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Today marks my last day as a Game Informer intern. Where have the last three months gone?Let's start with what I've done over the summer. I've written twenty-three Gamer Culture
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Israeli Air Force to Deploy Anti-Aircraft Missiles Against Attacks Like September 11
Israel's air force is to deploy United States-made Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to cover the air approaches to the Jewish state, with the aim of preventing attacks like the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, a senior air force officer said in an interview published on Sunday.
AP reported that the decision to place the missiles in the central part of Israel, close to international air lanes, follows a successful simulation in which the missiles' radar locked onto F-16 fighter planes playing the role of hijacked airliners, Brig Gen. Yair Dori said in an interview printed in Israel Air Force Magazine.
"The air attacks that took place in the United States emphasized the airborne terror threat which could also be aimed at population centers in Israel," stated Dori, Head of Israel's anti-aircraft defenses.
"One of the ways we can try to provide maximum defense against this threat is the deployment of Patriot batteries," he said. The article did not provide details with regards to how many batteries would be deployed, or when.
During the 1991 Gulf war, when Iraq fired Scud missiles at Israel, Patriot missile batteries were deployed in an attempt to intercept the incoming Scuds, with limited success. Since then, Israel and the United States have been jointly developing an anti-missile system called Arrow. (Albawaba.com)
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Bill Glass, 81, grew up in the mountain structure near the Barton Flats area that burned after a man involved in a shootout with sheriff's deputies was cornered inside. The shooter, who died in the structure, was presumed to be manhunt target Chris Dorner.
Glass' father William built that structure and the surrounding camp in the 1920s after returning to California from World War I.
Bill's grandparents, for whom Glass Road is named, started the homestead in 1901.
William, who left to serve in the war, was gassed in France in an attack by the Germans. He returned home, got a plumbing license and built the camp, with a home on site for his family.
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"The press keeps calling it a cabin," Bill Glass said Wednesday. "To me it was a house."
Originally the camp was called Seven Oaks Housekeeping Cabins. Subsequent owners dropped `Housekeeping' from the name.
"My father started that camp in the '20s after World War I was over, and that was my home until March of '38," Bill Glass said, "and then the camp was still in the family until 1958, so it was kind of odd to watch that thing burn last night. That one right there, that was home."
Bill moved to Redlands in 1938 but continued to spend summers and holidays in the Seven Oaks camp, mostly working, until 1951.
"In the '30s it was a big deal to come up and rent a cabin for a few weeks and get away from things," he said.
For him it was not an escape: "Billy, the light bulb in No. 3 needs to be replaced. The sewer in No. 7's clogged up."
He also remembers celebrating the end of World War II there.
Now he also remembers the aerial view of his father's work going up in smoke.
"I was downstairs and my girlfriend said, `Turn on the TV' around 2:30 (p.m.). I started watching it solid for about eight hours. I watched it all."
Bill relived watching the footage in a phone interview on Wednesday. There's the recreation hall, the tennis court, the croquet court, he said.
"I probably know that area as well as anybody living today."
The man presumed to be Dorner fled Highway 38 on foot to Glass Road and went left on Seven Oaks Road, Glass said. The suspect went into the first building he came to, which was vacant, a house that sits about 45 feet back from the road, Glass said.
"I wish this guy had gone further down and held up in one of the cabins," Bill said. "He would have been more hidden, and they would have torched that instead of the house."
Six of the rental cabins remain today. His father had wanted to build 20.
"He found out early on that people wanted to be near the Santa Ana River. They wanted to sit on an outdoor porch and watch the river go by."
Then in 1938, with 13 built, a flood washed eight of them "into the stream."
William just stopped building.
The swimming pool is unfinished. He didn't have the fortitude to keep going after the flood, Bill said.
"Cabin No. 12 ended up down in the riverbed and two men - I don't know how they did it; I was 6 years old - two men got that cabin out of the river bottom and onto a newly poured foundation," Bill said.
The Seven Oaks camp remains close in his heart.
"That was home. I've got a lot of memories there," he said. "It was startling to see the old homestead go up in flames. Boy what a story."


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Students in Costume, Along with Their Horses, at Annual Halloween Barn Event
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- By Jeffrey R. Wakefield
UVM's student-run Horse Barn Cooperative hosted its annual Halloween Barn event at the Ellen A. Hardacre Equine Center at the UVM farm on Spear St. on Monday night. Students dressed both themselves and their horses in costume and invited children from the community and their families to trick-or-treat from stall to stall.
In all, 21 students and horses participated and nearly 400 community members, including about 100 children, attended. Sixteen of the horses are owned by students who are enrolled or participate in the Horse Barn Cooperative, while the other five are Department of Animal Science horses cared for by 15 students enrolled in the hands-on horse management course Equus.
Junior French major Kelsey Guistra, an Equus student from Middleton, Mass., who dressed herself and her horse Molly as gypsies, was having fun. "I love it; I love seeing all the kids," she said. "They all really love Molly. She's being really good, and she loves all the kids, too."
UVM began the Halloween Barn event in 2004. "The students are really enthusiastic," said Dr. Jenny Wilkinson, a veterinarian and lecturer in the Department of Animal Sciences, who teaches the Equus course and directs the Horse Barn Cooperative. "It's probably their favorite event of the year."
"We started this as a way to get Horse Barn members involved with the community, and to give a safe place for kids to combine two loves: trick-or-treating and horses," said Betsy Green, a faculty member in both Animal Science and UVM Extension, who launched the program with Josie Davis, associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. "It's grown by leaps and bounds over the last eight years."
The event was postponed for a week because of Hurricane Sandy. The students also held a bake sale at the event; proceeds will go to Red Cross Disaster Relief.


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Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann and Alex Aust and Salisbury's Ashton Wheatley and Katie Bollhorst were named the top players at their positions by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association Saturday night at the annual All-America banquet.
Schwarzmann, the Division I Midfielder of the Year, and Aust, the Attacker of the Year, have led the No. 1 Terps to a 22-0 season going into Sunday night's NCAA championship game against North Carolina.
Wheatley, the C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year in Division III, and Bollhorst, the Attacker of the Year, led the Sea Gulls to a 23-0 season and their second national championship last weekend.
Schwarzmann, the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner, was named Midfielder of the Year for the third straight time. A Century graduate, Schwarzmann is a three-time first-team All American and a four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. The senior is also a two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Year but played a key role on defense this season too, shutting out some of the nation's best attackers.
Ranking second among the Terps in scoring with 55 goals and 27 assists, she is only the third player in Maryland history to reach 300 career points. Her 301 trail only Jen Adams' NCAA-record 445 and Kelly Amonte's 319. Schwarzmann had a goal and three assists in Friday night's 11-10 national semifinal victory over Syracuse.
