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The War of the Worlds discussion
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message 1: by Dei sha (last edited Jan 24, 2008 05:10AM) (new)
Isn't this the one that turned out to a movie?? With Tom Cruise as the main character? The movie kinda made me say "do-oh!!" a lot of time, isn't it ridiculous??
message 2: by [deleted user] (new)
This has been adapted a number of times, most famously in an audio version directed by Orson Welles that scared the piss out of radio listeners decades ago.
message 3: by Mindy (new) - rated it 3 stars
My favorite cringe moment of the Tom Cruise movie was when the aliens first showed up. In the book, the space capsules were fired from Mars from some sort of gun apparatus. In the movie, they were just sort of inexplicably already here and released by lightening or traveled here in a lightening bolt? Apparently, it didn't matter much to the writers because the movie just went on from there in a classic Hollywood emphasis on special-effects-rather-than-plot story telling technique.
message 4: by Old-Barbarossa (new)
Don't blame the book for the movie, don't know many good book to movie transitions.
I think this is classic steam-punk though.
message 5: by Larry (new) - rated it 4 stars
Apr 04, 2011 10:58AM
Mindy wrote: "My favorite cringe moment of the Tom Cruise movie was when the aliens first showed up. In the book, the space capsules were fired from Mars from some sort of gun apparatus. In the movie, they wer..."
No the premise of that film is that the aliens were already here, and we woke em up! But I do wish peopld wouldn't compare a film to a book- theyre different entities entirely!
message 6: by Bigal-sa (new) - rated it 4 stars
What I'd like to know is where the constantly screaming child appeared in the book.
@Larry: If we cannot compare them, why call it War of the Worlds then? The only common ground was the aliens' tripods.
message 7: by ✿ Deni (new) - rated it 4 stars
Bigal-sa wrote: "What I'd like to know is where the constantly screaming child appeared in the book.
@Larry: If we cannot compare them, why call it War of the Worlds then? The only common ground was the aliens' tr..."
Agree!! We all know they are two different things, but if it's based on a book we love it's normal we want to talk about both of them. :o)
I didn't like the movie a bit, but I loved the book, specially cause I live 'next door' to where the aliens land: I'm 40 mins away from London and 20 from Woking, where they even have a statue of one of the aliens! :oD
I love both films!
message 9: by Norman (new) - rated it 4 stars
I will say one thing for the Cruise film...the sound the aliens made was great...it made the whole theatre shake.
message 10: by Kevin (new) - rated it 5 stars
I enjoy the cruise film...I just ignore the kid at the end...for to me he died on the hilltop.
message 11: by Fnord (new) - rated it 5 stars
I thought the recent movie managed to capture the desperate feel of the book rather well. The rest of the movie was rather lackluster, it felt like it hardly had any plot at all, and the characters were uninteresting, but the feeling was there.
The 1953 movie was a lot better, although it was even less faithful to the book. It is a darn shame that out of all movies/games/radio/TV-series/whatever else has been made shows, only the musical has remained faithful to its source material, and still remained good (the less that is said about Timothy Hines movie, the better).
message 12: by Angie (last edited Oct 28, 2011 05:48AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
There are two movies. It's very ironical that the one of Tom Cruise was more attached to the book's plot than the one of 1953 which it was 10 times better.
message 13: by Christopher (new) - rated it 5 stars
I thought the Speilberg movie was good in parts. The alien tripods were very menacing and the action was visceral. It was let down by too many plot holes and unanswered questions.
That said, it's high time a proper studio did a big-budget version of the original Wells story set in Victorian England. I love the book (one of my top 3) and Jeff Wayne's musical version.
Just bought the '53 version and I love it. It is quite entertaining even in our day of amazing effects.
message 15: by Ken (new) - rated it 5 stars
Aug 30, 2012 12:03PM
Kevin wrote: "Just bought the '53 version and I love it. It is quite entertaining even in our day of amazing effects."
I've always liked the '53' version. The later versions lack a lot. The book is best though.
I also own a copy of War of the Worlds. The old '53' version that is.
As a matter of fact when it first came out my grandmother took me to see it.
I remained impressed with the '53 version. The winged bomber that resembles the B-2 so well aids in allowing it to transfix itself throughout the ages.
Kevin wrote: "I remained impressed with the '53 version. The winged bomber that resembles the B-2 so well aids in allowing it to transfix itself throughout the ages."
Yes the original flying wing. I remember once when I was real small seeing one fly over head. This was before it crashed killing all the crew members.
The sound effect in the Speilberg version when the tripod began its attack is terrifying but the sound in the '53 version when the raygun struck is iconic.
Aug 31, 2012 08:56AM
Kevin wrote: "The sound effect in the Speilberg version when the tripod began its attack is terrifying but the sound in the '53 version when the raygun struck is iconic."
Yes and it even made more sense compared to the theory behind the new one.
I also liked the sound of when the tripods moved in the '53' version compared to the new one.
Ken wrote: "Kevin wrote: "The sound effect in the Speilberg version when the tripod began its attack is terrifying but the sound in the '53 version when the raygun struck is iconic."
Yes and it even made more..."
The Spielberg effort had some good things going for it.
The tripods were terrific! They captured brilliantly what I'd always imagined them to be.
The movie paid homage to the 1953 film with the alien's hand at the end and the force field protecting the aliens from our weapons.
The scene in the basement, with the tentacle camera searching, was straight out of the novel, as was the spread of the red plant across the landscape (I think Wells should be credited with being the first to ever conceive of "terraforming" a planet to suit a new civilization for that idea, by the way).
And of course, the new movie was true to the novel in that our savior happened to be microbes.
One thing I really liked was a deviation from Wells' octopus-like aliens. These aliens had clearly evolved from quadrupedal forms, like we did, into tripedal forms, the hind legs evolving into small appendages, while the spine or tail evolved into a third "leg." So the psychology of a 3-legged being lends itself into designing machines based on a tripod mobility.
message 21: by B.J. (new) - rated it 4 stars
The only good movie version is the original with Gene Barry from 1953. I found the Tom Cruise version boring with Cruise dragging his complaining bratty kid across the country side and the 'Martians' always just over the next hill. What a waste of time and talent!
The book is Wells at his best but puts many people off because of its time period. Many readers have the same problem with the original James Bond books. These, and many others like them, are time capsules, glimpses into another time, another way of life and another mind set. As serious readers we need to immerse ourselves in the time, settings and dialog as well as the plot and action. Classics are a window into history, not just 'old books'.
BJ wrote: "The only good movie version is the original with Gene Barry from 1953. I found the Tom Cruise version boring with Cruise dragging his complaining bratty kid across the country side and the 'Martian..."
Love you statement. The 1953 version with Gene Barry is 100 times better than the Tom Cruise version. I read books that are set years ago with the old mindset. Of course since I'm 68 its easy to get into the time I was young. I was taught to read and take into account the setting which many don't do now.
Have you seen the C Thomas Howel version? Don't, it is the best garbage movie on War of the Worlds there is.
The C. Thomas Howell flick was horrible. There was another movie version coming out at the same time that was actually going to be set in England at the time Wells set the novel, and would be very true to the novel. I've seen clips, but everything I read from people who viewed it said it was not only bad, but one of the worst movies they'd seen in their lives. Ouch.
Ken wrote: "The C. Thomas Howell flick was horrible. There was another movie version coming out at the same time that was actually going to be set in England at the time Wells set the novel, and would be very ..."
I am a glutton for punishment so if I ever can see it I will just go go boo.
message 26: by Mike (last edited Jan 22, 2013 06:37AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars
Christopher wrote: " I love the book (one of my top 3) and Jeff Wayne's musical version."
I've always liked the Jeff Wayne musical version and Richard Burton's narration on that album is well... just classic Burton; what a voice that man had.
message 27: by Jeni (new)
I agree with Ken's assessment above.
I really loved the Tom Cruise version. I thought it was a nicely balanced mix of old and new and the outdated parts were replaced with modern happenings.
While I'm a fan of older movies, I just think there's something really magical about paying homage to Wells in a modern setting. After all, when he wrote these, the setting was modern, too.
message 28: by Peter (new) - rated it 5 stars
I would just like to point out that both the 1953 movie and the Tom Cruise movie were War of The Worlds where H.G Wells wrote The War of The Worlds. It is a subtle difference but it was enough for them to be able to change all but the core premise of the book. As far as I am aware there was only one film made that followed the book word for word and that was the Timothy Hines version, which was released at about the same time as the Tom Cruise movie and with a fraction of the budget.
War Of Worlds - directer David Michael Latt, staring C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles and Andrew Lauer
I don't now about Timothy Hines version.
We all know the 1953 staring Gene Barry and the version wirh Tom Cruse.
Like I said the C Thomas version was terrible.
Has anyone every seen the TV version?
message 30: by B.J. (last edited Jan 22, 2013 11:18PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars
Ken wrote: "War Of Worlds - directer David Michael Latt, staring C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles and Andrew Lauer
We all know the 1953 staring Gene Barry and the versio..."
If you are talking about the '80's TV series that started with a two hour movie, I loved it! Highly recomend it if you can find it, not real sure if it's available from Netflicks. I know there are a few episodes on Youtube. Believe it or not, packed away somewhere with other stuff and junk I have the entire two season series on VHS taped right off the TV. This discussion has got me wanting to pull it out and watch it again. I'll let everyone know if it has held up over the almost 30 years.
B.J. wrote: "Ken wrote: "War Of Worlds - directer David Michael Latt, staring C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles and Andrew Lauer
We all know the 1953 staring Gene Barry an..."
Yes I'm am talking about the TV series. and I loved it too.
After the first time I got into this discussion I dug out my 1953 version (on DVD now) and watched also.
There is a musical version of it. Richard Burton narrated it and it included Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Jo Partridge and Chris Thompson.
It come in a 2 DVD set. I got it the first on a 2-8 track tapes. Now of course I have it on DVD and have loaded into my computers.
I'm sorry War of the worlds is 2 Disc CD set not a DVD.
It can be gotten from Barnes & Noble for about $23.00.
message 33: by Mike (new) - rated it 4 stars
That CD set is the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation.
Mike wrote: "That CD set is the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation."
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds has recently been remade. Liam Neilson narrates and Gary Barlow plus others sing.
The song "Forever Autumn", off the Jeff Wayne WOTW, was a hit back in the late 70s. Very nice song. I believe it was Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues who did the lead vocal.
Peter wrote: "Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds has recently been remade. Liam Neilson narrates and Gary Barlow plus others sing."
I'll have to get the remake then.
Ken wrote: "The song "Forever Autumn", off the Jeff Wayne WOTW, was a hit back in the late 70s. Very nice song. I believe it was Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues who did the lead vocal."
Yes I do remember.
Rate H.G.'s books. My ranking:
1) The Time Machine
2) The War of the Worlds
3) The Island of Doctor Moreau
4) The First Men in the Moon
5) The Invisible Man
6) all the rest, in whatever order...none of them compare to the above list.
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Going right back to the second comment, the Orson Welles radio version was broadcast as if it were talking about "live events", and folk lore has it that it caused some panic with accounts of people leaving their homes to hide.
The book was one of Wells' best - the fact that it was re-made into a film (and the story, faintly disguised, used for Mars Attacks) shows how it has stood the test of time. An awful lot of science fiction doesn't......
Andy wrote: "Going right back to the second comment, the Orson Welles radio version was broadcast as if it were talking about "live events", and folk lore has it that it caused some panic with accounts of peopl..."
I do think it will be around for quite some time yet.
