Canopy Sensus case adds backscreen and side touch to iPhones (hands-on)

Canopy promised a whole new world of smartphone control with its Sensus iPhone case in the fall, and we've at last had a chance to gauge how well it works here at CES. If you'll recall, it delivers 10-point touch input across the back and sides that let apps add interaction without blocking the screen -- think of the PlayStation Vita's back touch and you've got the idea. That theoretically sounds great for gamers, but we'd like to see how well it works outside of a dedicated console.

In practice, the case isn't much different in dimensions to a standard protective iPhone case, if a little chunkier along the base. The whole thing locks in to the iPhone 4's connector. although there's still another port to charge through there. The case also has integrated apps attuned for the blind, with braille entry possible using all those multiple touchpanels. We've got a quick tour of how it all works after the break and you can expect to land this summer, where pricing will be somewhere between $59 and $99.

Mat Smith contributed to this report.

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How To Use The Internet For Job Search | Business 2 Community

Job hunting can be difficult, boring and even disappointing depending on the sector or industry you are trying to crack. Some even say that you need to bite a bullet and view applying itself as a full time job. The invention of the internet and fast broadband access to it, however, has really made job searching a lot easier. Instead of trudging to local employment centers or scanning through local papers each day, you can simply turn your hand to the internet and, by playing your cards right, land your dream job.

The Internet offers an abundance of free job hunting opportunities, for both local and national job markets. In comparison to traditional job hunting techniques, online browsing also comes with the benefit of regularly updated job listings plus the convenience of presenting your resume in real time.

Here are some helpful tips on how you can best use the internet for your job searching needs. If you follow these simple guidelines you can make your job hunt both more efficient and more beneficial, increasing your chances of landing that dream job.

Simple Steps to Successful Online Job Hunting

• Be as specific as possible with your search terms. For instance, if you are looking for a particular position in your area, your search will benefit from using details, such as ; industry or sector, location, job type, job title, and salary requirements.

• Visit job search websites with proven track records and enter the keywords or specific search terms for the position you are chasing. Monster, Yahoo! Careers (formerly Yahoo HotJobs), CareerBuilder, JobMonkey and a few others are termed as being major established job boards, and are armed with extensive databases. Many of these major job search websites also allow applicants to upload their resumes for perusal by potential employers, further enhancing your potential of locating the perfect employment match.

• Visit websites that offer job listings in your field or potential industry on a day to day basis for up?to?the?minute job listings. A crucial aspect of landing a job within a competitive market is to be the first out of the blocks.

• Explore the job sections of major classified advertisement boards in your county, or area in which you wish to work. Craigslist offers classified job ads often targeting specific areas, and here you can regularly find unique opportunities.

• Search professional associations and job listing websites that are specific to the industry or sector in which you are seeking employment. Almost every sector now has a specific online employment agency, so whether it is NGO, Architecture, Engineering or Nursing, you are sure to find the perfect site to match your needs.

• Find specific organizations or companies for which you would like to work and visit their websites regularly to see if there are any job vacancies or opportunities. Usually such positions are listed under ?Employment Opportunities?, ?Work for us? or ?Jobs? and often vacancies are listed there first. A company or organization?s ?Contact Us? or ?About Us? sections may also provide human resources contact information, and although you may not find your dream position immediately, it is certainly beneficial to establish a positive line of communication.

• Use social networking tools such as community forums and social media websites like Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook, to form contacts in your field and receive job search information and advice related to your specific industry. By learning how to utilize such tools proficiently, you can promote and market yourself in a way that is simply not possible through simple resumes and cover letters.

• Bookmark those sites that offer the most effective job searches in your browser in order to make returning to the pages lots easier.

• Design your resume in a way that?s professionally suited to each individual job you apply for and always abide by the employer?s instructions when submitting an application or resume. Some employers may prefer that you attach and send your resume and/or job application by email in a specific file format, while others may ask you to paste it into the email directly. If you don?t follow such instructions to the word, your application may not even make it to the desk of your potential employer. Also, there is nothing worse than displaying poor attention to detail, even in this early stage.