Aust, a Bullis graduate, leads the Terps in scoring with 69 goals and 54 assists. Known for her feeding ability as well as her finishing, the senior averages 5.6 points, ranking second in Division I. She also ranks fourth in total assists. She had two goals and two assists in the semifinal win over Syracuse.
Her 131 career assists rank third all-time among the Terps, trailing another Adams' NCAA record of 178 and Amonte's 132. Her 54 assists this season rank third behind Adams' 60 and 55. Her 273 points rank sixth.
In Division III, Wheatley earned Goalie of the Year honors for a second straight season. The junior allowed only 5.56 goals per game, the second best in Division III. Her .563 save percentage also ranked second.
A Cambridge native and graduate of the Salisbury School, Wheatley was named the Division III tournament's Most Outstanding Player after recording a career-high 12 saves in the 8-7 semifinal victory over Middlebury and nine in the 12-5 title game victory over Trinity (Conn.). In Wheatley's two seasons as Goalie of the Year, the Sea Gulls lost only one of 46 games.
On the attacking end, Bollhorst led the Sea Gulls with 41 goals and 62 assists. She finished her career atop the Sea Gull's all-time assists list with 171. She also ranks third in scoring with 297 points.
The St. Mary's graduate is a two-time first-team All-American and Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She had six points in the CAC title game, a 13-5 win over York (Pa.) for the Sea Gulls' 11th straight CAC title. They did not lose a CAC game during Bollhorst's four years, running their winning streak to 94 straight CAC games.
IWLCA Position Players of the Year
Division I
Attacker of the Year: Alex Aust, Maryland
Midfielder of the Year: Katie Schwarzmann, Maryland
Defender of the Year: Becca Block, Syracuse
C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year: Mikey Meagher, Florida
Division II
Attacker of the Year: Jackie Sileo, C. W. Post
Midfielder of the Year: Jessica Pandolf, Lock Haven
Defender of the Year: Courtney Bianculli, Rollins
C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year: Katie Hammerer (Leonardtown), Florida Southern
Division III
Attacker of the Year: Katie Bollhorst, Salisbury
Midfielder of the Year: Megan Leonhard, Trinity
Defender of the Year: Jessica Lavelle, SUNY-Cortland
C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year: Ashton Wheatley, Salisbury


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Which Weber carb best for EA81
Posted 26 January 2005 - 03:20 PM
Posted 26 January 2005 - 03:35 PM
I had the Carter Weber on my engine and was set on changing over to the Hitachi. I found a used intake for $40 and bought a remanufactured Hitachi for $175. I went to a manual choke.
I plan on switching over to the after market Weber, which comes with the adapter. Only thing holding me back is the price... I've been quoted $380 for the Weber..
Posted 26 January 2005 - 03:38 PM
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Posted 26 January 2005 - 04:32 PM
Mudboat - Why were you quotes so much? Find a list of cars that had them, get the carb from the junkyard and rebuild it. Webers are very easy to rebuild.
By the way -
DGV - manual choke
DGEV - electric choke
Other than that, I don't know what the letters stand for.
pick your poison - they each have their advantages but I would not stick with the Carter Weber because it is way too small for the engine.
Posted 26 January 2005 - 04:39 PM
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Posted 26 January 2005 - 05:29 PM
Posted 26 January 2005 - 07:54 PM
it's the size of the barrels. primary=32mm, secondary=36mm. stock hitachi's are 28/30 i believe. the adapters from redline cast $50.
And what does 32/36 refer to?
Posted 26 January 2005 - 09:45 PM
The numbers designate the size of the barrel. 32 pri/36mm secondary. In reality, in the weber 32/36, the venturi's are 26/27mm respectively.
DGEV - dg series, electric choke, variable
DGAV - dg series, water choke, variable
DFAV/DFEV, same as above, but df series, same as DG, but throttle plates are mirrored left to right. DF series are common in volkswagen swaps.. throttle on the opposite side.
DGES/DGAS, same as above, but synchronous. as both barrels open at the same time, as opposed to the variable above, which opens primary first, then the secondary begins to open at ~66% throttle application. The DGxS models are commonly found in the 38/38mm variety.
A common 32/36 DGEV is what you'd want to look for. The adapter plate makes things interesting, as its just one more thing to buy, but in the end, the Weber is the best option overall when put up head to head against the hicrappy or carter carbs.
Rebuild kits run around $65 or so.. I know, I just bought one for my own Weber.
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I can tell you when I noticed it. The reason I can tell you when I noticed it is, this year I decided to get back into the habit of actually keeping an up-to-date calendar. You see, last year I bought a calendar, but for some odd reason, I didn't use it.
But this year, I've got a calendar, and I can look back, and tell you when I noticed it.
Or more specifically, noticed when it was gone.
You see, Peny went down to see the grandkids. That's what I had written down on the calendar. And I was home alone.
It was a Saturday. I had just gotten back to the house from grocery shopping. The snow from the last storm was finally gone from the driveway, and I figured it would be nice not to have to use a sled to bring the groceries in.
The driveway had snow on it for so long, we didn't have much reason to lock the door. I mean, you could hardly get up the driveway.
Or so I thought.
Anyway, home I arrived, and I figured I'd check the email. And that's when I noticed it.
Not the computer, mind you, but my portable hard drive, that used to sit right on top of my computer.
The USB cord was still plugged into the front of the computer, but the other end was lying on the futon.
How odd. And how unnerving. The helpless feeling, you know the feeling. It was well-described by our intern, Hallie, in a story she recently wrote. It was indescribable. I didn't know where to start feeling.
So I scanned around the room, the house, in closets. I looked out in the garage. I checked the recycling. The recycling? Why am I caring if the recycling is still here? If you're gonna take something, by all means, please, take my recycling.
But, you took my hard drive. What do you want, my personal information? Can I clue you in — you may want to check what's on it before you take it, because it wasn't there.
What on earth are you going to do with it? You probably don't even like the kind of music I listen to. I really hope you don't.
I called Peny. The feeling I had inside of me seemed to magically transfer through the phone lines to her. The feeling that someone has been in the house. There were several more calls back and forth, and some emails.
"Did you find it"
"Nope. Weird. I can't find anything else that was taken. All of your stuff still seems to be here. Did you take your digital recorder with you? I can't find that."
"Yes, I have it. We better start locking the doors. I'll be home soon."
That's the mystery, because the hard drive was the only thing that was gone. Just a small metal box at the end of a USB cord.
So we locked the doors. And I had new keys made. And security at the fort tightened up.
I locked the doors when I was home during the day. I locked them in the morning. I checked them at night.
And 20 days went by. Just like that. All quiet.
Until the next morning.
"Hey, have you seen my card reader?"
I looked at her.
