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This introductory course deals with production engineering issues from the perspective of reservoir management process. Specifically, it is to enhance and optimize well production rate in some comprehensive manner. To do so, the whole well production system is analyzed using nodal analysis. The course first introduces both production and reservoir engineering issues to help the students understand well inflow performance better. In quantifying the reservoir and well interactions, it also brings in basic pressure transient analysis. Then, it considers the well outflow performance relationships. Here artificial lift methods are also considered: primarily, gas lift and electric submerged pumps (ESP). The resulting well production system is composed of the inflow part and the outflow part modified by the artificial lift method used, and the nodal analysis method is used to analyze the total system performance.
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Even though he spent the past eight years in prison, wrongly convicted of kidnapping and raping a teenager in Lemon Grove, Uriah Courtney is considered among the lucky ones.
Lucky, because his case caught the attention of the California Innocence Project.
Lucky, because evidence in the sexual assault still existed to be retested for DNA.
And lucky, because he is one of the few to actually have his conviction overturned, said California Western School of Law professor Justin Brooks, who oversees the Innocence Project.
Courtney, 33, was released from Donovan State Prison on May 6 after new tests showed DNA from the victim's clothing matched another felon who lived in the area of the attack.
"If it wasn't for the California Innocence Project, I would still be sitting in prison with a life sentence," Courtney said Tuesday, a day after District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis officially dropped the charges against him.
Wearing a T-shirt of a California license plate reading "XONR8," Courtney at times choked back tears at the news conference as he recalled the powerlessness of being wrongly accused, and the relief of being set free.
"I never gave up hope," he said.
The sexual assault occurred in 2004, the day before Thanksgiving. The 16-year-old victim was going to visit a friend when a man grabbed her from behind, threw her into bushes near a stoplight and assaulted her.
She told investigators that shortly before the attack, she saw a man staring at her from a light-colored truck with a camper shell. She and a witness gave information to investigators for a sketch of the man. A witness later came forward, saying a similar truck had been spotted in Oceanside. Investigators traced it back to Courtney, a North Park man with a checkered past. He was already under investigation for a drug case, and in January 2005 escaped from a work release program.
The victim testified at trial that she was sure of her identification of Courtney and the truck, and a jury convicted him. DNA tests were performed at the time but offered no meaningful results.
Courtney was sentenced to life in prison. At his sentencing, he told the victim that he didn't commit the rape, and he hoped that someday she'd find that out.
He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of possessing more than $100,000 in drug proceeds. For that crime, he was sentenced to eight years and eight months.
He passed his days behind bars praying, studying the Bible and amassing a small library on Christian doctrine.
"It's something I found great enjoyment in," he said.
His family, who lived in Imperial Beach at the time, visited him each Saturday. In 2010, his father contacted the Innocence Project. To the first law student who visited him, he recalled a line from the victim's testimony at trial, in which she described the attacker putting his face on her shoulder.
"If she hadn't mentioned that, we would've never known where to look," said the father, Richard Gambino.
In working with the District Attorney's Office, the Innocence Project lawyers pushed for the clothing to be retested using advanced DNA technology. The DNA profile was then run through a database of convicted criminals, and it matched another man who bears a "striking" resemblance to Courtney.
"Misidentification is the leading cause of wrongful conviction in America," Brooks said. "Even though it's very powerful to juries, we know it's not strong evidence. When matched against DNA, it all falls apart, and that's what happened in this case."
That investigation remains open and no arrest has been made, said Deputy District Attorney Brent Neck. The man's name has not been released.
Prosecutors could no longer prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and dropped the charges.
"I felt like I could fly," Courtney said of walking out of prison. "It's just like being born again. It was just amazing," he said, his voice thick with emotion.
First on his wish list as a free man was a prime rib dinner. He is still working on seeing his 10-year-old son, who lives in Texas. He had been prohibited from seeing the boy due to his status as a sex offender because of the rape, but that has since been lifted.
He is now focused on moving forward and not looking back. He has a background in framing houses but is interested in starting anew with a career in electrical work on power lines.
He is eligible to apply for compensation of $100 a day for the time he spent in custody — about $292,000.
"I'm thankful for every day of freedom that I have," he said. "Anger and bitterness just add to the pain and would sharpen the mind to revenge, and I don't want to live my life that way."
By the numbers: California Innocence Project
1999: Year the California Western School of Law founded the program to help exonerate wrongfully convicted inmates.
2,000: Average number of cases reviewed annually
50: Average number of cases under investigation annually
11: Total number of exonerations thus far
3: Number of San Diego County residents exonerated


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J/Direct was a technology included in some versions of Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, which allowed direct calls into the Windows API. J/Direct was specific of Microsoft's Virtual Machine, in replacement of the standard Java Native Interface (JNI).
A Java program which used J/Direct would not run on platforms other than Microsoft Windows.
The release of J/Direct (along with AFC and WFC), was part of an effort by Microsoft to gain leadership on the growing Java community.[1]
Since this destroyed one of the main advantages of Java, its cross-platform nature, J/Direct was often seen as an attempt by Microsoft to undermine Java's cross-platform capabilities, and an example of the tactic of Embrace, extend and extinguish.[2]
After the drop by Microsoft of their specific Java Virtual Machine, and the switch to the .NET environment, J/Direct was no longer maintained.
J/Direct used a kind of annotation in Java code to make the link between Java and Windows functions. As annotations did not exist in Java when J/Direct was designed, Microsoft used a special syntax in Java comments.
For example, to declare the
GetSysColor function in the User32 API:[3]
/** @dll.import("USER32", entrypoint="GetSysColor") */ static native int getSysColor(int nIndex);
The Microsoft Java implementation already provided a pre-defined package which provided a set of pre-defined classes bound to the User32, Gdi32.dll, and Kernel32.dll APIs.[4]
Additionally, the Microsoft VM used some built-in rules to be able to bind automatically the Java code to some Windows API functions. For example, it chose automatically between ANSI and Unicode versions of Windows API functions.[5]
See also
- Java Native Interface
- Java Native Access
- P/Invoke, the equivalent .NET API
- ^ "Microsoft's J/Direct called death of Java". JavaWorld. 1997-07-01. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "JFC; Microsoft declares war". xent.com. 1997-08-01. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
- ^ "Aliasing (Method Renaming)". Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "J/Direct". codeguru.com. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "How the VM Chooses Between ANSI and Unicode". Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
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The distinction between anxiety disorders and normal anxiety isn't always clear.
Worrying about everyday things, large or small, happens to us all. But what constitutes too much?
The distinction between an anxiety disorder and just having normal anxiety is the degree to which itimpacts on your life and ability to function on a daily basis.
General Anxiety Disorder means having persistent worrisome thoughts on most days of the week, for six months. The anxiety must be so bad that it interferes with daily life and is accompanied bynoticeable symptoms, such as fatigue.
If you suffer from these signs below, you may need help from Derwent Rural Counselling Service:
Sleep problems – Lack of sleep is associated with a wide range of health conditions, both physical and psychological. The night before a new job interview or an important event is normal, but if you find yourself lying awake, worried or agitated—about specific problems, like money, or nothing in particular, then seek help.
Irrational fears – Most anxiety is attached to a specific situation. If the fear becomes overwhelming, disruptive, and way out of proportion to the actual risk involved, it's a telltale sign of phobia, a type of anxiety disorder.
Chronic indigestion - Anxiety may start in the mind, but it often manifests itself in the body through physical symptoms, like chronic digestive problems for example Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Self consciousness - People with social anxiety disorder tend to feel like all eyes are on them, and they often experience blushing, trembling, nausea, profuse sweating, or difficulty talking. This can lead to problems with meeting new people, maintaining relationships, and advancing at work.
Flashbacks - Reliving a disturbing or traumatic event is a characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which shares some features with anxiety disorders.
If you experience any of these symptoms of anxiety then help is available. For further information contact DRCS on 0800 047 6861 or visit www.drcs.org.uk


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Written by William Dobson
I've always been a staunch anti-vegetarian. In fact, I would go as far as to say that, until recently, I viewed myself as the Richard Dawkins of anti-vegetarianism. As a breed, I've generally found them to be preachy and zealous. It was also because so many that I've met have been deeply hypocritical. My first conversation with someone trying to explain their vegetarian stance was with a bloke wearing a leather jacket. Then there are the ones who protest about cruelty against animals but continue to drink milk and eat cheese. It's an argument as flawed as a pro-life Midwestern American suggesting that the world would be a better place if all Iraqis were killed at birth; a discussion I once had the displeasure to witness. And, perhaps most annoyingly of all, are the vegetarians who say 'I just don't like the taste of meat.' Can they not understand the ridiculousness of such a statement? How can one person decide that they don't like the taste of something so varied and diverse? I've never liked Brussels sprouts but, on this basis, I didn't decide to eschew all vegetables which, to me, seems like a similar rationale. This is all in addition to the fact I just love meat. I can't imagine a world without it. Aged 12, I spent four days in Kansas City and had steak for every meal, breakfast, lunch and dinner (I've been struggling to lose the weight ever since) while my proudest achievement in life, thus far, was demolishing a kilo of beef in one sitting; even more impressive seeing as I'd just finished off a large thick shake as a warm-up.