Final Thoughts

Above all, don?t try to cut corners. Always be careful of job ads that sound too good to be true or sites that charge a fee for a job provision services. By applying the appropriate level of focus and attention to your job search online, you can truly become an expert and thus place yourself ahead of your potential competitors in the race to land your dream job.

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Griffin launches PowerDock 5 multi-device charging platform and ChargeSensor adapters

Given how many of us have more than one device, it's rare to see gear that really cares for our increasingly large gadget collections. Griffin's solution is to produce the PowerDock 5, a USB-device toast-rack that can replenish the energy of up to five iPads simultaneously. It's priced at $100 and will be available in Spring.

At the same time, the company is putting out a new PowerBlock plug adapter and PowerJolt car charger with Griffin's ChargeSensor technology, which identifies the power needs of your device and meters out energy accordingly. Both will be available in the spring, the PowerBlock setting you back $30 and the PowerJolt costing $25.

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'Behind The Candelabra,' Liberace Movie With Michael Douglas And Matt Damon, Deemed 'Too Gay' By Studios: Director

'Paris Is Burning'

Shot in the mid-to-late 1980s, this <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100332" target="_hplink">1990 documentary chronicles</a> the "Golden Age" of ball culture of New York City, and the black, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.

'The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045" target="_hplink">1994 comedy-drama</a> follows three drag queens (Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp) as they travel across the Australian Outback in a tour bus that they have dubbed "Priscilla."

'Milk'

Set against the tumultuous 1970s, this <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753" target="_hplink">2008 American biographical film</a> follows the story of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) and his struggles as a gay American activist who became California's first openly gay elected official. Required watching for anyone celebrating Pride this year.

'Shelter'

A secret romance that develops between Zach--an art student who has returned home to tend to his family--and his friend's older brother forces Zach to get his priorities in order in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942384" target="_hplink">this 2007 drama</a>.

'Go Fish'

Part of a wave of LGBT-themed films that appeared in the mid-1990s, this <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109913" target="_hplink">1994 American lesbian-themed</a> independent drama tells the story of an intimate group of lesbian friends in Chicago.

'Ma Vie En Rose'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119590" target="_hplink">1997 Belgian film</a> tells the story of Ludovic, a child who, though born male, believes she is a girl on the inside, and acts as such. The family initially humors her identity, believing it's a phase, but increasingly struggles with Lodovic's gender-nonconformity in an unaccepting society.

'The Wizard Of Oz'

If you're traveling over the rainbow and attending Pride events, you'll likely encounter a few witches, hordes of people breaking into song and lions who recently got the courage to don a rainbow flag. Prepare with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138" target="_hplink">the gorgeous 1939 classic</a>, and be glad that you're no longer in Kansas.

'Beautiful Thing'

In a British a suburb of London, Jamie's introversion makes him the target of his peers, while Ste, his neighbor, is the target of an abusive father. One night, Ste sleeps over to avoid his father and the two boys develop an intimate relationship that they both eventually come to accept in this <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115640" target="_hplink">1996 British drama</a>.

'The Celluloid Closet'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112651" target="_hplink">1995 documentary</a> is an insightful examination of the history of the portrayal of LGBT characters in Hollywood films.

'Noah's Arc: Jumping The Broom'

Based on the LOGO television series 'Noah's Arc,' <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640484" target="_hplink">this 2011 Canadian-American romantic comedy-drama</a> traces the trials and tribulations Noah and Wade face before their wedding, as they work through last-minute anxieties.

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'

The eccentric <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/" target="_hplink">1975 rock musical</a> stars Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the self-proclaimed "Sweet Transvestite" from Transsexual, Transylvania. "Rocky Horror" is the longest-running theatrical release in film history, so, if you haven't seen it, you must prepare to do the Time Warp. If you have seen it, prepare to do the Time Warp again.

'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar'

Starring Wesley Snypes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York drag queens stranded in a small conservative town, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114682" target="_hplink">this campy 1995 comedy</a> is a lesson in how to spread fabulousness.