"You've got to be kidding."
"Nope, the card reader, with the USB cable, it's gone too. I don't think the card reader was plugged into my computer."
Our computers are less than 10 feet away from each other. Same room. At essentially the same desk-height.
And now, two same sized, same colored small metal boxes have been removed off the tops of two computers. They're gone.
"We used to have packrats that took jewelry," she said to me.
I thought to myself, 'You've got to be kidding.'
"Packrats, huh?" I said, probably disbelievingly.
"Yeah, they like shiny things."
I looked at our 17 pound cat. "Some guard-cat you've turned out to be," I told him. He meowed and then began to attack a very specific area of a rug that did not appear to have anything on it.
My mind churned. Yes, packrats. It makes perfect sense. No signs of forced entry in 20 days. Two similar computer accessories missing. Came in through the cat door, no doubt. Can my hard-drive be close by, buried under a rock somewhere?
What would Sherlock Holmes do?
I start to devise a long-term plan. I need to track this rodent, and find out where it lives. I have ideas.
I'm thinking of ordering one of those LoJack devices that police use to locate stolen cars.
I've got some friends that radio-tag fish. Maybe something like that.
I know what I need, I need a GPS device. Yes, definitely. How small are those GPS things, anyway?
Hell, I'll settle for one of those gizmos that's supposed to help you locate lost keys.
I will wrap one of these items up, in a nice, shiny package. And you, Mr. Packrat, will take it back to your lair.
And I will activate that device, and I will find you. Oh, yes, I will find you.
The clock says it's almost 8 a.m. and I have to go. It turns out I don't have any of those electronic devices right now, so we'll go with a low-tech approach for today.
You like shiny objects, huh? Well, here's a nice shiny ball of aluminum foil. And it's filled with flour. That's right, flour. Oh, and I also poked a bunch of holes in the aluminum foil ball. That way, the flour is going to spill out, and I will track you back to your nest.
I really hope this works.
And I lock the door on my way out. I hope some more. It's a much better feeling to hope, rather than think someone has been in the house.
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Let me guess...in the interview he asked what kind of dinosaur you would be.
This may be a bit long-winded, but any help would be appreciated.
On January 4th I interviewed for a job at a start-up company that is very well funded by a major auto manufacturer and several private equity firms. Long story short, it's a small operation with big aspirations. I like the idea, love the opportunity, and love the pay, perks, etc. Long story short, on January 4th I interviewed with the CEO. The interview went great, and I left thinking I had the job in the bag (the CEO essentially said as much). I asked the CEO when I would hear back from him, and he said that he'd like for me to come in the following week (week of January 7th) for a follow-up meeting and that he'd be in touch. I wrote a thank you e-mail right after our interview (and sent him a message on LInkedIn, which is how we were communicating in the days leading up to the interview), but never heard back.
Sure enough, the week of January 7th comes and goes, and I hear nothing. I Write a follow-up e-mail on January 14th (and send a message on LinkedIn) asking for an update, but still don't hear anything. At this point, I all but assume that they've moved on to another candidate, and that there isn't any interest on their part.
Finally, on January 30th I decided to write one final e-mail to the CEO asking him if I was still in consideration for the open position. In that e-mail, I thanked him for the opportunity, and wished him luck if had decided to go in another direction.
Sure enough, the CEO responds back to me right away saying that I am one of the top candidates for the position, and that he would contact me the week of February 4th to meet with the other team members.
As you can imagine at this point, the week of February 4th comes and goes without any contact. On February 9th, I decide to call him in an effort to get the process rolling. I assume that a phone call will get me the direct answers I'm looking for. I call him, he answers (he sounded excited to hear from me), but says that he's walking into a breakfast meeting and that he can't talk. He says that he'll call me back and that we'll catch up. So far, as of this writing, I haven't heard back. I followed that phone call up with a message on LinkedIn on February 9th, but still haven't heard back.
At this point, it's February 19th and I'm not sure what to do next. This is my dream position, and I'll do anything to get it, but I feel like I'm pulling teeth here.
What should my next move be? Any advice as to how to proceed?
Any help is appreciated.
Let me guess...in the interview he asked what kind of dinosaur you would be.
...and cue the resume.
Were you wearing a suit when you called him on February 9th?
Just show up and start working....it show's initiative.
Tell him that you have an offer from another company on the table and that you simply can't wait around and pass up other opportunities while they keep you on ice with little communication. Essentially, give him an ultimatum of needing an offer letter by the end of the week. If they are for real, they will react.
Sorry bro, sounds sketchy. Especially if the CEO is giving you the run around. Doesn't sound like a company you should work for if they can't even recruit a new hire properly... imagine how they'd treat you if you worked there.
My advice would be to actively pursue other opportunities, i.e. dont just sit around waiting for them. That isn't being fair to yourself.
If they come through before you find something else, and you still are sold on the job, take it. I would keep in mind the overall process though. Obviously there are ins and outs etc with each job hiring; my current job took about a month to finalize, but it does sound like they are giving you a bit of the run around.
Also if you find another position in the meantime you could use that as leverage for them to get their **** together.
Good luck.
Follow these steps, and you'll get a job
As a start-up he simply may need to get approval to add the job you've discussed at this point in the companies life cycle. If he's wrestling with something like that, he may not disclose it and your communication must be strategic to avoid driving him away.
As a CEO you need to assume he has the balls to tell you if he isn't interested.
As a CEO of a start-up he should also have alot of stuff going on. He hasn't told you you're out....so you may not be #1 (dating another to it's conclusion?) or you are and he has to work through something (could be as simple as his timeframe is not as urgent as yours...happens too often).
You sound like an ex girlfriend. They are just not into you. Move on. It looks desperate.
You: Being taken for a ride, eagerly waiting for a job offer from someone who blatantly mistreats you before you're even an employee.
Me: Resident expert on hiring, quitting, slacking, excelling, interviewing (both as the er and the ee), job-hopping and ALWAYS trading up.
Pretty bad advice in this thread thus far, all joking aside...
Although, Shakin is right and that dude is an inconsiderate deek... First question you should ask yourself is 'If that dude treats me like this prior to my employment, how will he treat me after I'm hired'...
Southpole says to leverage with a different opportunity but that depends on who's recruiting and what their prospectus is... He could be put off by you doing such...


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Twelve wrestlers from Tiger Town Tanglers advanced to sectionals wrestling out of the Chillicothe Regional, including regional champions Peyton Hammerich and Alex Peck and runners-up Joseph Peacock, Brody Spencer, Matthew Harris and Mason Goodrum. Also advancing were third-place finishers Augie Christianse and Braden Boyles, fourth-place finishers Kody Mongan and Charlie Korey, fifth place Luke Peacock and sixth place Gio Romagoli. The Bantam Division finishers who do not advance include first-place finishers Ace Christiansen, Nathaniel Irizarry and Andrew Peacock, second-place Mikey Kurth, Gavin Lanham, Tristian Lasson and Robert Nelson.
