Safer, cheaper detection using microwaves spots tumors sooner
A simple and cost effective imaging device for breast tumor detection based on a flexible and wearable antenna system has been developed by researchers at the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. The team based in the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI) describes details in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology and point out that their system holds the promise of much earlier detection than mammography.
INDI's Kody Varahramyan and colleagues, Sudhir Shrestha, Mangilal Agarwal, Azadeh Hemati and Parvin Ghane explain that their system uses a planar microstrip antenna design on a flexible substrate that is optimized for operation in direct contact with the skin. The system avoids the 20% microwave signal loss observed with other systems based on matched coupling medium. Their tests with breast and tumor "phantoms" - model human body systems - shows that the received signal from a tumor is three times the strength from healthy tissue and is well defined relative to background noise level in the image.
The overall goal of the research is to develop a wearable, brassiere-like imaging system that uses non-ionizing radiation to detect cancerous breast tissue. The researchers suggest that the system is cost effective and could detect breast cancer earlier than other systems, although they add that it would be a complementary system to mammography rather than a replacement for it. Nevertheless for early detection with minimal discomfort to the patients, such a system could become a useful adjunct for cancer detection.
"It has been well recognized that the early detection of breast cancer by regular breast screening increases the survival rate among the breast cancer patients," the team says. Unfortunately, conventional mammography, which utilizes ionizing radiation, has a relatively high rate of false positives and false negatives as well as being uncomfortable. As such, the results for early breast tumors are often obscured by dense breast tissue and ambiguities present near the chest wall, which commonly leads to unnecessary biopsies.
The team is currently working on the software that will allow them to convert the microwave signals from the system into two-dimensional and three-dimensional images of breast tumors.
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Safer, cheaper detection using microwaves spots tumors sooner
A simple and cost effective imaging device for breast tumor detection based on a flexible and wearable antenna system has been developed by researchers at the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. The team based in the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI) describes details in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology and point out that their system holds the promise of much earlier detection than mammography.
INDI's Kody Varahramyan and colleagues, Sudhir Shrestha, Mangilal Agarwal, Azadeh Hemati and Parvin Ghane explain that their system uses a planar microstrip antenna design on a flexible substrate that is optimized for operation in direct contact with the skin. The system avoids the 20% microwave signal loss observed with other systems based on matched coupling medium. Their tests with breast and tumor "phantoms" - model human body systems - shows that the received signal from a tumor is three times the strength from healthy tissue and is well defined relative to background noise level in the image.
The overall goal of the research is to develop a wearable, brassiere-like imaging system that uses non-ionizing radiation to detect cancerous breast tissue. The researchers suggest that the system is cost effective and could detect breast cancer earlier than other systems, although they add that it would be a complementary system to mammography rather than a replacement for it. Nevertheless for early detection with minimal discomfort to the patients, such a system could become a useful adjunct for cancer detection.
"It has been well recognized that the early detection of breast cancer by regular breast screening increases the survival rate among the breast cancer patients," the team says. Unfortunately, conventional mammography, which utilizes ionizing radiation, has a relatively high rate of false positives and false negatives as well as being uncomfortable. As such, the results for early breast tumors are often obscured by dense breast tissue and ambiguities present near the chest wall, which commonly leads to unnecessary biopsies.
The team is currently working on the software that will allow them to convert the microwave signals from the system into two-dimensional and three-dimensional images of breast tumors.
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"Breast tumor detection by flexible wearable antenna system" in Int. J. Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, 2012, 4, 499-516
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Team Iowa claimed the team title of the Four State Junior Girls Golf Championship on Thursday at Sedalia (Mo.) Country Club.
The Iowa team entered the second and final round tied with Nebraska, but shot 288 for a total of 588 and a 16-shot victory. Nebraska was second, Missouri was third with 618 and Kansas was fourth.
Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson all-state golfer Megan Furnish shot 76-75-151 over the two days for the third-best Iowa scored and sixth-best in the field of about 20 golfers. Charles City three-time state champion Jessie Sindlinger was first overall, carding 2-under par 68 Thursday for a 5-under 135 total. Sindlinger was the top performer of the tournament and the only golfer to shoot below par.
Dyersville Beckman?s state champion Ellie Ament shot 79-74-153, while South Tama?s Taylor Van Dyk had 78-77-155. Anna Cullinan, of Bettendorf, was 1-over for the second round and finished with 150.
It was the first time since 2004 Iowa has won the event that began in 1969. Sindlinger is the 10th Iowan to earn medalist honors since Patricia Martinson in 1997.
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Like ICS, Honeycomb and Gingerbread before it, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean features a neat little "Easter egg" animation within the "About phone" and "About tablet" pages. On a Jelly Bean device like the Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7, head to Settings > About phone and tap repeatedly on "Android version: 4.1" until you see the picture of the happy Jelly Bean guy filling the screen. Then long press on the middle of the screen, and you'll get a screen filled with more Jelly Beans, which you can fling around using your finger.