'C.R.A.Z.Y.'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401085" target="_hplink">French-language film</a> tells the story of Zac, tracing his life in the angsty closet from adolescence through adulthood, in 1960s and 1970s Quebec. Although the need for subtitles might be off-putting for some, it's worth it -- the film has a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crazy/" target="_hplink">100% on Rotten Tomatoes</a>.

'But I'm A Cheerleader!'

In <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179116" target="_hplink">this 1999 comedy</a>, Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, an average high school cheerleader. However, her friends and family think that she is a lesbian and send her to a reparative therapy camp to cure her gayness. There, Megan soon realizes that she is indeed a lesbian and, despite the therapy, gradually comes to embrace her sexual orientation. The film satirizes the ridiculous practice of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/11-conversion-therapy-methods-curing-homosexuality_n_1068103.html" target="_hplink">gay conversion therapy,</a> and acts as a (often hilarious) reminder to the ignorance that Pride events work to challenge.

'Pink Flamingos'

No list of Pride movies would be complete without an entry from transgressive cult director, John Waters. The 1972 theatrical trailer for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069089" target="_hplink">'Pink Flamingos,'</a> perhaps his best-known film, didn't feature any content from the actual film -- with the wide range of perverse acts performed in explicit detail, the theater-friendly footage wouldn't capture Flamingo's raunchy charm. The film features <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_(actor)" target="_hplink">Divine</a>, who became an LGBT icon after its original release. <em>People</em> magazine described her as the "Drag Queen of the Century," and her eccentricity is a force to be reckoned with, even for the most outlandish Pride celebrators.

'Transamerica'

A transgender woman (played by Felicity Huffman) takes her long-lost son on a road-trip across America in this portrayal of a personal journey toward self-acceptance.

'I Love You, Phillip Morris'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772" target="_hplink">2009 romantic comedy-drama</a> film is based on the life story of a con artist, Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris, and uses his deceptive cunning to make sure that nothing--not even prison nor the police--can tear apart their relationship.

'Saving Face'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384504" target="_hplink">2004 American romantic comedy-drama</a> explores the concept of 'face,' meaning pride/dignity, in a New York Chinese-American community. The film focuses on Wilhelmina, a young surgeon, her unwed, pregnant mother and her dancer girlfriend.

'Hedwig And the Angry Inch'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248845" target="_hplink">2001 American musical comedy-drama</a> film paints a portrait of a transgender punk rock girl from East Berlin who tours the U.S. with her rock band as she tells her life story.

'Trick'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162710" target="_hplink">1999 comedy,</a> which features an appearance by Tori Spelling, follows two young gay men as they try to find a place for a one-night stand in New York City.

'Shortbus'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027" target="_hplink">2006 American comedy-drama</a> revolves around a sexually diverse cast of characters trying to form relationships in New York City. The characters meet-up in a weekly Brooklyn salon, inspired by under-the-radar NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s.

'Were The World Mine'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476991" target="_hplink">2008 film</a> tells the story of a small conservative town that's turned on its head when a Shakespearian love potion makes citizens fall for their same-sex friends, bosses, and co-workers.

'Mambo Italiano'

In <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330602" target="_hplink">this 2003 dramedy</a>, Angelo Barberini, the son of Italian immigrants, surprises his family when he reveals that he's gay. Sadly, his boyfriend, policeman Nino Paventi, isn't as ready to come out of the closet -- especially not to his Sicilian mother, Lina.

'My Beautiful Laundrette'

Set in Margaret Thatcher's London, this <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578" target="_hplink">1985 British comedy-drama</a> focuses on Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Pakistani man living in London, and his romance with a punk named Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). The two take control of a laundromat originally owned by Omar's parents. The film examines many controversial issues, such as homosexuality, racism, during 1980s Britain.

'The Bird Cage'

This <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115685" target="_hplink">1996 comedy</a> features Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple who agree to pretend to be straight so that their son can introduce them to his fianc?'s conservative parents.

"Farewell, My Queen"

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/FarewellMyQueen"></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/FarewellMyQueen">FarewellMyQueen</a>:<br />Was the Queen of France in love with a woman? In "Farwell, My Queen" Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her royal lover (Virginie Ledoyen) embrace in the Versailles Hall of Mirrors. L?a Seydoux plays the Queen's adoring servant who secretly desires her love and affection.

