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McInnis edges Hickenlooper in latest Rasmussen Poll
By Curtis Hubbard
John Hicknlooper, Rasmussen Reports, Scott McInnis
Democrat John Hicknlooper and Republican Scott McInnis
Republican Scott McInnis holds a narrow lead over Democrat John Hickenlooper in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Colorado, a reversal of the firm's polling results from the month before.
In a poll of 500 likely Colorado voters conducted March 4, former congressman McInnis led Denver Mayor Hickenlooper 48 to 42 percent. The automated poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.
In a February Rasmussen poll, Hickenlooper held a 4-point lead over McInnis.
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Take this with a grain of salt. Rasmussen polls are notorious for their pro-GOP bias. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/8/7346…
Comment by Mr. Smart Guy — March 9, 2010 @ 11:49 am
Rasmussen polls should be very suspect. An eight-point increase for McInnis in only a month? What would be the cause of that? Certainly nothing major has happened in the news that would see an eight-point variance like that. My guess is the way they are polling is what caused the change not actual opinions.
Comment by Vertigo700 — March 9, 2010 @ 12:03 pm
Rasmussen vs. The Rest: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily…Notoriously slanted conservative.
Comment by Poker Jones — March 9, 2010 @ 12:14 pm
Wow people don't like polls that don't agree with their guy. Rasmussen has been the most accurate of the last two general elections. The difference is that they poll only LIKELY VOTERS. Not just joe blow. So knock off all this, "obviously they're conservative" non-sense.
Comment by Josh — March 9, 2010 @ 12:24 pm
Did someone post from the daily kos?? Really??? Yeah they're non partisan hahaha!
When will the Democrats wake up to the public's anger with the Obama/Pelosi/ Reid health plan? This is not "change we can believe in." It's politics as usual. The economic stimulus package is not working as well as Obama hopes, so why should citizens think the health plan will work? At a recent townhall meeting, a Democratic state legislator told the group that the economy is getting better, but then spoke of how the state budget is a struggle and will only get worse next year when the stimulus funds are gone. Won't the economy be stimulated by then? The Democrats need to wait on health and focus on CARE (Concentrate America's Resources on Employment). Job, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs! (P.S. I'm a Democrat)
Comment by Hillary Voter — March 9, 2010 @ 1:10 pm
Any poll that favors a Republican will be dismissed by the left as being tainted.They still think Obama has favorable polls and that most people want socialized health care.
Comment by Steve — March 9, 2010 @ 1:42 pm
This is a perfect example of using statistics to explain PART of a story. In February, Hick's announcement was new. Hick really doesn't have to run yet because there's no real primary challenge. McInnis still has to run against his primary opponent and he is actively campaigning by e-mail, on the web and through correspondence. I don't even think Hick has a web site up yet.So these stats don't really mean anything until AFTER the primaries and both candidates are running against each other.
Comment by Mike M. — March 9, 2010 @ 4:15 pm
i wonder if hick visits raul gomez- garcia. or are they just pen pals?
Comment by my name is earl — March 9, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
It's like the liberals have just woken up and realized that–dog gonnit!–we're really not that popular.Sorry, folks, you can dismiss the poll because of a supposed "conservative bias" if you want, but Colorado is leaning to the right going into November. And I'm pretty sure that it will be leaning right after November, too.
Comment by Chris — March 9, 2010 @ 6:22 pm
HICKENLOOPER: "if Democrats renew funding for ACORN with the proposed $2 Billion through ACORN subsidararies … Illegals will be able to vote at least 3 times each"- Hick is also counting on Not getting that IRS audit which would show non-payment of taxes on all the illegals working at his restaurants
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NASA says ready to build Mars 2020 rover
U.S. space agency NASA said Friday it's ready to begin final design and construction of its next Mars rover, which is set to look for evidence of past life on the Red Planet.
The Mars 2020 rover has gone through "an extensive review process" and passed "a major development milestone," NASA said in a statement.
If everything goes smoothly, the six-wheeled robot will be launched in summer of 2020, arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021, and then begin to investigate a region where the ancient environment may have been favorable for microbial life, it said.
Throughout its investigation, the rover will collect samples of soil and rock, and cache them on the surface for potential return to Earth by a future mission.
"The Mars 2020 rover is the first step in a potential multi-mission campaign to return carefully selected and sealed samples of Martian rocks and soil to Earth," said Geoffrey Yoder, acting associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
"This mission marks a significant milestone in NASA's Journey to Mars -- to determine whether life has ever existed on Mars, and to advance our goal of sending humans to the Red Planet."
To reduce risk and provide cost savings, the 2020 rover will look much like its six-wheeled, one-ton predecessor, Curiosity, but with an array of new science instruments and enhancements to explore Mars as never before, NASA said.
For example, the rover will conduct the first investigation into the usability and availability of Martian resources, including oxygen, in preparation for human missions.
Mars 2020 will carry an entirely new subsystem to collect and prepare Martian rocks and soil samples that includes a coring drill on its arm and a rack of sample tubes.
About 30 of these sample tubes will be deposited at select locations for return on a potential future sample-retrieval mission.
In laboratories on Earth, specimens from Mars could be analyzed for evidence of past life on Mars and possible health hazards for future human missions.
The rover will also carry two science instruments on its robotic arm that will search for signs of past life and determine where to collect samples by analyzing the chemical, mineral, physical and organic characteristics of Martian rocks.