You'll also note the candy cane among the field of Jelly Beans. We're not sure exactly why that's there, but it only seems to appear occasionally. (If you've got any wild theories, share 'em in the comments.
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A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law. The outcome is likely to be a factor in the presidential campaign and help define John Roberts' legacy as chief justice. But the court's ruling almost certainly will not be the last word on America's tangled efforts to address health care woes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law. The outcome is likely to be a factor in the presidential campaign and help define John Roberts' legacy as chief justice. But the court's ruling almost certainly will not be the last word on America's tangled efforts to address health care woes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
CHICAGO (AP) ? As the nation awaits the Supreme Court ruling on President Barak Obama's health care overhaul, states across the country are considering how they will respond to the historic decision. Some Democratic-led states vow to push ahead with various provisions no matter what happens. In some Republican territories, elected officials insist they will try to hold off on implementing the law, even if the court upholds it. And most states are bound to miss key deadlines if the law or even pieces of it survive.
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PUSHING AHEAD:
One contingent of states plans to stay the course regardless of the high court ruling.
Oregon's Legislature voted in 2009, a year before Obama's overhaul was approved, to create an online state health insurance exchange. If the court strikes down only the federal requirement that almost everyone obtain health insurance, the state's exchange director Rocky King says he still can build a profitable exchange to launch in 2014.
"We assume we can go forward," King said. "It may make a difference in terms of the number of people we can enroll, but we think the exchange has value with or without the mandate."
If the court strikes down the entire health care law, however, the exchange would lose more than $60 million in federal grants and thousands of potential customers. In that scenario, state officials would have to wait for cues from the Obama administration and for Congress to decide a path forward, King said.
California has been a model for the federal health care overhaul since the law's passage and has begun implementing parts of it already, including the beginnings of health care exchanges. The state also has banned insurers from refusing coverage for children with pre-existing illnesses and allowed young adults to stay on their parents' plans through age 26.
California passed its own state legislation to ensure those measures are preserved even if the federal law is thrown out. But that doesn't mean the state is unaffected by Thursday's ruling. As one of the law's biggest financial beneficiaries, it stands to gain as much as $15 billion annually in federal money for health programs.
Hawaii also has been moving full speed ahead and joined several states last year in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the new law.
"Our goal is universal health coverage here," said Beth Giesting, who was hired as a coordinator to implement the overhaul's changes in Hawaii.
In Massachusetts, which laid the groundwork for the federal health care law with a sweeping 2006 state program, officials say they will continue efforts to expand coverage to nearly all residents no matter what. But like California, the state could lose hundreds of millions in assistance if the federal law is knocked down.
"Even in a worst-case scenario of the health care law being struck down entirely, Massachusetts is going to forge ahead," said Glen Shor, executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority.
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DIGGING IN:
On the other side are Republican leaders who vow that no matter how the Supreme Court rules, they will not act on the overhaul before November, when they hope the GOP can win back the White House and the Senate and repeal the law.
Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said this week that only in the event of a GOP defeat would Wisconsin "figure out some alternative within the state."
Robert Kraig, executive director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin, a health care advocacy group that supports the law and expanding health insurance coverage, said the governor is "on the far end of the spectrum in terms of trying to block the law and doing nothing to prepare for it."
But Walker is not alone.
Lawmakers in Idaho, where about 19 percent of residents are uninsured, were the first in the nation to pass a law in 2010 requiring the state to sue the federal government over the overhaul. Last year, they toyed with the idea of nullifying the health care law and have taken no steps toward implementation since. Now they're banking on the Supreme Court turning down the measure or a future repeal.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have said they too will wait until November to before acting on any surviving parts of the law.
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MOVING MONEY:
Millions of people already have received new benefits under the law. But those could disappear of it is struck down, and many states are trying to figure out what to do if that happens.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a big supporter of the federal overhaul, extended Medicaid coverage last year to 84,000 vulnerable adults. But Dayton has said little publicly about the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling for Minnesota. That leaves many unanswered questions about the fate of the people Dayton switched to the joint federal-state Medicaid program from less generous state-funded programs.
A ruling against the law also would threaten other planned expansions, such as in Washington state, which received $128 million to help set up its insurance exchange and an additional $200 million for its preexisting-condition insurance pool. Officials are uncertain whether that money could stay with the state or would have to be returned.
In Michigan, the law has brought widespread benefits: More than half a million seniors have received some free preventive health care services this year. And 1.8 million residents now receive preventative services with no co-pay. Another 57,000 young adults in Michigan are on their parents' health insurance plans.
Last week, U.S. Health and Human Services director Kathleen Sebelius visited Detroit to announce grants for six Michigan health centers to help expand access to care under the law. Officials there aren't sure what they'll do if that money disappears.
Funding for North Dakota's 15 community health centers may be jeopardized, and three other planned centers might not be built if the federal law is overturned.
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SWEATING DEADLINES:
Most states have taken few ? if any ? steps toward creating the insurance exchanges that are a cornerstone of the health law. The online marketplaces would allow people and small businesses to comparison-shop for health insurance.