My hardline stance once led to an incredibly awkward conversation with a steadfast vegetarian in, slightly bizarrely, a Mexican restaurant in Damascus. She had tagged along when I was going out to supper with a friend. Unfortunately, midway through the meal, the friend went to the loo and ended up getting locked in the bathroom (or so she claimed), abandoning me to the mercy of this French evangelic-vegetarian (never a good combination). Faced with an excruciatingly awkward silence, I started drinking my margaritas slightly too vociferously and, as a result, my provocative side came out. I seem to recall spending a good half an hour trying, and failing, to come up with a meal I could envisage eating which was devoid of meat. I think her exact response was 'I hate the idea of stereotyping people but you, Monsieur, are the most stereotypically English person I have ever met.' Being a patriot, I of course took this as a compliment although I'm not sure it was originally intended as such. To set the record straight, she just so happened to be the most stereotypical French person I've ever met…incidentally, I bumped into her a few weeks back while staying in Paris and, rather ironically, she was tucking into a large plate of steak frites at the time!
So, what's changed? Well, in essence nothing. I still disagree vehemently with most people's reasons behind choosing not to eat meat, although I do have a grudging respect for those who are more rational in their arguments; vegans, people whose vegetarianism stems from an adherence to certain religions, those who don't eat meat for environmental reasons etc. (I have a soft spot for people who are passionate enough to follow through with their convictions) However, more fundamentally, I've recently started to realise that vegetarian food can actually be really delicious. It doesn't mean that I would ever cease to eat meat; I don't know where I'd be without jamon iberico de bellota or sirloin steak. Yet, I've come to the conclusion that to be able to make truly delicious food, without relying on a tasty bit of meat to make everything better (no innuendo intended), is a pretty impressive skill to have up your sleeve. Give a meat eater some eggs and they'll probably just fry some bacon, perhaps a sausage or two and some black pudding. Too easy. Do the same with a vegetarian and they'll be forced to do something more creative. Perhaps a frittata with some asparagus, mushrooms and some taleggio cheese or a deliciously light soufflé. Of course, some cuisines do lend themselves towards vegetarian food. Italian is an obvious one close to home but the Middle East and India – the country with the world's highest percentage of meat abstainers – are, in my opinion, among the best places for vegetarians to travel. The herbs and spices used really brighten up what can otherwise be fairly mundane components.
My appreciation of vegetarian food was further enhanced recently when I had the pleasure of cooking with a wonderful lady called Mana from Ahmedebad in the Gujarat region of India. Her family were actually Jains, an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living things. They don't even eat root vegetables, as this requires destroying the plant. Mana herself wasn't that strict but it was an amazing experience to be in the kitchen with someone who had such an instinctive style and passion and yet managed to make an incredible meal from humble ingredients. We ate a wonderfully rich and delicately spiced daal; a take on sag paneer with the addition of tomato, puréed with garlic, ginger and green chillies for a bit of a kick; potatoes fried in oil, with mustard seeds, turmeric, cumin and coriander; and a wonderful dish of roasted aubergine, with that deep smoky flavour, mixed with yoghurt and garlic, all served with basmati rice and home-made chapattis. It ended up being one of the most well balanced meals I've eaten and I don't remembered ever feeling simultaneously so full and yet so healthy.
So, perhaps now is the time for me to climb down slightly from my high horse (which incidentally makes an excellent sausage and some interesting ham as I had the pleasure of discovering in Munich). For all those vegetarians out there, unless you can convince me that you have valid reasons for not eating meat then, well, we're probably not going to see eye to eye on the subject. However, I'll be happy to let you at least cook for me and further cement my new found appreciation of vegetarian food. Indeed, in the future I'm might even be tempted to do a 'Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'. However, unlike HWF, any brief conversion to vegetarianism on my part would have no ethical pretext. Rather, I'd use my hiatus as a bona-fide carnivore to expand my food horizons. As a reformed KFC-addict who woke up at 930 on his 21st birthday, severely hungover, just so I could make it to McDonald's before they finished serving breakfast, it would be one step further on the road to food redemption.
Yours tastefully,


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During her time at Wood Mackenzie, Amy has managed studies on the marginal cost of supply and implications for the oil price, opportunity identification, corporate and fiscal benchmarking, value creation through M&A and exploration, and financial due diligence.
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Spring is finally on the way. The longer daylight hours and warmer weather of the season get people everywhere excited to refresh their living spaces, both inside and out. This year, start your spring-cleaning regime outside (at this point we all could use a little Vitamin D boost, right?). There are many tasks you can check off the to-do list as soon as the snow melts for a spring clean up that instantly increases your property's curb appeal and preps your home for the upcoming growing season.
Eliminate Unwanted Moss
Springtime in Washington brings forth LOTS of moss on concrete surfaces and grass. If those areas are also in a shady spot on your property, moss is likely to form. When left untreated, moss on patios, driveways, or other concrete areas can become slippery. Additionally, if left too long, unwanted moss could also damage the bricks or concrete. To remove it without using chemicals, use an edger shovel to scrape it off followed by a scrub brush for any small, harder to access areas. Has moss also taken over your lawn? Fertilization can help. First, have your soil tested to determine lacking nutrients and current pH factor. Purchase the proper fertilizer blend to nourish roots, balance the soil, and prevent further moss growth.
Pruning Hedges/Bushes/Smaller Trees
Depending on the types of trees and shrubs in your yard, spring can often be a good time to prune. Be sure, however, you're not pruning anything with new buds already waiting to bloom. For example, azaleas cannot be pruned in the spring and instead must be pruned after the flowers fall off in late summer/early fall. Shrubs/hedges such as Laurel Hedges, however, can be pruned in the spring without an issue. Prune everything that has begun to touch the home or fences to prevent damage to these surfaces. If you're not sure what to prune in the spring, contact your local nursery or home store for help.
Tidy And Weed Flowerbeds
Spring provides the perfect opportunity to tidy up flowerbeds before your blossoms start thriving. Eliminate branches, sticks, and debris from the garden and pull some of the smaller weeds. You can also apply a weed growth inhibitor. White vinegar serves as simple, natural, and inexpensive weed eliminator. Fill a spray bottle and spritz on unwanted growth during a bright day to damage a weed's protective outer layer. They will wither in the sun, making them easy to remove. Doing the work now helps keep your garden beds looking great all year long without trying to work in and around growing weeds later.
Plant New Seeds
Many flowers and vegetables can be planted in early spring. Again, your local garden center or agricultural extension can help you find the ones best for your yard. After you've tidied and weeded the beds, plant some new seeds; it's a great way tor a fresh burst of color to your property once the season is in full swing.
Spring is a great time to check your roof and gutters for any deferred maintenance. Let us know if your roof/gutters need cleaning.
Happy Spring From Double Z Property Management
Looking for more tips to get your rental property ready for spring? Contact Double Z Property Management today!


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If there is one monument that symbolizes the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, it's the Hollywood Sign. Those iconic letters precariously perched in the Santa Monica Mountains have stood as a treasured part of the Los Angeles cityscape for over 90 years.
Built in 1923, the Hollywood Sign originally read "Hollywoodland." Far from the internationally recognized landmark it is today, the sign was actually installed as an advertisement for a new housing development in the Hollywood Hills. Overlooking Hollywood Boulevard below, the Hollywood Sign remained long after the Hollywoodland development sold out and eventually came to symbolize the flourishing Los Angeles film industry.
The luxurious W Hollywood is a popular Hollywood Sign view hotel. Many rooms at Loews Hollywood Hotel also offer excellent views of the landmark. Both of these options are about a 15-minute drive from Griffith Park, which is the best place to view the Hollywood Sign up close.
Hotels near the Hollywood Sign are close to lots of popular attractions, including the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theater, and Sunset Boulevard. This part of LA is almost always pretty crowded with tourists. If you prefer a more peaceful environment during your stay, you might want to consider a hotel further from the Hollywood Sign.
Some of the best views of the Hollywood Sign are from the streets of Hollywood. The sign sits on a mountain ridge in Griffith Park, and getting close to it is trickier than a lot of people realize. The sign area is not accessible by car. Instead, visitors can either take a $10 shuttle from the Griffith Observatory or take one of three hikes to the mountain ridge. Visitors can get close to the Hollywood Sign, but a fence that wraps around the letters prevents direct access to the site.
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The developers decided to raise money for a multiplayer shooter just about WWII in the spirit of the series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty on Kickstarter. Moreover, the developers have made as much as 317,000 pounds (three times the originally requested amount) from the same nostalgic public, so that they really got to realize zadumannoe.Chtoby understand
unusual situation, rewind time enough only ten years ago and remember how many shooters was done by video game industry on WWII.
The release date of the game is not unveiled yet, it is predicted to be released sometime in 2017. It largely depends on developers' ambitions.
Battalion 1944 release date: 2017
So, what we promise to Carentan, Bastogne, Sainte-Mère-Église and, of course, Omaha Beach as a card. Set far from final, but surely will not leave indifferent any fan of the subject. According to the developers, some levels are planned in small and closed (the intricacies of urban streets) for dynamic firefights, while others think the contrary, outdoor (forest, fields) for shootings from afar.
