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Heathcliff (1984 TV Series) (Heard in "The Whitecliffs of Dover".).Happy Tree Friends (Heard once in "I've Got You Under My Skin" when one of Lumpy’s eye fills it up with blood, and shows the SMPTE color bars.).Father Ted (Heard in "A Song for Europe" and "Escape from Victory".).Family Guy (Heard in many episodes beginning with Season 4.) (TV airings only).Duncanville (Heard in "Duncan's New Word".).Duckman (Heard often in "American Dicks" and "Forbidden Fruit".).Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Heard thrice in "Friendship".). Dexter's Laboratory (Heard often in "Rude Removal".).Beyond Scared Straight (TV airings only).Beavis and Butt-Head (Heard once in a normal pitch in "Generation in Crisis" when Beavis swears, and "Daughter's Hand" 5 times in a low pitch in "Scared Straight" and 5 times in a normal pitch in "Inventors".).Baby Blues (Heard in "Rodney Moves In", due to Wanda and Darryl imagining an older Zoe and an older Rodney swearing on a talk show.).Arthur (Heard often in "Bleep" in a low pitch.).Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV airings only).Animaniacs (Heard thrice in a lower pitch in "Cutie And The Beast".).Angry Birds Toons (Heard once in "Dogzilla".).At the time of writing, this was the fastest car in Just Cause: Hjallesund.It is made by the fictional automaker, Sakura.Himmelområdena Mountains Rally Stage - WRC only.In traffic around the Hjallesund Isles.Handling is also great, and it will not bottom out after large jumps. It is very fast on the dirt, as with the other rally cars. It's suspension can deal with the bumps, while keeping up speed. The Gemini variant is possibly one of the fastest civilian cars on dirt roads. With bodykits, they have a slight performance decrease. It has average performance, but being all-wheel-drive, it has a lot of traction, and is decent off road. It has a paint job reminiscent of the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRC's paint job. It is a modified Sakura Nova Gemini 4RC, built for rallying, therefore, it is based on the same real life vehicles. It takes inspiration from the WRX STi and Ralliart models of the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Lancer respectively. It also has a slightly raised ride height. The Gemini variant has many visual upgrades from the base model, including new rims, front bumper, side skirts, rear bumper, rear spoiler, grille and hood. It is a hatchback, mainly based on the 2007 Subaru Impreza and 2008 Chevrolet Cruze,with the rear end from a 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback, and tail lights from the 2016 Fiat 124 Spider. These are ideal for Lumeri's winding forest roads." - In game description for Gemini WRC variant. So fast you realize you forgot your stomach at the start line. " Same as the Gemini but much, much better. Four seats, or five including the tiny middle one." - In game description for Gemini variant. A real fun little monster to drive, and it's practical. Downshift, downshift, handbrake, accelerate, water splash, bump, jump, air, land, mud. " It sure is special rallying your way around Hjallesund. " You would think that those who cannot afford the Gemini would find a cheaper option, or just wait, but no, these have been popular with tuners around Lumeri, with little changing in performance figures, but a lot changing in sound and appearance" - In game description for basic variant. Cooney continually has the vision to morph EUE/Screen Gems to meet the requirements of an ever-changing business model. In addition, while serving as an executive at Columbia Pictures, he was named Chairman of Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures Video Services, a pioneer in the home video industry.Īn early innovator in the industry, Mr. Cooney ushered Columbia Pictures into what was then the newly emerging world of video tape. He joined Columbia Pictures in 1965 and served in a number of administrative positions before being named the Executive Vice President of the EUE/Screen Gems division in 1972. Prior to acquiring the company, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Columbia’s EUE/Screen Gems division. Cooney acquired EUE/Screen Gems and its assets, a division of Columbia Pictures, in 1983. After more than 50 years as an industry leader, his focus is now TV and Film facility development and ownership. He is well-respected for his foresight and ability to anticipate new trends in order to adapt to the fluid and evolving entertainment industry. Cooney is an innovator with a career that includes milestones such as leading talented creative teams that directed and produced Clio award winning Coke, Volkswagen, Alka Seltzer campaigns and facility operation for day-time dramas. George Cooney is the Chairman Emeritus of EUE/Screen Gems Ltd. The program provides much needed academic tutoring and vital College Application and Financial Aid assistance to high school students in underserved communities. Cooney also serves on the board of DESTINATION: COLLEGE a Student assistance program in New York. Most recently, the Wilmington studios have hosted “Under the Dome” (CBS), “Sleepy Hollow” (Fox Television), and “Eastbound and Down” (HBO).