So if the court upholds the mandate to establish exchanges, many states will have to scramble to get their plans approved by January and the programs running a year later. As of March, only 13 states and Washington, D.C., had adopted plans for exchanges.
In Obama's home state of Illinois, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn considered an executive order to establish an exchange, but state Rep. Frank Mautino said it's too late. The first year of the project will have to be a joint state-federal exchange, he said.
In Michigan, House Republicans have refused to let state officials start setting up the MI Health Marketplace before the Supreme Court ruling. Gov. Rick Snyder is one the few Republican leaders who has acknowledged considering a state-federal partnership to get an exchange in place.
"I'm just trying to be a pragmatist here," Snyder said Tuesday.
In Indiana, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered state agencies to investigate the cost and feasibility of an online health insurance marketplace in January 2011, but Daniels told the agencies to keep their work in the planning stages until the court ruled.
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Associated Press writers Carla K. Johnson in Chicago; Scott Bauer in Madison, Wis.; John Miller in Boise, Ida.; Kathy Barks Hoffman in Lansing, Mich.; Tom LoBianco in Indianapolis; Shaya Mohajer in Los Angeles; Jonathan Cooper in Salem, Ore.; Oskar Garcia in Honolulu; Steve LeBlanc in Boston; Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Wash.; Martiga Lohn in St. Paul, Minn.; James MacPherson in Bismarck, N.D.; Chet Brokaw in Pierre, S.D.; Bill Kaczor in Tallahassee, Fla.; and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C. contributed to this report.
AAA??Jun. 27, 2012?11:28 AM ET Pacers part ways with Larry Bird AP
FILE - This May 30, 2012 file photo shows Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, talking about the teams future during a news conference in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Larry Bird is leaving the Indiana Pacers. The newspaper reported the move Tuesday, June 26, 2012, citing an unidentified person with direct knowledge of the situation, and said Bird was meeting with team owner Herb Simon. The Pacers and Simon declined comment on the report. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE - This May 30, 2012 file photo shows Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, talking about the teams future during a news conference in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Larry Bird is leaving the Indiana Pacers. The newspaper reported the move Tuesday, June 26, 2012, citing an unidentified person with direct knowledge of the situation, and said Bird was meeting with team owner Herb Simon. The Pacers and Simon declined comment on the report. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE - This May 30, 2012 file photo shows Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, talking about the teams future during a news conference in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Larry Bird is leaving the Indiana Pacers. The newspaper reported the move Tuesday, June 26, 2012, citing an unidentified person with direct knowledge of the situation, and said Bird was meeting with team owner Herb Simon. The Pacers and Simon declined comment on the report. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011, file photo, Indiana Pacers general manager David Morway, bottom left, president of basketball operations Larry Bird, top right, his wife Dinah Mattingly and team owner Herb Simon, center, watch an NBA basketball game between the Pacers and the Orlando Magic in Indianapolis. Morway, who was hired by the Pacers in 1999 and had been GM since 2008, has resigned as general manager of the Pacers amid reports that Larry Bird is on the way out, too, according to the Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The Indiana Pacers have parted ways with Larry Bird.
Owner Herb Simon announced the move Wednesday, one day before the NBA draft. He said Bird will stay on for the draft, when the Pacers are scheduled to pick No. 26 overall in the first round.
The 55-year-old Bird was the Pacers coach from 1997-2000, taking the team to its only NBA Finals appearance that final year, before returning to the front office in 2003. He took full control as president of basketball decisions after the 2007-08 season, when Donnie Walsh left to become the New York Knicks' president.
Walsh is returning as the Pacers' president. Kevin Pritchard, the director of player personnel, is being promoted to general manager, replacing David Morway, who resigned Tuesday.
Bird said health issues were among the reasons for his departure.
"I just think it's time," he said.
Bird had said just a month ago that he wanted to stay and expressed interest in a three-year deal rather than the annual "handshake" agreements he had with Simon. Bird recently was named the NBA Executive of the Year after building a tough, young team that lost to eventual champion Miami in six games in the playoffs.
The former Indiana State star won three MVP awards and three NBA titles during his Hall of Fame career with Boston.
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The presiding judge, Olivera Andjelkovic, said that the accused were guilty because in October and November 1991 they had violated international law by killing 40 Croatian civilians and inhumanely treating and torturing a number of other citizens of Lovas.
?The accused instigated and committed murder, took civilians out of their homes, murdered them, threw them into the canal, and forced other civilians to collect dead bodies in the village. Seventeen other people lost their lives as a human shield in the minefield,? said Andjelkovic.
Ljuban Devetak was sentenced to 20 years of prison, Milan Devcic to ten, Milan Radojcic to 13, and Zeljko Krnjajic to ten years.
Four former members of the Yugoslav People?s Army were sentenced too - Miodrag Dimitrijevic to ten years of prison, Darko Peric and Radovan Vlajkovic to five years each, and Radisav Josipovic to four years of prison.