PHS awards night
PRINCETON — The PHS girls basketball awards night will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school cafeteria. All student-athletes and parent-guardians are invited.
SVWC meeting
SPRING VALLEY — the first meeting of the season for the Spring Valley Walleye Club will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Spring Valley Boat Club. The Master's Walleye Tournament will be held March 23-24.
IVVP tryouts
Tryouts for the Illinois Valley Volley Power volleyball club will be held Friday for 11U and 12U and March 10 for 13U and 14U at lllinois Valley Community College. There is a $35 nonrefundable tryout fee. You must also have a current USA Volleyball membership to try out. If you have any questions or are unable to attend the informational meeting, please call Julie Sherbeyn at 815-303-3006 or Erick Zimbelman at 815-326-5882.
MBA Fish Fry
MANLIUS — The annual Manlius Baseball Association fish fry and league sign up will be held March 8 at the Manlius Sportsmen's Club, serving from 5-7 p.m. Volunteers are needed as well. The MBA holds this fundraiser to allow the kids to play for free.
Girls Shootout
PRINCETON — There are openings for grades 5 and 7 in the Girls Got Game Shootout, sponsored by the Princeton Athletic Booster Club on March 16-17. For more information, contact PHS tournament director Kevin Hieronymus at firstname.lastname@example.com.
LL Road Show
PERU — Illinois District 20 will host a Little League Road Show and Umpire Clinic at 9 a.m. March 9 at the Illinois Valley YMCA. The presenters for this training session will be from Williamsport, PA and Indianapolis. This program is for league presidents and all other board members. The Umpire Clinic will start at 9 a.m. at Hall High School. There is a $20 fee per attendee which includes materials, breakfast and lunch.
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Rugby Middle eighth-graders took a field trip to downtown Hendersonville Friday to observe local businesses, analyze career options and talk about how a local economy functions.
It's a bit unfair to ask eighth-graders what they want to do with the rest of their lives, but on Friday morning, Millicent Burke-Sinclair, career and technical educator at Rugby Middle, had 80-plus teenagers so focused on business, economics and their future careers that nobody had trouble coming up with an answer.
The students took a field trip to downtown Hendersonville to observe local businesses, analyze career options and talk about how a local economy functions.
Zachary McCall-Marshall, 13, knows exactly what he career field he wants to go into.
"I want to be a paleontologist. I went to a museum in California, where a lot of my family lives, and it had a large sloth that I thought was really cool." He paused. "And I like playing around in dirt."
McCall-Marshall said his favorite classes are science and math, which he said should help him understand more about paleontology.
"And I'm good with my imagination," he said, adding that he's planning to attend Yale University or the University of California at Berkeley.
Standing next to him, Lexi Iurato, 13, said she is interested in a career in marketing and finance.
"I like counting money and being in charge," she said with a smile. Asked where she wanted to go to college, Iurato answered, "The Julliard School in New York, to study dance. I do tap, jazz, hip-hop, ballet, lyrical and point."
Iurato said she wanted to participate in the field trip to help her "understand my world, workplaces and how people run their businesses." When asked what her fantasy job would be, she said, "being a professional dancer and choreographer. You get paid for travel and teaching. My teachers and Pat's School of Dance go places and get paid to teach what they do."
At a stop at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, Development Director Lynn Penny explained to the students how a nonprofit playhouse works, what types of jobs the theater offers and why it's an important economic driver in the local economy.
"The Playhouse produces $10 million in economic impact annually," she said. When people visit the Playhouse, they also usually shop, go out to eat and spend money at various nearby businesses.
"That's a boost to Henderson County," she said, adding that "even though we are an economic engine, we are a service to the community."
At the theater, "it takes all kinds of people to make a show happen," and a lot of those people aren't actors, Penny told the group. As an example, she mentioned that actors need to know where to stand at any given time to hit their mark. Someone has to measure stage dimensions and decide where to put those marks. There are designers, music technicians, lighting people and a host of others who contribute to the curtain going up.
After the presentation, Tiffany Bush, 13, said she had never been to the Playhouse Downtown and until Penny's presentation, had no idea that the organization contributed so much to the local economy.
In terms of her career pursuits, Bush said, "I actually want to be a doctor — a cardiac surgeon. My family is all in the medical field and I want to follow in their footsteps and help people."
Drew Drake, 14, said she wanted to be an executive recruiter "for a big magazine like GQ in New York. I think it would be a great way to get out there and communicate more with people." Along those lines, she said she wanted to "learn another language like French or Spanish, because a lot of people speak Spanish."
Walking down the street with Drake, Dylan Cooper, 13, said he wanted to find a career where he could write. "Something like writing blogs or books would be cool and interesting. Or maybe (video) game designing, or a computer engineer — something I know a lot about," he said. "I write a lot in my honors language arts class and I like being creative through my writing. Writing is a great way to express your opinion."
Burke-Sinclair said the ultimate goal of the day's trip was for the students to "be exposed to our community and learn how they can create an effective plan for their future education and career through community involvement and understanding of the current economy."
Another goal was to give her students an understanding of "how important it is to respect, shop and support businesses and organizations and residents within our local community," she said.
Mission accomplished, at least according to Cooper, who said toward the end of the trip, "My point of view of this is that we're hearing about different businesses and how they give back to our economy — and about how we can support them to give back to the local economy."
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Brockton's request for a $400,000 state grant to revamp historic James Edgar Park has been approved, officials have learned, money that will not only rejuvenate the surrounding neighborhood but also play a role in a downtown renovation plan to make Brockton safer and more attractive for new businesses and families.
The Parkland and Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities grant expected from the state Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs will fund new playground equipment in the green space bordered by Brook, Dover, South Fuller, and Winthrop streets, an area that until recently was plagued by drug transactions and littered with used hypodermic needles.
The grant will also pay for new volleyball and basketball courts as well as parking areas, storage and bathroom facilities, benches, and drainage for the field where American Legion games are played, officials said.
"Winning this grant shows what working together can accomplish," said Ward 2 City Councilman Thomas Monahan, a member of the Parks Commission who worked on the funding request.
Monahan said he, fellow city councilors, members of Brockton's legislative delegation, as well as the Brockton Redevelopment Authority and Mayor Linda Balzotti's office, all did their part.
"The overhaul of Edgars will help revitalize the neighborhood, which has already seen great improvement with the implementation of a community police beat, and will bring families together as they take advantage of the park,'' Monahan said.
