In Austin Chick's August, Josh Harnett is having a forged day. As pre-9/11 dot com company hotshot Tom Sterling, he's seen his parents and tech nerd brother treating him with contempt, the girl he's pining for giving him the brush-off, and his startup Internet company blowing up in his side. Drinking morosely at a bar (or as morosely as Hartnett can fetch) he lashes out at a lad techie brigand who has just returned to the bar with a condemnatory, "Guys care you ain't got no vision, ain't got no passion, ain't got no soul." True enough. Tom is of course talk about himself but too, by extension, Hartnett's performance and Chick's film.
Chick's morals tale (a sort of insipid remaking of Force of Evil except with techno sharks instead of gangsters) is all semblance and pizzaz but mostly pizz and no azz. August deals with deuce brothers, Tom and Josh (Adam Scott), who alive large during the dot-com boom of '01, creating an in-the-moment start up called Landshark that is riding the top of the bubble with Joshua as the creative fashion designer of the site and Tom as the objectionable highfalutin plugger and occupant SOB. Much like the World Wide Widget society in the satirical musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, there is no explanation given for what Landshark actually does; the company just is. But and so it isn't. Soon afterward the opening credits and five months after its inception, the company is in the toilet and Tom is struggling to keep up the appearance of succeeder for both the company and himself. But as in the Talking Heads song, they are both on the Road to Nowhere and somehow Tom has to come to grips with failure and regain his humanity, spell looking out for his brother and his unexampled family.
The film never happens. Chick depicts the company's meteoric heighten in an opening credits sequence and we never get a sense of the jubilance and half-baked riches of the deuce brothers as the party begins nor of the heady confidence trick atmosphere of that mad, insane blip in American business history when a guy and a figurer could sit in his basement and make millions. Instead of the harebrained, we get Insana -- Ron Insana, upon whose television register Tom struts his success like a Philadelphia pantomimer. Of course, Insana sets the proper tone of doom by asking, "Where will these guys be five months from
Friday 22 August 2008
August
Tuesday 12 August 2008
Christian Death
Artist: Christian Death
Genre(s):
Metal
Rock
Metal: Industrial
Rock: Gothic
Discography:
Lover of Sin
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
Scriptures
Year: 2000
Tracks: 14
Pornographic Messiah
Year: 1999
Tracks: 17
Ashes
Year: 1999
Tracks: 7
Rage of Angels
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
The Path Of Sorrows
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Iconologia
Year: 1993
Tracks: 15
Jesus Points The Bone At You
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12
The Iron Mask
Year: 1989
Tracks: 10
All the Love All the Hate part 1
Year: 1989
Tracks: 2
Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ
Year: 1988
Tracks: 8
Atrocities
Year: 1986
Tracks: 10
Deathwish
Year: 1984
Tracks: 6
Catastrophe Ballet With Rhapsody Of Youth and Rain
Year: 1984
Tracks: 13
A Catastrophe Ballet
Year: 1984
Tracks: 13
Only The Theatre Of Pain
Year: 1982
Tracks: 16
The Best Of Mine
Year:
Tracks: 66
Church Of No Return
Year:
Tracks: 1
The existence fathers of American boor stone, Christian Death took a relentlessly confrontational impasse against unionized faith and conventional ethics, with an appetency for provocation that made Marilyn Manson look like Stryper. Regardless of wHO was in the lead or acting in the mathematical group, Christian Death mark themselves up to shock, both in their group's more than noetic bent, they weren't higher up resorting to the calculated distastefulness of
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Long Quits Barrymore Film After Split
Drew Barrymore's ex-boyfriend Justin Long has reportedly take leave a theatrical role in the actress' directorial debut Whip It - because he is static too bleak from their split to work aboard her. The pair parted ways earlier this calendar month (7Jul08), after dating for one year. And Long is still reeling from being dumped by Barrymore - and is non ready to return to work, according to E! Online. A source tells the web site, "He couldn't stand working with her and non being with her. He's too overthrow. "She dumped him. She was hot and cold. One minute she was in dear with him and the next she wanted to break up with him."
Bariatric Surgery Patients Have 65 Percent Lower Chance Of Complications At Top-Performing Hospitals: HealthGrades Study
� Bariatric surgery patients treated at highly rated hospitals have, on average, a 65 percent lour chance of experiencing serious complications compared to patients who undergo surgery at poorly rated hospitals according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the nations preeminent independent healthcare ratings organization. As share of the study, the quality ratings of hospitals performing bariatric surgery in 17 states became uncommitted today at www.healthgrades.com.
HealthGrades' third annual Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals study, which evaluated bariatric surgical outcomes at every hospital that performed them in 17 states, also found that the complicatedness rate for these surgeries continues to rise, increasing six percent from 2004 to 2006. One possible reason: depress volume facilities have higher complication rates.
Bariatric surgery is a general condition describing several types of weight loss procedures. HealthGrades study analyzed the outcomes of the most mutual, including traditional open surgical gastric ringway procedures as well as newer, less invasive procedures such as, "lap-banding" and laparoscopic stomachal bypass.