Former members of the paramilitary group Dusan the Great, Jovan Dimitrijevic and Zoran Kosijer were sentenced to eight and nine years respectively, Sasa Stojanovic to 8 years, Petronije Stevanovic to 14 years, and Aleksandar Nikolaidis and Dragan Bacic to six years in prison.
Explaining her verdict for Devetak, Judge Andjelkovic said that as a leader of the military-civilian administration he bore the most responsibility for the crimes.
The judge also reminded the court that the witnesses had been exposed to numerous pressures during trial, resulting in many of them changing their statements. Two of the accused Nikolaidis and Krnjajic, as well as others, had also warned about such pressures.
Andjelkovic said that it was regrettable that the participation of the Yugoslav People?s Army in the crimes that had been carried out in this part of Croatia had not been proven.
The indictment from 2007 charges 14 persons with killing 22 civilians in their homes and yards during the attack on Lovas on October 10, 1991; and another 23 people who were killed in makeshift prisons by October 18 of the same year.
?Another 22 civilians were killed on October 18, 1991when they were forced to form a human shield and walk through a minefield. A further three civilians died in random acts of violence.
Deputy war crime prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that the prosecution is satisfied with the verdict, given that the maximum sentence for a war crime is 20 years in prison, and will not appeal the verdict.
"This verdict is clearly a message of respect to victims, but it is also an apology to them for everything they had to go through in these parts in the unfortunate 1990s,? added Vekaric.
He congratulated the Trial Chamber for enduring all the pressures they were exposed to in the course of a four-year long trial.
The verdict may be appealed. The time period in which to lodge an appeal has been expanded from the usual 15 days to 30 days.
June 27, 2012By: DanielRBramblet Category: Uncategorized
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How did tea become hip? Hold on a minute. Things have improved in recent years or perhaps even decades, but one could still argue that tea is suffering from an image problem. You know the one ? staid tea rooms frequented by ladies of a certain age, neatly trimmed crustless sandwiches, and so on. Not to mention that for many people tea still conjures up visions of black dust crammed into ultra-cheap tea bags, resulting in a beverage that leaves much to be desired.
Afternoon Tea Gift Basket ? totally hip!
This model of tea culture, such as it was, is gradually dwindling, to be replaced by one that could reasonably be called hip. But how did it all come to pass? For starters, it?s worth noting the efforts of latter day tea pioneers like James Norwood Pratt and David Lee Hoffman, who began fighting the good fight for ?good? tea long before tea hit it big.
I would also make the cautious argument that tea rode in on the same horse that brought us an increased interest in food culture in general, that ongoing trend that gave us such dubious terms as ?foodie.? Hardcore food people might cringe at the notion, but the rise of cable TV and specifically the Food Network, which got underway in 1993 and which now reaches nearly 100 million households, certainly can?t have hurt.
Tea was apparently already hip by this time, if we?re to believe a 1994 New York Times article bearing the unambiguous headline Evolution Of Tea: Now It?s Hip. Written by regular contributor Florence Fabricant, it kicks off with the slightly cringeworthy (maybe it?s just me) statement that ?Tea is becoming the coffee of the 90?s.?
Fabricant noted that tea is popular all over the country, even in Seattle, that bastion of coffee culture. She also noted that sales have increased nearly eight percent in the previous year and cited figures that specialty tea sales will jump from $415 million in 1993 to $531 million, in 1997. Though the article noted that much of the tea consumption in the U.S. is of ready-to-drink iced tea, much of it was nonetheless devoted to talking with tea merchants who were part of the rush toward selling higher quality mostly loose leaf teas.
As with so many general interest articles about tea, there?s a brief Tea 101 and a requisite section on how to make a good cup of tea. Which is all well and good, but one small demerit is in order for perpetuating the popular myth that tea can be leached of most of its caffeine by giving the leaves a 30 second rinse.
Demerits or no, it?s an interesting look at American tea culture from nearly two decades ago and you can read it here.
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The annual?St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase is a great way to support the many local filmmakers who practice their art in our area. Cinema St. Louis, our city?s non-profit cinema-related event planning group, will present The Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers ShowcaseJuly 8-12. This is the 12th annual presentation, which serves as the area?s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The 16 film programs that screen at the Tivoli from July 8-12 serve as the Showcase?s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmaker. It all ends with a closing-Night Awards Party Thursday July 12th sponsored by Stella Artois from 8 p.m. to midnight at Blueberry Hill?s Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd. Attendees must be 21 or older. Awards presentation will begin at 10:30 p.m.(the party is free but donations are accepted)
Tickets Tickets for film programs from July 8-12 at the Tivoli are $12 each; $10 for students with valid and current photo ID and for Cinema St. Louis members with valid membership cards. Advance tickets are on sale at the Tivoli Theatre box office (5-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday). No phone sales, but tickets can be purchased online (see below). Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Online Ticket Sales Tickets may also be purchased in advance at https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Ticketing.aspx?TheatreID=258. There is a $1 per-ticket service charge. Click on the show time (not the film title) to go to the purchase area. Purchasers must pick up your at the Tivoli box-office window. Bring the credit card used to purchase the tickets and the confirmation number. Online sales are limited to full-price tickets only. Cinema St. Louis member and student discounts can only be obtained in person at the box office because ID is required.
