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The Films of Greta GarboReview & Appreciation Thread
Posted 17 July 2010 - 05:04 PM
Riding one day in [a friend's] secondhand Buick convertible, Garbo saw Joan Crawford drive by in her chauffeur-driven limousine. Garbo turned to [her friend] and laughed: "I read last night that I was the queen of the movies, and look at me now, riding around in this old car. Gott! What a funny joke!"
Posted 17 July 2010 - 05:14 PM
Dressler was hugely popular for a time and although I don't know off the top of my head it would not surprise me if she was the most popular actress then. I do remember reading that somewhere.
Not a bad performance by any stretch but an uneven one.
Nerves, perhaps? It was a very tense time and the actors had to get used to a completely different way of filming.
Posted 17 July 2010 - 05:15 PM
Anna Christie would be a turning-point for Dressler who would go on (until her death in 1934) to become the biggest female star in America.
Most of the actresses you cited hit their box office stride around the time Dressler took ill and died. But between, say, 1931 to 1933, Dressler was HUGE. She's semi-forgotten now but, back then, movies like Min and Bill were major box office. (Dressler was no longer a character actress per se in these.) I specified "America" in my original post because I do believe Garbo was much bigger in the foreign box office.
Do you mean in terms of box office? There were Garbo herself, and Dietrich was setting the woods on fire, Joan Crawford was also just in from silents, I don't know how famous Bette Davis was yet, from that amusing role as the Southern girl who'd 'kiss ya, but I just washed my hair'. There was also Jean Harlow and even Loretta Young (although not of great interest to me, and I don't know if she was box office or not), and certainly Claudette Colbert. Iguess Mae west didn't really get started till 1933, with 'She Done Him Wrong', and Barbara Stanwyck was already working, but not a household word. So you'd be saying that a character actress was the 'biggest female star in America'. I guess that's possible, I never thought about it, so I'm just asking. I didn't know anybody but old-movie buffs knew who Dressler was, although I agree she's good, esp. in 'Dinner at Eight'.
Posted 17 July 2010 - 05:15 PM
That was what was on IMDb. I don't know what 'the exhibitor's poll' is, though.
Posted 17 July 2010 - 05:21 PM
But this is what puzzles me. In the earlier films I've seen and reviewed -- The Temptress, Flesh and the Devil and The Mysterious Lady -- I didn't see Garbo utilize silent film acting conventions. And yet they show up here . . .
I like seeing the remnants of the earlier style,
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Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:03 AM
Whatever Happened to Mystery?
Brantley begins with an homage to Garbo's style.
I love those last two sentences, which I have put in boldface. I also appreciate the way Brantley goes on to puncture the balloon he has just released into the air.
WHERE have all the sphinxes gone? There's not a person on this planet today who could make my heart stop as it did when I saw Greta Garbo on Madison Avenue. It was the last day of 1985, on an afternoon steeped in that merciless brightness you associate with early winter in the city, and, suddenly, there she was: a bulky fur coat, a knitted watch cap and an unpainted face, as closed as a fist, behind big sunglasses that had no aspiration to trendiness.
If you didn't know who she was, she was nothing special. She didn't look chic, not even rich, amid the well-buffed, well-tailored women with big shopping bags and little dogs. But Miss Garbo had on something none of those ladies could afford: She was wearing six decades' worth of well-documented silence. And that made her the most glamorous creature I had ever set eyes on.
Garbo couldn't exist in the 21st century. I mean Garbo the lady of mystery, not the rather dull, stingy woman who is reported to have resided behind the persona.
Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:57 AM
He's calling the 'six decades of well-documented silence' as making her 'the most glamorous creature he'd ever laid eyes on'. This is pure hyperbolic nonsense as far as I'm concerned. She was not even beautiful (I hate to say this) when I saw her a few years before he did. But, while I admit her stubborn silence is an interesting phenomenon and makes her unique, it also means she may have liked the 'goddess' part of the persona more than the Thespian. K. Hepburn was much less unreachable, but kept on turning out work. Edith Evans is far more distinguished as an actress (nevermind it's not in movies), although she's not as glamorous.
Brantley's just a big Garbo junkie. I'm a big fan too, but there are other film actresses I like at least as well, although probably none from the Hollywood Golden Age--those being Catherine Deneuve and Delphine Seyrig. The former is far more naturally glamorous, despite being extroverted, than Garbo, and has delivered many performances I find comparable to Garbo's and to sometimes surpass them. Seyrig is extremely mysterious, and starred in two Resnais masterpieces, ' Last Year at Marienbad' and 'Muriel'. Either of these films is far greater than any film of Garbo's IMO--and Seyrig is even a better actress than Garbo, and just as luminous onscreen (more than Deneuve, which you see when the two are together in scenes of 'La Peau d'Ane'). I like to watch Garbo because she is such a singular performer, and I do think a great ACTRESS. I really don't find her very interesting roaming the East Side and exuding mystique all over the place, especially since she did not look good when I did see her.
Here's the real meaning of the article, and the article is about Brantley, not Garbo, or Diana or Jackie:
"When we first fall in love with people, they always seem remote, unattainable. Holding on to love after you've crossed the divide between you and the object of your desire is a chapter in achieving maturity; it's what marriage is supposed to be. But there's a part of us that needs to keep falling in love with the girl in the mists in the distance or the boy riding away on a horse. You've been there, I'm sure, and you know what happens when these dream girls and boys open their mouths or scratch themselves. The mystery dissolves like fog at sunrise."
I think that's one of the silliest things I've ever read, it does no such thing necessarily, and sounds very much like a cognate of unrequited love. When these 'dream girls and boys' 'open their mouths or scratch themselves', they often become even more enhanced and attractive than they were before. God forbid they should let us know their humanity and that they're even available and accessible to some people who aren't concerned about pedestal vigilance.
Not all of us live vicariously through these pristine idealized figures. As unattainable, it would follow that they could never be real objects of adult sexuality, which itself contains a lot of mystery, and to some of us is considerably more alluring than some eccentric silence, as it were. In any case, there are planty of books that prove she was anything but silent in private.
But extreme fans are extreme fans. That's how I see Brantley. I think Garbo's long act after she retired was impressive, but nowhere nearly as impressive as he does, obviously. We do not all need to be 'denied entry' to find someone or something pristine, mysterious, or irresistible. But that is not uncommon. Obviously, there are some who really are turned on by this sort inaccessibility (in itself, I mean. It's obviously a starting place, but lots of people who do manage to get to know their idols do not love them any the less--we have some on this very board who prove that with their constant excitement about certain 'ballet divas'.)
