[scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive.
Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
By Rick Broida http://blogs.bnet.com/bio.php?id=broida
March 30th, 2010 @ 8:09 am
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Re: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
Thanks, Mr Worf! I don't use AVG, but Maternal and SisterUnits do on their PCs, so I'll download it for them. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive. Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue! By Rick Broida http://blogs.bnet.com/bio.php?id=broida March 30th, 2010 @ 8:09 am 0 Comments http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=6920#comments | Permalink http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=6920 - Email?subject=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21body=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - Share http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=6920# - My BNEThttp://www.bnet.com/5262-13093-0.html?link=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21path=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - Twitterhttp://twitter.com/home?status=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21+http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - del.icio.ushttp://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21 - Googlehttp://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=addtitle=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - StumbleUponhttp://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - Newsvine - Facebook - LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=trueurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21source=BNET - Digghttp://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21 - My Yahoo - Technoratihttp://technorati.com/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - Reddithttp://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected+PC%3F+AVG+Rescue+CD+to+the+Rescue%21 - Print http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=6920# - Recomend - 1 - facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21t=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - twitterhttp://twitter.com/home?status=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21%20http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920 - digghttp://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920title=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21 - buzzhttp://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?targetUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bnet.com%2Fbusinesstips%2F%3Fp%3D6920headline=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21summary=Infected%20PC%3F%20AVG%20Rescue%20CD%20to%20the%20Rescue%21 *Categories:* Security http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?cat=16, Software http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?cat=4 *Tags:* PC http://resources.bnet.com/topic/PC.html, CDhttp://resources.bnet.com/topic/CD.html, Rescue http://resources.bnet.com/topic/Rescue.html, Cyberthreatshttp://resources.bnet.com/topic/Cyberthreats.html, Desktops http://resources.bnet.com/topic/Desktops.html..., Viruses And Worms http://resources.bnet.com/topic/Viruses+And+Worms.html, Securityhttp://resources.bnet.com/topic/Security.html, Hardware http://resources.bnet.com/topic/Hardware.html, Rick Broidahttp://resources.bnet.com/topic/Rick+Broida.html http://i.bnet.com/blogs/avg-rescue-cd.pngIf a virus or spyware infection strikes your PC, you’ll know it right away. The telltale signs include suddenly sluggish performance, a hijacked Web browser, and/or pop-up warnings from sources you don’t recognize. What you may not know is what to do about it. Trying to cure an already infected PC is quite literally like trying to close the barn door after the horses have run out. Fortunately, there’s a new weapon at your disposal: AVG Rescue CD can remove viruses, spyware, and other malwarehttp://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cdfrom infected PCs. It’s a free, effective, and potentially life-saving tool — but there’s one catch. The catch: You need to create your rescue CD *before *your system gets infected. If you wait until after the fact, your system will probably be too choked with malware to perform the setup. So think of this as stockpiling a flu vaccine. As its name implies, AVG Rescue CD is a bootable CD that employs Linux for its operations, meaning it doesn’t boot into Windows (which is where the problems lie, natch). It’s also available for USB flash drives, which is my preferred method of deploying the tool — as long as the infected system supports booting from flash drives, which most modern PCs do. (The software itself requires only about 70MB of
Re: [scifinoir2] RNC fires bondage-gate staffer as critics circle Steele
Oh, they *wish*... once you throw your dirty linens out on the lawn, the memory of the sight can't be undone. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100330/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1374 One thing is very clear in the controversy now swamping Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele: The RNC very much wants to stop talking about it. The scandal broke Monday, when conservative Web site The Daily Caller reviewed recent RNC filings with the Federal Elections Committee and discovered that the RNC had spent $1,946 on an edgy sexually themed Hollywood nightclub called Voyeur. The February expenditure documents also showed that the committee sprang for $17,000 in chartered plane fees and $12,000 in limousine expenses in February — and according to The Daily Caller, Steele had suggested that the committee bankroll a private jet for him. On Tuesday, the RNC announced that it had fired the staffer who'd put in the Voyeur expense — which was a reimbursement to a California donor named Erik Brown — and that Brown was returning the Voyeur-related money to the RNC so that, in financial terms at least, it would be as though the whole thing had never happened.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Excuse me... I need to go catch my flesh before it gets too far away. [?][?] I freely admit that I'm a liberal prude. I'm willing to die to defend her right to do that, if she so chooses. But I don't really even want to *know* about it, much less *see* it. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Sitehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video http://www.erykahbadu.com/on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke the law http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.htmlby not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.htmlto her local daily. Highlights: *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? *EB:* The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. *Q:* And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? *A: *Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. *Q:* And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? *A:* Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. 363.gif362.gif
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Alanis Morissette says Thank you. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I been hearing that a lot! Jay Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes on the TJMS were commenting on that. Jay was shocked that someone that slim had so much back there (that's Sisters for you). Sybil had me laughing when she revealed that a few years back, she was at an event with Badu, walking behind her. Behind Sybil was a man. Sybil said she noticed all the junk, Badu had, and stepped aside so the Brother could look. this is wasted on me, she said, but I know the Brother will enjoy the view. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:26:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site The only thing I have to say about the video is nice booty. :) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!
