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Resolution on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Privacy Principles
WHEREAS, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that uses various electronic devices, such as microchip tags, tag readers, computer servers, and software, to automate library transactions; and
WHEREAS, the use of RFID technology promises to improve library operations by increasing the efficiency of library transactions, reducing workplace injuries, and improving services to library users; and
WHEREAS, many libraries are adopting or in the process of adopting RFID technology to automate library circulation, inventory management, and security control; and
WHEREAS, consumers, consumer groups, librarians, and library users have raised concerns about the misuse of RFID technology to collect information on library users' reading habits and other activities without their consent or knowledge; and
WHEREAS, protecting user privacy and confidentiality has long been an integral part of the mission of libraries; and
WHEREAS, the ALA Code of Ethics states, "We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted"; and
WHEREAS, Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights states that "The American Library Association affirms that rights of privacy are necessary for intellectual freedom and are fundamental to the ethics and practice of librarianship," and calls upon librarians "to maintain an environment respectful and protective of the privacy of all users"; and
WHEREAS, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee recognizes the importance of developing policies and guidelines for appropriate implementation of RFID technology in light of the profession's commitment to preserving user privacy and its concern for preserving the trust of library users; and
WHEREAS, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, recognizing the immediate need to draft privacy principles to protect and promote ALA's values, joined with the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) to form a working group dedicated to developing a set of privacy principles to govern the use of RFID technology by all organizations and industries related to the creation, publication, distribution, and retail sale of books and their use in libraries; now, therefore, let it be
RESOLVED, that the American Library Association endorse the "BISG Policy Statement Policy #002: RFID - Radio Frequency Identification Privacy Principles" (PDF) developed by the IFC and the OITP with the BISG and other working groups; and be it further
RESOLVED, that ALA affirm established privacy norms within and across the business, government, educational, and nonprofit spectrum, specifically acknowledging two essential privacy norms:
- Data transferred among trading partners related to customer and/or patron transactions shall be used solely for related business practices and no unauthorized transaction shall be permitted.
- Data related to customer and/or patron transactions shall not compromise standard confidentiality agreements among trading partners or information users; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the ALA adopt the following "RFID Privacy Principles" developed by the IFC and OITP with the BISG RFID working group:
All businesses, organizations, libraries, educational institutions and non-profits that buy, sell, loan, or otherwise make available books and other content to the public utilizing RFID technologies shall:
- Implement and enforce an up-to-date organizational privacy policy that gives notice and full disclosure as to the use, terms of use, and any change in the terms of use for data collected via new technologies and processes, including RFID.
- Ensure that no personal information is recorded on RFID tags which, however, may contain a variety of transactional data.
- Protect data by reasonable security safeguards against interpretation by any unauthorized third party.
- Comply with relevant federal, state , and local laws as well as industry best practices and policies.
- Ensure that the four principles outlined above must be verifiable by an independent audit; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the ALA continue to monitor and to address concerns about the potential misuse of RFID technology to collect information on library users' reading habits and other activities without their consent or knowledge; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the ALA develop implementation guidelines for the use of RFID technologies in libraries.
Adopted by the ALA Council
January 19, 2005
Boston, Massachusetts


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Angelo Mathews's resilience could not deny New Zealand their first Test victory in Sri Lanka in 14 years, as the visitors won the second Test by 167 runs to level the two-match series on Thursday.
Mathews struck a defiant 84 and resisted the New Zealand attack before being the last man out as Sri Lanka, resuming on 47 for four, folded for 195 runs 25 minutes after tea.
The victory also ended New Zealand's five-match losing streak, their worst in 57 years.
"It was good to win after losing so comprehensively in Galle," New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor said, referring to his team's 10-wicket defeat inside three days in the first Test.
"We got a lot of stick in the week leading up to this match but we were very determined to get a competitive total.
"Test match wins away from home don't happen very often, so we will enjoy this and hopefully get some momentum going forward," he said.
His Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardene blamed the top order batsmen for the defeat.
"We lost wickets up front and so the momentum was not there. Credit to New Zealand as they bowled well throughout the series with the new ball," he said.
Sri Lanka slipped to 63 for five soon after the resumption on the final day when Thilan Samaraweera (seven) was run-out after a horrible mix-up with Mathews.
Vice-captain Mathews batted for exactly five hours before being caught at second slip by Martin Guptill off the bowling of left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult (three for 33).
Mathews hit 11 fours and an on-driven six off Jetan Patel's off-spin and faced 228 deliveries.
Mathews and Prasanna Jayawardene (29) resisted together for 35 overs before Jayawardene became leg-spinner Todd Astle's first wicket at the highest level.
Suraj Randiv, who resisted for three hours in the first innings on his way to a Test-best score of 39, failed to score in the second, edging Boult to Guptill at second slip.
Sri Lanka were still fighting at tea as Mathews and Nuwan Kulasekara (18) resisted for an hour up to the final interval but the end came quickly after that break, aided by the second new ball.
Kulasekera fell in the first over of the final session, caught by Kane Williamson in the gully off Boult.
In the next over, Tim Southee (three for 58) removed the scoreless Shaminda Eranga for his eighth wicket of the match when Williamson took a brilliant low, right-handed catch, his fifth of the match.
"Tim Southee and Trent Boult led the attack throughout the whole series, they were very consistent and we fed off them," said Taylor.
Taylor was adjudged player of the match for his knocks of 142 and 74, while Herath was named player of the series after taking 20 wickets, including 11 in Galle.
New Zealand (1st innings): 412
Sri Lanka (1st innings): 244
New Zealand (2nd innings): 194-9 declared
Sri Lanka (2nd innings): (overnight 47-4)
T. Paranavitana lbw b Southee 0
T. Dilshan c Van Wyk b Southee 14
K. Sangakkara b Bracewell 16
M. Jayawardene c Van Wyk b Bracewell 5
T. Samaraweera run out 7
A. Mathews c Guptill b Boult 84
P. Jayawardene c Van Wyk b Astle 29
S. Randiv C Guptill b Boult 0
N. Kulasekara c Williamson b Boult 18
S. Eranga c Williamson b Southee 0
R. Herath not out 6
Extras: (b-4, lb-11, w-1) 16
Total: (all out; 85.5 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-35, 3-41, 4-46, 5-63, 6-119, 7-122, 8-168, 9-169.
Bowling: Southee 20-5-58-3, Boult 17.5-6-33-3, Bracewell 13-6-13-2 (1w), Patel 16-7-20-0, Astle 18-4-56-1, Flynn 1-1-0-0.
New Zealand won by 167 runs.
Man of the match: Ross Taylor
Man of the series: Rangana Herath
Two-match series drawn 1-1.


