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LeeAnn Deemer
-Where were you born?
Little Rock, Arkansas, but have spent most of my adult life in New England and San Francisco, CA, USA.
-In which country and city are you living now?
Bangalore, India
-Are you living alone or with your family?
With my husband, 6-year old son and 2-year old daughter (and third baby on the way in August)
-How long have you been living in India?
About 12 months
-What is your age?
-When did you come up with the idea of living in India?
My in-laws have been ex-pats for nearly 30 years, in Europe and Asia, and my husband and I have always talked about doing a stint abroad someday. When the opportunity presented itself, we felt like it was time to put our money where our mouth was. We'd originally hoped to move to Beijing, which is where my in-laws are located, but when that didn't work out, we felt committed to going somewhere. Bangalore was an alternative option, so we visited without the kids (I'd never been to India before), had a great time a decided to take the plunge. My husband had been to India multiple times on family vacations.
-Was it hard to get a visa or a working permit?
Not really; my husband's company hired a relocation consultant who took care of all of that for us. Americans usually have no trouble getting an Indian visa in the first place--I wasn't aware until I moved here that this is not also the case for people from many other countries. The relocation company also helped us on this end with getting our residence permit (a separate step in the process).
India is VERY bureaucratic, and I'm sure that navigating the labyrinth without assistance would be very confusing, complicated and frustrating. With assistance it's only a minor inconvenience.
-Was it difficult for you to get medical insurance before you went there or when you first arrived?
My husband's US-based company has an international medical plan for its international employees, so we were covered before we got here (Aetna Global). We have yet to file a claim because medical care is very inexpensive here--a few dollars for an office visit, a few more dollars for a prescription. It hasn't seemed worth my time to file for a reimbursement yet.
-How do you make your living in India? Do you have any type of income generated?
My husband is an executive for an American internet company; he worked there for about 4 years before there was an opportunity to move abroad with them---they have international offices in several countries in Europe and Asia.
-Do you speak the local language and do you think it's important to speak the local language?
We do not speak the local language(s)--the main one is Kannada, though Tamil, Telagu and Hindi are also spoken. English is actually something of a local language here--even between Indians, it can sometimes be their only shared language. Most shop-keepers and vendors will also speak some English. English is really everywhere in Bangalore.
As far as local customs go, it really depends on where you are and who you are with. The main change that I have made is in the way I dress--I am not comfortable walking around many areas with either my shoulders or legs exposed. It's not necessary to dress like a local, though some expats do, but one never sees shorts or short skirts here, even in the hot season--long pants or skirts below the knee and t-shirts. Short sleeves are fine, I'm just not comfortable with sleeveless tops. In certain places--fancy hotels, expensive restaurants and bars frequented by expats and returned NRIs (non-resident Indians, i.e. Indians who have lived abroad)--I would consider wearing a short skirt or skimpy top when going out to dinner.
Another local custom that I observe is to never touch food or hand anyone something with my left hand. The left hand is considered unclean (it is traditionally used to clean oneself after using the toilet). Even among educated Indians who use Western style toilets and surely wash their hands thoroughly after using one, I have observed that no one eats with their left hand. It takes a little getting used to, but it is now second-nature.
Foreigners get stared at some, but Bangalore is fairly cosmopolitan for India, and most people are familiar with foreigners. Bangalore also has a sizable population of educated elites (many of whom speak English practically as a first language) and returned NRIs. I get the sense that the increasing prevalence of Western brands (still fairly unpredictable) is probably more to cater to NRIs than to expats, many of whom want the same consumer products they got used to in the West.
-Do you miss home and family sometimes?
We miss home and family quite a bit--living in India has certainly highlighted the positive aspects of where we used to live (the SF Bay Area)--clean water and air, a huge variety of locally-grown, organic produce, negligible traffic). Yet, we have found it is quite easy to meet people in India. Locals tend to be very friendly and welcoming, regardless of their religious background. The ex-pat community tends to be fairly cohesive--especially families with children. The vast majority or expats send their kids to the Canadian International School, and join the OWC (Overseas Wives Club), which are two great ways to meet people.
Bangalore is still enough of an expat frontier outpost, with a small enough ex-pat community, that it's completely kosher to walk up to any foreigner you see out and about and introduce yourself. Sunday brunch at one of the big hotels or expensive Western restaurants tends to be wall-to-wall expats--sometimes we joke that we actually live in a village of about 500 people that exists within a city of 7 million.
-Do you have other plans for the future?
Who knows?
-What about housing, have you bought, or are you renting a home? How much do you pay for it?
We rent a very-high end apartment in a small apt. building in a mixed Muslim and Hindu neighborhood which is fairly centrally located. There are a number of gated communities on the outskirts of town where many ex-pats live, and some neighborhoods are particularly popular with ex-pats, but there are ex-pats in almost every neighborhood in Bangalore.
A luxury apt. or house, with modern Western bathrooms and kitchen, marble floors and 3 or 4 bedrooms will probably run between US$2,000-5,000 a month. It's possible to pay much, much less, depending on how important new, clean or modern is to you. You could get a basic, clean, modern, non-luxurious apt. for US$1,000-2,000.
I think it's important to have a home that really feels like a refuge in Bangalore. The city is so noisy, chaotic and dirty that it's important to have a place where you feel like you can escape India for a few hours when you start to feel overwhelmed.
-What is the cost of living in India?
Apart from real estate, which can be as expensive as anywhere (we are essentially paying what we would in San Francisco for a similar apt.) the cost of living is very cheap--cheaper than Singapore or Bangkok. Food is cheap, even eating out--we can get a huge feast from our local South Indian place on the corner for less than US$7. Even the fancy restaurants are cheap compared to SF, NY or London. Dinner for two at one of the most expensive restaurants in town, with wine, will probably run about $100 with tax and tip--nothing compared to a fancy restaurant in many other places.
Fruit, vegetables, meat, bread and staples are all quite cheap. If you have a cook who makes Indian food all the time, you could probably spend virtually nothing on food. Most ex-pats splurge a bit on imported grocery products from home--peanut butter, breakfast cereal, UHT milk, crackers. There are a couple places where it is possible to get imported cheese and deli meat. Though one pays double for it, after about 3 months of paneer, most ex-pats are willing to pay almost anything to get a bite of real cheddar or gruyere. Even with those splurges, we still spend on groceries a fraction of what we spent in the US.
Clothes are also very cheap--even tailored things. My husband has had some nice shirts made for about half what it would cost in Beijing.
