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Millions Of Comments About The FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Were Fake. Now The Feds Are Investigating.
People's names and addresses were listed on the FCC's website beside net neutrality comments they didn't make. Now the FBI is interested.
By Kevin Collier and Jeremy Singer-Vine
Kevin Collier BuzzFeed News Reporter Jeremy Singer-Vine BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on December 8, 2018, at 1:20 p.m. ET
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The Justice Department is investigating whether crimes were committed when potentially millions of people's identities were posted to the FCC's website without their permission, falsely attributing to them opinions about net neutrality rules, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Two organizations told BuzzFeed News, each on condition that they not be named, that the FBI delivered subpoenas to them related to the comments.
The reports are the first that federal investigators are taking in interest in the case, which was already subject to an investigation previously announced by the New York attorney general's office.
Both organizations had previously been subpoenaed by New York and said the scope of those subpoenas were similar.
Do you have information about fraudulent FCC comments? If so, please contact us. To learn how to reach us securely, go to tips.buzzfeed.com. You can also email us at tips@buzzfeed.com.
The comment scheme took place over the course of months beginning in April 2017 after the Trump administration's FCC chair, Ajit Pai, moved to overturn Obama-era rules enforcing net neutrality, a regulation that prevented internet providers from choosing which web traffic gets to flow at full speed.
The rule enjoyed broad public support, according to multiple polls, and required a period of public comment before Pai's change could go into effect. More than 20 million comments have since appeared on the site, with the New York attorney general's office estimating that up to 9.5 million of those were filed in people's names without their consent.
As part of the New York attorney general's previously announced investigation, the agency in October issued subpoenas to 14 organizations — 11 of which are either politically conservative or related to the telecommunications industry and opposed net neutrality, and three of which supported it. The offices of the attorneys general of both Massachusetts and Washington, DC, are supporting the New York investigation, and also issued subpoenas. Their participation has not been previously reported.
The federal subpoenas arrived a few days after the state ones, the two organizations told BuzzFeed News.
The size of the federal investigation is unclear: Other organizations that had received subpoenas from the state attorneys general offices didn't respond to requests for comment. The DC attorney general and the FBI did not reply to requests for comment.
Earlier this week, the FCC issued a decision on two Freedom of Information requests, filed by BuzzFeed News and the New York Times. In it, the commission voted not to release the records that the news organizations had requested: data from web server logs that could shed additional light on the suspicious comments.
"What is the Federal Communications Commission hiding?" Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel asked in a dissenting opinion. "[I]nstead of providing news organizations with the information requested, in this decision the FCC decides to hide behind Freedom of Information Act exemptions and thwart investigative journalism."
Kevin Collier was a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed News from 2017 to 2019
Contact Kevin Collier at kevin.collier@riseup.net.
Jeremy Singer-Vine is the data editor for the BuzzFeed News investigative unit and is based in New York.
Contact Jeremy Singer-Vine at jeremy.singer-vine@buzzfeed.com.

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After the meeting the Dadachanji family tendered their generous hospitality to us all. We drank tea or mango pop, and sampled some kind of chocolate-colored sweet "spaghetti," on the verandah of the Mobo Hotel, then drove back to our own quarters.
On this morning around 9 o'clock in the main hall the 144 Western men and women gathered together around Baba for the first time. Virginia Rudd asked Baba how He had slept. Baba replied, "I cannot go to sleep now, or I would wake up in 700 years!" Baba then embraced each one of us individually, including several of the men who had not yet met Him. He said of Clarisse (Adams), "You are exactly the same!—and Ena (Lemon) too!" He asked Lennie Willoughby if he remembered the song he sang for Baba in 1958, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and asked him to sing it again.
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Eruch said the Easterners were now arriving at Guruprasad and collecting in the waiting hall for the afternoon session. Baba then made a personal comment here and there to those in the group. He asked Bunty Kelly, "Are you worrying about little Margaret?" (her 3-months baby). He said, "Worry about Me! Let Me worry about her!" Baba commented on how thin Tex Hightower, the ballet dancer, was, and said "He loves Me very much." Then He asked, "Ben, are you awake?"—continuing the joke about Doctor Hayman's drowsiness from the 1958 Sahavas. He told Henry Kenmore and Ben to keep near Him. He told Dr. Chamberlain He was very happy he could make the trip. He said to Warren Healy He was pleased with the pamphlets Warren had printed. He asked several of us if we had slept well. When Charles Purdom replied "No," Baba asked, "Were you thinking of Me?" He inquired after Joseph Harb's health; and told Ruth White, "Do not think of anything but Me, so when you drop the body you will be with Me."


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NEC's Ventura New Vice Chairman of DSF Executive Committee
By AVNetwork Staff (AVTechnology) 2016-01-19T23:50:00Z
Richard Ventura, Vice President of Business Development and Solutions, is NEC Display Solutions of America's newly appointed Vice Chairman of the Digital Signage Federation's Executive Committee.
Richard Ventura, NEC Display Solutions of America's newly appointed Vice Chairman of the Digital Signage Federation's Executive CommitteeAs Vice Chairman of the DSF Board of Directors, Ventura provides strategic direction for the association, which acts as an independent voice of the digital signage industry. Prior to his role as Vice Chairman, Ventura served a one-year term as the Treasurer/Secretary.
"I am honored to serve as the Vice Chairman of the DSF Executive Committee," Ventura said. "The Board of Directors has made significant strides to become the leading association for professionals in the digital signage industry. The DSF is truly a leader within the industry and strives to grow the digital signage space locally and globally. I'm looking forward to another great year."
During his 15 years within the NEC sales organization, Ventura has focused on display solutions, display technologies and projectors. He is responsible for the growth and market penetration of NEC's portfolio of products, as well as responsible for development of new go-to-market strategies.


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Type `gem install check_everything` into the command line.

### Run

Type `check_everything` into the command line to pull up the default URLs.
Type `check_everything` followed by one or more categories to open specific
groups of sites.

