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In a post several years ago, I commented negatively on Claude Chabrol's take on Madame Bovary, saying it was too faithful to the book to be interesting. It seemed a slow-paced, Masterpiece Theater sort of treatment. On watching it again, I'm not so sure.
A lot of reviewers felt as I did, and the film is not rated among Chabrol's finest. Yes, Isabelle Huppert is too old for the character, and her light hair and freckles are not Emma at all, but she's lovely. More interesting, is the complaint I read in many places that she, and the film, are too cold, controlled, lacking the sentimental passion of Emma, the passion that destroys her.
Certainly the film is restrained. Consider the scene in which Emma meets her old (Platonic) flame, Léon, in the Rouen cathedral, and he takes her for a ride in a hired cab. He tells the driver to drive through the streets of the town, and the citizens of the fair city are left to puzzle over this meandering cab that occasionally rocks back and forth rather wildly. Inside, rapturous lovemaking. The action is described in an almost cinematic way, yet the film gives us just this, with one brief glimpse of passion:
Not much for a literary passage that surely inspired the passionate sex-in-the-backseat scene of that masterpiece, Titanic. The sculptural group on the right in the image above is a nice touch, though.
Still, I think Chabrol is on to something here. The crucial thing about the novel is the control of tone – a touchstone of Flaubert's writing. Emma is shallow and sentimental, and a prey to passion, but it's childish passion. On the other hand, she's an adult, a woman who is trapped in a dull marriage in a dull town in a dull epoch, and it's not her fault. Another woman who is the victim of men, and she knows it. In the film, she comments frequently on things men might do that a woman has no chance of doing. She sees her situation clearly, and she wants to rebel against it, yet she is fiercely restrained by her own ingrained sense of social propriety. [Compare to Flaubert's other sentimental "hero," Frederic Moreau.] She was never a wanton bohemian or heedless character, at least not at first. She must calculate – as a woman, she is always being watched. In that sense, Huppert's portrayal is just right.
Emma's passionate nature is displayed before her marriage. She has no hesitation at sucking her pricked finger despite the presence of Charles, the doctor. Later, when their marriage is in the offing, she drinks a liquer with more than the normal relish, sticking her tongue into the glass to get the last drop. After marriage, as her boredom and disposable income grow, her clothes get more and more elaborate.
On the left, Charles Bovary, the oafish husband. On the right, Homais, the pharmacist, the man of reason. His tiresome and superficial political, scientific, and philosophical patter are an ironic counterpoint throughout much of the story. Even when you share his opinions about the clergy, the gentry, the capitalists, you want to throttle him to shut him up. His stupid grasping for acclaim leads him to stampede Charles into a foolish and disastrous operation on a well young man who happens to have a club foot that needs "correcting."
Is Charles the hero of the novel? In a way, he is. Only he has genuine, sincere, and deep emotional responses to his situation. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he truly loves Emma, though he can't make her happy with that.
Emma is tempted by the local notary's assistant, Léon, a callow and romantic young man who is obviously in love with her. She seeks spiritual help from the local priest in one of the most powerful passages of the novel. The priest is absolutely tonedeaf to what ails her. She has fine clothes, food, fire to warm her – the notion that she could be gravely suffering is totally alien to his mind and he shoos her away to deal with the urchins who must learn their stultifying catechism. "What is a Christian?" "One who is born and baptized!" A fine verbal irony, pointing out the total lack of Christian love that comes Emma's way in the church.
There's not much to do if you live in a small French town in 1840, but the local aristocrat gives a grand ball and invites the Bovarys since Charles cured his abscess. The waltz is absolutely dizzying, especially for a relative novice. Emma says it was the most beautiful day of her life, and she daydreams about it endlessly. At least the local draper, always willing to sell on credit, has some beautiful fabrics to show her to occupy her mind.
Rodolphe, a local gentleman and ladykiller shows up just as the town gets to host the annual country fair, a real boost for the place! He seduces Emma with a steady torrent of romantic cliches and appealing hurt and angst. Taking a window seat to the official proceedings, his words are intercut with prize awards for pigs, manure, and cows. The bullshit is flying hot and heavy, and Emma is powerless to resist. At last, someone who understands her!
They have a passionate love affair, but Rodolphe drops her because she's becoming inconvenient. Emma is shaken, but eventually picks up in earnest with Léon, leading to the cab ride and three days of bliss in an hotel room in Rouen. She throws caution to the wind, and she actually scares her lover a bit, she's so intense. Her clothes get sharper and sharper, and the friendly merchant always has fancy stuff to sell on credit. Finally he comes up with some promissory notes to sign and tells her to keep all the cash for now. She can pay him pack later. You can see the thought balloon above her head, filled with lists of things to buy.
It had to end. The bills come due. The bailiffs come to take back all the stuff in the house. Notices are posted in the square – dishonor and utter humiliation await her, unless she can get 3,000 francs fast! Won't the draper help her out with a stay of a few days? Her hand on his knee gets no results – he cares for francs, not fucking. Was she really willing to do that with him? She is appalled at his insinuations, and at herself?
Of course, Rodolphe, he will help her! He must help her! She runs across the fields to his mansion – so difficult to do in the female costume of the day. Standing outside his bedroom door, she is out of breath and desparate, but composes herself.
She opens the door. "Oh, it's you!" There she is, in the mirror, smaller than the man of course. She is only what she is in mens' eyes. Maybe she can rekindle their old love – they will run away together, of course. She is so beautiful!
Building castles in the air is fine, but there is the matter of those 3,000 francs. Rodolphe sees how it is, and he's having none of it. Cooly he tells her, "I don't have it." Surrounded by the accessories of wealth, in a mansion, on an estate, Emma finds it hard to believe him. The awful truth dawns on her. Nobody cares, nobody loves her. She is alone.
She escapes by poisoning herself. Charles loves her.


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The name of the game is perverted, but Touch My Katamari is still a winner among the PlayStation Vita launch line-up. The game may have touch controls, but who needs them? The Vita has twin analog sticks, and that's what Namco's great everything-rolling game needs.
I play the game on my Vita in this video so you can see what it's all about.
Watch it. Admire it. And furrow you brow at it, because, Touch My Katamari is as weird as all the others in the series.

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Seen the 3.3.2 patch notes yet?
Check these out for the inner WARlock in you….lol.
Keep up the awesome posts man.
Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator)
•Shadow Embrace: Now stacks 3 times (Up from 2) Healing reduction effect reduced to 2/4/8/10% (Down from 3/6/9/12/15%)
•Demonic Pact: This talent now increases your spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Up from 1/2/3/4/5%). The buff effect to the party or raid members is unchanged.
•Conflagrate: Periodic Spell damage increased to 40% (Up from 20%)
•Empowered Imp: Damage done by imp increased to 10/20/30% (Up from 5/10/15%)
•Improved Shadow Bolt: Now increases Shadow Bolt damage 2/4/6/8/10% (Up from 1/2/3/4/5%)
I been sitting on that for a few days… needless to say I was somewhat gobsmacked… I'm been walking around the house now for days in a kind of stupor…
It's good to know my readers care enough to taunt me… My Warlock readers no less…
Of course there has to be some good new in the patch notes…
- All healing abilities (including items such as potions) will be decreased in effectiveness by 10% when in Battlegrounds, Arenas, or Wintergrasp.
Umm yeah… OK, maybe not…
Ohh hang on… what's this?
- Working as intended
- Will still deliver Warlock's Imps on a platter!
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout! (more…)


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This is a question meant as a first step to get into reading more on Weil conjectures and standard conjectures. It is known that the standard conjectures on vanishing of cycles would imply the Weil conjectures. So, are there proofs of Weil conjectures in special cases using partial results on the standard conjectures? If so, which cases, and what are the references?
Background: Borcherds mentions here that Manin proved a few special cases in higher dimensions using motives.


