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Being the largest city in Morocco, Casablanca is said to be the most cosmopolitan among all the other Moroccan cities. Housing the largest port in the northern part of Africa, Casablanca is the main hub of commerce. One of the main places to go to in Morocco, Casablanca is definitely a must visit.
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Drink in the Moroccan culture by visiting the Hassan II Mosque. With its intricate designs, beautifully sculpted walls and gorgeous floor finishing, this mosque is a must see. Though non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the prayer area, one can still marvel at the workmanship and wallow in the beauty even from outside. Join some tours that would take you to some parts of the mosque.
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For an exciting night out, you can visit the Corniche. Take a stroll down the boardwalk and choose which restaurant or nightclub you wish to chill at. Being a cosmopolitan city, you will have a myriad of restaurants to choose from ranging from French to Spanish to Asian cuisine.
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Let's face it: If you take all the salt out of your kid's diet, you will probably be subjecting yourself to whining, and the refusal to eat any type of food that is green or "healthy."
In a society that promotes a satisfying food diet as a menu that includes high amounts of salt for dinner, and tons of sugar for dessert, it can be a daunting and difficult task to get your kids to look at healthier alternatives.
What's your biggest motivator to turn your kid from a salt fanatic to a healthier adolescent? The fear of rising health care costs.
Most adults who suffer from heart conditions today could have reduced their risk by eating healthier foods as children. Heart conditions can be very preventable, but they are also very expensive if you have to go through them. It is important if you have children to get them to think differently about food at a young age. It may be hard work, but it will help your kids maintain healthy practices when they become adults.
The change in the food diet of your kids is not as dramatic as you think. In fact, according to a study by the University of California in San Francisco, all you need to do is reduce your kid's salt intake by about 3 grams a day. This equals out to be about a ½ teaspoon of salt, or 1,200 milligrams of sodium. Just this small decrease in your kid's salt intake could lead to a 68% decrease in the rate of teenage cases of hypertension, and lower the future rates of heart conditions for adults.
Most people automatically assume that young adults in their 20's and 30's aren't really at risk for heart conditions. On the contrary, this same study also revealed that because of a salty food diet, elderly adults who have heart conditions can blame it on the diet they eat when they are younger adults. This study also shows that these adults more than likely suffered from hypertension as children.
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Seventh grade students and families are invited to the annual Crookston High School orientation and ice cream social Tuesday at 6 p.m. in CHS Auditorium.
The orientation will be facilitated by the CHS student council and select staff members. There will be introductions followed by a presentation by the school administration on school-wide expectations and plans for the upcoming school year.
After the presentations, the student council will hand out ice cream and lead groups of seventh grade students on a scavenger hunt, helping them become more familiar with the classrooms and building, while having fun and developing relationships with student leaders at the same time.


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FRANKFURT — (WWJ) Europeans have discovered a type of vehicle that's become the hottest market in the U.S., small SUV's.
"It gives the consumer extra space, and still good fuel economy," said Mike Hanley, who leads the global auto team at Ernst and Young.
Several crossovers were unveiled during the first day of the Frankfurt Auto Show, including a new S-Max from Ford. The show also featuring lots of wagon versions of small cars, like a Honda Civic Tourer, that won't likely come to the United States.
But some American style cars are coming to Europe. Crowds gathered around a Corvette Stingray and a Chevrolet Camaro.
Thomas Sedran, who heads Chevrolet of Europe, said over 700 enthusiasts came to an even recently to see the new Corvette. Sedran has driven the vehicle on more sedate roads. But, he's preparing to take a Corvette onto parts of the German AutoBahn that have no speed limits.
"I'm looking forward to that," he said. "I will have my first experience in the new C-7 in a German AutoBahn on Thursday."
The new Camaro sets up a pony car challenge in Europe, when Ford brings the Mustang here in a year or so. Ford of Europe President Lawrence Odell says there's a lot of anticipation.
"It's a lovely flagship and a banner for the Ford brand across Europe. I know it's a big opportunity for us to do something significant with the brand."
Ford also showing some upscale models on its stand. It's launching the Europe only Vignale trim. It's aimed at those who want more than just a fully loaded Ford. The company showing Vignale versions of the Mondeo, a sedan similar to the Fusion in the U.S.
"We have enough understanding of our customers to know that there are current Ford customers who would be willing to pay more for a different experience, for a product with even higher content," said Barb Samardzich, who head's Ford's product development team in Europe. "So, it just makes a lot of sense to take advantage of that."
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David Saylor, from Scholastic, contacted me to be a part of a collaborative children's book that follows the song America the Beautiful. 15 artists were asked to do one spread, each given a stanza of the song along with a famous presidential quotation.
My image is the closing to the book and the final stanza, ...from sea to shining sea. Also on the page is George H.W. Bush's famous quote This is America, a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
Other artists in the book include Raul Colon, Mary GrandPre (of Harry Potter Fame) Jon J. Muth and many others. Really fun to be included in this round up. Won't be out till next year, but don't worry, I'll remind you to buy it in bulk when it comes out.
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My two sketches, using the imagery of seas and starry skies.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie seemingly have it all and appear capable of juggling it all -- from parenting to a thriving, multi-dimensional careers (now including winemaking!) to their relationship. So, it's no wonder the tabloids can't stop churning out stories about how they're living more of a nightmare than the whimsical Hollywood dream come true they probably, most definitely are living. And how this means they're totally never ever getting married. The latest buzz from The National Enquirer (I know ...) would have us believe Brad is actually threatened by Angie's ex, Colin Farrell.
The tab's source says that Brad overheard his wife say on the phone to Billy Bob Thornton that Brad "was a great guy, but Colin was the best lover she'd ever had!" Oh, but wait, somehow, it gets even MORE ridiculous ...
Apparently, then, "Angie told Bob that her love life with Brad had gone cold, and she missed the wild, passionate sex she'd had with Colin." Really?! Call me crazy, but this whole story sounds like the most fictionalized piece of garbage gossip I've read all ... day. (Yeah, there's a lot of drivel out there, unfortch.)
Whenever they're seen together, Brangelina seems to give off a serious vibe of "we're so in love and having lots of sex even though we have so many kids and agendas that only a smidge less packed as the Obamas." Or maybe that's just the fantasy, eh?
More from The Stir: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie May Have a '50 Shades of Grey'-Style Sex Shack
Because if there's any truth to this silly gossip, it's that maybe, possibly there's a chance that they actually have experienced a sexual lull or rut in their relationship. Sure, they're Brangelina, but they're also, uh, HUMAN. And what married/long-term couple doesn't experience a drought from time-to-time?
Whether it's because you're traveling, sick, stressed (big one!), or other life circumstances get in the way, it's incredibly common for all couples' sex lives to go through ebbs and flows. And yet, we have this misconception that we're supposed to always be firing on all cylinders, getting laid as much as possible if possible. Too bad life doesn't always work that way, and in any long-term relationship, there are going to be ups and downs in bed.