For transportation, we lease a brand-new Toyota minivan for about US$1000 a month; our driver earns about $250 a month, including overtime and tips. There are taxi services, which we use when our driver has a day off--it's usually between $25-50 for a half-day. There are also auto-rickshaws, which we think are too dangerous for the children, but I've taken them on occasion--you will be ripped off by the auto-rickshaw driver: foreigners will always have to pay more than locals. It would be difficult to live here without a car and driver.
It's between $75-150 a month for a full-time maid, cook or nanny. Some people have one person who cooks and someone else who cleans, some people have one person who does both. You can usually find someone with at least basic English. Expats usually pay quite a bit more than locals for household help--there are really two separate labor markets, and working for an expat is a plum job for one of these girls.
-What do you think about the Indian people?
The locals are warm, friendly and welcoming. I have yet to have a negative encounter with a local Indian.
Most people are very curious about foreigners and are usually delighted when you tell them that you live in India. They will usually immediately ask you how long you have been here and how you like it. Even when I'm having a bad day, I make sure to praise the country and the culture, and people respond very happily. Many Indians have family or know of someone who is living in the West, and are thrilled to meet someone from that country. My husband was the first and only foreigner in his office when we first arrived, and he was inundated with friendliness, offers of help in settling in, lists of good restaurants for us to try, etc.
-What are the positive and negative aspects of living in India?
Positives of Bangalore:
Excellent climate--it's only really hot for about 2-3 months out of the year; the rest of the time it is in the 70s and 80s and really very pleasant. It's only humid during the monsoons--the rest of the time it's quite dry. There are mosquitoes, but malaria isn't really endemic to the area, so you don't have to decide whether or not to take long-term anti-malarials. The air quality is quite good for a city of its size--unlike Delhi or Beijing, we never seem to have that hanging smog that makes your eyes burn. The food is excellent, both Indian and other cuisines--and there are lots of different kinds of restaurants. Bangalore has reasonably good air connections to Indian and other Asian destinations, so you can travel the region pretty easily. Everything is so cheap!
Negatives of Bangalore:
The city is absolutely filthy--piles of trash are everywhere, and locals don't really seem to notice. The stray animals are also very off-putting--mangy dogs and cows grazing in the trash piles. The traffic is horrible--I've never lived anywhere with traffic this bad, and the driving is crazy: I've been unable to really discern any rules for it at all. The infrastructure is crumbling--sidewalks and roads are in terrible condition, many buildings seem to be falling apart. The combination of the terrible roads and the chaotic driving is bad enough in the city, but out of the open road it's terrifying and no doubt incredibly dangerous. We try to drive on the highway only when absolutely necessary. There is not enough electricity in India to meet demand, so the power goes off unpredictably from time to time, which means it's very important to live somewhere with a good back-up generator. Bangalore really is the third-world, in a way that Singapore, Bangkok and Beijing simply are not.
-Do you have any tips for our readers about living in India?
My husband and I have both found that it's something of a mood roller coaster ride living here--India is just so colorful, noisy, chaotic and frequently overwhelming. The highs are high, and the lows are low indeed. You rarely forget where you are--even when you'd really like a break! We've found that we have to really step back when we're having a tough time and try to re-conceptualize the whole things as an adventure. We've met ex-pats here who have lived all over Asia, and all over the world, and we've heard more than once that if you can do the ex-pat life in India, you can probably do it anywhere.
-Do you have any favorite Web sites or blogs about India?
Overseas Women's Club of Bangalore
Canadian International School
The Bangalore Expatriate Club
Expat Mom in Bangalore


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Stephen Fry and Graham Norton's regular presence on Australian TV has been bemoaned by a former senator at a government inquiry into the national broadcaster, which has closed a local studio.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Margaret Reynolds, who is also the president of the public lobby group Friends of ABC in Tasmania, asked rhetorically how viewers were meant to know they were in Australia when watching the television, frequency with which comedians Fry and Norton appeared.
ABC is linked with the BBC, meaning that the Australian broadcaster is able to show BBC programmes, including the BBC World News programme. The broadcaster's managing director Mark Scott was involved in a government inquiry on Friday after the decision was made to close the ABC television studio in Tasmania, causing 16 people to lose their jobs. The senators wanted to establish if ABC's "increased centralisation" had hindered its "ability to reflect national identity and diversity".
Reynolds is reported to have said, "I am concerned that my future ABC viewing will contain more bought-in programmes from the BBC and Thames Television starring Stephen Fry and Graham Norton. And if I miss them I can always catch them again on ABC2. I can feel myself glazing over at the thought", according to the Daily Mail.
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text: [[quoteright:220:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MirrorMirrorFilm_7438.png]]->''Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, a baby girl was born. Her skin was pure as snow, her hair was dark as night. They called her... Snow White. Probably because that's the most pretentious name they could come up with.''A retelling of the "Literature/SnowWhite" fairy tale starring Creator/LilyCollins (daughter of Music/PhilCollins) as Snow White, Creator/JuliaRoberts as the evil Queen, Creator/ArmieHammer as Prince Alcott and [[spoiler:Creator/SeanBean as the King]], directed by [[Film/TheFall Tarsem]] [[Film/TheCell Singh]]. It was released in 2012, the [[DuelingMovies same year as another]] Snow White retelling, ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''. Where that film recasts the story as a dark action-adventure, this is a lighter telling.Retitled ''Mirror Mirror: The Untold Adventures of Snow White'' in some regions.Not to be confused with the [[Literature/MirrorMirror novel]] by Gregory Maguire (''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'') or the [[Series/MirrorMirror TV series]] of the same name.----!!This film provides examples of:* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Snow White's dagger can slice through an apple with just a flick of her wrist.* ActionGirl: Snow White.* AdaptationExpansion: No wonder it's named "The Untold Adventures of Snow White" in some regions.* AnimalMotifs: The Queen's thematic ball, where her dress resembles a peacock, Snow White's resembles a swan, and Prince Alcott's hat has rabbit ears. The AlternativeCharacterInterpretation inherent in the rabbit costume is discussed by the Queen and the Prince.** AnimalStereotypes: The vanity peacock, the purity swan, the nervous (but smarter and more dangerous than he appears) rabbit.** And Brighton is dressed up as cockroach, which is foreshadowing his later transformation into an ''actual'' cockroach.