Complications associated with gastric bypass surgery accounted for the highest rise in complications, increasing 17 percent. Comparatively, complications from less trespassing laparoscopic surgical process increased by just more than one percent. Complications associated with bariatric surgical procedure include heart attack, kidney failure, stroke and post-surgical infections.
The HealthGrades study found a significant shift toward laparoscopic bariatric procedures. From 2004 through 2006, open stomachic bypass procedures declined by 81.82 percent while during the same time period laparoscopic procedures increased 418.86 percent.
Meanwhile, the sum up volume of bariatric surgical procedures in the U.S. continues to grow speedily. The American Society for Bariatric Surgery estimates that such surgeries have increased 1,431 percent in the net decade to more than 250,000 annually.
"The tremendous pas seul we ar seeing in quality among bariatric operating theatre providers underscores the grandness of pronto available timbre data to help consumers make a truly informed decision most where to seek care," said Rick May, MD, a senior physician adviser with HealthGrades and an author of the study.
Additionally, the third annual HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals study found that:
- A typical patient having a bariatric surgical procedure at a five-star rated hospital in one of the 17 states studied has on average, a 65 percent lour chance of experiencing matchless or more inhospital complications than at a one-star rated hospital and a 41 percentage lower chance than at a three-star rated infirmary during 2004- 2006.
- Five-star (top rated) hospitals performed nigh twice the volume of procedures compared to 1-star and 3-star facilities - an medium of 526 procedures from 2004 through 2006 compared with 266 and 283 respectively.
- Higher intensity was associated with fewer risk-adjusted complications. Facilities with an yearbook case book of 125 procedures had the last-place risk-adjusted complications. Facilities playing less than 25 cases per year had the highest pace of risk-adjusted complications.
- If all patients had received their bariatric surgical process procedure at 5-star hospitals (from 2004 through 2006), 5,one hundred twenty-five inhospital complications could have been potentially avoided in the 17 states studied.
HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Ratings
HealthGrades' quality ratings for bariatric surgical procedure at item-by-item hospitals in 17 states were posted today to www.healthgrades.com as a free resource for consumers. Each hospital receives a lead rating based on their patient outcomes for bariatric surgery. Hospitals with above-average outcomes receive a five-star rating. Hospitals with fair outcomes receive a three-star rating, and hospitals with outcomes that are below average receive a one-star rating.
The study included a come of 154,451 bariatric inpatient operation procedures performed in 680 hospitals in 17 states from 2004 through 2006. The majority of procedures were performed in four states: New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California.
- 93 hospitals stand out as "best" performers (5-star rated)
- 263 hospitals were rated as "as expected" performers (3-star rated)
- 99 hospitals were rated as "poor" performers (1-star rated)
Individuals contemplating bariatric surgical operation will discover both lineament and cost information at http://www.healthgrades.com. In addition to the free hospital-quality ratings, Web site visitors can as well research surgeons who perform bariatric surgery as well as medical-cost reports that detail all of the costs, including out-of-pocket expenses, for the procedure.
Methodology
For this study, HealthGrades analyzed 154,451 bariatric procedures performed in the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The states included in the study ar: Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
To produce accurate and valid comparisons of clinical outcomes at different hospitals with different patient characteristics, HealthGrades risk adjusted the data victimisation multivariate logistic regression to account for age, grammatical gender and underlying medical conditions that could increase the patient's jeopardy of deathrate or complication. The full study and individual hospital ratings for bariatric operating room and other procedures tin can be institute at hTTP://www.healthgrades.com.
About HealthGrades
Health Grades, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGRD) is the leading healthcare ratings arrangement, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians. Millions of consumers and many of the nation's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades' sovereign ratings, advisory services and decision-support resources to make healthcare decisions based on the quality and cost of upkeep.
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HealthGrades' third annual Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals study, which evaluated bariatric surgical outcomes at every hospital that performed them in 17 states, also found that the complicatedness rate for these surgeries continues to rise, increasing six percent from 2004 to 2006. One possible reason: depress volume facilities have higher complication rates.
Bariatric surgery is a general condition describing several types of weight loss procedures. HealthGrades study analyzed the outcomes of the most mutual, including traditional open surgical gastric ringway procedures as well as newer, less invasive procedures such as, "lap-banding" and laparoscopic stomachal bypass.
Complications associated with gastric bypass surgery accounted for the highest rise in complications, increasing 17 percent. Comparatively, complications from less trespassing laparoscopic surgical process increased by just more than one percent. Complications associated with bariatric surgical procedure include heart attack, kidney failure, stroke and post-surgical infections.
The HealthGrades study found a significant shift toward laparoscopic bariatric procedures. From 2004 through 2006, open stomachic bypass procedures declined by 81.82 percent while during the same time period laparoscopic procedures increased 418.86 percent.
Meanwhile, the sum up volume of bariatric surgical procedures in the U.S. continues to grow speedily. The American Society for Bariatric Surgery estimates that such surgeries have increased 1,431 percent in the net decade to more than 250,000 annually.
"The tremendous pas seul we ar seeing in quality among bariatric operating theatre providers underscores the grandness of pronto available timbre data to help consumers make a truly informed decision most where to seek care," said Rick May, MD, a senior physician adviser with HealthGrades and an author of the study.