Of course, everyone's different, too. Some couples feel like sexual frequency dropping below once a week EVER is a huge red flag. Others are struggling to do it more than a couple times a month ... or a year. But don't judge. Maybe a good way to think about it is ... couples' "starvation diet" at a certain point in their relationship could be another's feast and vice-versa. Seems to me that as long as both partners are speaking up about their desires and doing what they can to get on the same page, it's all good.
That said, I don't think we're going to be seeing Angie ditching Brad for Colin freakin' Farrell (who?!) anytime soon. Married or not, I'm sure that after seven years, they've got their sexual highs and lows all figured out.
Do you agree all relationships suffer sexual ruts/lulls from time to time? What do you think is the best way to work it out?
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Oscar-nominated films on demand
Comcast On Demand has some good options for those of us scrambling to see Oscar-nominated films before Sunday's Academy Award telecast (6:30 p.m. on ABC, locally KMGH-Channel 7).
Now available: The Hurt Locker, Julie & Julia, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, District 9 and Up.
More than 50 past Oscar winning films and biographies of Academy Award-winners are there. Plus "B" movies from Roger Corman, this year's honorary Lifetime Achievement Academy Award recipient.
Also on demand are the following Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts:
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This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 5, 2013.
Every seven years since 1964, in what's known as the Up series, Granada Television has caught us up on the lives of 14 everyday people. The subjects of the documentary series were 7 years old when it began; in the latest installment, 56 Up, they are well into middle age.
The original idea behind the series was to examine the realities of the British class system at a time when the culture was experiencing extraordinary upheaval.
"We weren't interested in the personalities so much," says Michael Apted, who was a researcher on the original episode and has directed all the subsequent ones. "We needed children ... who weren't fazed by us, who could speak to us, but we weren't looking for any particular characteristics. We were just interested in their backgrounds.
"[T]he idea was that we would get some 7-year-old children from different backgrounds — from rich backgrounds, from poor backgrounds, from rural backgrounds ... and have them talk about their lives ... and see whether that told us anything. And of course it did, because it was both very funny and also chilling, showing that, in fact, the class system was very active, and that people in certain backgrounds had a real vision of their future, and others really didn't know what day it was."
The breadth of a project like this inevitably translates into a great deal of intimacy between the subjects and the audience. These people have repeatedly shared with millions of strangers some of their most private thoughts on screen. It's not an easy exercise, as one of the subjects — Nick Hitchon — tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.
Hitchon never watches the films; they make him deeply uncomfortable. While he is happy and willing to be a part of the project because he thinks it's an important exploration of life, "that doesn't change the fact that it's kind of terrifying at times."
The intimacy the audience has come to feel for the subjects of the Up series is inevitably even greater for Apted, for whom these people have become not just subjects, but friends. He was 22 when they were 7 — but the age difference has long since ceased to matter, he says.
Interview Highlights
Hitchon on why he doesn't watch the Up films
"I don't like the sound of my own voice. I think I look ridiculous, and I just am uncomfortable. ... If I say that I am uncomfortable with this, it doesn't mean that I don't like the project, and it doesn't mean that I am mad at Michael, but I am deeply uncomfortable doing the interviews. I pretend while I'm being interviewed that it's just a chat. I pretend to myself that nobody else is watching, and I don't want that particular bubble burst."
Hitchon on whether he feels pressure to demonstrate positive change in his life every seven years
"Actually, no. Some of the people involved do feel that way. I never have. You see, I've been insulated from that because I've always been portrayed as somebody who started out quite disadvantaged, so anything that I did was always, 'Oh, look how clever he was,' you know. 'He came from a background where it was going to be hard for him to get up in the morning.' So, you know, I always look good."
Apted on what this experience has been like for him
"What can I say? I mean, it's the favorite thing I've ever done, the thing I'm most proud of. It's nerve-wracking, because you think you're always going to blow it and you'll wreck the whole thing. It seems fragile, and I've learned a lot of lessons about it. I've made mistakes on it and had to correct those mistakes. You know, particularly I got into a situation, I think, early on where I became judgmental about people — that if they didn't agree with my standards of success, failure, happiness, whatever, then I would feel they were the lesser for it. And also I try to play God. I try to predict what might happen to people, and sort of set it all up for that. And I did that, and that was an embarrassing mistake. And I think what I've learned all the way through is the less I do, the better."
Apted on what surprised him about 56 Up
"That people seemed happy. I mean, I thought they'd be getting depressed, worried about age, very worried about the economic climate, looking back on their lives, maybe, sometimes with regret. But no. ... What was interesting to me was that a lot of them had found a real kind of comfort in their families and extended families. I was of the belief in my life that you can't have everything.
"I have pursued a career. I was ambitious, and I paid a price for it. I wasn't as good a father or a husband as I should have been, and sometimes I thought, 'Well, maybe that's my way and maybe that's the right way.' But then I saw the payoff, that people who'd put their energies into their families, and their loyalties into their families, that at this age — in their mid-50s, you know — that they got real pleasure and power from it."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. You know the sensation of looking back at photos or videos of yourself over the years and seeing how you've changed? Imagine getting that kind of feeling by watching movies made, over the years, of people you don't know. The documentaries known as the "Up Series" have that affect on many people.
The series began in 1964, when Grenada TV in England broadcast the documentary film "Seven Up!" about the lives of 14 children who were seven years old and from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Every seven years since then, filmmakers have returned to the people from the original film to document how those lives have changed.
The new edition, the eighth in the series, is called "56 Up" and catches up with its subjects at the age of 56. It's now out on DVD.
Our guest Michael Apted was a researcher on "Seven Up!" and has directed all the subsequent "Up" films. Apted is British and lives in America. He's directed many fiction films, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Gorky Park," "Gorillas In the Mist" and the James Bond film "The World is Not Enough."
Terry Gross spoke to Michael Apted last February.
MICHAEL APTED: The idea of the film was to examine the British class system in 1963, '64, to see whether it was changing, see if it was reflecting the very cultural upheavals that were going up in the United Kingdom from the Beatles onwards. So instead of getting professionals in to talk about it, the idea was that we would get seven-year-old children from different backgrounds - from rich backgrounds, from poor backgrounds, from rural backgrounds like Nick Hitchon, from people who were removed from their parents, to get within about 14 children and have them talk about their lives, their ambitions, their dreams and whatever, and see whether that told us anything.
And of course it did, because it was both very funny and also chilling. Showing that, in fact, the class system was very active and that people in certain backgrounds had a real vision of their future, and others really didn't know what day it was. And so, you know, it made that point, and then the rest is history.
So this was supposed to be just a one-shot, and then you stepped in, and you wanted to do another one and eventually make it a series. Why did you want to do that?
APTED: Well, I wish what you said was true because then I could claim credit for it. But no, the film went out. It was a huge success. And it was funny and chilling. And it took us five years before someone actually piped up and said, well, why don't we go back and see what happened to them? And we all thought oh, that might be good.
