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Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis, Laurence Fishburne Win NAACP Awards

By Adam Hetrick
21 Feb 2012

Viola Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Hudson, "Thurgood" and "The Help" were among the winners of the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards, which were presented Feb. 17 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The Image Awards "celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honor individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors."

Highlights of the 43rd NAACP Image Award nominees and winners (in bold with an asterisk) follow:

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Love That Girl!"
"Modern Family"
"Reed Between the Lines"
"The Game"
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne"*

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Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Dulé Hill – "Psych" (USA Network)
Malcolm–Jamal Warner – "Reed Between the Lines"*
Phil Morris – "Love That Girl!"
Pooch Hall – "The Game"
Terry Crews – "Are We There Yet?"

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tatyana Ali – "Love That Girl!"
Tia Mowry–Hardrict – "The Game"
Tracee Ellis Ross – "Reed Between the Lines"*
Vanessa Williams – "Desperate Housewives"
Wendy Raquel Robinson – "The Game"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Craig Robinson – "The Office"
Damon Wayans, Jr. – "Happy Endings"
J.B. Smoove – "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Nick Cannon – "Up All Night"*
Tracy Morgan – "30 Rock"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Amber Riley – "Glee"
Gabourey Sidibe – "The Big C"
Keshia Knight Pulliam – "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"*
Maya Rudolph – "Up All Night"
Sofia Vergara – "Modern Family"

Outstanding Drama Series
 "Boardwalk Empire"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"*
"The Good Wife"
"Treme"

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher – "Men of A Certain Age"
Hill Harper – "CSI: NY"
L.L. Cool J – "NCIS: Los Angeles"*
Taye Diggs – "Private Practice"
Wendell Pierce – "Treme"

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson – "Grey's Anatomy"
Khandi Alexander – "Treme"
Regina King – "SouthLAnd"*
Sandra Oh – "Grey's Anatomy"
Taraji P. Henson – "Person of Interest"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Corey Reynolds – "The Closer"
Ice T – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
James Pickens, Jr. – "Grey's Anatomy"*
Nelsan Ellis – "True Blood"
Omar Epps – "House M.D."

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alfre Woodard – "Memphis Beat"
Anika Noni Rose – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Archie Panjabi – "The Good Wife"*
Diahann Carroll – "White Collar"
Loretta Devine – "Grey's Anatomy"

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini–Series or Dramatic Special
"Five"
"Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith"
"Luther"
"The Least Among You"
"Thurgood"*

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini–Series or Dramatic Special
Esai Morales – "We Have Your Husband"
Idris Elba – "Luther"
Laurence Fishburne – "Thurgood"*
Louis Gossett, Jr. – "The Least Among You"
Samuel L. Jackson – "The Sunset Limited"

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini–Series or Dramatic Special
Anika Noni Rose – "Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith"
Jenifer Lewis – "Five"
Rosario Dawson – "Five"
Taraji P. Henson – "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story"*
Tracee Ellis Ross – "Five"

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture
"Jumping the Broom"
"Pariah"
"The First Grader"
"The Help"*
"Tower Heist"

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Eddie Murphy – "Tower Heist"
Laurence Fishburne – "Contagion"
Laz Alonso – "Jumping the Broom"*
Oliver Litondo – "The First Grader"
Vin Diesel – "Fast Five"

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Adepero Oduye – "Pariah"
Emma Stone – "The Help"
Paula Patton – "Jumping the Broom"
Viola Davis – "The Help"*
Zoë Saldana – "Colombiana"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie – "The Adjustment Bureau"
Charles Parnell – "Pariah"
Don Cheadle – "The Guard"
Jeffrey Wright – "The Ides of March"
Mike Epps – "Jumping the Broom"*
Bryce Dallas Howard – "The Help"
Cicely Tyson – "The Help"
Kim Wayans – "Pariah"
Maya Rudolph – "Bridesmaids"
Octavia Spencer – "The Help"

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Arthur Harris – "Reed Between the Lines" – Let's Talk About Ms. Helen's Son Part 1
Prentice Penny – "Happy Endings" – The Girl with the David Tattoo
Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil – "The Game" – Parachutes....Beach Chairs*
Vali Chandrasekaran – "30 Rock" – It's Never Too Late For Now
Vince Cheung, Ben Montanio – "Wizards of Waverly Place" – Wizards vs. Angels

