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U.S. Rep. Don Ritter yesterday accused Democratic opponent Ed Reibman of using "misleading" ads about Ritter's attendance at a congressional committee as part of a negative campaign to distort his record.
"I'd like to set the record straight," said Ritter, R-15th District. "Ed Reibman has tried to distort my record.
"On one of his radio ads he says I don't show up to work 74 percent of the time. That is an outright falsehood," Ritter said.
The TV and radio ads focus on Ritter's failure to show up at 17 - 74 percent - of the 23 full committee meetings of the 42-member Energy and Commerce Committee last year. Ritter ranked last in attendance at those meetings.
Ritter said Reibman's advertising tried to say that Ritter was absent from all Energy and Commerce meetings 74 percent of the time last year.
Ritter was joined in his Allentown headquarters yesterday by U.S. Rep. Norman Lent, R-N.Y., the ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Lent said Reibman's campaign was distorting the Lehigh Valley congressman's record.
"Don's opponent is using a meaningless statistic to reflect his own ignorance of what a congressman's average day is like - running to hearing and markups in other committees and subcommittees, meeting with constituents and visitors and taking time to meet with the staff so that you can instruct them in the actions they take on your behalf," Lent said.
Lent added that Ritter has a 94 percent voting record on the House floor, one of the highest in Congress.
Earlier this week, Reibman said he was not running a campaign of distortion. The ads in question focused on Ritter's absenteeism in a key committee, he said.
Reibman's campaign manager, Michael Solomon, said that other members of the Energy and Commerce Committee have similar workloads "but find time to go to the meetings."
Ritter said his attendance record at the full committee meetings does not reflect his attendance at subcommittee meetings where attendance is not taken.
It is at these subcommittee meetings where legislation is forged, he said.
"When he takes one-twelfth of the different types of committees (and subcommittees) you can have and says that is my committee record, that is really a terrible distortion," he said.
Ritter sits on the House Science, Space and Technology and the Energy and Commerce committees, which together make up 12 different committees and subcommittees.
Ritter said he did not know attendance was taken at the full committee meetings and indicated he would attempt to make the roll calls in the future to avoid what he called a "brouhaha" about his work habits.
Reibman, in a press statement yesterday, repeated his attack on Ritter's attendance record on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
He said, "Lent is much more likely to show up for work than Don Ritter."
Lent was ranked eighth in attendance in the 42-member committee, missing 3 - 13 percent - of the committee's 23 meetings.
Lent said the figures were misleading, because as the ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, he must be present most of the time.
"I have to be there when they take attendance, but I don't really want my men like Don Ritter to sit around when attendance is taken. But when the important votes come up on Superfund, on Resource Conservation and Recovery, on inside-trading legislation, Don Ritter is there.
"What important votes did Don Ritter miss. I doubt if he missed more than five or six votes during the whole 100th Congress in the committee because I would be after him," Lent said.
Ritter missed 10 out of 42 roll-call votes, according to attendance records.
Solomon noted one important vote on a homeless bill that Ritter missed because of a speaking engagement he attended instead.
It is Ritter, he said, who is running a campaign of distortion.
"We have continued to be factual," he said.
Ritter's attempt to "set the record straight" began earlier in the day during an hour-long radio call-in program on WAEB-AM yesterday.
Again responding to Reibman's attacks on honoraria, Ritter said accepting the speaking fees is "an accepted practice" among congressmen.
He did not say if he would go along with any legislation to prohibit members of congress from keeping honoraria. Current rules, he said, allow members to keep honoraria up to one-third of their salaries. Ritter said the House Democratic leadership "would probably be against" cutting honoraria.
When a caller noted that Ritter was first to start with the negative advertising in the early summer, Ritter said his only recourse to Reibman's campaign promises was to "tell the taxpayers" what Reibman's programs would cost.
"The bottom line is I focused on issues," he said, and Reibman "assassinated my character."


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Why did I choose dog photography as a career...
I suppose that’s a question everyone asks themselves at some point in their life’s, “why did I choose this as my career?”.
Well I suppose I chose photography the subject as a whole when I started college. I attended Leicester College to study Photography at a National Diploma level. Prior to this I was already into photography from about the age of 12 so you could say I already had a “foot” in the door and a little knowledge. After completing my degree, I actually had nothing to do with photography, I went straight into work as a surface mount technician. Did this for around 2 years and then found my way into IT which I did for about 9 years. Never actually studied for IT, I just knew about computers.
On the side of all these jobs/years, I still photographed as a hobby, mainly landscapes and nature but never even thought about photographing dogs let alone even start a business and sell my work.
Jump to 2020 and my wife lands a job as a dog trainer. Well I would be lying if I didn’t say this jump started my eye on dog photography because it so did!
I was only really taking pictures of our own dog and a few friends dogs but then had a light bulb moment, “why don’t I give back and not waste what I’ve put all my hard work into learning what I know today”. So there it was, the start of The Petographer. I mean don’t get me wrong there was a lot more to my story but you get the idea, plus don’t want to bore you to much.
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Kerry is set to feature on Top Gear this Sunday night, however the episode will not air on RTE until the Autumn.
Hosts Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc visited Kerry last month with a large BBC crew, filming in Kenmare, Killarney and the Dingle Peninsula.
The footage will air on BBC One this Sunday night at 8pm – but not on RTE.
A spokesperson confirmed to Radio Kerry RTE bought the rights for the new Top Gear series but were only permitted to simulcast the first two episodes.
They will broadcast the remaining episodes on RTE2 in the autumn, after the series concludes on the BBC.

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Haslam Picks Henry
Bill Haslam has appointed a life-long disability advocate to lead the Department of Intellectual Disabilities:
Henry spent much of his career in the General Assembly advocating for the rights and the dignity of people with developmental disabilities, and he himself has a child who has a developmental disability. It is worth noting that Henry took up the mantle of disability advocacy at a time (1980, upon his election to the State House) when so many people were still blissfully unaware of the nature of many intellectual and other disabilities and were still hesitant to see people with disabilities participating in the larger society.
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TT riders, team bosses, manufacturers, sponsors fans and journalists from around the world were on the Isle of Man this week for the official launch of TT2011 fuelled by Monster Energy.