You can add the following tags (listed in order of precedence; only the first
will be evaluated):

|   Tag |  Result   |
|-----|-----|
|  \-h, \-\-help         | display the help message                          |
|  \-l, \-\-links        | view/edit links and categories                    |
|  \-r, \-\-ruby         | install Ruby Documentation functionality          |
|  \-c, \-\-categories   | view the currently defined categories             |
|  \-a, \-\-all          | open all websites                                 |
|  <category>    | open a specific site group                        |
|  <Ruby class>  | open Ruby documentation (if feature is installed) |

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2. `check_everything array#slice` (for the
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2. Input your URLs and customize your categories! Check out the instructions in
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Musk's Twitter may have already violated its latest FTC consent order, legal experts say
By Brian Fung, CNNUpdated: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:43:12 GMTSource: CNNJust two weeks into Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter, the company may have already violated its consent agreement with the Feder
Updated: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:43:12 GMT
Just two weeks into Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter, the company may have already violated its consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, legal experts said.
If proven, a violation could ultimately lead to significant personal liability for Musk, escalating the risks he faces as he stumbles through a morass of business and content moderation headaches, most of which have been self-inflicted.
The potential violation stems from a reporting obligation Twitter must fulfill whenever the company experiences a change in structure, including mergers and sales.
Under Twitter's latest FTC consent order, which was implemented this year, Twitter must submit a sworn compliance notice to the regulator within 14 days of any such change. The compliance notice is intended both to advise the FTC of major changes at the company as well as a commitment that it will continue to comply with the order, according to David Vladeck, a former senior FTC official and a law professor at Georgetown University.
Musk's Twitter deal closed on Thursday, Oct. 27, prompting some legal experts to question Thursday whether Twitter had made the proper filings in light of the company's mass layoffs and an exodus of senior executives. Among those resigning were its chief privacy officer and chief information security officer, who would be expected to be involved in the company's compliance reporting.
"Godspeed to the poor b***ards dealing with that," tweeted Riana Pfefferkorn, a research scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory.
The FTC declined to comment on whether Twitter has submitted any compliance notices since Musk took over the company. Twitter, which laid off a substantial amount of its public relations team, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Alex Spiro, Musk's attorney, told CNN on Thursday that "we are in a continuing dialogue with the FTC and will work closely with the agency to ensure we are in compliance."
There are other, more substantive regulatory obligations that have come into question, too. They include requirements that Twitter produce written privacy assessments of any new "product, service or practice" — or when Twitter updates those things — that could affect user data or put it at risk.
The dizzying pace of product changes at Twitter since Musk's takeover, combined with the company's greatly reduced headcount, have raised doubts about whether Twitter is following the rules it agreed to — or if it even can.
"The chaos there is something the FTC is going to be worried about," said Vladeck, "because there were serious deficiencies which led to the consent order in the first place, and the FTC is going to want to make sure they're doing what they're supposed to do."
Internal concerns about Twitter's compliance obligations were reflected in a Slack message viewed by CNN earlier this week, in which an employee warned colleagues that Musk could try to put responsibility for certifying FTC compliance onto individual engineers at the company.
"This will put a huge amount of personal, professional and legal risk onto engineers," the employee wrote, adding that the new risks created by Musk could be "extremely detrimental to Twitter's longevity as a platform."
Matt Blaze, a professor of computer science and law at Georgetown University, urged Twitter employees to seek professional legal counsel "before signing anything or making any statement to regulators."
"This is a bus you do NOT want to be thrown under," Blaze tweeted.
FTC consent orders carry the force of law and any violations, if proven, could involve significant penalties including fines, restrictions on how Twitter can run its business and even potential sanctions on individual executives.
The company's latest consent agreement was announced this spring after FTC allegations that Twitter misused user account security information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, for advertising purposes. The resulting consent order expanded on a 2011 consent agreement Twitter signed with the FTC committing the company to maintaining a robust cybersecurity program.
This summer, Twitter's former head of security, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, claimed Twitter was not meeting those obligations in an explosive whistleblower disclosure first reported by CNN and The Washington Post. (Twitter has previously pushed back on Zatko's allegations, saying that security and privacy have "long been top company-wide priorities.")
Those claims, which predate Musk's ownership, may already have put Twitter on the hook for billions of dollars in potential FTC fines, legal experts have said.
Now, the latest claims of Twitter's violations could mean even more money is at stake, as well as possible individual liability for Musk himself. Any alleged violations would first have to be proven, and the FTC would need to decide whether to enforce, said Vladeck. But under those circumstances, he said, "I think it's likely Musk would be named" in a future consent order. "After all, he has made clear that he and he alone is making key decisions."
The FTC has increasingly signaled it could seek to hold individual executives personally accountable if they're found to have been responsible for a company's violations, naming them in future orders and imposing binding requirements on their future conduct, even if they leave the company. (Last month, the FTC showed its willingness to follow through, imposing sanctions on the CEO of alcohol delivery service Drizly.)
Foreshadowing such a move, FTC Chair Lina Khan told US lawmakers that Twitter's former CEO Parag Agrawal could "absolutely" be held personally liable in connection with Zatko's allegations, if they are proven accurate. The FTC has not confirmed whether it is investigating Zatko's allegations, but on Thursday, it issued a rare statement saying the agency is watching the current situation closely. As news about the executive departures unfolded, the agency said it is "tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern."
"No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees," the FTC said. "Our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them."
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Sacrifice and Love
By Debo Olowu / September 11, 2020
Love and Sacrifice — When we talk about sacrifice what comes to mind is giving up something precious at a time of inconvenience for someone or some course you feel is worthy of such actions.
Now I know of a Man in the Bible in Genesis 22, Abraham, who needed a child, and was promised a child from God, tho this seemed almost impossible to Abraham and His wife because at the time, cause i mean these folks were stricken with old age, and logically being able to conceive a child was not a conceivable thought to them Hehehe, but Fast Forward Years down the Line, through ups and downs, the Promise Child was delivered, mehn that Angel took sooo long with the delivery if you ask me, But anyways as expected Abraham and His Wife Sarah were Extatic (filled with Joy), but here is the plot twist, GOD now told Abraham to sacrifice this Child of Promise on an Altar for HIM… What!? GOD literally told Abraham to Make Issac a Burnt offering for Him… Now I'm not a father but I know this would be Hard for Abraham, but Abraham complied, He accepted… Now it took Abraham and Issac three days to get to this place, and they had to Hike a mountain, now this was enough to make Abraham change His Mind… But He kept on with it, but the Amazing thing was that, Issac finding out daddy wanted to make Him a Barbeque to GOD accepted it also… Like what is Going on Here, who willingly accepts death, now note that Issac was still a young Lad at this time… I mean His whole life was still ahead of Him… But yet He chose death… Wow, But it all turned out GOD wanted to test Daddy Abraham cause He later provided a ram for the sacrifice and told Abraham not to slaughter Isaac, that this shows that Abraham really Loved Him.
