'Taken 2' proves unstoppable at box office

By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter

Box office revenues soared 58 percent over a year ago thanks to a handful of films that overperformed, led by Liam Neeson action pic "Taken 2" and Ben Affleck's awards darling "Argo."

From 20th Century Fox and EuropaCorp, "Taken 2" grossed $22.5 million from 3,706 theaters in its second weekend to stay at No. 1. An unqualified hit, the pic has now earned $86.8 million domestically and $132.8 million internationally for a worldwide total of $220 million -- just shy of the $226.8 million earned by the first "Taken" in its entire run.

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"Argo," from Warner Bros., grossed a strong $20.1 million from 3,232 locations in its debut to easily take the No. 2 spot. The critically acclaimed film surged 47 percent from Friday to Saturday as moviegoers flocked to see the period political thriller, about the rescue of six Americans during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

Affleck both directed and stars in the $44 million film, which received a glowing A+ CinemaScore, guaranteeing a long run for the film throughout awards season.

The movie's opening weekend was fueled by older moviegoers -- 93 percent of the audience was over the age of 25, and 52 percent over the age of 50 -- but Warners is confident the audience will expand. In terms of gender, 54 percent were females.

"Good movies rise to the occasion. Both 'The Town' (also directed by Affleck) and 'Gran Torino' played older initially and then turned into four-quadrant movies," Warners president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said.

Based on the true story of the rescue of six Americans hiding out at the Canadian Embassy during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, "Argo" also headlines Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman. The film chronicles how the Americans were able to escape Iran after the CIA and specialist Tony Mendez, played by Affleck, staged a fake movie production as a cover.

GK Films and Smokehouse, George Clooney and Grant Heslov's former production company, produced "Argo."

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Summit Entertainment's pre-Halloween pic "Sinister" also overperformed, taking the No. 3 spot with $18.3 million from 2,527 theaters. The pic is the most profitable of the weekend, considering it cost under $3 million to make.

The R-rated "Sinister" marks another victory for uber horror producer Jason Blum and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones' Automatik, a joint venture between IM Global and Alliance. They produced alongside the film's writer and director, Scott Derrickson ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose"). The film stars Ethan Hawke as a true-crime writer whose family is plunged into danger after he finds a box of gruesome home movies.

"Whenever you overperform industry expectations, it's always a nice thing," Lionsgate executive president of distribution David Spitz.

Sinister, receiving a C+ CinemaScore, common for a horror film, skewed slightly male (54 percent), while two-thirds of the audience was between the ages of 18 and 34.

Sony's animated hit "Hotel Transylvania" showed no signs of slowing down in its third weekend as it jumped the $100 million mark, grossing $17.3 million to come in No. 4. The film's domestic cume is $102.2 million; internationally, it's also overperforming and has grossed $49.3 million through Sunday from a total of 24 markets.

"'Hotel Transylvania' is performing beyond anyone's imagination, and the holds are ridiculous. It exceeds expectations in every new market it opens in," Sony president of worldwide distribution Rory Bruer said.

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"Hotel Transylvania" even beat new Sony family comedy "Here Comes the Boom," starring Kevin James (also a voice lead in "Hotel Transylvania") and Salma Hayek. The pic, produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison, grossed a soft $12 million from 3,014 theaters to place No. 5. The film did receive an A CinemaScore.

CBS Films' dark comedy "Seven Psychopaths," only opening in 1,480 locations, slightly underperformed in grossing $4.3 million to place No. 9. A favorite on the festival circuit, the pic stars?Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken and Abbie Cornish.

Saturday's live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's "L'Elisir d'Amore" placed No. 10 with $2.3 million from 900 theaters. The broadcast kicks off the seventh season of "The Met: Live in HD" program.

Summit's specialty pic "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" placed No. 11 as it expanded into a total of 726 theaters, grossing $2.2 million for a pleasing cume of $6.2 million.

Conservative offering "Atlas Shrugged: Part II" came in No. 12 in its debut, grossing $1.7 million from 1,071 theaters.

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Auburn commitment to visit Florida

Lawrenceville (Ga.) Central Gwinnett linebacker Trey Johnson has been committed to Auburn since August 2011, but the prospect appears to be making room for new suitors.