* ArcWords: The Queen's "Snow White would have to do what snow does best. Snow... would have to fall."* ArrangedMarriage: Aware that he comes from a wealthy kingdom, the Queen plots to marry Prince Alcott to solve her own financial problems.* BadassBaritone: Prince Alcott.* BadassLongcoat: Alcott again.* BalefulPolymorph:** The Queen temporarily turns Brighton into a cockroach as punishment for not killing Snow White.** [[spoiler:The King was transformed into the Beast.]]* BattleCouple: Snow White and Prince Alcott during the climax.* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Snow White, who sees through the Queen's disguise at the end and offers her a slice of her own poisoned apple, telling her to accept defeat.]]* BigBad: The Queen.* BlackComedyRape: Brighton being taken advantage of by a grasshopper ([[ItMakesSenseInContext He was temporarily a cockroach]]) is played for laughs.* BrokeEpisode: The Queen's greed and exaggerations pretty much bankrupted the kingdom -- people are literally begging for food on the streets, because what little money they have is taken to pay the Queen's taxes.* ButtMonkey: Brighton, and Prince Alcott.* [[spoiler:CastFromLifespan: The Queen's extended use of magic turns her into an old hag when her spells are broken.]]* ChekhovsGun: The King's dagger, the Queen's moon necklace.* CombatPragmatist: The dwarfs fight dirty by necessity, being at a serious disadvantage in terms of size and strength. Snow White becomes one too when the dwarves teach her combat; her training explicitly includes fighting dirty because no one will expect it from a pretty princess. Indeed, when she fights the Prince he clearly is the more technically skilled fighter, but she gets the better of him anyway.* CostumePorn: Especially the Queen's and the nobles' dresses.* DamselInDistress: Averted. Snow White refuses to be one, evoking the trope by mentioning she has read many stories in which the damsel has to be saved by her prince, but she doesn't want that to happen.* DancesAndBalls: The Queen seems to be fond of parties. She throws a significant thematic ball on-screen.* DancePartyEnding: And quite an elaborate one at that.* DeadpanSnarker:** The Queen has her moments. And surprisingly, so does Snow White! ** Even the Magic Mirror gets in on it.* DiabolusExNihilo: The Queen is given no redeeming qualities or backstory, nothing is mentioned about her life before meeting the King.* DisappearedDad* DisproportionateRetribution: The Queen is very harsh on her punishments. "A Royal Decree, take it down. Any busybodies caught rumouring, gossiping, whispering, or even thinking... shall be put to death."* DissonantSerenity: The mirror, who never appears to be more than faintly bemused no matter what happens.* DistractedByTheSexy: The Queen orders some clothes brought for Prince Alcott because [[LampshadeHanging she has trouble focusing]] when he's [[RunningGag constantly being presented to her in only his undergarments.]]** Snow White spends a few seconds staring at him while his hands are tied before asking if he needs help** "Seeing you in this dress is causing me to lose my words"* DistressedDude: Alcott, on the other hand, is frequently overwhelmed by danger -- he's mugged and hanged upside down by the dwarfs [[spoiler:(''twice''), hypnotized by the Queen into nearly marrying her, viciously attacked by the Beast and ultimately pinned down by it against a tree]]. Doubles with BadassInDistress, as he's also shown to be pretty capable and a very good fighter.* DontGoInTheWoods: It's not truly forbidden, but commonly known to be dangerous, as the vicious Beast lives there. According to the dwarfs, it doesn't usually leave a specific side of the forest, though.* TheDragon: It was obvious Brighton wasn't up to this, and the Queen eventually reveals [[spoiler:the Beast]] is her true Dragon.* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The Queen eats the poisoned apple at the end when she realizes she's been beaten. This also destroys her mirror self.]]* DualWielding: Both Snow White and Prince Alcott wield two swords at some point.* EndlessWinter: Winter falls over the land when the evil queen starts to rule. [[spoiler:It ends when she is defeated.]] * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Queen, Snow White's father and the magistrate, whose names are never stated.* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses* EvilIsHammy: The queen, being played by Julia Roberts, an unlikely choice, has her moments.* EvilSorceress: The Queen.* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The love potion, which upon closer inspection, the Queen realizes is clearly labeled as a [[spoiler: [[AnimalStereotypes Puppy]] Love Potion]].* TheExile: The Queen is known to have banished from the kingdom everyone she deemed "undesirable" -- including the dwarfs.* ExposedToTheElements: Several people get robbed and stripped to their underwear in the snowy woods. They don't shiver.* {{Expy}}/ CaptainErsatz /ShoutOut: The seven dwarves have similar personalities to the seven dwarves from the Disney cartoon, but YMMV.** Grimm, the ex-teacher, who is the logical leader of the group is Doc.** Butcher, the mean, emotional leader of the group, is Grumpy.** Chuckles, who is always laughing, is Happy.** Half Pint, like Dopey, is most in love with Snow White and is too stupid to get that she doesn't feel the same.** Napolean is a hopeless romantic, like Bashful, as can be seen in the kissing scene.** Grubb represents Gluttony in the same way that Sleepy represents Sloth.** Wolf is always Howling just like Sneezy is always Sneezing.* FacelessGoons: The Queen's soldiers use golden helmets concealing their faces.* FairestOfThemAll: Evoked by the Queen, referred to by the mirror. Oddly enough, the Queen never directly asks the mirror on-screen -- and thus it never tells her Snow White is fairer than she is, though it does warn the Queen.--> '''Mirror:''' I suggest you marry someone rich, quickly. Because one day soon, you will ask me who the FairestOfThemAll is... and you won't like the answer.* FemaleGaze: "Oh my God, can ''someone'' please get this man a shirt so I can ''concentrate''!"* FirstPersonSmartass: The Queen doing the opening narration.* FluffyFashionFeathers: The bird-themed dresses Snow White and the Queen wear are decorated with feathers, including the queen have a [[PeacockGirl white peacock tail]] as a neck decoration.* {{Foil}}: The Queen and nobility and their over-the-top costumes and parties vs. the kingdom people, hungering on the streets.* GirlInTheTower: Played with. Snow White is said to have never left the castle since her father died, as the Queen made her believe she's not capable of venturing outside.* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: People are literally begging for food on the streets, because what little money they have is taken to pay the Queen's taxes.* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler: Snow White has the Queen commit suicide by apple in the end, complete with an IronicEcho.]]* TheGoodKing: Snow White's father.* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Subverted; gold is the Queen's trademark color, which she claims to be her "lucky color".* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:The Mirror, oddly enough.]]* HeelFaceTurn: The seven dwarfs, who start off as bandits before helping Snow White. * HeroesPreferSwords: Snow White and Alcott use swords.* HighCollarOfDoom: The Queen on many occasions.* HypnoFool: [[spoiler:Alcott is downright ashamed of the things he said under the love potion's influence.]]* [[spoiler:{{Hypnotize the Prince|ss}}: Through love potion. It works well for some time.]]* IHaveTheHighGround: The dwarfs teach Snow White about the importance of having the high ground in a fight.* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Prince Alcott is beaten by Snow White, [[SubvertedTrope albeit in a close fight]].