Additionally, the third annual HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals study found that:
- A typical patient having a bariatric surgical procedure at a five-star rated hospital in one of the 17 states studied has on average, a 65 percent lour chance of experiencing matchless or more inhospital complications than at a one-star rated hospital and a 41 percentage lower chance than at a three-star rated infirmary during 2004- 2006.
- Five-star (top rated) hospitals performed nigh twice the volume of procedures compared to 1-star and 3-star facilities - an medium of 526 procedures from 2004 through 2006 compared with 266 and 283 respectively.
- Higher intensity was associated with fewer risk-adjusted complications. Facilities with an yearbook case book of 125 procedures had the last-place risk-adjusted complications. Facilities playing less than 25 cases per year had the highest pace of risk-adjusted complications.
- If all patients had received their bariatric surgical process procedure at 5-star hospitals (from 2004 through 2006), 5,one hundred twenty-five inhospital complications could have been potentially avoided in the 17 states studied.
HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Ratings
HealthGrades' quality ratings for bariatric surgical procedure at item-by-item hospitals in 17 states were posted today to www.healthgrades.com as a free resource for consumers. Each hospital receives a lead rating based on their patient outcomes for bariatric surgery. Hospitals with above-average outcomes receive a five-star rating. Hospitals with fair outcomes receive a three-star rating, and hospitals with outcomes that are below average receive a one-star rating.
The study included a come of 154,451 bariatric inpatient operation procedures performed in 680 hospitals in 17 states from 2004 through 2006. The majority of procedures were performed in four states: New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California.
- 93 hospitals stand out as "best" performers (5-star rated)
- 263 hospitals were rated as "as expected" performers (3-star rated)
- 99 hospitals were rated as "poor" performers (1-star rated)
Individuals contemplating bariatric surgical operation will discover both lineament and cost information at http://www.healthgrades.com. In addition to the free hospital-quality ratings, Web site visitors can as well research surgeons who perform bariatric surgery as well as medical-cost reports that detail all of the costs, including out-of-pocket expenses, for the procedure.
Methodology
For this study, HealthGrades analyzed 154,451 bariatric procedures performed in the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The states included in the study ar: Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
To produce accurate and valid comparisons of clinical outcomes at different hospitals with different patient characteristics, HealthGrades risk adjusted the data victimisation multivariate logistic regression to account for age, grammatical gender and underlying medical conditions that could increase the patient's jeopardy of deathrate or complication. The full study and individual hospital ratings for bariatric operating room and other procedures tin can be institute at hTTP://www.healthgrades.com.
About HealthGrades
Health Grades, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGRD) is the leading healthcare ratings arrangement, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians. Millions of consumers and many of the nation's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades' sovereign ratings, advisory services and decision-support resources to make healthcare decisions based on the quality and cost of upkeep.
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Cablevision gets go-ahead on DVR
U.S. Court of Appeals says no infringement in service
NEW YORK -- A U.S. appeals court ruled that Cablevision Systems Corp. may go forward with its design to introduce a new digital video recording recorder service that film studios and television networks had aforementioned violated their copyrights.
Reversing a lower motor inn ruling, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York aforesaid Cablevision's proposed new service "would not directly run afoul plaintiffs' exclusive rights to reproduce and publicly perform their copyrighted works."
Cablevision appealed a March 2007 opinion in which it helpless a battle to introduce a network-based DVR system, called Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder, or RS-DVR, which would allow subscribers to fund TV programs on the cable operator's computer servers.
By contrast, typical DVRs store programs on individual concentrated drives that are piece of customers' set-top boxes.
The appeals courtroom, in a written ruling, also aforementioned it was sending the case back to the U.S. District Court in New York for farther proceedings.
"This is a terrific victory for consumers, which will permit us to make DVRs available to many more people, faster and less expensively than would otherwise be possible," Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge said.
"We appreciate the Court's perspective that, from the standpoint of existing right of first publication law, remote-storage DVRs are the same as the traditional DVRs that ar in use today," he said.
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NEW YORK -- A U.S. appeals court ruled that Cablevision Systems Corp. may go forward with its design to introduce a new digital video recording recorder service that film studios and television networks had aforementioned violated their copyrights.
Reversing a lower motor inn ruling, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York aforesaid Cablevision's proposed new service "would not directly run afoul plaintiffs' exclusive rights to reproduce and publicly perform their copyrighted works."
Cablevision appealed a March 2007 opinion in which it helpless a battle to introduce a network-based DVR system, called Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder, or RS-DVR, which would allow subscribers to fund TV programs on the cable operator's computer servers.
By contrast, typical DVRs store programs on individual concentrated drives that are piece of customers' set-top boxes.
The appeals courtroom, in a written ruling, also aforementioned it was sending the case back to the U.S. District Court in New York for farther proceedings.
"This is a terrific victory for consumers, which will permit us to make DVRs available to many more people, faster and less expensively than would otherwise be possible," Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge said.
"We appreciate the Court's perspective that, from the standpoint of existing right of first publication law, remote-storage DVRs are the same as the traditional DVRs that ar in use today," he said.
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