The 6-foot-1, 222-pound Johnson now says he will begin to take visits again, including two of them to Gainesville.

?I?m taking an unofficial to Florida this weekend,? Johnson said. ?Then I will take an official to Florida in December. Florida has never stopped recruiting me, and they have been recruiting me hard. That means a lot to me.?

Florida linebackers coach D.J. Durkin has been the recruiter Johnson has spoken to the most.

?Me and coach Durkin talk a lot,? Johnson said. ?He tells me he wants to get me down there for another visit and he wants me to apart of the family there.?

Johnson hasn?t been to campus this fall, but he has been watching the Gators on TV a lot.

?The defense has been playing really well,? Johnson said. ?I think I fit into the scheme well, as I?m aggressive and that?s the style of play that coach (Will) Muschamp likes.?

The Central Gwinnett prospects said that even though the Gators have three linebackers already committed, he isn?t worried about potential competition at the position.

Johnson said he is still committed to Auburn, but he wants to make sure of his decision.

?I?m still a strong commitment,? Johnson said. ?But I?m still looking and trying to figure things out and with coach (Gene) Chizik?s status up in the air that?s weighing on me some.?

Ohio State, Southern California, Auburn and Florida State will also receive official visits from Johnson this year.

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Andrew always knew he wanted to be involved with sports in some capacity. He began by coaching high school football for six years before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. While coaching, he was a part of two state semifinal teams in the state of Alabama. Given his past coaching experience, he figured covering recruiting would be a perfect fit. He began his career as an intern for Rivals.com, covering University of Florida football recruiting. After interning with Rivals for six months, he joined the Gator Country family as a recruiting analyst. Andrew enjoys spending his free time on the golf course and watching his beloved Atlanta Braves. Follow him on Twitter at @AndrewSpiveyGC.

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Aftermarket Leads ? Renault and Caterham to announce tie-up

Renault and Caterham are poised to announce that the firms are co-operating on a road car project that will see the Alpine brand return to the road.

The announcement is expected to be confirmed in early November, and will involve both Renault and Caterham releasing sports cars based on a common architecture.

The deal has been born out of Renault?s successful engine supply deal to the Caterham Formula 1 team.

As well as its racing interests, Caterham also has a Technology business, which took over the F1 team?s previous base in Hingham, Norfolk, when it transferred its operations to an alternative site in Leafield, Oxfordshire

Caterham Technology?s mission statement says, ?for a company whose DNA is rooted in sports car development, it goes without saying that dynamic performance development expertise is at the heart of our service offerings.?

What?s more, the Caterham F1 team?s Technical Officer, Mike Gascoyne, is also the CEO of Caterham Technology, and recently Tweeted ?Back at work in Hingham, road car project team settled in and working on a really exciting project to be announced soon.?

Details remain scarce, with both firms refusing to comment, but we do know that the proposed Alpine sports car will look quite different to the A110-50 concept car (pictured), which was essentially a Renault Megane Trophy race car with a body design inspired by the Renault DeZir concept, first show at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

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93% Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (3)

A highly entertaining and colorful portrait of a unique woman.

The visual emphasis in The Eye Has to Travel is on the pages of the magazines Vreeland dominated, and as such it's a sleek eyeful.

Vivid, delicious trip through the heyday of fashion mags is a must for followers of clothes, print design, and high society.

Vreeland comes across in the movie as something of a cross between Auntie Mame and Godzilla. She was a true original in a world where knock-offs abounded.

The film, written and directed by Vreeland's granddaughter-in-law, mainly rests on the strength of its subject.

Makes a compelling case for the late Diana Vreeland as the 20th century's pre-eminent tastemaker, not to mention one of its most extravagant personalities.

A poignant portrait of an inveterate iconoclast who couldn't help but push the envelope.

[A] warm portrait of the world's first true fashion maven.

It can be hard to keep up at points -- not with the plot, but with the amount of inspiration that Diana can still strew over an audience.

As a biographical documentary, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel is complete and satisfying. As a leading character, Mrs. Vreeland is entirely entertaining.

Vreeland's attention to detail, her love of new and exciting images, her devotion to and ability to identify, that ethereal thing called style, come across loudly and clearly.