So we did go back. It wasn't a very interesting film because they were monosyllabic, spotty and just general teenagers, but, you know, you could see the beginnings of a great idea. We all got behind it, and we decided let's keep going back as long as we could and let this thing grow and see what happens to it.
GROSS: So what's it been like for you every seven years to drop in on these people's lives and, you know, ask them about the landmark events that have happened in the seven-year interim?
APTED: What can I say? I mean, it's the favorite thing that I've done, the thing that I'm most proud of. It's nerve-wracking because you always think you're going to blow it, and you'll wreck the whole thing. It seems fragile. And I've learned a lot of lessons about it. I've made mistakes on it and had to correct those mistakes.
You know, particularly I got into a situation, I think, early on when I became judgmental about people, that if they didn't agree with my standards of success, failure, happiness, whatever, then, you know, that I would feel that they were lesser for it. And also I tried to play God. I tried to predict what might happen to people and sort of set it all up for that.
And I did that, and that was an embarrassing mistake. And I think what I've learned all the way through is the less I do, the better, that the more I let them speak for themselves, I in a way try and become like a blank slate and start all over again and have a conversation with them about their lives and try not to lead them anywhere I think they should be led and let them do the leading.
GROSS: That's Michael Apted, the director of "56 Up," the latest film in the "Up Series." We'll hear more from him in a few minutes. Nick Hitchon, who has been profiled in all the "Up" films, now lives in the U.S. and is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Here he is in a clip from "56 Up," showing how he responded in earlier films at age seven, 14 and 28 to the question do you have a girlfriend.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Do you have a girlfriend?
NICK HITCHON: (as child) I don't want to answer that. I don't want to answer those kinds of questions.
(as 28-year-old) I thought that one would come up, because when I was - when I was doing other one, somebody said, what do you think about girls. And I said I don't answer questions like that. Is that the reason you're asking it?
(as an adult) The best answer would be to say that I don't answer questions like that, but, you know, it was what I said when I was seven, and it's still the most sensible. But I mean what about them?
GROSS: Nick, I'm sure you've seen "56 Up" once or more times.
HITCHON: No, I haven't.
GROSS: Excuse me, you haven't?
HITCHON: No, I haven't.
GROSS: Really? That's a statement. Why not?
HITCHON: Oh, it's I mean, I think this is a wonderful project, but it's a profoundly uncomfortable thing for me. I don't willingly watch myself.
GROSS: Because?
HITCHON: It feels to very, very uncomfortable.
GROSS: Is it uncomfortable because you just don't like watching and hearing yourself, or is it uncomfortable because you don't want to see your life played out in front of the camera in seven-year increments?
HITCHON: Both of those things. I don't like the sound of my own voice. I think I look ridiculous. And if I say that I am uncomfortable with this, it doesn't mean that I don't like the project, and it doesn't mean that I am mad at Michael, but I am deeply uncomfortable doing the interviews.
There's something really disturbing about the process for me. Some of it is just the issue that I'm really scared that I'm going to get on there, and I'm going to hurt other people that I care about by something I say. So it's just profoundly worrying to me.
GROSS: Do you also feel a certain pressure that even seven years your life sort of had, like, an incremental change where, like, you've climbed the ladder of success or accomplished something wonderful in your personal life or, you know, found a new measure of happiness or - do you know what I mean - so that you could demonstrate something to yourself and to those of us watching?
HITCHON: Actually, no. I mean, some of the people involved do feel that way. I never have. And you see, I've been insulated from that because I've always been portrayed as somebody who started out quite disadvantaged. So anything that I did was always, you know, oh look how clever he was, you know. He came from a background where it was going to be hard for him to get up in the morning. So, I always look good.
GROSS: Right because you grew up on a farm, you went to a one-room schoolhouse, and now you're a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. So yeah, you've accomplished a lot. So how did you get into this in the first place, considering how uncomfortable you are with the whole project?
HITCHON: Well, I was - hey, as far as I knew, they put a camera in front of me and asked me some questions, and I love to talk to people. So these people were talking to me. I chatted to them perfectly happily.
GROSS: Well, thank you for talking with us.
HITCHON: You're welcome.
GROSS: That was Nick Hitchon, one of the subjects of the documentary "56 Up." Let's get back to my conversation with the director of the "Up Series," Michael Apted.
So you heard what Nick Hitchon had to say about being in the series and how he really respects the series and really likes you, but it's just painful to be a part of it, and it's hard for him to watch it. Does it make you wince at all to hear that?
APTED: No, I don't think so. I mean, he's very willing to be in it. There are others who feel the same as he do, that don't watch it, but it doesn't particularly worry me. I mean, it would worry me if they didn't want to do it, or I was dragging their ankles to the fire and all this sort of stuff.
But no, it doesn't worry me that he feels like that. He's a great contributor and has some of the most, you know, intelligent and interesting things to say about what we're talking about.
GROSS: I'm interesting in hearing some of the ground rules, so to speak, that you've set for the "Up Series." I know, for instance, like you've paid the interviewees in the movie.
APTED: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: Was it that way from the start, or is that something that you instituted in subsequent films?
APTED: I started paying them at 28, you know, when we became, as it were, more international. Once it came to America, the film, and 28 was the first one to be shown in America, you know, then there was sort of some money around in terms of, you know, royalties and things like that. And so, you know, there was that money going around, and we would give them their share of it.
But I also thought they should have a fee for being in it. It was very, very small, but it's increased over the years, not that the films make money, but, you know, I feel they should be paid for it. And so I juggle the budget around, you know, so I can pay them a bit more each time because I think what they do is courageous, and not many people would do it, so why shouldn't they get some material advantages out of it.
GROSS: And when you ask a question, and you know that that question is making the person you're interviewing uncomfortable and maybe pushing them to speak a little more privately than they'd care, how do you balance your desire to be protective of them because they've become people who you care very much about with your desire to get the best film possible, which probably means pushing them a little bit past their comfort zones?
APTED: Yeah, what you have to understand is there's a set of rules when you do longitudinal films. You know, you have to behave yourself, as the director, as the interviewer, because you want them to come back. I mean, if they say they don't want to talk about something, and I ask them the question, and I embarrass them or unsettle them, and then I insist on using it, then they'll never come back.
So I do have these moments. I have moments when, you know, I know there's a question I've got to ask them, and I know there's a question that if I don't ask it, the audience will say why didn't he ask that, and I know that question might be hurtful. Now, to some of them I wouldn't ask it because it would break them down. Others I think are more resilient, and I ask it.
And sometimes they get upset about it, and then we have the discussion about do I use it, or do I not use it. And that, you know, that happens in "56 Up" sort of fairly graphically. And we had this discussion, and, you know, we used it in the film. So it's that sort of process. But it differs from what you do, in a way, because you have me here once, and you can use whatever you want because you probably won't want me back again. But with these people, I want them back.
GROSS: Never.
APTED: No, I'm not being childish, but I want them back, and so, you know, I do have to behave myself.
