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Yes, you can host your own neighbourhood block party celebrating Car Free Vancouver on June 15th or 16th. It's easy! The following steps outline all you need to do.
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Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell us in which block you'd like to hold your Block Party. If it happens that there's already a party taking place in your block, we'll put you in touch with the neighbours who are organising it.
Step 2 – Collect approval from majority of households in the block
The City requires all block parties have approval from a majority of the households (at least 2/3) in the block and that everyone in the block be notified about the party before we can approve the street closure to traffic and send you barricades - trust us, this isn't hard! We provide a sign-off form to collect your neighbour signatures and/or you can provide us with on-line confirmations you have received via email in support of a block party. Follow the link to the Kitsilano Block Party Sign-off form.
Try and find someone else from the block to help you with this -- it's more fun and it's easier when you share responsibilities. Going door to door for signatures also gives you a chance to get contact information from new people who would like to help plan the party.
We suggest you write up a notice that you can leave at homes where you couldn't reach anyone. This notice should have info on the time and location of the block party, your contact info and a suggestion that they contact you to sign the form or send you an email and join in the fun! An example of a short notice can be found at Invite Template or a longer notice with survey at Neighbourhood Letter and Survey Template for Block Party.
Step 3 – Block Party Application Form
Fill out the details of your block party on our on-line application form.
Step 4 - Send Us Your Completed Form
Once you have completed the on-line block party application form and have the majority of households approving the block party on the sign-off form and/or via emails, email the sign-off form with signatures and approval emails to email@example.com or email us and we`ll send you the address to mail/drop the form to. The city has put us in charge of the paperwork for all Kits block parties celebrating Car Free Vancouver. For this reason, in order to get City approval for your block party, insurance and barricades, we must receive the sign-off sheet with signatures and emailed approvals no later than June 10th if you are having a party on June 15th or 16th.
Step 5 – Planning
Arrange to meet with your neighbours to plan the fun things you'd like to do for your block party. Check out Car Free Vancouver's Kitsilano Block Party Festival Planning and Ideas Toolkit and Greening your Block Party.
Step 6 – The Event
- We will deliver your street barricades on the Friday before your event. Please move the barricades to a secure place.
- Set up your barricades on the day of your event and you're ready to go.
- Remove the barriers after the event and store them in a secure place.
- We will pick up the barriers on the Monday or Tuesday after the event. Please have them available for pickup in a place where we will find them.
That's it!
Get your application in early! The number of block parties may have to be limited. Once we've confirmed receipt of your application and put you on the barricade delivery list, you can carry on with the fun of planning what you want to do with your neighbours.

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#97 Floyd Wicker
Floyd "The Wicker Man" Wicker [my nickname, btw] played on four different teams in his brief 81-game major league career.
If you ever make it to the majors [and aren't a pitcher] I would imagine your main dream would be to hit a home run in a big league game. Thankfully, Floyd smacked a homer in one of the 15 games he played for the Brewers in 1970...it would be the only one of his career.


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Beacon of Hope Uganda is pleased to announce the receipt of a financial donation from The Giving Lens, our development partner in the U.S.A.
Beacon of Hope Uganda partnered with TGL in 2017 and The Giving Lens led a team of about 10 photographers to Uganda who offered basic photography skills to the children and youth of Mukono.
TGL is a travel Photography Company which supports local NGOs & CBOs across very many needy communities.
The Giving Lens vision's is to see the three things they love most come together for a greater good: love of travel, passion for photography, and deep desire to give back to those in need.
Its vision comes alive when they partner with amazing organizations like Beacon of Hope Uganda in developing nations, who are at the grassroots level.
A number of cameras from TGL participants and laptops from Pragmatic Works (a company associated with one of the TGL volunteers) were donated to us, and this has improved the way we work.
The community and children showed a lot of interest in the project and this year, another team will visit to continue supporting the projects.
The Giving Lens financial support will be used to support the Hope Mixed Farm project, which grows food to support the needy children under our care at Hope Children's Academy school.
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Interview with Convoy
Juan Costa Paz and Nordine Benotmane discuss the nonsense of separating online and offline design strategies, and why fashion needs to get over its moody traditions.
Who is Convoy?
We are Juan Costa Paz and Nordine Benotmane and an international team of developers, designers, strategic planners and managers from Argentina, Greece, Italy, Algeria and France.
We are a strategy and creative agency based in the city of #wineandcheese and our corporate jingle goes 'we work with brands to build sustainable storytelling across multiple touch points by teaming up with top creative media and technology partners'.... hence our 'creative business partners' tagline.
What were the objectives for your newly launched site, convoy.me?
At the very beginning we positioned ourselves as a 'digital agency', and got work solely on digital media. Today, after a year of work reinforcing our strategic pole, we are turning into a full-blown agency with the added value of being digital natives.
We see a lot of brands today designing their strategies by segmenting the offline (traditional media) and the online (digital ecosystems), which is bogus. We believe that by nurturing a strong digital understanding you can build brand strategies that are way more efficient and truly bring out the best of whatever offline operation a brand does like a print ad or an event, or whatever.
So yes we like creating great digital experiences, but now we are more into developing brand stories that have efficient mechanisms, which are born from a digital thinking but translate into whatever other traditional platforms.
Building a strong fashion brand is about building the culture around it... it's about the people, it's about being honest and entertaining. The principle vehicle to convey this message today is social media, and sad faces do not build engagement
With your work for Uniqlo, Dior and Camper and your digital overhaul of the Kenzo brand, your portfolio has quite a fashion focus. Is this an area you're particularly interested in?
The good thing about fashion brands is that they allow us to put out work that sits at the crossroads of consumerism and art. Ideas can be a bit wilder and are more challenging from an aesthetic perspective. But it really does depend on the brand; we were very lucky with Kenzo and Camper since they both have a DNA that is playful and a somewhat personal approach. But we are not 'particularly interested' in fashion really; we are interested in telling stories through brands... we just happened to land on this area as a departing point.
What are your thoughts on the way fashion and digital technology are colliding?
Today we see some fashion brands that are still going for that dead-looking people in expensive clothes approach: distant, impersonal and aspirational in a very old school way. They are sooooo afraid of showing any sign of life in the message they put out... as if making their models smile will bring down their empires.
On the other side, building a strong fashion brand is about building the culture around it... it's about the people, it's about being honest and entertaining. The principle vehicle to convey this message today is social media, and sad faces do not build engagement. Like those fashion films of people just being there... idle... doing nothing... how many views do those videos get? 300? 1000?
So we feel that fashion brands today, not all of course, are forced to break from their traditional/anal approach to building aspiration... and this is indeed a #HadronCollider collision that straight up breaks our balls.
What does your studio look like? Do you use the physical space to plan and layout ideas at all?
We moved into a new studio in the neighbourhood of Bastille a few months ago. Our team of seven is really happy here. We got plenty of space and we really try to keep it as empty and clean as possible. White walls, chairs, tables, computers and we are good. We'll probably start accumulating shit over the coming years, but today we like our temporary minimalism.
Our ideas are worked out on the computer most of the time. We once bought a whiteboard…! But there it sits in our meeting room, un-hanged and piled onto an empty iMac cardboard box, with the silly drawing of a person peeing that a friend once drew when he visited us six months ago.