Engine for the game will serve as Unreal Engine 4, and the image we promise "to the world standards." This is despite the fact that the studio Bulkhead – small, young, and on account of her only pazlovaya adventure game Pneuma: Breath of Life. So back up their statements until the developers are only a small clip of the alpha version of the game and a few renders of characters. But, at least, the studio has a mockup room to create animations, access to some of the UK's armory for a detailed acquaintance with the authentic arsenal and the money for a trip to Normandy, where the developers have gone to capture the reference material.
Game Modes yet been named only the standard: team deathmatch and capture the flag. Like as planned something else, but what exactly – is silent. As to the firing process, the developers then carefully take the example of the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty, and vowed to make the best traditions. From what we can conclude that everything would be much faster and more arcade-like, than in the same Red Orchestra.
From the curious: experience and level up in the game will be, but not to open arms and to obtain gradual access to all kinds of cosmetic buns: a personal signature on the butt, and every custom chevrons. Another function experiense closely linked with the name of the game. The bottom line is this: the developers realize that constantly fighting on the same cards quickly bored, and therefore plans to introduce in 1944 Battalion seasonal competitions. At the beginning of the season, each player will be invited to join one of several battalions, that all earned points in matches they were going into the general treasury. And at the end of the competition won the battalion, as well as a particularly distinguished players will have to account any permanent awards and medals. You can even be set up within their platoons battalions (mini-clans) to play group.


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After Carswell stunned the party with his announcement at a special UKIP press conference this morning, CCHQ responded:
"This is a regrettable and frankly counterproductive decision. As Douglas Carswell said, the only way to get a referendum on the EU is to return a majority Conservative government.
"The Conservative Party will contest the forthcoming by-election vigorously to make sure the people in Clacton have a strong Conservative voice in this Parliament and the next."
Carswell, who has been a Tory MP since 2005, is one of the party's most Eurosceptic figures.
He told the press conference that he was disaffected with the Tories and believed that David Cameron only wanted to achieve enough changes to Britain's relationship with Europe to convince Britons to vote to stay in.
Carswell's constituency, Clacton, is in the same area as the East of England European Parliament constituency of Patrick O'Flynn, UKIP's former director of comms.


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Table 19 (PG-13) Anna Kendrick and a supporting cast of mismatched parts conspire to lift this modestly enjoyable comedy. Kendrick plays a woman who goes to her best friend's wedding despite withdrawing as the maid of honor after being dumped by the best man. She's exiled to a far table with a battling married couple (Craig Robinson and Lisa Kudrow), a convicted felon (Stephen Merchant), a pot-smoking old lady (June Squibb), and a virginal teen (Tony Revolori). The hijinks that these not-really-wanted wedding guests get up to is reasonably entertaining, and so is Kendrick's turn as a woman who's trying and failing to keep it together. However, director Jeffrey Blitz loses serious steam in the back half when things turn serious and everybody's issues get plumbed. This would have been better if it had been directed by the screenwriters, Jay and Mark Duplass. Also with Wyatt Russell, Amanda Crew, Maria Thayer, Thomas Cocquerel, and Margo Martindale. (Opens Friday)
A United Kingdom (PG-13) The latest film by Amma Asante (Belle) tells the true story of a Botswanan prince (David Oyelowo) who caused an international uproar when he married a white Englishwoman (Rosamund Pike) in the 1940s. Also with Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Laura Carmichael, Terry Pheto, Arnold Oceng, Jack Lowden, and Jessica Oyelowo. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills)
Collide (PG-13) This sleepy thriller stars Nicholas Hoult as an American in Germany who goes back to his former job as a drug dealer to save his dying girlfriend (a bleached-blonde Felicity Jones), only to get caught up in a war between his Turkish employer (Ben Kingsley) and the boss' German supplier (Anthony Hopkins). There's an interesting dynamic between Hoult and Jones, but director/co-writer Eran Creevy doesn't stage the car chases with any distinction, and he gives the two British knights license to overact as badly as possible. The movie doesn't look good, either. It seems like they threw these big stars into a movie and then hoped something good would happen. Also with Marwan Kenzari, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Christian Rubeck, and Erdal Yildiz.
A Cure for Wellness (R) Gore Verbinski's horror movie has lots of creepy moments that don't add up to very much. Dane DeHaan stars in this as a corporate lawyer who visits a sanitarium in the Swiss Alps for business purposes and then finds evil doings at this idyllic place where patients disappear but no one ever leaves. The director of The RIng and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies knows how to incorporate unsettling details and generate an atmosphere that makes DeHaan seem downright normal, but he can't resist the big set pieces. He pads this out to 146 minutes with a car accident, a massive fire, hallucinations, and offices with patients suspended in tanks of water. The movie looks great and has a scene with a dentist's chair that'll make you flee the theater in blind panic, but it can't sustain its mood. Also with Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi, Adrian Schiller, Harry Groener, Tomas Norström, Ashok Nandanna, and Celia Imrie.
A Dog's Purpose (PG) Don't boycott this movie because a dog was mistreated on the set, boycott it because it sucks. Based on W. Bruce Cameron's novel, this softer-than-soft-boiled drama has Josh Gad providing the voiceover for a dog who gets reincarnated through several lifetimes and owners. All the drama is predictable in the extreme, and director Lasse Hallström bathes everything in a golden glow of dog love and nostalgia. The irony is that some years ago, Hallström did a much better movie on the subject called Hachi: A Dog's Tale. This shoddy piece of work is quite a comedown for a director who was nominated for an Oscar in this century. Spend a couple of hours watching puppy videos on YouTube instead. Starring Britt Robertson, K.J. Apa, John Ortiz, Luke Kirby, Logan Miller, Juliet Rylance, Peggy Lipton, and Dennis Quaid.
Everybody Loves Somebody (PG-13) Karla Souza stars in this comedy as a single L.A. doctor who asks a co-worker (Ben O'Toole) to pose as her boyfriend for a family event in Mexico. Also with José María Yazpik, Tiaré Scanda, Patricia Bernal, Samantha Neyland, and K.C. Clyde.
Fences (PG-13) Director Denzel Washington does only a workmanlike job adapting August Wilson's play to the big screen, but fortunately, he gets career-best performances from star Denzel Washington and others. He portrays a Pittsburgh garbageman in the 1950s whose determination to hold on to what he's made for himself blows apart his family. The qualities that have made Washington such a great movie star here make his character tragic: the handsome face, the athlete's body, the verbal dexterity that lets him turn Wilson's urban slang into fiery poetry all clue us into a man who would have had a bigger life if not for his skin color and the time of his birth. He's complemented by a terrific supporting cast, especially Viola Davis, whose frustrations explode in a scene that'll have you ducking down in your seat. Also with Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Saniyya Sidney, and Mykelti Williamson.
Fifty Shades Darker (R) Let's see, Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) is still a creep, there's still no chemistry between Dornan and Dakota Johnson, the sex scenes are still interminable, the back-and-forth negotiation about relationship boundaries is still even more so, and none of this is in any way dramatically effective yet. So, everything's pretty much the same from Fifty Shades of Grey. Like the book it's based on, this is soft-core porn, and it's not even any good as that. Also with Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Bella Heathcote, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Max Martini, Marcia Gay Harden, and Kim Basinger.
Fist Fight (R) Oh, great, here's 91 minutes of Charlie Day stuttering and dithering and bugging out his eyes. Somebody shoot me. Day stars in this depressing comedy as a milquetoasty English teacher who gets challenged to a bare-knuckle brawl by an enraged former fellow teacher (Ice Cube) on the last day of school. Day is sheer torture to be around as he spends an entire day trying to get out of the fight, but almost as painful is this movie's depiction of the other teachers as slackers, psychopaths, drug addicts, and idiots. This movie will make you want to punch something, all right. Also with Christina Hendricks, Jillian Bell, Kumail Nanjiani, Dean Norris, Joanna Garcia Swisher, Dennis Haysbert, and Tracy Morgan.
Get Out (R) An early candidate for one of the best movies of 2017, this darkly funny horror film stars Daniel Kaluuya (Sicario) as a young African-American man who travels with his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) to meet her parents, only to find that black people never seem to leave the family's gated community. In his directing debut, comedian Jordan Peele scores direct hits on white liberal racism in the Northeastern enclave where the movie's set, and he knows how to scare us through the accretion of creepy detail. He's aided by terrific performances from his cast, and fans of TV's Girls will definitely see Williams in a new light. Horror movies haven't historically been a haven for black filmmakers. Here's one good enough to start a tradition. Also with Keith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Erika Alexander, and Stephen Root.
The Great Wall (PG-13) In the end, Matt Damon is just window dressing designed to get white people to see this mediocre Chinese creature feature set in medieval times. He plays a European mercenary who winds up fighting for China in a battle against an army of giant flesh-eating lizard monsters who attack the Great Wall. Damon may be the main character here, but he's mainly there to be outsmarted, outfought, and outphilosophized by the Asian warriors around him. Maybe that's why he looks so bored with all of this; it's hard to remember the last time he gave such a bad performance. Director Zhang Yimou (Hero) continues to decline artistically, seeming uncomfortable with the CGI monsters. Also with Andy Lau, Jing Tian, Zhang Hanyu, Han Lu, Kenny Lin, Eddie Peng, Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe.