On the rover's mast, two science instruments will provide high-resolution imaging and three types of spectroscopy for characterizing rocks and soil from a distance, also helping to determine which rock targets to explore up close.
A suite of sensors on the mast and deck will monitor weather conditions and the dust environment, while a ground-penetrating radar will assess sub-surface geologic structure.
The Mars 2020 rover will use the same sky crane landing system as Curiosity, but will have the ability to land in more challenging terrain with two enhancements, making more rugged sites eligible as safe landing candidates.
"By adding what's known as range trigger, we can specify where we want the parachute to open, not just at what velocity we want it to open," said Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent and landing lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). "That shrinks our landing area by nearly half."
There also will be a suite of cameras and a microphone that will capture the never-before-seen or heard imagery and sounds of the entry, descent and landing sequence, said NASA.
Microphones have flown on previous missions to Mars, including NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in 2008, but never have actually been used on the surface of the Red Planet.
"This will be a great opportunity for the public to hear the sounds of Mars for the first time, and it could also provide useful engineering information," said Mars 2020 Deputy Project Manager Matt Wallace, also of JPL.
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Tech boosts the fan experience at U.S. Bank Stadium
Posted by Ann Bednarz
The new $1.1 billion home of the Minnesota Vikings aims to deliver the space and technology for the ultimate fan experience. It has the requisite modern stadium features – slick club spaces, luxury suites, and a wide range of food and beverage options – plus some unique additions, including an interactive exhibit space that lets visitors test their athletic prowess, a fantasy-football video board so ticket-holders can keep tabs on all the league action, and a transparent roof that helps flood the space with natural light without exposing occupants to Minnesota's bitter winter temps.
"We didn't want to get caught in the trap of saying this is the most advanced stadium around, because the reality is that a lot of what we're putting in the stadium, there are bits and pieces of it that are being used all over the world in some way, shape or form," said John Penhollow, vice president of corporate & technology partnerships with the Minnesota Vikings. "That said, how could we bundle all of the stuff… in such a way that it enhances the experience?"
FIRST LOOK: Vikings stadium caters to connected fans
The effort starts with pervasive mobile and wireless coverage.
A neutral-host distributed antenna system (DAS) from Verizon Wireless is designed to create an even playing field for major wireless carriers. "We can't get away with having you come in the building and only getting one bar or two bars on your phone. It needs to work, and you need to use it," Penhollow said of the DAS from Verizon. "It shouldn't matter who your carrier partner is, whether it's Verizon or AT&T or Sprint or T-Mobile, you should be able to come into the building and have a great, powerful signal."
To boost wi-fi coverage, there are 1,300 CenturyLink access points installed in slim, proprietary "clamshells" that are built into the stadium handrails. The stadium, which seats 66,200 people, is designed to accommodate all fans on their devices at one time, but actual use is expected to hover at about 30,000 fans during a regular season Vikings game. "Theoretically, all 66,000 of us at a Vikings game could jump onto the Wi-Fi," Penhollow said.
Burstable bandwidth will be tapped for special events, when seat capacity is expandable to 70,000.
Fans can make use of the mobile and cellular infrastructure to tap the Vikings' stadium app. Powered by VenueNext, the app lets users stay on top of team news, stats, video clips and podcasts. New features, tied to the completion of the stadium, include tools to download tickets, watch instant replays, get driving directions, and navigate the stadium.
The app also allows fans to order food and drinks from their seats and select express pick-up service rather than waiting in line to order at concession stands. In the future, fans will be able to have food and beverage orders delivered to their seats. To enable all these features, the app integrates functionality from Ticketmaster, Aramark, point-of-sale solution Appetize, seat-upgrade tech Experience, loyalty company Skidata and content app developer Adept.
When fans are on the move throughout the stadium, they'll find 2,000-plus TVs mounted throughout the building. There are also two giant LED video boards are positioned above the end zones – as low as possible so fans don't have to look far away from the action on the field. They're "very, very low to the field, about as low as we could possibly push it without getting a call from the league office," Penhollow said. The west video board measures 120' x 68' and ranks as the 10th largest in the NFL.
Still under construction is Vikings Voyage, a 10,000 square-foot interactive space for fans that will be free for all ages and open during Vikings events. Visitors to Vikings Voyage will be able to play games, including catching passes while wearing a virtual reality Vikings helmet; running a three-cone drill against a current Vikings player's pace; and hitting a tackling sled that measures impact force. RFID wristbands will allow fans to track their scores and compete against other players.
Positioned outside the west entrance of the stadium, the Legacy Ship is a 160-foot long sculpture inspired by Viking ships. The ship's sail functions as a stadium marquee; on the street-facing side is a 2,000 square-foot curved LED video board.
To maximize natural light, U.S. Bank Stadium features the only ETFE (ethylene-tetra-fluoro-ethylene) roof on a sports facility in the U.S. – and it's impressive. Transparent ETFE is designed to let in light, like glass, but it's a lighter and more economical material than glass. It's also self-cleaning, according to the stadium. ETFE is used on the entire south side of the stadium's roof and 60% of the total roof surface, creating an light-filled atmosphere in a climate-controlled environment.
The exterior walls of the 1.75 million square-foot stadium are made from zinc metal panels, which will patina over time, and 200,000 square feet of glass and glazed curtain walls. A highlight of the exterior is Legacy Gate, which is made up of five of the world's largest glass doors. The doors range from 75 to 95 feet tall, weigh 57,000 pounds apiece, and contain 10 smaller doors that can be used in inclement weather.