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Love this one bro! I'm a blue belt in the Marcello C Monteiro assosiation, so this is a great refresher and reference for me! I'll spread it to my team. Great job! Still waiting on a How to Mindmap blog though. Teach me to fish! 😉
De La Riva Blue Belt Requirements
A few months ago I was contacted by gym owner, Noah at Summit City Submissions, to help him organize the curriculum that he teaches his students. Noah is a purple belt under Marcello Monteiro (DLR black belt). Below is the end result of that project. The techniques listed are the basic requirements for a student of the De La Riva lineage to get their blue belt. It is broken down by stripes and to my knowledge this is one of the most comprehensive and honest breakdowns that I've ever seen on the web. I'm sure that many instructors follow similar guidelines but for whatever reason most blue belt requirements on the web don't go into this level of detail.
White Belt 1st Stripe Requirements
White Belt 2nd Stripe Requirements
White Belt 3rd Stripe Requirements
White Belt 4th Stripe Requirements
For those of you that made it to the bottom of the post…I have the stripe requirements for blue belt as well and will be working on those as time permits. Also, stay tuned for an interactive map focused on the DRL guard.
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It would be cool to see these as interactive mind maps also, since there are some techniques in there that I'm not familiar with and some that are a little vaguely named.
Keep in mind Cyrus its the minimum requirements its not all of the white to blue techs.
For those who wish you can see some of the vids on Marcellos youtube channel.
unfortunately he doesnt have a lot of the techs online for this map.


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What is better than a creamy chocolate shake? A creamy chocolate shake without the guilt! You won't miss the fat and refined sugar as you slurp up this tasty treat
Salmon, broccoli and egg whites combine for the perfect protein-packed breakfast. Add a side of avocado for healthy fats and a serving of fruit for a delicious start to your day
Pear and Cashew Slice is a gluten free sweet treat the whole family can enjoy. Simple to prepare and bursting with flavour, it's sure to become a family favourite
Crisp baby spinach blends with sweet mango, tender chicken and a sprinkle of red quinoa in this refreshing salad. Complete with your veggies, protein and wholegrain, this salad is a balance meal in and of itself.
The food you choose to eat each day will influence not only your physical health but also your mental and emotional well being. How well do you think your body would function if you just ate Tim Tams all day every day?
I just bought the new Men's Health summer training guide and it had an article about the 6 best thing readers did to lose weight. I liked it, so I thought I would share these tips with you.
Salmon is a rich source of omega 3 as well as protein. Couple that with sprouted grain tortilla and fresh arugula and you've got yourself a healthy, balanced meal that's ready in only 5 minutes.
This oatmeal is packing a powerful ingredient – protein. Mix a scoop of your favorite protein powder into your oatmeal to transform it into a quick and healthy breakfast.
As we are now in the winter months the cold and flu season is well upon us. While there is currently no cure for the common cold or the flu, healthy eating during cold and flu season can help you avoid getting sick. The ingredients of this soup boost the immune system, works as an antibiotic and are both anti-viral and anti-inflammatory. This makes it the perfect meal in the cold season.
Not all PB&J sandwiches were created nutritionally equal. It all depends on the quality of the ingredients that you use.
Try making this peanut butter and Jelly sandwich for a delicious treat.
Your kids will love the fun twist of having their sandwich grilled and stuffed with banana slices
Here's a delicious way to dress up broccolini. Broccolini is a non-heading type of broccoli with long thin leafy stalks that's topped with small florets. It's packed with vitamins A, C and K in addition to potassium, iron and calcium. It also contains phytochemicals that fight cancer and improve your overall health.
It is not easy being a parent….and it can be tricky to keep your kids eating healthy. Especially when birthday parties are being organised at McDonalds and all sugar loaded snacks come with Disney pictures on it. When I take my son shopping I have to try to convince him that the natural yoghurt is much nicer and better for …


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Jack Worth began renting out rooms to tourists on Airbnb for all the usual reasons: wanting to show off his city, wanting to help others, and the chance to learn a little extra cash. But according to Emerson College in Boston, where the sophomore studies, there was one key problem – he does not actually own his dorm room.
"Really the idea just came from the combination of understanding where Emerson is located in the city, and it being in such a heavily-desired neighborhood, and the thought of how I could make a little bit of extra money," Mr. Worth told the Boston Globe.
Worth faces $150 in fines and a hearing with the school board, as both Emerson's administration and Airbnb have said what the student described as entrepreneurship went too far, reported the Boston Globe's Steve Annear.
It could be a strike against what some have labelled the "sharing economy," as it hardens the lines around what a person can own, and therefore share. The debate playing out from Boston to Berlin is striving to balance safety for neighborhoods with protection for law and order, coupled with what a petition by Worth's peers calls "honest, entrepreneurial endeavor."
It is not the first such "endeavor" to try its wings in Boston. In 2015 the city banned the Baltimore-based app, Haystack, which would have enabled drivers to share access to the scarce parking of Boston's streets. Based on a 20th-century court case, however, the city decided that public streets – maintained with public money for public use – cannot be traded for money via 21st-century technology.
Several attempts to take Airbnb to the next level have made news lately, suggesting that borders are being drawn for the entrepreneurial ventures. Even when home ownership is unquestionably in the hands of the Airbnb host, local governments want to regulate any endeavor that creates significant profit. With an estimated 53 million – or one in three – Americans participating in a shared economy through Airbnb, Uber, and a growing number of smaller companies, the public's stake in how they run is increasing, as The Christian Science Monitor's Max Lewontin noted in December.
Although the apps and new technologies they employ to handle logistics originate in the nebulous virtual world, when their influence extends to brick-and-mortar commodities, more traditional laws apply.
"The major disruptive innovation of the sharing economy that has allowed it to create opportunities for consumers and for producers is that these firms don't depend on the employer and employee relationship," Matt Mitchell, an economist at George Mason University's anti-regulatory Mercatus Center told The Christian Science Monitor. "They're simply platforms that connect consumers with producers."
Advocates for a "sharing economy" use technology to profit from a person's possessions in new ways, but first, one must determine who actually possesses the commodity being shared. Emerson College, while refusing to comment on Worth's case because of privacy concerns, told BostonInno that students sign a contract barring any further rental agreements, and in this case, the college owns the dorm room.
Worth's friends and supporters are describing the episode as an attempt at entrepreneurship, using language that hints at a person's economic rights in the sharing economy.
Not everyone agrees, however, and some on Twitter dismiss his plight as a collegiate exploit that ignores the safety concerns cited by the school.