Sounds like I missed a good one... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:35:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going! Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu Uzala , and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the last two. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three movies tonight. Kagemusha is on now, followed by Ran at 1:45 tomorrow morning. The only problem I have with these marathons is that they're running into the wee hours! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: They just finished showing Roshoman and Seven Samurai is playing now, to be followed by Yojimbo - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now! To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director Akira Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the next three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off with Ikiru, the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living once he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by Throne of Blood, then The Hidden Fortress (which is said to be a major inspiration for Star Wars), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next twelve hours on this first block. The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic films Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Ran. For those who've seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among that group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most influential directors in history. You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give really great descriptions about each. http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045mainArticleId=290029
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Good point! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:55:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Alanis Morissette says Thank you. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
She wasn't as nice to look at. :) On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Good point! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:55:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Alanis Morissette says Thank you. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show
Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an interesting story. LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE ITZKOFFhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/ [image: LL Cool J] [image: Sarah Palin] *Update:* Fox News saidhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/it would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real American Stories.” If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah Palinhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/sarah_palin/index.html, caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter accounthttp://twitter.com/llcooljon Tuesday night, LL Cool Jhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/ll_cool_j/index.html, who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was misrepresenting him. “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site http://www.foxnews.com/, Fox News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an advertisement for the first episodehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY2__J9t0are the country musician Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los Angeles.” But LL Cool J wrote on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/llcoolj/status/11339785126: “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.” He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a two-hour span. Fox News has responded herehttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/. Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show
Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in suggesting he doesn't want to inspire other people. But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. When they cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they had no excuse. It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he was cleaning the Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was asked about it on This Week, he just joked we cut away because we're 'fair and balanced'. The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was guest hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a news channel flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's okay? Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an interesting story. LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE ITZKOFF LL Cool J Sarah Palin Update: Fox News said it would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real American Stories.” If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah Palin , caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter account on Tuesday night, LL Cool J , who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was misrepresenting him. “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site , Fox News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an advertisement for the first episode are the country musician Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los Angeles.” But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter : “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.” He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a two-hour span. Fox News has responded here . Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?] Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it? Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and foremost. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!