Edited to add: I also don't like that he refers to Garbo as 'dull and stingy'. She could be tightfisted sometimes, but was also generous, but she certainly was not dull, and even the very persona he worships nullifies that characterization.
Posted 18 July 2010 - 12:06 PM
God forbid they should let us know their humanity ...
I don't agree that it's bad piece -- actually it's not really an article and such things are often about the author -- but I do agree that "dull and stingy" is stingy of him and a cliche, a bit of paint splashed on his idol. "Distance is the soul of beauty" Simone Weil said, maybe about history and bigger things, but there are figures who appear in people's lives they've never gotten over and who become romantic images of inaccessibly, but having this happen time and again is probably not a good thing. And I agree that there's already lots of intriguing silence and "heathy unattainability" in adult relationships. The Brantley part about the beloved first speaking is comic and patronizing -- it's falling in love with the person and leaving the person out.
But the thing with Garbo that places her above all others -- whether by design or accident -- is that she didn't "sell out" her aura or our good faith in her talent when every formerly elegant star was doing some little postwar homespun television series set in the suburbs (real movies were urban) -- though Ninotchka did come close.
The direction (like the movie itself) is horribly static and made this viewer feel like he was watching a filmed version of a stage performance.
Clarence Brown was a fairly dull director but add to that the radical change of technology, a slide definite backwards of a decade or so. Camera movements that had been so free and fluid -- think of Murnau or Fritz Lang "M" with its famous tracking shots -- were suddenly grounded with huge blimps to muffle the sound. Sound technology itself was very primitive with probably a very narrow range -- like AM radio -- in the first years, deep voices were probably more effective, like Tugboat Annie Marie Dressler's. European films were always dubbed in afterwards perhaps because of this. Rene Clair was able to maintain moving camera shots well into the sound era, paving the way for Ruben Mamoulian's experiments.
As an example, microphones were hidden in flower arrangements in the first talkies until Dorothy Azner fabricated the traveling boom for Clara Bow.
Posted 18 July 2010 - 09:02 PM
Brantley's "dull and stingy" is no more than a concise way of putting what seems to be close enough to the truth, although as papeetepatrick points out there is some evidence in the opposite direction. Garbo was fortunate in that by good luck, good management, and canny friendships she did not have to work or else there's every possibility we might have seen her in less exalted formats. A fair number of stars got gypped out of their earnings; some of their less dignified appearances might be called "selling out," but people have to eat. Others simply wanted to go on performing, and female stars couldn't go on for decades without heavier compromises than aging male stars had to make. Like all performers some of them went on too long, but that's not "selling out," either, merely poor judgment.
Here's the real meaning of the article, and the article is about Brantley
Any writer reveals something of himself in such an article. There were a lot of people who got the same thrill he did from a Garbo sighting. You didn't share it, but we're all different. I daresay we give away about as much ourselves in these little forum posts of ours. I do find articles of this kind interesting although not necessarily in the way the writers intend.
Posted 18 July 2010 - 09:44 PM
Brantley's "dull and stingy" is no more than a concise way of putting what seems to be close enough to the truth, although as papeetepatrick points out there is some evidence in the opposite direction.
The 'evidence to the contrary' would have to do with disagreement that she was 'stingy', there's really no question that she was dull--this was rendered impossible by all the things she did do to refuse what quiggin pointed out in 'not selling out her aura'--if she was solipsistic, lazy and demanding, these not particularly admirable (in themselves) qualities still served 'the act'. Since she did continue to do this full-time, that's either something one decides is dull or not. Brantley could make up his mind about that, but I don't care whether he does or not.
I wouldn't agree quite with quiggin's assessment of all 'formerly elegant stars' having done some 'suburban television series', or a version thereof. Dietrich had her shows on B'way, even after the years of working with Burt Bacharach, and Kate Hepburn continued to have a singular niche as an aging star (didn't ever do the horror Gothics like Davis and Crawford), although it 'Ninotchka' comes close to corn (and I agree it does, I don't like it), then certainly 'On Golden Pond' does.
Barbra Streisand is really the one who has held herself above her public from the very beginning: There were never any appearances on the Tonight Show or other TV till much much later, when she got friendlier. But she didn't have to do any more of what she didn't want to than Garbo did, and I think she's the only one comparable that way in terms of sheer power. The difference is that she does like to work sometimes, of course, and is not so withdrawn. Of course, by 'Meet the Fockers', she'd gone straight to the sewer, but it happens to everybody at some point, and she always knows how to get right out of crud and do another incredible concert.
This: "Diana, Princess of Wales, had it, too, and weren't we lucky that the royal family kept her from talking for as long as it did?" was, I thought, the most absurd thing in the piece: we weren't 'lucky' even if they had kept her shutup, her banal utterances were there from the very beginning, and continued to the end. But they didn't keep her shutup, she was always saying something tiresome like 'I wish there were more huggers', etc., and blah and blah and blah. That doesn't mean I didn't think she was a beauty, and her charisma for many was obvious, I just didn't find her very interesting, but who cares.
Posted 18 July 2010 - 10:31 PM
Of course it wasn't the same thrill, nor would it be possible for anyone to find the same thrill of anything someone else did. I did think it was exciting just to see her, I just was surprised I didn't find her beautiful--and I usually do find people I thought once were incredibly beautiful (and I do think Garbo was, esp. in 'Anna Karenina') usually so when they get older as well. She looked morose and sour, and I didn't find the scruffy clothes 'quaint and charming', just ill-fitting and boxy. Of course, she didn't care. Just sticking to Hollywood stars I've seen in real life, and not other celebs, I've seen several who were visually stunning even if I thought there talents were vastly inferior--or even their basic endowment of beauty as I perceive it: to see Lana Turner in person at 62 was a Work of Art, a near-hallucination of superbly lurid exoticism way beyond any look I ever saw her project onscreen. I don't know how much this has to do with 'cameras loving people' etc., as is supposed to be the case with Marilyn and others. Ann-Margret was also beautiful in person, and Burt Lancaster was magnificent with no effort at all, same with Liam Neesson. To take one non-showbiz celeb who is at least as famous as Garbo, the queen of England was gorgeous in public (1976), although she never ever photographs as well as that.
I think it's harder to hold people in awe when you see them on a regular basis, even if it's just standing in line at the grocery checkout next to the tabloid stands. I frequent the Hollywood YMCA, and quite a few working and successful actors use the facilities. There's nothing to dampen the awe like seeing a big-name actor sweating beside you on the treadmill.