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The cantina is about to get wild. Patton Oswalt is behind the bar. Billy Dee Williams is waiting to get on stage for a karaoke performance. And Jason Schwartzman just finished trying to sweet talk a Twi'lek.
It's anything but a common day at Nerdist Industries but it's certainly a freaking awesome one.
The aforementioned celebs — as well as Carrie Keagan and Chris Hardwick — are all on hand to make cameos in a Star Wars musical tribute to help promote Course of the Force, a lightsaber relay-run that Hardwick's Nerdist is doing for the second year in conjunction with Lucasfilm, ahead of San Diego Comic-Con. "Anything to make nerds seem more athletic, I'm for," jokes Oswalt. "Anything where we're moving around in the sunlight and busting those stereotypes, I support 1,000 percent."
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In the video, which you can watch below for the first time exclusively on EW.com, a bar filled with characters from Star Wars break into song, specifically a rousing rendition of Coconut Records' "West Coast," which was written by Schwartzman. "For me, it seemed like an incredible thing," the actor says. "I heard the reproduction of the song in the cantina [band] style and it blew my mind. I'm not a crier, but if I was, I would have been crying."
Once they call "Action" there are no tears, however, just the surreal feeling one might expect when witnessing a bar full of beloved creatures singing "Sweet Caroline." It's a strange sight, for sure. But also so good, so good, so good.


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Secretly change settings for your wearable outfits or use this button as a secret prank trigger! Here's a quick & easy tutorial on how to build and program a "state change switch." AKA a button that cycles through different… Read more
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Sound Reactive EL Wire Costume
Bring science fiction to life with a personalized light-up outfit! EL wire is a delightfully futuristic-looking luminescent wire that has the added benefit of staying cool, making it ideal for wearable projects. Combining sensors and a microcontroller with EL wire… Read more
Faraday Cage Phone Pouch
This Faraday Cage phone pouch blocks all radio signals coming in or out of your cellphone. Material costs are about $10, it takes ~ 30 minutes to build, and it can fit in your pocket! The purpose of this pouch… Read more
Versatile Wearable LEDs
Wearables (aka Wearable Technology) are a new & insanely awesome extension of electronics. These minimalistic, versatile, and detachable lights are designed to allow for a wide variety of creative possibilities and to be accessible to makers of all ages and… Read more


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Release Date: 1963
G |1 hr 20 minPlot Summary
This Disney adaptation of the classic fable chronicles King Arthur's humble beginnings. As an orphaned child, Arthur, who was then known as Wart, wants to help his foster brother, Kay, succeed in becoming a knight. While helping Kay train, Wart stumbles upon a cabin belonging to Merlin, a bumbling but talented wizard. Merlin does his best to convince the boy that he is bound for greatness, and when Wart and Kay travel to London to attend a jousting contest, they learn that Merlin was right.
Cast: Sebastian Cabot, Rickie Sorensen, Alan Napier, Karl Swenson, Norman Alden, Barbara Jo Allen, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Genres: Children , Fantasy , Animated
Keywords: Rise, London, Amusing, Underdog