The recreation area, which fronts the boyhood home of boxing great Rocky Marciano, had steadily fallen into decline as its offerings, including horse shoes and bocce, also lost favor with the younger set.
But now, a facelift will work wonders — as about $600,000 from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development did on 11 other park areas in Brockton, Balzotti said.
"This is great news,'' she said. "Folks who might occupy new downtown housing units could possibly walk there, or take a short ride, and it will be useful to people who go there now."
Years ago, bocce was a big sport in Brockton, Balzotti said, but today people want volleyball.
"And I have had kids asking me since I took office for a skate park,'' which is also a possibility, she said. "It will just be terrific for the whole city."
James Edgar Park, which celebrates its 100th anniversary next year, is the site of memorials to several high-profile and much-beloved late residents, including Marciano and World War II veterans. It is named for Scottish émigré and entrepreneur James Edgar, who in 1890 became the first department store Santa Claus.
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How would U.S. bishops fare under a papal performance review?
Anyone who has ever held a job has probably had to endure some type of employee evaluation. You know the drill—the boss goes over your progress, lists your flaws, tells you what you need to improve upon. Most workplaces today have some sort of formal review process, and some of us even have the fun of not only being reviewed but reviewing other employees as well.
Reading a column in today's Boston Globe [1] by Kevin Cullen got me thinking about how some U.S. bishops would do if they had to sit down with Pope Francis for an annual performance evaluation. Specifically, Cullen writes about Providence, Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin, who continues to make abortion and gay marriage the primary focus of the church despite Francis' call for the church to embrace the fullness of its teaching rather than to focus only on a few issues [2]. As Cullen puts it:
"Tobin's obsession with judging people narrowly, almost exclusively on whom they fall in love with and whether they support abortion rights, is exactly what the pope has been trying to get away from. The pope hasn't and won't change Catholic teaching on these matters…The pope knows his church is a lot bigger than a couple of hot-button issues, that compassion goes a lot farther than condemnation."
Cullen also takes Tobin to task for asking a judge to show mercy on Joe Caramadre [3], who was convicted for his role in a $46 million investment fraud that preyed upon the terminally ill—a scam that Caramadre furthered through his ads in the local diocesan newspaper. Surely Tobin's act of compassion in this particular case has nothing to do with Caramadre being a big church donor, and he'd show the same compassion to the poor who can't make major financial contributions to the diocese. (If he wants to get high marks from Francis, he'd do even more for the poor than he would for a wealthy donor--that's clearly one of the primary categories on Francis' review questionnaire.)
Tobin has gotten some critical press before, for things like his association with the Young Republicans [4] and his outright criticism of Pope Francis [5] for not speaking enough about abortion. Granted, I do not live in his diocese and I don't know him personally, and I don't intend to suggest that he wouldn't have areas on his evaluation that would receive high marks. But at least in the press, Tobin seems to have garnered the same negative reputation that many American lay Catholics have attributed to their bishops—being more partisan than pastoral, and being too narrow in their vision of how we can live out the gospel.
If those bishops had to sit down for a review with their boss, I wonder what Pope Francis would have to say.


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For any thinking person, there are bound to be a handful of books that had such a powerful impact on them that they have returned to them again and again throughout their lives. I thought it would be interesting to hear what books my readers would identify for them, so I'll start by reposting something I wrote a few years ago on the subject at my old blog, with a few updates.
A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing by HL Mencken. I recently had to reorder a new copy of this book as the old one was so worn out from reading and rereading. It's a book that I still return to again and again and continue to find new insight in. Many of the things he wrote about America nearly a century ago are as fresh and accurate today as the day he wrote them. Mencken may well be the single finest wordsmith this country has ever produced. Like Christopher Hitchens, he was capable of producing a staggering amount of work in a very short time frame, each sentence absolutely perfect, with not a word out of place.
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. The book that shaped my political views more than any other. The book that gave me the single axiomatic core of my entire view of the world, both morally and politically — the notion that we must protect for others the very liberty that we cherish for ourselves and that it is profoundly immoral to do otherwise. If this heathen felt the need to have an equivalent to the Bible, it would be this book.
Free Speech for Me–But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other by Nat Hentoff. Another book I have returned to again and again — and another book that has helped form the very core of my political beliefs. I was lucky enough to have Nat on my radio show twice, once talking about the Bill of Rights and once talking about jazz. At the end of the second show, he called me his "soul brother." Nat has his heresies that leave me baffled (he is anti-choice on abortion, for example), but few have done as much to the meaning of the Bill of Rights to life over the last six decades plus.
These first three books all have something very much in common, of course, and it is from them that I derive my overriding passion for human liberty. When I first read this passage from Mencken, I felt as though I had finally found the perfect expression of my own views:
What do I primarily believe in, as a Puritan believes in Hell? I believe in liberty. And when I say liberty, I mean the thing in its widest imaginable sense – liberty up to the extreme limits of the feasible and the tolerable. I am against forbidding anybody to do anything, or say anything, or think anything, so long as it is at all possible to imagine a habitable world in which he would be free to do, say and think it. The burden of proof, as I see it, is always upon the lawmaker, the theologian, the right-thinker. He must prove his case doubly, triply, quadruply, and then he must start all over and prove it again. The eye through which I view him is watery and jaundiced. I do not pretend to be "just" to him – any more than a Christian pretends to be just to the Devil. He is the enemy of everything I admire and respect in this world – of everything that makes it various and amusing and charming. He impedes every honest search for the truth. He stands against every sort of good will and common decency. His ideal is that of an animal trainer, an archbishop, a major-general in the Army. I am against him until the last galoot's ashore.This simple and childlike faith in the freedom and dignity of man – here, perhaps, stated with undue rhetoric – should be obvious, I should think, to every critic above the mental backwardness of a Federal judge. Nevertheless, very few of them, anatomizing my books, have ever showed any sign of detecting it…
For liberty, when one ascends to the levels where ideas swish by and men pursue Truth to grab her by the tail, is the first thing and the last thing. So long as it prevails the show is thrilling and stupendous; the moment it fails the show is a dull and dirty farce.
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design by Richard Dawkins. Since reading this book, I have met Dawkins several times, shared amiable conversation and had a dispute or two. But this book remains as one of the best books ever written on the subject of evolution and common descent.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. One of the best popular treatments of science and rational thinking ever written. And even before that, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science had a similar influence on me.
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi. I read this not long after seeing Randi on the Tonight Show exposing Peter Popoff as a fraud. It was already several years old at the time, but this was my first real introduction to skepticism.
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Just this morning, Deezer shared details of a total tracking concept involving major festivals. Through the use of RFID chips, Deezer will know every single spot you stood at a festival, what you were listening to and when, and play it all back to you the next day. And, share that information with festival organizers, labels, and others interested in tracking these details.