* IronicEcho: "It's important to know when you've been beaten, yes."** "This is my story. Not hers." / [[spoiler:"It was Snow White's story, after all."]]* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Butcher initially opposes having Snow White with them, but eventually warms up to her.** Considering they were bandits mugging unsuspecting travelers, all the dwarfs qualify.* JustLikeRobinHood: Snow White convinces the dwarfs to do this.* LadyInRed: The Queen's ball dress, chosen to impress Alcott.* LargeHam: The Queen.* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Almost everyone at the Queen's ball is using white or very light clothes. The Queen herself is dressed in bright red.* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After the Prince and his assistant get robbed the first time. "No one is to know the details." ** Similarly, the guards, unsure of whether or not they are supposed to stop Snow White from leaving the Castle, agree to let her out, and not to tell anyone about it.* LighterAndSofter: A comedic take on the fairy tale compared to [[Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman the other live-action one]] coming out the same year. Though not played entirely straight; at the end [[spoiler:Snow White encourages the Queen to commit suicide and it is implied she does.]] * LoveAtFirstSight: Snow White and Alcott have shades of this. They seem to ''really'' fall in love during the ball, though.** The fact that he was shirtless when they first met probably helped.* LovePotion: [[spoiler:The Queen mentions having used it on the King, and does in again on Alcott -- though she ends up making him drink "puppy love" potion, it nonetheless makes him fiercely in love with her.]]* MeaningfulEcho: "And the Queen realized that if she wanted to remain the most beautiful woman in all the land, snow would have to do what snow does best. Snow... would have... to fall."* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Brighton comes across as this. Similarly for the Queen's guards, who don't even stop Snow White from leaving the castle, and [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain agree with each other not to tell anyone]].* MixAndMatchCritters: [[spoiler:The Beast is similar in shape to a wyvern or an Eastern [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]], with the antlers of a deer, a long serpentine body, a furry mammalian face, long tendrils on the snout, feathered wings, bird-like feet, and a lizard-like tail (with a strange claw on it). It's basically proto-[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]]!]]* {{Mondegreen}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHXHEIGb7A In this trailer]], the Prince's line "[[NiceHat I look like an idiot]]" is getting misheard as an apology of "I'm a f'***ing idiot", since it comes right after he couldn't tell Snow White was the princess.* MrFanservice: Prince Alcott.* MythologyGag: After one of the dwarves' successful raids one remarks, "Beats working in a mine."* {{Narcissist}}: The Queen.* NobleFugitive: Snow White, once the Queen realizes she's alive. She eventually [[TookALevelInBadass decides to fight back]].* NonchalantDodge: Alcott does it sometimes when fighting Snow White.* NoodleIncident: Apparently, during Brighton's time as a cockroach, a grasshopper "took advantage of [him]."* OrangeBlueContrast: Snow White's wedding dress.* PimpedOutDress: Many of the Queen's outfits, and Snow White wears a few.* PowerAtAPrice: The Mirror is always warning the Queen about the price for using magic -- and it's eventually exacted, harshly.* RavenHairIvorySkin: Snow, of course.-->'''Queen:''' Her hair isn't "black", it's "raven". And her skin has never seen the sun so of ''course'' it's good.* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Even after being turned into an old hag by her extensive use of magic, the Queen doesn't give up on killing Snow White: she takes advantage of her completely different look to sneak into her wedding unobserved and try to make her eat the poisoned apple.]]* RichBitch: The Queen.* RuleOfSymbolism: At one of the parties, the queen wears a peacock-themed dress and Snow White wears a swan themed dress.* RunningGag: The dwarfs robbing people and stealing their clothes.-->'''Queen:''' ''(seeing her wedding guests in their underclothes)'' [[LampshadeHanging What is it with this kingdom?]]* SceneryPorn: It's [[Film/TheFall Tar]][[Film/TheCell sem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh's]] film. What do you expect?* ServileSnarker: The Palace servants. {{Lampshaded}} by the Queen once or twice. Even Brighton gets a moment after his [[BalefulPolymorph Cochroach episode]]. The Queen appears to let them get away with far more than the noblemen without comment.* ShirtlessScene: How Snow White and the Prince meet.* ShoutOut: [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} "Say hello to my little friend!"]], spoken by one of the seven dwarfs.** [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods "Trees are just wood."]]** The palace guards wear helmets remarkably similar to Comicbook/{{Nova}}.* ShrinkingViolet: Snow White severely lacks confidence at the beginning.* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Creator/SeanBean plays a minor yet important role in the film, yet the majority of the promotion was on Julia Roberts.* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:The Queen puts a love potion into Alcott's drink.]]* SmugSnake: The Queen again.* SuddenMusicalEnding: There was some foreshadowing for it, though, with the whole "people used to sing and dance" bit. ** Suddenly, [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}]] or if you prefer, [[spoiler: DancePartyEnding]].* TalkingToThemself: It was [[WordOfGod clarified by Tarsem Singh]] that the world of the mirror is the Queen's "mindscape", and she's basically talking to herself every time she talks to the mirror. In the movie, the mirror claims to be just the Queen's "reflection".* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The poisoned apple and the love potion.* TeamMom: Snow White to the dwarfs, somewhat.* TookALevelInBadass: Snow White gets trained in fighting by the dwarfs.* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Snow White leading the dwarf bandits, Snow White and Alcott duelling, the Queen hypnotizing Alcott through a love potion, it being really a "puppy love" potion, Snow White mobilizing the dwarfs to crash the Queen's wedding with Alcott.]] Seriously, guys, for a movie in which one of the first lines is "loose lips sink ships"...* TrainingMontage* TrueBlueFemininity: Snow White's [[spoiler:wedding dress]].* TrueLovesKiss: Said by one of the dwarfs to be capable of undoing magic. [[spoiler:And that's exactly how Snow White breaks the Queen's love spell over Alcott.]]* UnreliableNarrator: {{Lampshaded}}. [[spoiler: "[[GracefulLoser It was Snow White's story, after all.]]"]]* WomanInWhite: Snow White's ball dress, contrasting [[LadyInRed the Queen's]].* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[spoiler:The Queen's plot to marry Alcott goes reasonably well until dangerously close to the end -- Snow White and the dwarfs manage to crash her wedding, kidnap the Prince and flee moments before the Queen arrives. And they still have to deal with the love spell after that.]]----


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Diigo Bookmarks 02/19/2013
Can I Still Use Px? - Vanseo Design
"If you are going to choose px please have a reason other than not wanting to do the math."
APOD: 2013 February 18 - The Great Russian Meteor of 2013
"The above video is a compilation of several car dashcams and includes real time footage of the meteor rampaging, smoke trails drifting, shadows quickly shifting, and even the meteor's light reflecting off the back of a bus."
