Quentin Tarantino: 'Korea's Bong Joon Ho Is Like Spielberg in His Prime'

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Directors Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino in Busan

BUSAN, South Korea – Quentin Tarantino made a surprise visit to the Busan International Film Festival to meet with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, whom he praised as one of his generation's most visionary directors during a stage interview on Friday.

"I came here quite impulsively actually," said Tarantino, who arrived in Busan on Wednesday "to hangout with Bong" after attending an awards ceremony in Macau. He recalled watching the Korean filmmaker's The Host for the first time and being so "blown away" that he later screened it along with Memories of Murder at the retro theater he owns in Los Angeles.

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"Of all the filmmakers out there in the last 20 years, he has something that [1970s] Spielberg has. There is this level of entertainment and comedy in his films. [The Host and Memories of Murder] are both masterpieces … great in their own way," he said.

The two filmmakers have a lot in common. Both grew up watching genre films, which they now write and direct to great acclaim.

Tarantino says he considers himself "a student of cinema" and "the day I graduate is the day I die." Though he continues to learn from the great masters like Sergio Leone, he said he tries to reinvent the genre in his own way. "I love Sergio Leone … but they're movies that are a product of their times. I'm trying to do the 2013 perspective." 

Likewise, Bong, also a fan of 1970s films, says he tries to bring a Korean twist to the genre. "In the U.S., scientists, soldiers and muscular superheroes fight against monsters, but in [The Host] a Korean family, a messed up, really idiotic one at that, fights the monster." Tarantino agreed, saying, "It's funny because the whole idea that a family, not just any family, but a weird, f---ed up family like in The Host would be the stars is unfathomable in the U.S., or any country. That is recreating the genre."

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He questioned, however, if it was fair to call such works as his Jackie Brown or Bong's Mother genre films. "Are they genre films or character studies?" The two went on to discuss often working with the same stock of actors for their character-driven films. Tarantino said he opted for such a casting process because his favorite directors, such as Sam Peckinpah, do, adding that it's not easy to find actors who can strongly articulate the dialogue he writes.

Bong also explained that repeatedly casting actors, such as his favorites Song Kang-ho and Byun Hee-bong, makes production easier. "They understand things right away," he said, adding that he took a cue from Tarantino when seeking out the latter veteran actor, who had disappeared from the big screen for some time.

"I saw Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker with Martin Landau … and you can see he was being an actor again … I thought, 'What if you were to give [big actors on a downward climb] a good script that they can really sink their teeth into?'" Tarantino said of his now renowned casting choices. 

About future genre films they'd like to tackle, Tarantino said he'd stay away from serial killer movies because "the planet Earth couldn't handle my serial killer movie. I would reveal my sickness far too much."

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Bong said he'd like to try to film a prison break film set in a World War II camp or a castaway story, but never would be able to make a musical "because I can't bear that embarrassing moment when an actor breaks into singing."

To this, Tarantino said, "I'd want to see 'Bong's Great Escape: The Musical,'" drawing much laughter from the large crowd that had gathered to see the two filmmakers onstage in Korea.

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Table for 7: Sesame Chicken Nuggets with Honey Teriyaki BBQ Sauce

My eldest son is turning 8 years old this summer. He is a bit of a picky eater. Alright, ?he is a huge picky eater. Extremely?extreme, most picky eater on the face of the planet. ?Picky eaters around the world look to him as their leader. He could have his own fan club and other picky eating children could write him letters and ask him ?for advice how to completely drive their mothers insane by not eating a darn thing. ?Get the idea? Picky. The one thing he does eat is chicken nuggets. ?Not just any chicken nuggets. ?Any fast food variety, of course, is his favorite. That doesn't happen too often, so homemade it is. ?The standard staple around here ?is usually my baked version. ? But, for something different..we give these a whirl every so often. Now, the BBQ dipping sauce is strictly for me and my youngest sons. ?Nobody else eats BBQ. ?Weird. ?Personally, I could eat it with a spoon. ?Especially, this BBQ sauce. ?I did in fact, eat it with a spoon..no chicken involved. ? It's fabulous and goes perfect with the sesame, crunchy, chicken,
Great meal for the whole family..including picky eaters.
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Sesame Chicken Nuggets with Honey Teriyaki BBQ Sauce

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• for Chicken:
• 1 lb boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 cups canola oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 TBSP sesame seeds
• for BBQ Sauce:
• 3/4 cups BBQ sauce, any flavor you desire
• 1 cup honey
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 TBSP garlic powder
• 1/2 TBSP onion powder

Cooking Directions:

1. for chicken:
2. Add corn oil to deep fryer or deep skillet.?
3. Heat to approx 375 degrees.
4. ?In a medium bowl, mix egg and water. Add sesame seeds and flour. Stir until smooth. Dip chicken pieces into batter to coat. Add into oil, a few pieces at a time.?
5. ?Cook in oil for approx 4 minites or until no longer pink.
6. for BBQ sauce:
7. In a medium saucepan, add indgredients and combine.?
8. Bring to a boil.?
9. Reduce heat, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

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Cuomo warns Khloe: Change your shirt

Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian that her tee-shirt line's logo may violate New York's copyright. Governor Cuomo's administration sent Khloe a 'pro forma' letter of warning.

By Associated Press / May 20, 2013

New York Governor Mario Cuomo has warned Khloe Kardashian, seen here at the March 23 Kids' Choice Awards, that her new tee-shirt logo may violate copyright law. The logo on Khloe's clothing line resembles a New York-owned design, says Cuomo..