I found on the internet whaer I got to listen to 13 tracks of the War the Worlds CD remake with Liam Nilson. It was great and though there are a few changes in the music is still good. Liam Nilson did a great in narrating it.
As a matter of fact I think there was a link to the 55 minute radio version. Which I need to go back and find.
I own a book, inherited from my late uncle, that was published right after the Orson Welles radio production. Describes the panic and includes the entire script of the radio play. Very cool.
Ken wrote: "I own a book, inherited from my late uncle, that was published right after the Orson Welles radio production. Describes the panic and includes the entire script of the radio play. Very cool."
Whats the name of the book and can you tell me the ISBN #.
message 46: by MJ (new) - rated it 5 stars
They also created a stage version of this. Justin Hayward performed his song live and they had a prop of the Martian war machine. It was pretty cool. They released the performance on DVD, though I would love to have seen it live!
message 47: by Scott (new) - rated it 3 stars
Kevin wrote: "I enjoy the cruise film...I just ignore the kid at the end...for to me he died on the hilltop."
That was the worst kind of feel-good pandering! I do the same as you. Other than that I rather enjoyed the movie.
Yup, great song. It appears in slightly abbreviated form on the Moodys' Time Traveler box set if you can't find WOTW.
message 49: by Wander-Lost (new) - rated it 3 stars
They didn't do a very good job in the 1953 movie because they didn't really stick to the original story.
message 50: by Joseph (new) - rated it 5 stars
It was a great popcorn flick. I enjoyed it with my fam.
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Medicaid Scare Tactics Are Irresponsible
Charles Blahous
Health Care Budget
If we want to make headway on improving public policy discourse, a good place to start might be with how we're debating Medicaid policy, in particular how it might be affected by pending legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including legislation presented on Thursday by Senate Republicans.
Medicaid has long been on an unsustainable cost growth trajectory. This was true long before the ACA was passed in 2010, though the ACA exacerbated the problem. Annual federal Medicaid spending is currently projected (see Figure 1) to grow from $389 billion in 2017 to $650 billion in 2027. The biggest problem with that growth rate is that it's faster than what's projected for our economy as a whole. As with Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid costs are growing faster than our ability to finance them.
Medicaid serves a sympathetic low-income population. This purpose, however, does not lessen the necessity of placing the program on a financially sustainable course. Nor does it eliminate lawmakers' obligation to prioritize how Medicaid dollars are best spent; to the contrary, it magnifies it. Lawmakers face the conflicting pressures of targeting Medicaid resources to where they are most needed, while also limiting aggregate spending growth to a sustainable level.
This situation creates irresistible political opportunities for those inclined to exploit them. Whenever lawmakers take on the unenviable job of moderating cost growth to sustainable rates, these can be and are described as heartless "cuts" relative to existing law – even though existing Medicaid law cannot be maintained indefinitely. This creates a Catch-22; the existence of an untenable Medicaid cost growth baseline both mandates responsible action to repair it, while also establishing a warped basis for comparison that amplifies the political hazards of doing so.
We have seen this dynamic operate with full force in the recent public debate over efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, including its Medicaid provisions. Countless editorials and news articles have portrayed an intent by Congress to "gut" Medicaid to pay for "tax cuts for the rich." This intensifying drumbeat has led to disturbing vitriol and threats against legislators, based on gross mischaracterizations of the implications of pending legislation. Consider for example an op-ed recently published in the New York Times:
"Imagine your mother needs to move into a nursing home. It's going to cost her almost $100,000 a year. Very few people have private insurance to cover this. Your mother will most likely run out her savings until she qualifies for Medicaid. . . Many American voters think Medicaid is only for low-income adults and their children — for people who aren't "like them." But Medicaid is not "somebody else's" insurance. It is insurance for all of our mothers and fathers and, eventually, for ourselves. The American Health Care Act that passed the House and is now being debated by the Senate would reduce spending on Medicaid by over $800 billion, the largest single reduction in a social insurance program in our nation's history. . . . Many nursing homes would stop admitting Medicaid recipients and those who don't have enough assets to ensure that they won't eventually end up on Medicaid. Older and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries can't pay out of pocket for services and they do not typically have family members able to care for them. The nursing home is a last resort. Where will they go instead? . . . Draconian cuts to Medicaid affect all of our families. They are a direct attack on our elderly, our disabled and our dignity."
Most anyone reading such an editorial would come away with the fear that pending legislation would threaten the access of the elderly and disabled to Medicaid services. It wouldn't. The elderly and the disabled who were eligible for Medicaid prior to the ACA would remain eligible after its proposed repeal. The ACA's Medicaid expansion population involved childless adults under the age of 65, a different category of beneficiaries altogether.
The large projected expenditure reduction under the AHCA (the House's repeal-and-replace bill) actually has nothing to do with disabled or elderly Medicaid beneficiaries but rather with changes in projected enrollment for the ACA's expansion population. Doug Badger estimated in a recent paper that 82% of the Medicaid savings projected for the AHCA by CBO arose from changes to projected enrollment patterns – not from anything that would undermine care for the person profiled in the Times op-ed. The story is likely to be quite similar under the recently-unveiled Senate bill.
The Chief CMS Actuary recently weighed in with its own estimate of 10-year cost savings of $383 billion over ten years from the House bill's Medicaid provisions – less than half the savings projected by CBO. A primary difference between the two estimates has to do with what CMS and CBO respectively believe would happen if the ACA remained on the books. CMS projects that under a continuation of the ACA, the proportion of the potentially newly-Medicaid-eligible population living in Medicaid-expansion states would remain at its current 55 percent. CBO by contrast assumes that additional states would expand Medicaid if the ACA remained law. CBO further assumes that many fewer people will participate in Medicaid if the ACA is repealed, even if they remain fully eligible to do so. The bottom line is that the essential difference between these two assumptions has nothing to do with people now on Medicaid losing their access to coverage.
It is fair to be concerned that fewer people would receive Medicaid coverage in the future under pending legislation than under the ACA. However, current projections bear no resemblance to a picture in which people historically dependent on Medicaid would lose their benefits. To the contrary, CMS estimates (see Figure 2) that Medicaid enrollment would stay roughly constant at current levels under the AHCA, while still being substantially higher than projected before the ACA was passed. Indeed, CMS finds that many states would still cover some of the ACA expansion population even if lawmakers do away with the ACA's inflated federal matching payment rates. This would mean expanded coverage relative to pre-ACA levels, while also being more equitable than the ACA.
It is also fair to wonder about the long-term effects of per-capita growth caps proposed under both the AHCA and the Senate bill – though not relative to unsustainable promises under current law, but rather to an alternative method of attaining financial sustainability. But no one should associate figures such as $800 billion in cuts with these proposed caps. As previously described, most of CBO's projected cost reduction is unrelated to the concept, while CMS's estimate of the caps' budgetary effects is well less than 10% of that amount.
It is perfectly appropriate for there to be a vigorous, even impassioned debate about whose proposals would provide the best way forward for the Medicaid program. But we ill serve the public with misleading, incendiary rhetoric about vulnerable elderly being ejected from nursing homes so that cruel politicians can provide tax cuts to the rich, when nothing under consideration can be fairly described as doing any such thing. If advocates want their health policy arguments to be taken seriously, and to usefully inform the American public, groundless hyperbole should be shelved in favor of a focus on what existing proposals would actually do.
Charles Blahous, a contributor to E21, holds the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center and is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He recently served as a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare.
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I've been using computers for music most of my life. My teenage years were spent in front of ProTracker on the Amiga. Good times. As I now remember the experience, things just worked. I hit the power switch on the Amiga, and a couple of weird floppy drive noises later ProTracker was there. Composing tunes were done with the keyboard, not by clicking on a screen with a mouse. Instant response, instant gratification, and most importantly, no distractions or hassle. Now, I'll be the first to admit that the years whizzed by since then probably trick me into romanticising those early years of computer based music. However, the long list of tracks I made during that period still stands as a testimony to the fact that things got done. And that I had fun doing them.
Eventually, the Amiga got replaced with a PC running Cubase, and with it the revolution that was VST technology. The possibilities now appeared to be endless, and I was more than happy to be tempted to a solid serving of this remarkable new frontier of music technology. At the time, I regrettably didn't notice the pointy red tail protruding from the shadows. Nor the faint scent of sulphur. Over the ten next years, making music degenerated into driver issues, software updates, IRQ conflicts, progress bars and blue screens of death. Even when things actually worked, I was wiggling virtual knobs with a mouse, wading through endless lists of presets in endless lists of plugins. I rarely actually made anything at all, and after a while, creating music simply stopped being fun. The weak scent had turned into a nauseating stench and I didn't sit down in front of my DAW unless I absolutely had to. I thought I had lost interest in music altogether.
Years later, my wife took an interest in electronic music and started exploring various ipad apps. I soon joined her with the only hardware synth I still owned, and we had a great time. So we kept at it. As ambitions grew, so did our setup, and we now use physical gear that allows for a fast, hassle-free workflow.
Irene playing the Electribe MX. We also play around with other synths, guitars and iPad-apps like Thumbjam and SoundPrism.
We jam until we feel we have something interesting going on, and then do a multitrack recording to an ipad. Usually we have to record a couple of times before we are happy with the result. Sometimes we spend several days to get things right, but more often than not, our track is recorded and uploaded to Soundcloud while the idea still feels fresh to us. The process does not feel like a chore at all.
There are obvious downsides to this way of working. Our setup allows us to work fast, but it is not flexible. If doing something means breaking up the creative flow we're in, we make do without it. There are times when an idea with potential withers because we didn't allow ourselves to nurture it into what it could have been. In these cases, working systematically with that idea in a DAW would have been good for the end result. But then again, without our self-imposed restrictions some of our best ideas would not have seen the light of day at all. Creativity in limitations and all that. More important than anything else is enjoying what we're doing. An evening spent jamming a track into shape while comfortably seated in the couch with instruments and a bottle of wine is quality time. Two office chairs, a mouse and a computer screen significantly less so.
Nowadays we are using a Korg ElectribeMX, an Octatrack, an A4, a Pittsburgh modular synth, an Eigenharp and VoiceLive Touch 2 on most of our tracks.
I'm writing about this now because there have been an annoying debate inside my head whether to introduce a MacBook Air to our setup or not. The idea is not to use it as a DAW, but for softsynths and a tool to simplify our setup. We have our gear connected to sound cards running in stand alone-mode. With a laptop connected to one of the cards we can use the sound card mixer software to change what goes where without physically having to re-cable anything. Also, Madrona Labs Aalto/Kaivo are likely to be excellent software synths for the Eigenharp. As we just sold our old hardware rompler, a nice-sounding software replacement that can be sequenced from the Octatrack have potential to be a really nice bonus.
I finally ordered the Mac, but I am still uncertain if this is a road we should go down or not. I can easily imagine it becoming a distraction and an unreliable trouble maker. I can also imagine it being an extremely useful addition. With a couple of weeks to wait for it to arrive, we won't know just yet. Fingers crossed.


