Sunday, January 19, 2014

MC2 Post 1787-5 Mark Twain once said: "Everyone Talks about the Weather but Nobody Does anything about it."






Well DirecTV just Did:

Fade to Blackout.


Contract dispute displaces the Weather Channel 

from DirecTV lineup



From:   http://www.nydailynews.com




 




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Weather Channel has been around for 32 years without a problem 
until DirecTV's blackout.

It was asking for a penny a viewer increase in revenue sharing.
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Connecting the hard to see Dots on the Edge of  Technology

Step One:  An interesting post on Mashable.

Self-Assembling Cubes Could Be First Step Toward Real Transformers???

Yeah, Right.



From:   http://mashable.com




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Nothing really earth-shattering, I've seen a different 
version of this before.

Put it on the back-burner, and let my inner mind 

break it down to usable applications.









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         Seen on Brian Stelter

Reliable Sources  CNN

Link:  http://reliablesources.blogs.cnn.com/ 

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Sundance Golden Age for Documentary  this year

The Filtering Process: 
 
120 films selected from 20,000 submitted.


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Word: DtD ???  Direct to Disc.
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      Some Films that have bubbled to the surface.
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DINOSAUR 13 (U.S. Documentary Competition)

Director Todd Miller digs into the vicious battle among paleontologists, museums, Native American tribes and the U.S. government over the 1990 discovery of Sue, the largest complete fossil T. rex ever found.
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MITT  coming out on Netflix.
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ERNEST & CELESTINE


Oscar Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Director Benjamin Renner and producer Didier Brunner

(Directors: Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Screenwriter: Daniel Pennac) - Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer. When she nearly ends up as breakfast for a bear named Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond that is quickly challenged by their respective communities. Cast: Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally. Recommended for ages 5+. (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)

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SNL
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New Cast Member: Sasheer Zamata, the show's first
African American woman in six years. 

added to SNL last night, and two more 
African American woman writers.
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