Adactio: Journal—Designing for Touch by Josh Clark
"Digital is growing more physical. Physical is growing more digital. Our job is becoming less about pixels on screens and more about interacting with the world."
Why Mozilla Matters | Brendan Eich
"I expect more web engines in the next ten years, not fewer, given hardware trends and the power wall problem."
Zooming bug in Webkit | AlastairC
"I don't know what the root cause is, however, from a front-end development point of view it is as though Firefox and Internet Explorer increase the effective pixel size, so when you zoom in there are less pixels in the same area. Webkit does not seem to take the same approach."
Why Responsive Web Design Has To Win Out | Smashing Mobile
"No matter how many versions you support, if you're using separate websites, you're supporting too many. Ideally, you should only have to support one. Responsive design makes sense today. It makes more sense tomorrow."
Making elements keyboard focusable and clickable | 456 Berea Street
"If you simply cannot or will not use real buttons, make sure your fake buttons can be focused and activated without using a mouse."
No more 'Mobile' by Jim Ramsden
"Mobile Users will become 'Users', Mobile Web will become 'Web', and they'll be so many devices in so many sizes that deciding what to ring fence as a Mobile device will become impossible. I'd argue that it already is."
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Hello. It's past time for a new release, but we have held off until we had something cool. Here is the latest release of the SVG toolkit (dated 6th June 2000). Bella is demonstrating this version at JavaOne on Tuesday night if you want to see it in action (and other Java based SVG products). Go to the SVG/Java2d BOF. Zip file with (nearly) everything included can be found at http://www.cmis.csiro.au/svg Improvements include: -- everything you need to view svg files included (all 3rd party libraries) -- new user interface (added URL text field, back/fwd buttons, view src window) -- class style attributes, which is a start towards full style sheets (have a look at samples/style.svg) -- lots of bug fixes (we've tested against the soon to be released SVG conformance test) -- mouse cursors show current mode -- background color now set properly -- lots more samples, including a tour (samples/tour/index.svg - click on the red arrow in pointer mode to show next slide) -- more DOM events implemented and........ embedded scripting using Javascript. This is very cool. Here is the extract from the README: This release includes some support for embedded javascript in SVG files. Have a look at samples/scripting and samples/tour/script*. Highlights include: samples/scripting/adobe_animation.svg -- the Adobe animated wave samples/tour/script3.svg -- a simple attempt at Powerpoint like transitions. Includes -- animated text (with transform), text that slowly becomes -- visible (through style:opacity) and animated gradient patterns. samples/tour/script4.svg -- allows you to draw on the canvas, inserting -- elements into the SVG DOM. Make sure mouse is in pointer mode -- (the pointing finger), choose your element type (circle or line) -- and click in the rectangle Note about scripting.. at the moment it takes a fair bit of processing power (you'll see how much!). This is only the first release, so consider the scripting as pre-beta software. What's next ----------- Next release will have at least some filter effects. We have already started implementing them, but they didn't quite make it into this release. Support for SVG embedded fonts is also planned. Have fun, Dean (for the CSIRO SVG team) email@example.com on Monday, 5 June 2000 23:28:38 UTC
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The History of American Advertising
The history of American advertising dates back to the very beginnings of the Colonial era, though the newspaper enticements to be found at the turn of the 1700's were simple indeed. Very basic text ads would often appear consecutively in newspaper after newspaper, presenting a simple message like "Just Imported – A Variety of Goods".
Benjamin Franklin
Though Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is celebrated for many other things, including his pioneering theories about electricity, this man of many talents was also one of the key first figures in American advertising. Via his publications The Philadelphia Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanac, he introduced the concept of accompanying ad text with illustrations.
Amazingly, Franklin also shared one of the first successful examples of ad copy when he published promotions for his own stove product. Rather than a single sentence blurb, Franklin made sure to go into great detail not so much about the product itself but all the different reasons why people should consider buying one (safety, health, etc.).
New York Newspapers
The concept of newspaper advertising took off in earnest a century later on the streets of New York. Beginning in the early 1830's, Manhattan was home to dozens of different newspapers, and barons such as New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett led the charge. His major contribution was a simply but fundamental one. Bennett was the first to figure out that if by charging advertisers for space on his pages, he could keep the costs down and have his sponsors essentially subsidize the enterprise. Bennett initially ran ads for a period of two weeks before eventually paring that down to a single day.
Meanwhile, the other 19th century persona who is pointed to for helping shape the standards and practices of modern American advertising is P.T. Barnum. His methods for attracting crowds to his museums and traveling exhibits are acknowledged as the foundation of advertising manipulation and exaggeration. Everything from infomercials to SPAM email can be ultimately tracked back to Barnum.
Madison Avenue
After the emergence of such key tenets of the advertising slogan, the notion of a product or company brand and radio jingles, it was the job of 1950s and 1960s era ad agency wizards in New York City to shilling to the next level via the TV Age. Commercial TV began in the U.S. right after World War II, but things really took of beginning a decade later with the explosion of Manhattan based ad agencies.
Until the AMC TV show Mad Men debuted in 2008, it was an era that had been largely forgotten. But thanks to the award-winning look at 1960s era ad men, the foundation of today's range of pitches is becoming once again more familiar. In an ironic twist, the show has spawning a wave of retro-feel advertising.
John Hopkins University – A Brief History of Advertising, Retrieved December 8, 2010 from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/advertising_and_society_review/v006/6.3unit02.html
CENGAGE Learning – James Gordon Bennett, Retrieved December 8, 2010 from http://www.college.cengage.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_008900_bennettjames.htm


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Coca-Cola has been around for longer than my generation can remember. Coke has been on the outskirts of controversy and stress, but also directly in the middle throwing punches.
The point is that Coke has struggled and persevered or just plain succeeded, and I'd like to give them a thumbs up. So, without further adieu, here are 33 Coca-Cola Innovations.
Implications - When a brand gets older and older it is hard to come up with new and innovative ways to market the same product. Coca-Cola is a good example of a brand who has re-invented themselves over and over again and still has a mass amount of loyal consumers. People like to know that even if the packaging is different, the same product they love is still in the bottle.
32 Coca-Cola Innovations
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Coca Cola Gets Dirty with New Carmen Electra Ads
Scandalously Provocative Soda Campaigns
Cosmetic Soft Drinks
Eccentric Soda Fashion
Fried Coke


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Weekly News and Media Releases
For the week starting: 02/02/2014
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Wednesday - 02/05/2014
Crews prepare for wintry weather
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in anticipation of wintry weather starting Thursday afternoon through Saturday evening.