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Heidi Klum just a supermodel? Hardly. With four kids, two new maternity lines, and Project Runway hosting duties, it's more like Superwoman Heidi Klum, says her Runway co-star Tim Gunn. "I don't know how she does it. She really is Superwoman," Gunn told PEOPLE at Wednesday's Red Dress Awards in Manhattan. "I don't have even one quarter of what she has on her plate, and I always feel like I'm a hair shy of a psychotic breakdown." Did Klum, who gave birth to daughter Lou Sulola in October, "make it work" with her foray into maternity fashion? "Oh, Heidi always makes it work," Gunn gushed. "But yes, she's really infused fashion into maternity ware, and I'm crazy about what she's doing. I think it's wonderful." Gunn, who is now filming the final episodes of Project Runway Season 7 at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, recently teamed up with Campbell Soup Company to help raise awareness about heart disease, the number-one killer of women. At Woman's Day magazine's Red Dress Awards, Gunn honored the winner of Campbell's adDress Your Heart campaign. It's an issue that's close to his heart: Gunn's own mother has heart disease. "She's had a wonderful life and she's been fighting this disease for a long time, and frankly, she's getting tired," he told PEOPLE. "She's in the hospital now, so this is an issue that is part of my life and it means a great deal to me."


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The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Kasey William Cook, 26, of 524 Kuether Road, Glen Burnie, Md., was served with a fugitive warrant for a tattoo person under 18 charge in Greenville County, S.C., $100,000 secured bond, Feb. 11.
• Stephen Zachary Oldham, 28, of 818 Hasty School Road, Thomasville, was charged with felony possession of a schedule I controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and assault on a female, no bond, March 20, Thomasville.
• Lawrence Eugene Mishoe, 50, of 486 Harrison Hedrick Road, Thomasville, was charged with felony possession of a schedule I controlled substance and felony possession of a firearm by a felon, $10,000 secured bond, March 27, Thomasville.
• Karen Stewart Seabrook, 50, of 203 Maryland St., Bessemer City, was charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense, $2,000 secured bond, March 19.
• Terrance Maurice Brown, homeless, was charged with felony breaking and entering, nine counts of misdemeanor breaking and entering, felony larceny after breaking and entering, eight counts of misdemeanor larceny and felony possession of burglary tools, $50,000 secured bond, March 18.
• Brandy E. Caulder, 32, of 987 Clark Road, Linwood, was charged with felony larceny and two counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense, $1,500 secured bond, March 5.
• Christopher Todd Fine, 27, of 528 Charlotte Drive, Lot 1, was charged with felony probation violation, $5,000 secured bond, March 4.
• Adam Frank Saferight, 20, of 220 Calvin Sowers Road, was charged with felony larceny, $1,000 secured bond, March 4, Mocksville.
The following larcenies more than $1,000 were reported to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department:
• Electrical wiring and water heater valued at $1,000 were reported stolen from a home on Broad Street between Feb. 4 and 9:14 a.m. Friday.
• An automobile valued at $2,000 was reported stolen from a home on Lindy Road between 8 p.m. Thursday and 7:18 a.m. Friday.
• A transmission and torque converter valued at $1,600 were reported stolen from a parking lot area on Aldean Drive between Dec. 1, 2012, and 12:38 p.m. Sunday.
• A 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee valued at $4,000 was reported stolen from a home on Eastwood Road near Midway between 9 p.m. Saturday and 8:52 a.m. Sunday.
• Two youth helmets, adult helmet and ATV valued at $1,300 were reported stolen from a home on Midway School Road between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7:48 a.m. Friday.
• A saw, industrial grade cutters and drill valued at $1,140 were reported stolen from a home on Lindsay Acres Lane in Thomasville between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 1:17 p.m. Friday.


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Photos: Highlights of a traveler's Charlotte
Photos: Highlights of a traveler's Charlotte
Independence Square is an anchor of the Charlotte hub the locals refer to as "Uptown."
The Bank of America building rises above the Charlotte skyline.
Queens Road West, part of the Myers Park neighborhood.
The Green, a 1.5-acre downtown park.
The Mint Museum Of Art, downtown.
The "Firebird" sculpture in front of the Bechtler Museum of Art downtown.
Galleries at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Racing simulators at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.


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May 3, 1947 - July 24, 2013
Palmyra, PA
Rocco James Damiano, 66, of Palmyra, PA passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at home in the arms of his loving wife. He was born Saturday, May 3, 1947 in Newburgh, NY to the late Rocco and Marie (DelPappa) Damiano. He is survived by his loving wife of 27 years, Ann E. (Skrzec) Damiano.
He earned a BS in Nursing from Mt. St. Mary College, served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam, and the U.S. Army Special Forces Reserve. He retired from the City of Newburgh, NY Police after 25 years of faithful service as a police officer. He was the founder of Tangmeanna Ryu. In June 2004, he was ordained as a Deacon in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. His life was dedicated to service and love, and he will be missed by many.
He is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth M. Damiano and fiance, Scott Tabone, and Bernadette K. Damiano; two sons, Jeffrey J. Damiano, and Derrick S. Damiano and wife, Beth; one grandson, Eli J. Damiano; a sister, Carol Gorman.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 27th at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 245 West Pine Street, Palmyra, PA 17078 with Father James F. Podlesny as Celebrant. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 30th at St. Mary's of The Assumption Church, 180 South Street, Newburgh, NY 12550. Burial with full military honors will be private in Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Goshen, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his honor to United Service Organizations, PO Box 96322, Washington, DC 20090-6322 or www.uso.org.
Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 West Pine Street, Palmyra has been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.rothermelfuneralhome.com.