GROSS: So can you give us an example of something that you actually, you know, talked about whether to use or not, use that was...?
APTED: Yeah, I mean, it was with Tony, the jockey, you know, the - we just, we've had long discussions over the last three or four films about the changing racial profile of the East End of London, which he left and he left because, you know, he regarded it as being invaded by Bangladeshis, you know, by people from particularly Asian communities, and the East End of London has changed dramatically.
You know, and he has had things to say about that. Sometimes I wondered whether he was pushing it too far, what he was saying, and so in "56," I just came out with it and said, you know, you sound to me, Tony, as though you're being racist. And he answered that, and he was very indignant about it and upset about it. And I thought he answered it very well.
And so I put it in the program, and then, you know, he knew I'd put - he asked had I put it in, and I said yes, and he said how is it, and I said, well, I think you should look at it. So he looked it, and he said I don't know what to do. And I said, well, I think you answered it well, that's my opinion. And so he, you know, he took some advice from family and whatever and decided to keep it in.
But that was an example of the process that can go on between us because we all have a commitment to, as it were, staying on the same page.
BIANCULLI: Michael Apted, speaking to Terry Gross last February. More after a break.
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BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to Terry's conversation with film director Michael Apted recorded last February. He's directed all but one of the series of "Up" documentary films, following the same group of people every seven years of their lives. The latest in the series, "56 Up," is now out on DVD. This excerpt from film recaps how one of the men, Neil Hughes, talked about the possibility of having children, starting with his response at age seven.
NEIL HUGHES: (as a child) When I get married, I don't want to have any children because they are always doing naughty things and making the whole house untidy.
(as an adult) I always told myself that I would never have children.
APTED: Why?
HUGHES: (as an adult) Because - because - well, because children inherit something from their parents. And even if my was were the most high-spirited and ordinary and normal of people, the child would still stand a very fair chance of being not totally full of happiness because of what he or she will have inherited from me.
GROSS: Do you expect the people in the "Up" series to keep you updated as to where they are so you can find them every seven years? And I'm thinking especially here of Neil, who is somebody who seems to have struggled most of his life with depression and...
APTED: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: ...like really serious depression, and maybe other issues as well. And there was a period - an extended period where he was homeless. And I don't - I don't know how you track down somebody like Neil when they're in that part of their life.
APTED: We did lose track of Neil a bit at 28. And so we did have to try and, you know, get through some piece of bureaucracy to find him. He's always been very willing to do it and he's incredibly articulate, as you know if you've seen them.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
APTED: But, you know, what a rollercoaster he's had. And it hasn't ended badly. It's not - you know, in his 20s we did think whether we would lose him, literally. But he was, you know, he recovered himself in his early 40s and 42, 49, 56, you know, there's - again there's a sort of solid ground there. But, you know, you get the sense of a very fragile personality, but a very intelligent and articulate man.
GROSS: So do you have to grapple with feelings of responsibility for the people whose lives you're documenting during those periods of their lives when they're in trouble?
APTED: Well, I would, yes, and I have done. Yes. I mean, you know, I've given up any notion of objectivity. I mean, you know, I care about them all if they need help and I can help or they need advice and I can give it, then certainly I do. Yes, I don't shut myself off and say, look, I'm a documentarian here and I have to be objective, so please be quiet and I'll see you in seven years. It can't exist like that.
GROSS: Are you saying there are times you actually like helped people out?
APTED: Yeah. Sure.
GROSS: What kinds of things - if don't mind my asking - and if you do, that's fine.
APTED: No, I don't mind. I mean I've lent money to one or two of them if they've needed it and they've always paid it back. But, you know, if they're in trouble with stuff, I've always been prepared to help. And, you know, on a brighter side, a cheerful side, I mean if people come out to California, they come and stay with me. Bruce was here this summer with his wife and two kids.
And Nick's been out with his son and stayed with me. And I love all that. And if I have a movie opening in London, I always, you know, hire a theater and invite them all and their neighbors and friends to show it. It's great for me to be able to do something for them without me asking for stuff in return. I mean I'm always the supplicant asking them to do things, and it's nice when I can do things for them.
GROSS: You started "7 Up" long before reality television.
APTED: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: And now in the area of reality television, many of the people in those shows are there because they have outsize personalities. They're willing to do things that are ridiculous or shameless even, and are willing to be ridiculed because that's how a lot of people watch reality TV, to ridicule the people who are in it. Do you find ever that people are watching your "Up" series in the spirit of reality TV, which is not the spirit that the movies are intended to be in?
APTED: I honestly don't think so. I mean, it was a big issue for us, especially when we did "49 Up," because reality television has really got a grip of - in British television. So my participants are saying are we another cheesy reality show? And if so, why are we being paid tons of money like "American Idol"? And I had to try to explain what I perceived was the difference between a reality and the documentary.
With the reality they take people out of their comfort zone, out of their homes, as it were, and put them into other situations. And sometimes that's very interesting and rewarding; sometimes it's cruel and unusual. What we try and do is in a sense every seven years get a - as truthful as we can - snapshot of what these people's lives are.
And we are not driven, you know, by having to have high drama. This is like a Victorian novel when characters move half an inch every seven years. But since it's all so familiar to us, we're tracking that, and in the end that's much more dramatic than watching, you know, cops and robbers or whatever, because it's something you really relate to.
So, you know, I don't feel I have to beef it up like reality. I don't feel I have to compete with reality because in another way I think this series of films exists on a different plane from reality, and not an unpopular plane. I mean, we do very well in terms of crass, you know, numbers in business and all this kind of stuff.
GROSS: Michael Apted, thank you so much for talking with us. And congratulations on yet another in the series of "Up" movies.
APTED: Well, thanks. Nice to talk to you.
BIANCULLI: Michael Apted speaking to Terry Gross last February. His latest film in the "7-Up" series of biographical documentaries, "56-Up," is now out on DVD. Coming up, film critic David Edelstein reviews the new Woody Allen movie "Blue Jasmine." This is FRESH AIR.
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Shell Profits Rise as Outsourcing Plan Moves ForwardBy Lawrence Walsh | Posted 2008-01-29 Print
as Royal Dutch Shell presses ahead with plans to outsource most of its IT
operations, the European oil giant is enjoying healthy increases in revenues
and profits for fiscal year 2007.
Shell will hold its fourth quarter earnings call Thursday, where it's expected to announce quarterly earnings of $5.82 billion. Added to the rest of the fiscal year's profits, the year-end earnings after expenses should tally near $27 billion—roughly 5 percent greater than 2006.
Shell, the world's third-largest oil company and fourth largest corporation by revenue, launched plans earlier this month to outsource nearly IT 3,200 jobs—most in the United Kingdom and Europe—as part of a corporate-wide cost-cutting program. The company expects to save nearly $500 million a year through these organization changes.
