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Friday, December 16, 2011
Matt Damon Talks Bourne
Well, at least not at the moment.
"If you look at the first three movies, we kind of pounded that idea of identity and amnesia into the ground," GQ's January cover boy tells the men's mag. "We really got everything out of it that we could. So to reboot it, we need to come up with something completely new."
Despite learning via the Internet that he'd been replaced, Damon says he's rooting for The Bourne Legacy (the fourth installment) ? which is slated to star Jeremy Renner in the lead, but non-Jason Bourne role ? to do well.
"Selfishly, it's bad for me if that movie doesn't do well," he admits.
He's not so diplomatic, however, when it comes to discussing Bourne franchise director/co-writer Tony Gilroy's decision to put money above art, as Damon sees it, for The Bourne Ultimatum.
"I don't blame Tony for taking a boatload of money and handing in what he handed in. It's just that it was unreadable," Damon says. "This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It's terrible. It's really embarrassing. He was having a go, basically, and he took his money and left."
Damon assures Bourne fans that he will return to the franchise at some point, but likes feeling that he's "inoculated" from failure because of its success.
"It feels like I can swing freely, like a baseball player?just be relaxed and really do the things that I want to do and not worry, because I know there's another one out there."
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1924138/news/1924138/
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McCoy's concussion could lead to changes
updated 7:42 p.m. ET Dec. 13, 2011
CLEVELAND (AP) ? An investigation by the NFL and Players Association into the Browns' handling of Colt McCoy's concussion could lead to changes in the league's medical procedures and protocol on head injuries.
McCoy sustained a concussion when he was hit last week by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who was suspended for one game for the helmet-to-helmet hit, his fifth illegal one on a quarterback in the past three seasons. McCoy was off the field for less than four minutes after the hit.
Medical representatives from the league and NFLPA met Tuesday with the Browns' medical staff and discussed the team's response and treatment of McCoy's injury, which may have exposed some previously unaddressed issues tied to concussion policies.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said any findings from the meeting will be reviewed by commissioner Roger Goodell and members of the league's committee on head, neck and spine injuries will be consulted. Aiello said in an email response that any changes in policy or procedure would be made by Goodell and in conjunction with the league's medical committee and the player's union.
NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith acknowledged the union is taking part in the review.
"We made visits pursuant to new procedures in the CBA that are designed to protect our players," he said in a statement. "We will examine what we learned and take whatever steps that are necessary" to ensure player safety.
The Browns said McCoy, whose head snapped back after he was struck on the facemask, did not show symptoms of a concussion until after the game. Coach Pat Shurmur claims the team followed medical protocol before the second-year quarterback was allowed to return just minutes after absorbing the vicious hit.
On Monday, Shurmur refused to answer direct questions whether the team administered standardized concussion tests for McCoy while he was on the sideline. Shurmur said head trainer Joe Sheehan told him McCoy was ready to go back in the game.
"I feel like we followed the normal medical procedures necessary," Shurmur said. "We followed the procedures to determine whether he was eligible to play."
McCoy was sent home before practice on Monday to rest as he recovers from his concussion, the ninth suffered by a Cleveland player this season.
Shurmur hopes McCoy will be able to play at Arizona this Sunday. Backup Seneca Wallace will make his first start of the season if McCoy is ruled out. Wallace came in for two plays after McCoy was briefly knocked out of the game by Harrison.
The Browns have come under intense scrutiny for the way they dealt with McCoy's injury.
The quarterback's father, Brad McCoy, criticized the team for allowing his son to return to the game. The elder McCoy went as far as to question whether the Browns' medical staff was capable of identifying a concussion.
"He never should've gone back in the game," McCoy, a former high school coach told The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. "He was basically out (cold) after the hit. You could tell by the rigidity of his body as he was laying there. There were a lot of easy symptoms that should've told them he had a concussion."
The NFLPA could file a grievance on McCoy's behalf if it's determined the Browns did not test him properly for a concussion. The league could also take action against the club.
The Browns lost two other players, tight end Benjamin Watson and rookie fullback Owen Marecic, to concussions against the Steelers. Cleveland's training and medical staff were praised by several players on Monday for their vigilance with head injuries.
Linebacker Scott Fujita, a member of the union's executive council, said it's up to the league and union to set the standards for dealing with head injuries and to make changes when necessary.
"There are league-wide problems in procedure, and that's what needs to be addressed," Fujita said. "It's the process. We need to continue to strive to find better ways to take care of our players, and I think an independent neurologist on game days is something that should be seriously considered."