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SAMAA Celebrated Jashne Buzurg
More than 300 attended annual event of Jashne Buzurg at Bowman Hall Blacktown Sydney
South Asian Muslim Association of Australia (SAMAA) celebrated the annual event of Jashne Buzurg at Bowman Hall, Blacktown Sydney on Sunday 12 April 2015. Well over 300 people including several dignitaries, health experts, representative from aged care agencies and providers, community leaders and a large number of SAMAA elders, volunteers and community members packed the hall and enjoyed the day with enthusiasm and joy. The longest serving parliamentarian Hon Philip Ruddock attended the event along with Hon John Robertson, former NSW Labor leader, the Parliamentary Secretary Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also representing Hon Scott Morrison, The Minister for Social Services and Hon Mehreen Faruqi, the first South Asian Muslim MLC in NSW parliament. Other guests included Mr Talal Yassine, CEO Crescent Wealth, Mr Robert Oxford, CEO Hardi Aged Care, Caroline Collins, Deputy General Manager Operations, SummitCare, Cecilia Milani, PICAC NSW/ACT Manager and other representatives from other aged care agencies and providers.
The programme commenced with recitation of Holy Quran by Maulana Nazir ul Hassan Thanvi. The sheikh described the significance of serving the parents and elders in Islam. He emphasized that the donations to support programmes for services of elders would be a pious deed which would be rewarded in the life hereafter.
MC Mr Mohammed Ali Khan commended continued efforts by SAMAA members and volunteers in running its programmes. The famous Sydney singer Mr Riyaz Shah recited a beautiful Naat to honour the holy prophet.
A few important speeches captivated the audience. Hon Philip Ruddock applauded Australian multicultural character which has allowed communities from so many faiths, races, colours and cultures to live together happily. He paid tribute to SAMAA for providing services to the community elders.
Ms Concetta Fierravanti-Wells conveyed best wishes to SAMAA of the Minister Scott Morrison and spoke about various aged care programmes relating to culturally and Linguistically Diversified (CALD) communities. She assured support to SAMAA from the Minister's office. Hon John Robertson, ex NSW Labor leader, praised SAMAA for contributing to the community in such an important work. He was impressed by SAMAA's effort in providing volunteering services, in negotiating culturally sensitive care with aged care providers and its efforts towards building its own aged care facilities.
Mr Zahid Jamil, representing SAMAA, spoke of various SAMAA programmes and sought support from the audience in fund raising at the event. The community members were requested to sponsor services to an elderly person at $1000 per annum. For a two hours service, SAMAA incurs a total cost of $30 which includes $12 per hour of ex gratia payment to the volunteer and $6 as petrol expense. SAMAA expects elder to pay $10 and the rest $20 is paid by SAMAA. Thus at $20 per week, the total expense for the year comes to approx. $1000.
The second item for fund raising was to support Respite Care for families who care for their elders. SAMAA is keen to engage in Respite Care programmes and is seeking grants to offer this service. However, the government grants are generally available to those CALD communities who are able to contribute part of the cost.
In long run SAMAA aims to build its own aged care facilities. Building a retirement village would be a self funded project of the community as no government grants are available for such a project. SAMAA is seeking expressions of interest from interested elders and pre-retirees who would be willing to be part of such a project. In coming months, SAMAA intends to work on various options and reach out to community with the best suited offers.
Mr Jamil also spoke of grants received by two major Muslim communities for building high care facilities of Nursing Homes. Lebanese and Turkish communities have received grants of $10 million each for their projects subject to them able to contribute $10 million dollars each. Each of these projects would cost $20 million to build. Therefore Lebanese and Turkish communities have to raise $10 million each to fulfill their dream of building a high care facility. It is a huge challenge. SAMAA is in touch with these groups and would support efforts of building a facility for the whole Muslim community.
The fund raising began with an emotional presentation by two young children. Umrah El Syed described importance of serving parents and elders in Islam. Ali El Syed read a poem depicting the difficulties of old age in an extremely emotional manner which brought tears to many eyes. The fund raising was conducted by Mr Hussain Goss, the president of Gold Coast Islamic Society, a popular figure at fund raising events.
Mrs Shaheen Firdose, the MC for the second half, supported fund raising efforts in an effective manner. Mrs Ayesha Ahmad helped in auction as several art effects and memorabilia's were auctioned. The attendees were generous in their donations to support SAMAA's programmes. South Asian Muslim Association of Australia is listed as a public benevolent institution and donations to SAMAA are Tax Deductible.
A souvenir was published to mark the event with the support of sponsors. It carried messages from Parliamentarians. Two seniors Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad and Mr Ghulam Qutubuddin Siddiqui launched the souvenir to celebrate SAMAA's seven years journey and achievements.
Mr Afzal Hussain of SAMAA thanked the sponsors. The CEO of the main sponsor Crescent Wealth Mr Talal Yassine introduced to the audience the first Sharia compliant Superannuation Fund. Mr Yassine requested South Asian Community members to join the fund which offered ethical investment in consideration of Islamic principles. Mr Yassine also spoke of his personal interest in aged care programmes of Muslim community and about the grant LMA had received for building a high care facility at Lakemba.
There were three recipients of SAMAA's annual Volunteering Awards this year. Dr Ahad Khan introduced Mr Robert Oxford, CEO, Hardi Aged Care who handed out the awards to Mr Riyaz Shah, the famous singer, for his contribution to entertaining SAMAA elders over the years, Mrs Asima Baig Ali-Khan for her efforts in campaigning for SAMAA events and Mr Rizwan Khan for the outstanding volunteering of serving the elders over past two years.
The event featured a short play 'Ammi Tum Kahan Ho' which received tremendous applause from the audience. It depicted the challenges, families face in caring for their elders and how charitable bodies such as SAMAA become helpful in providing relief to elders and their families. The script of the play was written by journalist, poet and writer Mr Ashraf Shad
and was produced and directed by veteran director Mrs Saba Zaidi Abdi.
The cast included the famous Hindi poet Rekha Rajvanshi, the radio artist Aparna Vats, Nisar Sirguroh and Farjad Mahmood. The contributors to the play received token SAMAA gifts from the first South Asian Muslim MLC Mehreen Faruqi, who also applauded SAMAA for the service it is providing to the community elders.
The audience enjoyed the South Asian cuisine. The event also provided elders an opportunity to meet their contemporaries and other community members. Under guidance of Ayesha Ahmad and Mona Zahid, SAMAA volunteers were ever present in big number to cater for everyone's needs.