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BBC Music's top 25 albums of 2012 is now live...
Compiled from votes from Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, 1Xtra, 6 Music, BBC Scotland, BBC Ulster and a whole load of reviewers.
Can't really argue much with this at all
Nice variety, only shock was TEED which I hadn;t even considered.
I say shock
As in record I knew existed, obviously I had no idea about the non-indie stuff.
Any list that sandwiches Nicki Minaj inbetween Swans and Baroness is one that I approve of.
Although the mental image that I'm now left with is somewhat unpleasant.
That's an excellent list I think
Never heard of that Busy Signal record but it sounds interesting


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Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. This is the place where most Colombians go to spend their vacations. You don't find many foreigners here and the culture, the food, and the conversion of the dollar to the peso is amazing. You will be able to spend so little for a gorgeous unforgettable vacation! Google "Santa Marta, Colombia" and you will be astonished by the gorgeous pictures of this Caribbean port.
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Town anticipates loss in Hot Creek suit
The Mammoth Town Council is now officially girding for a loss in the $30 million ongoing "Hot Creek" airport litigation.
Based on the comments and questions made at a Sacramento hearing by a panel of judges, the Town Council concluded Wednesday that there is a significant risk that the trial court verdict will be upheld. A decision is expected within 90 days.
In preparation for a potential negative ruling, the Council is exploring options, town officials said in a press release Thursday afternoon.
Among them are:
• The filing of a Petition for Review with the California Supreme Court
• Challenging the denial of the Town's insurance coverage, and seeking legal advice on municipal bankruptcy options.
• Special municipal bankruptcy laws have been enacted to assure continuity of service to the public in the face of severe financial challenges.
This litigation arose when the Hot Creek developer claimed that the Town interfered with its rights under a development agreement to build a 250-room condominium hotel at the Mammoth Yosemite Airport, and allegations that the town must be held responsible for the FAA's interference with the project.


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Boething Treeland Farms is a California wholesale nursery that has been serving the western United States since 1952. We are family owned and operated and have been since the beginning. Treeland is honored to be one of the most respected names in California's nursery industry. We strive every day to provide our customers with the highest level of quality and largest selection of plants available. We grow over 1,200 varieties of trees and shrubs and are proud to provide next day delivery for most orders. Boething Treeland is a name you can trust and depend on. We provide expertise, experience, and excellence in customer service. We welcome the opportunity to earn your business!


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by Susan Mikula Campbell
The SPCA of Niagara held a press conference last Saturday to announce the good news - a recent lawsuit filed against the shelter in State Supreme Court was dismissed.
Justice Richard Kloch Sr. ruled that the 2012 election of a new board of directors, the bylaws and a decision to request a $1,000 donation to be an SPCA voting member are legal.
Amy Lewis, shelter director, who was among more than a dozen staff members, board members and volunteers present for Kloch's ruling on March 14, said the ruling still can be appealed within 30 days.
"Basically, this means what the shelter has done is completely legal," Lewis said.
Although the case dismissed, the lawsuit will still mean legal fees for the SPCA, money that otherwise would be used in the shelter, she said.
Also at the press conference, the SPCA started a fundraising appeal for Teddie, one of the 64 Pomeranian dogs rescued in Lockport on Feb. 4.
Lewis said Wednesday that Dr. Claudia Gray of Ellicott Small Animal Hospital has volunteered to do the life-saving heart valve surgery needed for the 2-month-old female pup free of charge.
The fund for Teddie already had $1,000 in donations. Lewis said so far, most of the people she contacted about refunding their donation to Teddie's fund, have said to put their money in a general emergency fund for the shelter.
Lewis said the valve routes blood around lungs and is supposed to close as puppy matures, but in Teddie's case hasn't. The SPCA is hoping the surgery will be able to be done on Tuesday.
For more information on Teddie, go to www.niagaraspca.org.


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If they want people to learn latin, they should not charge insane amounts.
And why on earth would you need a teacher? And for Book I of that already stupid Cambridge latin course. I mean, for 300 pretty glossy pages they don't even mention the ablative!
Some organisation should give free, productive services if people are to learn latin. Yes I know that this is unreal, but what about all the money wasted on stupid reading programmes for crazy kids?
Not that I care, I have my D'Ooge; but their greed defeats the whole objective of the site for me. Unless they be assuming that every latin scholar has no pecuniary problems.