They enjoyed weather conditions that wouldn’t be out of place in June and were treated to a Premiere Screening of TT3D, the press launch at the Calf Sound in the South of the Island and a the public launch and chat show at the Villa Marina.
The riders and their team bosses revealed their thoughts ahead of the 2011 campaign in an evening of interviews hosted by Manx Radio sports journalists Tim Glover and Chris Kinley at the Villa Marina. The event was packed to capacity as fans eagerly caught up with the news ahead of this year’s races and enjoyed stunning edits of the 2010 TT Races TV footage.
Leading the line up was 2010 history maker Ian Hutchinson, alongside team boss Shaun Muir, who talked in detail about his progress from injury sustained at the end of last season. Fans also heard from local hero Conor Cummins, who went so close to victory in the 2010 races, ahead of his comeback at Brands Hatch.
Fifteen time champion John McGuinness was joined by team-mate Keith Amor, the pair having travelled through the night following their creditable World Endurance debut for the Honda TT legends team. John, who confirmed that he would be taking the number 1 plate this year, will be hoping for better luck in 2011 following a 2010 TT campaign that saw him fail to achieve a single podium.
Other leading contenders scheduled who attended included Bruce Anstey with his new team boss Clive Padgett, Ryan Farquhar, Michael and William Dunlop, Ian Lougher and Cameron Donald. Ever popular Guy Martin appeared with his new team bosses Hector and Philip Neill. The Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing team were also joined on the couch by their new recruit, Frenchman Guillaume Dietrich who looks set to become a popular rider on the Isel of Man. BSB star Simon Andrews also appeared during the show and talked about his 2011 TT Races debut.
The sidecars were represented by double 2010 winner Klaus Klaffenbock and his passenger Dan Sayle, while Simon Neary/Paul Knapton and 2010 Race 1 runner up John Holden will be discussing how they will be trying to emulate the Austrian in 2011. They were also joined in the line up by ex World Champions the Birchall Brothers and Tim Reeves and his passenger, Frenchman Gregory Cluze.
The electric motorcycle racing world was represented by American Mark Miller, the 2010 TT Zero Race winner, who told fans that he believes that he can emulate his 2010 achievement and break the 100mph barrier. Other guests include multiple world champion Phil Read and Yamaha Classic Race Team boss Ferry Brouwer who outlined their plans to honour the 50th anniversary of the Yamaha Race team.
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Former Client List star, Colin Egglesfield, was arrested Saturday, March 29 for allegedly damaging property at the Tempe Festival of the Arts.
E! News confirmed that the Something Borrowed actor caused a scene on Mill Avenue when he knocked over barriers, which were set up in order to keep the art work safe. A police officer also claimed the actor "flipped over a table and broke several signs."
Egglesfield was charged with criminal damage and disorderly conduct, and was later released from jail on a $1,000 bail.
An insider told Us Weekly, it "wasn't a rampage or anything like that. Something went missing from his group and he was looking for it."
The sourced added he was “very upset.”
On Friday, Egglesfield was seen at the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball preview game at Chase Field, and he later played a round of golf with his father, William, and younger brother, Sean.
The former All My Children actor was later spotted unfazed by the event Tuesday when he was photographed leaving a sushi restaurant in Beverly Hills with Trophy Wife star, Malin Akerman.

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Affordable-housing advocates may have allies in Brewster
BREWSTER — The neighbors on Yankee Drive are familiar with affordable housing issues - their 48-home development built in the early 1990s includes a dozen affordable homes.
"I would wager that if you came through here, you would not know" which homes are the affordable ones, said Bob Miller, a Yankee Drive resident who moved to Brewster in 1994. "That was planned deliberately that way."
Now, Miller and others are more than willing to listen to a proposal by the Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless, or HECH, to buy a Yankee Drive property owned by developer John McShane and transform it into six affordable year-round rental units.
It's the same property that Brewster voters at a July town meeting rejected as a town purchase when town officials wanted to develop it to house town employees. A handful of the Yankee Drive neighbors met with Brewster town officials and Bob Murray of HECH on Friday to discuss preliminary plans.
Murray, who is used to negative rhetoric about proposals for affordable housing, was surprised to learn that these neighbors actually may come out in full support of the project.
"We told them that we didn't need to do it, but if it was something the town would like to have done and the neighbors would support it, we would do it," he said yesterday. "We could live very well without it and (the town) could live very well without it."
Murray hopes the deal moves along at a comfortable pace for all parties. If HECH buys the property, which at town meeting had a price tag of about $770,000, it will need to garner an amendment to the comprehensive permit that McShane acquired this summer. McShane's permit is for ownership of six condos and one single family home on an adjacent lot.
HECH proposed to own the entire building that currently stands on the site and rent out six apartments, said assistant town administrator Jillian Douglass. HECH may leave the adjacent lot to McShane for private development, Douglass said. A change in the permit must go through the Zoning Board of Appeals and a public process.
McShane did not return phone calls seeking comment yesterday but Murray said in August that McShane has indicated that he is "pretty flexible" on the purchase.
"He knows what the town wants to do and is willing to work with us and the town to do that," Murray said.
Miller, a retired school administrator from New Jersey, sees no drawbacks with the plan. He thinks voters would have been more receptive to the town's purchase in July if all sides of the issue had been heard, but the question was moved and debate cut off.
"I'm an optimist," he said. "I'm sure there will be issues that we all have to deal with as homeowners, apartment dwellers and raising children, but that's all part and parcel of living in a community."
Miller and other neighbors worked with Selectman John Mitchell on an acquisition committee for the town to buy the property earlier this year. Mitchell said yesterday he was frustrated by a "quirk in the system that cut us off at the knees" at town meeting - the calling of the question to end debate.
"(The plan) wasn't meant to be a big, broad affordable housing to add to the housing stock. It was to be pointed and helpful for a specific area" of helping town employees, he said. "I always favor home ownership rather than rental, but I know both are needed."
Meanwhile, the board of directors of the Yankee Drive homeowners association will meet Sept. 20, at which time they hope to talk with Murray about HECH's plans. President Jim Van Ness said while he can't speak for everybody, from what he has heard, he is not opposed to HECH's proposal.
"My gosh, everybody needs housing," he said. "Having (HECH) be in control of the building and maintenance is probably a very good situation."