Hidden Figures (PG-13) Chalk up another incredible real-life story that gets reduced to a drearily conventional movie. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe portray three African-American mathematicians and scientists who worked at NASA in the 1960s, helping launch John Glenn into orbit. The movie is adapted from a book by Margot Lee Shetterly, whose father worked at the agency alongside those women. Director Ted Melfi (St. Vincent) seems at ease with the special-effects shots of rockets flying in space, but his script (co-written with Allison Schroeder) is all too boilerplate, including the romantic subplot involving Mahershala Ali as a National Guard colonel. The movie gets the small moments right but falls down in the big moments. The predictability of it all wastes some terrific actors here. Also with Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell, Olek Krupa, and Kirsten Dunst.
I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) This documentary with the eye-catching title is nominated for this year's Best Documentary Feature Oscar, and you can see why. Raoul Peck's film profiles James Baldwin and imagines an ending to the book the author left unfinished at his death, Remember This House. Using only archival footage, Peck draws a compelling portrait of Baldwin during the years when his personal friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. were all assassinated. He also captures Baldwin's fascination with movies, which was always laced with a critical eye on the ways Hollywood marginalized nonwhite people. "It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper, and although you are rooting for Gary Cooper, the Indians are you," he said. Never were truer words spoke. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) Just as stupid as the original, this sequel returns Keanu Reeves as a hit man who now has to fight off all the assassins in New York after an Italian mob boss (Riccardo Scamarcio) forces him out of retirement and then betrays him. Contract killers fire shots at each other and miss in crowded places all over New York, and yet somehow no bystanders are hit and the police are somewhere offscreen for the entire movie. There's a nicely down-and-dirty street brawl between Wick and another killer (Common), but Reeves is too reliant here on the jujitsu move where he grabs people's arms and flips them over, and while Ruby Rose is a nice addition as a deaf assassin, she's not given enough to do. Like the original, this will look better excerpted on YouTube. Also with Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Claudia Gerini, Bridget Moynahan, Peter Stormare, Peter Serafinowicz, Thomas Sadoski, Lance Reddick, and Laurence Fishburne.
La La Land (PG-13) Who needs antidepressants when there's this movie? In the hands of writer-director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), this love story about an aspiring Hollywood actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) becomes a musical throwback to the likes of Singin' in the Rain. Chazelle, choreographer Mandy Moore, and songwriters Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul make unabashedly romantic and technically astonishing set pieces out of numbers like "Another Day of Sun" and "Someone in the Crowd," but Chazelle knows when to get out of his stars' way, too. Gosling's trademark cool is essential, but Stone makes the film deeply moving in her first great role in a great movie. This is enough to blow the doors off the multiplex. Also with John Legend, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Finn Wittrock, Tom Everett Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, and J.K. Simmons.
The Lego Batman Movie (PG) Sing it with me: "Darkness! No parents!" The narcissistic poseur Batman from The Lego Movie (voiced by Will Arnett) here gets his own spinoff, where he's left at a loose end after the Joker (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) turns himself into the authorities and leaves Gotham City with no more crime. The ratio of gags that score to filler isn't quite as high as it was in the first Lego movie, but there are still more than a few great things here, including the gayest Robin ever (voiced by Michael Cera), the Joker recruiting a team of supervillains from other fantasy-adventure sagas, some expert jokes about the absurdities of the Batman universe, and a neat exploration of the superhero's essential loneliness. This is way better than any of the recent live-action DC Comics movies. Additional voices by Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Jenny Slate, Jason Mantzoukas, Conan O'Brien, Hector Elizondo, Doug Benson, Billy Dee Williams, Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci, Zoë Kravitz, Eddie Izzard, Seth Green, Jemaine Clement, Ellie Kemper, Mariah Carey, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill.
Lion (PG-13) An amazing real-life story gets a by-the-numbers treatment in this biopic. Dev Patel portrays Saroo Brierley, who was separated from his family as a small boy in India and adopted by an Australian family, but then started an obsessive search for his birth relatives when he grew up. Sunny Pawar is a tremendous kid actor as the young Saroo, and cinematographer Greig Fraser creates some stunningly beautiful visuals like an early shot of young Saroo surrounded by butterflies in a valley. Patel is good, too, but director Garth Davis hammers home the emotional beats so relentlessly that the film wears out its welcome well before the end. Also with Rooney Mara, Abhishek Bharate, Priyanka Bose, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman.
Manchester by the Sea (R) Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me) is fully back in form with this crusher of a drama about a miserable Massachusetts janitor (Casey Affleck) who unexpectedly finds himself appointed legal guardian to his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) after the death of his brother (Kyle Chandler). This movie doesn't reveal until halfway through what made the protagonist so morose, but Lonergan is savvy enough to counter the heavy stuff with comedy and lively small talk. Affleck and Michelle Williams as his ex-wife give tremendous performances, while the supporting cast is consistently good. Lonergan's emphasis on the bonds of family helps end this movie on a much-needed hopeful note. Also with C.J. Wilson, Josh Hamilton, Ben O'Brien, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Gretchen Mol, and Matthew Broderick.
Moana (PG) Not the most innovative Disney musical we've seen, but more than likable enough. Set on a Pacific island in the past, this is about a teenage girl (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho) who defies her tribe's orders and sails out into the wider ocean to find the trickster demi-god Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) and restore the balance to the waters. Directors Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid) stick so closely to the Disney template that you can predict where the song about the heroine's deepest desires will land. Still, the 16-year-old Cravalho is funny and a fine singer, Johnson may just have the role of his career as the full-of-himself deity, and the songs are by Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda. This one's for all the Polynesians. Additional voices by Temuera Morrison, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, and Jemaine Clement.
Moonlight (R) The great gay romance of African-American cinema. Barry Jenkins' film tracks the life of its hero as a young boy growing up rough in Miami (Alex HIbbert), a high-school student (Ashton Sanders) falling in love for the first time, and a drug dealer (Trevante Rhodes) trying to heal all the scars from his past. The movie is stuffed with great performances from Rhodes, Sanders, Mahershala Ali as a kind drug dealer who acts as a father figure, Naomie Harris as a crack-addicted mother, and André Holland as an ex-lover who's full of remorse. Jenkins' control over this is absolute, as he knows when to be unfussy and when to be flamboyant, and makes the sun and waves of south Florida seem an integral part of these characters. The scene with the hero and his ex staring at each other while "Hello Stranger" plays in the background is as breathtaking as the rest of the movie. Also with Jharrel Jerome, Patrick Decile, and Janelle Monáe.
Rings (PG-13) The 1998 Japanese horror classic Ringu and its 2002 American remake The Ring are artifacts from an analog age, so this sequel tries to bring it into the digital era. It fails. Matilda Lutz stars as the latest unfortunate to be cursed to die seven days after watching a video. Director F. Javier Gutierrez has the 2002 movie's moody gray look and Pacific Northwest setting down, but the magic of a crawling, black-haired faceless girl is gone, and having her emerge from a laptop or a handheld device doesn't bring it back. The bad acting all around further helps sink this tired sequel. Also with Alex Roe, Aimee Teagarden, Johnny Galecki, Lizzie Brocheré, Bonnie Morgan, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Rock Dog (PG) Luke Wilson stars in this animated comedy as a dog who decides to become a rock musician. Additional voices by Eddie Izzard, J.K. Simmons, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Sam Elliott, and Matt Dillon.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) Conceptually flawed from the start. Set before the events of the 1977 Star Wars, this prequel stars Felicity Jones as a small-time criminal who joins the Rebels to rescue her father (Mads Mikkelsen) from the Empire's clutches and find the fatal flaw in the Death Star. The movie lacks the visual and verbal wit of previous entries (save for the deadpan droid voiced by Alan Tudyk), the extended climax has too many moving parts for director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), and we can guess these characters' ultimate fate without even seeing the thing. Even the reappearance of Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) doesn't accomplish much. Some nice efforts by the cast get wasted. Also with Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Jimmy Smits, and Forest Whitaker.
Sing (PG) An uninspired mashup of Zootopia and Pitch Perfect. This animated film is about a koala (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) who decides to save the theater that he owns by staging a singing contest for the animals who live in his city. Writer-director Garth Jennings (Son of Rambow) spreads his script too thin by flitting among so many different characters, storylines, and songs that we can't get a purchase on what's going on. The koala isn't interesting enough to hold the center, and the montage of failed auditioners is a golden comic opportunity that the movie speeds over. The final round features some nice musical performances by voice actors like Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, and Seth MacFarlane, but they come too late to save this. Additional voices by Taron Egerton, John C. Reilly, Tori Kelly, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Kroll, Beck Bennett, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, Nick Offerman, Rhea Perlman, Laraine Newman, Jennifer Saunders, and Jennifer Hudson.