Thursday - 02/06/2014
February 26 combined open house for Brookwood Parkway and Groveland Drive projects
The public is invited to stop by the Hillsboro Main Library between 5 and 7 p.m. to learn more about both projects.
Washington County Reminds Residents About Possible Delays in Garbage Collection Due to Winter Weather
Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling is issuing a reminder that severe winter weather may affect garbage and recycling collection schedules.
Screen Time: Growing Readers in a Digital World
The Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) will host a series of public talks on the topic of young children and technology during the last week of February. Parents and caregivers are invited to join early learning expert Lisa Guernsey for an overview of issues related to screen time in early childhood, along with advice on how to incorporate technology into a child's life.
Friday - 02/07/2014
Changes to Hours of Operation
All county buildings will be open at the usual start time of 8 a.m. Monday, February 10. Given continuing inclement weather, some county programs and offices may change previously scheduled meetings and events.
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Griffins 16U girls' team wins Pittsburgh tournament
Note: The following article and photos are reader submissions from a parent, coach, or player. Have your team highlighted on our website and in MiHockeyMag by e-mailing editor Michael Caples at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Griffins 16U girls' team traveled to Pittsburgh for the annual Pittsburgh Girls Thanksgiving Classic, and for the second season in a row the girls returned to Grand Rapids as champions. While all tournament championships are special, this one meant a bit more to the girls after having played six games in three days with only 11 skaters.
The girls survived not only a small bench but also a nine-round shootout against the London Devillettes in the quarterfinals. The girls were down to two remaining skaters when Maddie McIntyre beat the London goalie to send the Griffins to the semifinals against the West Durham Lightning.
After beating West Durham, the Griffins vanquished the Grey Highlands Shooting Stars by a thrilling 2-1 score in the championship game. Laura Lundblad scored the tournament-winning goal while Dawn Salo earned 'player of the game' honors for her outstanding play in net.
The goaltending tandem of Salo and Marissa Ewald was outstanding throughout the tournament. Every girl on the roster put forth remarkable effort to secure the tournament championship.


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The Crowne Plaza better stock up on coffee: Many of the legislators who will be attending Tuesday's 12:30 luncheon with Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will be sleep-deprived to the point of stupefaction after a wee-hours session that lasted, as the Sugarhill Gang might have put it, 'til the break of dawn.
After the midnight passage of the hydrofracking moratorium in regular session, the Assembly went back into special session to pass several pieces of legislation that had made it through the Senate on Monday afternoon — including, in a surprise, the creation of a judicial pay commission. That measure now heads to Gov. David Paterson's desk.
The chamber also managed to pass the ELFA education bill that was not taken up in the Senate.
Then they turned to the NYC OTB rescue plan, which by 4 a.m. was still shy a handful of votes for passage — mainly because several bleary-eyed members had bailed. That bill was laid aside along with a green jobs bill and the proposal to renamed the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel after Hugh L. Carey.
The Assembly will return today at 3 p.m. to take up those bills.
Also ready for the floor: the wage-theft measure and the prevailing-wage bill sponsored by Sen.-elect Michael Gianaris.


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Here's an exert from the an interview in Forbes, with Matthew Bellows (MB), the CEO of Yesware an online email sales tool. His sentiments are good.
Startup" method that's so popular now? How do you know if your product is ready?"
MB: Great question. No, seriously, there is a big emphasis in the startup literature about "ship early and often" and "if you aren't embarrassed by your product, you waited too long to ship" I agree with both of those sentiments actually, but they pertain more to product development than they do to sales. Ship early, and be embarrassed, but before you build a sales function, make sure your product supports a scalable sales effort. I wrote about this in an article called "You're Not Ready for a Sales Hire."
The way to know that your B2B product is ready for a dedicated sales effort is by inbound interest. Seriously. You should have customers emailing you, calling you, sending you meeting invites, because they want to talk about how to buy your product. Before that happens, don't spend a dime on marketing or selling. Focus exclusively on improving the product experience. Once you start getting inbound interest, then you can start to sell.
via Forbes.com
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In Memory of
Evelyn S. Baker
May 23, 1933 - January 7, 2014
Evelyn Ann Suutari Baker, 80, of Marblehead, died peacefully in her home surrounded by friends and family on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 after a courageous battle with amyloidosis.
Mrs. Baker was born and grew up in Rockport, MA, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John V. Suutari. She graduated from Gloucester High School in 1951 and then from UNH in 1955. She married Dr. Robert E. Baker in 1955 and had a wonderful 52 years of marriage until his death in 2008.
She was an active community member and volunteer as a Girl Scout Leader, the Local Girls Club, Junior Aid Society and many other organizations. She was very involved with her alma mater, UNH, as class secretary.
She loved to be outdoors and was an avid golfer and an inspiration to all on the course. She was a member of Tedesco Country Club as well as the Gut 'n Feathers Badminton Club.
She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Robert Baker. She leaves a son, Kit of Rockport; a daughter, Laurie Baker of Avon, CO; a daughter and son-in-law, Leslie Baker-Brown and Cameron Brown of Norwich, VT; and a brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Yvonne Suutari of Boynton Beach, Fla. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Whitney and Eric Wertz and Robbie and Andrew Brown; a nephew, Ben Suutari; a niece, Betsy Baker Salas and nephew Steve Baker, other nieces and nephews; an aunt, Helvi Carter and many close friends including Dr. James & Carol Rice and Lynnette Cash.
She was predeceased by brother and sister-in-law, Wain and Phyl Baker and sister-in-law Cynthia Metcalfe.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, Jan. 13th at 1 p.m. at the Old North Church, 35 Washington St., Marblehead, MA. In lieu of flowers and in memory of Evelyn Baker, donations may be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, P.O. Box 418629, Boston, MA 02241-8629 or at
Arrangements by the Eustis and Cornell Funeral Home, Marblehead.
Memorial Service
Monday, January 13, 2014 | 1:00pm
Old North Church
35 Washington St, Marblehead, MA 01945-3528
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Example of Using Processes to Lock Records
This topic gives an example of creating a process to support the scenario described in Scenario for Locking Activity Records. You might use this feature differently, depending on your business model.
You create a process that limits the actions that users can perform, as follows:
To set up a process to lock call activity records
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By now you've seen that infamous photo in a Florida high school's yearbook. The shot pictured six students dressed in ponchos and sombreros and wearing fake mustaches, with one student wearing a shirt labeled, "border patrol."
It's offensive and idiotic, of course. But that's not really the point.
Kids do dumb things, and rather than lambast the students in the photo, it would be better to point out to them that such behavior has no redeeming value. If that doesn't convince them to be a little more aware of the culture in which they live, let them know that thanks to social media, such ill-conceived photos will haunt them for years to come.