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Cheo Hodari Coker – "SouthLAnd" – Punching Water
Janine Sherman Barrois – "Criminal Minds" – The Bittersweet Science
Lolis Eric Elie – "Treme" – Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?*
Pam Veasey – "Ringer" – Oh Gawd, There's Two of Them?
Zoanne Clack – "Grey's Anatomy" – I Will Survive

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Alrick Brown – "Kinyarwanda"
Ann Peacock – "The First Grader"*
Dee Rees – "Pariah"
Elizabeth Hunter, Arlene Gibbs – "Jumping the Broom"
Tate Taylor – "The Help"

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Jay Chandrasekhar – "Happy Endings" – The Girl with the David Tattoo
Kevin Hooks "Drop Dead Diva" – Mother's Day
Leonard R. Garner Jr. – "Rules of Engagement" – The Set Up*
Miguel Arteta – "How to Make It in America" – Mofongo
Salim Akil – "The Game" – Parachutes/Beach Chairs

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Ernest Dickerson – "Treme" – Do Watcha Wanna*
Ken Whittingham – "Parenthood" – Opening Night
Kevin Sullivan – "NCIS" – Tell–All
Paris Barclay – "Sons of Anarchy" – Out
Seith Mann – "Dexter" – Get Gellar

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television)
Alrick Brown – "Kinyarwanda"
Angelina Jolie – "In the Land of Blood and Honey"
Dee Rees – "Pariah"
Salim Akil – "Jumping the Broom"*
Tate Taylor – "The Help"

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Male Artist
Anthony Hamilton
Buno Mars
Cee Lo Green*
Chris Brown
Common

Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott*
Ledisi
Mary J. Blige

Outstanding Music Video
"25/8" – Mary J. Blige
"Hear My Call" – Jill Scott
"I Was
Here" – Beyoncé
"Someone Like You" – Adele
"Where You At" – Jennifer Hudson*

Outstanding Song
"Best Thing I Never Had" – Beyoncé
"Fool for You feat. Melanie Fiona" – Cee Lo Green
"I Smile" – Kirk Franklin*
"So In Love feat. Anthony Hamilton" – Jill Scott
"Someone Like You" – Adele

Outstanding Album
"4" – Beyoncé
"F.A.M.E" – Chris Brown
"I Remember Me" – Jennifer Hudson*
"Lasers" – Lupe Fiasco
"The Light of the Sun" – Jill Scott

For a complete list visit naacpimageawards.net.

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CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciaky, Inc., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and leading provider of additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, is teaming up with the Applied Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University to advance Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) technology, via funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under terms of the agreement, a 6,000-square-foot Center for Innovative Metal Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) will be established within the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State to serve as a world-class Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under DARPA's Open Manufacturing initiative.

The mission of the Center as a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility will be to advance and deploy DDM technology for highly engineered and critical metallic systems to the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. industry through three primary thrust areas, which are:

advancement and integration of enabling technologies required to exploit DDM process attributes during design and optimize DDM processing conditions for producing qualified components and structures, collaboration with industry in the development and transfer of DDM technologies through process selection, demonstration, and validation as a "trusted broker," and promotion of DDM technologies through training, education and dissemination of information.

Sciaky, a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI), will support this initiative with its exclusive Direct Manufacturing (DM) process, which combines additive manufacturing principles, computer-aided design (CAD) and electron beam welding technology. Starting with a 3D model from a CAD program, Sciaky's fully articulated, moving electron beam gun deposits metal, layer by layer, until the part is ready for finish machining. Depending on the part being manufactured, deposition rates can range from 15 to 40 pounds of metal per hour. To date, it stands as the only commercially available, large-scale, fully programmable means of achieving near-net shape parts.

An important aspect of the proposed Center will be the development and use of design and simulation tools that enable industry participants the opportunity to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of DDM technology prior to and during manufacturing demonstrations. The ability to utilize these functions within an integrated system, having a high degree of interoperability, will offer the most advanced array of tools for evaluating potential components and processes in the industry applicable to direct digital manufacturing. This approach draws upon the strength of the U.S. technology base in virtual networking and advanced engineering systems to deploy a disruptive technology that will provide an immediate impact on the suitability, affordability and availability of critical components throughout industry, as well as the exploitation of innovative designs and materials not possible using traditional manufacturing methods.