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A South Texas woman who says she gave up beer for Lent won a case of Budweiser delivered to her home by a team of Clydesdales.
Some 30 pages of emails reveal that then-governor Pence used a private AOL account to communicate with top level staffers in state governmen…
Even with the cuts and other adjustments, the division still needs $9.5 million.
Officers were called to the Advance Auto, located at 2401 Airline Boulevard, at 9:01 p.m.
The plan will focus on the city’s two growth areas: downtown and Northern Suffolk.
A man called authorities after he spotted what appeared to be “naked rear end of a person” followed by a “great deal of movement.”
The Elizabeth City Police Department is asking residents to be aware of fake crowdfunding campaigns.
Twelve people in five states have become ill from E. coli, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
As for all the support he’s received, Andrew says, “Thank you, for everything.”
A dramatic scene played out this week in Los Angeles, as Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a father after he dropped off …
It’s going to cost you a little more to save money by shopping at Costco.
An author fighting ovarian cancer who may not have long to live has offered up her husband in a tear-jerking essay
In both 2015 and 2016, there were more than 9,000 alarm dispatches and 85 percent percent of them were false alarms.
The Jamestown boys basketball team is moving on to the 4A state semifinals, while the Landstown boys advance to the 6A state semifinals.
Both a rally for and a protest against President Donald Trump went down at Mount Trashmore on Saturday.
Nineteen attorneys general, including Attorney General Mark Herring, have signed onto a brief to the Supreme Court in support of Grimm.
McAuliffe has vetoed legislation prohibiting the release of people from jail if federal immigration officials had requested they be detained…
Prosecutors say 30-year-old Darius Crenshaw was a high-ranking member of the Black P-Stones gang.
James Carter-Pristell, 24, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Inspectors say actual delays in delivering medical care to veterans remain far worse at Veterans Affairs medical facilities in NC and VA.
The project will include milling, paving and pavement marking on both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Ferrell Parkway.
Someone is vandalizing spots along the Greensprings Interpretive Trail and the Virginia Capital Trail.
Dust off your cowboy boots as the Waterside District as announced PBR as the latest addition to downtown Norfolk’s waterfront.
A Mathews man was arrested last month following a break-in at a secured work shop lot of Peninsula Heating and Air.
Two Portsmouth homes, down the street from each other, were shot at Thursday night.
Police have arrested a Portsmouth man in connection to a deadly shooting earlier this week.
Sharon Schollmeyer, 16, was found raped and murdered in 1977. Police now say her building manager, Patrick McCabe, is responsible.
SYTYCD auditions are extended AND one of your favorite judges returns!
Officials say no one was hurt but 21 people have been displaced after a large fire at a suburban Richmond apartment complex.
As the MEAC tournament is set to get underway next Monday at Norfolk Scope, two NSU Spartans received all-league honors.

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Skipped showers and rainwater-powered toilets are among the methods an Arizona town has adopted as it battles to cope without water.
Rio Verde Foothills, a suburb of Scottsdale, was cut off from the city's water supply on 1 January.
The controversial move left hundreds without access to running water, prompting residents to file a lawsuit demanding that services be restored.
Scottsdale argues that it bears no responsibility for Rio Verde.
In a statement published on 16 January, the city of Scottsdale said that it had for years "warned and advised" Rio Verde - which is governed by nearby Maricopa County - that it could not depend on the city's water supply, particularly during periods of drought.
"The city remains firm in that position, and confident that it is on the right side of the law," the statement added.
The shut-off has left about 500 homes scrambling for solutions as the last of the Scottsdale water supply delivered to tanks in their yards dwindles.
Local residents quoted by the New York Times described flushing their toilets with rainwater, taking laundry to the homes of friends and eating from paper plates to avoid using water.
Another local resident, Dee Thomas, told Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV that his family has been forced to use water that collects in their pool.
"At least I can siphon that," Mr Thomas said. "We use it mostly for showering. For, you know, washing clothes, the bathroom."
A lawsuit filed on behalf of residents last week claims that Scottsdale has placed Rio Verde residents under an "unconscionable amount of stress and anxiety by discontinuing their domestic water supply".
"The lack of fresh potable water for families to be able to bathe themselves or running water to flush their toilets is a well-known basic necessity," the lawsuit added.
The city, for its part, has said that "nothing...precludes residents in Rio Verde Foothills from purchasing water from other sources."
"The water haulers who have previously hauled water from Scottsdale have access to water from other jurisdictions and are still offering to haul water to serve the homes in Rio Verde," the Scottsdale statement added.
To address the issue, a number of solutions have been proposed, including the use of a private water company to deliver water using the same pipe infrastructure used previously by Scottsdale.
Additionally, a bill recently introduced by state lawmakers would make Scottsdale financially liable for some costs created by the scarcity.
Arizona is one of 33 US states currently experiencing drought conditions, according to the US Drought Monitor.


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When: Saturday, August 05, 2017
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
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In this article are some straightforward ideas to keep yourself from forming any lousy patterns:
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Outdoors of government means, Gamblers Anonymous is just one of the premier global organizations committed to aiding dilemma gamblers find a group to link and recuperate. If the time arrives where you need to have to action away from gambling altogether, you should not be ashamed to make that preference. Gambling is intended to be a enjoyment modest section of lifetime, not dominate your life outright.


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Political victory for Megawati
Makmur Keliat ; A lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Indonesia
JAKARTA POST, 15 Maret 2014
Megawati Soekarnoputri, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson, has nominated Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to contest the presidential election scheduled in July.
What is Megawati’s incentive for choosing Jokowi? The question deserves special attention for two reasons. First, the PDI-P is one of the major political parties in Indonesia and the general opinion is that the party is regaining its former glory, comparable to the massive support it enjoyed in 1999. Second, Megawati’s decision seems to have been against the general attitude of the current political culture, because the decision was not made on the basis of the prevailing pragmatic political culture afflicting the majority of political party leaders across the country.
The public discussions and views regarding Megawati, maintain that she is distinct from other leaders of political parties as far as political ambition is concerned, which is to become the country’s chief executive.
Perception is that this is the political norm, reflecting the canon of political realism. It has become an inherent trait that permeates through all political leaders’ personalities in Indonesia. Aburizal Bakrie of the Golkar Party and Prabowo Subianto of the Gerindra Party are two prime examples of this.