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a letter to?Khloe?Kardashian informing the reality star that the logo on her tee-shirt line may violate copyright law.

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The governor confirmed his administration sent what he called a "pro forma" letter advising Kardashian that her tee-shirt line resembles the logo of a New York farm program.

The state's design has an image of the Statue of Liberty above crop rows, encircled by the words "Pride of New York."

Kardashian's shirt contains the Statue of Liberty image and crop rows and, in font similar to the New York logo, the words: "Rich Soil New York."

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Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage

May 20, 2013 ? Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified two unique methods for this energy storage approach and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

Compressed air energy storage plants could help save the region's abundant wind power -- which is often produced at night when winds are strong and energy demand is low -- for later, when demand is high and power supplies are more strained. These plants can also switch between energy storage and power generation within minutes, providing flexibility to balance the region's highly variable wind energy generation throughout the day.

"With Renewable Portfolio Standards requiring states to have as much as 20 or 30 percent of their electricity come from variable sources such as wind and the sun, compressed air energy storage plants can play a valuable role in helping manage and integrate renewable power onto the Northwest's electric grid," said Steve Knudsen, who managed the study for the BPA.

Geologic energy savings accounts

All compressed air energy storage plants work under the same basic premise. When power is abundant, it's drawn from the electric grid and used to power a large air compressor, which pushes pressurized air into an underground geologic storage structure. Later, when power demand is high, the stored air is released back up to the surface, where it is heated and rushes through turbines to generate electricity. Compressed air energy storage plants can re-generate as much as 80 percent of the electricity they take in.

The world's two existing compressed air energy storage plants -- one in Alabama, the other in Germany -- use human-made salt caverns to store excess electricity. The PNNL-BPA study examined a different approach: using natural, porous rock reservoirs that are deep underground to store renewable energy.

Interest in the technology has increased greatly in the past decade as utilities and others seek better ways to integrate renewable energy onto the power grid. About 13 percent, or nearly 8,600 megawatts, of the Northwest's power supply comes from of wind. This prompted BPA and PNNL to investigate whether the technology could be used in the Northwest.

To find potential sites, the research team reviewed the Columbia Plateau Province, a thick layer of volcanic basalt rock that covers much of the region. The team looked for underground basalt reservoirs that were at least 1,500 feet deep, 30 feet thick and close to high-voltage transmission lines, among other criteria.

They then examined public data from wells drilled for gas exploration or research at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. Well data was plugged into PNNL's STOMP computer model, which simulates the movement of fluids below ground, to determine how much air the various sites under consideration could reliably hold and return to the surface.

Two different, complementary designs

Analysis identified two particularly promising locations in eastern Washington. One location, dubbed the Columbia Hills Site, is just north of Boardman, Ore., on the Washington side of the Columbia River. The second, called the Yakima Minerals Site, is about 10 miles north of Selah, Wash., in an area called the Yakima Canyon.

But the research team determined the two sites are suitable for two very different kinds of compressed air energy storage facilities. The Columbia Hills Site could access a nearby natural gas pipeline, making it a good fit for a conventional compressed air energy facility. Such a conventional facility would burn a small amount of natural gas to heat compressed air that's released from underground storage. The heated air would then generate more than twice the power than a typical natural gas power plant.

The Yakima Minerals Site, however, doesn't have easy access to natural gas. So the research team devised a different kind of compressed air energy storage facility: one that uses geothermal energy. This hybrid facility would extract geothermal heat from deep underground to power a chiller that would cool the facility's air compressors, making them more efficient. Geothermal energy would also re-heat the air as it returns to the surface.

"Combining geothermal energy with compressed air energy storage is a creative concept that was developed to tackle engineering issues at the Yakima Minerals Site," said PNNL Laboratory Fellow and project leader Pete McGrail. "Our hybrid facility concept significantly expands geothermal energy beyond its traditional use as a renewable baseload power generation technology."

The study indicates both facilities could provide energy storage during extended periods of time. This could especially help the Northwest during the spring, when sometimes there is more wind and hydroelectric power than the region can absorb. The combination of heavy runoff from melting snow and a large amount of wind, which often blows at night when demand for electricity is low, can spike power production in the region. Power system managers have a few options to keep the regional power grid stable in such a situation, including reducing power generation or storing the excess power supply. Energy storage technologies such as compressed air energy storage can help the region make the most of its excess clean energy production.

Working with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, BPA will now use the performance and economic data from the study to perform an in-depth analysis of the net benefits compressed air energy storage could bring to the Pacific Northwest. The results could be used by one or more regional utilities to develop a commercial compressed air energy storage demonstration project.

The $790,000 joint feasibility study was funded by BPA's Technology Innovation Office, PNNL and several project partners: Seattle City Light, Washington State University Tri-Cities, GreenFire Energy, Snohomish County Public Utility District, Dresser-Rand, Puget Sound Energy, Ramgen Power Systems, NW Natural, Magnum Energy and Portland General Electric.

REFRENCE: BP McGrail, JE Cabe, CL Davidson, FS Knudsen, DH Bacon, MD Bearden, MA Chamness, JA Horner, SP Reidel, HT Schaef, FA Spane, PD Thorne, "Techno-economic Performance Evaluation of Compressed Air Energy Storage in the Pacific Northwest," February 2013, http://caes.pnnl.gov/pdf/PNNL-22235.pdf.