The Space Between Us (PG-13) In space, no one can hear you gag. Asa Butterfield stars in this sodden romance as a boy born on Mars during the first manned mission to the planet, who travels to Earth for the first time to find his long-lost father and a troubled high-school girl (Britt Robertson) whom he's been corresponding with by video chat. This thing is cursed with Butterfield's typically charisma-free presence, a script that ignores basic cause and effect in drawing up a conspiracy to cover up the boy's existence, and Gary Oldman as the head of the space exploration company, giving one of his performances where he shouts all his lines. This is basically a Nicholas Sparks movie in space. Who wants that? Also with Carla Gugino, BD Wong, Colin Egglesfield, and Janet Montgomery.
Split (PG-13) Some of the worst and a lot of the best of M. Night Shyamalan are on display in his latest thriller. Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) stars as one of three teenage girls who are kidnapped by a man with multiple personalities (James McAvoy) and imprisoned for mysterious purposes. The supernatural twist ending is way crazier than the villain, but Shyamalan executes slow-burn dread as well as ever and induces shivers during the interpolated flashbacks to the heroine's childhood. The performances make gripping stuff out of scenes where the heroine tries to figure out which of the villain's personalities she's talking to and get some of them to help her and her friends. The comic bits mostly work, too. Shyamalan's tales seem to creep us out best on a small scale. Also with Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Sebastian Arcelus, Brad William Henke, Neal Huff, Betty Buckley, and an uncredited Bruce Willis.
XXX: Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) Age hasn't improved the series. Vin Diesel reprises his role as an extreme athlete who goes back to work for the government after his former boss (Samuel L. Jackson) is murdered while trying to recruit Neymar (who portrays himself) into the CIA program. Sometimes the movie is intentionally funny when it gives us dossier files on characters that include irrelevant information ("Go To Karaoke Song: 'What a Wonderful World'"), but mostly this thing is self-consciously hip dialogue and characters falling over at the sight of the legendary Xander, with Diesel way too self-satisfied in the role. To top it off, director D.J. Caruso makes hash out of the action and wastes a personable cast. Also with Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Ruby Rose, Toni Collette, Tony Jaa, Kris Wu, Nina Dobrev, Rory McCann, and Ice Cube.
The Salesman (PG-13) Nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, this drama by Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) stars Shahab Hosseini as an Iranian actor who tries to solve the mystery of who assaulted his wife (Taraneh Alidoosti) while also starring in a theatrical production of Death of a Salesman. Also with Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, and Emad Emami.
You're Killing Me Susana (NR) Gael García Bernal stars in this comedy as a narcissistic Mexican telenovela star who follows his wife (Verónica Echegui) when she suddenly leaves him and moves to Iowa. Also with Ashley Hinshaw, Jadyn Wong, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, and Daniel Giménez Cacho.


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What every best Leaf Blowers has:
- Sufficient airflow.
- Effective sweeping and loosening capabilities.
- A variable-speed trigger.
Featuring tons of power, three tubes and an infinite airspeed control, the Toro Ultra Blower Vac is rated as one of the top corded leaf blowers by experts and owners. It has a powerful 12-amp motor, which reviewers say makes blowing leaves and vacuuming yard debris a breeze. It also features a serrated metal impeller for top-notch mulching. See our full review »Buy for $69.97
The Worx WG520 is a top choice for homeowners who want an inexpensive yet effective leaf blower. It won't vacuum or mulch, but reviewers say it's got plenty of power to move leaves and debris -- even wet, matted leaves embedded in lawns and gardens. It's exceptionally easy to handle, thanks to its light weight. It's also quiet.Buy for $49.28
The 56-volt EGO LB5302 is remarkably robust for a cordless leaf blower. Experts compare its performance favorably to that of the best corded electric models and even light-duty handheld gas blowers. It's exceptionally quiet, yet also exceptionally capable when called on to move leaves, including debris embedded in grass. On low speed, it can run for over an hour between charges. See our full review »
The Hitachi 23.9cc Handheld Blower gets great reviews from experts and owners as a top performer in a variety of yard jobs. It has a powerful, commercial-grade engine that meets California's strict air-quality guidelines, along with a variable-speed trigger and two-finger throttle lever for easy operation. It is relatively light weight for a gas blower and has a very long seven-year consumer warranty. See our full review »Buy for Too low to display
Reviewers say the Husqvarna 350BT is the most comfortable backpack blower available. It has padded shoulder straps and a hip belt to keep it balanced for extended use. The low-emission engine is strong and efficient even on wet debris, according to owners, and you can lock the speed setting for less fatigue during extended use. See our full review »Buy for $293.99
With a relatively modest price tag but powerful performance, the Troy-Bilt TB672 wheeled leaf blower should be a consideration for those with large (acre plus) properties to clear. The 1,000 CFM, 150 MPH output blows away even backpack blowers, the large rear wheels make navigating over uneven terrain easier, and the three-position, louver-equipped discharge chute helps you put leaves where you want them.Buy for $479.99
Leaf blowers are versatile tools that go well beyond just sweeping up leaves. With the right machine, you can clean spider webs off the house, tidy up around landscaping, clear grass clippings off the driveway, and even blow away light snow. Some will also vacuum up and finely mulch your yard debris.
With easy starting, relatively quiet motors and zero emissions, electric leaf blowers are a user-friendly choice. There's no pouring of gas or oil, no annual engine servicing and no winterization required. Electric blowers can either be plug-in models or battery-powered cordless models. A corded electric blower uses an extension cord for power, which limits how far you can go with them, but not how long they can be used. A cordless model cuts the extension-cord tether, but will only run as long as the batteries have juice -- no more than an hour with most models, and then only at its lowest speeds. The best electric leaf blowers are powerful enough for most chores outside the house, plus, many have a range of speeds, including lower speeds that are ideal for clearing debris from around delicate landscaping and for blow-drying cars.Gas Leaf Blowers
Gas leaf blowers work faster and are more powerful than most electric models, making them a good choice for homeowners who need to handle wet leaves and heavy debris, or to clean up large properties. However, hand-held gas blowers do have some drawbacks, not the least of which is that they are heavier and more tiring to use than electric models. Another thing to keep in mind with all types of gas blowers is that maintaining a gas engine takes more work than maintaining an electric motor: Gas blowers require regular servicing and winterization in the off-season, and most run only with a precise mixture of gas and oil. However, users who need heavy-duty performance say the extra work is worth it.Backpack Leaf Blowers
These leaf blowers mount a powerful engine to a harness, leaving the user to manage only the tube when blowing leaves. The size and weight of the engine makes their backpack design almost a necessity. Because they are generally built for larger properties and for commercial use, backpack blowers have lots of blasting power yet are designed to be comfortable enough to use for hours. They cost more than handheld leaf blowers, and may be overkill for owners with small properties. Most backpack blowers are gas models, but cordless electric backpack blowers are becoming available and perform well enough to get some recommendations.Walk Behind Leaf Blowers
If you have a commercial property, a walk behind leaf blower may be worth considering. These place a powerful motor on wheels and are most appropriate for jobs such as clearing leaves from a parking lot, but can also be a consideration for homeowners with acres of land to clean up.
Leaf blowers depend on airflow to move leaves and other debris. Manufacturers measure airflow using miles per hour (mph) or cubic feet per minute (cfm). The airflow of the models in our report range from just over 100 mph to more than 230 mph, and from less than 100 cfm to as much as 1,000 cfm. However, experts note that higher airflow doesn't necessarily mean more power. For that reason, it's essential to consider reliable reviews before making a final decision.
Handling is also a major factor to consider with blowers. Some handheld models weigh less than 10 pounds -- but even that can start to feel heavy over time. If you have a large property or plan to use the blower frequently, it's wise to look for one with ergonomic controls and a comfortable-grip handle. Backpack models should have padded straps and be designed to distribute weight evenly over your shoulders. Some blowers have a "cruise control" feature that locks in the speed, eliminating the need to keep a constant hold on the trigger. A walk-behind blower should have large rear wheels and a swiveling front wheel so that it is easy to handle in tight spots or over rougher terrain. The ability to change the direction toward which it sends debris improves a wheeled blower's versatility, too.
Some leaf blowers include a conversion kit that enables the model to vacuum, finely mulch and collect debris in a bag. A built-in impeller minces leaves and other detritus into smaller bits, which are then compressed for easy composting or disposal. For most blowers, the ability to suck up leaves is a secondary function, so performance rarely matches their sweeping and loosening abilities. Owners often use the vacuum feature for decks when they don't want to send pet hair and debris flying into the yard.
Be respectful of your neighbors. Using leaf blowers has become a point of contention in some areas due to their high noise levels. The quietest leaf blowers measure less than 65 decibels (dB) at the tool, which translates to sound levels that are low enough at 50 feet away to keep neighbors happy. However, some, measure more than 100 dB, and can still be annoying at some distance away. Even with a relatively quiet model, you'll probably avoid complaints if you don't fire up your leaf blower too early in the morning or too late at night, and some areas have ordinances that will earn you a fine if you do. For your own protection, experts recommend ear protection when using most models. Eye protection against flying debris is a must with all blowers.