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Shiv Sena condemns Sunny Leone's visit to Siddhivinayak
Canadian porn actor Sunny Leone visited the famous Siddhivinayak temple early this morning along with Ekta Kapoor to seek blessings. The actress is doing Ragini MMS 2 for Ekta Kapoor, went with the later to the temple. She was wearing a blue and magenta kameez and salwar with a white dupatta with golden border, and a tilak adorned her forehead.
Shiv Sena condemned this act by the Actress and raised the red flag saying anybody who has true devotion in mind was welcome to the temple, but Sunny was doing this for publicity and for promoting commercial interests which is not acceptable. When contacted, Prem Shukla the editor of Dopahar Ka Saamna, the Shiv Sena tabloid said such people seeking publicity should be barred from visiting temples.
Publicity or not, Only time will tell the motive behind Sunny and Ekta's mind to visit the sacred place. All we can say is cool down Mr.Shukla.


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Section IX: Adoption and Enablement [1]
- The bylaws of the Faculty Senate shall be published and submitted to the members of the Faculty Senate, who shall vote at a Faculty Senate meeting for their approval. Sections of the bylaws that require enabling revisions to regent laws or policies shall go into effect upon approval of those revisions by the Board of Regents. Sections of the bylaws that do not require enabling revisions of regent laws or policies shall go into effect upon approval by the Faculty Senate.
- The Privilege and Tenure Committee grievance procedures shall become effective after Faculty Senate approval and upon the adoption of policies by the Board of Regents incorporating the procedures described in these bylaws. The new resources, such as Committee mediators, will be implemented as soon as these resources become available.
- These bylaws, if approved as described above, shall be submitted to the Board of Regents.
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Final Rule provides conservation for 4.2 million acres of National Forest roadless areas
On Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced the final Environmental Impact Statement for the final Colorado Roadless Rule, which provides conservation for 4.2 million acres of National Forest roadless area within Colorado.
The preferred alternative identified in the impact statement reflects the views and concerns of thousands of people through five public comment periods resulting in more than 310,000 comments. The final Colorado Roadless rule will be finalized a minimum of 30 days after the Final Environmental Impact Statement is published in the Federal Register.
The final rule and the public collaboration have received praise from conservation groups and others:
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
"This is a great example of a very thorough process, where thousands of Coloradans and stakeholders came together to work out a framework that makes sense for Colorado. I look forward to taking a closer look at the rule being published today, and to ensure its future implementation continues to benefit Coloradans."
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.), member, House Committee on Natural Resources
"Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Gov. John Hickenlooper acted decisively in announcing the release of the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado Roadless Rule. This announcement marks the conclusion of a collaborative process lasting seven years and involving a diverse range of stakeholders. It is my hope that this announcement and the adoption of the final Rule will provide much needed certainty to Colorado job providers, recreationalists and all who value our state's abundant natural resources."
Durango (Colo.) Herald:
"Whether and how the divergent interests engaged in the roadless forest debate will proceed in implementing the Colorado rule will be illustrative of how ready each party is to look ahead rather than stay mired in a battle that is both worthwhile and ripe for resolution. The broad perspective is an important one to maintain in this case: No roads will be constructed on approximately 4 million acres of pristine national forest lands in Colorado. That is no small victory."
Chris Wood, president and chief executive officer, Trout Unlimited, and an architect of the 2001 Roadless Rule:
"While this is not a final decision, all indications are that the Forest Service is making good on Secretary Vilsack's commitment to develop a Colorado rule that is as strong as the 2001 Rule. Sportsmen and women in Colorado should celebrate the Forest Service and the state of Colorado's recognition of the value of backcountry areas to fish and wildlife habitat and hunting and fishing."
Colorado Wildlife Federation:
"Coloradoans have worked together for six years to strengthen and improve the Colorado Roadless Rule for the benefit of the state's outdoor heritage. As a result the rule is greatly improved from the drafts, and we look forward to, on balance, a successful end product."
Nick Payne, Colorado field representative, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership:
"Today's announcement moves us one step closer to a Colorado roadless rule that will direct the management of backcountry lands in the state. Sportsmen applaud the rule's stronger safeguards for world-class hunting and fishing destinations in upper-tier lands such as Sugarloaf in the Routt National Forest and Hermosa in the San Juan National Forest."
Gaspar Perricone, co-director, Bull Moose Sportsmen's Alliance:
"The new Colorado Roadless Rule achieves a responsible balance between the development of our public lands and the conservation of Colorado's backcountry. The protections offered under this new rule will ensure the conservation of pristine habitat and robust fish and game populations that have made Colorado's public lands a destination for generations of sportsmen."
Colorado Mountain Club:
"The Colorado Mountain Club applauds the improvements to the Colorado Roadless Rule and appreciates the U.S. Forest Service for dramatically increasing to 1.2 million acres the "upper tier" of protected lands and the tightening of exemptions. These are a significant improvement from the earlier draft versions of the state-specific rule. The CMC's 7,000 members and the outdoor recreating public deeply value these roadless lands as places for hiking, nature watching, quiet contemplation and refuge from an increasingly hectic and mechanized world."


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NEW YORK - Netflix's newest original series will be science fiction from the duo behind "The Matrix" trilogy.
Netflix announced Wednesday that it will stream "Sense8" late next year for subscribers to its Internet video service, which costs $8 per month in the U.S. The series is the first foray into television for Andy and Lana Wachowski, the filmmaking siblings who directed "The Matrix" and last year's "Cloud Atlas."
Netflix Inc. described the 10-episode series as "a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted." The show runner will be J. Michael Straczynski, creator of "Babylon 5," which aired for five seasons in the 1990s.
By buying the rights to series that viewers can see only on its service, Netflix is hoping to retain current customers and lure new ones. Over the next few years, Netflix is hoping to double or even triple its worldwide audience from its current size of 33 million subscribers.
The high hopes for Netflix's expanding line-up for original programming is one of the reasons the price of the company's stock has more than doubled so far this year. The stock closed Wednesday at $190.24.
Netflix made its biggest splash with an original series last month with the debut of the political thriller "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey. This spring, it will premiere the horror series "Hemlock Grove" and the resurrected comedy "Arrested Development."
Without providing specifics, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said "House of Cards" is being watched by more subscribers than the company anticipated. Netflix, which is based in Los Gatos, Calif., reportedly paid about $100 million for the rights to "House of Cards." The second season of the series is due out next year.