The idea of an independent medical consultant deciding who should be allowed to play didn't sit well with other players.
Cornerback Sheldon Brown, a 10-year veteran, said any qualified medical personnel would have to watch the game from the press box or on TV and then would need to come down to the sideline to do another test on the injured player.
Even then, there are always going to be differing opinions whether a player is putting himself at risk.
"It's a sticky situation," Brown said. "As a competitor and as an athlete, if I can go and a trainer tells me I can't go, that trainer has a problem with me after the game. If somebody's holding me out and I know I can play and help the team and at the end of the day some jerk trying to save his butt knows protocol but doesn't know me as an individual or my pain tolerance or my threshold, it's not fair for him to hold me out.
"I'm old-school, man, so I think you either play the game or you don't. It's your choice."
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Meeting the 'Challenge': Office of Naval Research funds new projects
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Organization hopes to find new scientists and futuristic technologies
ARLINGTON, Va.In the spirit of science competitions that yielded technologies to send U.S. astronauts to the moon, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) selected five new basic research projects for significant funding, officials announced Dec. 12.
"We hope that the research will bring in new science areas and new principal investigators," said Dr. William Lukens, the program officer overseeing the effort for ONR's Basic Research Challenge (BRC).
The BRC program supports projects in areas not already addressed by ongoing science investigations within the organization. ONR reserves a small percentage of its basic research funds for this internal effort, giving program officers incentive to compete for resources for scientific pursuits that broaden their portfolios.
Out of 36 proposals, ONR officials chose five winning topics for fiscal year 2012. Each will receive a four-year award worth approximately $1.5 million annually.
The five topics and their respective program officers are:
- Decentralized On-line Optimization; Dr. Don Wagner, Dr. Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, Dr. Jason Stack and Marc Steinberg
The goal of this research is to develop theory and computational methods for solving resource-optimization problems under the assumption that information is revealed incrementally and follows a decentralized decision process. - Carbon Molecular Electronics; Dr. Chagaan Baatar and Dr. Paul Armistead
The objective of this research is to encourage innovation in bottom-up chemical synthesis and assembly of graphene and other carbon-based electronic devices and circuits with atomic precision and Angstrom resolution. - Co-prime Sensor Array Signal Processing: A New Framework for Reduced Complexity Sensing; Dr. John Tague and Dr. Rabinder Madan
The research will establish the theory of co-prime sensor array aperture design and signal processing. - Understanding and Characterizing Intuition for More Effective Small Unit Decision- Making Training Technologies; Dr. Ivy Estabrooke and Cmdr. Joseph Cohn
Researchers will characterize intuitive decision making and develop training technologies to enhance it. - CouplingsOcean to Space or Ionospheric Drivers from Below; Scott Budzien
The research will address new fundamental, multidisciplinary science questions about the coupling of near spacethe Earth's upper atmosphere, 20-100 kilometers above sea levelto the physical processes below.
The program officers for each topic will seek principal investigators, or lead scientists, at academic institutions and labs to conduct the research.
Dr. Dan Green, a program officer for materials research in ONR's electronics group, won an award last year with ONR colleague Dr. Wally Smith for research on phase transition electronics.
"We're trying to create the device or the widget that's going to replace the transistor," Green said. "It's really about changing the mechanics that underpin a lot of the electronics technology that we use."
Green is supervising four teams of university-based principal investigators with expertise in solid state physics and semiconductors to advance the knowledge of metal-to-insulator transitions.
"Material can go from being a metal to being an insulator," he explained. "We're trying to understand how to use that property in electronic devices. If we end up with something that's like a transistor, hopefully it is going to have better properties than what is available to us with conventional approaches."
ONR's BRC program began in 2008. The organization's director of research (DOR) selects several projects annually for the award. ONR program managers propose research topics that are prioritized by department heads into a pool of approximately 30 candidates. A third of those are chosen for formal presentations before a panel consisting of the DOR, deputy DOR and division directors who advise the DOR.
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For more information, visit www.onr.navy.mil/Science-Technology/Directorates/office-research-discovery-invention/Sponsored-Research/BRC.aspx.
About the Office of Naval Research
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) provides the science and technology necessary to maintain the Navy and Marine Corps' technological advantage. Through its affiliates, ONR is a leader in science and technology with engagement in 50 states, 30 countries, 1,035 institutions of higher learning and more than 900 industry partners. ONR employs approximately 1,065 people, comprising uniformed, civilian and contract personnel, with additional employees at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
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Organization hopes to find new scientists and futuristic technologies
ARLINGTON, Va.In the spirit of science competitions that yielded technologies to send U.S. astronauts to the moon, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) selected five new basic research projects for significant funding, officials announced Dec. 12.