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Catacombs (US - DVD R1)
Bland horror films set in France make Gabe appriciate his "Freedom Fries"...
Meek young Victoria (Shannyn Sossamon) takes a trip to Paris to visit her older sister (Alecia Moore, a.k.a. Pink). Immediately she's thrust into a creepy atmosphere and introduced to a rude assortment of Paris natives. That first night she's dragged to a rave in the 'Catacombs', a two-hundred mile labyrinth of human remains beneath the city's streets. After wondering away from her sister's friends, Victoria meets with a behemoth killer and finds herself lost and alone after running away.
Besides being a movie about jerks and their jerky ways, Catacombs is also about…well it's really just a movie about jerks. Apparently everyone in Paris, from the airport cops, to the party kids, to the Americans visitors and monstrous killers are jerks. But they're jerks that like to party, so cool, right? Yeah, party! Woooo!
Actually, movie raves are usually boring, and this one is no exception. The only difference is that these drunken partygoers consistently spout dark and spooky factoids about Paris, so then it's boring and awkward. Oh, and full of jerks. There's something to be said for wanting to see the pretty twenty-somethings get sliced and diced, but I hated these people so much I didn't even care about watching them get theirs—I just wanted the movie to be over so I didn't have to spend any time with them anymore.
But male writer/directors Tomm Coker and David Elliot really know how to write female characters. They really get into their feminine minds and write the most natural dialogue possible. While being forced to shop for the rad rave, Victoria's bitch sister slaps us with this perfectly natural gem:
"(Paris) is the most beautiful city in the world. It's the city of lights, romance, art, architecture, beauty… it's hard to image it all sits on top of the largest mass grave in history. Come on, we can't go to a party without new shoes!"
Because that's exactly how people talk. This is an awful script from top to bottom. Bad story, bad dialogue, clichés aplenty, and another last act twist. M. Night Shyamalan, what have you wrought?
There's some decent gore and set design, but our directors shoot and cut the film like an obnoxious, made for YouTube music video. Catacombs is produced by the same folks that brought us the Saw films, and it shows, only instead of looking stylish it looks like a low budget saw fan film. It's just too much—too much strobe, too much cutting, to much movement, and too much focus on looking 'cool'. It's a mess. What do work are the still shots, which are often lit only by an actor held flashlights.
Fortunately the majority of the jerks disappear at the half way point, and we're left with a natural and surprising performance from Shannyn Sossamon. I've always been impressed by Sossamon, but here she manages Jamie Lee Curtis levels of bad horror movie made good performance. It doesn't hurt that there isn't very much dialogue after the rest of the cast disappears, but this really is a mini-tour de force performance.
Catacombs' video quality doesn't help the whole 'looks like a YouTube video' thing. The DVD is presented in non-anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen. Come on now Lionsgate, you've embraced Blu-ray technology but you can't release a two million dollar 2007 release in anamorphic widescreen? This disc looks like a bootleg download. The edges are blocky, the colours mix in a choppy and uneven fashion, combing and interlacing effects are everywhere, and details are fuzzy. Worst of all for our directors who are so proud of their lighting work, the blacks aren't particularly black, and the bright whites flair out much more then I assume they were planning.
No anamorphic video, but we are given a decent 5.1 surround mix. The whole track is a little on the quiet side, but the design adds a bit of production value to a lacking low-budgeter. The sound effects are obviously canned, and more or less unnatural, but given the film's overdone style it isn't out of place. The surround and stereo channels are pretty lively, and there are a few standout moments, like an under water shot towards the end of the film. The soundtrack sounds full and bassy, though some of the on-screen played techno and rock additions are a little softer then the more score-like stuff.
The writer/director's commentary track isn't bad, but is full of commentary clichés. Every person and thing on an off screen is the 'unsung hero' of the production. Shannyn Sossamon is the unsung hero of the film. The guy that did the voice of the 'monster' is the unsung hero of the film. That flashlight is the unsung hero of the film. Coker and Elliot come across as nice guys, and offer some decent advice for would-be filmmakers.
'Inside the Catacombs' is clip heavy making-of featurette. As expected, it's another EPK in disguise where the producers, directors, and lead actors tell us basic stuff about the story, the real life background (apparently there's some realism in the plot), and everyone pats backs thoroughly. I actually didn't realize that Alecia Moore was Pink while watching the film (she's not bad), but that's more or less all I learned from the six and a half minute featurette (and I could've learned that from the commentary).
The storyboard gallery is pretty impressive (Tomm Coker comes from a comic book background). The gallery isn't interactive, it's a slideshow, but Coker's commentary is a nice addition. Factually these storyboards are often more interesting then the shots that made the film. The first gallery lasts about eight minutes, the deleted scenes gallery (which is filled with fantastic and finished comic book art) lasts a minute twenty, the guest artist boards run two twenty, 'Meet the Goatman' runs just over three minutes, set design illustrations total almost six minutes, effects boards (in colour) last two minutes, and the re-shoot boards finish the section out at six minutes.
'The Making of Blue Butterfly' is a sort of music video cum making of song featurette about the Violet UK song that closes out the film. The Japanese subtitled feature runs about six minutes and is followed by a collection of Lionsgate trailers.
Catacombs is a bland and un-scary movie about irredeemably mean spirited characters. Besides a few moments of inspired cinematography, the only thing it really has going for it is a great performance from Shannyn Sossamon, and I only recommend it to the actress' biggest fans. The disc looks terrible, like a rough-cut illegal download, but it sounds pretty good and has a friendly commentary from the film's two writer/directors.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
Non-anamorphic DVDs in 2008. Great.
horrorfan25 Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,080
Gabe Powers why did you give it 3/10. I mean Catacombs really wasn't that bad. I mean I got to admit the middle was a bit slow and nothing happened but the first 20 and last 20 minutes were good. Even though there was no killer there was a shocker twist that happened when Shannon Sossamon killed her sister. But overall it was average.
knight d Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 221
This looks horrible I'm steering clear.
JTStarkiller Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 76
I've been meaning to watch this simply because my favorite band did their first movie score for this. They've helped Harry Gregson-Williams on stuff like Kingdom of Heaven, Domino, and Man on Fire, but this is their first go at it themselves.
Dave Brock Banned Join Date: November 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,237
According to the cover the UK release is anamorphic.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 19th February 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Director Commentary, Behind the Scenes, Storyboards, Making of Music Video, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David Elliot, Tomm Coker
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Alecia "Pink" Moore, Alecia Moore
Genre: Horror
Length: 90 minutes
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The Levy County Schools Foundation will be sponsoring the annual "Stuff the Bus" on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Bus locations will be as follows:
• Bronson: Dollar General Market, US Hwy 27;
• Cedar Key: Dollar General Store, SR 24 in Rosewood;
• Chiefland: Walgreens, US Hwy 19;
• Inglis/Yankeetown: Food Ranch Store, US Hwy 19;
• Williston: Hitchcock's Foodway, US Hwy 27.
Supplies might include: pens, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, paper, pocket folders, crayons, markers, scissors, glue, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, backpacks, construction paper, pencil boxes, etc. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to bulk purchase supplies.
We encourage community members, groups or organization to collect school supplies and bring them by the bus. If you are unable to bring your items to the bus we will be happy to pick them up.
For more information or to volunteer to help, contact the Levy County Schools Foundation at 352-486-3408.
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Channing Tatum, cover boy for the June issue of GQ, has opened up to the magazine about all sorts of his favorite things, from confetti cake to "The Biggest Loser" to sculpting to the promise of a smooch on the private parts from actor Jonah Hill.
But there's one quote that has the gossip world buzzing:
"I probably drink too much, you know," he tells the magazine. "My wife, that's what she bought into.… I'm probably a pretty high-functioning, I guess, you know, I would say, alcoholic, I guess."
Still, before the rehab alarms are sounded, note that he followed it up by saying that nothing slows down a person's partying like having a baby, which he and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum did last June. And he'll be off the juice for four months straight while he's filming the "Magic Mike" sequel, tentatively titled "Magic Mike XXL."
Whatever he's been doing, it's been working for him.
"You know, the guy had three movies do a hundred million dollars in six months — nobody's ever done that," filmmaker Steven Soderbergh told the magazine. Those flicks would be Soderbergh's "Magic Mike" plus "The Vow" and "21 Jump Street."
And more recently, he's filmed four movies in a row in about 18 months: "White House Down," "Foxcatcher," "Jupiter Ascending" and "22 Jump Street."
"I feel like I was definitely the fat kid at the buffet," Tatum says. "There were four really great projects, and I was 'I wanna do them all.' They're like, 'You know doing four movies back to back is going to kill you?' and I'm, 'Yeah, but that's something I can take.'
" 'That's just going to be tiring, and tired doesn't kill you.' "
The birth of daughter Everly fell into that mix too.
"[W]e had sort of a crazy, harebrained idea to try to have a kid, and it happened the first time, basically. And I don't think we thought it all the way through."
Father and big-budget movie star seems a long way from the 19-year-old Channing Tatum who piled into a buddy's van and partied his face off with the guys as they trekked to stripper conventions — an experience he says fuels the "Magic Mike" sequel.
Even so, the foundation for the star's future appeared to be laid well in advance of his breakout success.
"I took him seriously from the get-go, and doing so has been great for my career and great for my life," Soderbergh says. "You know, Channing's viewed differently today than he was five years ago, and the way people think of him now, I thought of him the minute he was in the room working with me. I went, 'OK, this guy's on the list now.' "
And about that intimate promise made by his "Jump Street" franchise costar Hill? The one that resulted when Tatum won a drunken bet in 2012 about how much their movie would make on its opening weekend?
"I will only say," Hill tells the mag, "that Channing and I say a lot of stupid stuff when we drink together."
Wait, are we seeing a theme here?
"I might have to double down," Hill adds, "because there's no way I'm doing what I said I was going to do."