"We are excited about the opportunity to work with Penn State and DARPA to push the boundaries of Direct Manufacturing," said Mike Riesen, General Manager of Sciaky, Inc. "I'm confident that this initiative will offer further proof that American innovation is alive and well."

Last December, Sciaky entered a DoD Mentor-Protege Agreement with Lockheed Martin to expand its Direct Manufacturing technology for the possible use of manufacturing titanium components for the F-35 military aircraft.

To learn more about Sciaky, visit http://www.sciaky.com/. You can also follow Sciaky on Twitter at https://twitter.com/sciaky_inc, as well as on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sciakyinc. 

About Sciaky (www.sciaky.com)

Sciaky, Inc., a SDVOSB and subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI), is a leading provider of additive manufacturing (AM) solutions. We provide advanced welding systems (for electron beam, advanced arc and resistance welding technologies) and a wide range of contract welding services to the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical and other manufacturing industries. Our state-of-the-art equipment meets rigid military specifications to manufacture items such as airframes, landing gear, jet engines, guided missiles and vehicle parts. Sciaky's exclusive Direct Manufacturing (DM) technology, which is the only commercially available, large-scale, fully programmable means of achieving near net-shape parts, allows manufacturers to save money and boost productivity over traditional prototyping processes. 

About Phillips Service Industries (www.psi-online.com)

Always innovating. Everywhere. Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), a privately held holding company headquartered in Livonia, MI, oversees a diverse collection of technology-based subsidiaries that serve a wide variety of industries, from automotive, aerospace and defense, to energy, medical and semiconductor. Our award-winning products and services help reduce costs and maximize efficiency for many Fortune 500 companies, as well as the U.S. military. PSI pushes the bounds of technology on critical programs like Homeland Security, defense research and space exploration. Simply put: PSI is one of the most innovative manufacturing and service companies in the world.

CONTACT:     

Jay Hollingsworth
Public Relations Manager
Phillips Service Industries (PSI)
(734) 853-5000
jay.hollingsworth@psi-corp.com

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BUFFALO, New York: The license plate on movie projectionist Arnie Herdendorf’s Buick is “35MM MAN,” a nod to his work at the 1925 Palace Theatre, with its velvet-draped stage and chandeliered mezzanine.

When he drove recently to a multiplex to watch as its film projectors were swapped out for new digital ones, the sight of old 35 mm workhorses “stacked up like wounded soldiers” had him wondering how long his title – or job – would last.

The questions are even bigger for historic movie houses themselves.

With the future of motion pictures headed quickly toward an all-digital format played only on pricey new equipment, will the theaters last? Will the digital revolution that will soon obsolesce projectors that have flickered and ticked with a little-changed technology for more than 120 years do the same to theaters?

“Our guess is by the end of 2013 there won’t be any film distributed anymore,” said John Fithian, president and chief executive of the National Association of Theater Owners.

The Hollywood studios’ industry-wide conversion from 35 mm film to digital satisfies modern-day demands for crisp clarity, cost savings and special effects like 3-D. For big-budget theaters where new releases occupy multiple screens, installing digital projectors is a no-brainer. Already, about 60 percent have converted in the U.S., Fithian said, at a price of $70,000 to $80,000 a screen.

For the community-owned Palace and other small and historic movie houses, the merging of nostalgia with high-tech is a dauntingly expensive proposition. Yet most agree it’s critical if they are to keep attracting audiences. The cost is more than double the price of a top-of-the-line film projector.

An estimated 500 to 750 historic theaters currently show movies, according to the Theater Historical Society of America, though it adds no one has formally researched the number.

“This is another major threat to these theaters which were largely rescued and restored by grassroots local efforts,” said Karen Colizzi Noonan, president of the THS, which records and preserves theaters’ architectural and cultural history. “It is so sad that after all that hard work and dedication these groups now face another huge challenge just to survive.”

Survival means doing whatever they can to raise the cash to convert.