The Key word here is Love,
Cause Fast forward Years and Years Later, we see a similar scene play out in the Life of a Man Named JESUS, you see GOD sooo Loved the world that He gave His Only Beggoten son, that whosoever believed in Him shall Have everlasting life, according to John 3:16, we all know how the story played out from there, which brings me to this, you cannot make a sacrifice if you do not have love, Love is Ultimate when it comes to sacrifice.
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I have used this page for a long time, but noticed that there was not a good path to it.
Keep in mind that SAC unlike SCR is relevant to a certain size tank only. If you used my tanks HP100 or HP120's your SAC rate would not be the same thing it is now.
I posted this in a another thread but in case you missed it.
so how do you calculate SAC to SCR?
Take your tank volume and divide it by the pressure, for an AL80 that's 77.4 cf at 3000 psi. That gives you .0258. Now say you've used 1500 psi, that half the tank or 1500x.0258 or 38.7 cf.
I find that because I dive with a lot of other buddies and they have tanks that range from steel 72's to steel 130's that being able to do the cf version of air usage is more useful.
So what is a good SAC rate?
The Spearfishing link gave me .528 for my last dive.
Is that an accurate tool?
What is a good average rate?
IMHO, there is no such thing as a good SAC. It is was it is and is different with each person. Just breathe and breathe easy. Most people find that the more they dive that their SAC rate will go down.
Also I prefer to report my SAC in cuft/min. Makes things easier.
In your case it was off, double it.
Seriously, if you have a good average depth and enter the numbers it's accurate. The problem is most people have no clue as to what the average depth of their dive was.
If you did and it said that then you have a good consumption rate.
The age old arguement, I know you mean RMV when you said you like it in cf/min. SAC is really psi per minute but you kind of look at the numbers and you can tell what they meant. If somebody says my SAC is .6 you know what they mean. If they said my sac is 13 and I dive an HP120 you know what they mean. A true SAC number would most likely be any number greater than 2, and in which case it's only useful if you know what tank they used.
I prefer to have cf instead of psi because it applies to all tanks and not just one size.
In reading this forum, the question that comes to my mind is "what would your SAC/RMV increase to in an emergency?" I started a seperate thread on this so see what others thought.
My SAC rate averages around 6/PW.
The Aeris ACI software calculates my SAC for me (if I enter tank size and Working pressure). Most of my dives are in the .5 to .65 range. I have had one that hit 1.2. This just goes to show, it depends on how hard you are working.
I can't say in an emergency, if it wasn't happening to me I don't think mine would get higher than my work rate which is 1 RMV.
My Suunto Cobra does my calc for me in surface cubic feet per min. I like that because it allows me to compare myself with my 11y/o. Unfortunately that usually leads to either sub-clinical depression or a vow to buy doubles.


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Riding the success of their 1992 appearance in Under Siege, George and Neal opened a cake delivery business called "Under Siege 2: Dark (Chocolate) Territory". George would bake the cakes and deliver them and Neal would jump out of them. This was a very successful business until August, 1998, when Neal believed he was being sent to a bachelorette party. At the designated time Neal leaped out of the cake and began shaking his stuff while bills got stuffed into his speedo. After about 10 minutes Neal realized that the laughs were slightly deeper than what he would expect from a bachelorette party. Upon wiping the whipped cream from his eyes Neal realized he was actually at Jerry Falwell's 65th birthday party and Mr. Falwell was just about to stuff another $20 into Neal's G-String. Neal shouted and ran, closely followed by a mob of seniors stuffing change down his coin slot, toward the door yelling for George to "Start the van! Start the van!" Neal escaped with a whopping $1,642.63 in those 10 short minutes, not including the roll of quarters he kept stuffed in his banana hammock.
Taken just seconds before Neal took off running, much to Jerry and Pat's disappointment.
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Under Siege - In 1992 George and Neal starred in the blockbuster action hit "Under Siege". George starred as the ex-Navy SEAL turned cook who must protect an aircra...
1998 - (8 Other Entries)
George let the dogs out! - In 1998 George let the dogs out, but he let them back in as soon as they were finished doing their duty. Anslem Douglas didn't believe him though and...
Fear Factor Delicacies - In 1998, George convinced Neal to go on Fear Factor, where Neal went on to eat 50 scorpions, 12 worms, and over a hundred bull testicles. Neal later l...
Johnson & Johnson's in Rock & Roll - During their chronal adventures, Neal and George discovered a deep, dark secret of the music industry. Apparently for years the Johnson & Johnson com...
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Say Anything (That Won't Get You Arrested) - In 1988 Neal's infatuation with John Cusack reached an all-time high. John was generally pretty cool with it, but during the filming of Say Anything ...
business ventures - (43 Other Entries)
Monkey Back Guarantee! - In 2030, it became extremely fashionable to have a hairy back. To cash in on this trend, George and Neal created a lotion that would increase the hai...
Search Engine Search Engine (no, we didn't stutter) - By 2040, the number of internet search engines were so voluminous and staggering (including Infoseek, Lycos, Yahoo, Google, Magellan, AltaVista, Ask J...
Couch Potatoes Illustrated - Hearing about the steep decline in readers for magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Men's Health, George and Neal decided to start their own magaz...
Mmmmmmm... George Juice! - For unexplained reasons, George loves to bathe in Worcestershire sauce (which Dictionary.com defines as a "savory sauce of vinegar, soy sauce and spic...
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3014 Was Weird - In 3014, feeling melancholy as a result of a worldwide illness that removed the human eye's ability to detect a significant amount of electromagnetic ...
Not Conspiracy Theories - There are conspiracy theories, and then there's the truth. And here it is, at long last. There was no UFO crash at Roswell. It wasn't a weather balloo...
That Bastard Chuck Norris - In 2077 George and Neal revolutionized the mathematical world when they discovered a method of dividing by zero. Yes, Chuck Norris did it first, but ...