The Bubble

(user submission) THE BUBBLE opens in select US cities Sept. 7th, 2007! Directed by Eytan Fox (Walk on Water, Yossi & Jagger). Three young Israelis share an apartment inTel Aviv's hippest neighborhood. When Noam, who spends his weekends serving at checkpoints in the National Guard, falls in love with a Palestinian man named Ashraf, he and his friends conspire to help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally. But will their utopian dream be shattered by the political and social realities of the Middle East? www.strandreleasing.com www.myspace.com/thebubblemovie

Holiday Heart

(User Submission) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Scott_Tinsley-Hall"></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Scott_Tinsley-Hall">Scott Tinsley-Hall</a>:<br />In a break from his usual he-man roles, Ving Rhames takes on the persona of "Holiday Heart," a church choir-directing female impersonator who is openly gay, religious, and alone. His loneliness ebbs when he rescues Wanda (Alfre Woodard) and her daughter from her drug-abusing boyfriend. He invites the pair to live free of charge in the duplex across the hall from his own and they form a family of sorts. But Wanda hooks up with a well-heeled drug dealer (Mykelti Williamson) and soon falls back into drug addiction, leaving Holiday to give up his own dreams and take care of the girl. Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) directed this R-rated cable movie that earned Woodard a Golden Globe nomination for her stark performance as a woman whose intelligence and love for her daughter are no match for the demons of her addiction. Screenwriter Cheryl L. West, who adapted her stage play, gets credit for combining the sentiment of a family story with the harshness of street life. The film's noble desire not to pretty things up does make for some tough scenes and a less-than-happy ending--thus the restricted rating. But the film has its fun moments, too, many of them thanks to Holiday's mincing fellow impersonator Jambalaya Blue, played with relish by Jonathan Wallace. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Sordid Lives

(user submission) View the trailer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3616080153/" target="_hplink">here</a>. Sordid Lives was a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores. The film met with mixed reviews from mainstream audiences but became a cult classic with LGBT fans, particularly in the South. The movie tells the story of a Texas family coming together in the aftermath of the matriarch's death.

Latter Days

(user submission): Watch the whole film: www.youtube.com One of the most romantic gay movies ever!

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

(user submission) The Adventure of Sebastian Cole was one of the best and most realistic films about a transgender person I have come across.

Big Eden - Trailer

From out gay writer-director Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone) comes this funny, heart-warming romantic drama that picked up audience awards at nearly a dozen gay film festival! Big Eden tells a truly original tale of a thirty-something gay guy, Henry Hart (Arye Gross, Ellen, Six Feet Under) who returns to his childhood Montana home to confront his unrequited passion for his high school best friend. Favorite Stars you'll enjoy seeing include: Arye Gross (Ellen, Citizen Baines), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Eric Schweig (Skins). Dir. Thomas Bezucha 2001 117 min. USA Now Available for Purchase from Frameline (public performance rights included): cart.frameline.org

La Cage aux Folles

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Eric_Murga"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/100001242090736/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Eric_Murga">Eric Murga</a>:<br />This classic film-of which The Birdcage is a remake of- is still as hilarious and fun as ever

Get Your Stuff

(user submission) Phil, a gay couples counselor, and Eric, a lawyer, are a gay couple anxiously awaiting the opportunity to adopt a baby, but in the meantime they decide to do a favor for their caseworker and take in two very mischievous foster kids "just for one night". One night turns into many and the couple struggles to keep their home and relationship in one piece. When the boys' alcoholic mother turns up to reclaim them, things get even more complicated.