Accordingly, the idea of nominating Jokowi as a presidential candidate was mooted not on the basis of political reality. It was strongly believed that the idea would not be of any value in the eyes of Megawati. On the basis of this logical framework, as the argument goes, the scenario that Megawati would have preferred was that she would put herself forward as the presidential candidate with Jokowi as her running mate.
Megawati’s decision, therefore, is a spectacular breakthrough. Those who believe that the nature of Indonesian politics is mainly shaped by pragmatism and monetary considerations are certainly disappointed by the decision. Indeed, had Megawati intended to realize her political ambition, she would have announced her candidacy long before.
Moreover, Megawati has a strong grip on the party. She would have easily and legitimately been able to nominate herself as the presidential candidate, as she was given the mandate to do so as a result of the third congress of the PDI-P held in Bali four years ago. This is where observers have got it wrong in attempts to pinpoint and assess the position of Megawati in Indonesian politics.
Some still argue that Jokowi’s electability rating, which has so far been the highest according to numerous surveys compared to other candidates, is the main reason that Megawati did not to select herself. But this view seems to be based on shallow arguments, following the logic of political pragmatism.
Indeed had Megawati relied on the results of the political survey, she would have announced Jokowi’s candidacy months ago. Moreover, in light of Megawati’s undisputed commitment to the importance of ideology, it is highly unlikely to expect that she would allow Indonesian politics to be dictated by assessments made by political surveys.
It is possible that Megawati is attempting to cultivate and institutionalize a new political culture in Indonesia through Jokowi’s nomination. She may have a noble belief that politics should not be merely understood in terms of “power over” meaning and how to exert control over others. Of equal importance, politics has also been conceptualized in terms of “power with”, specifically meaning moving forward hand in hand with the people on the basis of common interests and objectives.
This is certainly a gigantic task because old political culture cannot be changed overnight and because it requires self-sacrifice. In this regard a test awaits PDI-P. Since Jokowi is still serving as Jakarta Governor his candidacy may provoke criticism. PDI-P’s opponents could use against him, and claim that he is not a man of his word. Jokowi has been accused of making promises while campaigning for Jakarta governor that he has failed to keep.
Smear campaigns against Jokowi will likely increase, and the way in which PDI-P handles this will be crucial toward his election chances. The party’s responses do not need to be offensive or vindictive. The concept of “power over” can be promoted effectively if there is solid internal cohesion within the PDI-P itself. It is a must for the party not to be divided by those guided by political pragmatism since potential for divisive forces are obvious and cannot be neglected.
No doubt Jokowi is a valuable member of the PDI-P. He has booked remarkable achievements during both his tenure as Surakarta mayor and in his current position. In addition to Jokowi, the party under the leadership of Megawati actually has given birth to numerous young local leaders such as Ganjar Pranowo who is now the governor of Central Java, Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini and Puan Maharani, Megawati’s daughter who worked tirelessly to help Ganjar win the regional election last year.
There is a risk that Jokowi’s nomination will cause envy and perhaps jealousy among other promising young politicians. Furthermore, PDI-P has never engaged Jokowi directly in managing the party at the national level. It remains problematic and a subject of speculation whether Jokowi has a strong foothold within the party.
Therefore, Jokowi’s candidacy could sow the seeds of friction, not only among young politicians within the party, but might be opposed silently by those who have long worked for the party. The fact that Jokowi is part of Megawati’s family and is not “related by blood” to Sukarno, will in turn bring new problems. Extraordinary efforts need to be done to persuade those who have long been strong supporters of Sukarno’s family either within or outside the party.
The entire political rank and file of the PDI-P needs to take up the moral principles of politics that Megawati has tried to cultivate: sacrificing self-interest for greater common interest and bringing ideology back to Indonesia’s political stage. This is the clear signal that Megawati has intended to convey to the nation. Megawati has certainly won the election on a moral level, long before the voting has begun. ●


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Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement adds 12 new members
May 5, 2020 – The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has announced that Ampersand, Charter, Data ImpacX, Dativa, IRI, Janus Strategy & Insights, LiveRamp, New York Interconnect, Sequent Partners, Tru Optik, TVSquared and VideoAmp have joined.
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VideoAmp extends TV viewership data access via partnership with TiVo
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But apart from these solutions,
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The following are some of the natural weight loss supplements for women:
Chitosan is a kind of sugar which comes from the outer layer of crab, lobsters and shrimp and it helps in blocking the absorption of cholesterol as well as fats.
This supplement helps to cut down the weight and that to without a restriction on the calorie intake.
Chromium picolinate is another natural weight loss supplement for women which is considered quite effective.
The chromium in this supplement enhances the action of insulin and also helps in the storage of carbs, proteins and fats.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her stance and rejection to counting on the European Central Bank as the savior for debt-laden nations and she shunned the criticism directed to the ECB saying this is its mandate. It is pursuing this. And we all need to be very careful about criticizing the European Central Bank.
Merkel also warned Greece that the next tranche of last year's bailout will be still on hold until all the major parties in Greece provide the written consent on the new austerity measures.
In a speech to the parliament Merkel said that the Greek question hasn't been cleared up yet and that was attributed by her to the conditions needed to be in place for them to finalize the release of the tranche which is connected to further austerity.


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Wokingham Plumbers (RG40): From time to time problems arise with your home's plumbing, either it will be an issue with the water system ie a tap that leaks, a burst pipe or a siezed stopcock, or it may be related to the heating system ie a combi boiler malfunction, radiators that don't work or a faulty immersion element. Whatever it happens to be, you'll definitely want to call on the services of a competent Wokingham heating engineer or plumber to sort the problem out for you. Some of you might have basic plumbing skills and be more than capable of changing the washer on a tap or bleed a radiator, but not many of you will have the ability to take care of a burst pipe or service a central heating boiler. So you have to get hold of a local Wokingham plumber and you'll must find a reputable one.
While the first activity you think of whenever a Wokingham plumber is referred to is taking care of cold and hot water systems, this is just the bare minimum of what an experienced plumber in Wokingham is able to do, the fitting of gas appliances and the upkeep and installation of central heating systems are among the other common tasks. It is good to have the contact number of a local Wokingham plumber close at hand since sometimes you may need to call on one in an emergency, for instance when you have a faulty central heating boiler or a leaky water pipe. In such instances you might need to easily be able to obtain a local plumber any time you need one so you have to find one who is on call 24/7.