With her lacquered black hair and Kabuki-like face, one-time 'ugly duckling' Vreeland was her own work of art and, as the film reminds us, she was one of the most important and amusing self-made works of art of her century.

[An] entertaining bit of hagiography ...

An entertaining and visually apt, if less than deeply probing, portrait of an imperishable fashion icon.

In an age where documentaries are becoming the place to go for those interested in investing their time & money in the company of thoughtful and watchable subjects, The Eye Has to Travel is yet another welcome addition to that list.

It's informative and not uncritical, touching as it does in an affectionate manner on her authoritarian personality and her somewhat cavalier attitude towards matters of fact and the history of fashion.

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Why the Negative News about the Real Estate Market? ? CT Homes ...

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less experts have officially called a real estate recovery is underway and the hard numbers back it, there are still the occasional pessimistic pieces in the media trying to cast a cloud over it. Why?

1. Newspapers Desperately Need to Be Sold

The billion dollar printed news industry is suffering massive declines and losses and even online attempts to hold onto income are facing serious competition. This means the media must find sensational headlines in order to sell papers, stay in business and protect the bonuses of executives, whether they are accurate or not and good news has never been their favorite flavor.

2. Too many People Profit from Fear

Fear as to what will happen next keeps people reading the paper, but it also feeds a variety of professionals and companies such as bankruptcy attorneys and foreclosure rescue firms with fat paychecks. They pay big bucks for great writers to spin stories in their favor every week.

3. Out of Touch & In the Spotlight

Of course with as easy as it is to get into the news today many do it to help them stand out and further their own professional careers, while others are just out of touch and rely on flawed data and indices to predict housing market futures.

So what?s the Real Deal?

While local real estate markets are all recovering at their own pace it is pretty clear for even the complete novice that we are headed into better times. Just look at San Diego real estate as an example, with some zip codes reflecting home prices rising 30-100% in the last year, the volume of home sales up, the percentage of distressed property sales down to just 14% in August 2012 and continued growth expected next year.

It?s up to you to make up your own mind but the odds are those who put off buying a home until next year will be paying quite a bit more for the same properties.

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An Argument For Renting Construction Equipment

Construction site managers face many daunting choices every day. Whether to own his company?s construction equipment or rent it from a local business is one such decision. A very good argument can be made for renting, not owning, the tools you use for your work.

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A simple comparison can be made regarding the choice faced in this situation. That comparison is to renting versus owning your own home. If you own your home and your dishwasher breaks or your roof springs a leak, you have to take care of the expense and nightmare of repairing it yourself. But if you rent your place of residence, you just call the landlord and he takes care of the mess. When you are the foreman of a big construction project, worrying less about your construction equipment is a fine thing.

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Google in industry's "defining fight" with Apple, Schmidt says

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Toddler Adoption ? The Weaver's Craft:by Mary Hopkins-Best ...

Friday, October 12th, 2012 Book Review by Valerie Jackson

This book will be if interest to parents who adopt children during their toddlerhood. In this country, the United Kingdom, that is the majority of children who are adopted at a young age.

A word of warning ? the book is written by an American, who still resides in America. She acknowledges that other countries may differ but the focus when reading this book is how the child feels and how the adoptive parents may feel, not where they live or what legislation governs their relationships. I would have to say here that children put up for adoption in the United Kingdom are frequently over twelve months by the time they are adopted and most usually they will be eighteen months or over. This is ensure that the parents and the wider family have had plenty of opportunity depending on the reasons for adoption, to state an interest or an intention to adopt or offer a home

The chapters offer insight into why toddlers are put up for adoption and why couples or singles would want a toddler as opposed to a baby. These chapters may be of little use in a practical sense to UK families. The ones to home in on are chapters five, six, seven eight and nine. They focus on understanding child development, including where there are genetic or other conditions such as those of being abused pre-removal into care.

It is important to be aware of the possibility that the toddler may grieve for the life they had to leave behind. It is not a question of whether that life or experience was healthy or valuable. It is what the child was used to. Most adoption agencies will warn about the possibility of grief-related behaviours. Some of these may be challenging whist other aspects may be depression or withdrawal. There is a detailed chapter on the attachment process and suggestions for strategies to help ease or hasten that evolution.