The Twelve Step Approach - In 2010 George insisted Neal seek therapy to break his addiction to board games. Neal entered the program but came out six weeks later with a great id...
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Sisters of Endless Guilt - In 1962 George and Neal dressed as nuns and moved into the Sisters of Endless Guilt convent, just for kicks. We lived there for three and a half month...
Joy to Everyone! - In 2019 George and Neal made a fortune by selling Christmas snow globes. It was all an accident, really. We thought we had this great idea to make C...
Darwin Loves Us! - In 10,000 BCE, Neal and George invented the opposable thumb. In secret documents, Darwin acknowledged this fact, and renounced his natural selection t...
Olympic Snowball - In 2022, at George and Neal's insistence (ok, it was actually persistence - we agreed to finally stop whining about it if the IOC included it - we can...
Broccloaf - In 1993, George won rave reviews with food critics across the nation (though mostly in southern New Jersey) when he created a tasty new meatloaf. Not ...
It Stinks! - Thanks to the success of nasty food television shows such as Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and Worst Cooks in America, by 2019 there were no foo...
Cow Experimentation - In 1984, during George and Neal's famous Cow Experimentation period (it's not what it sounds like), they successfully bred cows with extremely high in...
The Prolific Pancake Pileup - Back in 1952, Neal and George invented the pancake. Not that they were trying to invent it, mind you. They just suck at making regular cakes, and that...
The Wilhelm Scream and Other Sounds - The Wilhelm Scream is pretty well known for being a sound effect used in many, many movies. What is less well known is that George and Neal also prov...
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We'd Need a Thneed Indeed! - In 1965 George and Neal invented an odd-looking but versatile garment that everyone needs. In 1971 we licensed the story of the growing Thneed industr...
Vun (ah ah ah) Too (ah ah ah) Tree (ah ah ah)... - George was originally cast in the lead role as Michael Knight for the 1980's TV series Knight Rider, however due to conflicting interests (George was ...
They're Not Imaginary Afterall - Between January 2111 and August 2121 George and Neal set out on a quest to discover as many creatures generally thought to be imaginary as possible. O...
KISS - George and Neal were once part of the rock band KISS, but left the band in 1974 because they didn't think makeup of a raccoon and chimp respectively w...
phallus - (7 Other Entries)
Geal - In 1955, a small village in Transylvania attempted to assassinate George and Neal for inventing Pig Latin. All attempts were unsuccessful, in part bec...
Neal Simon's Manhood - Also in 2009, Neal's manhood became sentient and demanded to secede from his body. It was thought, (only by George, known by the rest of the world) th...
Dirk Diggler Ain't Got Nothin' - In 1991, Neal and George were beaten up by "Marky Mark" Wahlberg and 1 member of his Funky Bunch (specifically, Hector the Bootie Inspector). After kn...
Nobody does the weather like Neal (and that's a good thing). - In 2023 George and Neal each got jobs as meteorologists for competing local Chicago VV stations (VV will be the replacement for TV in the future). Bot...
There is No Zero! - In 1966 George and Neal decided to visit the year 0, but the adventures they had in year 0 were so debaucherous that all reference to the year has bee...
Religious iDeals - In an effort to avoid paying taxes on his massive fortune, in 1935, Neal established the first truly secular religion, Nealism. Honoring the tenets of...
Samhain and Zarathosht Diso - A second attempt to unite the religious holidays of Samhain and Zarathosht Diso was equally disastrous since neither of them was Wiccan or Zoroastrian...
scantily clad people - (14 Other Entries)
Girls Gone Tame - In 2021, to capitalize on the new, extremely modest trends in fashion, George and Neal made millions off their new video series called "Girls Gone Tam...
Worst... Enya... Ever... - George was the fifth Beatle. However, due to a problem with the time machine, he had to forsake this role, give up fame and fortune and return to his ...
Measure Your Spaghetti - In 2018 George and Neal were invited to appear before the entire US Government to talk about their accomplishments. The talk started out normal enough...
xxx - (10 Other Entries)
Captain Gooey and The Incredible Taint - For a brief time in 1963, Neal and George became super heroes, using the pseudonym "Captain Gooey" and "The Incredible Taint", respectively. Their for...
What happens in Ancient Greece stays in Ancient Greece. - Tired of caring for three children (yes, George, that includes you), Julie recruited Clarissa to go on a time traveling "ladies only" vacation. While...
Neal's On Wheels - (Ahem). In 2040, Neal offered a new service to the general public, wherein he would transport people on his back while riding on roller skates. He cal...
Cookin' with Martha and Neal - In 1990, George began producing Martha Stewart's new cooking show, "Cookin' with Martha and Neal". The show ran for two very successful seasons; howev...
The George and Neal Newsnetwork - In 2040, Neal and George created a television news program devoted solely to chronicling their (mis)adventures, called the George and Neal Newsnetwork...
Now THAT's a Timeline! - For many years, the makers of the card game Timeline sought to create a "George and Neal"-centric game. However, given the convoluted and ever-changi...
We went fishing and all we caught was awful... - In 1976 George and Neal went fishing. All they caught was a cold, the flu, pneumonia, and scarlet fever. But luckily the lake they were fishing on h...
Hawking's melodious robotic voice... Ahhh.... - In 2036, tired of attempting to potty train their many, many children (combined, George and Neal sired 664 children, thanks to their wives, who have b...
Presidential Passion! - Originally, Mel Gibson won the 2016 election. Thanks to George and Neal's time machine, this was averted. Unfortunately, Mel Gibson also had a time ...
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Microsoft/Xbox Receives ACB's 2019 Achievement Award in Audio Description-Media
Jul 26, 2019 | Technology
Inside Xbox events include audio description for blind, visually impaired
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ — The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2019 Achievement Award in Audio Description-Media, an initiative of the Council's Audio Description Project (ADP).
In conjunction with ACB's 58th annual conference and convention in Rochester, N.Y., the award was presented at a plenary session of the conference before over 1,000 people who are blind.
The Achievement Award-Media was presented to Sean Jordan of Microsoft/Xbox. Only rarely has audio description been used during live events that are broadcast on television or streamed over the Internet. Microsoft and Xbox have taken the initiative to make its live, large-scale "Inside Xbox" events accessible in real time so that gamers worldwide who are blind or have low vision can participate along with the millions of other Xbox lovers.