Dallas-based HKS Architects designed the stadium, which is slated to host Super Bowl LII in 2018 and the NCAA Final Four in 2019.
The architects looked to Nordic vernacular architecture, Minnesota culture, and local environmental conditions for their design inspiration. For example, the stadium's dramatically sloped roof is designed to shed snow, similar to traditional Nordic roof structures. The overall angular volume of the stadium is reminiscent of the jagged geometry of ice flows colliding on frozen lakes.
"People say this building looks like a ship. We like that. People say this building looks like an ice shard. We like that," said Bryan Trubey, EVP and director of sports and entertainment at HKS Architects. "That means that we've been successful at building a building that actually creates an appropriate response for how unique this environment really is."
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Last year at E3, Insomniac Games released a teaser trailer for Overstrike. While the trailer didn't show any in-game footage, a number of things could be gleaned from it: It was likely to be an action oriented shooter; there are four unique characters, each with their own combat styles; weapons and mechanics, and there would be an emphasis on cooperative gameplay with the combination of weapon effects and abilities. Until last week, however, the developers have been fairly tight lipped about the game. The reason for this is that the game has changed from the initial teaser. At a recent preview event, we got some insight into the design process and the reasons for the changes with hands on time with a demo of a level and a boss fight. Overstrike is now titled Fuse, and I have to admit I'm a little conflicted about it. The gameplay is certainly up to Insomniac's high standard and pedigree, but some of the changes since the original teaser are disappointing.
The biggest issue for me is the change in tone, setting and aesthetics; Fuse seemingly strips away all the charm we saw in that original trailer. What was outlandish and light hearted has become more gritty and grounded. Perhaps it's a lesson in curbing enthusiasm, but I was genuinely excited for Overstrike and it filled a current gaming void. We are certainly not wallowing neck deep in games with a stylized and campy setting that's evocative of film series like James Bond. Sure there's No One Lives Forever and Evil Genius, but these are hardly recent. So it's a real shame that the premise has been ejected in favor of what on the surface appears to be utterly derivative of a dozen other titles. To be fair we only saw a small portion of the game and very little of the story, but the Modern Warfare-esque mission briefings and new gritty visuals have changed a standout into something that could be mistaken for any number of games, like Inversion or Binary Domain. I mean, come on, a super-villain-led organization with colorful henchmen and, essentially, terminators is far more interesting than another paramilitary group.
Many of the changes are centered on the restructuring around "fuse" as it exists in the game, which originally was going to be a magic-MacGuffin of sort but not a primary focus. In game lore, fuse is an alien substance that while extremely unstable also demonstrates some impressive properties. In order to exert some degree of control over it, scientists have been fusing (yes, we get it already) with other materials, and this forms the technological background behind the agent's fantastical arsenal. For instance, the mag shield used by Dalton is the result of combing fuse with ferrofluid, whereas the shattergun used by Isabella is fuse combined with a specific kind of crystal. The agents themselves will be familiar if you've watched the trailer, though the personalities have been dialed back. Dalton is still the mercenary tank, Naya the stealthy character, Jacob the crossbow sniper and Isabella "Izzy" is the spunky one. Overall think more elite team now and less the "crazy but gets the job done".


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'Storm in teacup' claim over Pendle men in plane 'bomb' court case
A mid-air drama in which a Boeing 777 with 322 people on board was diverted from Manchester to Stansted after an alleged bomb threat was described in court today as "a storm in a teacup."
After the plane landed
Barrister Simon Mayo QC, for one of the Pendle defendants, put it to a key witness, Ferzana Rana, that the incident was "a storm in a teacup".
She told a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court passengers had been annoyed they were diverted to the Essex airport instead of landing in Manchester and said she hadn't "felt threatened."
Fighter jets were scrambled to escort the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 over the North Sea, the court has been told.
However, giving evidence, Mrs Rana told jurors: "It could have amounted to much but didn't. I didn't feel threatened or intimidated. It was idiotic behaviour. I only heard the two men joking after landing at Stansted 'they think there's a bomb on board.'"
Supermarket employee Tayyab Subhani (30), of Townley Street, Brierfield. and restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar (42), of Hallam Street, Nelson, deny endangering the safety of the Boeing 777 by communicating intentionally that some passengers and crew would be killed and the aircraft blown up.
Mrs Rana told the court she heard Safdar threaten to kill a male steward and said she was asked during the flight by another steward if she had heard the word "bomb" used and told him she hadn't.
In cross examination, she agreed she made it "abundantly clear" to the steward that Safdar had not said anything about a bomb or anything that could be interpreted as indicating they had a bomb.
She added the other steward had not taken the death threat seriously, although she agreed it was an "idiotic comment."
Simon Mayo, for Safdar, asked her: "It was a storm in a teacup - it didn't amount to very much," to which she said it "could have but didn't."
He asked: "Once the plane landed there was a bit of discussion about what happened and a lot were showing annoyance about being diverted over a trivial incident?"
She replied: "Yes, a lot of people said that," and she agreed "not everyone was of the same view about the right and wrongs."