Loving Annabelle

Rebellious Catholic schoolgirls, hidden secrets and a controversial romance all unfold in the newest addition to the lesbian cult classic canon, joining films like The Children's Hour and M?dchen in Uniform. Annabelle (Erin Kelly), the defiant daughter of a senator, arrives at a prestigious Catholic boarding school after being expelled from many others. It's up to the school's poetry teacher Simone (Diane Gaidry) to ensure the rebellious teen does not stir up trouble. Brazen and beautiful, the new student quickly turns heads with her striking beauty and clever charm and set her sights on seducing her alluring teacher. Annabelle aggressively makes her move in class as the teacher desperately tries to conceal her lust not only because of her position but also because she is trying to suppress her lesbian past. Talented writer/director Katherine Brooks brilliantly captures the conflicting emotions of romantic attraction and apprehension in this thought-provoking and compelling drama.

Kyss Mig

MIA (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and FRIDA (Liv Mj?nes), both in their thirties, meet each other for the first time at their parents' engagement party. Mia's father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson), is about to get married to Frida's mother, Elizabeth (Lena Endre), which will make Mia and Frida stepsisters. Lasse's daughter, Mia, has not visited her father in years and arrives with her boyfriend, Tim (Joakim N?tterqvist), with whom she is about to get married. As Mia and Frida get to know one another, strong emotions begin to stir between them. Their relationship will turn everything upside down for everyone close to them with dramatic consequences.

Christopher and His Kind

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/324124-tiny.png?20110821233759" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver">SteveDenver</a>:<br />Christopher Isherwood is perhaps best known for penning the books that inspired the musical CABARET. This film details his Berlin days just preceding the Nazi takeover. It's beautiful, very sexy, and Matt Smith (Dr. Who) turns in a no-holds barred performance that is transformative.

Aim?e and Jaguar

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/324124-tiny.png?20110821233759" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver">SteveDenver</a>:<br />A gorgeously mounted and masterfully told story of two women in love during WWII... one of them a Nazi officer's wife. This film had as much draw for gay men because of its superior aesthetics and storytelling, as for lesbians because of its well crafted tale and stunning performances.

Tomboy (2011)

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/324124-tiny.png?20110821233759" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver">SteveDenver</a>:<br />This French wonder is a sensitively told story about 10-year-old Laure, whose family moves to a new suburb of Paris at the beginning of summer. When she meets the neighborhood kids, she tells them her name is Micha?l. It's the perfect ruse: Laure/Micha?l is athletic, flat as a board, and all goes well... until school begins. Some of the best child performances and the politics of kids at play ever seen on film.

Weekend

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/324124-tiny.png?20110821233759" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver">SteveDenver</a>:<br />This film was hailed as a "mainstream gay romance" for its joyously real depiction of two men who meet, converse, connect and couple for a weekend. One of them is leaving for school and it's clear there is no future to the relationship, but that doesn't stop an intense weekend bonding. Favorite line: "When I came out to my parents, I told them 'nurture' OR 'nature,' it's your fault I'm gay."

Pariah

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/324124-tiny.png?20110821233759" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SteveDenver">SteveDenver</a>:<br />A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. This rare look into contemporary Black family, lesbian scene, and social attitudes is honest, jolting and triumphant. A beautifully envisioned film that earned critical raves and mainstream award nods.

Prayers for Bobby

(user submission) Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver stars in this emotional true story about a 1970s religious suburban housewife and mother who struggles to accept her young son Bobby being gay. What happens to Bobby is tragic and causes Mary to question her faith; ultimately this mom changes her views in ways that she never could have imagined. Also starring Ryan Kelly ("Mean Creek"), Susan Ruttan ("LA Law"), Dan Butler ("Frasier") and Henry Czerny ("The Tudors"). Based on the book Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons.

Just A Question of Love

(user submission) Just a Question of Love (French: Juste une question d'amour) is a 2000 French-Belgian drama television film by Christian Faure that premiered on France 2. It follows the romance of two young gay men, Laurent (Cyrille Thouvenin) and C?dric (St?phan Gu?rin-Tilli?), who conflict over whether Laurent should come out to his parents.

The Curiosity of Chance

(user submission) A favorite on the festival circuit, this quirky film co-stars Brett Chukerman, Aldevina Da Silva, Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyze and Chris Mulkey.

Imagine Me And You

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Desert Hearts

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Undertow (Contracurriente)

(user submission) A film by Javier Fuentes-L?on. One of the best gay films so far. Noticed worldwide, except for the U.S.