No, the issue here is not the kids.
The problem is the adults. I'm taking about the parents who raised their kids to think it's hilarious to embrace racial caricatures. And yes, I'm aware that some of the students in the photo are Latinos. If anything, that's even worse.
And I'm talking about the yearbook advisors who saw nothing wrong with the photo. Hey, I was on my high school yearbook's staff, and our advisor vetoed things left and right. I can't imagine the teacher who looked at this and said, "Eh, a pointless and mean-spirited jab at Hispanics. Whatever."
More than anything, I'm talking about the defenders of the picture, who are out in force on the internet. So let's look at some of the adult excuses we're hearing over what should be a pretty clear case of foolish, needlessly hurtful adolescent behavior. Here are some of my favorites:
It was only a joke. If you've ever said this to justify an insult, you have either never been on the receiving end of a verbal assault, or you are too dense to realize when someone was attacking you under the guise of humor. In either case, you were probably able to shrug it off because you are in a position of social power (racially, economically, etc). It's a tribute to your lack of empathy that you figure everybody shares your charmed life.
Lighten up, it was funny. This is an amped-up version of the previous excuse. To any adult who actually thought the photo was hilarious, here are a few pointers about humor, before you really kill 'em at your next stand-up routine. Humor tends to work when it's directed at those in authority (rather than at a demonized underclass). It also works when it reveals profound truths or upends convention (rather than wallow in hackneyed, false stereotypes). In brief, the picture was about as witty as frat boys lighting their farts.
I'm German, and people have called me a kraut. I'm continually stunned that people believe all ethnic terms have the same resonance. No one hurls "kraut" as an insult in 2015 America. Now if you were bombarded with this term in, say, 1944, it might be different. In any case, terms that call out your European heritage bounce off a shield of cultural power, based on sheer numbers and societal influence. You can easily laugh them off. But don't worry. In the future, when Hispanics are more than a quarter of the U.S. population, maybe we'll smirk in smug condescension at "wetback."
People are too sensitive. Yes, how great it was to live in the good old days, when offensive comments were met with forced laughs and seething hatred. Well, I have news for you. Society isn't any more sensitive than it ever was. But people who gritted their teeth and let it go in the past are sick of your bullshit. So now you're going to hear about it. And I can say—with a bit or irony—that if you don't like it, tough.
Those kids shouldn't apologize. It's the illegal immigrants who should apologize. Hey, thanks for verifying that your issues with undocumented people have absolutely nothing to with race or ethnicity. Nope.
Soon we won't be able to say anything out of fear of offending someone. If you mean that you can't pull out tired racial stereotypes and rub them in people's faces, well yes, I weep for your lost world.
Finally, there is the issue that the Latina student who called attention to the photograph, Jessica Morales, has been insulted, denigrated, and mocked for her decision to speak up about the picture. To the best of my knowledge, she didn't scream that her fellow students were racists or demand a cash payment for pain and suffering or get all histrionic.
Her critics, however, are content to sit behind their keyboards and attack her, mostly under a cloak of anonymity of course.
Yes, kids being unintentionally offensive is bad. But adults being loudmouthed bullies is a hell of a lot worse.


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Love brings together two young people but poisons the relationship between two siblings in this nostalgic drama from Israel. Cranky Avraham Levi (Shmil Ben Ari) and his wife Sima (Orly Silbersatz Banai) are raising five children in Kfar Saba in the early years of the 1980s. Two of their sons are twins, but Ofer (Oshri Cohen) and Erez (Michael Moshonov) have precious little in common -- Ofer is handsome, confident and good at sports, while Erez is slim, studious and often bothered with health problems. Both brothers are smitten with a beautiful new girl at school, Neta (Yuval Scharf), and though she displays an initial interest in Erez, Ofer ultimately wins her hand. But fate and familial rivalries deprive Ofer of a happy ending to his love story; his brother succeeds in the career he wished for and an indiscretion threatens to tear the family apart. Featuring a soundtrack of period-appropriate pop tunes, Iim avudim (aka Lost Islands) received its United States premiere at the 2009 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
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Ivy Zelman calls bottom in housingPosted by: jkdanu / Category: Buy A Home In USA
In the last three month, the S&P Home Building index has shot up close to 50%. Top Analyst and Housing Expert Ivy Zelman: "It's been six long years and I believe the fundamentals are now at that inflection point that we have confidence is really starting to come to fruition and we're excited about it". "I think we're just in the beginnings of a very admittedly tepid recovery, but we're coming from such an anemic base that the numbers percentage wise could actually be pretty big going into 2012/3. we're looking for about a 20% increase, and we think that we'll continue the upward trajectory as job growth gets better and family formation, household formation continues to come from very depressed levels."…."There's a lot of foreclosures that still need to be worked through, but we see very strong investor demand. In fact, we see so much demand that there's not enough inventory to satisfy these investors right now with capital flowing from Wall Street". "I think renters want to be homeowners. they want to have the freedom of being in their own home. Our surveys suggest there are probably close to 3 million people today that are renting that want to own and have the down payment…" …. read more and see the video.


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Installed JW player and modules as described. (installed in libraries directory) Everything seems to be working the way it should be. However, in the "status report", a message is showing up telling the path to jwplayer.js and player.swf is not correct. I have seen a previous post frm Skillip changing the absolute path to these files.
I am quite sure the path is OK but it seems as if it needs an absolute path.......?
Comment #1rickvug CreditAttribution: rickvug commented
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Where is the JW Player library located and what is the exact error message that you are seeing? I've tested /profiles/myprofile/libraries/jwplayer and sites/all/libraries/jwplayer and have not found any issues with the status report screen.
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@RicoRico For more information on the situation with setting a starting image see #1395584: Provide image poster (with configuration to select the source). At present it is possible to set a poster manually but nothing is automatic as the image could come from a number of places. You can implement hook_preprocess_jw_player() to set the image or if you are calling the theme function directly you can do the following:
theme('jw_player', $variables = array(
'file_object' => $file,
'preset' => 'your_preset',
'poster' => '/path-to/poster',
I hope this gets you on your way. I'd be happy to have this configurable via the UI but I do not have the remit from work to do so on their time. I'm closing this issue as JW Player seems to be working properly for you now.
Comment #5dnadrowski CreditAttribution: dnadrowski commented
I am also getting this error in my reports.
The file player.swf is not present in the directory sites/all/libraries/jwplayer
The file jwplayer.js is not present in the directory sites/all/libraries/jwplayer
Please consult INSTALL.txt for installation instructions.
The downloaded files for my libraries folder all have an underscore in them...