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KDE Community World Summit 2004 "aKademy"
The KDE Project is proud to announce its plans for the "KDE Community World Summit 2004", code-named "aKademy". The first edition of this new international event will be held in Ludwigsburg, Germany, near Stuttgart. Taking place from August 21st to 29th 2004, the Summit will include an exciting program of talks, presentations, tutorials and joint development, bug-fixing, design and polishing work on the leading Linux and Unix desktop environment.
All active KDE contributors (programmers, artists, documentation writers, translators, promoters and other supporters), interested KDE power users as well the general public are invited to come, attend and participate in the discussions and work.
The Summit is divided into sections in order to provide each target group its own forum:
In addition, the "First International Software Freedom Day" will be celebrated parallel to the Summit on August 28th.
Detailed information on all aspects of the Summit including registration information will be available on the website http://conference2004.kde.org/.
The KDE Community World Summit 2004 is jointly organized and run by KDE e.V., Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH (WRS), and Linux New Media AG.
Tempting, very tempting
My english is poor, and I'm afraid nobody will understand me in Germany :-), but it looks very tempting.
By suy at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: Tempting, very tempting
KDE conferences are mostly conducted in English.
By Richard Moore at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: Tempting, very tempting
Interestingly, when you ask a German if they speak English, they say they only speak a little and then surprise you with what is actually quite good English.
Visitors who don't speak German needn't worry, as getting by with English is normally not a problem. Visitors who do speak German may have a problem, unless they speak Schwäbisch too!
Unfortunately, I think the Frühlingsfeschtle, which just started in Stuttgart, will have finished by the time the conference starts. The Film Academy, where the conference is being held, has produced some really cool short films - maybe the KDE visitors will get to see a couple...
-- Steve
By Steve at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
In my Town
The best thing is that I live just down the road of the Film Akademy. It's just 3 Busstops away or a 15 minutes walk.
By Hermann at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: In my Town
### Maybe someone from somwhere far away wants to stay at my place fo a Weekend.###
I guess you are over-booked already now? ;-)
If you are so supportive for KDE developers and conferences, how about joining
Please, get in touch if you'd like to help even more...
Thanks and cheers,
By Kurt Pfeifle at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
yes yes
I definitely want to come, especially "KDE Users' Conference: August 28th - 29th" I'm looking to come over that weekend. I think it is cool this event is also meant for users ...
By Fabrice Mous at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Hope to attend this one!
Well I hope I will be able to attend this one. N7Y looked very cool 8)
By cartman at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Why not announce this on other sites like LinuxToday, Newsforge, OSNews? Especially since users are invited?
By ac at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: announcement
### Why not announce this on other sites like LinuxToday, Newsforge, OSNews? ###
Why not write up and submit a news item to them?
We are relying on volunteers. The press releas was sent out to lots of addresses
KDE promotion can always have one more volunteer halping and contributing a bit.
Why not publish the announcement on the mailing list of your local LUG? Why not send it to your local newspaper? Why not translate it into your own language and publish it on popular sites and lists there? (Even if people won't come, they may still like to know what KDE is planning for.....)
By Kurt Pfeifle at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Partners program?
Is there going to be a partners' program? I am booked to come over (yep - only 22 hours of flying time each way from Canberra to Frankfurt, then few hours on a train to Stuttgart :-), and am bringing my girlfriend. If she has something else to do, I can hack more....
By Brad Hards at Fri, 2004/04/09 - 5:00am
Re: Partners program?
There is certainly a lot to do and watch and visit and sightsee in and around Stuttgart (even if it is not a typical tourist area).
However we haven't planned a "partners' program" yet. We are looking into preparing some general "besides-the-hacking" tourist activities for everybody. But we may well consider to enable a checkbox in the registration form
--> [_] I want to bring my partner
so we can see how much interest there is. If it is more than half a dozen, these could self-organize their activities well in advance (with the help of one or two local people, of course).
How about that?
By Kurt Pfeifle at Fri, 2004/04/09 - 5:00am
Re: Partners program?
Hmm... wrote a reply last night and submitted it but seems like it got lost in cyberspace.
Hop over to the People Behind KDE website http://www.kde.nl/people/news.html
At the moment we only have a few members but I'm sure there must be a lot more out there. Let me know if you would like Birte's email address so you can pass it on to your gf or if you want an invitation to join Orkut.
By Tink at Sun, 2004/04/11 - 5:00am
Re: Partners program?
Two hours ago, I had an enthusiastic KDE user from the local area (who had
So it looks like Brad hasn't any excuse left to come and leave his partner at home... ;-)
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Here's what I want my kids to be taught
The Star Tribune reports that education ranks as the top issue for Minneapolis citizens as we prepare to elect a new mayor. Indeed, we all care about the education of our children; as a father of three kids in Minneapolis public schools, I do, too. But to focus only on performance misses the mark.
I would rather that we have a conversation and debate on formation. What kind of citizens do we want when they graduate?
Of course we want our children to read, reflect, create, write, and solve complex problems. But I also hope, through the care and attention of their teachers and staff, they will learn conflict-resolution skills; that there are nonviolent ways to solve differences and problems; empathy and compassion for differing voices and opinions, and respect for the diversity of their classmates. Like all urban school districts, the teachers and staff of Minneapolis schools are trying to do a lot with very little.
My kids will each spend many hours this school year with their individual teachers. These teachers will have an enormous impact on my kids and your kids, shaping their character, hopes and dreams. Let us invest in our teachers and staff with realistic classroom sizes and the necessary resources so that they have the time to care for and love our kids into the future citizens of this great city.
The Rev. G. TRAVIS NORVELL, Minneapolis
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We aren't entitled to this feeling? Wrong.
So, according to Eliot A. Cohen, only those killed or injured in war, or their families, are entitled to "war-weariness" ("Americans' exaggerated 'war-weariness'," Sept. 16). How about people in whose name soldiers are sent to kill and be killed in other countries in unprovoked wars — wars in which thousands of innocent people are killed? How could any civilized person not be "weary?" Video games and gory movies do not kill thousands of people. We cannot "change the channel" on a war.
"No one has raised our taxes to pay for war." In what world does Cohen live? Does he think our wars are paid for with bake sales?
"For a president to confess to war-weariness is to confess weakness." In what way is a war-averse president "weak?" It is the ultimate test of strength to resist the drumbeat of war and of those who profit from war and control.
I am lucky enough to have not yet fought in a war, or to have had a family member killed in one. But I am plenty weary of wars and warmongering.