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Week of the Young Child™, April 6–12, is a time to recognize the needs of young children and thank the adults involved in their education and care. Parents, teachers, caregivers, and other adults play important roles in the lives of young children, and Week of the Young Child™ celebrates their efforts.
We can show support for early learning in our community by promoting school readiness and early literacy programs, thanking teachers who care for our children, and working to ensure that our public policies support early learning for all young children.
Young children in Superior, AZ deserve the best that we can give them.
Week of the Young Child™ is a time to remind us that Early Years are Learning Years®.
Visit the public library this week to view Superior Head Start preschool student's artwork.
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Tigres, Tijuana and America all recorded victories to take them clear at the top of the Clausura.
Queretaro recorded a rare victory to take them level with Atlas, Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul, who are all on four points. Chiapas and Atlante prop up the rest, as they were both beaten for the second consecutive weekend.
Tigres scored three for the second week running as they defeated Atlante to continue their good form which was has taken them to the Apertura summit. Damian Alvarez opened the scoring after 11 minutes, but Esteban Paredes levelled matters just before the break.
Lucas Lobos restored his side's advantage before Diego Ordaz was shown a straight red card to makes things difficult for Atlante. Luis Venegas compounded the hosts' woes with 15 minutes to play as he put the ball into his own net.
Tijuana kept pace with Tigres at the top, as they edged a tight affair which saw Club Leon visit Estadio Caliente. The only goal of the game came after just seven minutes, as Alfredo Moreno netted his first of the season. Carlos Pena and Leandro Augusto both saw red in the second half, but Tijuana held on to take the points.
Two second-half goals from America saw them to victory over now bottom-placed Chiapas at Estadio Manuel Victor Reyna. Rubens Sambueza struck first with the opening goal on the hour mark, and Christian Benitez wrapped things up ten minutes later as Aguilas made it two from two for the new season.
Atlas propelled themselves into fourth position with a convincing victory over Pachuca at Estadio Jalisco. Omar Bravo's 36th minute penalty meant the home side went in ahead at the break, and after Daniel Luduena was dismissed for Pachuca shortly after half time, Matias Vuoso killed the visitors off with a typical poachers finish from less than six yards with just over 20 minutes remaining. Oscar Razo saw red for Zorros but the decision had no bearing on the final outcome as they took all three points.
An Oribe Peralta double ensured Santos kept pace near the top of the Apertura, as they despatched Guadalajara on home soil. The Mexican forward broke the deadlock after 33 minutes, with a curling strike from the edge of the box beating Luis Michel in the Chivas goal, and sealed victory in the second half, cooly slotting past the en-rushing Michel after beating a weak offside trap.
Cruz Azul had their ageing midfield maestro Christian Gimenez to thank as they came from behind to see of San Luis Potosi. Santiago Trellez had given the strugglers a precious advantage just three minutes after the break, but Gimenez took just two minutes to bring the scores level. The Argentinian stole the headlines as he netted the winner just 20 minutes from time.
Queretaro managed a rare victory thanks to a two-minute salvo from Amaury Escoto. After Javier Cortes had put Pumas UNAM in front, it was left to Escoto to rescue Gallos Blancos with two goals in two minutes to turn the game on its head.
His first was a tap in from Gonzalo Pineda's scuffed shot, and the second came courtesy of a right-footed drive which evaded Alejandro Palacios in the Pumas goal.
Lucas Silva's last-minute strike salvaged a point for Toluca who have yet to reach Apertura standards. Puebla went ahead after Felix Borja neatly spun his marker and fired a low shot inside Alfredo Talavera's left post. Toluca didn't give up and were rewarded for their efforts in the dying moments.
Lucas Silva was found by Luis Tejada and the Brazilian struck his effort low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner.
Neri Cardozo netted the only goal of the game as Monterrey edged out Morelia at Estadio Tecnologico. The winger found the net after just seven minutes, as he latched on to Omar Orellano's perfectly timed through-ball and curled an effort past Federico Vilar, who was too far out of his goal to stop the Argentine's strike from hitting the net.
Hector Mancilla's dismissal right on half-time extinguished any hope the visitors had of mounting a comeback, as Monterrey took the points.
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The only problem I see with the UK UNC matchups is that Gilchrist has basically been assured a starting spot. Also see UNC's lineup being different than the one you laid out
My take:
PG-Marshall > Teague *
I'm projecting the December matchup, but come March this one could be equal or flip in UK's favor. The only reason I give Kendall Marshall the edge right now is a year more experience. Cal gets the most out of his PG's come March and Teague IMO profiles more as a Rajon Rondo than any PG UK has had (and Rondo isn't a Cal product). His job will be defense and distributing the ball, and I think Teague will be perfect in that role.
SG-Lamb > Strickland
I think Lamb beats out Miller for the other starting spot, but Lamb gets this nod based on shooting ability alone.
SF-Barnes > Kidd-Gilchrist*
This one also could be equal come March. Barnes is better right now, but MKG could be on par with him when all is said and done.
PF-Jones > Henson
Henson's size and length makes this a tough call, but Terrence Jones' all around game gives him the edge.
C-Davis = Zeller
Pretty much the same thing you said.
Bench: UNC. UK will only run about eight deep with Vargas, Lamb/Miller, and Wiltjer getting most of the minutes. UNC has a deeper lineup that can provide a lot of different looks, especially with Reggie Bullock and PJ Hairston both as capable shooters if needed. McAdoo is probably a serious sixth man of the year candidate. Leslie McDonald is out for the season too.
Coaching: Equal.


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Undergraduate Programs
Professional Master's Degree in Computer ScienceThe Professional Master's degree in Computer Science is designed to enable students to complete a graduate degree in five years. It requires more graduate-level courses than the combined total of the B.S. and M.S., but fewer total credit hours than the sum total of the B.S. and M.S. when taken individually.
Decisions to admit students to the Professional Master's degree in Computer Science program can be made following the freshman year, at the time of enrollment in the School of Informatics and Computing. Students planning to apply to the program should contact an undergraduate advisor in the School of Informatics and Computing for more information.
Students in the program are normally classified as undergraduates until the end of the first semester in which 122 or more hours of credit toward graduation have been earned. During this semester, students in good standing, defined as having a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and 3.0 in computer science, must submit the standard application to the Graduate School (which includes a processing fee) and initiate the transition to graduate status; if the transition to graduate status is delayed beyond this time, professional master's status will normally revert to undergraduate B.S. status. Students are advised to check on the effect the transition to graduate status may have on existing undergraduate funding; the possibility of graduate funding is conditional upon transition to graduate status. Those not in good standing at this time are dropped from the program and reclassified as undergraduate B.S. students.
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|2007-05-04, 07:05
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Overall I liked the movie but I do agree with DragoonKain3 on the ending.