Free Events The filmmaking seminars (July 7 at Centene Center for Arts & Education), ?Madness and Genius? screening (July 7 at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis), and closing-night awards party (July 12 at Blueberry Hill?s Duck Room) are free and do not require tickets. The screening of Homeland: Immigration in America ? (July 8 at the Tivoli Theatre) is free but tickets are required; tickets are available in advance and day of show at the Tivoli box office (limit of 2 per person). Donations to Cinema St. Louis to offset costs for free events are gladly accepted.
Here is the complete schedule for the 2012 Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase:
Filmmaking Seminars
FREE (no ticket required)
Cinema St. Louis annually kicks off the Showcase with free filmmaking seminars. This year?s offerings begin with presentations on a trio of ambitious TV productions originating in St. Louis: the reality show Welcome to Sweetie Pie?s? the animated series Voltron Force!? and the documentary series Homeland: Immigration in America. All three seminars take place at Cinema St. Louis? home in the Centene Center of Arts & Education, with Kaldi?s Coffee generously contributing free coffee and pastries. Later, at the nearby Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the Showcase?s day of seminars concludes with a free screening of native St. Louisan Ryan Eslinger?s first feature, Madness and Genius.? A co-presentation with CAM?s Concrete Cinema series, the event features a post-film discussion with Eslinger. Seminar?s will take place in Centene Center for Arts & Education, 4th Floor, 3547 Olive St., 63103
Noon-1:45 p.m. -Welcome to Sweetie Pie?s
Steve Luebbert, director of development for Coolfire Originals ? an arm of Coolfire Media that creates entertainment programming for screens of all shapes and sizes ? discusses the St. Louis-based reality show Welcome to Sweetie Pie?s, -? which airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network. An as-yet-unaired episode of the show is featured as part of the program.
2-3:45 p.m. -Voltron Force!
Two key members of the St. Louis-based company behind Nicktoon?s hit animated series Voltron Force! executive producer Bob Koplar and supervising producer Jeremy Corray ? reveal the step-by-step process of how a cartoon moves from script to screen. The World Events Productions team will discuss how this international effort is coordinated. The program features a screening of a never-before-seen episode of Voltron Force!?
4-6 p.m. -? Homeland: Immigration in America
Produced by The Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis, the upcoming national PBS documentary series Homeland addresses key immigration issues facing our country. On Sunday, the Showcase will preview the series with a special program featuring PBS correspondent and Homeland? narrator Ray Suarez. This seminar features extended excerpts from the series and a discussion of the project by producers Jim Kirchherr and Anne-Marie Berger, with editor Frank Popper. The program also features executive producer and special guest Leo Eaton, Emmy Award winner and internationally recognized producer for networks such as PBS, BBC, and National Geographic.
Sponsored by:
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MADNESS AND GENIUS
2004, 103 min., Free (no ticket required)
Shot in 18 days on high-definition video for $20,000, Madness and Genius? is a stark black-and-white drama about a group of hyper-intelligent but emotionally dysfunctional college students and an eccentric, troubled professor (Tom Noonan of MANHUNTER?). Set in the world of academic physics, the film focuses on the clash between teacher and student over the joint discovery of a highly theoretical scientific marvel. Native St. Louisan Ryan Eslinger not only wrote, produced and directed the film ? made between his second and third years at New York University ? but also edited, created the sound design, and composed and performed the music. Premiering at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival ? one of the world?s most prestigious ?Madness and Genius??? played more than a dozen fests. Eslinger subsequently directed When a Man Falls (starring Timothy Hutton and Sharon Stone) and the micro-budgeted Daniel and Abraham. A co-presentation of the Showcase and the Contemporary Art Museum?s Concrete Cinema series, Madness and Genius? features a post-film discussion with Eslinger.
Sponsored by:
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
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SHORTS 1: SELECTIONS FROM THE SECOND ANNUAL CINEMA AT CITYGARDEN COMPETITION
Birds on a Wire
Virginia Lee Hunter, 3 min.
A meditative look at blackbirds at rest and in motion.
Collage #1
Aaron Vaught, 3 min.
An exploration of the relationship between objects in the natural world.
The Current
Thomas Malkowicz, 3 min.
A documentary about two brothers who have enjoyed the Current River and hope to preserve it for the future.
Elm
Mike McCubbins, 5 min.
Two hundred years in the life of a patch of forest.
First Snow
David Denagel, 4 min.
The first snow of the season falls on the countryside.
Garden
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, 5 min.
An abstract evocation of a night garden.
Human/Nature
Dale Ward, 4 min.
The manipulation and distortion of nature by man over the years.
Inverno Romanza
Mark Lovelace, 5 min.
Alone on a rainy Christmas Eve, a young girl looks for an escape in nature.
Maison Des Reveurs
Rita Hunt, 5 min.