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Eva Marie On Rebuilding Her Character, Why She Hasn't Clicked With Mandy Rose, Her Dedicated Fans
E! Online recently spoke with Eva Marie to promote the current season of WWE Total Divas. The full article can be found at this link. Below are highlights:
Her dedicated fanbase:
"We are in the entertainment business so the fans are everything and without them I pretty much don't exist. They mean the world to me, but at the same time I'm actually very happy that they've seen my progress from when I first came in to where I'm at now. It's just also one of those things like to put out there to any little girl or boy, anybody, that if you want something bad enough you have to just keep knocking down those doors and go for it, regardless of what anybody…whether it's a colleague, family member or whomever is telling you, 'No.' Just don't listen to that."
Why she hasn't clicked with Mandy Rose:
"I think it's because when I first came in it wasn't that welcoming. It's kind of a mean girl situation, which is pretty typical because you're a new girl and you're walking into new territory, so certain people feel a certain way because they've been in a place for so many years. So with Mandy, I've been there and I've been that girl, so I want to welcome anybody that's brand new and let their actions or whatnot let me determine how I feel about them. But I'm going to welcome anybody with open arms and embrace them because the last thing I want is somebody to feel not welcomed or out of place, because it is a scary world, especially when you're not born into wrestling."
Returning to the ring from injury on Total Divas:
"It's awesome. I'm really thankful for Triple H and our chairman Vince McMahon because when I came back from my surgery I basically was like, 'I want to be the face of this company and I want to bring something to the table.' And luckily we have NXT, a phenomenal developmental program, so I had asked to go back and train so that I could be the best I possibly could be."
"The last eight months have basically been me building the Eva Marie character into what it is now and I'm truly thankful for both Triple H and Vince McMahon to kind of give me the green light to go and experience that because it was a big gamble. I didn't know exactly what that was going to mean or what would happen, but I felt in my heart that I needed to go and do that."
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Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: The Reality of Life in Palestine
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Human Rights Have Done Nothing for My Poverty
Saliem Fakir - The expression, as phrased here, is an attempt to demonstrate the hollowness of human rights and a rights based constitution if all they are can be reduced to normative ideals written on fine paper with no material effect on those that matter. Or as the philosopher Jeremy Bentham once mockingly called it, a mere exercise in "bawling upon paper." To phrase it differently: What is the point of political justice when there is no economic justice? Is it good enough to say...
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South Africa's Social Conservatism: A Real and Present Danger
Dale T. McKinley - As much as those of us who identify ourselves as social progressives would like to believe otherwise, the reality is that South Africa is a bastion of social conservatism. Indeed, one of the most glaring contradictions of South Africa's post-apartheid 'transition' is that the widely acknowledged (and regularly celebrated) social progressiveness of the Constitution is, in large part, at fundamental odds with the beliefs and views of the majority of South Africans themselves....


The post title is completely stolen from Iowahawk.
So Obama releases a picture of him shooting at Camp David, along with the standard leftist B.S. that hunting is a treasured American tradition, which implies that modern weapons are not needed by a citizenry.
First, the mocking of Obama is pure gold.
Runner-up, but it does point a point on the fact that an 80 year old women looks more natural with a machine gun than Obama does with a rifle.
Here's the Second Amendment, once again….
As a "constitutional" scholar, Obama should know that the Second Amendment is not about hunting, but rather the God given right that all free men possess, in that they are entitled to the means to unseat those which threaten their life, liberty, or property.
Obama is either a liar, or he needs to get his money back for the classes he took on Con Law.


Seriously, that guy who faced down those tanks probably ranks in the top 5 toughest motherfuckers ever. It takes some serious conviction to do that sort of thing! Check out that WikiPedia article, it's actually a pretty fascinating story.
Arisia was a lot of fun- thanks to everyone who came out and said hello! The panels I was on were intelligent and enjoyable. Many nice things were said!


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A Time to Live – documentary about dying
Perfectly timed to keep up the momentum of Dying Matters Awareness Week, is next week's A Time To Live: a documentary about dying. It airs on BBC2 on Wednesday at 9pm. "I met with documentary maker, Sue Bourne in March last year," says Barbara Chalmers of Final Fling. "On the back of making the very successful film The Age Of Loneliness, the BBC asked Sue what she wanted to do next. She wondered what it would be like to live in the light of a terminal diagnosis and was looking for help to reach out for participants. I was glad to help and reach out to members of the Final Fling community – people who are engaged with the process of living and dying.
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Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, as Dragline explains it, "You're an original, that's what you are!" Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman as Luke
Dennis Hopper as Babalugats
Harry Dean Stanton as Tramp
George Kennedy as Dragline
2hr 7 min
Reviewed by gogoschka-1 10 / 10
"Luke" is a character Newman was born to play - and this is one hell of a beautiful film
This film got me from the first frame to the last. It's not even because of the story (which I love, of course) - it's just so very well made. And so modern. The kind of angles and perspectives the camera uses, the way it zooms in and out or even allows itself (literally) to get dirty - the way this whole picture was shot is just something I haven't seen in an American film released prior to this one.
And yet, although it is considered a classic, when people talk about the "New Hollywood" somehow 'Cool Hand Luke' is hardly ever mentioned - despite the fact that it came out only a couple of months after 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1967 and before 'The Graduate'.
I look at this film mainly as a character study but the story arc also works very well and it hasn't aged a bit. This is one of those rare films that was way ahead of its time and which has simply everything: great acting, iconic characters and scenes, wonderful music - and the cinematography is just unbelievable.