Ĭooney has served as a mentor specializing in Media for Duke University’s Parents Committee Mentorlink Program for the last ten years. Television has long been a part of Wilmington’s success story with “One Tree Hill” and “Dawson’s Creek” enjoying long runs on the lot. The studios landed “Journey 2: Mysterious Island” in 2011 and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” in 2012. The North Carolina incentive and the newly constructed Stage 10, a 37,500 sq ft, column-free sound stage, lured blockbuster film productions. Under his leadership, the studio became the heartbeat of the East Coast film industry. In 1996, Cooney led EUE/Screen Gems in the acquisition of DeLaurentis Carolco Studios in Wilmington, NC. At First Look, a boutique motion picture production and sales company, Cooney worked on projects such “Before Night Falls” starring Javier Bardem and “Eveyln,” starring Pierce Brosnan. Vice President-In-Charge for Facilities in Wilmington, NC and New York City and Vice President of Physical Production.Ĭooney became the chief executive officer of First Look Studios in 2000. Prior to his role as COO, Cooney held roles as Head of Production for EUE/Screen Gems, Ltd. In 2010 as COO of the combined facilities, Cooney led the team into Atlanta where the facilities have enjoyed a robust television success with clients such as “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” – Parts 1 and 2 (Lionsgate), “Satisfaction” (NBC Universal for USA Network) and “Devious Maids” (ABC for Lifetime). EUE/Sokolow is based in Los Angeles and New York City and focuses on television development and production in the scripted and unscripted arenas. The production studios are based in Atlanta and Wilmington, NC with a new studio scheduled to open in Miami in fall, 2015. Today, Cooney focuses on two core businesses: studio facilities and content development. Cooney is known for his collaborative style, his eye for art and his experience with facility management, international content distribution, integrated media solutions, branded content and online content development. He is also the co-owner of EUE/Screen Gems Studios. Follow the site and their social media for updates.Chris Cooney is the Chief Executive Officer of EUE/Screen Gems, Ltd. Looking for an event? EyeCon has scheduled a One Tree Hill convention for Oct.The exploration starts in downtown Wilmington, N.C. For a guided option, check out the Hollywood Location Walk, a lively 90-minute walking film tour.You can also find lists of film festivals to attend and a photo gallery of the latest location shoots, including shots from the filming of TNT’s “Good Behavior.” self-guided film tour in a downloadable PDF. The first stop on any film traveler’s list should be the Wilmington and Beaches Convention and Visitor Bureau. At the “ Hollywood East Film and Tours” website, the visitor center offers a detailed. Wilmington, NC and North Carolina film travel sites “One Tree Hill,” “Iron Man 3,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Under the Dome” and 400 other productions have filmed in the Wilmington, NC area and at our studios. “One Tree Hill” filmed at EUE/Screen Gems Studios Wilmington NC from 2003 to 2012. 3 Gb/s SDI is also fully compatible with all your standard definition and high definition SDI equipment. Only Mini Converters include the latest 3 Gb/s SDI technology and upgrades can be loaded via the built in USB connection for future video format compatibility. Mini Converters instantly switch between standard definition and high definition video formats and change over is automatic when the video input changes. A loop-thru SDI connection is also great if you need more than 2 audio channels, as you can connect the loop-thru to another Mini Converter to de-embedd extra audio channels! A loop though SDI output is also provided for connecting to other devices. 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"I've given up trying to predict the future of these movies," the actress said."But what I love is that, in the years since the last one, consistently, I've had strangers come up to me on the street or journalists ask, 'When are you going to make another one? When are you going to make another one?' She only hopes that she won't have to wait another nine years to do so. Stiles remains open to portraying Nicky Parsons in another sequel. "I mean, it was quite a feat to organise." But then you have to yell, 'Cut,' and get them all to calm down. "Fortunately we had a fantastic group of extras that were really excited to be there, and energetic," she said."So, imagine, you have 600 people that you're getting riled up to shout and throw rocks and throw tear gas, and there are riot cops in uniform. "It was really extensive," she continued."We had 600 extras, we were working nights, and for weeks they were having to shout and throw things, and they were shouting in Greek, though the extras mostly spoke Spanish." So for one scene, as we were shooting, it felt like you were in the middle of a riot. The way that Paul Greengrass shoots, he sets up his cameras so well. "But, of course, we couldn't shoot there," she said."So we were in Tenerife, in Spain. So it was modelled after the riots in Greece that have gone on very recently. "The movie starts out in Athens, Greece, because Nicky needs to find a safe place for them to meet up," Stiles said."And the safest place to do that is actually in the middle of a riot. She treasured every minute of it, she said. Thanks to her expanded role in the latest instalment, Stiles experienced more of those than ever before, including a wild motorcycle-chase scene and an elaborate riot sequence. Then there's the scope of the productions, and also the stunts. Travelling the world is part of the joy of making Bourne films. "He's incredibly hard-working," she said."I