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SITES

Columbia Hills Site

? Location: north of Boardman, Ore., on Washington side of Columbia River

? Plant type: Conventional, which pairs compressed air storage with a natural gas power plant.

? Power generation capacity: 207 megawatts

? Energy storage capacity: 231 megawatts

? Estimated levelized power cost: as low as 6.4 cents per kilowatt-hour

? Would work well for frequent energy storage

? Continuous storage for up to 40 days

Yakima Minerals Site

? Location: 10 miles north of Selah, Wash.

? Plant type: Hybrid, which pairs geothermal heat with compressed air storage

? Power generation capacity: 83 megawatts

? Energy storage capacity: 150 megawatts

? Estimated levelized power cost: as low as 11.8 cents per kilowatt-hour

? No greenhouse gas emissions

? Potential for future expansion

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Friars pound Nationals, force series split

By BERNIE WILSON

AP Sports Writer

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updated 7:26 p.m. ET May 19, 2013

SAN DIEGO (AP) - After losing to Stephen Strasburg on Thursday night and then blowing an extra-inning game Friday night, the San Diego Padres righted themselves rather nicely against the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals.

Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the Padres to a 13-4 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series.

"It's huge. They have probably one of the best rotations in baseball, let alone lineups," Cashner said. `'That's a really, really good team over there. After we lost the first two we definitely played better the last two games."

After Eric Stults outpitched Jordan Zimmermann on Saturday night, the Padres got to Haren early on Sunday. The Padres tied their season high in runs and their 15 hits against four Nationals pitchers were two short of their season high.

"It was good to bounce back in beating Zimmermann, who is arguably the best pitcher in the National League right now. That was a big win last night," San Diego manager Bud Black said.

"Then to come back today against Haren, who's a great competitor. We got to him early and got him there in the middle part of the game with a couple big swings. Good for our guys. It was a good win."

San Diego's Yonder Alonso homered off Drew Storen leading off the eighth to finish 3 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. It was his sixth homer.

Everth Cabrera and rookie Jedd Gyorko each had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Cabrera had three stolen bases to give him a major league-leading 18.

"We're swinging really good right now and we're seeing the ball so good right now," Cabrera said. "It feels great. I'm happy."

Cashner (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked one.

He retired the first seven Nationals batters and the Padres jumped on Haren for three runs in the first.

"Cash carried that momentum all the way through the game," Black said. "I thought he did a nice job with the fastball-change combination. He wobbled very little. I thought he was in control of the game and pitched very well."

The Nationals have lost six of nine.

Haren (4-5) got off to a rough start by allowing three runs in the first inning and was gone after the fourth-run fifth. Haren allowed nine hits while striking out five and walking two.

With the Padres leading 3-2, Venable opened the fifth with a shot deep into the stands in right field, his sixth. Haren retired the next two batters before Alonso doubled to left-center and scored on Gyorko's single to left.

Blanks then lined Haren's next pitch an estimated 383 feet off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner for a 7-2 lead. It was his third.

"Way too many mistakes," Haren said. "I didn't feel good out there. I didn't have much. I made a bunch of mistakes in the first inning. I kept it close for a while but you can't keep leaving balls out over the plate to a professional lineup. I kept fighting myself. I was working behind in the count too much, which is a recipe for disaster."

The Padres scored three runs against Haren in the first on three hits and a walk. Carlos Quentin and Gyorko had RBI doubles and Alonso a sacrifice fly.

The Nationals pulled to 3-2 in the fourth on Ryan Zimmerman's two-run homer that went an estimated 414 feet into the second deck in left, his third. Steve Lombardozzi was aboard on a leadoff infield single after his hard smash went off Cashner's glove. Cashner was knocked backward by the impact. He stayed in the game.

The Padres scored five runs on four hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly off Ryan Mattheus in the seventh. Cabrera had a two-run single.

"Very disappointing," Washington manager Davey Johnson said. "I hate to even talk about that one today. We didn't pitch very well. We got back in the ballgame but Haren obviously didn't have his stuff. The bullpen didn't do it. Tough day."

NOTES: The Padres had a season-high five stolen bases. ... Washington's Adam LaRoche hit an RBI single in the seventh to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games. ... Nationals OF Bryce Harper sat out a second straight game with a bruised left knee from his collision with the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium last Monday night. .... Haren's poor start ended a string of nine consecutive games in which Washington starters allowed two or fewer earned runs. ... The Nationals open a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday night. LHP Zach Duke (0-0, 8.40) is scheduled to start against RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-4, 8.06). Duke is slated to make his first start since July 10, 2011, at St. Louis. ... The Padres continue their homestand with a three-game series against St. Louis that starts Monday night. The Cardinals are scheduled to start RHP Shelby Miller (5-2, 1.40) vs. RHP Jason Marquis (5-2, 3.49).

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Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in 'Jimmy P'

In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. (AP Photo/David Azia)

In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. (AP Photo/David Azia)

In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric, right, and director Arnaud Desplechin pose for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. (AP Photo/David Azia)

In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. (AP Photo/David Azia)

CANNES, France (AP) ? Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy.

The French actor depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender.

Based on a true case study from the late 1940s, it's the story of two men ? doctor and patient ? who go on difficult journeys into their own minds.

Amalric says he went on a similar trip himself. Before making the movie, psychoanalysis "frightened me so much that I rejected it, because my parental culture that told me maybe psychoanalysis had to do with weakness."