Chapter eight looks at the management and support of behaviour ? bearing in mind a toddler is at the appropriate age to challenge authority and demand independence.
Chapter nine reminds all parents that their needs also have to be acknowledged and met within reason. There is no point in giving up all your energy and time and having nothing in reserve for yourself, your partner and other children who may be in your family.

I would recommend this book, especially the final chapters, for anyone contemplating adoption of younger children. It is well written and realistic. The subject may be emotive but the message is not.

Hopkins-Best, Mary (2012) Toddler Adoption ? The Weaver?s Craft
(Revised edition based on 1997 article)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 97781849058940

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Claim That Links Economic Success and Genetic Diversity Draws Criticism

Genoeconomists' use of population-genetic data to predict economic success is sparking a war of words, including charges of racism

By Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

The United States has the right amount of genetic diversity to buoy its economy, claim economists. Image: D. ACKER/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY

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?The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.? Evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould was referring to purported links between genetics and an individual?s intelligence when he made this familiar complaint in his 1981 book The Mismeasure of Man.

Fast-forward three decades, and leading geneticists and anthropologists are levelling a similar charge at economics researchers who claim that a country?s genetic diversity can predict the success of its economy. To critics, the economists? paper seems to suggest that a country?s poverty could be the result of its citizens? genetic make-up, and the paper is attracting charges of genetic determinism, and even racism. But the economists say that they have been misunderstood, and are merely using genetics as a proxy for other factors that can drive an economy, such as history and culture. The debate holds cautionary lessons for a nascent field that blends genetics with economics, sometimes called genoeconomics. The work could have real-world pay-offs, such as helping policy-makers to set the right level of immigration to boost the economy, says Enrico Spolaore, an economist at Tufts University near Boston, Massachusetts, who has also used global genetic-diversity data in his research.

But the economists at the forefront of this field clearly need to be prepared for harsh scrutiny of their techniques and conclusions. At the centre of the storm is a 107-page paper by Oded Galor of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and Quamrul Ashraf of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It has been peer-reviewed by economists and biologists, and will soon appear in American Economic Review, one of the most prestigious economics journals.

The paper argues that there are strong links between estimates of genetic diversity for 145 countries and per-capita incomes, even after accounting for myriad factors such as economic-based migration. High genetic diversity in a country?s population is linked with greater innovation, the paper says, because diverse populations have a greater range of cognitive abilities and styles. By contrast, low genetic diversity tends to produce societies with greater interpersonal trust, because there are fewer differences between populations. Countries with intermediate levels of diversity, such as the United States, balance these factors and have the most productive economies as a result, the economists conclude.

The manuscript had been circulating on the Internet for more than two years, garnering little attention outside economics ? until last month, when Science published a summary of the paper in its section on new research in other journals. This sparked a sharp response from a long list of prominent scientists, including geneticist David Reich of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and Harvard University palaeoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman in Cambridge.

In an open letter, the group said that it is worried about the political implications of the economists? work: ?the suggestion that an ideal level of genetic variation could foster economic growth and could even be engineered has the potential to be misused with frightening consequences to justify indefensible practices such as ethnic cleansing or genocide,? it said.

The critics add that the economists made blunders such as treating the genetic diversity of different countries as independent data, when they are intrinsically linked by human migration and shared history. ?It?s a misuse of data,? says Reich, which undermines the paper?s main conclusions. The populations of East Asian countries share a common genetic history, and cultural practices ? but the former is not necessarily responsible for the latter. ?Such haphazard methods and erroneous assumptions of statistical independence could equally find a genetic cause for the use of chopsticks,? the critics wrote.

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Miscellaneous Written by Anonymous ??Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:04 Most of us are aware of the importance of a properly designed website for any business to flourish in the World Wide Web. This is particularly true in the case of companies using the internet as the medium for their sales and marketing activities. A portal designed with good graphics will not only nable businesses to make their presence felt in the World Wide Web, but they can also enable them to reach a wide range of intended audience. Even though, there are graphic design templates, only a professional designing firm at Los Angeles can offer the right kind of service for people looking for graphic web design services in LA.