"Gaming events are inherently visual in nature," said Eric Bridges, ACB's executive director. "Audio description is designed to provide a media experience for people who are blind or have low vision in ways that are comparable to the experience of sighted people."
Inside Xbox − a live broadcast that highlights gaming system news, updates, and breaking announcements − broadcast its first episode with live audio description in November 2018, and has continued to include it in all major live Xbox programming. The live broadcast was set amongst Xbox fans in Mexico City, and viewed by a global audience of more than 28 million.
The Achievement Awards are made to individuals and/or organizations for outstanding contributions to the establishment and/or continued development of significant audio description programs.
Additional information about ACB's Audio Description Project is available at www.acb.org/adp.
About the American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind is a national grassroots consumer organization representing Americans who are blind and visually impaired. With 70 affiliates, ACB strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people. Learn more by visiting www.acb.org.
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#27 a very pleasant picnic
Janna wants me to write about the time she and I went on a double date picnic thing with our boyfriends when we were 17.
So this one time, Janna and I went on a double date picnic thing with our boyfriends when we were 17. It just so happens that my boyfriend then was psycho-ycho-ycho and a runaway (living in my grandparents' shed and then under my bed when he became too a'scared to stay in the shed alone because the Boogeyman was scratching at the door).
We're having a nice time at this picnic in Mingo Park, playing card games and maybe eating stuff too, I can't remember. Janna is reminding me that Mike and I had a backpack full of weed with us because that's when we were attempting to live the thug lyfe by selling pot to earn us some money to get an apartment that was not atop a paint shop like the one he was about to move into sometime after this tale happened. Meanwhile, we kept smoking all the weed our supplier gave us. Oh well.
Now, Mike had this yellow-soda malady where he did not, absolutely did not like any carbonated beverage with any sort of lemon-lime flavor to it. Just so happened there was a big refreshing bottle of Surge that Janna's boo Matt brought along with his frisbee that no one wanted to play with, and being the precious girlfriend that everyone knows me to be, I kept trying to coax him to drink some.
"I bet if you would just TRY it, you would LIKE it," I reasoned, because back then I had this stigma where I felt that everyone should like what I like, and I am so not that person anymore.
Mike kept pulling his lips back into a taut line. But then I caught him off guard and poured some in his mouth.
BAD IDEA.
Mike was so angrified that he grabbed his shit and stalked off, screaming that he was going to walk home. (We weren't anywhere near his house and I knew he wouldn't go back there because that would go against his whole point of, you know, running away. Bad ass that he was!) So he finds a phone at some park building and calls his old parole officer. (Mike was in juvie for burning down his best friend's house. I don't think they are best friends anymore.) I think that his parole officer didn't answer. Or that Mike didn't really call. One of these two things.
And then a bunch of shit happened where he was screaming about killing himself because lemon lime flavoring had tainted his gullet and now he would never be the same. You'd have thought he was a Virgin, just been raped and having his abstinance vow pissed on. (But when that happened to Darcy on Degrassi, her Christian club friends gave her back her celibacy ring, because Jesus said that didn't count.)
I can't remember what happened after that. We probably went off and had sex behind a shanty somewhere. Mike had a super weener.
4 Responses to "#27 a very pleasant picnic"
free_vigilante says:
Oh my God, Surge. Why can't they still make that shit?
Doing ok, I see. Keep it up!
a super weiner, huh….I guess that's one way to put it…I refer to it as my polish sausage…:D
Polish sausage is a good one!
#26 We Pose for Our Hoes #28 of the company I keep


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Structure, Localization, and Stability of Chromosomes in Karyotype Evolution in Lizards of the Lacertidae Family
Larissa A. Kupriyanova
The chromosomes of eight lacertid species were studied by standard and banding techniques (C- and NOR-banding, telomeric sequences) and chromosomal interlocation during mitosis and meiosis was investigated. The data obtained are discussed in the light of modern ideas of the interrelation between DNA changes, karyotype evolution, and speciation. The assumption is voiced on the optimal number of arms and, consequently, the "optimal" number of functional telomeres in the Lacertidae, which in its turn may be associated with the structure of the nucleus and with canalization of the genome as a whole.
Lacertidae; karyotype; chromosome; evolution
Arnold E. N. (1989), «Towards a phylogeny and biogeography of the Lacertidae: relationships within an Old-World family of lizards derived from morphology,» Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.), 55(2), 209 – 257.
Bickham J. and Baker R. (1979), «Canalization model of chromosomal evolution,» Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 13, 70 – 84.
Callan H. G., Gall J. G., and Berg C. A. (1987), «The lampbrush chromosomes of Xenopus laevis: preparation, identification and distribution of 5 s DNA sequences,» Chromosoma, 95, 236 – 250.
Capriglione T., Olmo E., Odierna G. and Kupriyanova L. (1994), «Mechanisms of differentiation in the sex chromosomes of Lacertidae,» Amphibia–Reptilia, 15(1), 1 – 8.
Cardone A., Capriglione T., Odierna G., Redi C., and Garagna S. (1990), «Genomic intraspecific variations in some population of Podarcis sicula,» in: Cytogenetics of Amphibian and Reptiles, E. Olmo (ed.), Birkhauser, Basel etc., pp. 247 – 254.
Chadov B. P. and Bannikova S. V. (1993), «Determination of interlocation of chromosomes during meiotic prophase Drosophila by co-orientation of non-homologues,» Genetika, 29(1), 42 – 53 [in Russian].
Eremchemko V. K., Panfilov A. M., and Carenko E. (1992), Some Aspects of Cytogenetical and Systematical Researches of Some Asian Species of the Scincidae and Lacertidae, Ilim, Bishchkek, pp. 1 – 181 [in Russian].
Howell W. M. and Black D. A. (1980), «Controlled silver-staining of nucleolar organizer regions with a protective colloidal developer: a 1-step method,» Experientia, 36, 1014.
King M. (1991), «The evolution of Heterochromatin in the Amphibian Genome,» in: Amphibian Cytogenetics and Evolution, Acad. Press, pp. 359 – 391.
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In Pakistan, tech-savvy youth reinvent government
Emcet O. Tas
Mohsin Ahmad
Digital fellows visiting historic sites in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: KPITB.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), one of Pakistan's most underserved provinces, is emerging from decades of conflict and has turned to the digital economy to boost economic growth and provide jobs to its youth.