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Nice article Iwanihana. That's a perspective I hadn't considered. Also, whoever wrote that reply to your article made my head hurt with his theories.
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|2007-05-04, 18:27
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Was excited to see the sub but... technical issues.
Windows Media player wont play the subtitles (it says they are on but they are not appearing), and when I try to play the subtitle in VLC player, I get a crappy barely-readable font for normal text and frequent text overlapping. And when characters' lines are too long, the subtitles trail off the screen AND stack and are basically unreadable.
Softsubs are so nice in theory, but since 80% of the time they have issues like this that make it take an hour just to get it to play, I think I'm gonna wait for someone to hardsub it.
Unless anyone has any tips? Is it just me having this problem with this file?
|2007-05-04, 19:43
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|2007-05-04, 21:31
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Wow, what a marvelous story about time travel! Unlike a lot of anime I've seen recently it really held my attention from start to finish. Very nice to look at, good natural acting by the seiyuu, a moving story, brilliantly conceived plot.
Now here's a thought: imagine Chiaki is really Doctor Who, and Makoto one of his assistants...
|2007-05-04, 21:36
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So if anyone who stumbles across this thread has trouble like I did, do a fresh install of this: http://www.cccp-project.net/
|2007-05-04, 22:56
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Australia
I just finished watching it, and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. For a random movie I grabbed on a whim, it was quite a surprise. Now I'm recommending it to all my friends. ^^; I liked every aspect, really. Overall story was quite good, the voices were well done, the animation was very nice and all-round, it was excellent. I wouldn't give it full 10/10 since I reserve that for really exceptional things, but this is definitely a 9 or even 9.5, given the overall quality. ^^
|2007-05-05, 15:52
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Son of God
Join Date: Aug 2006
After being bowled over by Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo yesterday, I just spent today making a Girl Who Leapt Through Time / Lucky Star crossover as a sort of homage to both series: The Girl Who Slept Through Time (toki wo neru shoujo)
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|2007-05-05, 17:12
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ISML Technical Staff
Graphic Designer
Well my first impression of this movie wasn't that great. I'm not into science fiction and all of this fantasy stuff so I thought that this movie was just some generic anime movie. I only downloaded it because a friend said he read it that it was good, so I did. I haven't read this thread so my expectations were low, and this movie proved me wrong.
About its greatness it didn't really have a deeper meaning or top-notched background (although the background was made well-above average). Overall, it was just fun to watch, to the point where it became my favorite anime movie of all time. And what did I think about the ending? I don't think any ending could've spoiled it unless it really sucks. I disagree that Chiaki shouldn't have said that last line. It's still kinda bad, but why are we interpreting things technically in a science fiction movie? How far in the future is Chiaki? What makes you think in Makoto's lifetime this technology won't exist? And most important and most obvious of all, there's nothing wrong with making us think. Elfen Lied is one of my favorite anime and the ending can be interpreted however we want.
Ending the movie without Chiaki's line would make the movie bitter, not bittersweet. There has to be something; and even though I do agree that it wasn't the best line, I think that it's better than saying nothing. In my opinion the line is there give us a happy feeling about the ending and not extreme analysis about how it is possible.
The thing I like most about this is the romance. Romance anime nowadays are too ecchi/corny/mushy/harem-y for me. This provides the best mix of comedy and romance with an interesting plot that immediately absorbs the viewer into the story. Romance comedy series don't have the seriousness that is present in this anime and while they can be fun to watch, they don't give a romantic feeling at all. I never get bored once while watching this movie.
|2007-05-06, 08:48
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 29
Just finished watching TokiKake… and I found no problem with the movie at all, other than the melodramatic overstated mood they went with for the ending considering the natural and low-key presentation they used for most of the running time, although at least they left the science fiction concepts as a subtle wink and kept it as just a medium to the true story of character interaction. It's amazing how entertaining and delightful the overall product was, and with my words here I am doing no justice to the real feeling behind my statement but want to avoid needless hyperboles and keep this the more down-to-earth I can for now. Safely can be said that as a whole, be it for artistic attributes, good story telling or the really lovable protagonist and those charismatic characters surrounding her, this is seriously one of the most enjoyable films in recent years, animated or not.
As a "time-traveling" tale the script does has it share of faults but even so I can't find any as idiotic as what we could already see in "Back to the Future 2", which even when finding itself in the middle of such paradoxes managed to keep itself a classic thanks to the fact that it can be resumed as juvenile yet somewhat meaningful fun from beginning to end, and by the finale the point of the plot wasn't really to develop the whole physical mechanics of moving in a temporal plane but rather how such an ability, in a metaphorical sense, affects the life of a young girl, who is by the way one of the most wonderfully done and likeable female teenagers in the medium.
Interesting was also to see how the directorial maturity of Hosoda is much more firm now, the melancholic stylishness is still here but for some reason with a major focus when compared to his still brilliant Digimon movies. He remains both trendy and lyrical but perhaps now he turns out even more restrained and introspectively social than before, probably a reflection of the natural movement beyond Tai and his pubescent friends, or the Superflat Monogram girl, towards a state that borders adulthood.
Besides Hosoda's firm commandment the other incredibly remarkable technical aspect was the graphical design, which turns up as pure urban magic achieved through visuals, a thoroughly endearing representation of youthfulness, with simplistic and amazingly humane movement that retains a cartoon-like expressiveness that helps it in going beyond the representation of reality and achieving much more aliveness through un-noticeable and at the same time deeply underlying exaggeration. The team went with a very modern interpretation of what "old-school" signifies and they did a brilliant job at that approach.
As a whole TokiKake is as a film unpretentious and sincere, eradiating enchantment in every minute it is shown on the screen. Besides, even if you can't empathically sympathize with the characters you can't deny their charisma, the entirely believable naturality of the presence they represent as individuals. Go watch this now, at worse you'll be entertained.
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|2007-05-06, 16:19
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Age: 34
Anyway, finally watched it. One of the best films I've seen in a long time, and certainly one of the best anime films I've seen full stop (I'm not a huge Ghibli fan, unfortunately). Sure, the ending is slightly melodramatic, but I'm a sucker for cheese like that, and the whole thing was utterly beautiful from start to finish.
Who is Kiyoshi Yoshida? The bleebily bloobily piano music was gorgeous, and I'd be interested in tracking down any more of his stuff.
|2007-05-06, 22:28
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|2007-05-07, 06:24
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I just finished watching this and I have to agree that this is the best anime Film of 2006 and one of the best anime films I have seen in a long time. 10/10.