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For starters, if you aren't already, become a member of the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association. The WRBA is like a union for residents; we stick together and fight for each other.
The WRBA's next Town Hall meeting will be held on Saturday, July 19, at 10 a.m. at Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 91st Avenue. Please note the early start time. Start your day with a town hall meeting and have the rest of the day for summer activities.
The top complaint we hear from residents during the summer is noise, generally from late-night parties. No one wants to infringe on their neighbor's desire to have fun in their backyard, but some residents break out the loud speakers and party until dawn, leaving you unable to sleep, feeling angry and frustrated.
Most of these noise complaints are about repeat offenders, so here is what you need to do. Call 311 often. Ask your other neighbors, who are undoubtedly similarly frustrated, to call 311 as well. Here's the important part: keep those 311 complaint numbers and send them all along to the WRBA.
By saving this information you will begin building a case that we can use to begin working with the police to resolve your issue.
On a recent walk through Woodhaven I saw a handmade sign hung on a tree saying "I have zero use for dog (droppings) so please pick your dog (droppings) up!" This is a sign born from the frustration of another top complaint from residents regarding the mess left by people too lazy to clean up after their pets.
Again, the complaints we get are from people who are victims of habitual slobs. The answer here is to monitor your property closely, and since dogs tend to target the same spot, this part should be easy).
Check it every four to six hours until you establish a pattern. Then, within that time frame, check hourly so that you can establish a fairly narrow window in which this happens.
Then, call 311 and feed that information to the WRBA. We will contact the Department of Sanitation on your behalf and they will come out and stake out the area at that time and give the offending dog owner a summons.
Another hot complaint each summer is the explosion of graffiti in our community. The WRBA has a five-point program for combating graffiti, which we will discuss at our meeting on the 19th, but here's a great way you can do your part in cleaning our neighborhood easily and anonymously.
In your travels around the neighborhood, whenever you see a home that has been "tagged" remember or write down the address and call it in to 311 You do not have to own a property to request the city clean up graffiti. It will take five minutes or less to report, and what will you do with the complaint number? You guessed it, send it along to the WRBA for follow-up.
The WRBA can be reached easily enough via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by leaving us a message at (718) 296-3735.
If you took five minutes twice a week - seriously, who can't spare 10 minutes a week to make their neighborhood cleaner - at the end of the summer you would have been responsible for between 20 and 30 properties getting cleaned.
If just 40 people did this, 1,000 houses would be marked for cleaning. The city does respond to graffiti complaints. Sometimes it takes six or seven weeks, but it does get done.
Don't wait for other people to do this. Make sure that you do your part to make your community a better place to live. And there's no better way to start doing this than getting involved with the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association by attending a meeting.
Over time you'll find out that we're more than just an organization that can help you resolve your problems. We're your friends and neighbors, and we're involved in a lot of fun projects that generate good feelings. But let's start by helping you resolve one of your problems and the rest will follow.
We hope to see you at the next meeting on Saturday, July 19, at 10 a.m. Until then, follow the instructions above and let's see if we can't help you enjoy your summer just a little bit more.


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I never seem to be able to stick with one project for too long... As a result I have 3 eC projects on the go right now.
The most recent is a simple Customer Management System for the Computer repair company that I'm starting.
I have been avidly working on an RPG Engine, which has been through many style changes, the most recent being something more like Mario RPG but 3D, kind of like an RPG/Adventure rather than a strict RPG, but this project has been backburnered at the moment...
I've recently come back to another dream program that I've got. An MMO trading/rpg game where you have pieces for the arena(these are traded amongst the players) which are slid around on the board, making it an ever changing maze to navigate through. Very similar to the boardgame Labrynth.
My immediate priority is the CMS, as that's for an actual money making company, YAY!


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December 05, 2013
R&B star R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" will return to his hip-hopera to IFC cable network with additional installments.
Although a premiere date or number of episodes hasn't been announced, the network is already celebrating with a marathon of the previous 33 chapters of the series set for Dec. 7
The hip-hopera originally began as a five-video series to accompany the melodramatic segment of songs on his 2005 disc, "TP.3 Reloaded." A bizarre and complex storyline featuring sexual exploits, little people, gossipy drama and Kelly playing multiple characters, "Trapped in the Closet" became a cult hit after it was released.
Fan demand made the singer continue to add chapters and roll out the accompanying videos on DVD. Subsequent installments started airing on IFC and streamed on the network's website in 2007.
Early last year, Kelly and the network announced that they had reunited to produce even more episodes of the saga. Those episodes premiered in November 2012.
Aside from starring as many of the screwy characters in the absurdly hilarious "Trapped" universe, Kelly serves as the executive producer, writer and co-director of the series.


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Nadia Ilse, a bullied 14-year-old from the US, made the news recently when she was granted $US40,000 in plastic surgery by the Little Baby Face Foundation, a non-profit that assists children with facial deformities.
Nadia's "deformity" was that her ears protruded, resulting in relentless "Dumbo" jibes at school.
She'd been begging her mother for otoplasty, or ear-pinning, since she was ten. It's unclear how much her ears bothered her on a personal level - or if you can even separate the personal from the external in this case - but when it came to verbal torture from her peers, the mental anguish isn't hard to imagine. (Just cast your mind back to the wobbly roller-coaster ride of hell that was adolescence, and envisage bonus crippling taunts about your body.)
In an interview with CNN (below), Nadia says the bullying "hurt so much", morphing her naturally talkative self into an antisocial and withdrawn version. Observing the results of her surgery - which also included rhinoplasty (a 'nose job') and mentoplasty (a 'chin job') - she says, "I look beautiful, this is exactly what I wanted, I love it."
Naturally, the Nadia story has prompted an outcry. You escape bullying from working on your self-esteem, not by going under the knife, says everybody. How will girls ever learn their self-worth if surgery is presented as an answer to their insecurities?
Except, I don't think it's that simple. I think that's an obvious, knee-jerk reaction which fails to address the reality of the situation: that self-esteem for adolescent girls is near impossible. Especially in the face of appearance-related bullying, which has the biggest backer of all - society and culture. You can chant all the self-love mantras you like, but you may as well try to smash a brick wall with play-doh. It just won't make a dent.
The thing is, young girls already know the measure of their worth: it stares back at them every day from magazines, advertisements, television, and other inescapable gloss dispensers. The message is loud and clear.
On top of which, where is the line in the sand between something that's obviously debilitating (like a cleft palate), and something that could be passed off as adolescent angst? And what's ultimately more damaging to the psyche - surgery, and the metaphorical white flag that represents, or bullying, with its proven psychological aftershocks?
Clearly, surgery isn't necessarily the answer - or in any way an ideal one. But the choice between two evils is never black and white. The parents of 13-year-old Nicolette Taylor, who had nose surgery last year to overcome bullying, know it. So do the parents of seven-year-old Samantha Shaw, who also had otoplasty to quell harassment. (Although Samantha had never actually been bullied, casting even more murk over the issue.)
The truth is that the ethics of self-modification is one huge grey area, especially where age is concerned. As Nadia herself knows. When asked about those who admonish her choice, she says simply, "They're right."
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Is surgery ever the answer for appearance-related bullying? Should plastic surgery be banned for those under 18? Or are the effects of bullying bad enough that it should be considered as a solution?