have a ton of respect for him. He has a bigger entourage and security guards, but he's still very, very helpful in scenes and doesn't seem to, at his core, have changed very much at all. "Since we started these films, Matt's career has exploded," Stiles said."His family's gotten bigger. He continues to impress her on and off the set, she said. Stiles and Damon have shared the screen four times in the past 15 years. "And so, before she goes to set off this ticking bomb, figuratively, she tracks him down because she cares about him," the actress said."She wants to tell him about his past, and hopes to help assuage his guilt." It was alluded to a little bit in Ultimatum, but, regardless of their past, she cares about him. "My role has grown," Stiles said."There's also the personal connection that she has to Jason Bourne. Returning director/co-writer Paul Greengrass who created the character of Nicky, who doesn't appear in the Robert Ludlum novels on which the film series is based ” assured her that she would, and he proved as good as his word. Stiles, an amiable interviewee speaking by telephone from Manhattan, stressed that it was important to her, if she were to sign on for Jason Bourne, that she be given more to do. "Nicky has uncovered very threatening information about Treadstone and the CIA, and she wants to expose that," Stiles added, referring to the black-ops programme that spawned Bourne, its last surviving member and greatest menace."As I said, she's gotten a lot more rebellious, which was fun and interesting to play." At the start of Jason Bourne she's been in hiding for eight years, and has become a little bit more of an anarchist and gotten involved in this white-hat-hacking world. The last time we saw her, in Ultimatum, she was put on a bus. "This time around, I was excited because it's the first time we see Nicky more rebellious and taking charge," the actress said."She's outside of Langley. This franchise has taken me to many parts of the world, and I had no idea I'd still be working 15 years later. "Oh, it's fantastic, this bonus time," said Stiles, now 35, during a recent conversation."I got really nostalgic on this last set, because I lucked out. They're back for a fourth go-round in Jason Bourne. Given a last-minute reprieve in The Bourne Identity, Stiles and Nicky returned in The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and then in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). The actress first played Nicky Parsons in The Bourne Identity (2002), in which the character an ally of Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and a potential romantic interest originally was supposed to die. Julia Stiles is Bourne again, and in more ways than one. Second degree price discrimination “is necessarily practised in markets where there are many buyers, sometimes hundreds of thousands of them.” One rate or price schedule must apply to all buyers. For each segment, from the highest portion of the demand curve to the lowest, the utility can charge a different price, one which reflects the willingness of the customer to buy a given amount, of say, electricity at that price. If the demand curve of any customer is known, the public utility can divide that demand curve into small segments, so that, in effect, it becomes many customers. The different of rates charged by public utilities like the CESC is an obvious example. This is frequently found in public utility pricing. In discrimination of the second degree, the monopolist captures parts of his buyers’, consumers’, surplus, but not all. Obviously, it could occur only rarely where a monopolist has only a few buyers. This kind of discrimination is the limiting, or extreme, case. The monopolist must then adjust his units of sale. When consumers buy more than one unit of the monopolist’s product, they are willing to buy more units at lower prices. The simplest kind of discrimination of the first degree is one where, for some reason, each of his customers buy only one unit from the monopolist. Joan Robinson calls this phenomenon perfect discrimination, which is perfect, however, only from the point of view of the monopolist. This type of situation is illustrated in Fig.1. This means that he changes the maximum price a consumer is ready to pay for each unit, i.e., as much as the traffic will bear. This type of situation occurs when the monopolist sells each unit of his product at a different price. He then fixes up prices accordingly and takes from each consumer the entire amount of his consumer’s surplus. In discrimination of the first degree, the monopolist knows the maximum amount of money each consumer will pay for any quantity. 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For example, those who don’t know Jesus use the word “hell” all the time and shouldn’t we be talking about the things Jesus talked about? Surprisingly to some, he talked about a place of torment quite a bit. I mentioned it last Sunday and again some have asked, “Do we really have to talk about this?” Well, it seems like everyone is talking about eternal places except for Christians. This Sunday we’ll be looking at the words of Jesus as he speaks about a place called Gehenna. Fix your mind and heart on this my friend and always remember - whatever pain you face today will one day be alleviated forever, therefore we live accordingly. "Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness." 2 Peter 3:11000 While the place of heaven is unimaginably beautiful, the presence of God will be our greatest joy. So