Hong Kong's Media Asia to Produce 'Helios' From Sunny Luk, Longman Leung

HONG KONG – Hong Kong's Media Asia has unveiled upcoming thriller Helios, the follow-up to award-winning blockbuster Cold War by the local directing duo Sunny Luk and Longman Leung.

A story about a South Korean mobile nuclear bomb made from Uranium stolen from North Korea being sold in Hong Kong, Helios stars a cast from Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and China, including Hong Kong stars Jacky Cheung (July Rhapsody), Nick Cheung (Unbeatable), and Shawn Yue (Love in the Buff), Korean actor Ji Jin-Hee (Dae Jang Geum), Choi Si-won (A Battle of Wits), a member of Korean-pop boy band Super Junior, Chinese actor Wang Xueqi (Iron Man 3, Bodyguards and Assassins), and Taiwanese actor Chang Chen (The Grandmaster).

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The film, now in production, will make its market debut at the upcoming American Film Market.

Leung and Luk's Cold War swept the Hong Kong Film Awards earlier this year, with awards in nine categories won. Produced by Edko Films, the cop thriller was also the highest grossing Chinese-language film of 2012 in Hong Kong.

Media Asia will also bring two other new titles to AFM. These include Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, the sequel to the 2011 romantic comedy directed by Johnnie To, which sees original cast members Louis Koo and Gao Yuanyuan joined by singer-actress Miriam Yeung (Love in the Buff). To is back at the helm and will produce the film with longtime collaborator Wai Ka-fai.

Also on the slate is extreme sports drama Urban Games, co-directed by famed stuntman Bob Brown and Zhang Peng, starring Shawn Dou (Dangerous Liaisons) and Michelle Chen (You Are the Apple of My Eye). The film, now in post-production, tells the story of a parkour enthusiast on a mission to rescue his kidnapped sister.

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Thursday Morning Political Mix

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and a sign of the times.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and a sign of the times.

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Good morning, fellow political junkies. It's Day 10 of the federal government's partial shutdown. And while it's a dreary, rainy day in Washington, there did appear to be more glimmers of hope this morning than in recent days.

Today's theme is movement, as in, there seem to be some tentative steps towards resolving the current fiscal impasse as President Obama and House Republicans are scheduled to meet at the White House later Thursday.

With that, here are some of the more interesting items of political interest culled from my morning reading.

• With the day of reckoning of a possible U.S. default on its debts drawing closer, signs emerged that congressional Republican saw a were considering a window out of the corner they seemed to have painted themselves into — a short-term debt-ceiling extension in exchange for negotiations with Democrats over longer term entitlement-spending reforms, The Wall Street Journal reported.


• The possible breakthrough comes as President Obama is due to meet Thursday with a smaller group of congressional House Republicans than he earlier said he wanted at the White House. Speaker John Boehner and his team decided more fruitful talks could happen without bringing along a small army of 232 House Republicans. So only 18 decidedly non-Tea Party House GOP leaders will attend. CQ Roll Call's Matt Fuller reports on why entitlement spending, not Obamacare, could dominate the Republican side of the discussion.


• When he appears before Congress Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was unlikely to diverge from his recent dire warnings that his beancounters have exhausted all their tricks for keeping the U.S. from soon defaulting on its obligations. He's also likely to rebut default deniers by saying they shouldn't be so sure holders of U.S. Treasuries would get paid if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling because he isn't, the Washington Post's Zachary Goldfarb and Lori Montgomery reported.


• After President Obama negotiated over a 2011 raise in the debt-ceiling with congressional Republicans, the president vowed to never repeat that experience, according to John Podesta, an informal Obama adviser, write Bloomberg News' Mike Dorning and Margaret Talev.


• Obama's nomination of Janet Yellen to be the new chair of the Federal Reserve was widely hailed as a win for continuity in monetary policy. But as American Banker's Donna Borak noted (registration required), if the Senate confirms her, Yellen is likely to be more involved in bank-regulation matters than her immediate predecessors because of her background as a regulator when she headed the San Francisco Fed.


• The outrage over the stopping of death-benefit payments to the families of U.S. troops killed in action because of the government shutdown will no doubt be fueled by a piece by the Daily Beast's Michael Daly who provides details about some of the soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan whose loved ones are affected.


• Ohio, where Republicans control state government, is trying to persuade women against abortions with a new law requiring clinics to offer women a chance to hear fetal heartbeats. The Democratic-controlled state government in California, however, has moved to expand abortion availability, the New York Times reports in twin stories.