If you can find it anywhere, I do recommend it. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Sounds like I missed a good one... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:35:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going! Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu Uzalahttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the last two. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three movies tonight. Kagemusha is on now, followed by Ran at 1:45 tomorrow morning. The only problem I have with these marathons is that they're running into the wee hours! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: They just finished showing Roshoman and Seven Samurai is playing now, to be followed by Yojimbo - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now! To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director Akira Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the next three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off with Ikiru, the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living once he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by Throne of Blood, then The Hidden Fortress (which is said to be a major inspiration for Star Wars), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next twelve hours on this first block. The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic films Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Ran. For those who've seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among that group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most influential directors in history. You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give really great descriptions about each. http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045mainArticleId=290029
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
I don't think that she is on tv here anymore so she may be down your way. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?] Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it? Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and foremost. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show
I hope and believe that they will do something so stupid that whoever is the head of the news division gets the axe. I think they have actual journalists conducting the interviews and Palin will do intros and wrap ups. She's too stupid to do anything else. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in suggesting he doesn't want to inspire other people. But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. When they cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they had no excuse. It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he was cleaning the Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was asked about it on This Week, he just joked we cut away because we're 'fair and balanced'. The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was guest hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a news channel flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's okay? Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an interesting story. LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE ITZKOFFhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/ [image: LL Cool J] [image: Sarah Palin] *Update:* Fox News saidhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/it would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real American Stories.” If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah Palinhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/sarah_palin/index.html, caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter accounthttp://twitter.com/llcooljon Tuesday night, LL Cool Jhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/ll_cool_j/index.html, who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was misrepresenting him. “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site http://www.foxnews.com/, Fox News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an advertisement for the first episodehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY2__J9t0are the country musician Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los Angeles.” But LL Cool J wrote on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/llcoolj/status/11339785126: “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.” He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a two-hour span. Fox News has responded herehttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/. Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFF 12:24 p.m. | Updated David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The Wire” on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,” on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue” and “ER.” He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,” adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,” about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
Re: [scifinoir2] David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
I'm really sorry to hear this. He was a talented and interesting guy. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFFhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/ *12:24 p.m. | Updated * David Millshttp://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/061100scott-corner.html, an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The Wire”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/arts/television/10stan.htmlon HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reportedhttp://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2010/03/treme_writer_david_mills_dies.htmlthat Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21simon-t.htmlon which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue” and “ER.” He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,”http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/198480/The-Corner/overviewadapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,” about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/. Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interviewhttp://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74018923.html?dids=74018923:74018923FMT=ABSwith the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
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[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my hometown in Treme. I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it seems that he looked at himself in some ways as our eyes and ears in the room. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFF 12:24 p.m. | Updated David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like âThe Wireâ on HBO and âHomicide: Life on the Streetsâ on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, âTreme,â on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with âHomicide,â which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for âNYPD Blueâ and âER.â He was also a co-writer and co-producer on âThe Corner,â adapted from Mr. Simonâs book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series âKingpin,â about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, âIf black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?â When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Millsâs interview.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