Leaf blowers vary greatly in price. Electric corded models range in price from less than $50 to over $100. Cordless models also start at under $100, but can go as high as $300. Gas-powered handheld models start at about $130 and go up to $300 or more, backpack models range from less than $200 to more than $500. Walk-behind blowers start at around $400 and can run into the thousands of dollars for the largest commercial models. The quality of the engine or battery and other parts, as well as the number and type of features, will affect the price. Most leaf blowers have a two-year warranty, although some go as long as five or seven years for consumer use.
Watch for recalls. In September 2016, Black & Decker recalled its models BV5600, BV6000 and BV6600 leaf blower/vacuum/mulchers over dangers of cut fingers when a fan cover unexpectedly came loose during operation. The models all remain current and the units have been modify to remove the hazard. If you own an older one of these units, the company is offering a free repair kit and replacement fan cover. You can find more information about these and other recalls at the Consumer Product Safety Commission website (search for leaf blowers).
Of course, to make the best use of a leaf blower, you need to have leaves, grass clippings or other yard debris to sweep. If you're in the market for additional lawn and garden tools, check out our reports on lawn mowers, lawn tractors, string trimmers and hedge trimmers.
To find the best leaf blowers, we analyzed side-by-side tests from experts such as those at ConsumerReports.org, Popular Mechanics, TheFamilyHandyman.com and TheSweethome.com. These professional evaluations are an accurate way to compare performance and handling on an even playing field.
However, that's only part of the picture. To better understand durability and how different blowers actually work under real-world conditions, we analyzed thousands of owner reviews from retail websites such as HomeDepot.com, Lowes.com and Amazon.com. Based on this research, we evaluated performance, ease-of-use and features to find the best electric and gas leaf blowers, along with some worthwhile alternatives to consider.
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Ministry of Natural Resources
and Ecology
of the Russian Federation
Federal Agency
of Mineral Resources
FGUP "VSEGEI" provides a presentation of geological mapping data for the territory of the Russian Federation and its continental shelf. All materials are classified according to visualization technique, scale and map type. Preparation of the electronic presentation of geological information is being performed under State contracts. The main components of preparation technology and publishing of digital geological mapping information in the Internet were developed by specialists of the IT Centre of the FGUP "VSEGEI" in 2009-2014. On the basis of the modern hardware-software platform, an industrial database was developed and map services, which support international standards for geological data exchange, were deployed. During recent time, a technology of interaction with industry systems - IS "System support works of Rosnedra (SOBR-Rosnedra)", and IS "Electronic map of subsoil usage" was worked-out.
Database of the State Geological Maps of the Russian Federation
Database of the State Geological Maps – a geological mapping resource of geodetically connected raster images (State Geological Maps of 1:200 000 and 1:1 000 000 scales, hydrogeological and engineering-geological maps of 1:1 000 000 and 1:200 000 scales; geophysical and remote background for the State Geological Map–1000/3 and State Geological Map–200/2).
GIS-Packages of the operational geological information
Updated GIS Packages of the operational geological information on the mineral commodities (as A3 albums, raster and text digital materials (as *.pdf files) for the Federal Districts and certain regions of the Russian Federation (as of 01.01.2014).
Combined and general geological mapping of the Russian Federation. International projects
Data on combined and general geological mapping of the Russian Federation resulted from the work done on State contracts and International projects. Now we present maps of the Russian Federation of 1:2 500 000 scale. The main content of this section would be done during 2015–2016.
Digital Catalogue of the State Geological Maps
GK -1000/2 - new series
GK -1000/3 - published by VSEGEI Cartographic Factory (CF),
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GK -200/2 - edited by the VSEGEI Moscow branch
A set of electronic maps GK-1000/2 formed as a database containing geodetically connected raster images of published maps in the WGS-84 and accompanying elements of edge information (legends, sections, scharts etc). Digital catalogue of the State Geological Maps of 1:1 000 000 scale (the third generation) and of 1:200 000 scale (the second generation) contains makeups of lithograph Sheets and Explanatory Notes (as *.pdf files) certified by the Scientific Editorial Commission of Rosnedra and prepared for publication in 2006–2014, as well as a single digital model of the set. (copyright materials in the zip-archive format).
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STAND UP COMEDY WILL KICK START THE PARTY AT AIR GUITAR CANADA's NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS JULY 15th at THE MOD CLUB
Joey Harlem and Andrew Johnston, two of Toronto's very hilarious stand up super stars will help get us in the happy frame of mind for the Air Guitar Nationals coming up this July 15th. Be sure to get the MOD Club early to take in these two funny guys.
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Andrew Johnston
Originally from Brockville, Ontario, Andrew Johnston has quickly made a name for himself as one of the most prolific gadabouts and hottest up-&/or-comers on the Toronto comedy scene. The winner of the Toronto regionals of "The Great Canadian Laugh-Off" in its inaugural year, Andrew was added to the Yuk Yuk's roster, started touring and has spread both his signature style of comedy and murky-yet-puissant seed from burg to berg, having appeared at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, SF Sketchfest and Toronto's JFL42 Fest.
You may recognize him from his many hours spent debasing Rihanna videos as one of the stars of MuchMusic's top-rated "Video On Trial"; committing character assassination on unwitting college-aged kids on MuchMusic's "Love Court"; artfully discussing the 90's on "Entertainment Tonight Canada"; serving reincarnated-Charles Nelson Reilly-realness on The Comedy Network's "Match Game"; and as the (brunette) star and creative force behind instant online hit, "The Sweater Girls".
He's best known to Toronto audiences as a member of the comedy collective Laugh Sabbath and as host and producer of "Bitch Salad" – named "Best Queer Comedy Show" by Now Magazine and as seen profiled in The Advocate.
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Toronto born stand up comic/loose cannon. 'Nuff said.
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Love Happens is the new Jennifer Aniston movie and, as it happens, her fourth to hit theaters in the past 10 months. This time she plays Eloise, a Seattle florist who drives a quirky van and wears cunning hats. As per usual, Aniston has bountiful hair and a fretful mouth and is available for love. The object of her tepid affection is Burke (Aaron Eckhart), the best-selling author of a self-help book called A-Okay!. Burke has specialized in trying to cajole others out of grief since his wife died in a car accident three years before, but he is living a lie, because he is not A-O.K.
But enough about them. We know they're going to get together, despite the heat between them topping out at about 56° (Fahrenheit, sadly), but we never get vested in the romance. Eckhart's best moments are the ones in which we see Burke psyching himself up to glad-hand his fans. But problematically, even after we've seen the "real" Burke, the snake-oil salesman with the sharky grin is more convincing. So it's far more satisfying to focus on the supporting actors, the people who try their hardest to make this cutely maudlin movie bearable.
Martin Sheen has only four short scenes two of them seconds long and conducted opposite a fluffy white parrot (who had me at "Hello") yet still leaves a vivid impression. He plays Burke's former father-in-law Silver, a retired Marine who is handling his grief in the most productive way possible: by showing up at the Seattle hotel where one of Burke's multiday seminars for the bereft is under way, to remind him that a) he, Silver, is not A-O.K., b) he thinks Burke shouldn't be either and, finally, c) just because Martin Sheen reveals his teeth doesn't mean he's smiling at you. After this scene I sat up, jotted down "thrown for a loop" in my notebook and commenced hoping he'd come back.
During that long wait, I focused on the woefully underappreciated actor John Carroll Lynch. You might remember him from Fargo, in which he played Marge Gunderson's husband Norm, or Things We Lost in the Fire, in which he gave a compellingly tender and pleasingly peculiar performance as Halle Berry's neighbor. Love Happens is not his best work that would probably be his chilling performance in Zodiac as the prime suspect Arthur Leigh Allen but it's still pretty fine. Lynch has been working steadily since 1993, which was right about the time of Eckhart's first screen credit, but he, unlike Eckhart, never become a star. (There may be an issue involving a lack of hair. On his head.) Here Lynch plays Walter, a contractor from Billings, who drove all the way to Seattle for Burke's hokey seminar and, a few hours in, sensibly wants his money back. Burke has to practice some serious self-help voodoo to keep skeptical Walter on the hook, but eventually (it's an interminable seminar) he gets Walter to pull a photo of his 12-year-old son out of his wallet and recount the story of his death. At which point I wrote "almost cried" in my notebook.
No mainstream movie about coping with grief would be complete without some comic relief, or at least that's what the studio presumably told the screenwriters, Mike Thompson and Brandon Camp, who also directed. To that end, we have Judy Greer and Dan Fogler. Greer has made a career of playing the wry best friend (27 Dresses, 13 Going on 30, The Wedding Planner). She plays Marty, a poetess, flower arranger and dispenser of advice to Eloise, and as usual, she's cute, funny and charming enough to be able to recite a poem featuring a phallus without making you hate her. Fogler plays Burke's manager Lane. Lane is plump, sweaty and initially seems so eager to cash in on Burke's burgeoning celebrity that we assume we're watching a young Ari Gold (without Ari's personal trainer). But Fogler, who had a gleeful part as the head of a absurd theater troupe in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, conveys a genuine concern for Burke, and we grow fond of him as well. Love never happens in this movie, but at least there's some liking here and there.


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SharePoint alternatives seek to fill in the gaps
Midsized organizations, using either the free or paid version of Microsoft's SharePoint, find some room for improvement and seek third-party integration and add-ons.