Since 2013, the World Bank and its partners have helped the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) build a strategy to bring the province into the digital age and improve technology-related skills and governance.
These early efforts later morphed into an even closer partnership that aims to foster hundreds of digital jobs for youth and kickstart infrastructure projects to attract technology investments across the province.
One outcome of this partnership is the successful KP Government Innovation Fellowship Program which is co-sponsored by Code for Pakistan.
Since 2014, the program has linked up highly talented technologists with government agencies to help these institutions become more user-centric and transparent, as well as deliver better services to citizens . Twenty fellows divided into five teams join each cycle of the program.
Based on their host agency's needs, each group may bring expertise in web or mobile app development, graphic design, content, user experience, or networks.
During the first month, fellows learn how government works as they interact with department staff and stakeholders to understand their problems. Next, they propose solutions and develop prototypes, which they then test and deploy in the final two months.
During their tenure, fellows actively collaborate and train government staff to ensure their solutions are properly used and sustained.
To date, four fellowship cycles have produced 70 graduates, who earned great experience within the government.
Overall, the tech fellows have created 21 digital solutions for 16 different provincial departments such as the KP Traffic Police, the Bureau of Statistics, the Water and Sanitation Services, and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, among many others.
After graduation, more than half of the fellows found jobs in the government or private sector, while about a third have become digital entrepreneurs or freelancers. The rest have journeyed on to higher education as students or lecturers.
KPITB graduation ceremony 2018.
As a unique alumni network with expertise in civic technology, graduates have also become mentors to prospective fellows. As one 2018 fellow alumni, Marina Khan, said, "My experience of working with the government department has been great so far and made me grasp an understanding of their workspace and technicalities. I would acknowledge that this journey has already started teaching me the science of breaking out of my comfort zone. People around me witness the improved patterns of my personality day by day. This fellowship is undoubtedly going to be a life-changing experience."
While gaining hands-on training and jobs, fellows have ushered in a profound technology shift within the Pakistan government agencies that resulted in better public services for millions of citizens across KP. This success has not gone unnoticed.
In 2018, more than 50 departments expressed interest in the program, and over 30 submitted 'problem statements' to be addressed by the new cohort of fellows. And no surprise, acceptance into the fellowship has become highly competitive.
When the fourth program cycle opened last year, 5,802 young technologists, with expertise in software and mobile app development, graphic design, content writing, and user experience, sent in their applications from all over Pakistan.
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The fellowship program is now housed in the Government Innovation Lab (GIL), a state-of-the-art coworking space established by KPITB under the umbrella of its Durshal network.
Fellows receive a monthly stipend, along with mentorship and civic and government innovation training in digital technologies that is unparalleled in Pakistan.
More details about the program, selection criteria and the application process for future cycles can be found here.
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While we wait for 'Game of Thrones' season 4, HBO has cast in known roles Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq, Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Mace Tyrell, Pedro Pascal as Prince Oberyn Martell, Indira Varma as Oberyn's lover Ellaria Sand, Yuri Kolokolnikov as Styr, Magnar of Thenn, and 'Sherlock' star Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris. 'Treme"s Michiel Huisman will replace Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis, and Hafthor Julius Bjornsson will take over the role of Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane from Ian Whyte, among other recastings.
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Twenty-four injured Yemenis have left Aden to complete their treatment in Indian hospitals, at the expense of the United Arab Emirates.
The move is part of the UAE's constant efforts to ease the suffering of Yemeni people, stand with them in their difficult times, improve their humanitarian conditions and support them against the crimes committed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias.
Mohammed Al Shehhi, the Representative of Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, in Yemen, who, along with his team of volunteers, saw off the injured Yemenis at Aden Airport today, said the UAE leadership attaches great importance to the health and well-being of the injured Yemeni.
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The injured Yemenis appreciated the UAE's humanitarian stance.
The humanitarian gesture is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and the follow-up of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the ERC.
Since the start of the war against Yemen by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in 2015, the UAE has helped treat thousands of injured Yemenis in the UAE, Egypt, Sudan, India and Jordan.
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by D. Colombo, University of Manchester
A new method for crack growth simulation, based on the X-FEM which avoids to explicitly mesh the crack, is available in PROPA_FISS. This method, called "geometrical", is based on an implicit representation of the crack by means of two level set functions, as in the case of the "upwind" and "simplex" methods already available. However, unlike these ones, the update of the level sets consequent to the propagation is based on a geometric calculation and not on the resolution of Hamilton-Jacobi partial differential equations. The new method differs also from the "maillage" method available in PROPA_FISS, which calculates the two level set functions locating the crack by means of a mesh representing the crack surface and independent from the structural mesh.
Figure 1 : 3-points bending specimen containing an initially planar crack with a straight front inclined by 45 °, subjected to a fatigue mixed mode I + II + III condition by the effect of the cyclic loading F.
With this new method, crack propagation simulation gets more stabile, more robuste and much faster. In the 3D mixed mode I + II + III propagation test shown in figures 1 to 3, the geometrical method is 2 to 7 times faster than the "maillage" method. Unlike this one, the calculation time for the geometrical method is independent of crack extension and is constant throughout the whole propagation simulation. It is also 3 to 5 times faster than the "upwind" method with calculated crack fronts, and crack surfaces that are much smoother. In this case, the "simplex" method, second available method based on the integration of Hamilton-Jacobi equations to obtain the level sets evolution, fails to converge.
Figure 2 : View of the crack propagation on the surface of the specimen.
Figure 3 : View of the crackfronts and surface during propagation. The change in the orientation of the initially planar crack surface is clearly shown.
The localisation of the computational domain where the the crack level sets are updated, which was introduced for the "simplex" and "upwind" methods, is not recommended with this new method because it can be time consuming, except for very large meshes. Finally, the regular auxiliary grid used to solve Hamilton-Jacobi update equations is no longer necessary, which greatly simplifies the implementation of the propagation process.
Finally cases of crack front splitting and merging during the propagation are automatically taken into account by this new method, without any intervention from the user, as for the other methods of crack propagation.
Figure 4 : View of a mode I propagation of an initially semicircular crack. The crack front splits in two fronts which merge later during the propagation due to the presence of the hole.