Funny, tragic and moving, 'Cool Hand Luke' is one hell of a film. What we've got here is NOT failure to communicate - but a 10 star masterpiece.
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Reviewed by clydestuff 10 / 10
Not just a prison film, but an excellent film about not being able to conform in a world that requires it
Having had the advantage of reading Donn Pearce's novel about a year before seeing Cool Hand Luke, it was with great anticipation that I awaited it's transfer to the big screen. I was not disappointed.
Cool Hand Luke could easily be classified by the misguided as just a prison yarn, but it is so much more than that. It is the story of a man who refuses to be nailed down or conform to the rules and regulations of a society that he has never craved to fit into. When Lucas Jackson is arrested for cutting heads off parking meters, his explanation to the prison captain(Strother Martin) is "Small Town, not much to do in the evening", which would have us believe he was just being drunk and stupid. Later, to one of the other inmates he mutters the same answer, but importantly adds "just settlin some old scores". It is a brief but important point in helping to define the character of Luke beyond just being drunk and damaging public property. As a service man, we also discover that Luke won a bronze star, achieved the rank of sergeant but came out as a private. Again, early evidence that Luke is unable to conform to any body's rules but his own. Yet, we are given clear evidence that Luke knows what is right in principal and what is wrong. At one point in the film when they are putting Luke in the box under less than reasonable circumstances, he tells the boss, "calling it your job don't make it right, Boss." In a visit from his mother Arletta(Jo Van Fleet), Luke says plenty about his own character by telling her, "A man's got to go his own way" or as he also puts it, "I tried to live always free and above board like you but I can't seem to find no elbow room".
As Luke enters the prison that will supposedly be his home for the next two years, we meet the other inmates. Some of them wear chains, some of them do not. It is a point early in the film that director Stuart Rosenberg, emphasizes. We understand quickly that sooner or later you conform. You either walk the line the way the bosses tell you to, or they will find the means to get you to walk the line. As the Captain reiterates, "for your own good, you'll learn the rules" A point driven home often.
What we discover about their crimes is minuscule. One is jailed for manslaughter after hitting a pedestrian with his car, another is a paper hanger, another new inmate is charged with breaking, entering and assault. The nature of their crimes is unimportant to us. It enables to view these prisoners as men, and while we don't feel any genuine sympathy for them, feeling disgusted by their crimes would have been a distraction from the true purpose of Pearce's story, and Luke as the focal point.
Because of his individuality, it doesn't take Luke long before he unexpectedly becomes a hero to the other inmates. It is not a role he chooses, or even wants. It unexpectedly imposes the burden on him of having to live up to the expectations of others. He never truly understands the nature of this hero worship, and would be just as happy if he didn't have to deal with it. He is still trying to find his way in the world, and if there is any real purpose for his existence.
Another principal character is Dragline(George Kennedy). It is he who finally establishes the fact that Cool Hand Luke is a man who can not be beaten. Dragline's admiration for Luke seems to extend from the fact that he(Dragline)has learned the rules on how to get by, but yet regrets having lost some of his own individuality in the process. He is the rest of the inmates in microcosm. I can't remember a role that George Kennedy has ever been better in, and he deservedly won the best supporting actor award.
Cool Hand Luke is not without it's humorous moments especially in the early going. It is these moments that help move the film from the early stages to the darker more despairing later stages. Perhaps, for that reason alone we are even more effected by Luke's dilemma.
In translating his novel to the screen Donn Pearce along with Frank Pierson, has managed to bring the heart and soul of his nove to the big screen. Lalo Shifrin's memorable score emphasizes often the repeated drudgery of working on the chain gang. Director Stuart Rosenberg made more good films after Cool Hand Luke, but in my opinion never achieved the same degree of perfection that he does here.
As Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman give one of the most memorable performances in a long distinguished career. It is not an easy task portraying a man who travels the road from being a sincere individualist, to a man who may be beaten and defeated, yet in the end is still unwilling to accept that fate. Although Rod Steiger won the best actor award that year, one could argue that Newman's role was more difficult, as it required substantially different subtle ranges in character. As for the failure of Cool Hand Luke to achieve a Best Picture nomination, I'm at a loss to explain that malfunction, especially when the likes of Doctor Doolittle and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, far lesser efforts than this were nominated.
Cool Hand Luke is a true classic in every sense of the word. It is a film that will long be remembered.