Older than me (not by much), but it is a bit disconcerting, especially when it's something like an aneurism that could come out of nowhere... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:16:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFF 12:24 p.m. | Updated David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The Wire� on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets� on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,� on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,� which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue� and “ER.� He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,� adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,� about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?� When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
Tell me about Treme? - Original Message - From: daikaiju66 daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:19:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my hometown in Treme. I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it seems that he looked at himself in some ways as our eyes and ears in the room. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFF 12:24 p.m. | Updated David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The Wire� on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets� on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,� on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,� which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue� and “ER.� He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,� adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,� about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?� When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
I think this is great and something that I will look into. I personally use Avast which has a option to scan the boot drive. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Mr. Worf Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:33 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue! This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive. Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue! By Rick Broida March 30th, 2010 @ 8:09 am 0 Comments | Permalink a.. Email b.. Share a.. My BNET b.. Twitter c.. del.icio.us d.. Google e.. StumbleUpon f.. Newsvine a.. Facebook b.. LinkedIn c.. Digg d.. My Yahoo e.. Technorati f.. Reddit c.. Print d.. Recomend e.. 1 a.. facebook b.. twitter c.. digg d.. buzz Categories: Security, Software Tags: PC, CD, Rescue, Cyberthreats, Desktops..., Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Rick Broida If a virus or spyware infection strikes your PC, you’ll know it right away. The telltale signs include suddenly sluggish performance, a hijacked Web browser, and/or pop-up warnings from sources you don’t recognize. What you may not know is what to do about it. Trying to cure an already infected PC is quite literally like trying to close the barn door after the horses have run out. Fortunately, there’s a new weapon at your disposal: AVG Rescue CD can remove viruses, spyware, and other malware from infected PCs. It’s a free, effective, and potentially life-saving tool — but there’s one catch. The catch: You need to create your rescue CD before your system gets infected. If you wait until after the fact, your system will probably be too choked with malware to perform the setup. So think of this as stockpiling a flu vaccine. As its name implies, AVG Rescue CD is a bootable CD that employs Linux for its operations, meaning it doesn’t boot into Windows (which is where the problems lie, natch). It’s also available for USB flash drives, which is my preferred method of deploying the tool — as long as the infected system supports booting from flash drives, which most modern PCs do. (The software itself requires only about 70MB of space, so even an old 128MB drive will suffice.) Don’t worry about out-of-date virus definitions: The software will leverage your PC’s Internet connection to retrieve the latest updates. I can’t say AVG Rescue CD is the most user-friendly tool I’ve used, so it behooves novice users to watch AVG’s two tutorial videos: One on creating a bootable CD or USB drive, the other on using Rescue CD to remove infections from a PC. I also can’t promise that the software will rescue every PC from every infection — but it’s something every user should keep in his or her toolkit. AVG Rescue CD is free; it works with most versions of Windows. [via AppScout] You can download it here: http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye
This sounds fascinating. I am sure if this all works out I am sure you would have to pay a subscription just to get the movies from Blockbusters or Netflix. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Mr. Worf Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:45 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye By Loz Blain 01:13 March 31, 2010 Bionic vision - ironically, we only have low-resolution images. Image Gallery (2 images) Dr. Stephen Turner - www.TurnerEye.com Patients who put safety first see this UCSF trained eye surgeon Vision impared products - www.LowVisionSolutions.com Magnifier for the Visually Impaired Free In-House Demo! Sign Up Now. Rubber Tracks - DoTellAll.com Find Low Priced Rubber Tracks. Get Reliable Advice In Your Area. San Francisco / Cataract - www.pacificeye.com Premier Ophthalmology Group in SF Rezoom Restor Lens Implant Surgery Ads by Google Submit Researchers at Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) have produced a prototype version of a bionic eye implant that could be ready to start restoring rudimentary vision to blind people as soon as 2013. The system consists of a pair of glasses with a camera built in, a processor that fits in your pocket, and an ocular implant that sits against the retina at the back of the eye and electronically stimulates the retinal neurons that send visual information to the brain. The resulting visual picture is blocky and low-res at this point, but the technology is bound to improve, and even in its current form it's going to be a major life-changer for those with no vision at all. And the future potential - even for sighted people - is fascinating. Thanks to an Australian government injection of almost $40 million in 2009, Bionic Vision Australia has been able to revise the timeline of its innovative bionic eye program from around 2020 to as close as three years away. This week, researchers demonstrated a prototype of the device they hope will begin restoring sight to blind people as early as 2013. How it works The retina can be very simplistically described as a matrix of nerve cells that fire when they're struck by certain types and levels of light. Those neurons send an electrical signal back to the brain's visual cortex, where information about color, light intensity, edges and lots of other