• The Associated Press retracted a potentially politically explosive story that said documents in a federal fraud case referred to Democratic Virginia governor's candidate Terry McAuliffe as having lied to investigators. AP's reversal came after McAuliffe's campaign's vigorous and persuasive denial that the candidate was the "T.M" referred to in the documents and after the erroneous report sparked a Twitter frenzy, writes Politico's Elizabeth Titus.

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Military Auto Loans With Bad Credit: Trouble Free Car Financing ...

Getting a car loan wh?n b?? credit ?? ??rt ?f th? equation ?? n?t a simple matter th?t comes promises ?n? kind ?f guarantee, b?t f?r members ?f th? military, th?? ??n ?t ????t ?n??? ?n advantage over civilian loans. Getting military auto loans w?th b?? credit ?? far less troublesome f?r a variety ?f reasons, b?t n?t ???r? loan t? military members ?? guaranteed ??th?r.

A?? applications m??t satisfy ??rt??n criteria ?f securing loan approval ?? something th?t th? applicant ?? t? look forward t?. Common loan qualifying issues, ??k? age, citizenship ?n? income, apply b?t ?t ?? ???? n??????r? t? prove th?t th? applicant ?? a current ?r former member ?f th? US military.

F?r genuine applicants, qualifying ?? n?t going t? b? difficult, ?n? th? range ?f benefits th?t come w?th auto loans f?r military personnel, ??n b? fully ?n?????.

Proving Qualification

A? already mentioned, satisfying th? set criteria ?? n?t difficult f?r genuine applicants. In fact, getting a military auto loan w?th b?? credit comes down t? proving th?? ?r? over 18, ?r? citizens ?f th? US ?n? h??? a reliable source ?f income. Th?t ?? th? starting point.

Proving a military background ?? simple t??, w?th th? applicant simply needing t? provide confirmation ?f th??r rank, th??r deployment, ?n? th??r commanding officer. Th?? ??n b? done b? simply providing office military ID. F?r former members, th??? details ??n b? checked out b? th? lenders. A?? ?n ???, securing loan approval ?? always high.

Wh?t ?? more, w?th many loans, th? credit history ?f th? applicant ?? ?ft?n ignored, ?? auto loans f?r military personnel ?r? arguably one ?f th? m??t straightforward loans t? secure.

Advantages ?f Military Finance

Th?r? ?r? several advantages t? seeking military auto loans w?th b?? credit b?t th? b?????t one ?? clearly th? lower interest rate th?t ?? charged. M??t traditional lenders ?? n?t offer such br??k? t? civilian b?? credit borrowers, b?t th?r? ?r? clear reasons wh? military lenders ??.

Th? fact th?t a military member ?? employed b? th? US government means th??r employment status ?? extremely secure. Th?? means th?t th? source ?f income ?? secure ?n? ?? th? ability t? m?k? repayments ?? guaranteed. S?, th? chances ?f securing loan approval ?? ??m??t assured.

An? b?????? th? degree ?f risk ?? ?? small, th? interest rates ?r? kept very low. Th?r? ?r? ???? ?th?r advantages, w?th flexibility over th? repayment schedule allowing f?r shorter ?n? longer terms depending ?n preferences. It ?? ???? possible t? m?k? ??r??r loan repayments without having being charged fees, ?? getting ?n auto loan, f?r military personnel ??rt??n??, ?? very affordable.

Locating th? Best Deal

A? w?th ??? loans, finding th? best possible loan deal ?? ?m??rt?nt. Even w?th military auto loans w?th b?? credit a bit ?f searching ?? necessary. One ?f th? more reliable sources ?f loans ?r? th? certified military lenders th?t ?r? t? b? found online.

An? ?? long ?? th? criteria ?? met, ?n? bank details ?r? provided through wh??h funds ??n b? deposited ?n? repayments directly withdrawn, th? likelihood ?f securing loan approval ?? extremely ????.

Th? military credit union ?? ???? a ???? loan source, offering th? maximum benefits ?f getting ?n auto loan f?r military personnel. Crucially, ?? well ?? low interest, th? military credit union ?? used t? approving loans, ?? th?r? ?? ??tt?? reason t? believe th? application w???? fail.

Source: http://www.deannaproach.com/military-auto-loans-with-bad-credit-trouble-free-car-financing/

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Tenet Healthcare buying Vanguard Health for $1.8B

DALLAS (AP) ? Tenet Healthcare Corp. is buying Vanguard Health Systems Inc. for about $1.8 billion, helping to expand its service offerings and broaden its geographic reach.