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My mother is flying back from England today. She was visiting because of a death in the family. Please keep her (and the rest of my family) in you prayers as she flies back. She dislikes heights. This picture is of her when she sailed over (not so:) long ago...
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 No comments:
The Civil War 360
Writing about a game that came out well over a year ago might be a kin to writing about my day at work. But alas, here I am and there's no place I'd rather be right now.
Word on the street is that there was a game put out with Civil and War in the title for the Xbox 360. After purchasing many game guides, back issues of EGM and asking around (what we did way back in the '06) I found the Activision Value game "The History Channel Civil War A Nation Divided". Once found this old Virginian's pulse started uh racin'. So many questions to be answered, so much familiar terrain to be discovered in potential HD graphical glory. Would I find a game wrapped in an underdog's developer Stars and Bars or would it be smothered in Union hired gun bunting of industrialization? Well. Sort of more the first then the second. I donno.
Cauldron out of the Czech Republic developed this game and Activision Value Publishing, well, published it. I'm kind of strangely satisfied with both parts of that previous statement. Cauldron isn't exactly one of the big dogs and while Activision is, in it's own right, maybe THE big dog having a smaller division of it pushing this game makes me happy because I can relate to that a bit with what I do at work. Wow. I tied something to that there first sentence.
About the game: Let's jump in.
STORY: 3
It is the Civil War and the History Channel name and between battle summaries are economically well done. This alone warrants a average score from me. Just don't look past that. No story in game except what my imagination brings to it. I blame that pesky habit on the Muppet Babies because, I, to a fault, bring that to everything in my life.
IN GAME DESIGN: 4
Less is more in my book. Effectively done with health, objective radar and ammo shown at all times. I can still tolerate the straight up first person view with hands and weapon clearly shown. Call of Duty type stuff, which must have been what Activision brought to the table. The classic stars as life meter is in full effect here. It gives a hardened video game vet warm fuzzies.
IN GAME ARTWORK: 3
Seeing east coast environments is going to win points with me everytime... to the point where it's like being blinded by love. That said... Strange lighting in the little log huts. Meaning no light source -soldiers look properly malnurished, not a whole lot of variance between all characters but this is war so I get the reason. Seems to only be a few poses for them as well... soldier sitting, standing, guarding (funny), walking. I like the blood on the wrist and still enjoy the re-loading animations. My Southern soldier appears to be properly wearing rags but rest of army isn't. Northern soldiers in nice uniforms. The blinding flash and smoke from a rifle is extremely satisfying, especially at close range with the enemy. I've said a lot of nice things here and I can't overstate the thrill of seeing an area where I grew up in a game and it was well done, but overall, the structures in the game hold this back. Carts, fences, character repetitiveness, tents, odd log 'huts' hold it back.
AUDIO: 4
Plenty of good environmental sounds, but kind or like older medal of honor games if you turn your head it's like the sound disappears. Sometimes the sound of 1,000 soldiers can be heard and if your wearing headphones sounds chilling... but so far i have yet to see those screaming soldiers it is like I'm fighting a guerrilla war a handful of yanks at a time not part of a huge army. Your soldier makes a Simpsons sound when he gets shot. Cannon sounds and rifle effects are very well done. Time was spent with this aspect and that gets a good mark from me. Sounds and voices are repetitive, but the audio levels are done right. Far is far away and close is loud.
GAMEPLAY: 2
Regardless of what could be perceived as slow loading weapons and the lack of any effective cover (you'll get hit regardless of what you are behind) the game play is too fluid and I've got a bad case of super soldier syndrome. Nothing slows you down except injury. You can take quite a bit of damage before you go down. It's irritating when you see a place you want to go, not obstructed, but run into an invisible wall. I get linear, single player game play, but make it rational, or give me a map to follow. In the first Call of Duty or Metal of Honor games, intentional or not, I felt that it added to the confusion, or fog of war, now i just think it's laziness on the developers part, especially now after GTA IV. A.I. really acts rediculous when there is no guns a'blazin', to the point where Berserk on the Atari 2600 comes to mind, graphics good, just limited animations. if the guns are going off then things are a bit different. Finishing a battle sort of feels like a cross country run, there were several moments in the game where i really got excited about sneaking around the enemies camp so it felt real enough for that. The environment aided in this along with the historical context but it seemed like most of the game was like this and, within the context of the Civil War, game play could have been sooooo much more.
LONGEVITY: 1
Not much other then me pulling it out to show my brother when he comes to visit.
X FACTOR: 3
I liked it, I enjoyed it.
PACKAGE DESIGN: 2
Standard stuff here. I don't see why 'A Nation Divided' was added. Standard stuff gets below average.
PACKAGE ARTWORK: 3
Nice little painting. Having the Stars and Bars on there alone gets points, but the rebel getting blow away at point blank range with a cannon? wow. um. That'll haunt your dreams.
I'd like to add, in summary, that I am still having a good time with this game. I'm probably the only person that played through the six Southern battles before I started the Northern ones. I would recommend not doing that because it is clear the developers wanted the gamer to play the North first, meaning he first couple are well done, more soldiers and direct contact. However, that all came crashing down when you start the Gettysburg battle as a Northern sniper(!?)... come on. Find the game and play it for the environment alone. Some landmarks from famous photos are there and a couple times I really got into the historical context. Find it used and let your imagination relax and settle in.
OVERALL: 2.67
That is an average.
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1 comment:
File Under civil war, the south will rise again, xbox
Baseline: Low. Machine Head (Saturn)
Machine Head is a game that came out for the Sega Saturn on May 26, 1997. I am going to low end baseline my review scale with this game.
"See through the eyes of Dr Kimberly Stride as you ride the Vorpal Blade through an insane combination of shoot-em-up action, strategic objectives and B-movie melodrama."
If you look Machine Head up on the web that's pretty much all your find (I think there are about 3 copies available on ebay as well). While it is impossible to know exactly how large the web is (85 trillion megabytes, says Wired), Google searches 1 petabyte of info every 72 minutes. 1 petabyte is 1024 terabytes... which itself is 1024 gigs. Come to find out... there isn't a good scan of the cover art out there. The largest scan of the US version is about a 3k file, the UK version: BLAM! Machinehead was more popular. There are a handful of things on that version. One reason for this could be that Core Designs, Ltd. is a UK based company. Toby Gard and Paul Douglas of Core created Tomb Raider but it's clear that on Machine Head they misfired or didn't fully complete the game just like many others for the Saturn.
There might even be a message from the Core Design team addressing the rushed feel of the game in the Mission Structure description of the game. And I quote: AREA FOUR. The calm before the storm. Not dissimilar to being shown your favorite present ever and then being punched in the face before you can get to it. Repeatedly. Little or no information available.
I feel like I'm picking on the game now... but to it's credit it does have a couple things going for it... (see quote above).
The Story in the Manual is classic Science Fiction stuff... From the Manual; "After much consideration and stealing of food, Callam realized he had accidentally become a God. With a chin full of cake instead of the time honored white beard." Unfortunately it doesn't get translated very well in-game. There are a few moments where I asked myself, "wait... what did I just hear from a Kids to Adults rated title?"
Objectives: 0
The action is fierce, but difficult to know to what gain.
In-Game Design: 0
It wasn't.
In-Game Artwork: 0
Nothing to be found here but an attempt at 3-D on the Saturn and like a few other saturn games, it turns out looking soupy. All the textures are the same. Is that a giant bug? A wall? A key? Wait, that's the door and I need the key? A hill? The main character?!
It has audio.
Emotional Impact: 2
I'm a sucker for what the story set me up for. Plus, I own it.
Historical Significance: 0
None, unless me writing about it gives it one... None.
It just seems incomplete. Gameplay is extremely repetitive. Things are hurting me. Targeting is extremely loose.
It's hard to look past the gigantic saturn case. The "Machine Head" title looks like it was accidentally moved to far down, the title is in magenta on the side of the box. It is unreadable. I think the press forgot to make the other three passes.
Gets points for being hand painted and looking almost good enough for me to use it in my blog title... almost.
Summarizing this game comes down to just me just popping this title into the Saturn a couple times and then commenting more on the manual and artwork then the game. I didn't complete it and I don't intend to. Maybe I should apologize for that but my game playing time precious and I intended to keep this blog a de-pressurizing from work creative release and not a job in it's own right. So I am not going to punish myself by playing a game that just isn't that fun and exists in my collection as a game that was bundled with a lot of games I purchased with Nights into Dreams.
Why write about it then? There's always a certain amount of discovery involved. About the game, about the Saturn, about the creative group behind it. I spend a fair amount of time reading about my hobby and it is frustrating to read reviews that are just mailed in. If you didn't play the game, then you didn't play the game. Talk about that... Sorry Gameshark... here's a link to an atrocious review about The History Channel Civil War. (more about this later).
Machine Head is far from being the worst game of all time. It's just the worst game I own... How's that.
I'll redeem myself by posting up a good scan of the cover. Core Design deserves at least that from me.
FINAL SCORE: 0.75 out of 5.0
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Sunday, July 20, 2008 1 comment:
File Under machine head, review, saturn, sega, video games
The Beginning of BudEuro
This is a blog with "Beer" in the title, so I feel fully in the right to say something about the InBev purchase of Anheuser Busch. The first question I have is: Will Americans care?
Let's look at at a couple of interesting factoids first. Anheuser cut 1,800 jobs in the past couple months to look like a nicely dressed higher profit whore for InBev. That's right, I said "Whore." It was reported in todays USA Today (don't tell anyone I read it) that some of the higher ups where nervous about the possibility of Barrack Obama becoming president and imposing a larger capital gains tax so the largest holders of shares pushed the sale. InBev says they will keep American breweries open, even entertaining the possibility of putting corporate offices in the US. Ugh. Maybe this stuff is true. Maybe not. Whatever the case our country has lost a little bit of her cheap beer loving soul. I don't particularly like Bud, Bud light or God forbid Natty Light. But damn it all to that hell spawn... next time I order a cheap beer with friends after work it's going to be Miller Lite.
So with that I have a message for InBev... you think the North American Budweiser market is something you can count on. In fact saying "hey, we've got America locked dooowwwn, we can expand on the Asian market, we've cut costs in China just by absorbing competitive breweries into one." Don't overlook this... I know already that in the Heartland of the United States of America (there is even a Anheuser Brewery less then 10 miles from me. A fucking American created the equipment that made this company what it is over at Jeffrey Manufacturing, not a European, not a German, and not a flippin' Belgian) have taken notice of what has just happened... folks that can't even read... it is just as easy for the lowest of the low to the creme de la creme to say Miller Lite instead of Bud Light.
How's that deal looking for August Busch IV a few years down the road? Thank you for selling your soul, you've made everyone's choice easier at every one of the thousands of corner dives that much simpler.
I don't think I'm alone on this... but next time I see a Bud commercial during the Super Bowl (sometimes embarrassingly) touting American culture I think I'm going to puke, nothing like a Belgian/Brazilian corporation shoving that crap down my throat. Good luck in the rest of the world, you just lost America.
Man! I'm worked up.
***writers note: the pic above is a slat conveyor, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, is moving beer bottles and cases at a brewery, 1908. The conveyor foot shaft and the screw shaft slack take up mechanism are visible.***
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Monday, July 14, 2008 2 comments:
File Under August Busch IV, Bud, Bud Light, Budweiser, InBev
Civilization Fairey
Where do you even begin with a Sid Meier game? The guy is a legend in my book.
Civ Rev is a neat and tidy package to bigger brother PC Civ game(s). After playing my first "board" I was a bit down on it. It was jarringly quick, I ended up warring with just about everyone and I was stuck not really expanding my empire or creating many wonders. I couldn't even fall back on just taking a rival city and burning it to the ground and I couldn't destroy roads to weaken the enemy. I was stuck just pounding away at their city using brute force. Maps are tiny (and you can't choose the size of them or terrain) and about an hour in I was whoring myself out giving away technology and gold just to keep the other nations off my back. Eventually, in the modern age my nation started kicking in to high gear all the sudden (which, to a PC Civ play nothing is "all the sudden") and I started a royal beat down on my enemies. War, war, war... Me verses the rest of the world because no one else warred unless it was against me. That's all it seemed to be and that's all I've read in the reviews as well.
A few boards later I discovered that this isn't the case. You can't avoid bumping into two or three other nations with in the first fifteen minutes and while you will eventually, you don't have to war. You just have to play THIS version of the game not try and make it the PC version. Every round you have to press the flesh and stay on top of the peacemaking. Avoid extending too far but find sweet spots. It'll seem like cities are right on top of each other, but Civ Rev is a different game. Playing the game this way may make it sound like it is tedious but it's not. Menus are lighting fast and the decisions are simple which leaves the game series hallmark of "just one more turn" firmly in place. It's just that that one more turn won't be when the sun is coming up the next morning. Even playing the game this way clocks it in at under three or four hours. And, btw, you can destroy cities late in the game if you so choose.
Soooo... now I'm going to attempt and follow my Review Structure I put together a couple weeks ago. Here goes:
- STORY: 5:
Like Civ games in the past, it is what you make it. I happen to enjoy this take and the spirit is there.
- OBJECTIVES: 5:
Plenty to do of course, again... Civ game
- IN GAME DESIGN: 4:
Good work done here. Nicely done considering it's PC heritage. Menus and pop ins are where they should be (albeit in your face). I've grown to like it. Looks sleek and clean in HD.
- ARTWORK: 3:
I'm torn here. Animations are cute and fluid. But battles are herky jerky. Cities look ok. Nothing is that impressive nor is does anything look awful. Graphics are not the sort of thing I really get hung up on unless they just suck.
- AUDIO: 4:
Well done. Classy. "Sims" chatter can get old, but you can turn it off. The music choices in the game are top notch and sound great when piped though my stereo. Sometimes, with the sound effects, you get an obscenely loud river flow or an army pounding its shield but it is forgivable. For the most part the audio is subtle but effective.
- GAMEPLAY: 5:
Again, this is a console version of Civilization. Play it as such and it will be enjoyed.
- EMOTIONAL IMPACT: 3:
No looking at the clock and discovering it is 4 AM here. Nor do I get really, really irritated when I loose a city or my first warrior army (sob).
- LONGEVITY: 4:
Many challenges to be found. I will be playing this one right up till Fable 2 comes out and I can see myself picking it up here and there down the road. Also, multiplayer is to be found here.
- HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: 4:
This is an optimistic 4! Because the game works and I think it will send a message to the industry that there is a market for this type of game; hopefully pushing more complex and deeper games to consoles. I could be wrong though.
- X FACTOR: 4:
Damn it. It's fun and I'm extremely happy it exists. Would you rather it not (I'm looking at you IGN and Gamespot; put this game in your first person shooter loving pipe and smoke it for all I care).
- PACKAGE DESIGN: 2:
Meh. They mailed this in and in the title the word "Revolution" looks like it was done by someone who just discovered text elements in photoshop. Why for the love of the Hanging Gardens did they overlay a texture on Sid's name? ugh. The only saving grace is the Shepard Fairey poster printed on the back of the cover sleeve. Why not put that on the cover?
- PACKAGE ART: 3:
The artist must have played the game only twice. He drew the world at war, complete with two nukes going off and a giant explosion in the southern part of Greenland(?). Way to go. Anyhow, it falls in line with the game art and design. Cartoonish. Fairey's Poster balances out the mess on the front enough to give it a 3.
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Saturday, July 12, 2008 No comments:
File Under 360, Civ Rev, Civilization, Shepard Fairey, Sid Meier, xbox
The time is nigh! The Civilization release on Xbox 360 is now. Oh, I'll get it... but will this hardened vet of the PC version like it? Or will it force me to buy a new Mac to play Civ IV. Will this game make me adjust my top ten video games? Doubt it. Will it be fun? We shall see.
Beautiful Blood There Will Be
Finally got around to scratching an itch I've had for a while. There Will Be Blood was finally consumed. Had this movie been directed by someone else it would have been held in better regard (now that the DVD is out) because the word that the same director did Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love did this one must be out. All those movies where popular but could be polarizing. For me those movies are fine. But to be frankly honest Blood is my favorite out of this bunch. What he shows on film is more then the story of Daniel Plainview; it's a visual slice of what was in this country. It is a beautiful film to look at. I like it on that merit alone. There are lots of people out there who would love to see a time, a place, a story on film... I'm not alone on this. But more often then not, when you finally see it on film it's a big let down because the director didn't do their homework. Case and point here are movies that revolve around the Civil War. The scenery in Virginia and Maryland alone would keep me riveted for hours. Anyway... steering away from that topic and to shorten this... PT Anderson and company got it right and that is an extremely refreshing thing to witness.
Take note all you future Civil War movie making people.
Written By Larry W Johnson II on Monday, July 07, 2008 No comments:
File Under pt anderson, there will be blood
Lost BioShock Planet ESB
I'm retiring BioShock from my play list. There, I said it. I've come to terms with this now and can now move on to some other 360 game. I had to do the same thing with Lost Planet. Both these games slowly became a time and energy suck. Both had promising starts then just fizzled and with both the same strange thing happened... my 360 started to collect dust. Almost as if I had to motivate myself in to playing it, always knowing that since it was in the console tray I had to play that game.
With Lost Planet I didn't feel so guilty, but with BioShock I kinda do. It got great reviews, it looks fabulous, decent story, a good single player experience, Todd Brakke over at The Nut and Feisty Weasel finished it (excellent wrap up)... all that. But why, oh why am I avoiding it? Maybe it is longer hours at Art.com? Maybe just not in a current gen mode? Whatever. If I'm squeezing in a game like Wolf of the Battlefield on XBL then it means I just couldn't get into it, period.
I feel like this game was given more credit then it was do based solely on it being an alternative to Halo 3 or even Call of Duty 4 or both. It's comparable to the media giving good reviews to a undeserving band just because it wasn't the band du jour at the time. Not so much that they are bad, just that more often then not they turn out to be a muddled mess.
Maybe this is Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s Moondog ESB talking but... No mas BioShock, No mas. I've piped the Moondog correctly and hacked into my game vault in under 60 seconds to reserve a special place for you next to Lost Planet and Table Tennis on my 360 shelf.
Moondog people, Moondog.
File Under bioshock, video games, xbox