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Hello MarkB,
slowly I'm recovering of having not only a new workstation with windows7 but also a new server with windows 2008RP (my old one (8 years) didn't like the weather we had lately - 35 Celsius (about 95 Fahrenheit)) Which was no good for my budget...
Many things which worked fine with the old server, dont work anymore (for my old C5450 Oki has no Printer driver for 2008RP, etc, etc). Of cause there are also good things about - one is a new fax printing facilty.... They go directly to the server, tzhe server send s me a mail a filter lets me know that a fax has arrived and with the help of an old MarkB script (the one you wrote for some bill arriving within an attachment) it shows up on my sceen and I can print it (or not if it's trash).
It works fine - almost fine: After anouncing, that a fax has arrived, I get the message that this is no TIF file, even when it is one. So there must be somewhere hidden a command, which I have not correctly adapted. Can you tell me where?
Here is how it looks:
{ ABC Fax Script
( Feedback version
( Redefine the $docname variables as needed
Set $docname_part1 "FAX"
Set $docname_part2 ".TIF"
{ Feedback Message
{ May be removed after the filter is debugged
MessageBox "Neuer Fax ist eingetroffen, wenn Dokument offen, Druckbefehl (Ctrl-P, dann ENTER) geben, Ausdruck Götz ins Fach legen und Programm (Alt-D, B)beenden"
{ From the selected or current message, extract the full path
{ and name of the attached file, assign it to the string $a,
{ and open the file.
Set &docfound False
{Lowercase $docname_part1
Lowercase $docname_part2
ReadAttached $attachmentlist %message
TrimLines $attachmentlist
LineCount #n $attachmentlist
If #n > 0 Then EndIfNattachments
MessageBox "Faxdruck PocoScript\nERROR: this message has no attachment"
{ Set $t "Faxdruck PocoScript\nLIST OF ATTACHMENTS\n\n"
{ AddStrings $t $attachmentlist
{ MessageBox $t
Dec #n
If #n < 0 Then EndMainLoop
GetLine $a #n $attachmentlist
Lowercase $a
{Set &b1 $docname_part1 ^ $a
Set &b2 $docname_part2 ^ $a
And &b1 &b2
Not &b1
If &b1 Then MainLoop
Set &docfound True
Call OpenDoc
Goto MainLoop
If &docfound Then EndIfDocfound
MessageBox "Faxdruck PocoScript\nERROR: Fax not in attachment list"
{ Feedback Messages
FileExists &flag $a
If &flag Then FileFound
Wait 4
FileExists &flag $a
If &flag Then FileFound
Set $t "Faxdruck PocoScript\nERROR: can't find the file "
AddStrings $t $a
MessageBox $t
If ".TIF" ^ $a Then EndIfTIF
MessageBox "Faxdruck PocoScript\nFYI: the attachment is not a TIF document"
{If "FAX" ^ $a Then EndIfFAX
{MessageBox "Faxdruck PocoScript\nFYI: 'Fax' is not in the document's name"
{ Open the document
{ The next 3 lines may be removed after the script and filter
{ have been debugged
{Set $t "Faxdruck PocoScript\nNow attempting to open the document "
{AddStrings $t $a
{MessageBox $t
Execute $a
Thank you,
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George Drakakis-Nessie Urban Bench
At Design Interviews
Interview with George Drakakis : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. George Drakakis : The main principle behind this design is the "just Drop & Forget" concept. Short-speaking, it's an attempt to redefine the "Urban Bench" object, literally right from the ground. The basic characteristics of the concept is: Hassle-free installation process and Modularity. The concept consists of a basic -organic shaped- unit; the final composition requires the repetition of the basic unit by two or three times. In any case, robust, heavy-weight units are just dropped in their final position, without affecting in any pre-existing infra-structures of an urban environment, eliminating installation costs. Of course there is always the advantage of re-positioning. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. George Drakakis : The main focus was to get something meaningful out of the repetition of a basic unit and at the same time, to achieve a balance of volumes of the final composition, from an artistic point of view. One unit cannot exist without the other(s). Part of the properties of one unit is passed to another, (i.e the backrest of unit A is actually the backrest of unit B). It's all about Continuity in fragments. Emphasis on continuity, cause fragments are meaningless without referring to a "bigger picture". .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. George Drakakis : I would like to see it realized and people getting the most out of it. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. George Drakakis : Outdoor benches will always have a great impact in my design practice. Mainly because I think it's the place where a lot of activities can take place in the same time. Just think about it; some people are relaxing, others are taking a break, or getting ready to go. A bench is a dynamic place, not only an ephemeral destination, but also a starting point for the next ongoing activity. A continuous movement in different directions, not just circling around, it's more like being on a single-sided surface, as described by A.F. Moebius and artistically expressed by M.C. Escher. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. George Drakakis : The design is heavily influenced by the works of M.C. Escher and A.F. Moebius and their studies on single-sided surfaces. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. George Drakakis : It's an outdoor (and not only) street furniture, so I guess that target customers are municipal councils, or individuals who would like a special item in their garden. Of course it's a great addition to court-malls, exhibitions, museums, and public spaces in general. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. George Drakakis : I think it's because of the right amount of sculpture and rational design, ergonomic and artistic approach, thinking seriously and acting funny. All mixed up to deliver comfort, surprise, happy thoughts and smiley faces. It didn't occurred to me at that time, but this is what I would call as "Form Follows Satis-Function". .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. George Drakakis : If you take a closer look at the basic view of the design, you may recognize the figure of Nessie, gently rising her head over the surface of Loch Ness lake. If not take it from me: it's a monster of rock, alright! .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. George Drakakis : Cinema4d for the modeling part, it's the perfect tool for this kind of modeling and Thea Render for the highly accurate material set-up and rendered images and animations, be it early stage visualizations or the final submitted presentation files. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. George Drakakis : 3d modeling applications made everything easier especially during the phase of refining the details of the design, or reconfigure over and over again the whole shape. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. George Drakakis : I heard about the A' Design Awards and was interested right from the start. It's a great place to share my ideas. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. George Drakakis : Thank you for giving me the chance to communicate my ideas. Please visit www.iconpoetry.com for updates and news. .
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Excuse me if the title is a bit obscure, but the phenomenon I'm going to talk about has no translations, for it has its own branded name.
In rural Galicia there are constant reports about a group of hooded figures which wander the woods, with no foreseable objective and without a comon pattern. They are known as "la Santa Compaña" (which can be translated roughly to "the saint company") and they are supposed to be harbringers of death and bad omens. They are described as a procession of souls which are fullfilling some kind of penance. They wear hooded robes and they walk whilst not walking (that is, they slide on the air)
Their apparitions can interact with people or not. When they don't, they are usually seen in the background of the forest (and if anyone from those around the witnesses is recognised by any of them being on the company's travels, that person is bound to depart soon from the world of the living) or at the doors of a certain house, which means that by the morning (for this kind of apparition happens at night) someone at that household is bound to be dead.
However, the problema comes when they interact with people. they're one of the most sinister individuals you can meet. Usually, they'll try to make one of the witnesses take their place at the march so, in order to avoid this, one can follow one out of two methods to keep them at bay. First one is to draw a circle on the soil and start praying with your head lowered. Also, any gift from them shall be rejected and no voice shall be paid attention until they have passed throught. The second one is to run for your life to a cruceiro (which is a stone-made cross which represents the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and usually another carvings can be added, as in the photo) where they'll banish. Still, the best method not to have an encounter with them is to avoid the woods at night
Well, that's it for now, I'll try to bring another story for the next week!
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Sealed bids will be received for the "Baxley Downtown Streetscape, Phase II in the City of Baxley," in the Baxley City Hall, Baxley, Georgia, until 11:00 A.M. (Local Time), Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
The work under this Contract will consist generally of the following:
Demolition of existing sidewalks, ± 0.145 miles of leveling and resurfacing; ± 577 SY of concrete sidewalk; ± 1000 LF of 6" x 24" concrete curb and gutter; ± 525 SF brick pavers; ± 32 CY of Class B pavement widening; irrigation, landscaping, and all appurtenances for a complete project.
All work on the Project must be completed within 180 consecutive calendar days of date of notice to proceed.
Bid shall be submitted on Bid Proposal Forms furnished for that purpose, in accordance with the Contract Documents and the Plans and Specifications, which are on file and may be reviewed at the office of the City Manager and the office of Hofstadter and Associates, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210.
Copies of Bid Forms, Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained from Hofstadter and Associates, Inc., 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210, upon deposit of $150.00 per hard copy set and $75. per digital set in .pdf format. No refund will be made for returned documents.
No bid will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City of Baxley prior to the time set forth above, and accompanied by a Bidder's Bond, payable to the City of Baxley for 10 percent of the amount of the bid; to be forfeited as liquidated damages in the event that the bid be accepted and the bidder fail to enter promptly into a written contract and furnish the required Payment Bond and Performance Bond and Insurance Certificates. There is a Disadvataged Business Enterprise (D.B.E.) requirement of 6% for this project. All D.B.E. firms must be certified with the Georgia Department of Transportation's Equal Employment Opportunity Office. Bids arriving after the designated time will be returned unopened.
The Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, 2001 edition, Supplemental Specifications book, 2008 edition, and applicable supplemental specifications and special provisions apply to this project.
All Bidders whose bids are over $2,000,000.00 must be pre-qualified by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
All Bidders whose bids are under $2,000,000.00 must be pre-qualified or registered subcontractors with GDOT.
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the opening of bids. The City of Baxley reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to overlook and/or disregard informalities or irregularities in the proposals.
The City of Baxley in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d-42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.
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Well, I have to recap the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion, don't I? Cause at this point I don't think there's much left to say except #BlackBabyGate is still rearing its ugly head, Phaedra Parks really doesn't know (or want to admit) what Apollo Nida's job is, She by SheBroke is a complete idiot. Oh! And Marlo Hampton called Kim Zolciak a whore! Yeah, that happened, indeed it did! Whew – what a moment. What. A. Moment.
Really, we could skip all the other parts and go straight to that, because it's the only part that really truly matters. It went a little like this: Marlo walks out, rocking pin-straight hair and a dress with shoulders constructed from a bathmat (Project Runway challenge?). She sat down, said no one liked her once she became friends with NeNe Leakes, copped to her charges, denied having her bills paid by Mr. Ted Turner, confirmed she still had a lot of work to do learning etiquette, and then she came out with it. Kim, you're a whore! Apparently this was in response to something Kim said on the show about Marlo being an escort (which is all but proven fact at this point) with a large ladyhole. All class, no trash!
Frankly, I couldn't believe it. Marlo just came out and said it – 'Oh, I think we're cut from the same cloth… you know, cheap polyester, maybe nylon – oh, wait no… No, we're not. I'm cut from 10-ply cashmere and you – you're a whore. You're just some cheap acrylic. Google my charges! Cause prison uniforms are totally made from luxurious fibers.'
Marlo had it all planned out – she was practically reading a script NeNe had written for her and handily printed up on Gucci stationary; except I really don't think NeNe was involved in this – nor Bravo, for once – I think Marlo acted as the lone honey badger. Vicious, crazy, and totally entertaining in a sadistic way. That being said – she needs to leave the show. And really, really study that etiquette manual. Like, non-stop. And Kim should be her study partner.
So, Marlo prances out and somehow gets into a screaming fight with Kim about who's a whore and who's an escort. It turns out that now that Kim is married, she's neither a whore nor an escort and that whole Big Poppa charade never happened. Seriously- anytime anyone brings it up she points to her ring and says she's a married woman now. Ok, but like Marlo said, she used to be a home-wrecking harlot flaunting it on TV and loving every minute of it; waving that big ol' rock around! So she was basically a whore, but really Marlo: Pot meet Kettle.