"You are not supposed to show weakness. You are supposed to 'be a man' ... That's what my father would think of psychoanalysis."

What the 47-year-old actor found through the movie was something different ? "a world of adventure: of research, of physical danger and how the body and the mind expand."

Analysts could put that on their calling cards. No wonder Desplechin says the movie is "a manifesto for psychoanalysis," as well "a film about a man who needs to heal his own soul."

Amalric ? most famous internationally as the villain in James Bond adventure "Quantum of Solace" ? plays real-life French analyst Georges Devereux, who moved to the United States in the 1930s. He spent time living with Mojave Indians and helped develop the field of ethnopsychiatry, which studies the ways mental illness is understood in different cultural contexts.

Del Toro is his patient Jimmy Picard, who returned from World War II service in France with a head injury and debilitating psychological symptoms his doctors were unable to diagnose.

One of 20 films competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, the movie is a trans-Atlantic hybrid ? an American story told by a French writer-director with a cast including Amalric, Puerto Rico-born Del Toro and British actress Gina McKee as Devereux's sophisticated love interest.

Desplechin says he sees it less as a specifically American tale than as a story of displaced people: both Jimmy, living on a Montana reservation, and Devereux, who initially struggled to find support for his ideas in the U.S.

Amalric, one of France's busiest actors, is such a Cannes darling he once appeared in three competition films in the same year. This year he's in two ? "Jimmy P." and Roman Polanski's "Venus in Fur."

He says he enjoyed his time as a fish out of water filming in the U.S. "Jimmy P." was shot in Monroe, Michigan, a place Amalric remembers with a shudder of Gallic horror: "There was nothing there. Nothing."

"It was very intense, and the situation of the shooting itself made it even stronger, the fact that we would live all together in a hotel where there was nothing to do," he said during an interview on a Cannes rooftop terrace that would be idyllic if not for a bitter wind off the Mediterranean. "It was very close to the situation they were living in the middle of nothing."

The actor and Del Toro share a strong onscreen bond in the talk-heavy film. For long stretches the movie is an intense two-hander, with the slight Amalric and the beefy Del Toro making a compelling double act. Del Toro plays Jimmy with stoic understatement, while Amalric's Devereux is a piano-playing bundle of energy.

Amalric said he was initially surprised by Del Toro's working method. The actor didn't like to socialize off the set, or to rehearse ? a technique Amalric now says turned out to be invaluable.

"During psychoanalysis, the words surprise you," he said. "You don't know why these words are coming out. But an actor is supposed to know his lines by heart, so you have this paradox.

"I didn't understand it," he said. "I understood it yesterday after seeing the film."

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North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.

North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing recent tension, including near-daily threats by North Korea to attack South Korea and the U.S. earlier this year. North Korea protested annual joint military drills by Seoul and Washington and U.N. sanctions imposed over its February nuclear test.

The fourth launch occurred Sunday afternoon, according to officials at Seoul's Defense Ministry and Joint Chiefs of Staff. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules, refused to say whether it was a missile or artillery round.

On Saturday, North Korea fired two short-range missiles in the morning and another in the afternoon. The U.S. responded by saying threats or provocations would only further deepen North Korea's international isolation, while South Korea called the launches a provocation and urged the North to take responsible actions.

The North has a variety of missiles but Seoul and Washington don't believe the country has mastered the technology needed to manufacture nuclear warheads that are small and light enough to be placed on a missile capable of reaching the U.S.

U.S. officials said the North has recently withdrawn two mid-range "Musudan" missiles believed to be capable of reaching Guam after moving them to its east coast during the recent tensions.

The Korean Peninsula officially remains in a state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. South Korea's Defense Ministry said Sunday it has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on front-line islands near the disputed western sea boundary as part of an arms buildup begun after a North Korean artillery strike on one of the islands in 2010 killed four South Koreans.

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Associated Press writer Sam Kim contributed to this report.

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Google Glass Is Both Cool And Creepy - Business Insider

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass"?wearable computer?during this week's developer conference.

Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore everywhere - including to the crowded bathrooms.

Google?Glass, a cross between a mobile computer and eyeglasses that can both record video and surf the Internet, is now available to a select few but is already among the year's most buzz-worthy new gadgets. The device has geeks all aflutter but is unnerving everyone from lawmakers to casino operators worried about the potential for hitherto unimagined privacy and policy violations.

"I had a friend and we're sitting at dinner and about 30 minutes into it she said, 'You know those things freak me out,'" said?Allen Firstenberg, a technology consultant at the Google developers conference. He has been wearing?Glass?for about a week but offered to take them off for the comfort of his dinner companion.

On another occasion, Firstenberg admitted to walking into a bathroom wearing his?Glass?without realizing it.

"Most of the day I totally forget it's there," he said.

Many believe wearable computers represent the next big shift in technology, just as?smartphones?evolved from personal computers. Apple and Samsung are said to be working on other forms of?wearable technology.

The test version of?Glass?looks like a clear pair of eyeglasses with a hefty slab along the right side. Since it began shipping to a couple thousand carefully selected early adopters who paid about $1,500 for the device, it has inspired a bit of ridicule - from a parody on "Saturday Night Live" to a popular blog poking fun at its users.

Other industry experts take a more serious tack, pointing out the potential for misuse because?Glass?can record video far less conspicuously than a handheld device.

Glass?also has won many fans. Google and some early users maintain that privacy fears are overblown. As with traditional video cameras, a tiny light blinks on to let people know when it is recording.