interesting stuff is reassembled and the brain can begin processing it to try to work out what's going on - working out what objects you're looking at, what's moving, what's important. It's an incredibly complex and fascinating system, but it all starts with the retina, where light that comes into the eye is converted to nerve impulses. You could view the bionic eye implant as an aftermarket replacement for a retina that's no longer capable of performing this function. BVA's bionic eye works in a similar way to the US-based Argus II system. A small camera is mounted on top of a pair of glasses, and the resulting images are sent to a small processor unit that can be kept in a patient's pocket. This processor sends a crunched image to a tiny 2x4mm chip that's implanted directly onto the retina - and the chip directly stimulates the visual neurons, sending a rough visual signal to the brain for processing. The resolution challenge The challenge in bionic eye design is not to get a signal through to the brain, but to improve the resolution and detail of that signal. The first version of the Argus system had only 16 electrodes, so it effectively sent a 16-pixel image to the brain. The next-gen Argus II carries 60 electrodes. The prototype unveiled this week by BVA is a little more advanced, but still quite rudimentary in the scheme of things. It offers 100 electrodes - so the eventual picture will still be blocky and difficult for somebody with normal vision to interpret. But researchers say it will be enough to give enough vision to a patient to let them walk around without assistance: Patients would be able to contrast light from dark and move more independently, with the ability to distinguish large objects and to avoid walking into them. They will be able to see outlines such as buildings, cars and park benches. This prototype should be ready for the first human implant in 2011. The second prototype model they're working on for its first trial run in 2013 is more exciting - with 1000-electrode resolution, the picture will become a lot clearer for patients who receive the implant. We're talking 20/80 vision, or more than enough to recognize faces, read large print and generally integrate much better into a visually-focused world. Looking into the future Beyond these two prototype stages, it should theoretically be possible to improve the device up to and even beyond the capability of a working human eye. At that stage, all sorts of things become possible,
[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies
http://www.hbo.com/treme/index.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLd__SO5WdYfeature=player_embedded# http://bit.ly/9fpl5W It's about post-Katrina New Orleans and focuses on musicians and other folks trying to rebuild their lives. It looks incredible and early reviews are great. If it's half as good as The Wire I'll be overjoyed. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Tell me about Treme? - Original Message - From: daikaiju66 daikaij...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:19:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies  R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my hometown in Treme. I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it seems that he looked at himself in some ways as our eyes and ears in the room. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). Talent like his is rare: he will be missed Although, what's up with his blog Undercover Black Man?... http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ *** David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE ITZKOFF 12:24 p.m. | Updated David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like ââ¬ÅThe Wireââ¬ï¿½ on HBO and ââ¬ÅHomicide: Life on the Streetsââ¬ï¿½ on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, ââ¬ÅTreme,ââ¬ï¿½ on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with ââ¬ÅHomicide,ââ¬ï¿½ which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for ââ¬ÅNYPD Blueââ¬ï¿½ and ââ¬ÅER.ââ¬ï¿½ He was also a co-writer and co-producer on ââ¬ÅThe Corner,ââ¬ï¿½ adapted from Mr. Simonââ¬â¢s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series ââ¬ÅKingpin,ââ¬ï¿½ about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. HBO said Wednesday in a statement: HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, ââ¬ÅIf black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?ââ¬ï¿½ When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Millsââ¬â¢s interview.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I'm feeling the same, but a lot of people are calling me prudish and conservative. Which is funny because those are the last things i am, but I do think we as humans should respect places of great tragedy like this. - Original Message - From: Rogue n1ro...@aol.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:12:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
If you are shooting video somewhere it is cheaper to not get a permit. (obviously) In some cities they charge a fortune to shoot simple outdoor footage. They want you to pay for police security (not your own), file permits for each location, a $1 million insurance policy on and on. They recently lowered the fees in San Francisco but it still can be expensive. (even if you are a student) There are separate permits that must be filed for the beach or park as well. Check out here: http://38.106.4.41/index.aspx?page=16 So its cheaper to just shoot it. Most of the time you won't get into any trouble unless you are with a big company or a big star. Then you can pay the fines later. If they said, We're going to shoot a RB video where Kennedy was shot and I'm going to get nude and pretend that I was shot like him then lie down on the side walk... After the angry mob run them out of town do you think that they would have gotten permission for that? :) Badu's film crew was probably a camera person, makeup, and someone doing playback of the audio. I think were some extras where she was as well. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Rogue n1ro...@aol.com wrote: I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! *From:* Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net *Sent:* Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Sitehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video http://www.erykahbadu.com/on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke the law http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.htmlby not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.htmlto her local daily. Highlights: *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? *EB:* The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want
[scifinoir2] American Greed: Scams - Funny Money
This week's show was about Troy Stroud. An African American man from Englewood, CA that was the mastermind behind the biggest counterfeiting scam in the country. With an inkjet printer, photoshop, and hairspray this man produced 7 million in counterfeit $100, and $20 bills that circulated all over the country. Check it out on Saturday on CNBC. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