I changed jw_player.js to jwplayer.js and got the one error to go away. However, I do not have the file "player.swf" anywhere in the dl from jwplayer.com. Therefore it isn't in my libraries folder.
When I try to add this field to my display content type it only shows a large space then play/progress bar with 0:00 time and an icon for sound.
Thank you in advance!
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Comment #8barresoft CreditAttribution: barresoft commented
1) Create or open sites/all/libraries/jwplayer
2) Copy the files in the this zip to the directory
Comment #9syakely CreditAttribution: syakely commented
all has been fixed in dev version.


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It's one thing to show off your love of a particular show (or anime streaming website, hint hint), and it's another to have slick original artwork showing off your love of anime as a whole! Crunchyroll has teamed up with Boomslank for an awesome original shirt that's now available in the store! Hit the jump for details and a better look!
The Free! official site has posted plans for a character duet CD series to be released later this year. The first pair to duet is as you would have already guessed, Haruka and Makoto. Vol. 1 of the duet CD series with Haruka and Makoto will be released on December 18th for 1300 yen in Japan. Plus, check out Crunchyroll's latest exclusive Free! merchandise after the jump!
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Home prices, consumer confidence, the Richmond Fed index, and one more Fed speech….
9:00: S&P/Case-Shiller Home price index for Aug…another decline? This index has started to give back some of the increase posted during the spring quarter, when the homebuyer tax credit was in place. Most analysts expect another small decline, but not the huge drop that has been rumored for August and September on the basis of a competing index.
Median forecast (of 15): -0.2%, ranging from -1.1% to flat; last -0.13%.
10:00: Conference Board confidence index for Oct…a small increase? This index suffered a setback in September. The median forecast looks for a partial recovery (we are in line with that). As usual, we will look at the gap between those saying jobs are plentiful and those saying they are hard to get. In September it widened to -42.3 from -41.5 in August. The cycle low was -46.1 in November, 2009.
GS: 50; median forecast (of 75): 49.9, ranging from 45 to 53; last 48.5.
10:00: Richmond Fed manufacturing index for July…will it stabilize? This index dipped below the zero dividing line between industrial expansion and contraction in September. The six economists who forecast it look for either a flat reading or a slight return to positive territory. All three components of this composite index have behaved in roughly similar fashion, dropping to either zero (new orders) or slightly negative (shipments and employment) in September.
Median forecast (of 6): +1, ranging from 0 to +5; last -2.
11:00: POMO Complete (begins 45 minutes prior): Today the Fed will monetize bonds with a maturity between 2/15/2021 – 8/15/2040. Total amount estimated around $3 billion.
16:30: New York Fed President William Dudley speaks on the national and regional economy…at the University of Rochester. This looks like largely a repeat of the speech he gave at Cornell University yesterday.
17:00: ABC consumer comfort index…It's been bouncing between -47 and -45 lately, last at -46.
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Two weeks ago today, inside the million-dollar-plus houses on a quiet cul-de-sac in Encino, the neighborhood kids delighted in what the Easter Bunny had brought.
Then, about 10 a.m., the porn stars started showing up.
Helaine Gesas, who has lived on Hayvenhurst Avenue for 38 years, was in her kitchen cooking Passover supper when she noticed men hauling cameras and lights into the two-story house across the street.
Her neighbor Kerry Cohen, a paralegal and mother, was on her way out to organize a charity event. As she squeezed past several large production trucks, Cohen looked in her rear-view mirror and saw "scantily clad" young women parking their cars and heading toward the same house.
Who would you rather celebrate Easter with? Kerry Cohen, or the Vivid film crew?
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Momentive Performance Materials representatives this week toured Tech Valley High School to see how the company could help prepare students for the future workplace. John Scharf, Americas communications leader for Momentive, and Kelsey Kohler, strategic market development manager — America for Momentive, spoke with teachers and students, and met with teacher Dee Weldon, a former engineer, and with Raona Roy and Denise Zieske, development directors at the high school.
"Many ideas for partnership were discussed including possible J-term opportunities, access to their speakers bureau, and visits by chemical engineers combined with a field trip to the Momentive plant in Waterford for a chemistry project," said Roy. "We anticipate a robust partnership with them going forward."
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Financial support schemes for the arts in North Tipperary
The Arts Office of North Tipperary County Council invites applications for the following arts-related initiatives.
Guarantee Against Loss Scheme – this scheme offers a partnership approach to selected organisations, theatre groups or venues hosting professional touring music/theatre in the North Tipperary Area to support and encourage increased access to music and theatre performances.
Young Music Bursaries which will provide successful young musicians/composers/singers in the North Tipperary area.
A Space for Ideas – this call for proposals is to encourage a culture of ideas and creative possibilities for artists willing to engage in new ways of working/engaging with communities and audiences.
New Creative Work for Early Years Audiences- a call for expressions of interest to develop work in North Tipperary as part of our strategic approach to the development and support of this area of practice.
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Luffy and his pirate crew are back for a brand new adventure in One Piece Unlimited World Red. While this new story is not going to follow anything seen on the One Piece anime, Eiichiro Oda (the creator of the One Piece series) is over-seeing the storylines, so I am confident that it will fit right in with the series seamlessly. Like before, you will be playing as Luffy and the other members of his crew. Youll fight against enemies and go through the story in episodes as in the previous games. Supposedly this time, we will be getting a "central town" that you can continually return to. In this town, you can take on additional side-quests if you want, more like a full-fledged RPG rather than a story that you have to play in order. I am quite looking forward that variability.
While I have no clue what the new story is going to entail, I can tell you that you will have two new characters. They were both created by Eiichiro Oda for the game. One is a villain pirate named Red Count. The other is an upbeat raccoon creature called Pato. You can see what he looks like in one of the screenshots on the official website. Hes a smallish creature in a very pink hooded coat. I am guessing he is a good guy, but I cant promise that for sure. There is more than just the new characters to get you excited though. There is a new mode, Coliseum, which promises the ability to fight enemies at will. Since you can go wherever you wish, as in a more traditional RPG, this Coliseum Mode will give you the ability to go test out any new skills at any time, just to make sure youre ready for whatever you may encounter.
So far, I have loved the One Piece games (even though I still havent made time to catch the anime). I have felt that they were a bit limited in that you had to play things in order, which didnt really give you much variability. Also, they have just announced that after you have beaten the game once, you will unlock a new "Difficult" mode where the enemies will be harder, but there will be better rewards. I am quite looking forward to seeing the new changes, so it looks like Ive got to block off more time for a more addictive version of One Piece in One Piece Unlimited World Red quite soon as the release date is coming up in less than a month. Check it out for yourself on July 8th! I do recommend checking it out on that day as there is also very limited, one day only, "Day One Edition" content available.