Several?Glass?wearers at the developers conference said they whip the device off in inappropriate situations, such as in gym locker rooms or work meetings.?Michael Evans, a Web developer from Washington, D.C., attending the Google conference, said he removed his?Glass?when he went to the movies, even though the device would be ill-suited for recording a feature-length film.

"I just figured I don't want to be the first guy kicked out of the movies," he said.

NO?GLASS?ALLOWED

A stamp-sized electronic screen mounted on the left side of a pair of eyeglass frames,?Glass?can record video, access email, provide turn-by-turn driving directions and retrieve info from the Web by connecting wirelessly to a user's cell phone.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt dismissed concerns about the brave new world of wearable computers during a talk at?Harvard University's Kennedy Schoolof Government in April.

"Criticisms are inevitably from people who are afraid of change or who have not figured out that there will be an adaptation of society to it," he said.

Schmidt acknowledged that there are certain places where?Glass?will not be appropriate but that he believed new rules of social etiquette will coalesce over time. Firstenberg said it will take time for all sides to get comfortable with the new technology.

"I don't think we should go into the conversation assuming that?Glass?is bad," he said.

Indeed, previous technology innovations such as?mobile phones?and wireless headsets that initially raised concerns are now subject to tacit rules of etiquette, such as not talking loudly on the bus and turning a ringer off in a meeting.

Still, some have decided to leave nothing to chance.

Casino operator Caesar's Entertainment recently announced that?Glass?is not permitted while gambling or when in showrooms, though guests can wear it in other areas. In March,?Seattle's Five Point Cafe?made headlines for becoming the first bar to ban?Glass. "Respect our customers privacy as we'd expect them to respect yours," says a statement on the caf?'s website.

The California?Highway Patrol?says there is no law that explicitly forbids a driver from wearing?Glass?while driving in the state. But according to Officer?Elon Steers, if a driver appears to be distracted as a result of the device, an officer can take enforcement action.

PRIVACY TRACK RECORD

Lawmakers are beginning to consider?Glass.

On Thursday, eight members of the?U.S. Congress?sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Larry Page, asking for details about how?Glass?handles various privacy issues, including whether it is capable of?facial recognition.

According to Google, there are no?facial recognition technologies?built into the device and it has no plans to do so "unless we have strong privacy protections in place."

During one of this week's conference sessions - an open discussion about?Glass?- members of the?Glass?team answered a question about privacy by noting that social implications and etiquette have been a big area of focus during the development of the product, which is still a test version.

Some of the?Glass-phobia may stem from Google's own track record on privacy. In 2010, Google revealed that its fleet of Street View cars, which criss-cross the globe taking panoramic photos for the Google Maps product, also had captured personal information such as emails and web pages that were transmitted over unencrypted home wireless networks.

"The fact that it's Google offering the service, as opposed to say Brookstone, raises privacy issues," said?Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the?Electronic Privacy Information Center, a non-profit privacy advocacy group, citing Google's history and its scale in Internet advertising.

Rotenberg says his main concern centers on the stream of data collected by the devices - everything from audio and video to a user's location data - going to Google's data centers.

Ryan Calo, a?University of Washington?law professor who specializes in privacy and technology, said?Glass?is not very different from other technologies available today, whether it is a?smartphone?or "spy" pens that secretly record audio. But?Glass?is on people's faces, so it feels different.

"The face is a really intimate place and to have a piece of technology on it is unsettling," Calo said. "Much as a drone is unsettling because we have some ideas of war."

For all the hand-wringing, some early adopters are sold.

Ryan Warner, who recently graduated from college and who has developed a recipe app for?Glass?with Evans, said he was surprised by the reaction he got when he went to a bar.

"I was like, ?I don't know if I should have it on or not.' I was kind of in that phase," he said, "and the bouncer was like, ?Oh, my god, is that Google?Glass?' He was excited."

(Reporting By Alexei Oreskovic, with additional reporting by Susan Zeidler in Los Angeles and Aaron Pressman in Boston; Editing by Bill Trott)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-is-both-cool-and-creepy-2013-5

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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders

CANNES, France (AP) ? The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette.

But the world's leading film festival can transform careers ? something no one knows that better than actors Berenice Bejo and Tahir Rahim, stars of director Asghar Farhadi's festival entry "The Past."

Bejo shimmered on-screen in Cannes two years ago in "The Artist," her director husband Michel Hazanavicius' vivacious silent homage to Hollywood's Golden Age. It went on to win five Academy Awards, including best picture.

Rahim was the breakout star of the 2009 festival in Jacques Audiard's poetic and brutal prison drama "A Prophet," as a youth growing to manhood behind bars.

Cannes exposure helped boost both performers onto the international stage. While once most European actors could choose between stay at home and playing Hollywood villains, their paths suggest a more globalized movie world.

"It was quite a miracle for me," Bejo said Saturday, as rain drummed remorselessly on a Cannes rooftop lounge. "Two years ago my life changed a little bit in Cannes.

"I don't think Asghar Farhadi would have cast me in this movie if I hadn't done 'The Artist.'"

It's hard to think of two movie styles further apart than the flamboyant artifice of "The Artist" and the anatomically detailed domestic drama of "The Past"

Bejo plays Marie, a harried Frenchwoman with two children, a new boyfriend with a young son, and an Iranian ex who has returned after four years to finalize their divorce. Rahim is her boyfriend Samir, a man with complex family ties of his own.