Dutch Shell is in a good position to drive new, standardized ways of working
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Despite oil prices selling at record highs on world markets, a Shell and oil companies have come under increasing profit pressures as the cost of exploration and refining crude increases and erodes retail profits. In published reports, van der Veer has said that Shell's production costs have increased more than 65 percent since 2005.
Shell reportedly began notifying its 3,600 IT workforce of its outsourcing plans earlier this month. The Anglo-Dutch company is mum on details, but stated in previous interviews that roughly 40 percent of its current IT staff is compromised of contractors. That means upwards of 1,800 full-time Shell employees could be affected by the outsourcing plan.
One obstacle standing in the way of Shell's IT plans is union opposition. Amicus, a large U.K.-based manufacturing union, is challenging the plan because of previous changes in employee compensation plans.
Under revisions enacted last summer, Shell employees who lose their jobs because their positions were rendered redundant by other means would receive a package worth 50,000 British pounds (roughly $100,000). Previous to the change, workers were entitled to 200,000 pounds ($400,000).
There is no word on what, if any, actions the union may take to stall Shell's outsourcing plan.
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Well, I did want to mean "Disastrous Testing" when I wrote "Testing like Osama", sorry if you could not grasp it. Its perhaps been the longest time interval between two posts ( just 10 days though ) because of me doing some interesting testing stuff @ work.
In this post, I would want to share one of the shocking experience I have had while observing a Tester at work
_ Testing like Osama _
It was hard to digest lot of work, sometime back in one of the companies I have worked for. I thought of easing myself sitting with my colleagues to observe the way they work. Seriously, I did want to learn something from them and I did, but ...
Mr A was a Test Tool Developer/Tester and I sat beside him for a while to observe his way/style of work. ( of course, after seeking his permission )
He kept on executing the cases as a focused tester . It was time I had seen enough of his style and was about to leave..... something caught my attention and I still cant digest the shock I had that day.
He was testing a mobile phone's multimedia feature and one such feature is to download an mp3 song from the server and play it on the phone.
What he did ?
He did not know the settings to be made on the mobile phone in order to connect to the server and hence downloaded a song from his PC via USB and was playing the mp3 file in order to execute that case.
My surprise did not stop there ...
He played the entire song and by all manual mistakes he marked the next case in the list as Pass.
Wow ! He read a case, executed someother case and declared a "Pass" for some other case.
This is a classic example of destroying the quality of the product and I am sure I can never come across such a worst scenario of Testing and probably missing out 3 bugs at a time for every test case executed.
When I tried to make him realize his mistake by letting him know what he had done ... he said .. "Dude, relax, go back to your place" ... "This test case execution has come to me because you and the other guy were unable to complete the test cases in the given time".
What I learnt seeing that ?
- If you do not know how to test a case, do not find a work around for that.
- If you do not have the energy to test something, at least at that point of time, take a break and ensure you come back only when you can deliver better quality of work.
- If you are unable to execute all the cases in the given time, do not manipulate test reports/data.
- It could be possible that your manager is disappointed that you did not execute some cases because you ran out of time but ensure every test case you have tested does ensure the product's quality.
- Managers do not look at people who have taken strain to execute each test case with care and keep appreciating the ones who completed the test cases on time, without knowing they have done some wonders like Mr A.
- Test cases executed by one should and must be verified by someone else too before making a major release to a client/customer.
- Putting pressure on Testers, without motivating them will result in missing 3 bugs for every test case executed.
- Mistakes can happen, it is better to select cases randomly and re-execute it before we give our individual test reports.
- Managers, do not estimate the time that needs to be go in to test and produce a quality
I recently heard a shocking news from the same person when he called me up and told "Hey dude, I have been promoted"...
"Shit, for what ?" ... I was so disappointed by that news that I cried. There were other testers in my team who were worth a promotion. What's going wrong in this industry ? Why is all this happening ? Will things change or should we too change the way the industry likes us to be ?
I am clear that the day I am in a position to command, I shall spend time with Testers ... motivating them , making them realize the importance of a test case and would hire 2 extra testers at the cost of my salary to ensure Testers get time to meet quality standards.
Sorry if I have got emotional, as a passionate Tester, I am unable to bear the pain after seeing people not passionate about testing and yet continuing with testing.
__End of _ Testing like Osama __
Trust me, I feel Osama bin Laden has some good testing skills. When he did architect the attack on WTC .. he took into account the fuel on the plane and the heat needed to bring down the building by melting the TOR steel. He is a Civil Engineer.. hope you know that ?
If you are a good Tester, you learn from Osama too ... if not even Kem Caner, James Bach , Jerry Weinberg nor Tester Tested can make you learn.
"Firing such testers is a golden contribution to Testing community"Regards,
Pradeep Soundararajan
Disclaimer : This post is to let out my personal fury against the incident I witnessed, since I feel I am passionate about testing and I respect Testing.There is no confidential info I have let out here and I am not holding any company/organization responsible for anything that has happened. I should also thank that incident, since after that I am taking utmost care to ensure I have executed the right case and I am marking the result against the same. To learn testing books are not the only source, roam around the world.. when you return home you would be a better tester. I wish someday I write "Mr A has realized his mistake and today is a competent passionate tester".


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Parental Advisory is a new feature on Stereogum where we'll talk to musicians who also happen to be parents. It can't be easy to raise kids from a tour-bus bunk, or to explain to your toddler why random people keep walking up to you and asking if you want to get high with them, and we thought it would be interesting to learn how some of our favorites learn to live that double-life. This installment, though, is a little different, since we're talking to Elizabeth Mitchell, who actually makes kids' music. Mitchell led the '90s-vintage New York indie band Ida, but her side project of making albums for kids has come to overshadow her previous band. Mitchell sings quiet, warm, inviting versions of traditionals, as well as covers of things like the Velvet Underground and Bill Withers, and she tours and performs with her husband and Ida bandmate Daniel Littleton, as well as their daughter Storey, 11, who's a big part of their show. For those of us with kids, their records are absolute road-trip godsends. This interview is a few months old, and since I spoke with her (and found the recording), Mitchell was nominated for a Grammy. Our conversation is below.
STEREOGUM: You started making kids' music before you had kids, right?
MITCHELL: Yes, I did. I was a teacher in 1992, right when Dan and I started playing music together as Ida. I was working at the Roosevelt Island nursery school in New York City. During those years, I started making music with kids in the classroom, and it really changed my life. It was something I felt really drawn to. But then I had to stop. I was touring a lot, and I couldn't do both at the same time; I was doing both really badly. So I gave up teaching and toured full-time. But I'd always wanted to return to that experience. Then my siblings started having kids, and other friends of ours started having kids. So we recorded that first album, You Are My Flower, in 1998, not as a thing where we were making an album and we were going to release it into the world. It was really just a gift for the people in our lives with children and a way to document the songs that I had done in the classroom, which were Carter Family songs, Woody Guthrie songs. And something sparked. People seemed to be moved by it and seemed to be able to use it in their lives. And so we took off from there. But that was 1998, and Storey wasn't born until 2001.
STEREOGUM: You've been performing with her for a while now. How did you decide to do that?