My grade: A+
Reviewed by prodigalorphan-72099 10 / 10
A classic that became a big part of my life
I first saw "Cool Hand Luke" the first week it came out. Went to see it with my father at a theater on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. We were just a few blocks away from the hospital where my Mom was dying of cancer and we just needed a break. It was cathartic. Feeling as beat up and left for dead as I was at the time, I came across a character who knew how to take the punches. "Luke" is a beautifully crafted film. Not one wasted frame or moment. Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson's screenplay is nothing less than a working man's parable of a truly good soul who just couldn't seem to get a break. In ways, it could be said he truly didn't let himself. But the strength within Luke that would not let him compromise who he was for who he was told to be, the resilience to fight back against those who tried to fight him on that was inspirational. Whether it was a carefully chosen remark or just one of them Luke looks, They knew They couldn't knock him out no matter how badly They knocked him down. Seems he handled life like that, and it was an example I've clung to and have tried to follow in the almost fifty subsequent years. Conrad Hall's cinematography was breathtaking, providing the scope of all the integral parts of the story with the immediacy of all the most intimate moments. Any single frame could hang on your living room wall as the centerpiece. The cast: Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, Lou Antonio, Ralph Waite ... and George Kennedy. Academy Award Winner George Kennedy. "Dragline". The most unforgettable "gentle giant" I believe I've ever seen on the silver screen. Each and every one of them, in all their glory and in the simplest of nuances, helped raise Paul Newman's masterful portrayal to an ever higher level, maybe his best work ever. The character is very much the story in "Cool Hand Luke" and the ensemble brings it to life. Frustrating, challenging, confusing, pain- in-the-ass life with just enough of that rebellious spirit to bring hope to those facing some of their tougher times. I saw the film four more times that first year, and probably twice each year since whenever I could find it. Check in with Luke and the boys for a breath of fresh air and some world-shaking hope. Can't speak for anyone else, but Luke is right up there with Atticus Finch for me when it comes to celluloid heroes, these are the two whose stories got me through some really, really bleak times. And for me, "Cool Hand Luke" was ultimately a story of hope. The story of a man who never gave in. Never gave up. And never stopped grinning. All that they piled on him, all they tried to bury him under ... just wasn't worth his getting worked up over. Wasn't gonna get to his spirit.


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AT&T users will be able to stream DirecTV Now without using their data
DirecTV Now will be available on November 30th
By Micah Singleton / @MicahSingleton
Nov 28, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC |
At an event in New York City today, AT&T has announced that its mobile subscribers will be able to stream its new DirecTV Now service without using their data. The now common industry strategy, known as zero rating, is controversial to say the least, with the FCC telling AT&T earlier this month that it may be violating net neutrality by zero rating the standard DirecTV service.
Currently, T-Mobile has been offering data-free use of music and video services for years, and Verizon has made its Go90 service free of data charges for all of its subscribers. The difference with AT&T is companies have to pay to be included in its data free program, but DirecTV is owned by AT&T, which means the companies are essentially just moving money around.
Despite the current concerns from the FCC, the incoming Trump administration may not be convinced about the merits of net neutrality, or share the same opinions about zero rating as the current administration. AT&T is just the latest to challenge the FCC's ruling, but with a new, and likely more lenient administration — at least on net neutrality — the bet to go against the FCC may just pay off.
DirecTV Now will be available on November 30th, and will offer over 100 channels starting at $35 a month for a limited time.
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Q: OSError: /usr/lib/libgdal.so.20: undefined symbol: sqlite3_column_table_name I have followed the tutorial for installing Geodjango on my Ubuntu. I am using Django 1.11.2 and Python 2.7.6, postgres-9.3.2 and postgis 2.0.3.
I have checked here and here, but found no solution.
But after my installation, when I tried to run, I got error: OSError: /usr/lib/libgdal.so.20: undefined symbol: sqlite3_column_table_name
lgdal = CDLL(lib_path)
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)

A: Try building SQLite from source with
CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1" ./configure
make
sudo make install

I use cutting edge SQLite, built from source, I've faced a similar situation and searched for an answer but nobody answered. Finally, this solved the problem.
Reference - https://www.sqlite.org/compile.html#enable_column_metadata

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Home Brand Lightning Motorcycles Developing New Off-Road Focused Plug-In Adventure Bike
Lightning Motorcycles Developing New Off-Road Focused Plug-In Adventure Bike
Amirul Azreen
American electric motorcycle company Lightning Motorcycles is working on a new plug-in adventure bike to take on Energica's Experia.
Lightning Dakar is the first electric plug-in off-road capable motorcycle.
Set to go head-to-head with Energica's Experia tourer.
The company patent filing recently leaked in China and showcased the upcoming off-road focused ADV motorcycle bodywork.
The company's founder and CEO, Richard Hatfield, submitted the application to the China National Intellectual Property Administration. Why China? This is because Lightning has a factory over there.
Despite the possibility of coming up against the Energica Experia, Lightning's upcoming machine is more off-road oriented, which immediately distinguishes it from the Experia, which is fitted with 17-inch wheels.
Lightning also included the term Dakar in the filing, which is most likely to describe the bike's design language.
Lightning made headlines in 2012 after claiming an electric land speed record of 350km/h with the 200hp LS-218 prototype.
The company proceeded to introduce the production version of the LS-218, named the Lightning Strike Sportster, in 2019, which is currently available for orders from USD19,998 (RM89.1k).
Nonetheless, the upcoming ADV boasts entirely different ergonomics thanks to a taller seat height, upright seating position, longer travel front suspension and rear absorbers.
The motorcycle also features wire-spoke wheels in 21-inch front and 18-inch rear compared to Energica's 17″ road-biased alloy wheels.
The bike is also equipped with a tall, humped fuel tank, conventional ADV front beak, raised front mudguard and tall (but narrow) windscreen.
While there are no precise details on the performance, it is possible it makes the same 120hp as the 2019 Lightning Strike, with an engine and swingarm that appears identical to the sportsbike.