Yes, the stories of Lana Turner's beauty have been legendary since she was a teenager. Until she passed, Miss Turner lived in the penthouse apartment of the building my grandparents lived in, and she was always magnificent (although I'm pretty sure not unenhanced)in person.
Posted 20 July 2010 - 09:39 AM
I wonder what directors like Alfred Hitchcock might have been able to do with Garbo, since Hitchcock wrote the mystery and aloofness into his movies.
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Since losing its season opener two weeks ago, the University of Saint Mary women's soccer team has ripped through its competition to the tune of a three-game winning streak.
The most recent victory came Saturday, when the Lady Spires defeated the College of St. Mary 3-2 in its first home game of the season.
"Easily our best performance and total 90-minute performance of the year so far," USM coach Justin Seever said. "We came out playing well and created some good opportunities. We were pretty stingy defensively also."
Ivory Baldwin struck first blood for the Lady Spires when she knocked in a goal in the 33rd minute. Minutes later USM gave up a penalty kick to its visitor, leaving the half time score at 1-1. In the second half, Jennifer Nye took over by striking home two goals in the span of 48 seconds.
During the 64th minute, Nye tapped in her first goal to give USM a 2-1 lead. On the proceeding kick-off, the Lady Spires caught their slightly stunned visitors sleeping, allowing Nye to boom another.
"Her size and pace gives people fits," Seever said of Nye. "She is probably our most dangerous threat going forward and she is producing."
The College of Saint Mary did score in the 70th minute, but that was it. The Lady Spires, 3-1, will host Oklahoma Wesleyan at 3 p.m. Thursday.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Martins Ferry head coach Jeff Sabatino doesn't even remember the exact year that his Purple Riders last played for an Eastern District championship.
The last appearance is now moot because the Riders will play for the right to advance to the Division III regional Friday night after securing a convincing 58-39 victory against overmatched Coshocton Tuesday night on the campus of Ohio University Eastern.
While some might be a bit surprised that the now 13-8 Purple Riders have navigated their way through three tournament games already, don't begin to count Sabatino as one of those.
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MARTINS FERRY'S Cody Schau fires a shot towards the basket Tuesday night at Ohio University Eastern. He scored 29 points to lead the Purple Riders to the Division III?District Tournament finals.
MARTINS FERRY'S Jake Barritt (1) pulls up against a Coshocton defender Tuesday night during Division III?District Tournament action at Ohio University Eastern.
"We absolutely thought we'd be in this game (on Friday)," Sabatino said. "This is not a surprise to us. Think about our schedule. The last three years we've had to slug it out against teams that are really, really good. We thought we had a chance to make a run last year."
Actually, when you figure the Riders have a player in senior Cody Schau, who averages close to 30 points a game, and a front line that is enormous by Division III standards, it's really not that hard to surmise.
It was those factors that came up big once again. Schau did yeoman's work early as the Riders struggled offensively at the outset. He scored 15 of their 21 first-half points.
"We didn't play that well in the first half," Sabatino said. "We got good looks, but missed shots. We missed free throws, so we went in and cranked it up a little bit at halftime. I thought the first three minutes of the second half would be the indication of whether or not they'd be able to hang around or not."
With the Riders owning a 21-14 upperhand at the break, the Riders took the message from their heard coach to heart. Ferry scored 19 of the 23 points in the period and simply dominated on the interior.
Coshocton struggled mightily from the floor in the third panel and there were no second-chance opportunities thanks to the work of junior post Robert Vargo, who scored eight of his 12 points and grabbed nine of his 15 boards in the period.
Senior Tyler Strama, who was saddled with two quick fouls, got going with two buckets in the third and Isiah Sears closed the period when he kissed home a buzzer beater from just inside halfcourt.
"The first three minutes of the third we played really well and that was pretty much it," Sabatino said.
The lead swelled to as many as 27 in the fourth after Schau got free for a one-handed flush. Schau finished with 29 points and six rebounds. Vargo's production was Schau's biggest complement on the stat sheet.
Savvy sophomore point guard Jake Barritt turned in an exceptional floor game. He had only three points, all of which came at the line, but he had eight assists and eight rebounds. Plus, he never let the Redskins' pressure bother him.
Senior Tanner Cognion led Coshocton with 13 points.
Though the Riders had little trouble in dispatching a Redskins' squad, which finishes the season at 10-15, Sabatino found plenty to critique.
"We were sloppy," Sabatino said. "I think some things might have been a little easy for us today, but I didn't think we were in sync running our stuff or playing defense. Obviously, the result is good, but I don't know if the method was as good as I would like."
IN TUESDAY'S OPENER, Garaway owned a seven-point lead at halftime and seemed to make a play each time it needed one as it pulled away from Buckeye Trail.
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Garaway was led by Duane Troyer's 22 points. Winston Mullett had 12 and Tyler Walter added 11 for the Sugarcreek-based outfit.
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Unanswered: Architect v3 Layout Suggestions - Comments from others requested
I have a suggestion on a layout change for Architect v3.
This is a minor change which will allow me (and I hope others) an easier time using Architect.
Currently the Project Inspector is on the upper right and the Toolbox is on the left. I have the option to swap the Project Inspector and the Toolbox.
I find that I navigate with the Project Inspector to edit components. When editing controllers, I often do not need either the Toolbox or the Config area. Moving the Project Inspector to the left helps but I often collapse that side to get a wider editing area.
Here are my suggestions:
- Allow the right side to be collapsed. This would allow more area for the editor.
- On the right side, put the Config area and the Project Inspector area in either tabs or an accordion. I prefer this because I only need one at a time. This would allow a larger area for both and less time spent scrolling. I find I am constantly changing the size of these areas by dragging the center up and down. I'd much rather click on a tab.
If Architect is written in Extjs, these should be easy layout changes.


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Wilson: Bears take big step toward BL title
You couldn't help but admire the effort an undermanned Lewis Mills put forth Friday night. But you couldn't ignore the performance that Thomaston produced either. And performance ruled the night.
In a game with all sorts of Berkshire League title implications, the Bears put a serious dent in the hopes of the Spartans to hoist a trophy with a 66-50 victory fueled by a dazzling 29-point effort from Maggie Eberhardt.
The Bears took one step closer to their second straight title and third in four years, raising their record to 13-1 in the BL and 15-1 overall. Meanwhile, Mills slipped to 11-3 (11-5 overall). Nonnewaug is 13-2 in the league and plays the Bears in the next-to-last game of the season.