Sum of Us

(user submission) A beautifully made and acted Australian film starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson.

The Wedding Banquet

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It's In The Water

(user submission) The story of Alex, east Texas Junior League society wife, when she starts to realize she is a lesbian. It is filled with the humor of the small town locals being afraid that people are becoming gay because of the water. Also, it follows the course of several different gay men and lesbians in the town. Made in 1997, this film also shows the hostility with which AIDS outreach was still attacked with in the mid 90s in the south.

Kinky Boots

(user submission): I enjoyed this article and can now add some new films to my NetFlix Que. But I was disappointed not to see Kinky Boots included.

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East Greensboro Performing Arts Center: The GPAC Push ...

I find it interesting that letters in favor of GPAC are longer and given their own web pages at the local paper of record. (You know, the paper that keeps "loosing it's archives" each time the shit hits the fan.) while letters against GPAC are confined to a few words and bundled with all the other LTEs of the day like this excellent letter by Greensboro's Maureen Parker.

" City can do without new performance hall

A performing arts center in Greensboro would not necessarily mean happier times for the city as a whole. Adding another competitor to the mix of currently available options would put a strain on established downtown businesses and on taxpayers struggling to support what?s already here.

Most people have limited budgets. Dollars spent on ?A? cannot also be spent on ?B.? A new performing arts center would stretch entertainment dollars away from Triad Stage, Carolina Theater, the Children?s Museum, the Aquatic Center, the Historical Museum, the Civil Rights Museum, the skating rink, local restaurants, bars and other smaller, less prestigious venues.

Let Durham have its DPAC. Fiscal responsibility demands prudence, careful thought, discretion and loyalty to our own."

To which I might add, GPAC may already be hurting existing venues.

Sad, isn't it, that a newspaper that was once committed to democracy and free speech has now become but a tool for the Fashist elite? Perhaps, on 911, instead of the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the terrorist should have flown their hijacked planes into newspaper and media outlets to prevent to Fashist takeover America didn't see coming? No, that probably wouldn't have been any better but one can't help but wonder what went wrong and why it is that those "nice people" cannot understand how wrong they are to force such burdens on the rest of us.

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The Universal Remote Sucks. Here?s How to Fix It

That impressive home theater you spent the majority of your child's college fund on is being hampered by a single piece of technology. Instead of evolving, the remote control has become the most inefficient piece of technology in your home. ...

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Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) ? Several gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., have been canceled.

A show in White Plains, N.Y. ? brought back a few years ago after being called off for a decade because of the Columbine shooting ? is off because officials decided it didn't seem appropriate now, either. In Danbury, Conn. ? about 10 miles west of Newtown ? the venue backed out. Same with three other shows in New York's Hudson Valley, according to the organizer.

Gun advocates aren't backing down from their insistence on the right to keep and bear arms. But heightened sensitivities and raw nerves since the Newtown shooting have led to toned-down displays at gun shows and prompted some officials and sponsors to cancel the well-attended exhibitions altogether.

Some of the most popular guns will be missing from next weekend's gun show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., after show organizers agreed to bar the display and sale of AR-15 military-style semiautomatic weapons and their large-clip magazines.

"The majority of people wanted these guns out of the city," said Chris Mathiesen, Saratoga Springs' public safety commissioner. "They don't want them sold in our city, and I agree. Newtown, Conn., is not that far away."

The mayor of Barre, Vt., wants a ban on military-style assault weapons being sold at an annual gun show in February. Mayor Thom Lauzon says he supports responsible gun ownership but is making the request "as a father." The police chief in Waterbury, Conn., just a few miles from Newtown, has halted permits for gun shows, saying he was concerned about firearms changing hands that might one day be used in a mass shooting.

In White Plains, in New York's suburban Westchester County, Executive Rob Astorino had brought back the show in 2010 after a ban of more than a decade following the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, but he said the show would be inappropriate now. The shows in the Hudson Valley and Danbury were listed as canceled on the website for Big Al's Gun Shows. A man who answered the site's contact number said it was the venues that canceled the shows, not the promoter.