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Mutagenesis at a Highly Conserved Tyrosine in Monoamine Oxidase B Affects FAD Incorporation and Catalytic Activity
Binhua P. Zhou, Duane A. Lewis, S. W. Kwan, Timothy J. Kirksey, Creed W. Abell
Markey Cancer Center / Cancer Research Priority Initiative
Monoamine oxidase B (MAO B), an integral protein of the outer mitochondrial membrane, catalyzes the oxidative deamination of various neuroactive and vasoactive amines. A covalently bound FAD cofactor at Cys-397 of human MAO B is required for the oxidation of the amine substrates. In addition to the covalent binding site, MAO B also contains a noncovalent FAD binding region (residues 6-34) known as the dinucleotide binding motif. Previously, we have shown that Glu-34 is required for catalytic activity, presumably by forming a hydrogen bond between the carboxylate group of glutamate and the 2'-hydroxyl group of ribose in the AMP moiety of FAD. In this work, we have identified a third FAD binding site in MAO B (residues 39-46) by sequence comparisons to other flavoenzymes. The conserved sequence contains a tyrosine residue (Tyr-44) which, based on the X-ray crystal structure of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase, is postulated to participate in FAD binding through van der Waals contact with the isoalloxazine ring and a hydrogen bond to the 3'-hydroxy of the ribityl moiety. To test the postulated role of this tyrosine residue, site-directed mutants that encode substitutions at Tyr-44 were prepared and expressed in mammalian COS-7 cells. Variant MAO B enzymes were then characterized with respect to enzymatic activity and [14C]FAD incorporation. Substitution of tyrosine with phenylalanine had no effect on MAO B activity or the level of [14C]FAD incorporation compared to the wild-type enzyme, indicating that the hydroxyl group of the tyrosine residue was not essential at residue 44. Substitution of tyrosine with serine or alanine, however, which do not have an aromatic ring, resulted in a dramatic decrease in enzymatic activity and FAD incorporation. We conclude that the aromatic ring of the tyrosine residue at position 44 is required for FAD binding and catalytic activity of MAO B.
https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00029a029
10.1021/bi00029a029
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Zhou, B. P., Lewis, D. A., Kwan, S. W., Kirksey, T. J., & Abell, C. W. (1995). Mutagenesis at a Highly Conserved Tyrosine in Monoamine Oxidase B Affects FAD Incorporation and Catalytic Activity. Biochemistry, 34(29), 9526-9531. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00029a029
Zhou, Binhua P. ; Lewis, Duane A. ; Kwan, S. W. et al. / Mutagenesis at a Highly Conserved Tyrosine in Monoamine Oxidase B Affects FAD Incorporation and Catalytic Activity. In: Biochemistry. 1995 ; Vol. 34, No. 29. pp. 9526-9531.
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Amid rising drug costs, employers and payers should be keeping a closer eye on products in the pipeline as they design formularies.
CMS aims to recover $4.5 billion in the next 10 years as regards this change, including $1 billion in 2020. That first-year figure includes $650 million in audit recoveries from 30 plans for payments made in years 2011-2013.
The service will help parents and kids access a doctor conveniently from their homes with making a trip to the nearest care center.
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The findings, published last Thursday in the journal science, could help speed up current efforts to cure colorblindness. It could also lead to new treatment for diseases including macular degeneration, the major cause of vision loss.
Dialysis companies saw stocks go up following a veto in California.
The two companies partnering on the initiative – GE Healthcare and DiA Imaging Analysis- say they that they have designed an app that capable of operating in environments in which the technology is typically used.
Media outlets report news from California, New York, Washington, Ohio, Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee, and Illinois.
The technology can perform on the same level or even better than eye specialists, and could help patients receive treatments faster thereby avoiding the loss of their sights.
Information that could refine the uses of approved drugs may lie deep inside patients' medical records.
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WebMD, a consumer health website has been strategically expanding and on Thursday announced its purchase of vitals.com and Mediquality for undisclosed prices.
The app allows parents monitor and record their child's developmental milestones, and if a risk of a developmental delay is found, the app provides information and resources to help them work with their pediatrician. The app would be offered to more than 19,000 SAP employees in North America.


Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati will declare GATE 2018 Result for all paper on 16th March 2018 (Friday). Candidates who have appeared in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering must check their GATE 2018 Cut Off here. The Computer Based Test for all 23 papers was organized on 03.02.2018, 04.02.2018, 10.02.2018 & 11.02.2018. Participants who have applied can download their IIT Guwahati Result by entering Roll No and DOB in the dialogue box. Candidates have to login on GOAPS (GATE Online Application Process System) Portal to generate Score Card easily.
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The online examination for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) will be organized for 23 papers. Since 2017 a new section i.e. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is included in XE paper. There will be total 65 question in all subject of 100 marks. Duration to solve the question paper will be 03 hour. Applicants have to choose only one single paper out of 23 subjects. There will be negative marking of 1/3 marks for 01 mark answer as well as 2/3 mark will be deduced from 02 mark answer. Question Paper will be set in MCQ & NAT format.
Firstly there will be two possibilities i.e. Single Session & Multiple Session examination. The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati will calculate the marks through Standard Deviation method. It will collect raw marks from the single shift examination as per the guidelines of the IIT Guwahati. For the examination conducted into multiple shifts the department will adopt Normalization method to collect the raw marks for the papers.
What is Normalization Method for GATE Result 2018 ?
In this way GATE Score Card 2018 will be prepared for each candidate. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) will declare GATE 2018 Result on 17th March 2018. Applicants need to login to GOAPS Portal (GATE Online Application Process System) to obtain GATE Rank Card 2018.
Also participants will be able to Download GATE 2018 Cut Off Marks paper wise from the official site. Applicants need to login with Roll No and DOB to GOAPS Website to Get GATE Result 2018. For further information applicants can check the below given details.