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Specialty contact lenses may one day help halt the progression of nearsightedness in children

Public release date: 2-Oct-2012
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Researchers present new approach that may lead to possible cure for myopia at Frontiers in Optics 2012

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2Nearsightedness, or myopia, affects more than 40 percent of people in the U.S. and up to 90 percent of children in some parts of Asia. The problem begins in childhood and often progresses with age. Standard prescription lenses can correct the defocus but do not cure nearsightedness, and do not slow progression rates as children grow. But recent experimental work by biomedical scientist David Troilo and colleagues at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry in New York City supports the development of a potential cure for myopia by using specialty contact lenses that coax the eye to grow in a way that can correct nearsighted vision while reducing myopia progression. Troilo will describe his findings at the Optical Society's (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2012, taking place Oct. 14 in Rochester, N.Y.

Myopia develops when the eye is too long, making it difficult to focus light from distant objects on the retina. Glasses or contact lenses that correct the defocus on the main visual axis can create a slight degree of farsightedness in the peripheral retina, Troilo says. The peripheral farsightedness may worsen myopia because as children grow, the eye grows to move the retina to where the light is focused, naturally lengthening the eye even further.

Troilo has shown that specially designed contact lenses that alter how light is focused in the peripheral retina can induce changes in growth that help reshape the eye in the desired way. The experimental lenses use different focal powers within a single lens: either alternating focal powers across the lens, or confined to the outer edge. Experiments with the new lenses found that they changed eye growth and refractive state, or focus, in a predictable way. The lenses successfully reduced the elongation of the eye that causes myopia progression.

Several contact lens designs may soon be available to help eye doctors manage the progression of myopia in children, Troilo says. Presentation FW1C.1 "Optical Approaches for Controlling Myopia Progression: Evidence from Experimental Models" takes place Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 8 a.m. EDT at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

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About the Meeting

Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2012 is the Optical Society's (OSA) 96th Annual Meeting and is being held together with Laser Science XXVIII, the annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Laser Science (DLS). The two meetings unite the OSA and APS communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events spanning a broad range of topics in optics and photonicsthe science of lightacross the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry. FiO 2012 will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants' knowledge of a specific subject in the optical sciences while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting. More information at www.FrontiersinOptics.org.

About OSA

Uniting more than 180,000 professionals from 175 countries, the Optical Society (OSA) brings together the global optics community through its programs and initiatives. Since 1916 OSA has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to the scientists, engineers and business leaders who work in the field by promoting the science of light and the advanced technologies made possible by optics and photonics. OSA publications, events, technical groups and programs foster optics knowledge and scientific collaboration among all those with an interest in optics and photonics. For more information, visit www.osa.org.

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Researchers present new approach that may lead to possible cure for myopia at Frontiers in Optics 2012

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2Nearsightedness, or myopia, affects more than 40 percent of people in the U.S. and up to 90 percent of children in some parts of Asia. The problem begins in childhood and often progresses with age. Standard prescription lenses can correct the defocus but do not cure nearsightedness, and do not slow progression rates as children grow. But recent experimental work by biomedical scientist David Troilo and colleagues at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry in New York City supports the development of a potential cure for myopia by using specialty contact lenses that coax the eye to grow in a way that can correct nearsighted vision while reducing myopia progression. Troilo will describe his findings at the Optical Society's (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2012, taking place Oct. 14 in Rochester, N.Y.

Myopia develops when the eye is too long, making it difficult to focus light from distant objects on the retina. Glasses or contact lenses that correct the defocus on the main visual axis can create a slight degree of farsightedness in the peripheral retina, Troilo says. The peripheral farsightedness may worsen myopia because as children grow, the eye grows to move the retina to where the light is focused, naturally lengthening the eye even further.

Troilo has shown that specially designed contact lenses that alter how light is focused in the peripheral retina can induce changes in growth that help reshape the eye in the desired way. The experimental lenses use different focal powers within a single lens: either alternating focal powers across the lens, or confined to the outer edge. Experiments with the new lenses found that they changed eye growth and refractive state, or focus, in a predictable way. The lenses successfully reduced the elongation of the eye that causes myopia progression.