In Houston, transportation officials temporarily stopped using electronic freeway signs to give directions to gun shows amid complaints following such a show the day after the Dec. 14 school shooting. State-level transportation officials overruled the decision. The signs are routinely used to direct traffic or tell visitors where to exit freeways for rodeos, sporting events and gun shows.

On Wednesday, the City Council in Saratoga Springs urged organizers of a downtown gun show Jan. 12-13 not to display military-style weapons and the high-capacity magazines "of the type used in the Newtown tragedy." About a dozen people gave impassioned pleas at the meeting.

Show organizer David Petronis of New Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates agreed to the limit.

"I don't think it's fair that we're taking the brunt of the problem," Petronis said, "but I can understand the reaction of people in doing so."

Petronis said his group is a "nice, clean family-oriented ... arms fair" that brings in thousands of visitors and a lot of money for the city. He stressed that buyers at his show undergo background checks, as per New York state law.

The gunman in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December used an AR-15 to kill 20 first-graders and six educators in the school. The gun belonged to the shooter's mother, but it's not clear where it was bought. The shooting has led to calls for stricter regulation of assault weapons, though the National Rifle Association has steadfastly opposed such measures.

Gun dealers around the country are reporting a spike in sales of semiautomatic rifles amid renewed talk of a federal ban on assault weapons. The possibility of tighter gun control has also pumped up attendance at gun shows in several states.

Marv Kraus, who helped organize a weekend gun show in Evansville, Wis., said business has been especially strong lately.

Kraus said there was never any reason to consider postponing or canceling the Wisconsin event, which was scheduled for Friday through Sunday. One of the few vendors there with semiautomatic weapons, Scott Kuhl of Janesville, Wis., bristled at any suggestion that he temporarily stop selling semiautomatic weapons because of the Connecticut shooting.

"When a plane crashes, should they shut down the airline for six months?" Kuhl said. "This is my business; this is my livelihood."

Jared Hook, 40, who came to the show looking for a .223-caliber gun for coyote hunting, said he was glad vendors did not back away after Newtown.

"If anything, there's a lot more interest in guns now because of the shooting," Hook said. "People want them for protection, and it's good that they still have access to them."

Joel Koehler, a Pennsylvania gun dealer, said a few dealers have dropped out of a show this weekend in the Pocono Mountains, but only "because they have nothing to sell. They are out of inventory."

"The gun sales have been crazy. They are going through the roof," he said.

Koehler said he has felt no pressure to cancel his shows in Pennsylvania.

"The shows are going on," he said. "Nobody's said to us that we can't have them."

President Barack Obama has urged Congress to vote rapidly on measures that he says a majority of Americans support: a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons; a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines; and required criminal background checks for all gun buyers by removing loopholes that cover some sales, such as at gun shows in states that don't currently require checks.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Friday said he would consider a radio-show caller's suggestion that gun shows be banned on publicly owned property, such as the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. But he also noted that the complex is open to all businesses.

While government officials take a harder look at gun shows, organizers remain adamant that they run safe, legal businesses. There is no central government database on how guns used in crimes are obtained.

The Brady Campaign, which advocates for stricter state and federal gun laws, has long pushed to close the so-called "gun show loophole" by forcing every state to require background checks of buyers at the shows. They note that three of the weapons used in the Columbine attack were bought by someone who went to a gun show that didn't require a background check. Seventeen states require an extensive background check, according to the campaign.

And in the wake of Newtown is an emboldened group of advocates, like Susan Steer of Saratoga Springs, a 46-year-old married mother of three who started a petition seeking to cancel the local gun show. Steer said she'll continue to push for banning gun shows at the taxpayer-supported venue.

"For many of us," she said, "the shooting in Sandy Hook was the tipping point for taking some action."

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Hill reported from Albany, N.Y. Contributing to this report were Dinesh Ramde in Evansville, Wis.; Michael Rubinkam in Allentown, Pa.; Peter Jackson in Harrisburg, Pa.; and Lisa Rathke in Montpelier, Vt.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gun-shows-canceling-conn-mass-shooting-093735008.html

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