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With Documentum 6.5 SP3 going out of support this year (August 31, 2012), we're running several Documentum upgrade projects for clients this quarter. Unlike in the past where upgrades promised fantastic new functionality, this round of upgrades is trending more towards maintaining supported configurations and upgrading to new hardware. In addition, rather than simply upgrading the OS, companies are virtualizing servers and rolling out 64-bit hardware wherever possible. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Webtop 5.3 running on Documentum Content Server 6.x
We stumbled across a pretty vague reference in the cross-product dependency guide for Documentum 6.7 SP1 (on page 245) for Webtop (emphasis ours) "Note: Documentum Collaborative Services 5.3 DAR is installed with Content Server 6.7 SP1 repository so Webtop 5.3 & 5.3 SPx will work with Content Server 6.7 SP1. If Documentum Collaborative Services (formerly Documentum Collaborative Edition) 6.7 SP1 DAR is installed with Content Server 6.7 SP1 repository, Webtop 6.7 SP1 is required." ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum , Weblogic and DM_DFC_E_BAD_CLASS error
We had a client last week struggle with a DM_DFC_E_BAD_CLASS when deploying Webtop and our OpenAnnotate product along with our DFC based OpenContent. The issue arises from the CLASSPATH having the file "dfc.jar" added to it. We thought we would document the thoughts here for other client's reference. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum 5 vs. 6, Databases and Dates: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
When EMC revealed Documentum 6 a few years ago, they made a subtle—yet important—change to the way Documentum would store dates and times in the database. While most clients would never even notice the change, some of us would. In particular, when it becomes necessary to access the underlying database tables, like OpenMigrate can when preserving modification dates, confusion can be the order of the day. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Foundation Services – What Happened?
Unveiled with D6 in 2007, Documentum Foundation Services (DFS) was the service-oriented replacement for the Documentum Foundation Class (DFC) and the Microsoft specific Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) including lingering components of the original Documentum API still embedded within the DFC. With the announcement at EMC World that the new development environment will be a REST based API built on the DFC, Documentum customers might be wondering about the future of DFS. This post will discuss ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Workflow Manager, BPM, and Licensing
We just finished a new 6.6 Documentum install for a client and ran into something slightly unusual. During the installation, we were not able to install a workflow template from an existing archive, a routine install activity. In the past, we could always move workflow templates between repositories using Application Builder and Installer and create new templates with Workflow Manager. While Documentum Application Builder and Application Installer became unsupported with the release of ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Search – How to get around the user request of "I just want a search like Google"
Often times Documentum users, frustrated with Webtop Search or Advanced Search will request "Can we just have a Google Search?". This post will provide input to Documentum developers on how to best address this ongoing request. While this post is specifically focused on Documentum developers, lessons learned about interface design apply to our Alfresco and SharePoint readers as well. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum 6.5 Upgrade – Character Encoding Issues
Special Note: Anyone that is planning an upgrade from Documentum 5.3 to 6.5 should look closely at this note as some types of upgrades (clone or in-place) could result in content that was retrievable from 5.3 not being available in 6.5. This post was developed based on recent work for a major pharmaceutical client. The client, on Documentum 5.3, was developing a consumer interface application leveraging Lucene. As we mentioned in a previous post, the client chose Lucene over FAST based on ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum – Top 12 Tips
Every couple of months we like to step back and offer a "What's next" post in regards to our thoughts on what Documentum customers should be considering with their implementations. For this post, we will highlight our thoughts based on a thorough review of EMC World and our client briefing discussions. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Implementations – "Over Customized" or "Over Sold"
Though-out EMC World, one of the main themes in many of the product presentations (xCP, MyDocumentum…) was a focus on configuration versus customization. As a buyer of Documentum software, it is easy to see why configuration can be better than customization as it: ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum and Momentum EMC World 2010 Recap
First off, a couple of clarifications The Content Management and Archiving (CMA) group of products (that included Documentum, Captiva…) has been changed to the Information Intelligence Group (IIG). We (TSG) are just going to stick with "Documentum" to keep things simple and relevant to our reader base. (Plus we save on having to explain the acronyms in every post). When we refer to Momentum, we are referring to the Documentum track at EMC World. Some telling stats from Documentum/Momentum ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Full Text Search with Lucene – Honoring ACL Security
The last post discussed the results of an HPI Lucene Search test compared to a Webtop FAST Search as part of a proof of concept for a client looking to provide a consumer interface. As we have often mentioned on this forum, we continually see clients looking for a better search interface than Webtop, as well as some content cached outside of Documentum for business continuity, performance, and licensing. One accurate comment raised by the post was that our comparison of HPI/Lucene against a ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Upgrade – Understanding all the Pieces
As mentioned in previous posts, many clients are struggling with the upgrade to Documentum 6.5. Typically, the upgrade of the Documentum components are only one piece of what can be a difficult puzzle. Upgrading servers, operating systems, databases, and document manipulation services all add a level of complexity and coordination. This post will highlight typical components/functions and TSG's thoughts and recommendations. Thanks to the clients (you know who you are) that contributed so ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum – What's Next Updated for 2010
Back in 2007, we started offering a presentation for clients, "What's Next for Documentum?" The presentation focused on what mature Documentum clients are doing "next". Typically, mature customers: have an existing production install of Documentum have implemented tools "out of the box" with some or extensive customizations have had some success ….and are looking for "What do I do Next?" This post will share new, innovative or just different items we see our clients doing or considering ... [Continue Reading]
PDF Annotation Tools That Work Beyond Documentum 5.3
Over the years, a variety of software tools have become available for integrating PDF annotation functionality into the Documentum client suite. Some of these tools include Brava!, AnnoDoc, Snowbound, and Documentum PDF Annotation Services. Each product has its own feature set, but all provide the ability to mark up PDF documents and store the annotations alongside the document in the Documentum repository. Each product has a client component that integrates with Documentum Webtop to provide ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum, Alfresco and SharePoint – Dispelling the Microsoft ECM Myths
Most of TSG's Documentum and Alfresco clients are evaluating Sharepoint as a portal to ECM or to satisfy some of their ECM needs. While TSG has always provided Sharepoint connectivity to ECM with OpenMigrate, ActiveWizard and OpenContent as demonstrated in the links below, Active Wizard OpenContent OpenMigrate Sharepoint Source many of our clients are asking "Hey, why not just use SharePoint instead?" One recent client just finished an effort leveraging Sharepoint for ECM. For this blog ... [Continue Reading]
Migrating From FileNet to Documentum: Could OpenMigrate Possibly Do That?
Frequent readers of the TSG Blog know OpenMigrate is our flexible open source migration framework; that it can be configured or extended to move content and data between different types of repositories; and that it's been used in numerous successful migrations with Documentum, Alfresco, Qumas, Hummingbird and many others. But perhaps you're wondering: "There's no way it could migrate from an old FileNet IDM system, could it? I mean, that system was built for old optical disk storage devices! ... [Continue Reading]
D6.5 JMS Not Starting Properly – Client Authentication Failure
We noticed an issue with one of our Content Servers after our move to the new office a few weeks ago. The JMS wasn't starting up properly and we were seeing this error in the log file: Error [DM_SESSION_E_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE]error: "Could not authenticate the client installation for reason: Client hostname in authentication string doesn't match value in registry"; ERRORCODE: 100; NEXT: null It turns out that in both D6 and D6.5, this is a known issue - if your Content Server's name ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Client for Outlook, Notes Connector, iPhone and other thoughts on Content Management and Email
One of TSG's manufacturing clients is currently evaluating Alfresco for control and management of project related documentation. (Proposals, CAD, Specs….). In working with the client on proof of concept efforts this week, we came across a typical requirement for storing email and attachments easily within Alfresco. In the Documentum world, many of our clients typically choose the Documentum Client for Outlook, Notes or some other 3rd party product that integrate within the email client. ... [Continue Reading]
Extends vs. Modifies in D6.5 WDK
As more and more of our clients are upgrading to Documentum 6/6.5, we've encountered many significant changes between development methods in 5.3 WDK and 6.5 WDK. The good news is they are changes for the better, allowing for more efficient and streamlined development of Webtop customizations. One of the big changes is the ability to modify a Webtop component rather than having to extend it. For those of us that have developed Webtop customizations on Documentum 5.3, we are all too familiar ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Search – Lucene, FAST, Verity, Google and upcoming DSS
Since the new Documentum Search Services beta program just started last week, we thought we would share some of TSG's thoughts on full-text search and our plans to add Lucene capabilities to our open source offerings. Documentum Search Services (DSS), was tentatively called Enterprise Search Services (ESS) early in the product development. DSS promises to be "the next generation of search in EMC and will be built upon xDB with Apache Lucene as the underlying indices". Specific highlights ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Upgrade – Inplace or Migration
For many Documentum customers, deciding how to upgrade a Documentum system often boils down to whether or not to upgrade in-place with a clone or just leave the environment alone and upgrade it in-place on the existing hardware. This year, I worked with a client on a project to explore the differences between upgrading several Documentum systems in place versus migrating the documents straight to a new 6.5 installation. Many of the in-place upgrade complexities were due to the older database and ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Web Services – Documentum DFS and TSG OpenContent
"Why don't I just use DFS from Documentum instead?" We get his question often from clients. TSG recently had a discussion with a client on this topic. They eventually chose OpenContent over DFS based on the following points: Documentum Support It might seem that a large company would be better positioned to enhance and support any software product compared with support from a small company. As we walked through this concern with the client, we discussed how Documentum had supported ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Migration – Buldoser and OpenMigrate – Folders versus Nodes
In working with a client, I had the opportunity to evaluate Buldoser from Crown Partners versus OpenMigrate from TSG. Buldozer was used to change OS platforms for a Documentum 5.2 Repository while upgrading it to Documentum 5.3. Buldozer failed to migrate a second Repository due to object level complexities. OpenMigrate was then tested in the migration/upgrade of the complex Repository from Documentum 5.2.5 to new OS hardware and to Documentum 6.5. While both products were designed to assist ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum Upgrade – Planning Guide for Documentum Upgrade to 6.5
TSG is announcing the release on our web site of a Documentum Upgrade Planning Guide. The planning guide is a series of questions and tips to help guide your D6 upgrade activities. By filling out the guide, you will receive an email with a custom upgrade guide based on your answers as well as the complete Documentum D6 Upgrade whitepaper to share with your team. The planning guide is available at https://www.tsgrp.com/services_solutions/D6.jsp In building the guide, our team incorporated ... [Continue Reading]