MITCHELL: We'd been on tour with her when she was three. We took off some time when she was born; I had a hard time integrating having a baby into the road. I wanted to take some downtime, so we didn't tour with her until she was three. But it was an Ida tour, and we'd booked a couple of kids' performances on the tour. And she wanted to join in; it really came from her. The first time we did a show with her, we were in Seattle. And we just put a little chair onstage and said, "Do whatever you want." Most of the show, she sat in the chair, transfixed by the audience. She just sat there staring at them, which was really cute. So she didn't sing much that whole show. But she was onstage, and then gradually, over the next couple of years, her involvement was based on her desire. A couple of shows after that Seattle show, we were playing in Lowell, Massachusetts, on this really large stage. We were doing the Bob Marley song "Three Little Birds" for the first time. We set up a little mic for her and said, "Do what you feel." And she started running back and forth, from the back of the stage to the front of the stage because the stage was so large. She did it in a way that her voice would come in as an echo to what we were singing, and that was entirely her arrangement idea. So we ended up using that in the recording. It's an integral part of the arrangement, and it just came from her playful interaction with the music, from the point of view of a three-year-old. They've got great arrangement ideas, those toddlers.
STEREOGUM: I've taken my daughter to see you a couple of times, and there's something she loves about seeing another girl — an older girl, but still a girl — onstage singing. Is that something that you've experienced? Is that a powerful thing for kids to see?
MITCHELL: It absolutely is. It's great for kids to feel empowered that way, to see themselves mirrored in that way. This experience is for them and about them, and something that they could do with their own family. I think it creates a real strong connection and breaks down the idea that we're performers onstage and they're passive consumers of what we're doing. I want all of that to disappear, and for us to just be making music together. I think having Storey onstage definitely facilitates that. And she's 11 now; she's almost as tall as I am. But kids still feel really connected to her that way.
STEREOGUM: Does she ever get nervous before performing?
MITCHELL: Yup, all the time.
STEREOGUM: Even though she's been doing it almost her entire life?
MITCHELL: All the time. We just had a show last weekend at the Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago. She got really nervous right before we went on, and Daniel gave her a pep talk. Daniel plays in Amy Helm's band, and he shared this story of what Levon would tell Amy when she would get nervous: Every great performer in the world, every single one of them, has been nervous before they've gone onstage sometimes. You're just joining their ranks today.
STEREOGUM: The way you guys tour, you play shows for kids in the middle of the day. I saw you a while ago in Charlottesville, and there, you pretty much played in a bar; it usually never has daytime shows. When you're setting these things up, is it hard to get venue owners or bookers to understand that you're playing for kids, and that this needs to be before naptime?
MITCHELL: Sometimes it is. It's getting increasingly easier. When we started touring, really going out there and deliberately trying to play kids' music tours, that was probably 2005 or so. Things have really changed. There's a whole genre of people doing kids' music now, and so there's a little more awareness of it. But I've always pretty much booked myself doing it, and you need to seek out different kinds of venues. We end up playing a bar every once in a while, and that's great. There are certain things; you want to have a different kind of music coming over the PA system before, and maybe it would be good if the guy setting up wasn't smoking. Things like make a kids' show a little bit different. But it's getting easier.
STEREOGUM: It's almost like you're Black Flag or something. You're booking these shows before the infrastructure is there.
MITCHELL: That's right! We're super hardcore in the kids' scene.
STEREOGUM: You do a lot of covers, and they're covers of songs that wouldn't necessarily be considered kids' songs. How do you figure out if a Velvet Underground song is going to work well for an audience of toddlers?
MITCHELL: My mindset changed when I became a mother; you just look differently at everything in the universe, really. And as someone that makes kids' music, it's a twofold way of interpreting the world. I like to think that these songwriters who we choose to interpret, that they'd be pleased that their songs have an entirely different meaning, maybe, than the one they intended. I think that's the sign of a great song; you can draw out all these different meanings. On the new album, we do "I Wish You Love" by Bill Withers, which is really just a song about expressing love and wanting the best for someone. I think that could be anyone. It really can be universal. So the role of parent and child is part of that universality. I think I'd be hearing all these things even if I wasn't someone who made music for kids.
STEREOGUM: Bill Withers is kind of secretly kids' music. Kids love Bill Withers. You could practically do a whole covers record.
MITCHELL: That's been suggested to me before. He's just such a completely honest and gentle spirit. He's not putting on any kind of front at all. And kids will know. They can sense that with him and trust him.
Mitchell's two most recent albums, Blue Clouds and Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie, are out now on Smithsonian Folkways.


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DENVER (Reuters) - One of two white supremacist prison gang members named as persons of interest in the Colorado shooting death of the state prisons chief at the front door of his home last month was arrested on unrelated warrants on Friday, police said.
James Lohr, 47, was taken into custody by police in Colorado Springs, about 60 miles south of Denver, following pursuit by car and on foot, El Paso County Sheriff's spokesman Lieutenant Jeff Kramer said.
He said that Lohr was a member of the 211 Crew, the same prison-based white supremacist gang to which 28-year-old Colorado parolee Evan Spencer Ebel belonged.
Ebel, who was killed in a March 21 roadside gun battle with Texas police following a high speed chase through Decatur, was named a suspect in the slaying of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.
"They (Lohr and Ebel) knew each other. They were associates of one another," Kramer told Reuters. "We know that Mr. Lohr had at least recent contact with Mr. Ebel, prior to the homicide of Mr. Clements."
Clements was gunned down on March 19 when he answered the front door to his home near the town of Monument, about halfway between Denver and Colorado Springs.
Ebel has also been named a suspect in the murder of pizza delivery man Nathan Leon, 27, two days before Clements' slaying.
Lohr and another white supremacist, 31-year-old Thomas James Guolee, have been described by police as "persons of interest" in the Clements case but not suspects in the investigation.
Kramer said a Colorado Springs patrol officer spotted Lohr in a vehicle overnight and tried to pull him over, but Lohr sped away. Lohr fled on foot after his car became disabled and he was captured about two hours later, Kramer said.
He is being held on a $250,000 bond for felony vehicle eluding and for three outstanding warrants unrelated to the Clements case.
Guolee remains at large and on Friday his father urged him to turn himself in to authorities.
"I would tell him running is the worst thing to do - just come clean," Phil Guolee told Reuters in a phone interview from his Wisconsin home.
Phil Guolee said his son likely joined the 211 Crew for protection from other racially-linked gangs while in prison.
"He was just 17 going on 18, and wasn't in a gang when he went to prison," he said. "Then he gets released and kicked to the curb with no job skills."
A search of Ebel's car following the shootout in Texas turned up a pizza deliverer's shirt, a pizza box and heat bag. Ballistics tests established the gun he fired at police in Texas as the weapon used in the Clements' murder, police said.