"We hope that the research will bring in new science areas and new principal investigators," said Dr. William Lukens, the program officer overseeing the effort for ONR's Basic Research Challenge (BRC).
The BRC program supports projects in areas not already addressed by ongoing science investigations within the organization. ONR reserves a small percentage of its basic research funds for this internal effort, giving program officers incentive to compete for resources for scientific pursuits that broaden their portfolios.
Out of 36 proposals, ONR officials chose five winning topics for fiscal year 2012. Each will receive a four-year award worth approximately $1.5 million annually.
The five topics and their respective program officers are:
- Decentralized On-line Optimization; Dr. Don Wagner, Dr. Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, Dr. Jason Stack and Marc Steinberg
The goal of this research is to develop theory and computational methods for solving resource-optimization problems under the assumption that information is revealed incrementally and follows a decentralized decision process. - Carbon Molecular Electronics; Dr. Chagaan Baatar and Dr. Paul Armistead
The objective of this research is to encourage innovation in bottom-up chemical synthesis and assembly of graphene and other carbon-based electronic devices and circuits with atomic precision and Angstrom resolution. - Co-prime Sensor Array Signal Processing: A New Framework for Reduced Complexity Sensing; Dr. John Tague and Dr. Rabinder Madan
The research will establish the theory of co-prime sensor array aperture design and signal processing. - Understanding and Characterizing Intuition for More Effective Small Unit Decision- Making Training Technologies; Dr. Ivy Estabrooke and Cmdr. Joseph Cohn
Researchers will characterize intuitive decision making and develop training technologies to enhance it. - CouplingsOcean to Space or Ionospheric Drivers from Below; Scott Budzien
The research will address new fundamental, multidisciplinary science questions about the coupling of near spacethe Earth's upper atmosphere, 20-100 kilometers above sea levelto the physical processes below.
The program officers for each topic will seek principal investigators, or lead scientists, at academic institutions and labs to conduct the research.
Dr. Dan Green, a program officer for materials research in ONR's electronics group, won an award last year with ONR colleague Dr. Wally Smith for research on phase transition electronics.
"We're trying to create the device or the widget that's going to replace the transistor," Green said. "It's really about changing the mechanics that underpin a lot of the electronics technology that we use."
Green is supervising four teams of university-based principal investigators with expertise in solid state physics and semiconductors to advance the knowledge of metal-to-insulator transitions.
"Material can go from being a metal to being an insulator," he explained. "We're trying to understand how to use that property in electronic devices. If we end up with something that's like a transistor, hopefully it is going to have better properties than what is available to us with conventional approaches."
ONR's BRC program began in 2008. The organization's director of research (DOR) selects several projects annually for the award. ONR program managers propose research topics that are prioritized by department heads into a pool of approximately 30 candidates. A third of those are chosen for formal presentations before a panel consisting of the DOR, deputy DOR and division directors who advise the DOR.
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For more information, visit www.onr.navy.mil/Science-Technology/Directorates/office-research-discovery-invention/Sponsored-Research/BRC.aspx.
About the Office of Naval Research
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) provides the science and technology necessary to maintain the Navy and Marine Corps' technological advantage. Through its affiliates, ONR is a leader in science and technology with engagement in 50 states, 30 countries, 1,035 institutions of higher learning and more than 900 industry partners. ONR employs approximately 1,065 people, comprising uniformed, civilian and contract personnel, with additional employees at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Markets buoyed by euro crisis resolution hopes (AP)
LONDON ? Markets rose Monday on hopes that Europe's leaders will agree on a plan to restore long-term confidence in the euro, saving it from collapse and averting global economic chaos.
A crucial week for the future of the euro kicks off later with a meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The two are expected to discuss how to achieve closer political and economic union of the 17 euro countries, including stricter budgetary oversight.
Merkel wants to change the basic EU treaty to reflect the tougher rules on euro countries and make them enforceable, while Sarkozy is resisting giving up more powers to Brussels, especially since he faces a tough re-election campaign in April. Sarkozy is thought to prefer an intergovernmental deal between the 17 euro countries.
The markets are hopeful that, given the gravity of the situation afflicting the eurozone, the two leaders will come up with a common proposal for tighter integration on budget matters. Analysts say that such a plan could lead to further emergency aid from the European Central Bank, possibly through the International Monetary Fund.