It took a second-half surge by the Bears to break a 29-29 halftime tie and pull away from the Spartans. For a long time, the early story was being written by Mills. Playing without two starters — the BL's second-leading scorer, center Teagan Dunn, and forward Lesleigh Carter — the Spartans barely blinked in the opening half.
Mills coach Joe Capitani offered no reason for the absence of the two players, who did not play against Gilbert earlier in the week, except to say, "They didn't play," and that they would be back next week.
Mills, however, hardly went into a shell. Instead, the Spartans pounded a path to the basket. With Hope Shevchuck (10 points), Cassidy Lockwood (11 points) and Natalie Ruel (17 points) repeatedly finding or creating open lanes to the hoop, the Spartans led for most of the first half. At one point, they built up a 29-23 lead.
"The girls stepped up and filled spots beautifully," said Capitani. "We had gaps, we had to fill roles. It wasn't that tough. In the first half, we showed we're the best team in the league."
That idea might get a few arguments from the folks wearing the brown and gold — well, on this night, black and pink on Cancer Awareness night.
You know Eberhardt would take exception. Her night started out cold from the floor, so she offered up a couple of highlight-reel scoop shots on drives to the hoop. Then in the final minute of the first half, she drilled a 3-pointer and ended the half with a 3-pointer from the top of the key to tie the game at 29-29.
The Bears were just getting warmed up. After Shevchuck started the second half with the Spartans' umpteenth driving basket, Thomaston coach Bob McMahon called timeout. It turned out to be the beginning of lights-out for Mills.
"(Mills) was driving by us at will. Hope (Shevchuck) and Natalie (Ruel) are really talented, but we didn't expect them to go by us that easily," said McMahon. "Then we hunkered down."
Indeed. How is this for hunkering? Trailing 32-31, Eberhardt canned a 12-footer to give the Bears the lead. Freshman Gabrielle Hurlbert then got into the act with a layup. Abby Hurlbert drilled a 3-pointer to make it 38-32.
Freshman Charlie Eberhardt (seven points, seven rebounds) added a foul shot, Abby Hurlbert converted a steal into a basket and Maggie Eberhardt nailed another 3-pointer. Abby Hurlbert added another hoop to cap a run of 15 unanswered points that put the Bears on top, 46-32.
Mills committed 10 turnovers in the period and went almost five minutes without scoring. To add one more dose of salt to the wound, Shevchuck went down after Eberhardt's 3-pointer with what appeared to be a knee injury and did not play the rest of the game.
The effort never waned, but the other side had more bodies and bigger guns.
"Hope going down was a big emotional blow," admitted Capitani. "Our theme tonight was finding a way to get it done. (Thomaston) started pressing us a little bit and we lost some steam in the second half."
Not the Bears. The lanes to the basket started to become clogged at the defensive end, and Eberhardt and Hurlbert elevated their games. The two combined for 50 of the team's points and seven 3-pointers.
"Our defense got us going," said Eberhardt. "We had to cut off the right-hand drives and help out on defense. We didn't know (Dunn and Carter) were not playing. They were still scrappy and competitive. They kept coming."
Eberhardt has now scored 53 points in two games against Mills and even was able to draw a smile from Capitani.
"That's just Maggie being Maggie and being a senior," he said.
McMahon knows he has something special in his talented twosome of Eberhardt and Hurlbert.
"We preach it takes five, but sometimes people shine a little brighter," said McMahon. "Maggie is playing so well. The program says 5-foot-3, but she is playing 10 feet tall. Abby is a little bit of everything."
And the Bears are a lot of everything and one step closer to another BL title.
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" "..we showed we we're the best team in the leauge." Ok Coach Capitani, were you at the same game everyone else was? You lost big time, what a moronic comment to make. "
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Mistakes fatal to Wolcott Tech in loss to Abbott Tech
TORRINGTON — Statistics can lie.
At halftime of Thursday's game against Abbott Tech, the Wolcott Tech football team had eight first downs to the visitors' mere two and had outgained them in total yards, 163 to 33. Alas for the Wildcats, the numbers that truly mattered were on the scoreboard, where they trailed by two touchdowns.
Those scores, both off fumble returns, turned out to be more than enough for the Wolverines, who took a 29-8 victory back to Danbury in the inaugural episode of a brand new Thanksgiving Day rivalry.
"Turnovers have been a factor all year for us," said Wolcott Tech coach Jamie Coty, whose team lost three fumbles in the first half.
The Wildcats (2-8) were also playing their third game in nine days, which left them a little banged-up and worn down by the end. But what they'll probably remember most about this one is the deep hole in which they put themselves in the first quarter.
On the fourth play of the game, Wolcott Tech went for it on fourth-and-2. Asante Maldon was hit in the backfield, the ball popped loose and bounced into the arms of Abbott Tech lineman Delton Rogers, who rumbled 40 yards for the touchdown.
Two possessions later, Wolcott Tech drove to the Abbott 20. But on a reverse, the handoff from Mike Sullivan to Maldon was bobbled. Again it neatly hopped into Rogers' arms and he rumbled 80 yards to paydirt.
"I flipped the ball to Asante and he was expecting a handoff," explained Sullivan, who led the Wildcats with 98 yards rushing on 20 carries. "It was a miscommunication."
"We felt really positive at halftime," said Coty. "We knew we had given them two scores and we knew we could move the ball on them. Defensively, this is the best we've ever played. I couldn't be more proud."
Abbott Tech (6-4) scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, once after Wolcott Tech unsuccessfully went for it on fourth down deep in its end and another on a 50-yard pass on a broken play.
Sullivan returned a kickoff 75 yards for the Wildcats' score with 1:19 to go.
The Wildcats lose eight seniors, but expect to return the bulk of the squad.
"I think the team will do well in the future," said Sullivan. "I'm looking forward to its success."
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Hello Forum,
I hope this pano can inspire you to do more with your NN panohead.
About the gear:
I dismantled the rotator of my NN5 panohead and placed a QuickMount (upside down mounted Giottos 200) on top of the rotator and the other part of the QuickMount under the panohead's underrail.
I also mounted a QuickMount (also upside down) on top of a motorized Seitz VR Drive.
By separating the NN5 panohead from the NN5 rotator I can use the upperpart of the panohead on different types of rotators.
When I shoot on a fixed high pole (Manfrotto 269HDBU @ 7.3 m) I put the panohead (without the rotator) on the Seitz VR drive and when I shoot on a tripod, and when I prefer to travel as light as possible, then I use the NN5 rotator instead of the Seitz VR Drive. To take the shots I use a wireless remote controller whenever I can.