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To see a replay of Wednesday's post-draft chat, click here.
The draft is in the books, and by all appearances, the Texans seemed to grade out anywhere from a B minus to a C minus, depending on which website you read. SB Nation, graded the Texans at a B minus, the Bleacher Report, graded the Texans draft class at a C and Sports Illustrated scored the Texans at a C minus <i>plus</i>.
Not surprisingly to the folks around town, the Texans went with defense in the first round. Having lost Mario Williams to free agency, it was no surprise (to me at least) that the Texans looked to fill that vacancy early in the draft. With a draft class considered deep in offensive linemen and wide receivers, there really wasn't a more pressing need going into the draft than outside linebacker, despite losing 2/5ths of their starting offensive line.
As most of you know, I'm no draftnik, so I rely on many sources to gather my intel and opinions about the coming draft class each year. One of my most trusted, and knowledgeable sources is our own BigRon, who gave us some great stuff leading up to the draft. I particularly love BigRon's top 100, which is usually more suited to the Texans actual needs than most big boards.
To fill Williams' void, the Texans drafted Whitney Mercilus, a 6'4″, 261 pound kid out of Illinois. While not as big as Mario, this kid has a non-stop motor much akin to JJ Watt, Brian Cushing, Connor Barwin and Brooks Reed. Watching Mercilus on tape, he's extremely fast getting into the backfield and strong at the point of attack. His motor and quickness should be an upgrade in our system over Mario's sheer strength. Oftentimes we watched Mario arrive at the QB too late, having to rely more on brute force to get past offensive linemen rather than speed and quickness. Another knock on Mario was that he took plays off, which won't be an issue with Mercilus. Mercilus led the nation with an astonishing 16 sacks and 9 forced fumbles in his only season as a starter. The knock on him is that he was only a starter for one season. BigRon had Mercilus rated at #13, and some mocks had him going as high as 18. So at 26 the Texans seemingly scored big. And who doesn't love a football name like Mercilus?
The Texans traded back 10 spots in the 2nd, putting them out of the 2nd round altogether. By doing so, they picked #5 in the 3rd round (#68th overall) and picked up an extra 4th rounder which I'll cover later. With this pick the Texans went outside of their usual "good guy" box and picked Ohio State wide receiver DeVier Posey. Posey had some off the field issues, having been suspended for 5 games for the "tattoo scandal" and another 5 games for being "overpaid" about $720 by an Ohio State booster which employed him and accepting one whole round of golf worth about $100. But the Texans feel confident these issues won't follow Posey into his professional career and were willing to give the speedy, sure handed wideout a chance. This could spell the end of the road for Jacoby Jones' career as a Texan, whom they tried to trade during the draft but couldn't. Posey is sure handed, something Jones isn't. He's also bigger than Jones and could be the ideal #2 that the Texans need. I could see Posey lining up at the #2 spot with Kevin Walter in the slot. Walter is a great possession receiver, tough and scrappy, and has been more than serviceable at the 2 spot, but Posey could open up the passing game opposite Andre Johnson in ways Walter couldn't. A big upside on Posey is his ability to adjust his routes to the ball.
The Texans traded ILB DeMeco Ryans to Philly to swap spots in the 3rd, giving them the 76th over all pick and sending the 89th pick to Philly. (They also picked up Philly's 4th round pick.) With the 76th pick they selected Miami (OH) guard Brandon Brooks, a massive, 6'5″ 300 pound beast. Brooks, who wasn't invited to the scouting combine, was considered second round talent. ESPN's AFC South blog says Brooks is a steal and could compete for a starting spot on the right side of the line.
With the 4th round pick they acquired from the Eagles, the Texans selected Georgia center Ben Jones, the second ranked center in the draft. Jones is a prototypical offensive lineman for the zone scheme the Texans use. The Texans see Jones as a "younger version of Chris Myers" who can also play guard.
With their next 4th round pick, 121st overall, the Texans again made a move that might indicate Jacoby is done here by selecting Michigan State's Keshawn Martin, a very fast, very scrappy wide receiver who can also return kicks. While I think nobody can fault Jacoby's heart, I think everyone knows the cringing feeling he gives us everytime he returns a punt. The Texans look to fix that issue with Martin.
The Texans used their third 4th round pick, #126 overall, to select Nebraska's defensive tackle Jared Crick. This pick is also considered a steal by ESPN's AFC South blog. Had he not suffered a torn pectoral muscle last season, it's thought he could've gone in the first or second rounds. Another high-motor defender, the 6'4″, 280 pound Crick should fit right in on what is already a stout defensive line.
In the fifth round, #161 overall, the Texans again picked outside of their "box" and for the first time ever drafted a kicker in A&M's Randy Bullock. Considered the best college kicker in the nation, Bullock missed only 17 career kicks. He's solid inside 40 yards, with his longest measured at 52 yards. After losing Rackers to Washington, kicker was a spot the Texans needed to fill, and it looks as if they've done just that for years to come.
Finishing up the Texans draft, they selected their third offensive lineman of the class. With the 195th pick they selected Purdue's Nick Mondek in the 6th round. Considered a project, the 6'6″ 304 pound Mondek should provide depth at the RT spot.
Going by the comments and opinions around the blogs and in our chat last week, it seems pretty clear the Texans did exactly what most of us thought they would. The solidified their depth on the offensive line, possibly adding a starter, as well as putting some high motor players into the defensive rotation to rush the passer. Throw in two WR's and a kicker, and it looks like the Texans pretty much filled in many of the question marks left by some of their off season moves.
The Texans addressed some other areas by signing 21 undrafted free agents, including UH's QB Case Keenum, two RB's, a FB, two TE's, 4 defensive linemen, 4 linebackers, 3 more WR's, 2 safeties, and 2 more offensive linemen.
So there you have it, the newest Texans. Let's hear your thoughts!
~ Crimedog
Ps. I'll be hosting a post-draft chat at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 2nd. Be sure to join us and discuss your takes on this years draft!
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- 1 Bed
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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionRed Cliff
Listing Date07/05/19
Year Built1920
AreaRed Cliff
Lot Size0.10 Acres (4,356 SqFt)
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Steeped in history, this Colorado statutory town has a distinctive old west flavor as does this storybook gem of a home! The driveway was once a road to Camp Hale, the encampment for the famed 10th Mountain Division Soldiers. Beautifully remodeled in 2005-2007; engineered and rebuilt foundation and floors, reinforced walls, new electrical, new kitchen and bathroom, and a powerful furnace designed for both the home and a future wood shop/garage. Seller is a professional wood-worker, it shows!