The finding of faults in and the maintenance of household water, gas and oil systems constitute the mainstay of almost all professional Wokingham plumbers workload. To prevent injury or damage to your property or yourself, it is recommended that you do not attempt to mend or maintain these systems oneself, if you're not suitably qualified.
Any local plumber fixing your gas or oil central heating boiler has to be qualified under the recommended scheme, therefore ensure that you verify that before employing them. Any Wokingham plumbers mending or installing gas equipment must be certified by the Gas Safe Register, and tradesmen working on oil fired systems will need to be certified by the OFTEC (Oil Firing Technical Association). Having either or both of these affiliations should guarantee a quality of service and tell you that your chosen plumber has completed the desired courses to perform the project. This also gives you options if you're not happy about the quality of work or advice provided and means that you can check that your chosen plumber has the necessary qualifications.
In rented housing it is a legal requirement for property managers and landlords to perform safety checks to make certain all appliances are safe to use. This legal requirement does not pertain to ordinary homeowners nonetheless getting safety inspections is obviously a smart move for ones own feeling of security. The latest data illustrates that approximately 16% of all appliances tested in such household safety inspections are discovered to have issues which could result in accidents and maybe cause injuries to the residents. A wise idea to give you peace of mind at the same time as ensuring the safety of your loved ones is to call in a trusted local Wokingham plumber to give your property an extensive safety inspection.
You should try to get at least three estimates when you've got a certain plumbing project planned, this gives you a greater choice rather than accepting the first one to come along. Try to keep away from having to pay by day or by the hour as you might soon end up paying for wasted time, constant phone conversations, early afternoon finishes and additional hold-ups that are not your fault, receiving a quotation for the entire task minimizes this concern.
Naturally goof ups can be made - even by the best tradespeople. You must speak to the plumber to start with if you aren't all that happy with the plumbing work that has been accomplished. A softly, softly approach is best when doing this though. By far the best policy is to put it all down in black and white, with an outline of what you are and are not satisfied with. When you have taken photographs while the work progressed, you may have a certain amount of visual proof of what transpired. On the whole your plumber will be eager to resolve the issue. Having a decent reputation is one of the most important things in the world of the plumber.
Plumbing related services are also available in Wokingham and also in: Arborfield Cross, Arborfield, Winnersh, Bracknell, The Ridge, Binfield, Wixenford, Barkham, Eversley, Woodley, Swallowfield, Wick Hill, Sindlesham, Farley Hill, Whitley, Woosehill, Eastheath, Amen Corner, Arborfield Garrison, Popeswood, Holme Green, Finchampstead, Gardeners Green, and in these postcodes RG40 1LA, RG40 1AS, RG40 1SG, RG40 1TX, RG40 1EQ, RG40 1BE, RG40 1PJ, RG12 8TD, RG40 1RJ, RG40 1GU.
Blocked Waste Pipes
Waste pipes and traps have to be kept nice and clean as they're a vital element of the drainage system of your home. Modern day systems mostly use plastic piping and fittings. Waste pipework is larger than supply piping. Waste pipes and traps handle all manner of detritus like food particles, fat and clumps of hair, so they will get blocked on occasion. When the rate of water flow from plug holes in sinks and baths becomes slow, this is a sure sign of a blockage. If this happens, the probabilities are that an impediment is forming within the waste pipework. This type of dilemma really should be dealt with straight away. You could maybe have a go at unblocking it yourself, and if this is not successful you will have to call on the services of a plumber or drain clearance specialist. People normally attempt to sort out waste blockages with remedies like boiling water, chemical cleaners, vinegar with salt, plumber's snakes and plungers. (Tags: Blocked Pipes Wokingham, Blocked Waste Pipe Wokingham, Waste Pipes Blocked Wokingham)
Power Flushing Central Heating Wokingham
While the vast majority of householders in Wokingham are aware that their central heating boilers need to be serviced and maintained every year, they sometimes overlook the need to look after their radiators. A power flush by your friendly Wokingham heating engineer should help to increase the efficiency of your radiators and get the maximum performance from your entire heating system.
Over time and through use, your radiators will begin to fill up with with sludge and waste, which could lead to a wide range of problems. A power flush will help to clear the system of these deposits, allowing clear, clean water to more freely circulate around your heating system, and give you the absolute best performance.
Power flushing your radiators could be beneficial if:
- There are water pump circulation issues.
- You central heating system has internal corrosion problems.
- Your heating system has lower than normal water pressure.
- There is contamination in your hot water boiler.
- Your radiators are cold but your pipes are hot.
- The water is discoloured when you bleed your radiators.
- Your central heating is slow in warming up.
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Saniflo Engineers Wokingham
Adding an additional lavatory to a property is a popular home remodeling assignment that lots of homeowners in Wokingham consider. When the locality of the additional WC is near to a waste pipe this shouldn't be an issue, but it is more difficult when there's no place nearby to send waste. The installation of new pipework will be an expensive and disruptive business, therefore a simpler method could be the answer. Instead of having your entire house remodeled, a cheaper and simpler alternative would be to fit a Saniflo system. The main benefit being thatonly require a small 25cm pipe, because the waste is macerated and pumped at high pressure. The waste material in the Saniflo system can then be propelled to your pre-existing soil pipe provided that it doesn't have to travel more than three metres vertically and fifty metres horizontally. This type of installation will require the skills of a certified plumber or a Saniflo technician if you want to get it fitted correctly.
Fitting New Gas Boilers Wokingham
If you've got a gas combi boiler, every so often you'll have to have it switched for a new one. Despite the fact that they are sturdily built and super-efficent, today's boilers have still got a limited life span. A 5 year manufacturer's warranty is usual for quality combi boilers, after which you'll most likely have to pay for repairs. It may be possible to get a service agreement with your gas supplier for future maintenance. 15 years is about the usual life span of a central heating boiler, after which it should be replaced. With ever improving technology a replacement central heating boiler will likely save you money over time, as they're being made more and more efficient. Combi boilers are not cheap, therefore if you would like the best value for your money, investing in an efficient one is a great idea. You will want a genuine Gas Safe plumber to take out your existing gas boiler and install a brand new one.