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Black Lives Matter – Beyonce -Our Voices
Well put. Blacks (we) are so tired of racism which has been forcefully shoved down our throats since whites invaded Africa. Our voices are what is needed to be heard, understood, felt and actions taken upon. I don't care about what that host Tomi Lauren had to say about how Beyonce's performance was "unfair to little white girls who like her music"… This wasn't for them – it was for us BLACKS! – and only for whites to take notes.
Black people are fed up w/ AmeriKKKa and the rest of this racist world. We birthed these people as the original creation of God – the Black Woman & Man *** Dates back to Kemet (Egypt) when the Greeks invaded, stole our systems of mathematics, science and spirituality.
Their fear of our greatness has always been the driving force for their hatred.
10 Excuses Used To Deny Racism DEBUNKED!
This is for all my white viewers – please watch – you'll learn something – if your mind is open.
David Banner: We're Breeding a Generation of Spineless Zombies
Speaking the real*
Europeans / white people have "colonized" (brought upon terror, murdered, raped and occupied) all lands across the world. The things that are Black, the many things we have created has been stolen by whites for their own personal and monetary gains.
Don't let media / capitalism poison you and your children's minds for the conquering by those who's ancestors and down the bloodlines created a country / world governed by evil.
Yasiin Bey on Malcolm X, for "Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop"
Short interview by a professor I know from University of Irvine in Southern California with the one and only Yasiin Bey.
Topic: Malcolm X – R.I.P. to one of our great ones.
Recorded in Paris, this short for the exhibit "Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop" features excerpts from an interview between Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and curator Sohail Daulatzai, as well as music by Oddisee, and art work from the exhibit which includes Jamel Shabazz, Ernie Paniccioli, B+, Cognito, Katina Parker, Coleman, Nema Etebar and more.
See more at http://www.returnofthemecca.com
Racism in America
Univ. of Oklahoma Students Mobilize Against Racism as 2 Fraternity Members Expelled for Hate Video