The nature of our life depends on the flight of our imagination.
Mama
Sarah Worner, 2 min.
A mother?s passing is evoked with flowers, corn husks, and found foliage.
The Myth of Nikola Tesla
Alex Elmestad, 5 min.
A poetic narrative based on the life and works of inventor Nikola Tesla.
Nature Speaks
Catherine Dudley-Rose, 3 min.
An exploration of the music found in nature.
Nested
Ben Schmidt, 3 min.
A brother and sister find a bird?s nest in the middle of the road.
A Path
Rachel & Zlatko Cosic, 5 min.
The ritual of walking on a path throughout the year coincides with the cycle of life and seasonal changes.
Red and Blue Armies in a Forest
Van McElwee, 5 min.
Two groups of soldiers converge in a forest, both groups electronically monitoring the other.
Remember
Sylvia Geiger, 4 min.
A look at nature through the eyes of children.
Timber Dream
Hannah Radcliff, 3 min.
A lone tree dreams about movement.
Toky!
Jamie Jessop, 5 min.
Toky the turtle, found by two friendly little girls who box him up, dreams of his favorite spots in nature.
Trope
Zlatko Cosic, 5 min.
Abstract images and sounds signify the ongoing ecological damages occurring on planet Earth.
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DIGNITY HARBOR
This documentary nominee for the 2012 Student Academy Award chronicles a group of people living in a homeless encampment along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis and their struggle to survive the winter.
Shown with:
Hit Man to Hero (trailer)
Dan Parris, 2 min.
A trailer for an upcoming documentary about a former Nicaraguan hitman who now rescues women from sex trafficking.
A Paper Tiger Burns (trailer)
Gavin Culbertson, 5 min.
A trailer for an upcoming feature film ? set in St. Louis and Columbia, South America ? based on an astonishing true story of intolerance.
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HOMELAND: IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA
Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis
90 min., Special Presentation, FREE (ticket required)
This upcoming PBS documentary series ? produced by Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis ? is previewed with segments from each of its three parts and a discussion of the issues explored in the film. The series addresses key immigration issues facing our country through the lens of the 2012 election. ???Homeland??? features contemporary stories of immigrants and those who confront them, give them help, and craft legislation that affects them. The program also features series filmmakers, subjects, and special guest Ray Suarez, narrator of ???Homeland??? and correspondent for PBS NewsHour.
Sponsored by:
Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis
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CASUALTIES OF THE STATE
105 min. (work-in-progress)
Two seasoned FBI agents and a young security analyst investigate the murder of high-ranking government officials. As they race against time to find the killer, they find themselves in a moral struggle between duty and honor.
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SHORTS 2: DRAMA
Curtains
Elliott Geolat, 7 min.
A fleeing criminal seeks refuge in a mysterious theater.
The End
Mike Roth, 9 min.
An examination of loss, told through the stories of four friends meeting for the final time.
Four Questions
Zachary Wexelman, 11 min.
The incongruity between recollection and reality is explored when a young Jewish man brings his gentile fiance to his family?s seder dinner on the first night of Passover.
Gravity
Peter Carlos, 15 min.
A store owner is robbed by a former classmate.
On the Way to China
Joshua Miller, 13 min.
A retired teacher contemplates his youth and searches for the love he once knew.
Paper Hallways
Cody Stokes, 15 min.
A lifelong janitor returns after a night of drinking to the school that recently fired him.
Reflections
Jenna Marguerita, 8 min.
A 12-year-old girl?s innocent notion of the world is changed forever after a visit to an elderly neighbor?s backyard.
Scraps
Danny Safady, 16 min.
A simple selfless act of love can affect an entire community in unforeseen ways.
Split Decision
Michael Hauser, 13 min.
An eighth-grade English teacher who is also trained as a cage fighter realizes he must choose between the two worlds.
A Year Long Morning
Cody Stokes, 9 min.
An automobile is taken, and the woman who called it home is left with a black eye, a knife, and an intense need to get her car back.
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STRINGS OF IMAGINATION
This documentary provides a backstage view of Bob Kramer?s Marionnettes, a St. Louis theatrical institution.
Shown with:
A Story to Tell
Scott Huegerich, 5 min.
A vignette on St. Louisan Damon Davis, a multidisciplinary artist driven to create work that tells a story or expresses a feeling.
Holocaust Revisited
Igor Stevanovic, 17 min.
A documentary about an eccentric Missouri artist who is sued because of his outdoor art.
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JOPLIN, MISSOURI: A TORNADO STORY
This moving documentary chronicles the aftermath of the horrific 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado. The film is narrated by George Noory, host of ???Coast to Coast AM.???
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23 MINUTES TO SUNRISE
80 min. (work-in-progress)
The lives of eight people become intertwined in an out-of-the-way late-night diner. Shot in Sauget, Ill., this drama co-stars Eric Roberts (Star 80,The Dark Knight?), Nia Peeples (The Young and the Restless, Walker, Texas Ranger?), and comedian Bob Zany.