All the characters are trying to move on ? but the past keeps dragging them back.

Bejo said she did a screen test for Farhadi, then didn't hear from him for a month, so initially thought she hadn't got the part.

"He said to me, I was looking into your face if I could see the doubt," she said. "I guess because he saw me in movies where I was quite positive, quite sunny, quite glamorous. He needed to see if I could show another part of myself ? and I guess he found it."

For Bejo, as for Rahim, working with the Iran director was a dream come true. "The Past" is the first film Farhadi has shot outside his homeland, and the actors say they loved his working methods ? two months of rehearsal to delve into character, break down barriers and forge bonds, followed by a four-month shoot.

With its Iranian director and largely French cast, it's one of several border-hopping movies at Cannes this year. French director Arnaud Desplechin's made-in-America "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" stars France's Mathieu Amalric and Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro. Another French filmmaker, Guillaume Canet, has a multinational cast including Clive Owen, Billy Crudup and Marion Cotillard in his New York crime drama "Blood Ties."

It's a trend Bejo is happy to embrace.

"In America you have Christoph Waltz, you have Marion Cotillard," she said. "In France we have Italian and Spanish actors. ... I think it's great. We are used to strangers and foreign accents, and it's great that we can see that in our movies now."

Both she and Rahim have been busy since their Cannes breakthroughs. Bejo recently made French heist movie "The Last Diamond" and soon starts filming Hazanavicius' next project, a war movie set in Chechnya.

Rahim's projects include the English-language Roman-era adventure "The Eagle" and another movie appearing at Cannes this year, the nuclear power plant romance "Grand Central."

Coming up, he plays a cop in the French movie "The Informant," and is currently shooting a globe-spanning 1920s-set drama with Turkish-German director Fatih Akin, another pillar of culture-crossing cinema.

Despite the busy international career ? and post-"Prophet" expressions of interest from the United States ? Rahim says Hollywood remains a hard nut to crack for non-Anglophone actors.

"It's not what you expect at first," Rahim said. "You'd like to be with Michael Mann or (directors) like this, but you don't have those parts that easily. Because first you have to speak English, you have to erase your accent."

For now, he's just happy to be back in Cannes, an experience that is easier the second time around.

"The difference is that now I'm not afraid when I come here," he said. "I'm (saying) 'OK I'm going to take every good vibe and keep it.'"

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Jill Lawless can be reached at http://Twitter.com/JillLawless

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IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups

Steven Miller

The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. But members of Congress are questioning why they weren't told earlier.

The question that prompted Lois Lerner, IRS director of tax exempt organizations, to apologize for the agency's actions came from Celia Roady, a prominent Washington lawyer in private practice. Roady said that she received a call from Lerner the day before the May 10 conference, requesting that Roady ask a question about tax exempt groups.

"I received a call from Lois Lerner, who told me that she wanted to address an issue after her prepared remarks at the [American Bar Association] Tax Section's Exempt Organizations Committee Meeting, and asked if I would pose a question to her after her remarks," Roady said in a statement obtained by ABC News.

"I agreed to do so, and she then gave me the question that I asked at the meeting the next day. We had no discussion thereafter on the topic of the question, nor had we spoken about any of this before I received her call. She did not tell me, and I did not know, how she would answer the question." (The event was not recorded.)

But at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, lawmakers questioned why Lerner had appeared before the committee just days before the conference and failed to disclose what she knew about the targeting.

"A little more than a week ago Lois Lerner was in front of our Oversight Subcommittee. She serves as the director of the Exempt Organization Division, and she has been directly involved in this matter, yet she failed to disclose what she knew to this committee, choosing instead to do so at an ABA conference two days later," Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) said on Friday morning. "This is wholly unacceptable."

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was grilled by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) over what he called the IRS's "scheme" to plant a question at the ABA but not inform Congress.

Miller said he spoke with Lerner about how to make the information in the inspector general's investigation public.

"So we were going to do it at the same time, I believe, that our intent was to talk to [Congress] at the same time," Miller said.

Asked by Roskam whether Congress was informed "at the same time," Miller said, "It did not happen, I don't believe."

In a conference call with reporters on May 10, Lerner said that she did not publicly reveal the fact that the IRS had targeted conservative groups earlier because she had never been asked.

"Somebody asked me a question today, so I answered it," Lerner said.

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Three Sonic games coming exclusively to Nintendo consoles

Sega has confirmed that three Sonic games will be released exclusively for Nintendo consoles as part of the partnership.

We know that Sonic: Lost World and (take a breath) Mario And Sonic At The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games will be released for Wii U and 3DS but Sega has yet to confirm the identity of the third game but we'll discover more at a later date.

Jurgen Post, COO of Sega Europe, revealed why Sega decided to side with Nintendo. "Sonic the Hedgehog has performed incredibly well on Nintendo platforms and this exclusive partnership is a natural fit for the next evolution of Sonic games. The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS are ideal platforms to showcase Sonic and we are looking forward to working with Nintendo on these three exciting adventures."

The exciting thing is that Sega are actually working with Nintendo on these games. Could that mean that Sonic games will get better?