what does our eternal home mean for our current and temporary realities? Paul explains in Romans chapter 8. "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." Romans 8:18 There is no greater glory than God himself. If you were to meet in Gila Bend, it would be no disappointment to you whatsoever. But for you in that moment of reunion, the place is secondary to the person. Hawaii is a beautiful place and I am sure most of us would love to go there right now. The government has made arrangements for you to meet your beloved in Hawaii, where you would be with them for two weeks before returning home. Finally, after many false hopes and setbacks, an agreement was negotiated with the enemy and the release of your loved one is at hand. You know this person (your husband, wife, son, daughter or best friend) is alive and you hope to see them again. Suppose that someone you love is a prisoner of war, held captive for many years. Let me give you an illustration to help you understand what this means. The beautiful and peaceful environment is secondary to the person because we will be in the very presence of God almighty. Our eternal residence is described as having streets paved with gold, gates of pearl, life without pain, sorrow, temptation or loss. Until then, be the light so others will see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven! On Sunday, we’ll unpack it and see that it’s really more like the celebration at a graduation, complete with rewards. The thought of being “judged” certainly seems unsettling. And then He will reward us for all that we have done for His glory. Most likely, you’ve never heard of the Bema of Jesus. Jesus will assess our every thought, motive, and action. When we stand before the Bema of Christ, our faithful service to Him will be evaluated and rewarded. It will be an assessment (not a judgment in the way we normally think) of our stewardship for Jesus. As Paul says in Romans 8:1, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Again, in Ephesians 1, he makes it clear that, “In him (Jesus) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.” This is not a judgment which will determine whether we get into heaven or not. So, what’s at stake? The good works we have done as Christians. That’s been settled by the death of Jesus on the cross for your sins. The issue at the Bema of Christ will not be our eternal destiny. Athletes would “appear” before the bema after completing their events, where the judges would ensure they competed according to the rules and then award the prizes for winning. In New Testament times, the bema was a raised platform used by the judges in the Greek games. The New Testament is clear that a day is coming when you and me and all believers must all appear before the “Bema” – what many call the “judgment seat of Christ” (2 Cor 5:10). What we do, how we do it, and why we do it are all going to be considered by God on a day when we, as Christians, will stand before Him. You have been created in Jesus with purpose and significance in His Kingdom, to do good works every day for His glory. And this Sunday, we will see that Scripture tells us those everyday good works have consequences in the kingdom to come. And the way in which God has crafted you determines what He intends for you to do. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10) You are the crown of God’s creation! He has taken great care in uniquely designing you. The Bayeux Tapestry clearly shows a significant number of Norman and Saxon troops in full maille hauberks, and modern historical estimates suggest that as many as 20,000 men took part in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE. This allowed for much larger militaries, as well as the industrial specialization required to support significant metalworking operations.Ĭhainmail armor expanded from the short-sleeved, waist-length byrnie of the Early Medieval period to the full-length hauberk that covered the wearer from knee to wrist. The High Medieval era (the time of the Norman conquest of England and the first Crusades) saw the emergence of the first large unified states since the collapse of the Roman Empire, as well as a significant population boom. This relative scarcity of metal medieval armor began to change during the High Medieval era (c. Medieval Warfare Comes of Age Section from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century, via the Bayeux Museum But even ordinary levies would have been equipped with helmets, which, for most of the early medieval period across most of Europe, followed the spangenhelm pattern: an iron-banded skullcap, with or without a simple nasal defense projecting from the brim. 800 – 828 CE) illustrate this wonderfully – the first Holy Roman Emperor’s proclamations placed a ban on the sale of fine brunia (chainmail armor) to foreigners, and the rolls of inheritance show that chainmail was frequently passed down from one generation to the next.