Cut Off Marks are firstly the minimum qualifying marks. It is necessary for the applicants to clear the Cut Off Marks as after it they will get admissions into college of their choice. Also the GATE Cut Off Marks seen hike each year. Here we are representing the Expected GATE 2018 Cut Off Marks as well as the previous year statistics. Candidates can get an idea about the scores they must obtain in GATE 2018 Result.
This year the expected cut off marks are expected to remain high in comparison to last year. The difficulty level of all paper will also be good. Participants need to make hard preparations to get admission into M.Tech & Ph.D Degree programs in Top IITs of India. The Minimum Qualifying Marks are not yet available. But it will be declared soon on the Official IITG GATE Website i.e. gate.iitg.ac.in. Till then participants can check the previous year Cut Off Marks for GATE 2018 Examination.
On the home page you will get GATE 2018 Result Link.
Click on the it and it will ask you to enter Roll No, DOB or Password.
Enter all the details in the fields given. Then submit all the details.
Your GATE Result 2018 will appear on the screen.
Check your scores and also check the link to Download GATE Exam Qualifying Marks.
Take print out on white plane paper for future use.
Ans. The hardcopy of the GATE 2018 Rank Card will not issued by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG). Participants need to Download GATE 2018 Score Card be fore 31st May 2018 or else they need to pay late Fees to download it.
Participants till 31st May 2018 there will be no fees applicable on download of GATE Rank Card 2018. But if you download it after the deadline then a late fees of Rs 500/- will be charged to download GATE 2018 Rank Card. Now again to download the scores card after the deadline with fees has closing date. The Last date will be 31st December 2018 afterwards the window to download it will be closed.
Ans. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is valid to 03 years. After the announcement of GATE 2018 Result i.e. 17th March 2018 the validity of the score card will begin. It will remain for 03 years to get admission into Top IITs of India. The validity of the score card will expire on 17th March 2021.
Conclusion : GATE 2018 Result for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering organized on 03rd February to 11th February 2018. Participants can check GATE Result 2018 by entering Roll no and DOB in the dialogue box.


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Orla Boylan dramatic soprano
Date: March 13, 2013Author: Rosalind Appleby 0 Comments
Orla Boylan and her singing teacher sat laughing in disbelief in the La Scala opera house waiting room. It is 1995 and the Irish cell biologist had just won Milan's prestigious ASLICO singing competition.
"I had never imagined a career as a singer," the down to earth diva say\\SLs. "It was only a hobby that suddenly became more serious. I'm only just now believing it possible."
Now in her forties, Boylan is relaxing in front of the fire enjoying a moment at home in Skerrie, north of Dublin. Despite her lack of institutional training as a singer (her university degree is in science) Boylan has achieved impressive results as a lyric soprano and is now moving into the vocal fach of a dramatic soprano. Her hectic freelance schedule this year involves reprising Senta (The Flying Dutchman) in various corners of the globe including Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Russia and Taiwan. This week she is in Perth for a lieder recital and orchestral performance with the WA Symphony Orchestra.
Borlan's first visit to Perth was for La Boheme with WA Opera in 2002 and she returned as Procne in Love of the Nightingale (which won her a Helpmann Award), soloist in Britten's War Requiem, Ellen in Peter Grimes and Chrysothemis in Elektra. Borlan's penchant for hefty roles and dark subject matters comes as a surprise given her bubbly personality.
"I like the dark characters," she admits. "It is about expressing things everyone has inside but you don't usually get to show. It's quite cathartic."
Boylan will perform in a more intimate setting when she launches WASO's new international recital series at the Government House Ballroom on Monday. The recital will give Perth audiences a chance to see principal conductor Paul Daniel performing on piano, an instrument he studied parallel with conducting at the Guildhall School of Music. Boylan and Daniel often worked together during Daniel's tenure at the English National Opera but this is their first time together in recital. The repertoire includes songs by Sibelius, Barber, Richard Strauss, Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and a scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
The Masters Series orchestral concert this weekend will feature Boylan singing Strauss' Four Last Songs, pieces she has been singing since she was 23.
"I heard the Four Last Songs on CD and took the music to my singing teacher and said 'I want to learn this'. How precocious wanting to sing Strauss in my early twenties! But that was how I learned the repertoire, by finding recordings I liked."
Her first performance of the songs with orchestra was in 1995 for Ireland's VeronicaDunne Singing Competition with Joan Sutherland as one of the judges. Boylan won the competition and afterwards met Sutherland.
"She was this major megastar talking to me like she was my grandmother. She said, 'Marvellous breath control, how do you manage it?' and I said, 'You're asking me?'"
Boylan has since performed the songs with La Verdi under Xian Zhang, the Sinfonieorchester St Gallen under Jiri Kout and the Halle Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder.
"It is beautiful music to sing, like floating on honey. The orchestra is like supportive air beneath, keeping you buoyant. I am so grateful to Richard Strauss for writing so beautifully for voice and I'm so grateful to be a soprano."
Boylan's gradual transition into the dramatic repertoire of Wagner and Strauss has met with critical acclaim. The Times reported a "radiance and warmth in Strauss' lines that is matched by tender insight in the word-painting".
Boylan says the repertoire is a constant challenge. "It takes all my strength, energy and focus. It is a challenge to technique and to stamina; you are singing with your entire body and there is no settling for mediocrity."
This article copyright The West Australian 2013
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