I like the versatile use of the NN5 a lot, for a high pole I shoot 5 images around with the panohead mounted on the Seitz VR Drive and a Canon 5D+shaved Tokina 10-17mm @14.6mm wit a downtilt -15 degree to get a nice leap in nadir.
I skip the topshot as in this kind of panos nobody is interested in the "roof" of the pano. For a high pole the camera and lens is shifted 25mm forwards out of nodal point so the front of the lens is in line with the outside of the pole.
The result of the 25 mm shift is that the footprint of the pole is very small and the nadir of the pano can be very easy retouched without using a separate nadir image.
The rail stopper on the swingarm of the panohead is very handy, within seconds I can shift the camera forwards for a pole shoot and when I have finished the pole shots then the camera is shifted back in the proper NP position just as fast.
So I use the parts of the NN5 where and when they suit me best, besides the NN5 panohead I also use a fixed bracket without a swingarm and a simple Feisol rotator without clickstops and those items can be mounted on the separated NN5 parts as well.
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My appreciation of the Canton Arms seems to be growing with each visit. I need a weekly fix as a minimum and this week found myself sharing the fix over dinner.
Our meal for 4 (with Lou, Meister and O) had swelled to 7 when news spread that we were dining as well as drinking. Captain English dropping hints as big as his eyes when faced with a Fopp sale secured the invite with his other half, Hadedar. Making up the seven was Silvio; to whom I promised not to mention his recent appreciation of a corked bottle of wine. "Hmmmm. Interesting…. Its different. But I like it". His name has been changed (as with all) to protect his pride further. I mean its a mistake any Italian could make (well at least that's what he told us).
Enjoyment of the Canton starts with the ale board, which rarely disappoints. New to me were Tring Brewery's, Jock O'Legs, copper coloured with a hoppy bitter taste and Acorn Brewery's, Barnsley Bitter. At 3.8% this dark chestnut bitter could sustain for a session with its rich flavour.
The dining room was busy but securing a table was effortless (no bookings taken under 8 diners). Presented with the option of a Salt Marsh Lamb, slowly pot roasted for 7 hours, served with Boulangere Potatoes (my mouth is genuinely watering), there was no contest and a quick show of hands confirmed we had the required 4 to manage the dish. Starter was similarly an easy choice. There was no answer other than "yes" when Meister suggested the Foie Gras toastie to share. I rub my hands with glee at the prospect.
Neither course disappoints. The toastie had as much for its novelty value than the fact I love foie gras wasn't as rich as I thought. For £8 you aren't going to get masses of it but what you get is more than enough. accompanied by a chutney or relish it won't be the last time I sample this dish, or the further choice of haggis..
Served from the oven, the Lamb and Potatoes were placed in the centre of the table with serving spoon, fork and tongs. The Lamb had benefited from every minute of its 7 hours, the meet falling from the bone. The potatoes were the standout, crisp with a rich onion taste from white onions reduced to almost puree. I could order this on its own, although I don't think my belt has enough notches to cope.
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The young fashionista nailed her recent red carpet moments
Three years later, the Tarzana, Calif. native has become one of the most red carpet ready fashionistas in young Hollywood.
At Comic Con to promote her highly anticipated (by sci-fi geeks anyway) new movie, "Ender's Game," the 16 year-old stole the fashion show with three consecutively killer outfits but it was her manicure that had everyone's jaws jabbering.
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Every one of her digits paid homage to comics in general or specifically to "Ender's Game" in some way. From "Petra" - her character's name - embellished on her ring finger, to the dragon and salamander symbols on her thumbs, that represent the story's animal armies, her hands were a strip lovers dream.
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You have to have Escrow to sell on Ebay now ?
So I just sold my phone on Ebay and I guess there are some new rules about collecting money on it. Of course they dont tell you this before.
Of course if you buy their overpriced labels and ship same day to the buyer then it speeds this up but even doing all of that they are holding the funds until May 22nd ... Are you kidding me ?
While you establish your selling track record, access to funds from buyer payments may be delayed to promote successful fulfillment. As soon as you meet all of the following criteria, payments from your buyers will generally be available immediately:
It's been more than 90 days since your first successful sale;
You've had more than 25 sales transactions; and
You've had more than $250 in total sales.
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I remember hearing a scam about Ebay and an escrow account.. but now it's required? Is this if you use paypal, or some other way of receiving your money? It would be great to get more information on this. I haven't used ebay in a long time and I can never trust the accuracy of a google search.
Do you, or does anyone else, have any information on this? I haven't been on ebay in quite a while, but am thinking about selling some stuff to help with some spring cleaning I've been avoiding.
I used paypal and this is still the rules. I even called to complain ... this is quote a recent change. They said it will free up as soon as the item is delivered to the customer. Or if the tracking says its 2 days delivered and it still hasnt freed up then I can call. I wonder if doing trackable shipping flags that. Cause if you didnt do shipping with tracking how they gonna know ?
To answer the question in the title: no. Escrow is a very bad idea, and any time a buyer (or seller) suggests paying by escrow, Western Union, or any nonstandard payment method, there's a very strong chance they're scamming you. Just say no to escrow.
To answer the situation regarding PayPal holds, the way I understand it is for new sellers attempting to sell certain very high-risk items, like cel phones, ipods, tablet PCs, and so on PayPal will hold the money for a certain period of time to make sure the customer actually gets the item as opposed to, say, a box with a rock in it. I don't necessarily agree with it, but it at least potentially cuts down on fraudulent transactions.
Im on bored with that but given the fact I have had an account for 5 years with no complaints or even negative feedback they could have at least done me the favor of giving me the heads up. Alas the bank doesnt take the excuse of ebay has my money on hold ....
I sell on ebay all the time and haven't had that happen...I don't know why it happened to you.
It is unfortunate that eBay has gotten adversarial with its sellers. They have also raised their pricing (in an effort to compete with Amazon) to unprofitable heights, to where my affiliates can no longer turn a profit.
See this article: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/enderle/ebay-vs-amazon-an-interesting-lesson-in-customer-care/?cs=49557
Be well brethern and sistren,
I was emailed about this twice. I sold several items and they held the money, just like with you. However, if you purchase delivery confirmation (as you should be when selling on eBay) and input that number into the transaction, they will release the money as soon as that confirmation number shows that the item has been delivered. Well that or the buyer leaves positive feedback. So there's 3 ways to get your money. Confirmation of delivery, positive feedback left, or waiting out the time.