When it comes to departmental file sharing or collaborative workspaces, Microsoft's SharePoint has legions of fans in midsized companies. But for those not interested in paying for SharePoint (the basic version is free), or who find some features immature in the latest version, there are SharePoint alternatives.
The reason for SharePoint adoption is clear: Many organizations (and non-IT departments) began grassroots deployments after they upgraded to Windows Server and got a basic SharePoint feature set for free. There were also products in the SharePoint family available for a fee, including SharePoint Portal Server 2003, which many organizations used as a steppingstone to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (MOSS 2007). MOSS 2007 is a major upgrade from SharePoint Server 2003, with a lot more functionality.
The move to MOSS 2007 seems to be natural once users install Office 2007. A Forrester Research Inc. survey conducted in March of 233 IT decision makers using Office 2007 showed that 24% said they had immediate plans to move to MOSS 2007 and 41% expected to install it within six months. And in yet-to-be-published research, Information Architected Inc. found that of 400 respondents surveyed, the majority of the midmarket companies already had MOSS 2007 installed. Midmarket companies accounted for 35% of the respondents, and among this group, half said price was not an inhibitor for MOSS deployments. Although nearly half -- 46% -- said the price was higher than they expected.
"When we asked [the survey respondents] if the cost of MOSS was in line with their expectations or more than they expected, 50% said the cost was pretty much in line with their expectations," said Carl Frappaolo, co-founder and principle of Boston-based Information Architected.
Microsoft estimates MOSS pricing at $4,424 for a server license and $94 per client access license in the U.S.
Microsoft's strategy with SharePoint is to undercut competing enterprise content management (ECM) products that are perceived as complex and expensive, with a product that promises ease of use, flexibility and a less costly enterprise-scale feature set. One key benefit is its tight integration with other Microsoft products such as Exchange Server, Office Communications Server, Office Live Meeting and Live Workspace. Simplicity allows business departments to create their own team workspaces.
"Basic functions like workspaces typically come first and getting governance around that, then people tend to explore other areas [of SharePoint] based on pain points or risk factors," said Rob Koplowitz, an analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester.
MOSS' capabilities range from basic collaboration to portal creation and business intelligence content management. Yet MOSS' breadth is both too much and not enough for some midmarket users.
While the portal capabilities in MOSS are mature, for example, some companies are holding off on what they perceive as less-developed features in the suite, such as social networking, enterprise search and Web content management capabilities. These companies are waiting until Microsoft releases the next version, Koplowitz said.
Another potential drawback is a dearth in skill sets, as well as a lack of SharePoint documentation coming from Microsoft, said John Bissa, a partner and Web development team leader at accounting firm Plante & Moran PLLC in Southfield, Mich. On the surface, SharePoint is easy to get off the ground, but he said he's finding that people quickly get in over their heads.
"There's a lot of bad SharePoint [deployments] out there because there are more people deploying it than those who know how to use it," he said.
The alternatives
Although SharePoint appears to be on a lot of CIOs' agendas, midmarket businesses have plenty of other choices.
There's integration with enterprise content management systems. IBM offers integration between FileNet ECM and MOSS 2007, for example. Fellow competitor Oracle Corp. has made it possible for users to access Oracle Universal Content Management files from the SharePoint interface.
There are also third-party add-ons (see related story, above right).
Lotus Notes and Domino's collaboration and content management capabilities are often stacked up as a SharePoint alternative, as are Lotus Quickr and Novell's SiteScape for workspaces. There is also Oracle's WebCenter suite for portals and Web application development and its Beehive online workplace.
Open Text Corp., with its ECM suite, is another company that both competes and integrates with SharePoint.
Competing products and vendors include Jive Software's Clearspace business social community software, which has customers in the midsized market, and Atlassian Software Systems Pty Ltd. and Socialtext Inc. These started out as wikis but are broadening their community-based collaborative offerings.
For open source alternatives, Alfresco Software Inc. has its ECM platform and Drupal is free software that lets you build community workspaces and portals.
Yet for all these options, SharePoint may be the 800-pound gorilla -- at least for now.
"Competitors are trying to do similar things [as SharePoint], but they really only have point solutions in comparison," said Peter O'Kelly, a Boston-based independent industry analyst.
Let us know what you think about the story; email: Christina Torode, Senior News Writer.


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S. ACHEBRAN, Confessor
In Domesday, Lanachebran is the name of the manor of S. Kevern in the Lizard district of Cornwall. "Canonici Sancti Achebranni tenent Lan-Achebran et tenebant tempore regis Eduardi."
Achebran is presumedly the Irish Aed Cobhran, one of the sons of Bochra; and his brothers were Laidcenn and Cainrech.1 Bochra was the name of the mother. Their father's name is unknown. The three brothers were commemorated as Saints of Achad Raithin in Hy MacGaille, in Waterford. But Aed Cobhran had a special commemoration on January 28, as having a cell under Inis Cathy. He was consequently associated with S. Senan, if he belonged to the same period. His cell was not in the island of Inis Cathy, but at Kilrush, on the mainland, in Clare. He is there forgotten; there are two old churches in the place, but both are named after S. Senan. This is due to Aed Cobhran not having founded his church, but to his having occupied one belonging to S. Senan.
It is probable that Achebran came to Cornwall along with S. Senan and the party that attended S. Breaca, and that he made his settlement in the Lizard district. Cobhran became Kevern, for the Irish bh is sounded like v. In later times he seems to have been forgotten or mistaken for S. Cieran, from whom he is wholly distinct. If we are not mistaken, he settled permanently in France, where his name was still further corrupted into Abran.
Flodoard (d. 966), in his History of the Church of Rheims, says: "Delata sunt etiam tunc temporibus ad ecclesiam beati Remigii memoria Sancti Gibriani a pago Catalaunensi, ubi peregrinatus fuisse noscitur et humatus. Advenerunt siquidem in hanc provinciam septem fratres ab Hibernia peregrinationis ob amorem Christi gratia: hi scilicet, Gibrianus, Helanus, Tressanus, Germanus, Veranus, Abranus, Petranus, cum tribus sororibus suis Fracla, Promptia, Possenna, eligentes sibi super fluvium nomine Maternam, opportuna degendi loca." 2
This arrival took place whilst S. Remigius presided over the Church of Rheims (459-530), and Sigebert of Gemblours fixes the date at 509. The Rheims Breviary merely says that it was during the reign of Clovis I (481-511), so that the date given by Sigebert is approximately right.
Leland, quoting from the lost life of S. Breaca (Itin., iii, p. 15), says:"Breaca venit in Cornubiam comitata multis Sanctis, inter quos fuerunt Sinninus abbas, qui Romae cum Patricio fuit, Maruanus monachus, Germochus rex, Elwen, Crewenna, Helena." In one MS. Thecla is added. It is possible to recognise some of these among those who went to Rheims. Sinninus is Sennen, or Senan of Inis Cathy, who probably brought Aed Cobhran with him. Germochus may be the Germanus of Flodoard. Helena is probably his Helanus. Promptia we suspect is Crewenna, the Goidelic hard c becoming p, and
1 Martyrology of Oengus, ed. Whitley Stokes, 1871, p. clxxiii. Caenrich = Cuindech (?)
2 Flodoard, Hist. Ecclesiast. Rem., lib. iv, c. 9 (ed. de Douai, 1617, p. 638).
Flodoard's Fracla is Leland's Thecla. The party may be traced on or near the Rance, rendering it probable that they landed at Aleth. S. Helan is recognised at S. Helan and the adjoining parish of Lanhelin near Dinan. Tressan is seen at Tressaint, further up the river, and S. Veranus is discoverable at Trevron and Evran; also at S. Vran, near Merdrignac. S. Abran has a chapel at Perret; Petran is commemorated at S. Pern; and there is a chain of Germanus foundations in Ille-et-Vilaine. We are somewhat disposed to identify Aed Cobhran with the Abran who has a chapel at N. Dame de Guermene in Perret, near Gouarzec (Cotes du Nord), where he is commemorated on December 3. He is there represented in monastic habit, girded about the waist by a cord; his head is bare, his hood thrown back over his shoulders. His feet are covered by his habit. In his right hand he carries a curved stick or pen-bras; in his left hand is a closed book. The statue is of the fifteenth century. There is a parish of S. Abran or Abraham in Morbihan, but in the ancient diocese of S. Malo; it was annexed to the diocese of Vannes in 1801.
It is not necessary to accept Flodoard's statement that the party consisted of actual brothers and sisters after the flesh; they probably were spiritual brethren.
In the Life of S. Ailbe we are informed that this illustrious saint, on his way home from Rome, founded a monastic establishment, in which he placed the sons of Guil, previous to his reaching Dol.1 Germanus, one of the seven who visited Remigius, is inserted in the Irish Martyrologies as MacGoll, and it is possible enough that Ailbe did for a while associate with this party of seven on the river Rance. The time would suit, as Ailbe was in Gaul at the very beginning of the sixth century. Moreover Aed Cobhran and his brothers were of the MacGaille territory.