“It’s a long haul but it’s encouraging to see a town come together,” said Fran Schwarzer, who, with her husband, was nearing retirement age and sunk their savings into buying Higginsville Missouri’s 500-seat 1934 Davis Theater to keep it from closing in 1998.

The couple added three screens in 2005 so they could show more first-run movies, always viewing the venture as more community service than money-maker in the town east of Kansas City.

The Riviera, a 1927 theater north of Buffalo, will show movies with its two carbon arc lamphouses and projectors for as long as it can, said Executive Director Frank Cannata, while exploring funding for the digital replacements. If it can’t, it will have to do away with the popular second-run movies offered at discount rates.

While live shows would keep the Riviera going, other theaters are trying to stave off closing with fundraisers. Eastern Illinois’ Onarga Theater, the 1937 theater that boasts being the first south of Chicago to show movies with sound, has invested in its seating, concessions and sound systems in recent years, but can’t afford the switch to digital projection.

North of Buffalo, the nonprofit, community-owned Palace is looking into loans and grants for a $75,000 digital set up, but it’s also going to have to upgrade its electrical system to accommodate the new equipment, said Phil Czarnecki, vice president of the board. He can’t help but think of all the restoration of the building – a replica of the Paramount Theater in New York City that mixes Italian Renaissance and Art Deco – that could be accomplished with such an outlay.

The small theaters are already feeling pressure from the digital conversions taking place all around them. Instead of waiting three weeks for a modern multiplex to make a movie print available, it now often takes six or seven weeks because there are fewer 35 mm copies in circulation. That’s more than enough time for the pool of potential ticket-buyers to lose interest or see the movie somewhere else.

It’s not just the cost of digital projection that concerns Edward Summer, president of the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. He worries that once older movie houses make the switch, they’ll do away with their 35 mm projectors, something he says would be “a hideous mistake.”

He worries that existing films that won’t be digitized will be forever lost if the equipment isn’t there to show them. “Every motion picture made between 1894 and right this minute is on 35 mm film and those films not only still exist, but those film prints are the only way to see them,” Summer said. “It’s not either/or,” Summer said of the two projection technologies, “it’s both/and.”

The Palace’s Herdendorf doesn’t own a computer and isn’t sure if his 17 years of splicing and dicing reels of film and threading them through a platter projection system will translate to the new technology with its pocket-size hard drives. He knows what to do if film breaks, but not if a computer freezes.

The Riviera eventually plans to display one of its 35 mm carbon arc projectors in the lobby, Cannata said, “so people can take a look at how films were shown at one time.”

The Davis Theater’s Schwarzer jokes that her place’s four projectors will become boat anchors. What’s important, she said, is that the theater’s doors stay open. “We have such wonderful memories of this theater as children,” she said.

“You like to think that kids who come now will have some of those memories, too.”

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA and PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire -02/21/12)- ARX, Inc., a global provider of cost-efficient digital signature solutions, and Yubico, the leading provider of simple, open online identity protection, extended ARX CoSign® to support YubiKey authentication tokens, making it easy to protect digital signature functionality with secure and easy-to-use, two-factor authentication.

Adding digital signature function to Yubico's authentication device enhances cloud security. By pairing ARX's CoSign® digital signature solution and Yubico's YubiKey® authentication solution, businesses of all sizes gain the proper controls over user authentication and digital signatures in cloud computing environments, enhancing the security of online transactions, and business-critical data and applications in the cloud.

"Companies that conduct business in the cloud can examine verified, standard digital signatures with more certainty because CoSign-signed documents carry proper evidence and integrity represented by compliant NIST FIPS PUB 186 signatures," said Stina Ehrensvard, CEO, Yubico. "This also makes it easier for organizations to accelerate the speed of business while minimizing transaction-related misunderstandings, creating new opportunities for companies to conduct business online with both identity and data integrity."

Manufactured in Sweden, the YubiKey is a hardware authentication token that looks like a small USB memory stick. The USB token simplifies the process of user authentication with a one-time password (OTP) and can be used by cloud services, organizations, and end users that require secure access to IT applications, including CoSign digital signature credentials.