"Markets have gained ground ahead of a Franco-German summit which is supposed to resolve some long-standing issues between the two continental titans," said Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG Index.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.5 percent at 5,582 while Germany's DAX rose 0.9 percent to 6,133. The CAC-40 in France was 1.2 percent higher at 3,202.
The biggest gainer was Italy's FTSE MIB, which was trading 2.2 percent higher, a day after the government led by Premier Mario Monti agreed big austerity and growth-boosting measures. They are to be presented to a skeptical Parliament later Monday.
Monti is to brief both Parliament chambers on the package, which includes euro30 billion ($27 billion) of spending cuts and tax hikes, euro10 billion of which will be reinvested to boost anemic growth.
His government agreed Sunday to slap taxes on property and luxury goods, increase the age at which retirees can draw pensions, trim the cost of Italy's political class and give incentives to companies that hire women and young workers.
Significantly, the pressure on Italy eased in bond markets. The country's ten-year bond yield was down 0.40 of a percentage point to 6.16 percent.
Italy is the eurozone's third-largest economy and is considered too big to be bailed out. Its borrowing rates have in recent weeks hovered around the 7 percent mark, a level that eventually forced Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek financial help. By comparison, bond yields in Germany, Europe's largest and most stable economy, are roughly 2 percent.
Wall Street was poised for a stronger opening, too ? Dow futures were up 1 percent at 12,120 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 1.1 percent to 1,257.
The upbeat tone in markets helped the euro advance 0.3 percent to $1.3448 and the main New York oil contract rise 83 cents a barrel to $101.79.
Earlier in Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.6 percent to close at 8,695.98 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.7 percent to 19,179.69. South Korea's Kospi ended 0.4 percent higher at 1,922.90.
Mainland Chinese shares lost ground on worries over the economic outlook. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.2 percent to 2,333.23.
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Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011
93% Hugo
All Critics (149) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (139) | Rotten (10)
Scorsese transforms this innocent tale into an ardent love letter to the cinema and a moving plea for film preservation.
'Hugo': Scorsese's humbling hommage to his favorite art
Thematic potency and cinematic virtuosity -- the production was designed by Dante Ferretti and photographed by Robert Richardson -- can't conceal a deadly inertness at the film's core.
For all the wizardry on display, Hugo often feels like a film about magic instead of a magical film...
I have seen the future of 3-D moviemaking, and it belongs to Martin Scorsese, unlikely as that may sound.
It's a fairy tale for mature viewers, but the airy exterior hides emotional depth.
( ... ) goose down floating around the set takes Scorsese's hard-hitting career into soft new dimensions
Leave it to Martin Scorsese to use 3-D not as a gimmick, but as a means of drawing us into a unique and magical environment...
The lesson to be learned is that [Scorsese] should stick to what he knows best, for Hugo won't appeal to anyone, least of all kids.
The on-screen craftsmanship is impeccable, from Robert Richardson's stunning cinematography to Dante Ferretti's production design and Sandy Powell's costumes.
Hugo is cinema shining a light reverently up its own fundament.
A dreamy triumph for Scorsese
The film demands patience from children and adults alike -- in fact, it's simply too slow for young viewers -- but like great literature, if you immerse yourself in it, the rewards are plentiful.
As a crazy mix of Cinema Paradiso, Cronos and David Copperfield it's unusually stimulating family fare.
The man responsible for Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and GoodFellas has tackled his first family film. Not only that: it's in 3-D, and a must-see for anyone who loves cinema.
The heart-shaped story may be the key that sets Hugo in motion, but this rediscovery of the cin?ma de papa is most memorable for its technical wizardry and astonishing visual trickery.
Hugo's best moments are those that aren't actually Hugo.
It is glorious to be thrown and blown about in this make-believe metropolis. The digitally enhanced shapes and colours suggest Jeunet and Caro reworked by a polychromatic Piranesi.
As soon as the lights went up in the theater, I told my viewing companions that I honestly felt that seeing the film was a privilege.
[T]here's certainly much to admire here... [but] Hugo feels like two very different films inelegantly spliced together...
It's possible to see the attraction, but when people break into applause over the credits, some are going to be left cold.
It's a deeply felt piece of work, something which only Scorsese could have brought to the screen...
Beautifully photographed and well acted but the storyline, especially when Kingsley's character takes center stage, is tediously tiring
Martin Scorsese unleashes his devotion to the magic of movies with a zeal that is enchanting.?
For youngsters with a secret sense of wonder about how the world works, Scorsese is offering a golden key to a limitless world of make-believe.
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