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A VARIETY OF MYSTERIES
Violet, a drunk and depressed young woman working in a vintage boutique, is saddled with the care of a young cousin when her Aunt Miranda checks herself into a rehab clinic. The film stars Sunyatta McDermott, Rilke Griffin, and Marla Hare Griffin.
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SHORTS 3: DOCUMENTARIES
BelleVegas Rocks!
Zia Nizami, 13 min.
A series of short documentaries and a music video spotlighting original music in the Metro East.
Finally
Mike Roth, 20 min.
A study of random encounters and conversational spontaneity.
An Immanent Life
TJ Keeley, 17 min.
Using first-person stream of conciousness, the film traces the transformation of an individual.
Kingshighway Skatepark
Andy Alton & Thomas Crone, 6 min.
Built by volunteers and skaters, the skateboard park under the Kingshighway viaduct is self-policed.
Kitchen @ The Royale
Andy Alton & Thomas Crone, 6 min.
An intimate peek at the tiny working kitchen of the Royale.
Nee
Andy Alton & Thomas Crone, 4 min.
A behind-the-scenes look at local cover band Nee.
Shabbat Zachor
Phillip Johnson, 8 min.
Kevin goes through his bar mitzvah by giving a presentation on the story of the Shabbat Zachor, or the Sabbath of Remembrance.
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CONTAMINATION: A CONVENTION STORY
The documentary examines the fans and celebrities who attend horror, sci-fi, and pop-culture conventions, including interviews with attendees and organizers of the event.
Shown with:
Comic Geeks
Meatloaf Productions, 30 min.
The pilot for an ongoing Web series about three comic-book geeks desperately trying to adapt to adult life.
Ultra-Guys: Selling Out
Planet Me Productions, 27 min.
An up-and-coming journalist is making a documentary on the Ultra-Guys, the less-than-amazing Gateway City superheroes who have managed to squander the best superpowers in comic-book history.
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SHORTS 4: THRILLERS
Assignment 13
Scott Stoltz, 6 min.
A superstitious assasin finds himself caught up in the numbers.
The Captured
Scott Stoltz & Ryan Gregory, 6 min.
Awakening to the sounds of hand tools clattering in a stranger?s van, three people tremble in fear when the vehicle comes to a stop and the door opens.
Fit to Burst
Sean Tiffin, 6 min.
Greg can?t pee.
Harvest
Sam Shapson, 10 min.
On a visit to her grandparentS farmhouse, a young girl must face her fears after her father tells a terrifying tale of creatures in the cornfields.
Injection
Miles Sullivan, 11 min.
A man awakens in the middle of the night and discovers his wife and son are missing, but haunting clues throughout the house convince him otherwise.
The Last Execution
Patrick Murray, 17 min.
A petty criminal is picked up by two men posing as police detectives and soon discovers how much danger he is in.
Like a Good Neighbor
David Lassiter, 8 min.
Tom is the ultimate good neighbor, always ready to collect your mail or investigate screams coming from your apartment.
Never a Shade of Gray
Peter Bolte, 16 min.
In the end, there?s only one thing Henry knows for sure.
Snapped
Chris Allgood, 13 min.
After losing his job, girlfriend, and home all in one day, David takes out his frustrations through drawing, but his animations have bloody consequences.
The Traveler
Richard Taylor, 7 min.
A selfish, evil woman is forced to give a ride to a mysterious stranger with dire results.
The Trigger
Brian Elliott, 15 min.
Six months after New York is taken over by the Confederation of European Nations, two sisters hiding in a dark basement are confronted by an enemy soldier who tries to take advantage of the situation.
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SHORTS 5: EXPERIMENTAL
180
Zlatko Cosic, 2 min.
Images from 180 different video pieces are combined to form a new visual structure.
And/Or
Van McElwee, 7 min.
A wandering figure traces tunnels through a space of possibilities.
Butterfly
R D Zurick, 23 min.
Superimpositions of long and continuous panoramic shots of works by 50 St. Louis-area artists culminate in a visual wonderland of wings and things. Music by John Consiglio.
Certiorare
Audra Demariano, 4 min.
Conflict and resolution are demonstrated through dance, color, and sound.
Cold Morning Sunrise
Pearce Healey, 4 min.
A young man reflects on lost love.
Double Walker
Leanna Kaiser, 6 min.
A girl awakens to find her surroundings have transformed into a nightmarish maze.
Haircut
Sarah Worner, 5 min.
Elena shocks her sister when she decides to cut her long hair short.
The Plague
Christopher Jordan, 9 min.
Inspired by Camus The Plague,? the film relates the story of a doctor in a plague-ridden city who keeps the final recordings of a dying population.
Remix
Douglas Meloche, 3 min.
An exploration of sound through progressive experiments in motion.
Sea of Doubt
Brett Marren, 4 min.
A house floods and causes various garments to form a sea creature in this surrealistic journey through a relationship.
Sentient
Andy Lombardo & Stu Modifies, 16 min.
A look at the world of human-body suspension.