DAN FREIBERG, Golden Valley
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The attention isn't all about her actions, is it?
In regard to the idea that there is too much about U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in the media (Letters of the Day, Sept. 13): Let's face it, readers, editors and publishers. If Bachmann knocked out a front tooth, grew a big wart on her nose and was suddenly afflicted with crossed eyes, we would have to perpetually hunt in the media for news of her. Let the whole of us examine our consciences.
LAVONNE HALLORAN RELLER, Kandiyohi, Minn.
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Take it seriously (but don't take it personally)
I would like to commend the editors of this fine newspaper for running an important opinion piece about a women who was shamed for using food stamps in Edina. Sue Bulger ("To that irritated lady at the store," Sept. 13) appears to be a lone voice talking about the casual elitism and indifference toward the lower economic classes in the western suburbs.
The wealthy suburbs of the west metro are constantly brought to the public attention for having good athletic programs, and for being listed consistently as top places to live. While there are a lot of positive aspects here, there are also issues that are grossly overlooked.
A few years ago, at an Eden Prairie High School basketball game, our student section started a chant of "food stamps" directed at Hopkins players. Our high school recently bought laptops for more than 3,000 students, while some inner-city schools don't even have air conditioning systems.
The separation of wealth between rich and poor in the suburbs has been consistently growing. People should be outraged, but nobody (except for Bulger) is talking about these issues of suburban elitism. I recommend you keep a closer eye on the subtle and not-so-subtle makings of a hierarchy in the Twin Cities suburbs.
JON MEHLHAUS, Eden Prairie
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The shame isn't in using food stamps, it's in having skin so thin that one feels compelled to write a commentary chastising another individual who expressed disapproval of one's situation at a grocery store.
This is real life. Some people judge others. Some people are rude. Some people are not as friendly as you'd prefer. Get over it, already.
Rather than be concerned over the opinion of a stranger, rise above it by knowing you are the better person. Complaining in a public forum only validates the opinion — right or wrong — of the person you feel slighted you to begin with.
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Acting Secretary Of Commerce Rebecca Blank to Launch Administration's 'Doing Business in Africa'
November 22, 2012: Blank will advance initiatives to promote economic growth, trade and investment as a part of President Obama's Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will travel to South Africa and Kenya next week to advance key elements of the President's "Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa," that will promote economic growth, trade, and investment in the continent. As part of her trip, Acting Secretary Blank will officially launch the "Doing Business in Africa" campaign, an Administration initiative to help American businesses identify and seize opportunities that will further the United States' commercial, trade, and investment relationship with Africa.
"As President Obama has said, Africa is a region of growing opportunity and promise, and it has the potential to be the world's next major economic success story," said Acting Secretary Blank. "As part of our efforts under the National Export Initiative to support U.S. companies in selling their goods and services to the world, we must do everything possible to ensure we are promoting trade and investment with Africa. The Department of Commerce has an important role to play when it comes to helping American companies understand the trade and investment opportunities in Africa that will not only support the region's economic expansion, but will also create jobs in America."
On June 14, 2012, the President issued the U.S. "Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa," under which the United States will pursue four objectives in the region: strengthening democratic institutions; spurring economic growth, trade and investment; advancing peace and security; and promoting opportunity and development. As part of spurring economic growth, trade and investment, the Strategy specifically calls for the development of a "Doing Business in Africa" campaign. This campaign will leverage the federal government's trade promotion, financing and strategic communications capabilities to help U.S. businesses identify and seize opportunities in Africa, and to help them overcome any challenges they face to establishing business relationships with Africa.
Also part of her trip to South Africa, Dr. Blank will also meet with and promote a multi-sector trade mission being led by the Department of Commerce's Under Secretary for International Trade, Francisco Sanchez. A delegation comprised of representatives from 15 U.S. firms will join Sanchez on stops in Lusaka, Zambia; and Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
In Kenya, Acting Secretary Blank will meet with heads of state and senior trade officials of the East African Community, a regional intergovernmental organization that includes Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The United States has prioritized the promotion of regional economic integration in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it recognizes that the EAC in particular as a strategic market for trade and investment with significant long-term growth potential. For that reason, the United States is pursuing a Trade and Investment Partnership initiative with the EAC under the President's Strategy, which will build on the foundations of our already-existing trade and investment relationship with the EAC. Acting Secretary Blank will promote many of the Partnership initiatives on her trip, including the launch of a new EAC-U.S. Commercial Dialogue.
Sub-Saharan Africa presents enormous opportunities to the American private sector. According to the World Bank, its GDP totaled approximately $1.25 trillion in 2011, and six of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world are in Sub-Saharan Africa. U.S. total merchandise exports to Sub-Saharan Africa tripled between 2001 and 2011.
In 2011, U.S. exports to Sub-Saharan Africa totaled $21.3 billion, while imports were $74.3 billion, an increase from $17.1 billion and $65 billion in 2010, respectively. Total trade between the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa increased by 16 percent between 2010 and 2011, and in the first half of 2012, U.S. goods exports to Sub-Saharan Africa are up 4.6 percent over the same period in 2011. The President's "Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa" seeks to build on this success.
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Furoshiki — Origami meets Fabric Gift Wrap
So what did people do before plastic bags? Or toss-able wrapping paper? Well, in Japan, they had furoshiki. They used cloth squares, with fanciful origami-type folding and tying, to tote their gear to the bathhouse, to carry their bentos, and to wrap gifts. In an effort to reuse and reduce, this idea is becoming popular in many corners of the world. We've rounded up some information and inspiration on the topic.
First, there's the fabric itself. Here are some that caught our eye (shown above left to right):
· Aqua Forest Folk Fabric Gift Wrap (around $7) by Tiger and Hare
· Azuma Bag and Furoshiki Wrapping Cloths Set ($49) by Holly Storm
· Furoshiki Style Gift Wrapping Cloth ($4) by Natsuriku 2007
· Chocolate Brown Christmas Furoshiki Reusable Gift Wrap, Petite ($3) by Greener Frog
· The online store Furoshiki carries a wide variety of cloths and accessories.
· Or if you are inspired to make your own furoshiki, eHow shares a simple How-to.
So let's say you have the cloth. Now what?
· Make, has a downloadable guide for various tying techniques.
· The book Wrapagami: The Art of Fabric Gift Wraps ($20) also looks interesting.