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The owner and some employees of the Carlton Gallery at 1144 Prospect St. are charged with trafficking ivory in defiance of California law. In the meantime, the gallery remains open for business.
San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott filed criminal charges Nov. 28 against the Carlton Gallery in La Jolla, its owner, and an employee for trafficking ivory in defiance of California law.
This prosecution follows the largest seizure of ivory products by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife since a state law banning their sale took effect in 2016. More than 300 pieces of ivory and items containing ivory were seized from the gallery and its warehouse valued at $1.3 million.
The investigation into Carlton Gallery began in May 2017, when wildlife officers from the Department of Fish and Wildlife's Trafficking Unit observed two art-deco sculptures that appeared to be ivory in the gallery's 1144 Prospect St. display window. In December 2017 and March 2018, wildlife officers returned and observed additional items that appeared to contain ivory.
In a sting operation conducted on May 1, 2018, undercover wildlife officers purchased an ivory sculpture from salesperson Sheldon Miles Kupersmith, who offered to sell the officers three other sculptures containing ivory. Wildlife officers obtained and executed a search warrant later that day and seized 146 items containing ivory from the gallery. The Gallery's owner, Victor Hyman Cohen, then led investigators to a warehouse nearby where officers seized 192 additional pieces of ivory. Most of the items contained ivory from elephants, while some contained ivory from the teeth of hippopotami. Cohen and Kupersmith were charged as individuals.
This case is being prosecuted by Supervising Deputy City Attorney Patricia Miranda and Deputy City Attorney Jordan DuBois on behalf of the People of the State of California.
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A 24-year-old woman is on life-support following her arrest during a traffic stop Nov. 27 near the 3700 block of La Jolla Village Drive. Police report Aleah Mariah Jenkins was pulled over for a traffic stop and was arrested for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, at which time she said she had an upset stomach and vomited. The officers called for paramedics, but Jenkins said she had only had an upset stomach, so medics were canceled.
While in police custody, she became unresponsive and appeared to be in medical distress.
She was taken to a local hospital where she is on life-support.
Police report there is no indication force was used on Jenkins, but the name of the officer that transported her (a six-year department veteran) is not being released.
Vehicle theft, 400 block Prospect St., 12:01 a.m.
Petty theft, 6600 block Avenida la Reina, 10:30 a.m.
Vehicle theft, 5900 block Camino de la Costa, 1:55 p.m.
Grand theft over $950, 700 block Archer St., 11 p.m.
Vehicle break-in/theft, 600 block Tourmaline St., 2 p.m.
Vehicle theft, 8300 block Camino del Oro, 4 p.m.
Vandalism ($400 or more), 400 block Camino de la Costa, 5:30 p.m.
Vehicle break-in/theft, 2200 block Calle Frescota, 9:15 a.m.
Residential burglary, 2500 block Hidden Valley Place, 5:30 p.m.
Vehicle break-in/theft, 8300 block El Paseo Grande, 9:20 a.m.
Vandalism, 1200 block Torrey Pines Road, 9:40 a.m.
Vehicle break-in/theft, 2600 block Torrey Pines Road, 2 a.m.
Commercial burglary, 900 block Pearl St., 3:48 a.m.