Court officials later said they had determined that Ebel had been mistakenly released from prison in January, four years too early, due to a clerical error. And Corrections Department records revealed he had skipped out on his parole days before the Colorado killings.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said on Thursday he was ordering the Corrections Department to audit its records to ensure all inmates are serving appropriate sentences, and he asked the National Institute of Corrections to review the department's parole operations.
Authorities have said they were looking for ties between the murder of Clements and the January 31 slaying in Texas of Mark Hasse, a prosecutor in the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office. Kaufman County is east of Dallas.
Public interest in the Hasse killing was heightened last Saturday when Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death at their home near the Texas town of Fourney. Fourney Mayor Darren Rozell has called the couple's slaying a "targeted attack."
(Reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver; Additional reporting by Scott Malone in Boston and Tom Brown in Miami; Writing by Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Nick Zieminski and Tim Dobbyn)


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Its not too big or too small. I was trying to keep the poly count low so it may be a bit lumpy from a side angle.
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- Goat meat cooking demonstration conducted by Cooperative Extension.
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- To increase the awareness and knowledge of on-farm disaster and emergency preparedness on-farm security in areas of production systems, harvesting, processing, handling, distribution and marketing of food products is needed to determine the changes that are needed to improve preparedness and reduce vulnerability of farms to disastrous events.
The potential audience is small ruminant producers who should develop an emergency plan for their families and animal facilities that includes evaluation of facilities location, evaluation of the vulnerabilities of the facilities and develop a plan for mitigation, preparation, response, recovery and ongoing planning for disasters. The activities include conducting workshops and presenting information at workshops on Disaster and Emergency Preparedness to small, limited resource and economically disadvantaged and others Goat and Sheep producers attending Goat Certification Course. Attend continuing education courses provided by the Florida Department of Health and Consumers Services, Office of Agricultural Emergency Preparedness and other agencies.
The projected impact is that farmers will have enhanced awareness of the specific considerations that should be addressed well in advance of any disaster or emergency that included proper records, agencies for disaster assistance, preparatory and preventive measures, livestock/disaster insurance, State Animal Response Team (SART) and SART participating agencies. Good record keeping is essential and should include photos of animals for identification to prove ownership.


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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Bravo! Cucina Italiana
We'd seen this Italian restaurant under construction in the new section of the Spotsy mall called the "Village at Towne Centre." My expectations weren't high—it's yet another "plastic menu" chain. With an exterior that looks like it would be at home on Disneyland's Main Street. And then there's that annoying exclamation point in the name. And I'd read somewhere that it wasn't as good as Carrabba's. But in celebration of their grand opening, we got a coupon in the mail, and I can't resist a coupon, so we decided to check the place out last Sunday.
Low expectations must be a plus, because we were very pleasantly surprised at how good the food was. The service was excellent (thank you, Andrew), and the menu had a lot of variety. We generally like Carrabba's, and were expecting something along those lines. Which Bravo is. But I prefer the ambiance of Bravo's spacious dining room, with tables and booths that afford more privacy than the jam-packed Carrabba's.
It's still a chain (although a very small one, with only 35 locations), so you're not going to get innovative chef's specials. And a good food critic would visit a restaurant several times before passing judgement, so this review might be premature. But we had a lovely time (the inexpensive bottle of wine we consumed helped, I'm sure), it didn't cost us a fortune, and we'll definitely go back again.
Here's the "Flatbread Roma" we shared, in lieu of the pricier appetizers. It was crispy and delicious.
In front is the seafood risotto, and in back is the grilled scallops over potato gnocchi. The herb bread is forgettable, and I hate the dishes with the goofy logo, but the entrees were tasty.
Happy cooks are a good sign, no?
3 comments:
- Bonz said...
I went there last week for lunch with a friend. It was really good!! I loved it! :)
- June 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM
I saw your blog post about it, and that helped me decide it would be worthwhile to check out. So thanks!
- June 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- EA said...
We go there for the Happy Hour specials during the week. Two can dine on appetizers and wine for under $40. It's pretty sweet.
- June 15, 2010 at 9:45 PM
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Southwestern Char-grilled Chicken Pasta Salad
1 lb. shaped pasta (shells or farfelle or corkscrews), cooked
3 (8 oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 jalapeno peppers (seeds and vein removed), minced finely
1 large red onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
Basting sauce for chicken:
1/2 C. butter
2 t. vinegar, white or red
1/4 C. water
2 T. seasoned salt
1 t. cumin
1 t. black pepper
1/2 t. cayenne pepper
Combine and melt over low heat; do not scorch.
Cook chicken over medium-high coals or on a gas grill, using medium-high heat. Baste and turn frequently - every 2 minutes - for 10 to 15 minutes, until chicken is cooked thoroughly.
Cool the chicken, then cut in 1 inch julienne strips.
1/2 C. sour cream
1/2 C. mayonnaise
1/2 t. cayenne pepper
1 t. black pepper, ground
1 t. cumin, ground
1/2 t. chili powder
1/2 t. granulated garlic
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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Electronic Arts Canada
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
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Just a few weeks ago, we took a look at NHL 2K11, 2K Games entry in the hockey genre this year. That game, a Wii exclusive, did a decent job of incorporating MotionPlus but didnt make the sport any more accessible to casual fans or change too much beyond the control scheme.
So, what about 2Ks rivals, EA Sports? EAs NHL 11 has been released on Xbox 360 and PS3 but not Wii, so it doesnt have to compete with 2K11 on any single console. Without an opposing player to keep them honest, did EA play it safe, or did they take some chances on the ice?
A little bit of both. Fans of NHL 09 and NHL 10, which are widely considered masterpieces of the hockey genre, will feel right at home in NHL 11. Less serious fans probably wont notice much of a difference, save the updated rosters and the addition of the Canadian Hockey League. The truly hardcore, however, will savor the changes, including a new physics engine and an insanely complicated added game mode.
The physics engine is a significant improvement over what weve seen in past hockey games. When objects interact on the ice, they no longer move using preset animations; instead, the physics engine takes all the various movements into account and animates the players and the puck in real time. The result is the game feels incredibly organic. When players collide, it looks perfectly natural, and when the puck hits various surfaces (the wall, the goalpost, the goalies padding), it bounces off just the way it should. Whereas NHL 2K11 enhanced realism by allowing you to move your Wii controller like a hockey stick, NHL 11 enhances realism by making the entire rink come alive with true-to-life animations presented in high definition. Were not sure which improvement is more important, but we certainly cant wait until someone combines them into a single game competently.
Other than that, the basics are pretty much the same as what we saw last year. The graphics feature good character models, though theyre something less than photorealistic. The sound is on par with the series standards, with great announcing, decent music, and good sound effects.
Also, youll control players on the ice the same way (with the two-joystick setup introduced in NHL 07) for the most part, though there are improved systems for faceoffs and boardplay. These systems allow you more options and make the game more realistic, though also more complicated. Theres also a new passing system with improved accuracy, but unfortunately, its a little too demanding. The aiming is touchy, you have to be in a good passing position to pull it off, and the pass is timed to your release of a trigger button (holding it down longer makes the pass harder). Wed have appreciated a tutorial for it. We cant tell you how many times we passed the puck to opposing teammates (or to no one at all) before the new controls started to sink in.