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Minturn One of the Slifer brokers said it best when she referred to Minturn as "a sturdy mountain town." Sturdy it sure is, with its mining history, old-town Western charm and an eclectic, funky style. Minturn is one of the closest communities to Vail's world-class slopes, but its location along the Eagle River and nestled into a narrow valley has kept most of the resort influences away. Located 10 minutes down I-70 from the main Vail exit and a short drive up Highway 24 toward Leadville means Minturn enjoys no noise pollution from the interstate. It's close to everything, yet so distantly related to the rest of the valley's communities. Thanks to this proximity, Minturn has been evolving in recent years as a desirable hotspot for real estate. The Minturn Mile, a popular backcountry trail off the back side of Vail Mountain, means some residents can even ski home — but not without a stop for a beer at the iconic Minturn Saloon, of course. Free concerts and a happening farmers market keep the community's pulse high in the summertime, as do popular hiking and biking trails in and around town. World-class fishing along the Eagle River is a popular activity throughout the year as evidenced by two angler shops downtown. Minturn is small, which means buyers sometimes have to be patient until the right home becomes available. But what Minturn lacks in inventory, it makes up for and then some with its awesome small-town character and charm. Many of the residents here take pride in their community and wouldn't consider living anywhere else in the valley, according to one Slifer broker. And while these old-timers pump a sense of pride throughout the town, Minturn is also considered quite "up and coming," as well. The Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, a revolutionary winter sports program that operates as part of Eagle County Public Schools, also occupies school buildings on the south side of town, set amidst a gorgeous backdrop of surrounding steep mountains. Red Cliff The one-time county seat and former mining camp, Red Cliff lies tucked into the mountains up the Eagle River Valley south of Minturn. The small town has a cluster of older homes and more temporary dwellings offering back country access for skiing and snowmobiling as well as hiking in the summer.
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This homey bed and breakfast with minimalist aesthetics is located along McKinley Street in Laoag City. I... Discover the fascinating sights and irresistible delights of Laoag and find comfortable accommodations in AA Travellers Pad, Bed & Breakfast.
This homey bed and breakfast with minimalist aesthetics is located along McKinley Street in Laoag City. It can be reached by an 8-hour drive from Manila. But for a faster and more convenient travel, daily flights from Manila to Laoag are offered by local airlines. The Laoag Airport is situated 9 kilometers away from AA Travel Pad, Bed & Breakfast.
Guests of the bed and breakfast can enjoy full use of the free WiFi as well as facilities like a garden and kitchen. The rooms are well-kept and equipped with air-conditioning units, TVs, and en suite toilets and bathrooms with hot or cold showers.
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On January 24, 2011 Ancestry.com announced that it was shutting down a fairly new venture: Expert Connect. For those who aren't familiar with what Expert Connect was, here's a brief overview from my perspective not only as a professional genealogist but also as someone whose business it is to analyze the genealogy industry:
Expert Connect was a service that allowed professional genealogists to set up a profile and solicit work from Ancestry.com customers who needed assistance in their research. The customer would create a research project with defined parameters and a budget, then put it out for "bid" to the various professionals enrolled in the Expert Connect program.
And while there is much "pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth" going on in the genealogy community (with great posts by Marian Pierre-Louis of Roots and Rambles, Kerry Scott of Clue Wagon and Amy Coffin of We Tree), I want to try and not only put this move by Ancestry.com in perspective, but also offer some theories as to the "why" and possibly predict some future moves by Ancestry.com.
Product Pullback – Even Google Does It
Remember Google Wave? There's an example of a product pullback. Companies do it all the time as they retool their business plans and objectives. Ancestry.com is merely doing the same now that it is purchased the ProGenealogists company. The fact is that Expert Connect was used by a minority of both professional genealogists as well as genealogy consumers.
Ancestry.com's target market is the amateur genealogist or what I call the "bright and shiny object" crowd. Expert Connect really didn't connect with this group and probably the idea of paying someone to do your genealogy research was the reason. When you get down to it, the concept really works counter to encouraging folks to join or even use Ancestry.com as a DIY family history site.
A product pullback isn't always a misstep. But even if it is, note how the announcement was made yesterday: an email to those who signed up for Expert Connect and a brief email from the Public Relations department of Ancestry.com to their marketing connections. No big press release (in fact, you'd never ever want to do a press release for this type of announcement). Ancestry.com is betting that this will all be forgotten by February 4, 2011 – the premiere of Season 2 of Who Do You Think You Are?
Is Ancestry.com Pulling Back In General?
Just recently James Tanner of Genealogy Star in his post Genealogy as a business — are we in a recession? asked some needed questions as to why Ancestry.com chose not to be an exhibitor at the recent Arizona Family History Expo. I also know for a fact that Ancestry has decreased its presence at other upcoming genealogy events. So is this a sign that the genealogy industry is in its own recession?
Hardly. It just means that like pruning the non-performing branches in its own business tree, Ancestry.com is redirecting its marketing dollars to those venues that might bring in new consumers of its product as well as retain those current consumers. So what better venue than an expo that targets genealogy beginners such as the Arizona Family History Expo? I agree with James and others that it doesn't make sense and given the positive feedback on the event and the attendance figure of 1,000 people, Ancestry.com will re-examine this move and be back next year.
In general however, look for Ancestry.com to try different approaches in its marketing plans and this may mean less visibility at certain events and actually seeing Ancestry.com pop up at other expos or events for the first time.
What's Next for ProGenealogists Then?
Here's what I think Ancestry.com has in store for ProGenealogists: it will seek to expand its group of expert genealogists but not using an Expert Connect like mechanism.
With Expert Connect, almost anyone could put out their shingle and call themselves a professional genealogist. Yes, Expert Connect was a reputation-based community – much like Yelp or even eBay – but there really wasn't enough time for participants to build a reputation.
I bet you'll see ProGenealogists invite select experts from Expert Connect and put in place some standards to qualify as a member. Ancestry.com will continue to use ProGenealogists as its group of experts for high-profile projects such as WDYTYA? as well as television talk show and other media appearances.
More Ancestry.com Movement Towards 3rd-Party Providers
My impression is that all current products and services (outside its core information databases business) are on the table and under inspection. This includes MyCanvas, MyFamily.com and even legacy products such as RootsWeb and Genealogy.com.
Why? Many of these either failed to connect with the typical Ancestry.com consumer (MyCanvas) or became liabilities because they were support nightmares (MyFamily.com). Last summer Ancestry.com decided to eliminate the free version of MyFamily.com and this had to eliminate much of the tech support issues involved. Any way that Ancestry.com can push the support aspects and costs off to another party is better for the bottom line.
What's Next for Ancestry.com?
Look for the content from RootsWeb and Genealogy.com to somehow be folded into the current Ancestry.com website. Same for Footnote.com. And just like the October 2009 scramble by genealogists to re-site their content when Yahoo shutdown GeoCities, then you'll really see not just some hair pulling and teeth gnashing, but some real soul-searching among the genealogy community as to what role Ancestry.com plays.
Perhaps Ancestry.com is just pulling out of the "genealogy experience" market and fashioning itself as an information services provider like West Thomson or even Google. With any pull out there is a void to be filled. So who will step in to represent that aspect of genealogy and family history that goes beyond mere data to explain who our ancestors were, how they lived, and how we share that with our own families?
The death of Expert Connect is a call to the professional genealogy community to take action and examine its marketing efforts. Its time for industry groups like the Association of Professional Genealogists to lend a hand and give some guidance.
And what of the other voids certain to be created in the future? Other genealogy service providers should get ready now to fill those voids and look at them as opportunities.
©2011, copyright Thomas MacEntee