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This means that not only can you lose weight fast; you can also keep both your metabolism and your blood pressure regulated. Besides all of that, another thing this product stands out is due to the anti-cancer properties that it has.
Apart from that, possibly the best thing about this product is that it isn't actually a stimulant. Surely, you know what that means, right? No more diet pill jitters! This is also not like roasted coffee that increases the speed of your heart. When you take Green Coffee Bean Max your heart will stay normal and regulated.
How Efficient Is Natural Green Coffee Bean Max?
There have been many experts who have recommended this product for weight loss. There have been tests and trials for this product and it has consistently produced results that were positive. The product is actually based on a great bit of research as well as many studies. Green Coffee Bean Max is proven to be 100% effective as well as 100% safe.
Recently, there were studies that were published in the Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Journal on Green Bean Coffee Max and the effect it had on keep weight under control and regulating metabolism.
The published study showed that when participants took the green coffee bean extract along with the GCA they lost an average of 16% body fat and 17 pounds after regular use.
This product is without a doubt the most effective weight loss tool on the market. It has effects that are equal across the board whether the user is female or make and regardless of the body type.
Because this product is 100% natural, there are no side effects. It is 100% free from risk and you will see your health improve.
If you would like to try this pill, you don't even have to leave your home to do so. Order it online from one of the many sites that sell it. Some of the sites that have Green Coffee Bean Max for sale also have various deals and discounts on. The product can ship all over the world too.
Today, nearly everyone is living a fast-paced life. Schedules are becoming more and more hectic, which is why it also becomes more and more difficult for people to maintain a healthy body. Because of this, people become at a greater risk of developing diseases.
Fortunately, there are available green coffee bean extracts that can help you maintain a healthy body. But does green coffee bean extract work? Yes, it does; and it is better and healthier than roasted coffee beans.
It contains polyphenols, which fight against free radicals. It is high in powerful antioxidants that are similar to those found in green tea and grape seed. The chlorogenic acid it contains also fights against free radicals. Coffee beans are stripped of some of these properties when they are roasted.
Green Coffee Bean Max is one of the leading supplements on the market. It contains all-natural ingredients including pure extracts. As previously mentioned, it also contains polyphenols, which can fight free radicals and promote weight loss. In addition, it contains antioxidants that can help in stabilizing the sugar levels in your body.
This supplement contains a very high concentration of chlorogenic acid, which makes it efficient in keeping the body sugar level balanced, as well as increasing energy and enhancing mental clarity. This chlorogenic acid also changes the glucose absorption of the body; thus, increasing metabolism.
Moreover, it can help lower blood pressure. This is especially beneficial to people with mild to moderate high blood pressure. Cancer may also be prevented by taking this supplement, thanks to the antioxidants that fight free radicals and protect the cell membranes. Also, since there is a high amount of antioxidants, aging can be slowed down.
It is typical for consumers to be doubtful of products at first. Most of them ask about the safety and effectiveness of these products. Green Coffee Bean Max is guaranteed to be effective yet safe to use.
It does not cause unpleasant side effects unlike the other supplements on the market. This product can help you reach your target weight safely and easily. Within just a few weeks of usage, weight loss would be noticeable.
It does not contain any chemicals that may be detrimental to your health. You will not find carcinogen acrylamide or carcinogen in this product. These chemicals tend to imbalance the levels of blood sugar in the body. They are mostly associated with coffee beans that have been roasted. This supplement does not contain any preservatives or additives either. All you will get are natural ingredients.
It is ideal to take the supplement about half an hour before a meal. It should, however, not be taken by children and women who are breast feeding or pregnant. If you have any existing medical condition, you should also ask your doctor if it is safe for you to take pure green coffee bean extract.
Although this supplement is composed of natural ingredients, it is still very important to ask a professional for advice in order to avoid health problems in the future.
How Green Coffee Bean Max Works To Reduce Weight?
According to studies that have been completed to determine the effectiveness of this supplement on helping people lose weight, people can lose an average of ten percent of body weight and 4.4% of overall body fat within a twelve week period. This can happen if a dieter takes a dosage of 700 or 1050 milligrams of Green Coffee Bean Max daily.
This supplement helps users lose weight by inhibiting fat absorption, stimulating metabolism in the liver and by ensuring that the body uses glucose appropriately. Due to these effects, the body does not need increased food consumption in order to function normally.
Green Coffee Bean Max is a supplement that can help you lose weight. It is made from the green coffee bean extract obtained from fresh, green and unroasted coffee beans.
This health supplement is now very popular because of its proven effectiveness in burning fat and the other benefits it offers.
Green Coffee Bean Max is a hundred percent safe to use since it is made from natural ingredients with no additives.
Health experts have taken note of this supplement and it has also appeared on the Dr. Oz television show.
It does not cause side effects and you can notice results after using it for a few days.
The following are the other benefits that this health supplement offers.
Helps balance blood sugar – Green Coffee Bean Max contains chlorogenic acid, which inhibits the release of the G6P enzyme in the body. This ensures that blood sugar levels stay balanced and this process induces weight loss, increases energy and improves mental clarity.
Boosts metabolism – Chlorogenic acid also affects the manner in which glucose is absorbed in the body resulting in a boosted metabolism and increased energy levels.
Free from chemicals – Green Coffee Bean Max is made from pure coffee bean extract and therefore does not contain chemicals.
Lowers blood pressure – The chlorogenic acid in this supplement is also able to lower blood pressure in people suffering from moderate hypertension.
Prevents cancer – This supplement contains a high level of antioxidants that eliminate free radicals in the body.
Slows down the aging process – Unroasted coffee beans have a high concentration of antioxidants that help slow down the normal aging process.
A case study was done at the American Chemical Society's spring national meeting in San Diego on 16 overweight adults. In turn, they were given a low dose of green coffee bean extract, a high dose of same extract and a placebo.
Guess what!! The subjects taking full dose lost an average of 17.5 pounds in 22 weeks and lost 10.5% of overall body weight. This clearly illustrates that Green Coffee Bean Max will help you in weight loss and get a fit and firm body like you have wished for.
What Customers Say About Green Coffee Bean Max?
Why To Invest In Green Coffee Bean Max?
After trying many other ways to lose weight, most of the users found Green Coffee Bean Max is the best way to get a perfect body. The diet tip along with regular use of the product together makes it an excellent and enjoyable way to reduce fat.
Moreover, the standardized doses make it easy to use. It contains no additives unlike other product that may pose any harm to its users. Made from natural products it is free from side effects.
Since chlorogenic acid is rich in antioxidants it also helps in rejuvenating the body. Hundreds of people are using this magical product to lose weight. It is a tested, natural and proven way to lose weight even for the laziest individuals in a better and effective way.
This supplement is prized and you should be careful when buying it to ensure that you get the right product. Look at the list of ingredients carefully.
The ingredients found in this supplement are pure green coffee bean and chlorogenic acid extract. This extract can be listed as Svetol or green coffee antioxidant (GCA). The capsules should contain at least forty five percent chlorogenic acids. The capsules range in dosage. They can be 800mg, 400mg and 200mg among other dosage amounts.
To conclude this Green Coffee Bean Max review, it is essential to inform you that this supplement is ideal for use by adults who have attained the age of eighteen years.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should not use this supplement. It should also not be taken by people who are allergic to caffeine or coffee. In order to get the best results, you should exercise regularly and eat healthy as you use Green Coffee Bean Max.
Fighting obesity is now made easy. There is good news for those who want to get in shape effectively using natural and safe products. Buy Green Coffee Bean Max, and join other individuals who got success in losing weight.
It is a tested and proven way to help people lose weight, without side effects. Recent studies reveal the secrets of weight loss hidden in green coffee beans.
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Q: Overload Index() Method in MVC Controller I want to access both /Blog and /Blog/1 where "1" is the ID of the Blog.  Here is my code:
    '
    ' GET: /Blog/