However after selling 4-5 items under this new procedure, I was sent an email telling me that this hold has now been removed from my account and that my money will now be available instantly. Go figure. eBayer since 02 with ~380 100% positive feedback. :shrug:
Don't even get me started. Been sporadically selling collectable items on Ebay for over 10 years and have hated every new rule they impliment to change their website from a flea market to an Amazon marketplace. Guess what Ebay, you're not Amazon and never will be unless you bifurcate your website in to two mediums if that's what they want to achieve.
Oh and while I contend most Ebay rule changes suck for the average or loyal seller and only serve to protect the more saturated buyer population, what problem do you have with their labels? Once I gave them a shot, I've found them to be cheaper than the post office and include free tracking. You can also compare rates easier than going to the post office. The postal employee almost never tells you that parcel post is an option. I just print on paper, cut it out, and tape it to the package and even if you have to take it to the actual post office for drop-off they let you leave it on the counter insteadof standing in line.


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Cited: Bryan Broce, 40, 113 Lafayette Circle, Weirton, speeding; Kelly Jo Williams, 41, 113 Elm St., Mingo Junction, defective equipment, allowing an unlicensed driver to drive; and Michael Wilson, 34, 113 Elm St., Mingo Junction, driving with expired license.
Arrested: Joshua Reese, 23, 122 Parr Ave., Mingo Junction, possession of drug paraphernalia, Tuesday.
Arrested: William Mosser, 23, 999 McKinney Ave., possession of drug abuse instruments, Tuesday.
Arrested: Thomas Stephen, 41, Colliers, failure to appear, public indecency, Tuesday.
Arrested: Demetrius Sassar, 510 Cedar Drive, failure to appear, possession of marijuana, Tuesday.
Arrested: Stanley Minch, 47, 1246 Lincoln Ave., domestic violence, possession of drugs, Tuesday.
Arrested: Patricia Grey, 41, 516 Maxwell Ave., warrant, Tuesday.
Jefferson County sheriff
Stolen: Gas grill taken from residence in 700 block of state Route 151, Mingo Junction, Tuesday.
Stolen: Wallet take from vehicle parked at Maryland Market grocery store, 1145 Oregon Ave., Tuesday.
Brooke County sheriff
Cited for leash law violations: Derek M. Lucas, 23, and Shawn M. Maderia, 33, both of 125 Second St., Follansbee.


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How would you use L'Hopital's Rule to find the limit of the following function ???
$$\lim_{n \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\pi x} \frac{\sin(\frac{\pi x}{2})} { e^{2\pi x}}$$
How would you define your $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ ?
Why cant I define $f(x) =\frac{ \sin(\frac{\pi x}{2})} {\pi x}$ and $g(x) = e^{2\pi x}$ instead??


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Cloud Odyssey: A Hero's Quest at Collaborate 2014!
By Sandra Cheevers-Oracle on Mar 28, 2014
Calling All Heroes - Join the Quest!
Cloud Odyssey: A Hero's Quest is launching at Collaborate 2014! Sponsored by the IOUG, OAUG and Quest user groups, you can attend this exclusive sci-fi movie screening as a pre-conference workshop at Collaborate on Monday, April 7, Venetian Hotel, Lido 3003. If you and your organization are on a journey to the cloud, join us to watch Cyrus Agarwal and the crew of the starship Stratus on their voyage to the mysterious cloud planet, Terranuvem. To get there, Cyrus and the crew will test the limits of technology, tenacity and human ingenuity. Watch the movie trailer here.
After the film, you'll learn how to build, deploy and deliver private clouds that enable IT organizations to provide the business with greater agility, lower cost and lower risk. Along the way, you just might become a cloud hero, too!
see the detailed agenda here.
If you are unable to attend the event at Collaborate, please join us in our global tour, coming to a city near you, complete schedule of events around the world is here.


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As far as I understand a new pattern of crystal growth has been found experimentally. How does it relate to the known 2D and 3D nucleation and growth of crystals? The dominating theory of crystal growth nowadays is that initiated by Cabrera and Frank. How is the new finding related to what we know so far or is it at odds with what we know and how?
The Cabrera-Frank theory is strictly speaking valid for crystals only. Quasicrystals – which were awarded by the Nobel prize – are strictly speaking not crystals. Crystals, by definition, have to be periodic while quasicrystals are not. So details of the theory for crystals of course don't have to hold for quasicrystals. But there are still many similarities in their growth and structure.
Indeed, Shechtman's 1982 discovery falsified some assumptions that people used to believe, e.g. that non-periodic quasicrystals with five-fold symmetries (otherwise behaving just like crystals for which five-fold symmetries are forbidden) were impossible. He was being humiliated by many people before he was admitted to be clearly right.


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June 05, 2012
A Little Bit of Everything
Kyle Laird, Management '12
Co-op Employers: iRobot; Wentworth College of Professional and Continuing Education
Co-op Positions: Business Development Co-op; Market Research Co-op
Managing Expectations
Kyle Laird switched into management from network engineering after he decided he didn't want to let himself get pigeon-holed into a single industry. "I didn't want to narrow myself into just a programming industry; I felt I maybe had a calling somewhere else," he said. In management, he figured he would be more flexible to explore a range of work environments in order to find which worked best. His co-op experience has also allowed him to branch out, working in the high-tech industry at iRobot Corporation and in higher education at Wentworth's College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE).
Building Skills
Before each co-op, Laird sets goals for himself so he can establish what kind of experience he is looking for and which skills he needs to improve upon. For his first co-op, Laird wanted something fast-paced in a high-tech field. His semester at iRobot was a perfect match, with Laird performing various tasks such as working on the company's human interface robots. He took apart robots made by iRobot and competitors in an effort to help create standards for the robotics industry. Next Laird wanted a co-op with a more human touch where he could work on his office communication skills. He found it in the CPCE, where he played a role in the college's accreditation process. At both co-ops, Laird also often found himself researching other companies or colleges for the purpose of competitor analysis.
Follow the Leader(s)
It was also at CPCE that Laird discovered a man he considers to be his mentor, Dean Larry Carr. "Larry Carr was a great inspiration," he said. Carr showed him how a life-long manager operates in the office and provided the kind of guidance he hopes to find in his future mentors. With Laird set to graduate in a few months, it is almost time for him to set his sights on tackling a new challenge. A solar panel enthusiast of sorts, he's hoping to land a role in green technology where he can achieve new goals, build his list of mentors, and add yet another industry to his resume.
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A central Kentucky woman is set for trial Jan. 22 on charges that she stabbed and killed her boyfriend in 2010.