Figure 5 : Top view of figure 4 showing the crack front evolution. The initially semicircular crack is located at the bottom, in the middle of the section.
This work is the subject of a publication: D. Colombo. An implicit geometrical approach to level sets update for 3D non planar X-FEM crack propagation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, published online.


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1785 History of the American Revolutionary WAR German Sprengel RARE Color MAP
M C Sprengel
An extremely rare first edition German account of the American Revolutionary War by Matthias Christian Sprengel. His works helped satiate the need of the German people to understand this new nation. Two versions of this book exist with map. The map is based on a reduced version of the famous 1783 Faden map of the United States. While both versions of the book include this famous map, this smaller, rarer edition's map is colored! It is very rare to find this work complete with map. Because of the desirability of the map itself, it has regularly been extracted from this book for map collectors.
Matthias Christian Sprengel (1746 – 1803) was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history and the American Revolution.
We find this title (without the map!) selling for over $1000. The map alone is worth our asking price. Just BEAUTIFUL.
Main author: M C Sprengel
Title: Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-Amerika
Published: Speyer, 1785. Smith 2199. Howes S 846; Sabin 89758.
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An extremely rare, folding colored map of the United States
Wear: wear as seen in photos
Binding: tight and secure leather binding
Pages: complete with all VIII + 196 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such
Publisher: Speyer, 1785.
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Matthias Christian Sprengel (24 August 1746, in Rostock – 7 January 1803, in Halle an der Saale) was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history and the American Revolution.
He studied history at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of August Ludwig von Schlözer. In 1778 he became an associate professor, and during the following year, relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history. At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.[1]
From 1800 onward, he was editor of Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen ("Library of the latest and most important travelogues").
Selected works[edit]
Vom Ursprung des Negerhandels: Ein Antrittsprogramm, 1779 – From the origin of the slave trade.
Geschichte der Europäer in Nordamerika, 1782 – History of Europeans in North America.
Geschichte der Falkland-Inseln, 1781 – History of the Falkland Islands.
Geschichte und Beschreibung der Philippinischen Inseln, 1782 – History and description of the Philippines.
Neuester Zustand von Connecticut, 1782 – The recent state of Connecticut.
Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-Amerika, 1785 – History of the Revolution in North America.
Geschichte der wichtigsten geographischen Entdeckungen bis zur Ankunft der Portugiesen in Japan 1542 (2nd edition, 1792) – History of the most important geographical discoveries until the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan in 1542.
Auswahl der besten ausländischen geographischen und statistischen Nachrichten zur Aufklärung der Völker- und Länderkunde (14 volumes, 1784–1800) – Selection of the best foreign geographical and statistical notices for the explanation of geography and ethnography
Mathias Christian Sprengels Erdbeschreibung von Ostindien, 1802 – Sprengel's geography of East India.[2]
Americana, American History
1579 1st ed Carolus Sigonius History of Roman Empire ROME Goths War Libri XX
1756 Memoirs of General Montecuccoli Military Turkish Wars Ottoman Turks 3v SET
1670 Habsburg Memoirs AUSTRIA Leopold II Holy Roman Empire 2v SET European Wars
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Pompeii (2014)
Posted on February 24, 2014 by Daniel Prinn
Released: February 21, 2014. Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland. Runtime: 105 min.
Director Paul W.S. Anderson steps onto new territory for him with "Pompeii," after directing a deadly fast car race ("Death Race"), aliens and predators ("AVP: Alien vs. Predator") and mutated creatures (three of the "Resident Evil" movies). "Pompeii" has been described as a mix between "Gladiator" and "Titanic." A good marketing statement considering those are both Best Picture winners; and successful at the box office, "Titanic" being wildly successful. It's easy why people might think of "Gladiator," because there are indeed gladiator scenes and it follows a gladiator; its "Titanic" connections are because of the class differences between the two lead love interests, and because this is a disaster film. But you know, this really doesn't have as much Oscar potential as those two films.
Milo – a.k.a. The Kelt (portrayed by Kit Harington) – is a slave-turned-gladiator who comes to Pompeii to entertain the people with a fight to the death. He finds one thing in Pompeii that he was not anticipating; the love of the Princess of Pompeii, Cassia (Emily Browning). Cue the love triangle because corrupt Roman Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland) has his eyes set on her hand in marriage. Milo soon enough finds himself in a race-against-time to save Cassia, risking his life as Mount Vesuvius erupts, as Pompeii crumbles around him.
The fact that the relationship between Milo and Cassia is described as true love is funny considering the little they actually talk to each other. Because of that, this feels like a Disney fairy tale romance, but not particularly the charming kind. At least the relationship in "Titanic" is believable because they spend a lot of time together (enabled by the film's runtime), but the couple here probably share twenty minutes of screen time; an hour or two real time. They're likeable enough, but their chemistry is only okay because of that. Kit Harington is good in his role, as a slave-turned-gladiator who is the last of his villagers – the Horsemen. When he was young, he witnessed his fellow villagers be killed by Romans. Because of that his motivation is revenge, his love for Cassia, and survival. I can see some action movie star potential in him.
Emily Browning is good as Cassia, too; the pretty Australian portraying an independent woman who is put in an awkward position having to choose between an unhappy life, but good one where she'd get all she wants, with Senator Corvus; or choose a happy life with Milo, even if it doesn't have guaranteed economic greatness. Love still seemed simpler in 79 A.D., at least the falling in love aspect of things. I mean, they hardly know each other; she's just amazed by his kindness, and Milo sees a beautiful, independent woman. All just have to question the realism of the fictionalized romance.
Kiefer Sutherland sports a weird British accent that's unidentifiable and inconsistent (mostly when he projects his voice) but he's pretty good as the villain. Corvus came to Pompeii with plans of investing in the city of Pompeii, and he just happened to run into Cassia after they met in Rome. Coincidence? I think not. Anyway, Jared Harris and Carie-Anne Moss are patriarch and matriarch of royal family of Pompeii. The cast's a good ensemble. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (TV's "Lost", "The Bourne Identity") portrays Atticus, a fellow gladiator in the town of Pompeii who is one fight away from freedom. Freedom and survival is his drive, and I think he is the most interesting character out of the bunch. It's funny, that even in non-prison movies – when a new gladiator (Milo, said to be the best) is on the block, he always gets challenged by big brutes. I find it funny.