Pairing the solutions creates a seamless, automated process for applying a standard digital signature. CoSign is a network attached secure digital signature solution that allows the organization to choose its authentication scheme according to its own governance policy. CoSign will not allow a user to make a signature until the user is properly authenticated in compliance with the organization's security policy and authentication scheme.

Identities re-authenticated prior to signing when combined with standard digital signatures are an extremely valuable set of tools for managing B2C businesses or cloud based business processes that must have trusted exchanges with customers online.

"There are many instances where businesses and government agencies may need to reach out to customers or citizens online," said John Marchioni, general manager and vice president of business development, ARX. "Yubico provides an advanced, reliable and trusted source for two-factor authentication so that organizations can have a greater confidence in business processes executed in the cloud."

CoSign's digital signature technology is used to streamline and scale business processes in many vertical industries. ARX CoSign solutions are used by business and government customers to transition to a complete paperless workflow using legally enforceable digital signatures.

Businesses can start using these productive tools by contacting ARX at arx.com/contact. For more information, please visit yubico.com.

About ARX CoSign®
ARX CoSign is the market leader for standard digital signature solutions. CoSign digital signatures fully automate signature-dependent processes in a compliant manner, with the proper controls and integrity, allowing organizations to go paperless, and save time and money. CoSign signatures are globally verifiable when applied to MS Word, Excel, PDF, PDF/A, IBM Forms, HTML/XML forms, and many other document types, without needing proprietary-validation software. CoSign is also centrally managed from within the network by your organization or service provider for reliable control over signature privileges. For more information, please visit arx.com.

About Yubico
Yubico is the leading provider of simple, open online identity protection. The company's flagship product, the YubiKey®, uniquely combines driverless USB hardware with open source software. More than a million users in 100 countries rely on the YubiKey for securing access to networks, computers and online services. Customers range from individual Internet users to e-governments and Fortune 500 companies. Founded in 2007, Yubico is privately held with offices in California, Sweden and UK. For more information, please visit yubico.com.

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Jo-Ann Heslin, food and nutrition columnist for the website, Health News Digest,  has some tips for being healthier. Some of them are a bit surprising as they tamper with commonly accepted practices. But every coin has a flip side.

1. Watch less TV.

Do something active. Take a walk. Go Bowling. Even one night a week of no TV watching will add up. Take a walk or go bowling.

2. Don’t clear leftovers off the table while you are still eating.

Recent research showed that when leftover chicken wing bones were left on the table, people watching a football game ate 27 percent less than those who had no visual clue of how much they had eaten.

3. Eat some walnuts daily.

One ounce of nuts, 14 walnut halves, gives 185 calories of heart-healthy nutrients, including antioxidants.

4. Drink coffee.

People who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have a lower risk for diabetes.

5. Sleep more.

People who get too little sleep are hungrier. The lack of sleep disrupts appetite regulation in the brain.

6. Drink milk to get smarter.

Milk drinkers consistently do better at taking tests than people who don't drink milk.

7. Read food labels to control sodium.

Most sodium comes from processed food. Check the labels: Aim for less than 600 milligrams per serving in main dishes; 400 milligrams for snacks.

8. Yogurt with active cultures boosts the immune system.

Friendly bacteria help protect from harmful bacteria in the intestinal tract.

9. Eat fish at least once a week.

Fish is high in heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids; fish eaters tend to be healthier and live longer. Even a tuna sandwich or sardines and crackers serves the purpose.

10. Eat a rainbow every day.

Instead of calculating nutrients in foods, just pick a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables. Even a dab of salsa or ketchup on your lunch contributes to your health.

11. Eat whole wheat bread rather than white bread.

Whole wheat is made from the entire kernel of wheat and is rich in fiber, vitamin and minerals. Aim for three whole grain servings a day.

12. Eat potassium-rich foods each day.

Potassium helps to lower blood pressure and most Americans need to get more. Foods high in potassium include: white and sweet potatoes, oranges and orange juice, tomatoes and tomato juice, milk, yogurt, beans, bananas, avocados and spinach.

Heslin is a registered dietitian and author of several books on healthy nutrition.

 

Follow health reporter Harry Jackson Jr. on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/STLhealth for coverage of health, outdoors, health gadgets and tips from fitness trainers.

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