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SHORTS 6: RELATIONSHIPS
Hearts
Kate Fox, 12 min.
A young girl finds friendship while working a crappy job as a phone-sex operator.
Hero-Man
Elizabeth Wiegard, 11 min.
Todd likes Savannah. Savannah is dating Doug. Doug likes to pick on Todd. What?s a nerd to do? Dress up like Superman!
Impulsive
Tim Reischauser, 16 min.
Allie is having a bad year: She?s laid off, dumped by a boyfriend, and coping with the death of her mother. On a whim, she seeks out a childhood sweetheart who is surprisingly hard to find.
Interview Date?
Mike Lemcke, 12 min.
Adam desperately needs a job, and Becca needs a dedicated new employee. Olivia is looking for love, and Charlie opens himself up to the possibility of dating. A classic tale of mistaken identity ensues.
Lover?s Lookout?
Adam Huber, 7 min.
A young couple becomes entangled in a gunslinging love triangle that will put their relationship to the ultimate test.
The Proposal?
Paul Hibbard, 16 min.
Christopher plans a special evening at a nice restaurant to propose to his beautiful girlfriend, but the evening takes a horrible turn when he learns who she really is and what their future will hold.
A Senior Moment?
Michelle Davidson, 6 min.
What happens when the latest technology hits a group of retirees? fingers?
Sides of Me?
Will Godar, 10 min.
Two co-workers finally take their relationship outside of the office, wanting nothing more than to show each other the best sides of themselves.
Solitaire?
Eric Cloughley, 15 min.
An inspirational story about a young man?s struggle with fate and free will when he gets a second chance at love.
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SHORTS 7: COMEDY
The Bird Story?
Tim Maupin, 7 min.
A young man finds a fallen bird?s nest and valiantly attempts to save the baby birds with help from a few friends.
Fitting?
Larry Ziegelman, 13 min.
Two female rivals wind up in the same bridal-gown fitting room ? one with a bridesmaid?s dress and one with a wedding gown.
Jimmy?
Brock Russell, 6 min.
Jimmy finds a new toy.
Messed Up Dance Song?
Sean Keough & Richard Radmus, 4 min.
Seven characters, one awesome line dance, and one kick-butt song.
My Dad Lives in a Trunk?
Katie McCall, 11 min.
A college student is worried about his girlfriend meeting his eccentric dad.
One Dakota?
Evan Mueller, 23 min.
An ambitious white kid who thinks he is Native American and his spaced-out buddy set out to change the nation forever by attempting to reunite the Dakota Territory.
Spectacles?
Tyler DePerro, 9 min.
A struggling actor gets inspiration for success from a pair of 3D glasses given to him by his grandfather, who is a retired film actor himself.
Stuffed
Anthony Meadows, 10 min.
A pair of private investigators take on a kidnapping case.
The Substitute?
Will Morris, 6 min.
In this tribute to Buster Keaton, a substitute teacher tries to gain control of a few mischievous students.
V-656?
Richard Taylor, 7 min.
A high-school senior science club is invaded by an escaped killer robot.
Viscosity?
Paul von Stoetzel, 7 min.
After the bar closes one night, three men share stories about masturbation.
The Walk Back Down
Shayna Cohen, 5 min.
Father and son have a heated discussion about their dysfunctional relationship after Abraham almost sacrifices Isaac in the name of God.
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FATAL CALL
93 min. (work-in-progress)
In this new thriller by the ?Ghost Image? filmmaking team, Mitch (Jason London) leaves his small town to start a new life and begin a tantalizing romance with the beautiful and seductive Amy (Danielle Harris). But he soon finds himself on a nightmarish roller-coaster ride, accused of murder and running from both the law and a mysterious stranger out to kill him. Surviving by his wits, Mitch must find a solution before time runs out. The film also stars Kevin Sorbo of ?Hercules.?
Patrick Lawrence, 17 min.
What starts off as a friendly prank among co-workers turns into a high-stakes game.
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?CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS PARTY
FREE (no ticket required)
At Blueberry Hill?s Duck Room,?KDHX-FM DJ Rob Levy will spin music, and Cinema St. Louis will announce the Showcase films chosen for inclusion in the St. Louis International Film Festival. Awards for the best Showcase films will be given by the St. Louis Film Critics. Complimentary Stella Artois and cash bar. Attendees must be 21 or older.
We're happy to chat up our Facebook friends on the web, but empowering them to track us down in person makes that virtual social experience feel a bit too real. Perhaps that was the reasoning behind the mysterious disappearance of the company's new Find Friends Nearby feature, which bit the dust yesterday just as quickly as it first appeared. During its hours-long tenure, the new tracking tab didn't give precise friend location information, but did provide a list of buddies in an undisclosed vicinity, making it possible for some not-so-top-tier contacts to realize that you're still in Tulsa, and didn't actually make that move to Timbuktu. Whatever the reason, Find Friends Nearby is now very much lost, but it could theoretically make its return at any point in the future. For now, you'll need to return to keeping an eye on acquaintances the old-fashioned way.
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