Court dockets show that 38-year-old Melinda S. Turner is set to face a jury in Scott County. The Georgetown News-Graphic reports that the trial may be delayed.
A grand jury indicted Turner on Nov. 18, 2010, on a charge of murder and being a persistent felony offender in the death of 26-year-old Maxwell Pomeroy, who was found three months earlier stabbed in the chest.
Turner told investigators that she witnessed his stabbing by an intruder in the home they shared. She said a second intruder fled.
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Every once in awhile a final comes around that just plain kicks you in the butt, no matter how long you've prepared or hard you've studied. Here are the Bookbyte team's worst finals experiences.
My worst final was my hardest, but not necessarily the one with the lowest grade. One of the projects I had for a Layout class was to design and produce a magazine, with each person in the class in charge of one spread. I elected to be editor of the magazine, and spent many long days in the computer lab making sure that the magazine was taken care of. We went through countless rounds of revisions, and since I was in charge, I had to be there the whole time. I'm pretty sure I had several 12+ hour days, working on it between my classes and my job. I barely remember sleeping. It was such a relief to be done with it at the end of the term! Continue reading "What's the Worst Final You've Ever Taken?"


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HENDERSONVILLE - Helen Leona Camp, 80, of Hendersonville passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012.
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Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz met in New York on Monday evening with a number of Saudi students studying in the United States.
Crown Prince Sultan expressed his hope that the students will successfully complete their education and return safely to their homeland to contribute to the service of their religion, country and King. He then announced a $10,000 scholarship for each student at the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Riyadh province, other princes and senior officials.


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The accident happened Wednesday just before midday Atlantic Daylight Time when a tank undergoing maintenance became overpressurized. The fire service was called but soon downgraded its presence to one fire crew to act in a "monitoring role," a spokesman for the service said.
By ALISTAIR MACDONALD and JERRY DICOLO
An explosion at an Irving Oil refinery in New Brunswick injured
one person on Wednesday and sent gasoline futures higher on
fears that the blast threatens already-stretched fuel
Privately-held Irving Oil said that production was resumed
soon after the incident, which will have no impact on the
300,000 bpd refinery, one of the largest in
North America.
The accident happened just before midday Atlantic Daylight
Time when a tank undergoing maintenance became overpressurized,
Irving Oil said in a statement.
An employee suffered minor injuries and was taken to
hospital as a precaution, the company said.
The fire service was called but soon downgraded its presence
to one fire crew to act in a monitoring role, a
spokesman for the service said.
Gasoline futures rose 3.7% to a high of $3.0874/gal on the
New York Mercantile Exchange midday Wednesday on reports of the
blast. In more recent trading, futures were still up 2.8% at
The accident comes as fuel stockpiles in the Northeast US
are at the lowest level since November 1990. The East Coast
imports roughly 10,000 bpd from Canada, according to the latest
Energy Department figures.
Irving Oil is a regional energy processing, transporting and
retail company that sells its fuel in stations throughout
Atlantic Canada, Quebec and New England.
The company is owned by the New Brunswick-based Irving
family, whose large business interests in that province stretch
from timber to local newspapers and oil.
An explosion at an Irving Oil Saint John refinery killed one person in 1998,
according to media reports at the time.
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Study: Private Tutors Are Best
Proven: Private Tutors In Your Home Are the Best Way To Learn
A recent study by the University of Chicago and Northwestern has found that private tutoring in Tampa and around the U.S. which is in your home is the most effective way to learn. The study compared small groups of students in a learning center, students in a classroom and students that received private, one-on-one, in-home tutoring. The study showed that mastery of a subject was found to occur in 20% of the students in a classroom setting, 70% in a group learning center setting, and 90% in the students who received one-on-one, in-home, private tutoring in Tampa and around the nation.
The study also showed that students who participated in private, personal, in-home tutoring in Tampa and around the nation spent more time on learning tasks due to lack of distractions. The study showed that in a classroom setting students spent 65% of their time learning. Small group learning center tutoring students spent 75% of their time learning, while students who received private, in-home tutors in Tampa and around the nation, spent 90% of their time actively learning.
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May 21, 2009
Kirstenbosch brings home gold from Chelsea
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Photo courtesy Derek Keats
The Kirstenbosch-South Africa exhibit was awarded its 30th gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 18, 2009.
It came as no surprise when Queen Elizabeth requested to see the South African stand when she visited the show on Monday.
David Davidson and Raymond Hudson, the South African design team, have won their 17th medal for the exhibition in 17 years.
Their design featured the plants found in four National Botanical Gardens in South Africa – Kirstenbosch (Cape Town), Lowveld (Nelspruit), Hantam (Niewoudtville) and Walter Sisulu (Roodepoort) – to highlight our country's biodiversity.
Cape Town Tourism partly sponsored the exhibit, in tribute to the importance of biodiversity to tourism – and indeed to the survival of our planet.


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Say a publisher or other organization creates "a new translation" of the Bible: What's the source text? Are they experts in ancient Aramaic? What exactly is the text being translated from in modern times?
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The Hebrew Bible is primarily in Biblical Hebrew (the term given to the Semitic language that the Bible was written in from which modern Hebrew descends) with some Aramaic in various places (Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26; Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:46-7:28; and two words in Genesis 31:47).
The New Testament is in Koine (common) 1st-century Greek. Koine Greek descends mainly from Attic Greek, with some input from other dialects. There are also some Aramaic words and expressions that are transliterated into Greek.
Concerning source texts, there are tons of copies of manuscripts and it is disputed which is the original (and even which language is the original). Several critical editions of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament have been produced which are used today by scholars for translation. The Hebrew Bible primarily relies on the Masoretic Text. As more manuscripts are discovered, these critical editions are updated to reflect current scholarly findings. Previous generations classified New Testament manuscripts based on text-types such as "Alexandrian," "Western," "Byzantine," and "Caesarean." However, modern scholars have proposed alternate approaches to manuscript evidence such as the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method.
Also important to translators are previous translations into other languages (such as the Latin Vulgate and the Greek Septuagint) which reveal what manuscripts older translators had access to which may not be available today. Also, quotes from the Bible by ancient authors in other works are important as it shows what texts they used. For instance, the infamous Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7-8) was never quoted by early Christian Church fathers in arguments concerning Trinitarian heresies, which supports the claim that it was a later addition to the text.
The source texts for the NT include various Greek manuscripts and sometimes the Latin Vulgate.
The source texts for the OT include the Masoretic text (Aleppo Codex, Leningrad Codex), as well as the Latin Vulgate, Greek Septuagint, and Dead Sea Scrolls.