Several contact lens designs may soon be available to help eye doctors manage the progression of myopia in children, Troilo says. Presentation FW1C.1 "Optical Approaches for Controlling Myopia Progression: Evidence from Experimental Models" takes place Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 8 a.m. EDT at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

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PRESS REGISTRATION: A press room for credentialed press and analysts will be located in the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Sunday through Thursday, Oct. 14-18. Those interested in obtaining a press badge for FiO should contact OSA's Angela Stark at 202.416.1443 or astark@osa.org.

About the Meeting

Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2012 is the Optical Society's (OSA) 96th Annual Meeting and is being held together with Laser Science XXVIII, the annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Laser Science (DLS). The two meetings unite the OSA and APS communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events spanning a broad range of topics in optics and photonicsthe science of lightacross the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry. FiO 2012 will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants' knowledge of a specific subject in the optical sciences while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting. More information at www.FrontiersinOptics.org.

About OSA

Uniting more than 180,000 professionals from 175 countries, the Optical Society (OSA) brings together the global optics community through its programs and initiatives. Since 1916 OSA has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to the scientists, engineers and business leaders who work in the field by promoting the science of light and the advanced technologies made possible by optics and photonics. OSA publications, events, technical groups and programs foster optics knowledge and scientific collaboration among all those with an interest in optics and photonics. For more information, visit www.osa.org.

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Adventure Film Festival celebrates outdoor life -- and cancer survivors

Shanda "Limbo" Braithwaite kayaks in "Out Living It," a documentary that will be shown at the 2012 Adventure Film Festival. (Courtesy photo: Serac Adventure Films)

If you go

What: Adventure Film Festival

When: Oct. 4-6

Where: Boulder Theater

Tickets: Packages vary

Info: adventurefilm.org

After filmmaker Michael Brown watched his older brother and hero, Gordon, fight brain cancer 10 years ago, he never imagined he would eventually make a film about cancer survivors experiencing outdoor adventures in Colorado.

But when First Descents, a Colorado nonprofit group that offers cancer survivors a free outdoor experience through kayaking or rock climbing, approached Brown's Serac Adventure Films about making a documentary about their survivors, the filmmaker felt compelled to tell their stories.

Those stories can be experienced in the Serac film "Out Living It," which premiered earlier this spring and will be shown at the ninth annual Adventure Film Festival in Boulder Oct. 4-6.

First Descents gives young adult cancer survivors and "fighters" the chance to spend time with other survivors and remember what it feels like to be alive as they paddle through icy waters or climb to adrenaline-boosting heights. "Out Living It" profiles four survivors on their journey back to living after cancer.

"Young adults are just reaching their stride in life and starting a family or a new career or all those things," Brown said. "But suddenly they get a cancer diagnosis, and it comes out of the blue. We think of cancer as something that older people go through."

Often, Brown said, young adults diagnosed with cancer feel alienated. They have a hard time dating because they don't know how to talk about cancer or the possibility that their life could end sooner than they expect.

"People date for a lot of reasons, but ultimately there's always spending your life with someone," Brown said.

Nathan "Lash" Fowler tries his hand at climbing in "Out Living It," a film that chronicles cancer survivors enjoying the great outdoors. (Courtesy photo: Serac Adventure Films)

"But if someone's life is in jeopardy because of cancer it creates all kinds of issues."

Young people lose confidence, Brown added, or they become embarrassed or ashamed of their diagnoses. First Descents helps them gain back that confidence and show them they are still very much alive, Brown said.

Because the 15 survivors on the trips are all familiar with terms like "radiation" and "chemotherapy," there's less fear to talk openly about cancer, Brown said.

His brother Gordon was 35 when he received his cancer diagnoses. Brown said watching his brother struggle was one of the most difficult things he's ever done. Making the film was cathartic and inspiring for both Brown and his Serac Adventure Films crew.

"It was a profound experience for us," he said. "As storytellers, it really affected us."

Rebekah Koenigbauer, director of marketing for First Descents, said she hoped the film would have a similar impact on audiences around the world.

"The story of what happens goes far beyond just people who are surviving and fighting cancer," Koenigbauer said. "It really is our hope that it would be a story that would inspired people no matter what."

--Follow Sarah Kuta on Twitter: @SarahKuta.

Source: http://www.coloradodaily.com/entertainment/ci_21646889/cancer-survivors-adventure-film-festival-boulder-theatre?source=rss_viewed

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