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Fox Mindful of Debt as It Eyes Time Warner
Media Company Unlikely to Be Willing to Add Much Cash to an Offer
Ever since his News Corp survived a bruising liquidity crisis in the early 1990s, Rupert Murdoch has been careful to avoid getting overextended financially. But his pursuit of Time Warner Inc. could test that philosophy.
To win over Time Warner's board, which rejected an initial offer from Mr. Murdoch, his entertainment company, now called 21st Century Fox, would have to raise its stock-and-cash offer from its initial $85 a share, and likely increase the cash component as well. But to do so may require Fox to take on so much...


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Rhinebeck (sigh)
October 30, 2012
Rhinebeck, I always love visiting you.
This year was made better by the absolutely perfect house we rented right in town. We parked the car Friday night and didn't use it again until we left for home Monday morning.
(one of three sitting rooms!)
I travelled with great friends: Michelle, Kim and Jo and we drank wine, ate amazing food, fondled yarn, enabled, laughed, cried and didn't share our desserts (even when we said we would).
I ran into a bunch of virtual friends I only get to hug once a year: Vanessa, Angela, Hope, Jaya, Cassandra, Julia (I love love love her not-released green cardi), Cara (and her amazing Maxfield cardi!), Chris, and others that I'm sure I'm forgetting (sorry!).
I finally got to meet (and hug) Lisa Souza and Nora Bellows of Noni knits (must write to her about getting copies of our photos in our Ella coats).
I ate amazing meals and drank fantastic wines.
I got this super duper fantastic custom mug from Jennie the Potter. My morning coffee is now being consumed in style (and I got to hug her too!)
(yarn on an orange bike-squee!)
I bought yarn (seen on my lap) to knit pretty things.
I enjoyed the scenery. But didn't take any photos until we were driving over the Hudson on our way home.
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Black Production Manager Subjected to Racial Epithets, EEOC Charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. ¢ Harrisburg-based Stroehmann Bakeries LLC, a subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries USA, violated federal law when it subjected a production operator to a racially hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
The EEOC says that Henry Hairston, an African American production operator, was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race when a white co-worker made derogatory comments about blacks on several occasions beginning in October of 2006. The racial harassment included the use of the N-word on four occasions, the EEOC charges in its lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 09-1872. Hairston complained to three management officials, but the bakery failed to take action to address his complaints and the offensive racial comments continued, the EEOC said. Hairston was forced to quit due to the racially hostile work environment.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC attempted to reach a voluntary settlement before filing suit. The EEOC is seeking injunctive relief to prevent future discrimination, as well as back pay, and compensatory and punitive damages.
ōThe use of the N-word in the workplace is vile and abhorrent,ö said Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence of the EEOCÆs Philadelphia District Office, which oversees Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, and parts of New Jersey and Ohio. ōNo employer should tolerate racial slurs and epithets. The company had the opportunity to take action to stop the racial harassment. Since they failed to do so, the EEOC is filing this suit to show all employers that such misconduct cannot be tolerated in the workplace.ö
Stroehmann Bakeries is a subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries. Further information about the company is available at its web site www.bimbobakeriesusa.com.
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October 30, 2006: Audacity 1.3.2 and 1.2.5 Released
The Audacity developers have been busy with many new features over the past year. We're pleased to announce Audacity 1.3.2 (beta), which contains dozens of new features and capabilities. Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. For all users, Audacity 1.2.5 is a minor bug-fix update that addresses some problems with Audacity 1.2.4, but does not add any significant new features. It is complete and fully documented. You can have both Audacity 1.2.5 and 1.3.2 installed simultaneously. Also, we have just made available a set of 92 LADSPA plug-ins for Windows (for both Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x).
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- productmom said...
My husband and I had both grown up with insanely popular names (Jessica and Jason) and felt it was important to chose names for our daughters that were more unusual. Now by that don't misunderstand me to mean that we were ever going with Apple or Pilot, we just wanted them not to have to worry about being reduced to a last initial (I was "Jessica K." for quite a while in grade school). We also wanted names that were after those in our family who had passed (as is tradition in Judaism). We have always felt good about our choices and are proud when we introduce our girls to people. Their names are Talia Marin and Samara Paige.
- August 1, 2007 at 9:06 PM
- Niamh G. Dhabolt said...
My husband and I had pretty specific requirements for our child's name. We wanted (in order of what was most important to us):
(a) a Celtic name (Irish, Scottish, or Welsh).
(b) a name that was not in the top 100 in the U.S. Preferrably not even in the top 500. But still a name that others might recognize.
(c) a name that had meaning to us.
(d) a *real* name, not a made up one.
(e) a name we liked the sound of.
After nearly three years of trying, we finally conceived our first child! Unfortunately, my best friend James (Jim) was not around to experience this with us as he passed away in 2004. We definitely wanted to honor him (he was very important to my husband and I. We got married on Jim's birthday... AND he was the only witness at our wedding... as we eloped).
James, while being a nice name, was too common for us... however Seamus ("shay-mus") isn't. Seamus is the Celtic form of James. We loved the sound of it, and it fit every category in our "must be" list. It's Celtic, ranked number 776 in 2005 (and 842 in 2006), it certainly had meaning to us, it's a *real* name, and we loved (and love!) it.
His full name is Seamus Padraig Scott (two middle names). Padraig is the Celtic form of Patrick, and we just liked that name. Scott is my maiden name. Seamus was born January 24, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- August 8, 2007 at 11:40 PM
- Mindy said...
My husband and I have an incredibly difficult time coming to agreement on names. At one point, I fell in love with the nickname "Ash" for a boy. I couldn't think of a name I loved better, but knew it would be a hard sell for my husband. Being from the south, the name Ashley would have been acceptable for me, but not at all for my husband. I did not like the name Ashton as it seemed to follow too closely to current trends. Finally, after perusing many naming websites and forums, I stumbled upon the name Asher. I absolutely fell in love with the name. It was THE name as far as I was concerned, but I was quite fearful of mentioning the name to my husband. He'd cast aside every other name I'd suggested and I just didn't think I could handle him rejecting the name Asher so callously. I nervously approached him with the name. "Oh, you mean Asher as in the book "My Name is Asher Lev" by Chaim Potok? Wow, I really like that!" The funny thing is, we'd both read the book just a mere few weeks prior to the discussion. I hadn't remembered the name Asher when looking for an "Ash" name, nor had I remembered the book when I saw the name online. But, because the book had been required reading for a class my husband had taken, the name was A-OK by him. Whew! And so, now we have our beloved little Asher, frequently called "Ash".