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The design work from the past Los Angeles Marathons haven't been bad either. I'm liking the logo from last year's 2009 LA Marathon:
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A lot of her inspiration seems to come from Texas culture, which never looked better with vibrant colors and a great use of shapes.
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I hate sounding like MTV Cribs, but here's where the magic happens. On this super old-school letterpress forged in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906.
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Three New Distributors Join PBA CouncilOctober 2, 2012
Karl Sweis of Torrance, California-based Sweis Inc., Brandon Ranney of Pine Brook, New Jersey-based Creative Salon Concepts and Paul Gauvin of Fitchburg, Massachusetts-based WS Beauty Supply are newly elected members of the Professional Beauty Association's Distributor Leadership Council. They join Renee Shakour of Holliston, Massachusetts-based Essential Salon Products, who was re-elected.
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The incidence of new HIV infections has remained stable since the mid-1990s at a rate of approximately 50,000 per year. Among those newly infected, African Americans, Latinos, and gay and bisexual men of all races and ethnicities remain disproportionately affected by HIV. There have been some noteworthy trends according to new analysis, with a 21% decrease in new HIV infections from 2008 to 2010 in African American women along with a 22% increase among young gay and bisexual men. When comparing estimated HIV infections in 2010 by route of transmission, 63% occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM), 25% heterosexuals, 3% MSM injection drug users (IDUs), and 8% IDUs.8 These statistics indicate that although prevention methods have been able to keep new infection rates constant, newer tools and approaches may be required in order to help decrease the incidence of new HIV infections, especially among those groups most at risk.
The Research
In Jaunary 2011, published results became available from the iPrEx trial on the efficacy and safety of daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) 300 mg / emtricitabine (FTC) 200 mg (brand name Truvada), as antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk for HIV acquisition among MSM. There was a 44% overall reduction in risk of HIV with the use of TDF/FTC. Since then, data from studies of PrEP among heterosexuals have also become available, prompting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a label indication for Truvada on July 16, 2012 for the reduction of risk for sexual acquisition of HIV among adults, including both heterosexuals and MSM.1 In response to the newly approved indication, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published the Interim Guidance for Clinicians Considering the Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in Heterosexually Active Adults in August 2012.
The FDA took into account data from four main trials when approving the use of Truvada for PrEP in heterosexuals (in addition to MSM). Partners PrEP and TDF2 are two studies that looked at the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in both adult men and women and found efficacy rates of 75% and 62%, respectively. These efficacy rates were associated with adherence rates of 97% and 84%, indicating that, as is true for MSM as well, Truvada is effective in reducing the risk of sexual HIV infection by heterosexual men and women only when used consistently.
FEM-PrEP and VOICE are two other studies that examined ART use in women, specifically. However, both trials were stopped early when the data safety monitoring boards concluded no evidence of efficacy based on very low levels of medication adherence.
This excerpt was cross-posted with the permission of Positively Aware. Read the full article.
Heather Free, Pharm.D., is manager of Community, a Walgreens pharmacy in Washington, D.C. Joni Chang is a Pharm.D. candidate who interned at Community.