Landlord Gas Safety Certificates Wokingham
In rented homes in Wokingham, landlords are responsible for the safety of flues and gas appliances. An annual gas safety check must be performed on landlord owned gas appliances and flues, and this has to be done by a Gas Safe engineer in all cases. As soon as this safety check is complete you will receive a Landlord Gas Safety Record or Gas Safety Certificate, describing everything that was inspected. Within a timeframe of four weeks, tenants have to be given a copy of this document (the Landlord Gas Safety Record). Frequent maintenance must also be given to all chimneys, gas pipes, gas appliances and flues, so that they're kept in a safe state of repair.
Choosing a Good Plumber
Nowadays uncovering a dependable tradesperson can be a massive headache, and this definitely applies when you are in need of a decent plumber or electrician. You will find lots of "plumbers" advertising such services in local newspapers, in flyers and on the internet, but who can be trusted? With every trade, there are always tricksters and cowboys out there who'll gladly take your money but fall short when it comes to actually doing the work in question. By studying feedback and reviews from past customers, you ought to be able to stay away from scoundrels using a traders portal such as Rated People or Local Heroes. No strategy is certain of success, but be cautious and you ought to be able to find an honest plumber for your project.
Questions to Ask Before Employing a Plumber
- Exactly who will be doing the work?
- Is all your work insurance backed and guaranteed?
- Can you provide references from past clients?
- When will you need paying?
- Are you qualified to do the job?
- Have you got adequate insurance insurance?
- Is this the final cost of the work?
- Can I look at some photographs of similar work undertaken?
- For how long have you been trading?
Information and Advice
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Wokingham Plumbing Questions
Just recently I was having a good look at the questions homeowners ask in relation to plumbing in Wokingham. Quite a few of you e-mailed in compelling queries that may be worth a mention here. Those which stood out are, "Can plumber fix dishwasher?" "How does a plumber check for leaks?" "Are plumbing problems the landlords responsibility?" "Where is plumbing vent?" "Why do plumbing pipes rattle?" "How much do plumbers charge?", and "Why do central heating pipes go green?" I hope you'll agree that most of these queries have been answered somewhere on this webpage, and if some remain unanswered we'll soon be putting in a plumbing "Questions and Answers" section. Our thanks go to the following householders for taking the time to present their questions; Alex Ware, Zoey Mcgrath, Jaxson Hallam and Aria Lightfoot. We were also delighted to receive relevant queries from Riley Howden in Woodley, Janet Armour in Winnersh and Jim Glover in Gardeners Green.
Local Wokingham plumbers will usually be able to help you out with drain replacement in Wokingham, bathroom plumbing services in Wokingham, small leaks, fire sprinklers Wokingham, the installation of external taps, issuing landlord safety certificates, gas ovens and hobs fitted, leak detection, fitting gas cookers and hobs Wokingham, domestic plumbing services Wokingham, solar panel installations Wokingham, heating pump replacement Wokingham, boiler installations, fixing burst pipes, gas appliance maintenance, valve installations Wokingham, unvented hot water systems in Wokingham, repairs to leaking boilers, under floor heating repair and installation in Wokingham, gas appliance fitting, replacing gas central heating systems, changing leaking taps in Wokingham, repairing broken toilets, powerflushing, hot tubs Wokingham, bathroom suite fitting, fixing combi boilers, kitchen sinks and plumbing in Wokingham, thermal dynamics in Wokingham, wet room fitting, drainage issues, installing heated towel rails, the installation of macerators and Saniflo systems, thermostat installations, drain unblocking, and many other plumbing related tasks in Wokingham. Local Wokingham plumbers will probably have the dialling code 0118 and the postcode RG40.
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Plumbing Books: Plumbing bibliography: The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing by Peter Tanner and Stephen Lane, Central Heating, Installation, Maintenance and Repair (Patrick Mitchell), Residential Construction Academy: Plumbing, Plumbing a House, Home Plumbing Manual by Andy Blackwell, Master Basic Plumbing and Central Heating by Roy Treloar, Complete Plumbing & Central Heating, Plumbing.
Plumbers Around Wokingham: Throughout the year, homeowners in these Wokingham places have asked about plumbing services: Trent Close, Dell Road, Bearwood College, Toutley Road, Sheerlands Road, South Close, Cornwall Close, Carey Road, Donnington Place, Cambrian Way, Billingbear Park, The Dittons, Staverton Close, Somerset Close, Burnt Oak, Dyer Road, Commons Road, Bathurst Road, Thorn Close, Bird Mews, Brookside, Chaucer Close, Clare Avenue, Blenheim Close, Chestnut Avenue, Betty Grove Lane, Birch Road, along with these postcodes RG40 1LA, RG40 1AS, RG40 1SG, RG40 1TX, RG40 1EQ, RG40 1BE, RG40 1PJ, RG12 8TD, RG40 1RJ, RG40 1GU.
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Richardson, TX – November 24, 2014
Anritsu Company introduces options for its MD8475A Network Simulator platform that support WLAN Offload smartphone testing, creating an accurate and efficient test solution for verifying mobile devices early in the device integration test process. With the options installed, the MD8475A simulates real-world carrier network implementation of industry-standard WLAN Offload functions, such as the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) and Enhanced Packet Data Gateway (ePDG), as well as the Multiple Access PDN Connection (MAPCON) capability.
“Mobile operators are using WLAN Offload to relieve the strain on their networks due to the enormous explosion of data usage. The MD8475A is a cost-effective network connectivity and performance simulator that enables efficient device testing in a single-box solution. This platform will allow mobile device manufacturers to bring their devices to market faster and at a lower cost,” said Pete Alexander, PhD, Vice President and General Manager of Anritsu Company.
For WLAN Offload, the MD8475A and SmartStudio user interface (UI) provide a cost-effective trusted and untrusted connectivity test simulation solution for applications such as web browsing, e-mail, and voice/video. One new option, the basic WLAN Offload software, provides functions for forwarding packets between the mobile device and networks with both trusted non-3GPP Access and untrusted non-3GPP Access authentication functions, as well as for monitoring packets graphically. The ePDG option supports the IKEv2 key exchange procedure and IPsec communications functions for untrusted non-3GPP Access network authentication. A third option, the ANDSF software, supports the function for setting and distributing the system selection policy between 3GPP and WLAN.