Thomas East

Online Editor

Tom has been writing for games magazines and websites since the late 1990s, including GamesMaster, CVG and NGC magazine (remember that?). Read more

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Dot Earth Blog: The Other Climate Science Gap

Much has been made this week of the gap between what the public thinks about the consensus among climate scientists over the human factor in global warming and the actual level of consensus. The discussion has centered on a new study reviewing how anthropogenic global warming was characterized in more than 12,000 climate science papers between 1991 and 2011. More than 97 percent of the papers stating a cause for warming, the authors found, pointed to humans. In contrast, surveys consistently show that Americans are pretty evenly divided when asked whether they think scientists agree that humans are causing global warming.?(Read?my e-mail exchange with two authors?for more background.)

The clear message of the team conducting this fresh assessment of the climate science consensus is that it?s vital to close that gap to have a chance of breaking societal deadlock on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. On his Skeptical Science blog, John Cook, the paper?s lead author, put it this way:

Quite possibly the most important thing to communicate about climate change is that there is a 97% consensus amongst the scientific experts and scientific research that humans are causing global warming. Let?s spread the word and close the consensus gap.

Forgotten in much of this is a point made in an e-mail message sent to me and some other science communicators this morning by Dan Kahan, the Yale law professor who studies the cultural filters that influence how people perceive and react to information. Kahan linked to his fresh post reviewing how many times in recent years such studies have been promoted, then asked this:

Climate scientists aren?t the only ones whose message never gets through. The ?science of science communication consensus? that deficits in knowledge & rationality are not the problem ? 99.9999999% agree! ? never does either, & to the very people it should be of value too, viz., those trying to promote constructive engagement w/ climate science.

Is there someone studying that science communication problem???!

He included a link to his 2010 peer-reviewed paper ? ?Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus? ? (here?s the National Science Foundation news release on the study) and one of his valuable, if sobering, talks on this issue: ?Cultural Cognition and the Challenge of Science Communication.?

I?ve spoken quite a bit about how I came late to that body of behavioral science and only slowly disabused myself of the expectation that more or better climate science stories by me might shape public responses to global warming. Yes, I am a ?recovering denialist? in that sense.

This doesn?t mean it?s a waste of time to communicate climate science. But it does mean that communicating the science of science communication matters, too.

For more on the wishful nature of hopes that closing such gaps will matter much, read Keith Kloor and David Appell.

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Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) ? Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents.

A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas of Maiduguri where people must remain inside their homes until further notice. Musa said it was part of the military's push since President Goodluck Jonathan issued an emergency decree Tuesday allowing soldiers to arrest people at will and take over buildings suspected to house extremists in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

Soldiers arrested some 65 suspected extremists who were "attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri" after military strikes on camps in a nearby forest reserve, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade said in a statement Saturday. Olukolade said soldiers killed another 10 suspected extremists in Maiduguri's Gamboru neighborhood, one of the areas now under curfew.

There was no independent confirmation of the arrests nor the killings. An Associated Press journalist in Maiduguri saw roadblocks manned by soldiers in the city, as well as trucks lined up outside the city, apparently blocked by the military from entering.

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, once was home to the main mosque of Boko Haram. Nigeria's Islamic extremist insurgency grew out of a 2009 riot led by Boko Haram members in Maiduguri that ended in a military and police crackdown that killed some 700 people. The group's leader died in police custody in an apparent summary execution, fueling dissent that broke into the open in 2010 with the targeted killings of government officials, security agents and religious leaders who spoke out against the sect. The killings gradually morphed into the large-scale extremist network that is plaguing Nigeria today.

Soldiers backed by jet fighters and military helicopters have flooded into the northeast since Jonathan's order Tuesday. On Thursday, soldiers attacked suspected camps sheltering insurgents in a forest reserve south of Maiduguri. At least 21 suspected extremists died in the attack, an official told the AP on Friday. The military said it destroyed the extremists' equipment and gasoline supplies.

On Saturday, Olukolade asked the public to inform authorities if they saw anyone attempting to gather large quantities of gasoline.

"Some of the fleeing insurgents from various camps have been noted to be in search of fuel," the brigadier general said.

This new military campaign comes on top of a previous massive deployment of soldiers and police to the region. That deployment failed to stop violence by Islamic extremists, who have killed more than 1,600 people since 2010, according to an AP count. It also has seen soldiers arrest, torture and even kill civilians.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north, has said it wants to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria and wants the government to release all of its imprisoned followers. Boko Haram has sparked splinter groups like Ansaru, which has kidnapped foreign hostages. Analysts and diplomats also say the network has loose ties to two other al-Qaida-influenced groups on the African continent.

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Associated Press writer Bashir Adigun in Abuja, Nigeria, contributed to this report.

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Jon Gambrell reported from Yenagoa, Nigeria, and can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP .

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'Anchorman 2' Trailer Had Us At 'Hello': Watch Now!

Will Ferrell is still keepin' it classy in latest sneak peek of December 20 sequel, 'Anchorman: The Legend Continues.'
By Katie Atkinson

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'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Forget the DVR.

Not this time. Not after this long of a wait.

Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates.

But a crowd of approximately 700 at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood experienced this "Scandal" episode differently Thursday night. The audience, comprised primarily of Emmy voters and their guests, got a live performance by the majority of the show's cast members. Star Kerry Washington and company sat in chairs on the Academy stage facing the audience, and recreated the episode's so-called "table read." They delivered dialogue and stage directions directly from the finale's script.

"Scandal" spins around crisis manager Olivia Pope (played by Washington), a political fixer who could use some fixing herself.

On the arrivals line, Washington said that this reading wasn't all that different from those the "Scandal" cast and crew does for each episode.