The day of Aed Cobhran, as already said, in the Irish Martyrologies, is January 28, but he is also commemorated along with his brothers on November 28. In that of Donegal he is mentioned as of Cill-Ruis or Kilrush, in the county of Clare, but he is no longer there remembered.2 Cill-Ruis was in the diocese of Iniscathy, which seems to indicate, as already mentioned, that he was a disciple of S. Senan, who is the Cornish Sennen. He is commemorated in the Felire of Oengus, and in the Martyrology of Tallagh as well.
S. ADWEN, Virgin
In the Inquisitio Nonarum she is entered as S. Athewenna. The parish of Advent in Cornwall is locally called S. Anne or S. Tane. In 1340 it is entered as Capella Sanctae Athewennae.3 Leland (Coll., iv, J53) gives Adwen as one of Brychan's children who settled in North Cornwall. He derives this from a legend of S. Nectan preserved at Hartland. So does William of Worcester (ed. Nasmith, 1778), from a notice of Brychan he found at S. Michael's Mount.
1 Vita S. Albei, Acta SS. Hibern. ex Codice Salmanticensi, Edinb. 1888, col. 244. 2 Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of Clare, in Pro gress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839, ii, p. 2.
5 Maclean, Deanery of Trigg Minor, ii, p. 297.
Among the daughters of Brychan known to the Welsh there is only one that might with any degree of probability be identified with her, and that is Dwynwen, and Mr. W. Copeland Borlase conjectured that the chapel of Advent was originally Llanddwynwen.1 But this is mere conjecture. The church is annexed to Lanteglos, and owing to this circumstance meets with no notice in the Exeter Episcopal Registers.
Dr. Borlase states that Advent parish church was originally dedicated to S. Tathan, as this name occurs, says he, in old deeds. Sir John Maclean quotes deeds in which the name is spelt S. Tawthan (1559), S. Adwen (1572), "Tathen alias Adventte " (1601), etc.- But the Inquisitio Nonarum is the better authority for the dedication. See further under S. Dwynwen.
S. AEDDAN, see S. AIDAN
S. AELGYFARCH, or ELGYFARCH, Confessor
Nothing is known of this saint further than that he was one of the twelve sons of Helig ab Glannog,3 whose territory, called Tyno Helig, was overflowed by the sea in the sixth century. The Lavan Sands, between Anglesey and Carnarvonshire, formed a portion of the territory, which extended to the Great Orme's Head. After the loss of his land, Helig and his sons devoted themselves to religion. Most of them founded churches in various parts of Wales. They are said to have been members of the monastery of Bangor Iscoed in the first instance, but afterwards some of them went to Bardsey. No churches are dedicated to S. Aelgyfarch, nor is his name to be found in any Calendar.
1 The Age of the Saints, pp. 153-4, 159. Truro, 1893. Mr. Borlase supposes that Adwen is a corruption of Llan-dwyn, becoming Ladwyn and then Adwen. Carew calls her Athawyn, Survey, p. 92.
- Deanery of Trigg Minor, sub nom. Advent, ii, p. 318.
3 Myv. Arch., p. 418; Iolo MSS., p. 124.
S.AELHAIARN, or ELHAIARN, Abbot, Confessor
The parentage of this Aelhaiarn is unknown. He was a disciple of S. Dyfrig at Matle.1 He appears as witness to several grants made to this saint, as that of Lann Iunabui,2 and that of Cum Barruc,3 and that of Cil Hal.4 He also witnessed the grant of Penally to Dyfrig.5 When, later, Cinuin, the king, regranted Cum Barruc to Bishop Elgistil, the same witnesses, both clerical and lay, are quoted, and the grant is apparently only a reaffirmation of the original transfer.* When a grant was made to Bishop Comeregius, Aelhaiarn signed as Abbot of Lann Guruoe, i.e. Lann Guorboe.7 As such he also witnessed the grant of Lann Loudeu to Bishop Iunapeius.8
Lann Guorboe has been supposed to be Garway, but incorrectly; it was in campo Malochu. Mais mail Lochou, now represented by the name Mawfield for an older Malefield in Testa de Nevill and the Malvern Charters, was the name of Inis Ebrdil, and denoted the country between the Dore valley and the Wye from Moccas down to about Hereford, and the Worm. Guorboe = Gwrfwy in modern Welsh. For this note on the locality of Lann Guorboe we are indebted to Mr. Egerton Phillimore. Whether he migrated to Brittany with S. Teilo and so many bishops, abbots, and clerics on the breaking out of the Yellow Plague in 547 we do not know. Teilo, we do know, received grants from King Budic of Cornouaille, and it is significant that adjoining Plogonnec, near Quimper, where S. Teilo receives a cult, is S. Alouarn, who has given his name to a castle and to a canonry. Alouarn, apparently, is the hermit with staff, bearing a Celtic bell, represented in the same window with Teilo at Plogonnec, in glass of the fifteenth century. On his way through Cornwall along with Teilo, Aelhaiarn may have founded Lanherne, but the parish church is dedicated to the more important S. Maughan or Mawgan.
S. AELHAIARN, Confessor
Aelhaiarn (" the Iron Eyebrow ") lived inthe seventh century, and was a brother to SS. Llwchaiarn and Cynhaiarn. The pedigrees of the Welsh saints show great variations on the


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Alex Lewis, an avid Zodiac enthusiast, also known by his pseudonym Welsh Chappie, is of the conviction that Larry Kane is the man most likely behind the mask of evil, due to several observations relating to Larry Kane's timeline during the Zodiac murders. Alex has compiled an extensive range of information on his website pertaining to this subject, and pretty much covers all you need to know about Larry Kane. http://welshchappie.wordpress.com.
He has also formulated an interesting theory that links the solved 408 Cipher, the My Name is...Cipher, Larry Kane's year of birth and his residency in Round Hill Village, Zephyr Cove, South Lake Tahoe.
The following post is entirely the work of Alex Lewis, submitted to me, outlining the details of his connection between the aforementioned Zodiac letters.
Alex Lewis:
Firstly I would like to start by stating that the following is just my opinion, but it is an opinion I hold based on facts and information as it stands. I believe that combining these two captioned communications sent by Zodiac allows us to identify Zodiac's Name, House Number and year he was born.
So, what is it about the 408 and My Name Is communications that make them relevant in conjunction with each other? Well, firstly, both the 408 and My Name Is communications seem to want to make the number 24 relevant. In the 408 cipher, there were three sections split into groups of three that were sent to three different Bay Area newspapers.
Then, in Zodiac's My Name Is line of Cipher, he once again seems to want to point to three eights, or twenty-four, being relevant because this time he leaves no room for it to be overlooked by placing three circles within the line of Cipher, each of which contain the number Eight.
So, it seems our faceless friend wants us to know that the number 24 is relevant. 1924 is his year of birth. So, considering the three sets of eight lines are not random but point to 24, what about the overall number of symbols contained in the Cipher? Each line contains 17 symbols, and there are, as we know, 24 lines in all which gives us a total of 408 symbols in total (17 x 24 = 408).
We all know Lawrence Kane is one of the suspects in the Zodiac Case, but what many won't be aware of is how 24 and 408 are extremely specific to him and here is why.
Lawrence Kane was born in the year 1924. Kane's main residence was in South Lake Tahoe, in Zephyr Cove's Round Hill Village and his address was: 408 Mcfaul Way, Round Hill Village, Zephyr Cove, NV. So, combining the 408 Cipher with the My Name Is, it is possible to conclude that his name is Kane, as he blatantly tells is in Stating 'My Name Is....AENK'. He was born in 1924, as he twice makes reference to, once in the 408 and then in the My Name Is Cipher.
And finally, his address is, just like the number of symbols in the first Cipher, 408 McFaul Way.


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We had an exciting trip to the Green Building Slam put on by the NW Eco Building Guild Seattle Chapter last week. It was a lovely chance to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and see some exciting applications of sustainable design in the evening's presentations.
Our personal favorites were Neiman Tabor's Marian Green presentation which was about a green built town house project with the goal of hiding parking space below the living quarters and creating a larger community space above that creates an open court yard for the residents to engage with their fellow neighbors and friends with. We enjoyed the sense of community that the project inspired and were glad to see that the architectural team's goal was achieved in the execution.
The other presentation we really enjoyed was S.A.G.E. Designs NW's Cargo Container project where their team designed and built an exterior shed unit that the client used as an additional kitchen made out of a cargo shipping container. We enjoyed their unique presentation and their admirable use of cargo containers to create green building projects.
Thank you Northwest Eco Building Guild for an exciting evening and we can't wait to see what projects come out next year.


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A British film company is offering an unusual competition with its latest DVD – the chance to win a bag of marijuana. Revolver Entertainment is putting a Willy Wonka-style golden ticket in one of the first 1,000 copies of The Wackness, out this week on DVD.
The finder of the golden ticket wins a weekend for two in Amsterdam where they will collect a gram of high-grade skunk, courtesy of Revolver. The Wackness follows the unlikely relationship between a psychiatrist (Ben Kingsley) and a teenager (Josh Peck) which is created through their mutual love of smoking marijuana.
On his role, Sir Ben proclaims: "When the audience sees Dr Squires reach for a bong for the first time they are delighted."
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