Tenet will pay $21 per share, a 70 percent premium to Vanguard Health's Friday closing price of $12.37.

Shares of Vanguard Health soared $8.14, or 65.8 percent, to $20.51 in premarket trading Monday.

The companies said Monday that the transaction also includes $2.5 billion in debt and value the entire deal at $4.3 billion.

Following the acquisition, Tenet will own 79 hospitals and 157 outpatient facilities. It currently has 49 hospitals and 126 outpatient facilities.

Both boards unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close before year's end

Tenet expects annual savings of $100 million to $200 million and for the acquisition to add to earnings in the first year.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health said that its founder, Chairman and CEO Charlie Martin, will join Tenet's board. Vanguard's vice chairman, Keith Pitts, will continue in that position at Tenet.

Dallas-based Tenet has secured fully committed financing for the transaction from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tenet-healthcare-buying-vanguard-health-1-8b-102904505.html

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Next3D's plan to bring recorded video to the Oculus Rift

The dream of wearing a lightweight headset, like the Oculus Rift, in order to simulate physical presence isn't limited to the imaginary worlds of video games. One man's vision is that of immersive TV shows, movies and live sports. In fact, David Cole, co-founder of Next3D and an industry veteran who helps content creators and providers produce and deliver 3D, has been using his Rift dev kit to bring TV and film to life since the kits started shipping in March. The company is combining its video processing and compression technology with its experience in content production and stereoscopic delivery to offer what it's called Full-Court.

Next3D hopes to leverage its existing relationships with creators and providers to assist them in jumping into the world of live-action VR content. This includes both pre-recorded and live broadcasts. We wanted to see this firsthand, so we jumped at the opportunity to witness the creation of content and experience the results. This trial run of Next3D's stereoscopic, 180-degree field-of-view camera rig, and the post-processing to adapt it to VR, was part of the production of the paranormal investigation show, Anomaly, at Castle Warden in St. Augustine, Fla. Being nearby, we braved the perils of the haunted surroundings to tell you about what we hope is only the beginning of virtual reality content.

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Bellone tweaks plan to merge Suffolk comptroller, treasurer jobs

Originally published: June 18, 2013 8:19 PM
Updated: June 18, 2013 9:44 PM
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Photo credit: Newsday / Ed Betz | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone talks about the county's budget problems and solutions during a press conference in Hauppauge. (April 2, 2012)

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Tuesday altered his proposal to merge the elected positions of comptroller and treasurer so that Comptroller Joseph Sawicki would run a merged office next year.

The proposal, which Bellone submitted to the county legislature, hinges on voters approving the merger in a proposed referendum in November.

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Kanye Baby Shower Ticky-Tacky From Kim Kardashian And Family

So Kanye West will appear at Kim Kardashian?s baby shower on Sunday?s June 2 premiere of the eighth season of E!?s Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Just in case you weren?t planning to tune in already to see what gender the new baby will be, now I guess you have another excuse.

The beyond-tacky episode will feature Kim Kardashian?s baby shower because, well, I?m not sure why. Maybe Kardashian doesn?t know that baby showers are held so that friends and family members can give cash and gifts to broke young couples just starting out in life.

They?re not really intended for millionaires to get another chance to put their hands in everybody else?s pocket.

Be that as it may, Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner spoke with Ryan Seacrest on Friday to promote the episode. The party will be an all-girls brunch, and then Kanye West, the father of the baby, is supposedly going to show up at the end.

Kloe said, ?I think Scott [Disick, Kourtney's boyfriend] and Lamar [Odom, Khloe's husband] might bring Kanye at the end, because Kanye feels it?s a little weird if he?s the only guy.?

Wait a minute. She thinks.

Sounds like she doesn?t really know.

So is Kanye West really going to show up, or is it all a cheap ploy to get you to watch the whole thing?

Your guess is as good as mine. But I suppose the tactic isn?t any tackier than those cheap flip-flops a very pregnant Kim Kardashian was supposedly wearing the other day.

Do you wish everybody whose name starts with a K or even has a K in it would just emigrate to Mars already? Or will you be watching to see if Kanye West does show up at Kim Kardashian?s baby shower?

[Kanye West and Kim Kardashian photo by Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com]

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/683774/kanye-baby-shower-ticky-tacky-from-kim-kardashian-and-family/

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