ANDSF is an inter-system mobility policy function that directs mobile devices to connect with trusted 3GPP and untrusted, non-3GPP (WLAN) networks nearby. Defined in 3GPP TS23.402, TS24.302, and TS24.312, ANDSF is a key technology for WLAN Offload that provides a prioritization and connection management rule set to mobile devices that access these disparate networks. The ePDG secures the data transmission with a mobile device connected to the Evolved Packet Core over an untrusted non-3GPP Access Point.
There may be environments in which the network carrier needs multiple packet connections in WLAN access to support simultaneous services for a mobile device, such as e-mail access and video streaming. MAPCON technology, defined in 3GPP Release 10, provides the throughput performance required to seamlessly provide this type of complex service.
The MD8475A Network Simulator is a complete network-in-a-box, simulating the radio access as well as the core network and server functions, and supports a full range of communications standards, including LTE. SmartStudio UI eliminates the need to create complex test scripts, assuring efficient and simpler mobile testing. In addition to WLAN Offload support, this solution provides detailed performance testing measurements for data throughput testing and verification of battery life.
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Anritsu Company is the United States subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, a global provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions for more than 110 years. Anritsu provides solutions for existing and next-generation wired and wireless communication systems and operators. Anritsu products include wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital instruments, as well as operations support systems for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. With offices throughout the world, Anritsu sells in over 90 countries with approximately 4,000 employees.


“Pat was the pioneer of the vision that Trump ran on and won on,” says Greg Mueller, who served as Buchanan’s communications director on the 1992 and 1996 campaigns and remains a close friend. Michael Kinsley, the liberal former New Republic editor who co-hosted CNN’s “Crossfire” with Buchanan, likewise credits his old sparring partner with laying the intellectual groundwork for Trumpism: “It’s unclear where this Trump thing goes, but Pat deserves some of the credit.” He pauses. “Or some of the blame.”
Less memorably, the 2000 campaign also brought Buchanan into contact for the first time with Trump. The New York real estate tycoon and tabloid favorite was also mulling a run for the Reform Party’s nomination at the urging of Jesse Ventura, the former professional wrestler who had won Minnesota’s governorship on the third-party ticket in 1998. Trump never followed through, but true to the form he would display 16 years later, the future president took pleasure in brutalizing his potential competition. Trump devoted portions of a book to highlighting Buchanan’s alleged “intolerance” toward black and gay people, accused him of being “in love with Adolf Hitler” and denounced Buchanan while visiting a Holocaust museum, telling reporters, “We must recognize bigotry and prejudice and defeat it wherever it appears.”
The irony today is unmistakable.
(…) Buchanan has faced his share of critiques, but no one has hit him harder than Trump. In retrospect, it’s astounding that the man who used Buchanan’s playbook to win the White House had previously bashed him in the most ruthlessly ad hominem terms imaginable—yet Buchanan used his columns to cheerlead Trump’s 2016 candidacy from Day One. The explanation for this became clear once I accepted that Trump had done something entirely out of character: According to multiple sources, Trump called Buchanan out of the blue some five years ago, when the former candidate was a regular guest on “Morning Joe,” and apologized for all of the hurtful things he had said. “He made amends,” Bay Buchanan, Pat’s sister and former campaign manager, says of Trump. “Long before he got into the presidential [race], he reached out to Pat and apologized for what he’d done, realizing it had been wrong. … My brother is a very forgiving guy, and if someone asks for forgiveness, he’s going to deliver it.”
Buchanan will go to his grave believing exactly that. He swears he has no personal animus toward people who don’t look like him; in fact, he says, the immigrant groups he interacts with in northern Virginia are “always smiling” and seem like wonderful members of the community. “Obviously they love America,” Buchanan tells me. “The question is, what is it that holds us together? The neocons say we’re an ideological people bound together by what Lincoln said at Gettysburg and what Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, and that’s what makes us one nation. But my tradition of conservatism says it’s not; it’s the idea of culture and faith and belief and history and heroes and holidays.”
He takes a long pause. “Can you have a nation that consists of all the people in the world—and be one people?”


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Martha Marcy May Marlene
Director/Time: Sean Durkin, 101 min.
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy
Headline: You can take the girl out of the cult, but you can’t take the cult out of the girl
Indie type: Nerve-jangler
Report: About halfway through writer-director Sean Durkin’s terrifying drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, the possibly crazy Elizabeth Olson asks her uptight sister Sarah Paulson if she’s ever had trouble telling the difference between a dream and a memory. Paulson says no, but anyone who has ever had that trouble—and I count myself as one—will likely be extra-shaken by Martha Marcy May Marlene. When Olsen asks this, she’s just a few days removed from escaping a cult: a group of back-to-nature, share-and-share-alike, free-love types who live together on a Catskills farm led by the guitar-playing, cooly persuasive John Hawkes. Now Olsen’s living with her sister and her new husband in their swank lakeside vacation home in Connecticut. But at night she hears knocking sounds on the roof, which reminds here of the stones she and her fellow cultists used to throw at big houses, to see if anyone was home before they snuck in and burgled the places. Are her old cult-mates coming to take her back? Or—just maybe—is she completely misremembering what happened to her on the farm?
That uncertainty about what’s real and what’s all in Olsen’s mind makes Martha Marcy May Marlene a little hard to follow in its back half, as Durkin flows freely between flashbacks to the compound and scenes at the lake-house, with little to indicate clearly where we are at any given moment. But again, maybe it’s because the movie plays on so many of my personal fears—including being in a remote house with big windows when intruders arrive—that I found even the confusion of Martha Marcy May Marlene to be effective, not sloppy. It helps that Olsen and Paulson give such a strong performances, playing sisters who’ve never really gotten along and who have decades of painful memories between them. What makes Olsen’s cult experience so unnerving is that in many ways she’s a better fit there than she is in Paulson’s upper-class dream-world. She’s a true misfit, not sure of where to go or what to do. And then there are those damned windows, which Dukin keeps sticking into the back of shots, as a reminder that Olsen’s past could come back to consume her—and that part of her maybe wishes that it would.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Director/Time: Constance Marks, 85 min.