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I hear a lot from the employees and tech workers themselves about what training they are pursuing or about whether or not their companies support and/or pay for their training. I am curious though about the training issue from the other side of the fence.
In other words, if you are a manager of tech people, server admins, helpdesk personnel or field service technicians, etc., how do you handle training and ensuring that the staff remains knowledgeable with changing technology?
What do you need to be doing to make sure your staff is properly trained and keeps up with the changes in technology and the industry? Should regular training updates be mandatory? Should a company pay for this training? If training is voluntary, what do you do with employees who refuse to obtain training they should have?
I know that I used to have all of my training paid for. Now my company has gone almost entirely to web-based, self-paced training followed by begging and pleading to get someone to pay for the any associated certification test. At least there is an abundance of web-based training at our disposal though.


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Capitol Republicans appear to have had a significant change of heart.
Last year, during budget talks, they were unable to strike a deal with Gov. Jerry Brown on pension reforms that he offered. Those reforms didn't go far enough, critics said at the time.
This week, those lawmakers announced that they are solidly behind the 12 point pension reform plan that Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled last year. In fact, they're introducing legislation that mirrors the governor's proposal.
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"We have not changed one comma, one period or one word," Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, said in a statement. "This is his plan as he wrote it, and we will stand with him to see it passed."
Of course, to see it passed would require Democratic votes. The Republican move reflects skepticism that Democrats will take any reform measure seriously, especially since a campaign to place pensions on the November ballot recently died a quiet death for lack of financial backing.
The Republican maneuver appears designed to highlight Democratic opposition to making changes in the system. This, an in election year when polls show the public is very unhappy with what they perceive as generous government pensions.
"Now it's up to the governor to get the Democrats on board," said Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare.
That's a problem for Brown. Labor groups are very unhappy with his plan, which would raise the retirement age to 67 and, more significantly, move new employees to a hybrid system of defined contributions that include 401(k) investments.
Democratic leaders like Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, have indicated a willingness to consider some changes. Republicans believe that's lip service.
For Brown, the Republican move complicates his need to achieve some pension reforms this year. Brown wants to point to progress in this area, not only because of his campaign pledge, but also in order to boost his efforts to convince voters to pass his tax package in November.
There will not be a successful up-or-down vote on Brown's plan as it stands. The question is whether Republicans will settle for less reform, as opposed to none at all.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Dual-stage nanofiltration method is 30% more efficient than standard methods
While some cities near Long Beach, Calif. are protesting an emergency water allocation plan approved this week, officials of that city recently announced progress on a desalination project that could give the city an alternative to state water resources, the Press Telegram reported.
The Long Beach Water Department has developed a new method of turning seawater into drinking water that has been found to be about 30% more energy efficient than standard methods, water officials said.
Researchers spent more than six months of testing the new dual-stage nanofiltration system at the city's National Seawater Desalination Research and Development Project in southeast Long Beach, Water Department spokesman Ryan Alsop said. The method is an alternative to the reverse osmosis technology used most often by desalination plants, he said.
Traditional desalination methods extract salt by pushing seawater through a membrane at high pressure, while the city's method uses a second filter and less water pressure.
"We've demonstrated that the technology we've invented here is more energy efficient," Alsop said. "At the end of the day, what we're trying to do is demonstrate a more cost-effective, a more environmentally responsible way to desalinate seawater."
At least in the Water Department's prototype project, the 30% reduction in energy use resulted in lowering the cost of desalination by more than $120 per acre-ft of water, Alsop said.
Typically, desalination costs about $1,100 to $1,500 per acre-ft, he said.
Even though imported water and groundwater are still much cheaper, costing Long Beach $500 to $600 per acre-ft and $250 to $300 per acre-ft respectively, Alsop said, diminishing water supplies may force desalination to become a major source of water for Long Beach.
"Seawater desalination is more than double than what it costs for an equal amount of imported water," Alsop said. "Is it the future? Absolutely it's the future. But it must be done in a way that makes economic sense and is environmentally sound."
Alsop said about half of the funding for the 10-year, $20 million research project comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior, while Water Department funds and state grants make up the remainder, the paper reported.
Another aspect of the project being researched is a method for returning excess salts from the seawater to the ocean. The Under Ocean Floor Intake and Discharge Demonstration System being built near Bluff Park, the first of its kind in the U.S., uses the ocean floor as a natural filtration system, according to the paper.
Alsop said the project still must undergo more research to determine whether it ought to be used in a full-scale plant, a decision that is expected by 2012 or 2013.


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The great Albert Einstein once said the insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." We may soon have compiled enough evidence to prove once and for all that Hollywood is bats*** crazy.
Kevin Feige, the capo di tutti cappi at Marvel Studios who bus-chucked Ed Norton earlier this week, has let it be known that "Thor" and "Captain America" will be converted into 3D.
"In being able to think in 3-D from the start -- and having every bit of our special effects rendered in true 3-D -- we have the opportunity to do it right," Feige told the LA Times' Hero Complex (by way of The Playlist, who also spotted the dopey new pick of Anthony Hopkins as Odin in "Thor"). "When you're working with a director like Ken Branagh or Joe Johnston, they're not going to settle for less than perfect image. They're not going to settle for something that isn't up to the artistry of everything else they've done on the film ... they're not going to put on some overlay in the last 10 to 12 weeks of post-production for a fiscal reason."
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If you had the misfortune of seeing "Clash of the Titans" in all its 3D-conversion glory, than you know that the film looked a hundred times better in the ads on TV. The conversion process made it look like "a pop-up book," as Manohla Dargis of the New York Times so aptly noted.
There's a reason the trailers for "Resident Evil: Afterlife" tout the film having been "FILMED WITH THE JAMES CAMERON / VINCENT PACE FUSION CAMERA SYSTEM." Because as it stands now, conversion technology is bunk.
Now maybe there have been huge leaps forward since the "Clash" hit the fan, but wouldn't it be smart to test it with audiences by way of a short or maybe one of those low-budget movies starring secondary characters that Marvel is promising?