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- Market Development: supports market research projects, market access training, scale up production, product development, labelling and packaging, sensory and shelf life studies, and participation in tradeshows.
- Research and Innovation: consists of two funding streams – basic and applied research and development, and strategic innovation investment related to capacity-building. Check our website regularly for calls for letters of intent.
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Natural Selection is open every day from 10.00am to 5.30pm and you can access the shop without entering the attraction; it's just down the stairs by the main ticket desk. And did you know that our amazing, friendly shop staff can even advise you on buying the perfect present over the phone, and arrange delivery if you're not able to come in? Easy!
So here are some earth-shattering gift ideas that are sure to delight your dad!
How about a funky and fashionable t-shirt – we've got loads of cool designs, from dinosaurs to images of deep space, and even better, they're on special offer at the moment! Or if you're looking for something really unusual for Dad to wear out on the town, how about an adult-sized replica NASA spacesuit?!
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I Cried Happy Tears: Engagement Through Skype (LDR)
Love knows no distance.💞
I received this ring around July.
I wanted to keep it private but I think it would inspire many especially those in a long distance relationship if I'd share how possible the impossible is. Our story goes like this.
Two people from two different worlds. I am a Filipino working in Japan. He is a Japanese working in the Philippines. Quite funny but yes we have exchanged places. Nevertheless, I am proud that we are mature enough to understand why we need to be in this situation, why I grabbed the opportunity of working here when it means we'll be miles away from each other's arms. I thank God that He has me an understanding man. He understands well how willing I am to help my family. He supports my every decision. That is why I am here in Japan now.
Only days have passed since I arrived here yet I'm already missing home. Homesickness is the enemy of being away from your loved ones, I am glad he always shows his support which makes long distance bearable and even never a hindrance to success so with happiness. What has happened today validates it. I have cried happy tears. It is the day I've realized that no matter how imperfect I am, somebody wants me to be part of his life.
When I woke up this morning, I was feeling under the weather. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Exactly not in my happy mood. That was when I heard someone singing the song I WAS BORN FOR YOU. It was my colleague who was watching a live video on Facebook and her student was singing that song. I thought it helped relaxed my nerves. That song has some kind of magic! It made me emotional thinking about the distance between me and him. I was engrossed with my daydreaming when at around 10 a.m I got a message from my boyfriend asking if we could Skype. So, we Skyped. He was anxious to see my sad face and asked me to crack a smile. Hehe. I smiled then. For your info, that is how we cuddle. While in the middle of our talk he said he has a message for me. Ears and heart wide open while he was saying it. I have already heard those sentences many times that I almost memorized all. They're like music to my ears no matter how many times I have heard them though. Well, the last sentence was an exception. It was the only one I have heard from him for the first time. Guess what? Oh no, let me just tell you. The most romantic question!
I was taking a video of him delivering his message yet after he popped the question, I just ignored the world and bursted into tears. I was silent for a couple of minutes. It was a very emotional moment. I just bursted into tears. Happy tears. I have never expected that he would ask me that. Now I understand why those I saw on surprise proposals cry. Trust me, it's surreal. Still crying, I sincerely uttered my answer which is obviously a
Then I cried again. I cried and cried and said thank you. Cried and said thank you. Many times! I have never thought he would propose like this. I thought he would simply say his plans to get married and do this and that. Much to my surprise, it was so much better.
This day was full of happy tears. We might not be together on this special day but one day we shall be.
After our Skype conversation, my colleagues congratulated me. Then, I climbed to my bed, listened to music while looking at our photos crying. Thank you God for the blessings! God knows what I have been through. Every single piece of my happiness, I owe it to God.
Everything happens for a reason, don't you think so? He isn't perfect neither do I. But we forgive and accept each other's shortcomings.
Happy to spill the beans, I am now officially engaged!💞
Edited: 05/06/2018
~Bustling Shinjuku~
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It's winter here in Western Australia and now that the mercury has started to drop to 1 degree Celsius overnight, we're really starting to feel the cold. On the other side of the globe in the United States, they are suffering the opposite extremes, with temperatures in the high 30' and low 40's triggering terrifying bush fires in many areas.
Heat or the absence of it are a daily part of our lives and colour our conversations about the weather, fashion and lifestyle activities. But what is Heat and what happens when heat gets dangerous?
According to one dictionary definition, "Heat is the transfer of kinetic energy from one medium or object to another, or from an energy source to a medium or object. Such energy transfer can occur in three ways: radiation, conduction, and convection."
We experience heat through radiation on a daily basis with the effect of infra-red radiation coming from the sun to heat our earth: on a more local level, we can experience the same effects from a domestic fireplace when the fire warms furniture within the room even though it may be some distance from the fire. Both these examples of heat through infrared radiation also demonstrate how these two forms of radiation can pose a potential danger to our health.
We expect to see the sun each day and forget that the sun, although a tremendous distance from our planet, is in fact a massive ball of gigantic thermonuclear reactions spewing out radiation in all directions - the miracle of it all is that our planet is in the so called Goldilocks position - just the right distance away not to be fried, and not too far away to be a snowball! It also has the advantage of having a magnetic field around it that protects us all from some of the sun's more deadly radiation. But even though we are in such a blessed position, the infrared radiation from the sun still causes hundreds of thousands of preventible skin cancers around the world each year. And for some with the more deadly malignant melanoma, this can even threaten their lives. We must be more diligent in protecting ourselves and especially our little people by applying sunblock on a daily basis all year round, and wearing hats and sunglasses during the summer months. And if you love the great outdoors, you must remember to keep re-applying the sunblock as it can rub off those exposed areas.
On the domestic front, open fires are great for warming the home and for the older person, they are a wonderful place to just sit and reflect on some of life's memories. But older folk are at risk of suffering radiation burns to their lower legs as sensation in those areas can diminish in people with Diabetes and other nerve damaging conditions. Also, open fires are a real danger to young children so please do protect them from open fires within the house, and barbecues and fire-pits outside the house.
Conduction is the next form of heat transfer and happens when two object are in direct contact and the warmer one will transfer heat to the cooler one until both are at the same temperature. A reviving example is coming in from the cold outdoors and soaking in a hot bath. But the interaction between something very hot and something colder can also have tragic effects on humans too. Just think of what happens when hot oils from a frypan get spilt on an inquisitive toddler in the kitchen: or if a youngster is just left for a short time in the bath and accidentally turns on the hot tap? - a dear friend of ours suffered such an injury and still has the scars from serious burns on his legs to show for it many years later - although he actually tells his kids that he got the scars from wrestling a crocodile! Another example of conduction of heat that can lead to short term pain is when you eat a mouthful of really hot food and burn the inside of your mouth. Always remember to check the temperature of food given to your little ones before they eat it - especially if its just come out of the microwave oven.
Convection is the final way that heat dissipates, and is the way that heat rises and then drops as it cools, in a room causing the air to circulate and finally warm the whole area. Heat from convection can be a problem if you lift the lid off a boiling saucepan, or open the door of a hot oven and have your face over the top of it, as the heat from steam can cause very nasty burns.
But heat isn't the only form of energy that can lead to burns to we humans -
serious problems can occur as a result of electrical and chemical burns too. The first patient I ever attended as a medical student was a man who had been digging up the road in London with a pneumatic drill: disastrously, he hit a mains power line and suffered terrible flash burns to his body. I can still vividly recall his screams decades later as they changed his dressings on a daily basis! On the domestic front, electric irons and their dangling cords can be a great attraction to a crawling toddler and should be kept well away from them - in fact they should be designated a "no go zone" early on in every toddlers life! And remember to put plastic plugs in power outlets as little children can be tempted to poke things such as keys and sharp metal things into them with potentially terrible results.
Domestic chemicals such as oven cleaners and drain cleaners contain highly corrosive elements that can cause serious burns to the skin and should be kept far out of the reach of children. If contact does occur then :
Remove the cause of the burn by first rinsing the chemical off the skin surface with cool, gently running water for 10 to 20 minutes or more.
Remove clothing or jewelry that has been contaminated by the chemical.
Wrap the burned area loosely with a dry, dressing or a clean cloth.
Rewash the burned area for several more minutes if the person experiences increased burning after the initial washing.
and if in any doubt, or if there is continuing pain or blistering of the skin then seek prompt medical attention.
On a gloriously sunny day we should all be able to enjoy the privilege of living on the wonderful planet: but we should never take any of it for granted, but rather respect what we have - and that means taking measures that allow us, and our families, to enjoy our lifestyle and yet protect ourselves from any potential harm both within our homes and outdoors.
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Pretty much what's in my sig still. . . . What ROM are you running?
If you haven't already, try the following:
- Buy Titanium Backup
- Freeze anything Kies-related (Kies Wifi etc), and freeze all the hubs
- Set wifi to sleep on screen off
- Disable fast dormancy
Is there a good list of apps to freeze, I've already frozen a few but I'm uncertain whether I can freeze more apps without breaking anything else?


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Fun with Intuos and Painter 12.
Archive for December, 2012
Snowmobile guy Photoshop Painting
The Antikythera Mechanism
In the early 20th Century, divers found a complex analog computer designed by the Greeks. This computer contains more than 30 gears, something unseen of until this discovery.
People often assume that the ancient people were of less intelligence than people today, I personally believe the opposite when I see the great accomplishments and achievements that the people of the ancient world accomplished.
Gyroplane cockpit project done!
Nendo – A Japanese design studio
A design studio I like to follow is one in Japan called nendo.
The press lamp's use of glass is simplistic, yet expressive.
This acrylic built table's seam gives it an illusion of translucent wood.
Photos by Yoneo Kawabe
Philips envisioned the future with design back in 1996
Very interesting video.
Playing with AfterEffects
This week, I played with AfterEffects watching some great tutorials online, to make some kinetic typography.
UI, it's about context
Context is important.
In English-speaking cultures, the distinction between rivers and streams is one of size.
The Mississippi and the Missouri are both rivers.
However, in the French language, the difference between fleuves (rivers) and riviére (streams) is one of endpoint. Fleuves flow into a large body of water (lake, ocean), and riviéres flow into another riviére or a fleuve.
So what's the difference between a floor and a table?
In some cultures, there really is no difference.
Listen to this talk "The Poetics of Everyday Objects" by August de los Reyes, rather fascinating about user interface.
This talk actually inspired me in designing my table. I wanted to see if the line between 'floor' and 'table' could be blurred. If table was just an elevated floor, or if the floor was a table you walked on.


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Considering all the recent news about people getting in trouble for virtual crimes committed while playing online games involving virtual people, virtual places and virtual things, it seems to me that there is probably a valid and tangible market for a virtual legal profession. In a recent divorce case involving a British couple and the internet game Second Life, his avatar was found cheating on her avatar with a virtual prostitute. Suspicious, her avatar hired a virtual … [Read more...]
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I bought my first computer in April of 93 after my typewriter broke. A trip to the local electronics store and two thousand dollars later, I walked out with a Compaq 386 windows 3.1 jam packed with 2 megs of ram. I could have gotten 4 megs but as the salesman noted, "Nobody will ever need that much memory." Fast forward fifteen years. Today, we can do virtually anything online. Our computer is an office. A school. A university. A shopping mall. A tennis court. A baseball stadium. It … [Read more...]


