams are aimed at preparing the battle space with Russia, so that the US will be ready at some future point, should direct action need to be taken.
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A courageous former Grimsby soldier is to have both her legs amputated at the age of just 26.
But even though Chiara Jackson, who served with the Parachute Regiment, is to lose her legs, she is already setting herself the challenge of competing in Prince Harry's Invictus Games for wounded and disabled veterans.
Chiara suffers from a condition called complex regional pain syndrome which she was diagnosed with last year after suffering an injury as a young soldier five years ago.
An incurable and painful condition, she will go to hospital in Middlesborough later this year for the amputations of both legs above the knee.
Surgeons hope Chiara, who turns 26 on Sunday and was a keen athlete before her injury, will be mobile again with prosthetic limbs and be able to compete in the annual Invictus Games.
Chiara Jackson from Grimsby is determined to make the most of life after being told she is to lose both legs
Chiara, who was attached to 2 Para at Colchester, is determined to make the best of her situation.
She said: "I am hoping I can get back on my feet once the legs heal with some specialised sports prosthetics. That way I will be able to take part in the Invictus Games and do athletics again.
Chiara said: "It is a poorly understood condition. If you catch it early enough it can be managed. But I was only diagnosed a year ago. It spreads, so I am having to have above-the-knee amputations."
A fundraising page has already been set up to raise money to help Chiara get new legs and disability equipment.
And this weekend she had the help of more than 100 netballers who rallied round with a 12-hour marathon competition to help Chiara Jackson get new legs and disability equipment.
Friend Beth Mascall, left, who organised a Grimsby charity netball tournament to raise funds for a specialised wheelchair for Chiara Jackson (Image: Carl Leslie)
Her old school friend Beth Mascall, who is a keen netball player with TCI team, arranged for the women to take part in the charity netball games at Oasis Academy Wintringham on Sunday.
They hope to raise about £3,000 towards the £8,000 target needed by Chiara.
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The school chums recalled playing netball together and the inspiration of their Hereford Technology College teacher, Miss Boothby. They both also did cross country running together.
Chiara and Beth reunited to meet the challenge
Chiara, who lives in Scartho with partner Jonny Goddard, said at the event: "It is all so overwhelming.
"Beth is one of my best friends. All the ladies are absolute stars."
Chiara Jackson with partner Jonny Goddard. Chaira from Grimsby will have both legs amputated this year but hopes to compete at the Invictus Games
Grimsby District Seniors Netball League chairman, Ann-Marie Tuplin said: "It is a fantastic turnout. We all love netball. If we can all get together for a good cause then bring it on."
Beth said: "I am so grateful to all the ladies. I could not have done it without them. It is overwhelming the number that have got behind it and there are people getting to meet one another which is great.
"Most of those taking part today would normally be chilling at home. But they have come in to do our 9am to 9pm tournament."
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She thanked Inspire TCI, a local charity supporting people with disabilities, for sponsoring each goal scored. She also thanked power company Orsted and staff on the Hornsea One Project who along with Balfour Beatty sponsored the refreshments for the games.
Many of those taking part donated cakes and raffle prizes.
Oasis Academy Wintringham, was the venue for a Grimsby charity netball tournament to raise funds for a specialised wheelchair for Chiara Jackson.
Beth said: "Netball is a great sport. I remember Chiara and I playing it at school. In year 11 she was really sporty and won a lot of awards.
"After she joined the army we did not see each other so much. But when she returned to Grimsby it was amazing how she ended up living in the next street to me and we have been best friends again.
"She will get support from the NHS but it is not enough for the equipment she is going to need. She is going to need a slimline wheelchair and better prosthetics and we are all looking how to support her in the future. If we can do this I feel I have achieved something for her."
Some of the ladies taking part at Oasis Academy Wintringham where a Grimsby charity netball tournament was held to raise funds for a specialised wheelchair for Chiara Jackson.
She thanked her fellow teammates with Inspire TCI netball squad for all their help at the charity event.
Anyone wishing to support Chiara can make a pledge on a special JustGiving page set up on behalf of Chiara.
Prince Harry and the Invictus Games
The Invictus Games were founded and launched in 2014 by the Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, then a serving officer in the Household Cavalry (Blues and Royals).
It allows wounded, sick or disabled veterans and serving defence personnel from all over the world to compete in an Olympics style gathering and also support one another. For for information visit the Invictus Games Foundation.
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The Texas Constitution limits each county to a single county court; therefore, the Legislature has created statutory county courts at law in more populous counties to aid the single county court in its judicial functions.
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The civil jurisdiction of most county courts at law varies but is usually more than that of the justice of the peace courts and less than that of the district courts. County courts at law usually have appellate jurisdiction in cases appealed from justice of the peace and municipal courts.
The County Courts at Law in Brazoria County are general jurisdiction courts. Each Court has jurisdiction over adult criminal misdemeanor cases, civil cases up to $200,000, juvenile cases, probate and guardianship cases, family law cases, condemnation/eminent domain cases, and appeals from justice and municipal courts.
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