The game modes from past years return as well. Theres exhibition, Be A GM (in which you play as a teams general manager and have to make trades, etc.), Be A Pro (in which you play out a career as a single player), Tournament, Playoffs, Season, Battle for the Cup (in which you skip the season, and instead just pick two teams and fight for the Stanley Cup), and EA Sports Hockey League (in which you create a team and face others in an Internet league).


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dparker needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 297 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
DigitalAdvisor LLC is launching LocoLocal.com very soon in a number of smaller US cities. The business concept is simple - it's essentially groupon.com - group buying by consumers of coupons that enable them to get crazy (hence "loco") discounts at local (hence "local") retailers.
The functionality of the site will be pretty basic - a description of the current coupon being offered, a way to sign up for a daily email of deals, a way to choose the city.
Because of the name, we're looking for the logo to be fun, festive, and memorable - because it's critical that consumers remember the name of the site, and pass it along to their friends and family so everyone can share in the discounts.
This is a new market - smaller and medium sized cities - but the concept is proven in the largest US cities. The demographics from those large cities skews toward 20 and 30-somethings with disposable income and an interest in getting out and enjoying food and services and activities near them.
We're expecting the site to have a light background.
The most important element of the logo will be the name, LocoLocal. The goal is for once a person reads the name, they remember it and can pass it along to their friends. We're not sure if we want to capitalize the two L's to emphasize the two words - feel free to try it either way (lower case, and upper case).
Obviously the word "loco" - meaning crazy in Spanish - is the interesting word of the two, and so it lends itself to artistic/fun interpretation. We certainly intend to market the site emphasizing the words "loco" and "crazy" so you might as well emphasize it within the logo as well!
Nothing comes to our mind as to how to treat the word local - but if you're inspired, give it a try, that might set your logo apart.
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The Patient Representatives Office serves as a resource for patients and visitors who have questions or concerns about hospital and clinic services.
Who We Are
The Patient Representatives Office serves as a resource for patients and visitors who have questions or concerns about hospital and clinic services. The Patient Representatives play an important role in ensuring a high-quality experience for Hennepin Healthcare patients, families, visitors and other customers. The Patient Representatives are committed to actively working with all staff to address patient concerns; improve the overall patient and customer experience; establish positive, professional working relationships; and, assist with problem-solving.
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- Respond to patient and family questions, concerns and compliments
- Educate patient, families, and staff about hospital processes and policies as they relate to patient rights and responsibilities
- Facilitate problem-solving and ensure an appropriate reply when patient complaints are filed
- Round on Inpatient units and limited outpatient clinics to explain resources available to patients and families through the Patient Representative Office
- Serve as a resource for general information about Hennepin Healthcare and relevant community resources
- Serve as ambassadors to promote Hennepin Healthcare staff and services
- Track patient complaints to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and hospital policy
- Identify areas of opportunity for performance improvement hospital-wide
Patient Satisfaction Survey
A part of our efforts to continuously improve at Hennepin Healthcare, we survey our patients to learn about their experiences here.
You may receive our survey by mail or email. To ensure confidentiality, this survey is administered by an independent third-party, Press Ganey Associates, Inc. It should take you approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.
Your feedback and comments about your visit will help us evaluate our services, and understand how we might improve our care. With more patient feedback, we are better equipped to improve the patient experience.
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The Patient Representatives Office is staffed 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday.
The Patient Representatives are available to meet with patients and staff on weekdays in inpatient rooms, clinics, the Emergency Department, the Patient Representatives Office or other location that is convenient to the patient and/or their family. Patients or the family members or guardians can file a formal complaint by phoning or visiting the Patient Representatives Office.
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WayneSGA needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Logo for our finance and insurance business selling to car dealerships.
The sails on a sailboat should be the focus of the logo. Do not include the boat - just the sails.
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Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia
Archimandrite Theodosios Attallah (Hanna) (b. 1965, usually represented in Western news sources as Attallah Hanna) is a high-ranking Palestinian priest of the Church of Jerusalem and member of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre who has acted as the spokesman of the patriarchate. He has also been put forward by Arabic laymen as a potential candidate for the position of Patriarch of Jerusalem.
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Pictured below are brother and sister, Robert Reid (Bob) and Elizabeth Fraser (Lizzie) Gaull. The portrait was likely taken in Aberdeen, Scotland between 1915 - 1920 although it is undated. I was fortunate to have had them identified by an elderly family member many years ago.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wordless Wednesday (Well, Almost)
Posted by Ian Hadden at 8:00 AM
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Very fortuante to have it validated and dated by a family memeber, do record the date and preserve this great picture and pass it to the next generation for their family heritage and history.ReplyDelete
Ian, I love this portrait. Lizzie looks so young! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love how Lizzie is displaying her wedding ring, and I can't help but wonder what is written on that piece of paper, a marriage certificate perhaps?ReplyDelete
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Americans are on the move again.
Thanks to the slowly brightening employment picture, along with the uptick in the housing market, more and more people are packing up and relocating. And the pace is likely to pick up this summer, the peak season for moving, according to industry professionals.
It's a far cry from just a few years ago.
"Two years ago, it seemed like everything was falling off the face of the Earth," said Randy Shacka, president of Two Men and a Truck, a franchise moving company. But monthly payroll growth averaging 208,000 is turning that around—and spurring job-related moves.
(Read More: Vacation Home Sales Sizzle, Rentals Booking Fast)
Even though overall moving activity is still below where it was in 2009-10, the number of people moving for a new job or transfer is on the rise. Moves for those reasons totaled 3.5 million in 2011-12, up from 2.8 million the prior year and the highest since 2006-07, according to Census Bureau data. And the number of people moving because they had lost a job or were looking for work declined.
The recovering housing market is also giving people the flexibility to move by making it easier for people to sell their homes. The National Association of Realtors' chief economist says that with relatively few houses on the market, double-digit gains in housing prices are possible in 2013. And that, in turn, is spurring construction—making moving easier.
(Read More: Map: Tracking the US Real Estate Recovery)
"In the single family construction market, they're out there building those houses for a reason. They think people are going to buy them and move into them," said John Bisney, a spokesman for the American Moving and Storage Association.
If you are planning to join the thundering herds of relocating Americans, you can take a variety of steps to make the process less painful.
•Reserve your spot: Movers are likely to more booked up this summer than they have been lately, and you will have a better shot at hiring the mover of your choice if you plan ahead. "Typically the busiest time to move is in the summer, on weekends, and at the end of the month. If you're looking to do that, reach out as soon as you can," said Shacka.
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•Keep the kids happy: "Don't get rid of your children's favorite things before the move—even if it makes it easier," Shacka said. "Kids sometimes have a hard time dealing with the change of the move itself." And unhappy kids make for unhappier parents.
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