"It's such a great opportunity, because we all enjoy working together so much, we're like a theater company," added the actress, who, like many of the "Scandal" principals, has logged considerable time on the stage.

If you have not seen the "Scandal" season-two finale, read on at your own risk. The following details what Washington called the "jaw-dropping" last scene of the episode.

Done, apparently once and for all, with her long on-again off-again affair with U.S. President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Thomas Grant III (Tony Goldwyn), Olivia is ready to start life anew. As she opens the door to begin her morning jog, Olivia is greeted by a swarm of reporters, asking variations of, "Are you the president's mistress?" A dazed Olivia is briskly escorted into a limousine, where she's greeted by the mysterious Rowan (Joe Morton).

"Hello, Olivia," he says.

"Dad?" she responds.

End scene and episode.

Recalled Washington, "When I saw it (the word "Dad"), I didn't even know how to make it come out of my mouth. It was such brand-new information for me," she continued. "We haven't had any knowledge of Olivia's personal life outside of the White House."

"Scandal," last week's highest-rated TV drama in TV marketers' coveted 18-49 demographic, was recently renewed for a third season, and is expected to return with new episodes in September.

In a post-performance conversation with the audience, show creator Shonda Rhimes gave up few answers about the fates of her "Scandal" characters.

"I think there are a lot of questions," Washington said. "What's happening with Jake (Scott Foley)? What's going on with Olivia and her family? What's going on with the first couple in the White House? I mean, there's just tons and tons of questions this year."

It seems only one thing's for sure. For "Scandal" fans, it's going to be a long summer.

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Foc.us headset claims to shock the brain for better gaming, we go forehead-on

We've seen a number of headsets tap into the mind, to geotag your mood, grant you remote control over gadgets or simply let you wiggle a pair of cat ears. None of those are quite like the foc.us, however, which serves up transcranial direct-current simulation (tDCS) -- a controversial form of neurosimulation that transmits current to a particular area of the brain. Originally used to help patients with brain injuries, tDCS has supposedly been found to increase cognitive performance in healthy adults. These claims haven't been proven yet though, and shocking your own cranium isn't exactly FDA approved.

Still, the foc.us is one of a few tDCS headsets designed for the consumer market and can, the inventor Michael Oxley claims, improve your working or short-term memory when the electrodes are placed on your prefrontal cortex. A low-intensity current is passed through the different nodes, exciting that part of the brain. Interestingly, Oxley is positioning it as a way to boost your video gaming prowess for the "ultimate gaming experience," a concept we found a little odd. That said, you don't actually have to wear the headset while shooting up bad guys or other brain-draining tasks. The idea behind the foc.us headset is to put it on your noggin, fire it up, and wait for around five to ten minutes, then take it off and go about your day. We did just that and all the gory details are after the break.

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PFT: Doug Free takes half-pay to stay with Cowboys

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Tracing Doug Whaley?s move from Wall Street to Bills G.M.

The Dolphins signed undrafted rookie T Rupert Bryan and plan to move him to fullback.

Do the changes on the defensive line foreshadow scheme changes for the Patriots?

Jets G Vladimir Ducasse knows he has one more chance with the Jets.

With Rolando McClain officially out of the picture, here?s how things look at inside linebacker for the Ravens.

Five students have received $20,000 in college scholarship money from the charitable organization run by Bengals coach Marvin Lewis.

Browns G Jason Pinkston feels great after returning to the field for the first time since he developed a blood clot in his lung last year.

Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com thinks Antonio Brown can prove himself as a No. 1 receiver with the Steelers this year.

After spending 2012 on injured reserve, Texans K Randy Bullock is excited to actually do some kicking.

Said Colts coach Chuck Pagano of WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, ?We are very fortunate to get him on board. Big, fast, long athletic guy, that can go up and find the football and can certainly stretch a defense and take the top off the secondary, off the backend.?

The new-look Jaguars jerseys seem to be selling well.

Titans rookie CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson has made a habit of learning quickly on the football field.

It?s hard to find a weakness when it comes to Broncos LB Von Miller.

Chiefs defenders are enjoying the aggressiveness in this year?s defensive scheme.

Josh Cribbs is looking forward to playing for Raiders special teams coach Bobby April.

A move to guard looks like it is working out well for Jeromey Clary of the Chargers.

A call for the Cowboys to add Collin Klein?to their roster.

Aaron Curry believes he can be an impact linebacker for the Giants.

How will the Eagles use their tight ends this season?

Some disbelief about reports of Redskins interest in RB Tim Hightower.

How much did the Bears spend on undrafted free agents?

The Lions? defensive backs should be tested frequently in 2013.

A group of Packers players went to Iowa to fire up the team?s fans in the state.

Vikings LB Chad Greenway wants you to be a farmer.

Said Falcons coach Mike Smith of the team?s belief in high-character players, ?We win in the locker room first.?

Several Panthers rookies made a good first impression.

The Saints signed DT Isaako Aaitui to a two-year deal.

Going one-on-one with Buccaneers rookie DT Akeem Spence.

Cardinals rookies are getting plenty of chances to impress their coaches.

G.M. Les Snead has completed his overhaul of the team?s scouting and personnel departments.

RB Marcus Lattimore was left inspired by his first meeting with new 49ers teammate Frank Gore.

On Friday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee is signing a bill that will allow people to get Seahawks license plates.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/16/doug-free-stays-with-cowboys-cuts-his-pay-in-half/related/

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