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How is excellent poetry produced? That is on the list of 1st queries I address in my poetry class. There are most likely as several answers to that query as there are actually poets in the world, but for me it begins with this:
Lets start with our sense of sight. Is that just a tree within the front yard? Not to a poet. To a poet, that tree becomes a broom sweeping across the sky. Is the fact that just a vacuum cleaner in the corner? Not to a poet. To a poet it could be a monster devouring a junk meals lunch. Are those just tulip petals attached to a stem? To a poet, they could represent a cozy bed for an ant. Making fantastic poetry requires you to put on special glasses that allow you to view the globe inside a absolutely diverse way!
Let's move on to our sense of hearing. With Outsider Art, it's not just what we hear, it is how we hear it. We do not just hear the rain outside. A poet hears tapping, beating, pelting, and so on. A poet does not just hear you walking across the room. A poet hears clip-clop, shush, shush, stomp, stomp, clomp, clomp. Creating excellent poetry needs us to not only hear items, but to really listen to what they sound like.
What about a poet's sense of smell? A poet does not just smell a delicious pie baking within the oven. A poet smells the memory of her grandmother's kitchen and also the joy she felt spending time there with her grandmother. He doesn't just smell a dog. He smells the memory of his first dog, Tiger, and the sweet, just rained on scent of a brand new puppy. An awesome poet lets their sense of smell take them to another time and location and translate that into poetry.
A poet doesn't just eat that yummy candy, Pop Rocks. They knowledge every effervescent, explosive minute of those candies fizzing and exploding, a virtual volcano on their tongues. When they write, they don't just say, They ate chicken off of your bone. They would clarify the encounter (again, in as handful of well-chosen words as you possibly can). They could use words like picked, gnawed, gnashed, etc. A terrific poet translates the expertise, not just the action, into poetry.
Last but not least, how does a fantastic poet use their sense of touch? The typical person feels the steamy water of a hot tub, but a poet may possibly really feel a bubbling steamy soup of froth and filth. I know, not the nicest image, but you get the idea. A poet doesn't just really feel the fabric, filler and springs on the new mattress underneath of him. Although he may feel a fluffy, feathery, floating cloud on which to rest his physique.
Creating terrific poetry requires each of us to take all 5 of our senses into overdrive. It demands us to not just reside life, but to take the time for you to encounter it. Beneath you will come across some writing workouts that should allow you to get your senses into tip-top shape.
1. Make a list of popular words like raining, operating, windy, shiny, etc. Now make a list of as a lot of synonyms as you are able to think of for each and every widespread word. Hint: It really is okay to use a thesaurus. Right after you do this exercise enough occasions, the extra expressive, descriptive words will come much more naturally.
2. Ask a writing companion or pal to place objects of diverse textures into their very own person paper lunch sacks. Close your eyes and really feel the objects. Make a list of adjectives to describe what you feel in every single sack.
3. Do the same physical exercise above, substituting scents for textures.
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4. Go outside and lay down on a blanket in the grass. Close your eyes and be still. Make mental notes of all of the diverse sounds which you hear. Do not just say I hear an owl calling or I hear a train going by. In vivid detail, describe how these items sound.
5. Go to the shop and acquire your preferred brand of cookies. Go house, appreciate a cookie, and after that write a magazine advertisement for the cookies. Be as descriptive and convincing as you possibly can.


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Twitter's Biz Stone to direct short film
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is taking a turn in the director's chair.
The serial entrepreneur and Marin County resident is one in a group of celebrities teaming up with Canon USA and Academy Award winner Ron Howard to produce a series of short films.
In an interview, Stone said he was drawn to the project because it offered a chance to scratch a longtime creative itch. He's a cinephile and photographer who started out as a graphic artist before "accidentally" becoming a technologist and entrepreneur.
A theme that runs throughout Stone's projects - at Blogger, Twitter and the new online publishing tool Medium - is transforming media from one-way broadcasts to interactive conversations. And so it goes for Project Imaginat10n.
Each of the 10 planned films will be inspired by photos submitted online. Canon, Howard and the voting public will narrow the images down to 91. The directors, in turn, can choose one photo each from 10 categories, each representing a "storytelling element" to inspire their film. They include things like mood, backstory, character, setting and time.
"I have a long-held philosophy that constraint really inspires creativity," Stone said, drawing a parallel between the 10 images and the 140-character limit on Twitter. "Out of those pictures you have to create a meaningful, relevant narrative, to make something worthwhile to the audience. I like that challenge."
People can submit photos at imagination.usa.canon.com through Sept. 24.
Bridging stills, video
Also testing out their directing skills for the project will be actress Eva Longoria, actor Jamie Foxx, fashion designer Georgina Chapman and musician James Murphy. Five additional participants will be named.
The movies will premiere at the planned Canon Project Imaginat10n Film Festival in 2013.
A similar Canon project last year garnered almost 100,000 photos, which were culled to eight. Those ultimately inspired the award-winning short "When You Find Me." Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard's daughter, directed the film.
"The concept behind Project Imaginat10n showcases the power still images can have on narrative storytelling, but more importantly, it demonstrates there are no limits with creativity and sources of inspiration can come from anyone or anything," Ron Howard said in a statement.
Canon sees the project as a way to "bridge the world of stills and videos," just as their cameras do, said Rob Altman, a marketing manager for the company. But in an age where photography is increasingly defined by bad cell phone pictures, the business also views Project Imaginat10n as a way to inspire people to put more thought and passion into capturing images.
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Canon has done more than any single company to open up filmmaking to the masses, whether tech entrepreneurs or hobbyist photographers. In 2008, the company released the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, widely credited with sparking what's become known as the DSLR revolution.
By packing a big sensor into a handheld camera, available at consumer price level (albeit a steep one), suddenly anyone could turn out professional-level video. Nokia and others soon followed suit.
The trend has democratized film, documentary, television and commercial production, inviting new people into the pro ranks and allowing the old hands to do things more cheaply and with greater flexibility. Scenes in movies like "Black Swan," "Drive," "Captain America" and "The Avengers" were reportedly shot with Canon's 5D Mark II.
"They blew the door off," said Richard Koci Hernandez, an Emmy-winning video producer and assistant professor of new media at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. "They brought a level of low-light quality and just overall look that you could only get in Hollywood. It was unprecedented to see such a beautiful picture at this price range."
Canon continues to up its video offerings. Late last year, it introduced a pro-level cinema camera, the EOS C300, not coincidentally on a Paramount Studios lot with Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese on hand. "When You Find Me" employed early prototypes of the C300 as well as the 5D.
On Wednesday, Canon went a step further, introducing the EOS C500, capable of shooting at 4K resolution, considered "ultra-high definition."
Stone and the other directors will have their choice of the lot.
The films "will be shot with Canon, but beyond that, filmmakers have the freedom to choose what's right for each setup and scene," Altman said.
James Temple is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @jtemple