Ĭonsequently, most Early Medieval levies would have been outfitted in stout local textiles (usually linen and wool) and equipped with a wooden shield - easily the most effective form of cheap medieval armor, that could defend its wielder from thigh to neck. Only the wealthiest lords would have been able to equip their retainers with suits of maille. Since every miner, metalworker, smith, and apprentice represented another pair of hands who could not be put to work in the fields, a suit of fine maille was an enormous statement: look ye upon my wealth and despair. In these fragmented post-Roman polities, metal armor represented an enormous investment of time, effort, and material wealth in societies that revolved around the payment of food rent. However, the Roman style, characterized by alternating round and flat rings remained dominant surviving early post-Roman chainmail was likely made outside of Roman influence, but it still bore clear Roman stylistic influences. With the fragmentation of the Roman Empire, the enormously interconnected networks of trade that permitted Roman plate armor to be made were replaced by the much more localized production of chainmail for early feudal elites. Maille and Status The Repton Stone, discovered in Derbyshire, the 9th century CE, via the East Midlands Virtual Viking Museum As the Roman Empire grew to its most overstretched extent, Roman military governors began employing “barbarian” foederati more and more as primary troops to police border regions, and thus chainmail more or less wholly eclipsed plate armor in the Late Roman Empire. Unlike Roman plate armor, which required the large-scale division of labor in slave-manned Imperial workshops, chainmail could be made on a relatively small scale by an armorer and a handful of apprentices. It was used mainly as armor for auxiliary troops, non-Roman levies called foederati, as well as for cavalry. The “Roman” (or, really, Celtic) pattern of chainmail became widespread across Europe: it consisted of alternating rows of round wire rings and stamped flat rings to save on labor. Early chainmail was likely made from bronze, and later iron –- and when the Republican Romans encountered chainmail-wearing Celts in the 3rd century BCE, like every good empire, they shamelessly stole the idea. Medieval Armor: The Age of Chainmail Roman reenactor wearing mail, via Wikimedia CommonsĬhainmail emerged in Iron Age Central Europe in the first millennium BCE, the invention of cunning Celtic metalsmiths. Even helium, element 2, isn’t straightforward-an alternative version of the periodic table exists that places helium with beryllium and magnesium instead of its noble gas neighbors, based on the arrangements of all its electrons instead of only the outermost ones. IUPAC recently appointed a task force to look into this issue. One open question concerns lanthanum and actinium, which have less in common with the other members of their respective groups than lutetium and lawrencium. Bohrium, the name given to element 107 after its discovery in 1981, fits so neatly with the other so-called transition metals that surround it, one of the researchers who discovered it proclaimed “bohrium is boring.” In addition, the groupings have mostly held as heavier elements have been confirmed. The modern periodic table has been more or less consistent with quantum physics, introduced in the 20th century to explain the behavior of subatomic particles like protons and electrons. The Mendeleev periodic table easily accepted a brand new column for the noble gases, such as helium, which had eluded detection until the end of the 19th century because of their proclivity to not react with other elements. However, it also correctly foretold gallium (now used in lasers), germanium (now used in transistors) and other increasingly heavy elements. His 1871 periodic table wasn’t perfect it predicted eight elements that do not exist, for instance. Elements vertically in line with each other on this cylinder had similar characteristics.īut it was the organizational scheme created by Dmitri Mendeleev, a hot-tempered Russian who claimed to have seen groupings of elements in a dream, that stood the test of time. He displayed the elements known in 1862, ordered by their weights, as a spiral wrapped around a cylinder ( see the illustration below). Non-metallic reactive elements, like fluorine and iodine, inhabit another.įrench geologist Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois was the first person to recognize that elements could be grouped in recurring patterns. Soft metals that tend to react strongly with others, such as lithium and potassium, live in one column. The modern incarnation of the periodic table organizes elements by rows based on atomic number-the number of protons in an atom's nucleus-and by columns based on the orbits of their outermost electrons, which in turn usually dictate their personalities. “Cracks are beginning to show in the periodic table,” says Walter Loveland, a chemist at Oregon State University. Efforts to conjure up elements 119 and 120, which would start a new row, are already underway.īut exactly how many more elements are out there remains one of chemistry’s most persistent mysteries, especially as our modern understanding of physics has revealed anomalies even in the established players. But scientists had strong reason to believe they existed, in part because the periodic table has been remarkably consistent so far. The official confirmation, granted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), was years in the making, as these superheavy elements are highly unstable and tough to create. The as-yet unnamed elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 filled in the remaining gaps at the bottom of the famous chart-a roadmap of matter’s building blocks that has successfully guided chemists for nearly a century and a half. Chemistry teachers recently had to update their classroom décor, with the announcement that scientists have confirmed the discovery of four new elements on the periodic table. |
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