Headline: It’s surprisingly easy being red
Indie type: Inspiring bio-doc
Report: I wrote last year about how much Jim Henson meant to me when I was a kid, but I’ve got nothing on Kevin Clash, a puppeteer who almost literally followed in Henson’s footsteps, from building his own puppets in his parent’s house as a kid to launching his career on a local TV kiddie show when he was a teenager. (And in the DC/Baltimore area, no less… same as Henson.) Clash eventually graduated to Captain Kangaroo and The Great Space Coaster, and then—thanks to the mentoring of Muppet builder-Kermit Love—was invited to work on Sesame Street. There, Clash took over the floundering character Elmo, reimagining the little monster as an exuberant toddler who loves everybody. Constance Marks’ documentary Being Elmo isn’t exactly hard-hitting, daring or revelatory. Marks relies heavily on interviews with admirers, and footage of Clash at work (including some remarkable film from his first trip to New York to meet Love), and though Marks tries to make an obstacle out of Clash’s guilt over not spending more time with his daughter, for the most part Being Elmo is an uplifting story about a talented, dedicated guy who was well-supported at home and professionally, and who tries to repay his good fortune by sharing his knowledge with other young puppeteers (as well as by sharing Elmo with children all over the world). But just because a movie is uncomplicated doesn’t make it bad. There’s still something deeply moving about the idea of someone joining a community that shares his artistic ideals, and working to extend the tradition. Marks is smart to locate the heart of the movie in Clash’s devotion to Henson, and to end with a shot of him rehearsing with his colleagues and asking for another run, encouraging them with the meaningful words, “Let’s keep it going.” I’d like to say that was the moment that Being Elmo reduced me to tears, but honestly, I was a wreck long before then.
Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times
Director/Time: Andrew Rossi, 88 min.
Headline: What’s black and white and increasingly read on-line these days?
Indie type: Fly on the wall doc
Report: Opening with the first flowering of the Wikileaks story and ending with the story of the Tribune bankruptcy, Andrew Rossi’s documentary Page One takes a look at how The New York Times is weathering what’s become a revolution in the way people produce and consume the news. Rossi focuses mainly on the Times’ recently created Media section, which is tasked with covering what some might tag as the paper’s own imminent demise. Page One features some fascinating you-are-there footage as Times editors and reporters debate the newsworthiness of the iPad, or NBC’s stage-managed “the Iraq war is over” report. But Rossi also includes superfluous details about Times columnists David Carr and Brian Stelter, and is so focused on the “page one” of the title that he misses a significant part of the story: how a massive, hidebound organization like the Times is integrating a medium as fast-moving as the internet into their daily operation. In the editorial meetings, do they discuss what goes up on the web right away versus what gets held for the print edition? Does the web content go through the same layers of fact-checking and sourcing as, say, Carr’s big article on the Tribune troubles did? Don’t get me wrong: I appreciated Page One’s fair-minded assessment of the Times’ strengths and weaknesses, and its advocacy for original reporting over mere link-aggregation and commentary. But this movie feels like it should be the first part of a series. I eagerly await Page Two.
Director/Time: Iwai Shunji, 120 min.
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rachel Leigh Cook
Headline: Do you have anything from the vampire’s point of view?
Indie type: Art-horror
Report: In the opening 15 minutes of Iwai Shunji’s Vampire, meek high school teacher Kevin Zegers picks up a suicidal girl (played by Keisha Castle-Hughes) that he met in a chatroom, then takes her to an empty warehouse, where he drains her blood and drinks it. It’s not a terrible scene. Sure, the dialogue is flat and the sound design odd, but since the audience has a good idea what’s coming, it’s easy to appreciate the pathos of a woman making her last few choices in life. Vampire starts to slip away though in the scenes of blood-letting and drinking, which Shunji makes look blandly pretty, not visceral. Immediately after that, he introduces Zegers’ mother, an Alzheimer's patient whom Zegers keeps trapped in her room by tethering her to balloons. Then he brings in a cop, who comes to check on Zegers’ mom and ends up inviting the teacher on a fishing trip, where he boasts (with dull irony) about what a good judge of character he is. Right about then, I started thinking about how much I wished I was watching George Romero’s brilliant Martin (also about a mentally ill young man who thinks he’s a vampire) or Shunji’s lovely 2001 teen romance All About Lily Chou-Chou. Instead, by the time Shunji started shooting the fishing trip by setting his camera on its side—and once I realized that this was an example of the “unconventional framing” that the festival catalog praised—I bailed, after 30 minutes. Because unlike the characters in this film, I do value my life.
The Troll Hunter
Director/Time: André Ovredal, 103 min.
Cast: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Hans Morten Hansen
Headline: Really… don’t feed the trolls
Indie type: “Found footage” monster movie
Report: I recognize why indie filmmakers would be drawn to using the Blair Witch/Cloverfield-style “hey we just found these tapes” style for a horror movie. The format itself covers a lot of sins: mediocre production values, weak exposition, cheap special effects, et cetera. Plus, when it works, the caught-on-the-fly style makes the fantastical look more real, and thus more shocking. André Ovredal’s Norwegian creature feature The Troll Hunter works about half the time. The movie follows a group of student filmmakers as they head into the wilderness, where they encounter gruff, eccentric hunter Otto Jespersen, who’s on a covert mission to control the country’s troll population. When the trolls attack, they come lumbering out of the woods or mountain caves, towering over the humans, who have to blast the beasts with light to get them to explode. The trolls are the best part of The Troll Hunter; they’re funny, and creepy, and it’s clever the way our heroes try to bait them by putting three billy goats on top of a bridge, or by playing gospel music (to fool the trolls into believe that they have the blood of Christian men). But you know what’s not so good in The Troll Hunter? The hunting. A good hour-plus of this movie is dedicated to shorts shots of the Norwegian landscape as seen from a moving vehicle, and while the countryside is beautiful, the cinematography isn’t. (Because, y’know, again… “found footage.”) Almost lost in all the shakycam shots of trees is a funny performance by Jespersen, playing a man who takes his responsibilities seriously but still wishes he had reinforcements. He’s a star who deserves a real movie, not just the occasional line between yet another scene of young people driving.


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