    Function Index() As ViewResult
        Return (View(db.Blogs.ToList()))
    End Function

    '
    ' GET: /Blog/(Integer)

    Function Index(id As Integer) As ViewResult
        Dim blog As Blog = db.Blogs.Find(id)
        Return View("Details", "_MyLayout", blog)
    End Function

It gives the error:

Server Error in '/' Application.
The current request for action 'Index' on controller type
  'BlogController' is ambiguous between the following action methods:
  System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult Index() on type
  GemcoBlog.GemcoBlog.BlogController System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult
  Index(Int32) on type GemcoBlog.GemcoBlog.BlogController
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
  the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
  information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException: The
  current request for action 'Index' on controller type 'BlogController'
  is ambiguous between the following action methods:
  System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult Index() on type
  GemcoBlog.GemcoBlog.BlogController System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult
  Index(Int32) on type GemcoBlog.GemcoBlog.BlogController
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
  current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
  the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

How can I overload the Index() method?
Edit:
I am also trying to combine them like so:
    '
    ' GET: /Blog/

    Function Index(id As Integer) As ViewResult
        If (id) Then
            Dim blog As Blog = db.Blogs.Find(id)
            'Return View(blog)
            Return View("Details", "_MyLayout", blog)
        Else
            Return (View(db.Blogs.ToList()))
        End If
        'Return View(db.Blogs.Where(Function(x) x.Name = "Test").ToList())
    End Function

However, the error I get is:
Server Error in '/' Application.

The parameters dictionary contains a null entry for parameter 'id' of
  non-nullable type 'System.Int32' for method 'System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult
  Index(Int32)' in 'Blog.Blog.BlogController'. An optional
  parameter must be a reference type, a nullable type, or be declared as
  an optional parameter. Parameter name: parameters
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
  the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
  information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.ArgumentException: The parameters dictionary
  contains a null entry for parameter 'id' of non-nullable type
  'System.Int32' for method 'System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult Index(Int32)' in
  'Blog.Blog.BlogController'. An optional parameter must be a
  reference type, a nullable type, or be declared as an optional
  parameter. Parameter name: parameters
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
  current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
  the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

A: You cannot have 2 actions on the same controller accessible with the same HTTP verb. So either change the action name or you will have to disambiguate using different HTTP verbs. For example:
<HttpPost>
Function Index(id As Integer) As ViewResult
    Dim blog As Blog = db.Blogs.Find(id)
    Return View("Details", "_MyLayout", blog)
End Function

But since the other action also seems to be fetching data I guess that you don't want to make it POST accessible only. So simply rename it in this case. Sticking to standard RESTful conventions you could use Index for returning a list of resources and Show to return a particular resource:
Function Index() As ViewResult
    Return (View(db.Blogs.ToList()))
End Function

'
' GET: /Blog/(Integer)

Function Show(id As Integer) As ViewResult
    Dim blog As Blog = db.Blogs.Find(id)
    Return View("Details", "_MyLayout", blog)
End Function

A: There are a couple of ways you could do this.  The easiest would be to rename the first method to "ShowBlog" or whatever you want, then setup a route in your global.asax that routes to the /Blog route without a parameter.
For example (in c#):
routes.MapRoute("Blog", "Blog", new { controller = "Blog", action = "ShowBlog" });

Make sure the MapRoute comes before the default route.
To make your second method work, you would need to make the id nullable, and then check for null in your method.

A: Since it is not nullable, it automatically assumes you are providing an id by default. Make the Id a Nullable Integer, and it will work for both URLs.
Function Index(id As Nullabe( Of Integer )) As ViewResult

A: Small amendment to Erik's post to make it work (I am using MVC4)
routes.MapRoute("Blog", "Blog/{id}", new { controller = "Blog", action = "ShowBlog" });

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Q: How do I modify the amount of space between the heading and the chapter's number and/or name? Currently, the space between the bottom of my header and the top of the chapter number is quite large and I would like to be able to reduce the space between the header and the chapter number.  How would I go about doing this?
I am using the report documentclass.

A: I found the answer over at stackoverflow.com.
To recap, I had to use:
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{ command }[ shape ]{ format }{ label }{ sep }{ before }[ after ]
\titlespacing{ command }{ left }{ beforesep }{ aftersep }[ right ]

\titleformat must be specified in order for the spacing to take effect.

A: You could also use the \vspace command. For example, \vspace{-2ex} means "move the stuff immediately following up 2 lines worth of vertical space". (1ex is is the height of a line in the current font).


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Steve Carell's 'Space Force' Netflix series falls flat
June 12, 2020 | TinaMarie Craven
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'The Office' stars Steve Carell and John Krasinski reunite for show's anniversary
March 30, 2020 | Hearst Television
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Carolyn Hax: I'm married and 'crushing' on a colleague -- Help!
April 9, 2019 | CAROLYN HAX
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Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet spotted in Mill Valley for film festival
October 9, 2018 | Michelle Robertson
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April 15, 2013 | Jordan Strauss
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The problem now is Steve Carell. ... This looks like Steve Carell doing a parody of a Steve Carell character. ... Seeing the trailer makes me fear for the future of Paul Rudd and Steve Carell.
Steve Carell stars in 'Foxcatcher'
November 12, 2014 | Ruthe Stein
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New Richard Linklater trailer with Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell
August 25, 2017 | Andrew Dansby
., after the son of one (Carell) has died while serving overseas. ... -- starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup and Kristen Wiig -- is due next year. last flag photo by Wilson Webb, courtesy Amazon Studios See ...
First trailer released for SF-shot 'Beautiful Boy' starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet
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