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Low FODMAP Diet Under Scientific Review
In February 2010, The Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology published a review article entitled 'Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach', putting further scientific merit of the low FODMAP diet in managing the symptoms of IBS. The paper identifies that diet therapy has emerged as the key player in treating this health condition. The main body of the article explains the physiological basis for the symptoms of IBS and it provides a detailed explanation of what FODMAPS are and where they are found in our diet. The paper also reviews the results of clinical trials involving the low FODMAP diet.
Overall, the paper concludes that the low FODMAP diet is effective in providing good relief of the symptoms of IBS in about 75% of cases. Scientific studies support the effectiveness of this diet but the diet needs to be delivered and monitored by a qualified and informed dietitian.
The full article, in pdf format can be downloaded here.


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Timeline main content.
Part of the Race to the End of the Earth exhibition.
In October 1910, the Fram sailed into the North Atlantic, carrying men, several years' worth of supplies, and about 100 Greenland dogs. Actually, Amundsen's crew didn't think that setting out with all of these dogs bred to withstand cold weather was a sensible idea. Because the Panama Canal was unfinished, the sailing route required the Fram to pass through the tropics, around Cape Horn, and up through the Pacific to the Bering Strait. This would be a long, difficult trip for these cold-adapted animals and they would need to be fed and exercised for months at sea. Why not pick up dogs in Siberia or Alaska, the men asked? Amundsen diverted these questions toward other topics--until the Fram paused at the mid-Atlantic island of Madeira to resupply.
There Amundsen announced he was going to make a slight "detour" to claim the South Pole before continuing on--eventually--to do the job he had said he would do in the Arctic. The men were floored for a moment, then a flood of questions commenced. Was Amundsen mad? With the British already well on their way? Where would they land? With absolutely no hope of backup, what if something went horribly wrong on the way to the pole?
Amundsen then displayed his prowess as a master planner. He had prepared for everything and answered every question. Slowly, the men came around to the drastic change in plans. The tipping point came when Amundsen noted that the British would not be using many dogs and didn't know how to ski. "That means that we will get there first," shouted champion skier Olav Bjaaland.
And that was that. They were heading to the pole, only it wouldn't be the North Pole. The men hurried below to write their last letters home. Amundsen sat down to compose a difficult telegram. He felt he had to tell Scott that he now had some competition, but how? In the end he simply wrote that he was "going south," leaving it up to Scott to connect the dots. Now, the race was on.
With his plans laid bare, it was time to head south as quickly as possible. Although Fram was wonderfully engineered for working in the ice, her tub-like profile and lack of a keel meant that she was a poor sailor--bobbing like a cork whenever bad weather came on. The men and dogs endured a 16,000 mile, non-stop trip between Madeira and the Bay of Whales on the eastern side of the Ross Ice Shelf, which they reached in the second week in January in 1911.


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Whilte the Humax website is still sparse with the details, they now have a buy it now link – and American Satellite spills the beans!
It will be an 80GB system, which I'd surmised from the product number (the T800 and T2500 are 80GB and 250GB – so the DRT800 being 80GB seemed logical). One interesting tidbit – look at the playback formats. I think this is the first TiVo with WMA playback support. MSRP of $499.99.


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May 13, 2004
Release # 04-134
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of product: Children's Board Books with Sound Maker
Units: About 214,000
Manufacturer: DK Publishing Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The sound maker mounted inside a plastic covering on the last page of the books poses a choking hazard to young children if removed.
Incidents/Injuries: DK Publishing has received one report of a 22-month- old child detaching the sound maker of one of the books and putting it in his mouth. The child was not injured.
Description: The heavy cardboard books were sold under eight different titles that feature photos or illustrations of the title theme: Dinosaurs, Emergency! (with a fire truck on the cover), Kitty's Adventure, On The Road (with a yellow Volkswagon Beetle on the cover), Puppy's Busy Day, Tractors, Trains and Trucks. All the books have a raised sound button in the lower right corner, which features a sound relevant to the title. The "DK" logo is in the lower left corner of the books.
Sold at: Bookstores, gift stores, news stands, discount department stores and warehouse clubs nationwide, and directly to consumers by phone order from March 2001 through April 2004 for about $8.
Manufactured in: China
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
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The Planter's Bungalow
A sprawling bungalow amidst lush green tea plantaions, liveried servants, socialising at planter's clubs, billiards, golf and the likes…this pretty much sums up the idyllic lifestyle of the collonial planters who came to manage the British owned gardens and thrive the tea industry in the wilderness of India's Nort-Eastern state of Assam.
Idyllic it was, but in an era that is bygone and with changing times life on tea gardens started changing. The manager's bungalow (which once housed the "mai-baap" of garden labourers) on many estates started remaining unoccupied.
However, with the budding bond between tea and tourism in recent times, some of the innovative tea estate owners have taken up the task of restoring old tea garden bungalows and converting them into boutique hotels. It only seems befitting that Assam, which has been romancing tea for centuries, is home to some of the must-visit heriage bungalows.
If you are planning a tea tour extravaganza consider, the options below and relive the colonial tea environment.
Kaziranga Golf Resort
A first of its kind in the world, this is a premium heritage resort in Jorhat which houses an 18 hole golf course in the midst of the Sangsua Tea Estate which is known for its famous Assam black tea. The Club House of the resort is a 125-year-old bungalow, known as "Burra Sahib's Bungalow". The heritage bungalow was originally used by the visiting agents and is known for its colonial architecture. Apart from being a golfer's paradise, the resort is popular amongst tourist due to its close proximity to the world famous Kaziranga National Park.
Wild Mahseer
Located near Tezpur in Assam, this 22 acre property lies in midst of the Balipara division of Addabarie Tea Estate, established by the British Assam Tea Company in 1864. The Victorian style, 3-bedroom Heritage Bungalow, formerly resided by the visiting agents, boasts of 100 years of rich history. Live the life of a British Sahib and Memsahib while here and enjoy cups of rich assam black tea!
Banyan Grove
Another bungalow over 100 years old is locaed at the Gatoonga Tea Estate in Jorhat. The old-charm bunglow was home to the factory assistant manager, popularly referred to as Mistry Sahib for his knowledge of mechanics. Hence, the bunglow is also known as Mistry Sahib's Bungalow, and is in fact even visited by one till date.
These are excellent properties where you can enjoy the laid-back, luxurious life that was common during the British Raj, while savouring the taste of fine Assam teas every day.