Everything from the characters, voice work and music was superbly done. It felt so real in many way. I liked the message that in life we have many regrets and that even if we go back and change the outcome the feelings that we experienced during these moments were real and will stay with us forever.
|2007-05-07, 19:42
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a regular van veen
Join Date: Feb 2007
This is a good anime, I have to admit, but I honestly can't say that this is stellar by far. The first half was exquisite, the atmosphere was quiet and serves as a perfect backdrop for the honest and subtle dialogues and emotions the characters were trying to convey. I liked how the sci-fi part was purposely toned down so that the movie can focus on the characters themselves. The voice acting sounds natural, something which most voice actors/actresses seem to lack today.
The second half of the film though, I feel, just wasn't for me. It lacked the grace and subtlety the first half had, particularly the scene where Chiaki was saying goodbye to Makoto in the middle of the road, it seemed forced, as if a completely different person made that part. As for the ending scene, well, let's just say, silence speaks volumes; I think it would have been better if Chiaki didn't say anything, the hug and the headpat would have been enough accompaniment for the mood that scene was trying to deliver.
Ah, well. I suppose you can't have them all. Still, not bad. Could have been better, but not bad.
|2007-05-08, 09:02
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Gregory House
IT Support
As for the story itself, technically analyzing it, it does have its inconsistencies (the aunt witch, what is exactly her role into the matter? And there are some unclear spots regarding time/space, too), however I don't feel they are determining when it comes to analyzing the core of the subject. Overall it was a very enjoyable movie, and the likening of it all with a single day and the event of the 4 PM train was pretty good.
It felt kind of lacking, however, given all the praise it has received. Oh well. 8.5/10.
PS: It'd been great if the Aunt Witch was actually the protagonist who came back in time just to restore the painting, but... it'd conflict with other parts of the movie, I guess
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When reading maps, we expect map makers to use standard conventions, especially in regard to map projection or composition, orientation, scale, and symbols. When a map maker does not use generally-accepted practices, we ask why? What is the story the map maker is trying to tell?
The maps displayed here highlight a variety of unconventional maps spanning the history of the printed map. For each, we demonstrate how it defies convention, and how that particular cartographic design heightens its story.
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This cabinet is a delightfully small size. The taper both on the front and sides of the cabinet give it a lightness and grace. The hardware and interior shelves have been replaced, and as in almost all of the old country furniture, the feet have had repair. As regular readers on this site know, there were no hardwood floors in China, and dampness seeping up into furniture legs was virtually universal. Again, great furniture - like great architecture and art - depend so much on a sense of proportion. This cabinet is a superb example of the early Ming style. Early 18th century.
Wood: Northern Elm
Province: Shanxi
Dimensions: 47" x 29" x 15"
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and members of the New Democrat Coalition today urged Congress to take action on measures that would encourage rapid nationwide implementation of health information technology. At a press conference with the mayor, the New Dems unveiled a roadmap that will guide their efforts to achieve a fully interoperable health IT exchange by 2018 with adoption by at least 75 percent of providers. The New Dems made their announcement shortly after meeting with Mayor Bloomberg to discuss the successful transition that New York City is making from paper records to safe, secure electronic health records.
"Nationwide, we're paying -- heavily -- for a system that's geared toward caring for us once we're sick," said Mayor Bloomberg. "We'd be better served by a system that's designed to keep us healthy, which is what we are doing in New York City. Electronic medical records are key to putting the focus on prevention rather than treatment, and we're very grateful for the opportunity to share what we're doing in New York to shape a national program."
"Moving our health care system into the 21st Century will save money and improve patient care. The New Democrat Coalition believes we should start by establishing a nationwide electronic medical records system," said Congressman Joseph Crowley. "New York City successfully implemented a Health IT system, and it should serve as a model for Congress as we work to establish a nationwide program."
In New York City, EHR's are already used by more than 200 primary-care providers that care for more than 200,000 people. The city is on track to meet its goal of equipping more than 1,000 local health care providers-many of them practicing in the city's poorest and sickest neighborhoods-with secure EHR systems by the end of the year, benefiting more than a million patients. This effort will create the nation's largest community-based EHR network.
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The significance of the new LIVE 5000 Wi-Fi speaker lies within its versatility and its multi-room, multi-platform operation. Now, users of a myriad of handheld devices are able to stream and control content from their existing wireless network to any room in the house. Users can easily stream different music to different rooms or the same music to multiple rooms by linking LIVE 5000 units. In addition, the free Android, iOS and Desktop LIVE Controller apps allow everyone in the family to hold a potential controller in their hands.
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I don't pretend to be a hardware expert who keeps up with the absolutely latest news, but I know Dell has been shipping 2-socket quad-core servers powered by Intel processors for a few months now. It's not exactly brand-new news, but it's still pretty interesting. I have two young children, and I can imagine them, 30 or 40 years in the future, chatting with their kids about database capacity planning. The conversation might go something like this:
"Oh yeah? Well when I was your age, we didn't have these new-fangled, infinity-core, bio-engineered processors. We had to tune databases the old-fashioned way. It was hard work! And we had to walk back and forth to work, uphill both ways, in the snow..." (Some things parents say will never change.)
Ok, I'm not exactly sure those infinity-core servers will ever make the skills of a trained tuning professional obsolete, and I'm pretty sure I'll be retired before it happens, so I'm not too worried. But it sure is interesting to see the leaps and bounds in processing power that have been happening in the recent year. Gotta love Moore.
According to Dell, when equipped with Intel quad-core technology, the new systems "rival the performance of dual-core, four-socket systems" and have up to 63 percent greater overall performance and up to 40 percent better performance "per watt."
Needless to say, AMD doesn't want to be left behind. AMD originally beat Intel to the punch, shipping the world's first dual-core chips. Intel was first out of the gate with a quad-core model, but some hardware purists would argue that the offering isn't a "true" quad-core solution because the Intel solution is effectively two of the company's dual-core chips on a single piece of silicon in a single socket. AMD plans to release a quad-core processor early this year, and some industry experts are predicting that AMD's quad-core offering could be noticeably faster than Intel's current quad core processor.
Of course, Intel and AMD will presumably engage in a never-ending game of performance leapfrog, so the real point isn't who is the fastest. The more interesting point is that our "commodity servers" are getting faster and faster and faster. Also, although AMD has made tremendous inroads into the lower-end consumer and laptop market, Intel still dominates the server market. Many pundits predict that AMD's quad-core processor will be attractive for midsized to small-enterprise accounts and will place further price pressure on both Intel and AMD. Quad-core (and beyond) processor platforms from both Intel and AMD will continue to allow the creation of database-server platforms that continuously give us much more for our money than older models, regardless of which chip vendor is actually getting our cash.
I certainly hope, and expect, that there will be a market for tuning professionals for all time, but life is certainly a bit easier with the increased bang for the buck that these servers will provide. At least until our users start asking for applications that do more things with more data. Pesky users: Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.