(I did love the book, by the way, I just thought of the character as "Asher Lev" not simply "Asher". )
- August 10, 2007 at 1:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
I reject the whole "pink and blue" thing, so my first requirement was that if it's a girl, the name be what I call bisex (NOT "unisex", which means the opposite of what you think it means). Being immigrants to Israel, we also wanted to avoid the Hebrew letters *reish* and *chet*, which we don't pronounce properly.
It all began with my nephew Ophir, the first grandchild on my husband's side. Ophir happens to be the main character in the Hebrew children's book *tiras cham*, wherein each child in the parade plays a musical instrument, and Yahav's is her voice. My husband loves to sing, and Yahav is the name of a community in the Arava, where we live. We learned that it means "hope" in Hebrew and "a gift" in Aramaic. Bingo.
Our second daughter, Idan, was named after my grandmother, Ida. Idan, another Arava community, means "era" or "eon" in Hebrew. Not only was Idan coincidentally born on March 17, the same date as my grandma's death, but my grandma was alive to see her great-great-grandchild, embodying the concept of "era" or "eon", i.e., a long period of time.
Our youngest, Hedy, was named after my husband's Aunt Hattie, a beloved family member who died a few months before Hedy's birth. It was the closest we could come sound-wise, and fitting for a youngest child, as its Hebrew meaning is "my echo". We gave her the middle name Sapir, which means "sapphire" in Hebrew, because 1) It's (yet another) Arava community (I like themes); and 2) It honors my other grandmother, whose maiden name was Saferstein ("sapphire stone"); also, both she and Hedy were born on Chanuka.
We feel like we hit the jackpot on all three.
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For some time I was thinking: OK, so now we have that cambrian explosion of new frameworks, that's OK, it will all settle down, people will select the best of them and the rest will die off. All we need to do is waiting. We could also speed it up a bit and make it a bit more smooth and rational by learning how to evaluate the frameworks. To do that we need to talk about them, study their functions and compare designs, project goals, project management styles and all of that. This will not be easy, but once we get past the awsome depth of common analyses of the 'this sucks' style and start to think about 'this is good for that and that other thing is better if you need something else', the rest will be incremental.
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Historically the trend is clear - the first frameworks did everything, the MVC frameworks included all Model, View and Controller components, then came Catalyst which is mostly just the Controller part. But that was not the end of decoupling - the Controller part still can be broken down further. And it was, with libraries like HTML::Engine budding off it, splitting and heading for an independent CPAN life. Now it is time to have a look at Catalyst and other frameworks and think what are the exclusive features that it provides that are not yet available as independent CPAN libraries. We have Plack, that provides all the abstraction needed for easy deployment and testing, we have packages like Bread::Board that provide a generic way of initialising application components, and I am sure there are also other interesting libraries at CPAN that provide other parts of the framework functionality. So what is left?
Maybe I am missing something, but the only important functionality of Catalyst that I cannot find any generic libs for is dispatching - selecting the subroutine (or method) that will handle a given HTTP request. I don't see any reasons why this should be hard to do. In fact I have already started working on that. OK - to be frank, what I started to work on was another web framework. I decided that I would like to have a mini framework and started coding it. Only now, after having the first CRUD example written in it, I can see that all I wrote is just a dispatch system, the other parts are freely available at CPAN. I can use Plack for the web engine abstraction and Plack::Test for testing, I can use Bread::Board for application components creation and Moose as the object framework - no need to reinvent the wheel.
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- Hans Dieter Pearcey said...
there are probably more.
First of all, thanks for calling me "everyone", that's a sweet way to quote someone's work.
To speak about Dancer, it is a port of Ruby's Sinatra, so I guess if you're right, Sinatra does not deserve its place in the Ruby ecosystem neither...
You may want to take a closer look at the so-called "frameworks" and try to understand why there are so many people behind them nowdays.
"Everyone" salutes you.
- zby said...
@asukrieh - I did not think someone could be offended by that word, but OK - I changed the text of the link to Dancer to 'web framework'. No problem.
As to your advice to take a closer look - how can you know that I did not? Or is it just rhetorical device?
- zby said...
@Hans Dieter Pearcey: Thanks! Hmm, I guess that proves I did not look really deeply :)
Because you sound like advocating to avoid using Dancer (and such alike frameworks).
By reading your post, I understand that those frameworks are useless, because you can do what they do by hand, with CPAN modules.
Hence my advice to look at Dancer and see what issue the framework addresses: small webapps, easily written with clear syntax. This is a field that *has* an audience.
If I understood you wrong, my apologies.
But my point is that if those framework exist today, that's because there are people out there who cares about what they do.
It's not just about putting some glue between different CPAN modules, it's a bit more than that.
- zby said...
My point really is that *all things equal* it is better to have a library than a framework, because framework means coupling, but of course there aren't *all things equal* - there are things that currently frameworks do better, I don't deny this. But we've seen things that used to be done in frameworks, but now have migrated into independent libraries - so maybe there are more of them there? And what would really be left if we split all of these into separate libraries? I cannot pretend to know the answer here.
I think there is a place for both approaches. Sinatra's existence in the ruby world doesn't mean the death of Rack-based applications, and there are other URIs dispatchers available as libraries ; with no string attached.
The same thing seems to be happening in the "server-javascript" world. Just have a look at node-js' wiki, there's a healthy list of micro-frameworks there too. :)
Transpose that to the perl world: with the "recent" momentum built around Plack, I don't think having small(-ish?) web frameworks would prevent one to write his own tools, or reform the existing ones. Just be patient: Catalyst has come a long road, but it took some time to grow up too.
- Stevan Little said...
I started responding here, but it got too long so I actually posted my response as a blog post here
- jettero said...
I'm excited by this post. I'm hopeful that some day there'll be an honest comparison of all the choices in perl. I keep looking at all the things I like and messing around for a while and then just using CGI::App because I can't seem to pull the trigger and pick something.
Mojolicious seems like the way to go to me, but I really have no way to compare them.


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