The characters are fictionalized because the historical accuracies are based on a first-hand-account by Pliny the Younger. He couldn't know these characters, and the relationship developments are so tailored for the big screen they couldn't be true. I'm not saying the characters are bad, I'm just saying that if they didn't have them, the volcano eruption would just be depicted on the Discovery Channel. People are coming to see this because it's a disaster film with blockbuster visuals, great production design and sets that are built just so they could get destroyed; woo-hoo! It has one of the unwritten rules of disaster films; if the floor is crumbling, a character has to jump over it in a car (a horse in this case) in slow motion. I don't think W.S. Anderson could resist doing that.
The gladiator scenes are actually exciting, too, sometimes brief – which I'm a fan of because if it's a lesser villain against a main character, the audience knows who will win – so it's nice that those fights don't get dragged on. The editing during those scenes is good, not too quick and during some fights there are far away shots which I like. The disaster aspect of this is exciting (but it isn't a fun disaster film like "The Day After Tomorrow" because, keep in mind, this is true) and it's a fairly accurate portrayal of the eruption by the end of it all; I learn there was an initial eruption on August 24, 79; and then another the next day that was much more powerful, even though in the film it's depicted as a powerful one erupting, and then a few others eruptions as they try to escape. For the audience, the disaster aspect is about thirty or forty minutes I'd guess; in real time, this lasted about 25 hours.
Another inaccurate portrayal is that it only portrays Pompeii as the only city that's affected; Herculaneum and Stabiae were also affected by the eruption, but only Pompeii is mentioned. And heck, I don't even clearly remember the name of the volcano (Vesuvius) being said. The eruption is foreshadowed by the volcano bubbling, and by horses going crazy when earthquakes occur. In all, thirteen thousand people died from the eruption; and it all happened so fast, most citizens were cemented in place (because of the mix of rain and ash, turning them into statues so to speak) in their position until the site was uncovered in 1595, over 1500 years later! Fascinating, right? Anderson depicts this tragedy with accuracy as far as the disaster goes; using blockbuster visuals, a good score, and the great cast lifts a fairly weak surrounding story to good.
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12 thoughts on "Pompeii (2014)"
CMrok93 on February 24, 2014 at 10:38 pm said:
Very dumb, but I couldn't help but have a bit of fun when things started blowing up. Good review Dan.
Daniel Prinn on February 25, 2014 at 3:36 pm said:
I personally wouldn't call this smart, but not dumb, either. In between 🙂 Yeah, destruction can be entertaining! I don't know why but I've always found it funny when people run around while on fire…
elina on February 25, 2014 at 5:22 am said:
Pompeii is the eeriest place I've ever been to. I think Anderson would've benefitted from seeing the sight and the bodies — I don't think it's possible to forget them after you see them. Maybe it would've forced him to treat the source better. Wonderful review, though, Daniel!
You've been?? Awesome! I've never heard of Pompeii before, but I've definitely added it to my bucket list. I'm not sure if Anderson himself went, but I learn some of the crew took a trip to Pompeii to take shots of Mt Vesuvius for the film. You're right, the film might have benefitted emotionally-wise. I mean, he shows shots of bodies covered in ash and quotes from letters from Pliny the Younger at the beginning of the film, but I think the shots of the bodies would have been much more poignant after the audience saw the destruction of it all.
Have you seen the film yet? 🙂
And thanks for the compliment, Elina 🙂 !
I haven't seen it yet, no, but I'm definitely eager to. 😉
Well I'll keep an eye out for your thoughts on this one, too 😀
mistylayne on February 25, 2014 at 8:32 pm said:
Nice, I'd seen a couple of commercials for this whilst at a friend's and wondered how it was. Good to know!
Tim The Film Guy on February 26, 2014 at 3:13 pm said:
The most positive review I have seen, may check it 😀
I didn't hate it, I'll tell you that! 😀 I'd think the quality of the movie would be more of a 40% Rotten Tomatoes rating, y'know? Anyway, if you see it, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for your review 🙂
Tim The Film Guy on March 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:
That's nice. It looks like a film I'll watch on VOD and never review 😀
Hahah okay! By the way I finished V/H/S, it was pretty decent! That first segment with the Succubus still scares the heck outta me
Tim The Film Guy on March 11, 2014 at 8:04 am said:
Oh good, glad you liked it. The Succubus seg was one of my favourites 😀
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Laurie Hernandez Got a Perfect Score on Dancing With the Stars
This is everything.
By Isis Briones
A perfect score doesn't come around as often as you'd think — even for Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez. So you can imagine how the gymnast felt when she got a 10 on Monday night's (Oct. 3) episode of Dancing With the Stars. Laurie and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy executed a flawless jazz routine to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel," which was inspired by the week's theme of Cirque du Soleil.
The 16-year-old stole the show in a sparkly hot pink dress and completely dominated the stage with dance moves that blew everyone away. "I felt like I was in a real-life music video!" she said on the show. As far as the incredible scores of 10s by every single judge, Laurie could hardly contain herself. "I was so surprised, because we hadn't gotten a 9 yet, and so I was just, like, 'Wow, we might get our first 9s today!' And then they went '10,' '10,' '10,' and I was just like, 'Aaaahhh!'" she said with excitement.
We can hardly wait to see how these two will top this next week. One thing's for sure: Laurie and Val have clearly proven to be major contenders for taking the competition all the way.
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"Drag is the most infectious and joyous art form that there is."
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Check out this year's co-chairs.
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'Emily in Paris' Cast Play "I Dare You"
The cast of Netflix's 'Emily in Paris' play a hilarious game of "I Dare You" with their castmates. Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Samuel Arnold and Camille Razat choose between "truths" or "dares" and show off some of their hidden talents while getting super honest. Season 3 of Emily in Paris is available to stream on Netflix. Director: Nikki Peterson Editors: Chris Jones, Jason Malizia Cast: Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Camille Razat, Samuel Arnold Creative Producer: Frank Cosgriff Producer: Amanda Messenger Associate Producers: Jess Gordon, Tara Lengyel Line Producer: Jen Santos Production Manager: Mark Bond Production Coordinator: Jamal Colvin Talent Manager: Mica Medoff Post Production Supervisor: Christian Oguin Supervising Editor: Erica Dillman Assistant Editor: Andy Morell