Translators of new English translations often use some or all of those source texts when producing a new English translation.
Hardly any Aramaic source texts are used, unless you include the Aramaic scriptures of Daniel and Ezra, but again, those are considered to be part of the Masoretic text. Other Aramaic source texts would be the targumim, but they would not be considered a greater witness than the Masoretic when producing an English translation of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Tanakh.
For example, here is an excerpt from the Lockman Foundation website describing the source texts used for the translation known as the "New American Standard Bible" (NASB):


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What is the benefit(s) of Praying with a Minyan? Besides for all the additional things you can now do with a Minyan (Kaddish, Kriah etc). By prayer, I mean the Shmoneh Esreh. What is different in saying Shemoneh Esreh alone or together with nine other men?
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The Rambam writes (Tefillah 8:1)
Additionally, the Gemara (Brachot 8a at the top) brings a number of drashot regarding prayer with the congregation, calling it an Eit Ratzon -- a time of Divine favor, and some other positive adjectives.
Some sources expressing the advantage of davening with a Minyan (I am making this a community wiki so anyone can add more sources):
"Who is like G-d who answers us whenever we call out to Him?" (Devarim 4:7). But isn't it written "Seek G-d [only] when He can be found" (Yeshayah 55:6)? This one is dealing when with a congregation; this one is dealing when alone.
I think it is better to pray as a minyan because you are judged while praying as a group, not as an individual. Sorry I don't have a source, this is something my orthodox Rabbi told me. If someone knows the source, please comment.
when there's a minyan the shechina (divine presence) comes.
when alone, angels must bring the prayer up, and its more problematic, and less acceptable. (zohar)
also, every amen you say in a minyan/kedusha has big effects in the mystical worlds, and brings bracha to this world, and can only be said when the shechina comes to a minyan


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I'm new in Ubuntu and would like to know if there exist a complete step by step tutorial on how to set up an OpenVPN connection. I am hoping that it would be as easy as doing it in Windows 7. I have .ovpn files that I want to use. Are there any packages that I require? Is there an existing GUI for connecting to OpenVPN or am I expected to go through the terminal and be knowledgeable about certain commands? I hope you can help me out! :)
You can use the Network Manager applet to configure VPN connections. You need to install the openvpn plugin first.
Either from the command-line:
Or through the software center (search for network-manager-openvpn-gnome).
Then, your network applet menu will let you configure VPN connections. It will have an additional "VPN Connections" menu, with a submenu to "Configure VPN...". From there, you can import your existing .ovpn file, enter the location of your key and certificate files, enter the key password, etc.
Depending on your vpn server configuration and your needs, you may also want to:
There are excellent resources available, read this and this.
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hey you can install OPEN VPN plugin by going to networks and select Openvpn then install OPEN VPN plugin


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Microsoft's Woes Raise Stakes for Windows Blue
With hope fading that Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT 0.84 % new Windows 8 software will reignite computer sales, attention is already shifting to the company's next big effort to regain relevance: Windows Blue.
Microsoft has yet to formally define the software project. But Windows Blue is expected to mark a major change in the company's development methodology, replacing major launches of products every several years with frequent updates of features in operating software and applications such as Office.
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That model is common in Internet services and apps, markets where Microsoft is determined to play a larger role. Some analysts think Windows Blue will help bring together efforts such as Windows 8—which is targeted at tablets and personal computers—and the Windows Phone software for smartphones.
"Windows 8 was about birthing a new model of applications, essentially a tablet model," said IDC analyst Al Hilwa. "Blue is the next milestone in this plan. It brings the phone and PC platform closer together and makes both more compelling."
The stakes for Windows Blue rose this week when two market research firms reported that shipments of PCs fell by double-digits percentages in the first three months of this year.
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Figures from IDC and Gartner Inc. IT 1.37 % released Wednesday showed Windows 8 hasn't spurred much demand for PCs or tablets running the software. IDC leveled particularly harsh criticism at the software, saying some consumers were turned off by its touch-based interface.
The surprisingly steep drop—IDC called it the worst since it began releasing quarterly numbers for the software in 1994—caused a selloff in PC-related stocks Thursday. Microsoft's stock price slipped 4.9% Thursday afternoon to $28.82, after the company's stock price had touched a six-month high Wednesday.
A spokesman for Microsoft had no immediate comment Thursday.
Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ 0.50 % , the largest PC maker and a major Microsoft customer, showed the steepest decline in shipments in the first quarter, with a 24% drop, according to IDC. H-P's stock fell 6.4% to $20.86 in recent trading.
But executives at Microsoft and partners such as Intel Corp. INTC 0.26 % have acknowledged there is more work to do to encourage a wider array of touch-screen computing devices powered by Windows 8, and at lower price points.
Intel, which supplies microprocessors that serve as calculating engines in most PCs, is emphasizing a new line of battery-conserving chips that is known by the code name Haswell. The chips are expected to display much more sophisticated graphics and extend battery life on portable computers to eight to 10 hours.
Microsoft also has offered price breaks on its Windows software meant for a new class of simple PCs known as netbooks and seems to be responding to a market shift in consumer demand toward smaller tablets.
The company last year entered the market itself with the tablet known as Surface, just as products such as Apple Inc. AAPL -0.12 % 's iPad Mini spurred demand for smaller models. Microsoft is now preparing a similarly small model with a seven-inch display, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Executives at Intel and Microsoft have said they expect new computer chips and other advancements to drive down the cost of touch-screen laptops to as low as $500 or $600. For now, there are very few Windows 8 touch-screen computers on the market for less than $550.
Some on Wall Street aren't waiting for a new spark for PC and tablet demand. Analysts at Goldman Sachs GS -1.07 % and Nomura Securities downgraded their recommendations on Microsoft shares on Thursday, contributing to a selloff in the company's shares.
Goldman said investors should sell Microsoft shares, while Nomura downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy."
"The combination of Windows 8's sluggish adoption and the absence of compelling new hardware have been disappointing, with no relief likely until later this year," Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund said in a research note. "We would be more hesitant in putting new money into the stock and prefer to sit on the sidelines and reassess the upgrade cycle as we go into the second half."
Goldman Sachs said Microsoft needed to do more to court consumers rather than the corporate customers that are Microsoft's major source of profits.
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(Interjection) - A reply given directly after a person gives a witty remark or serious burn.
Person A: *super hot burn*
Person B: Shots Fired!
Person B: Shots Fired!
Your Highness AKA Perfection가 작성 2013년 05월 22일 (수)
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Can you define these popular missing words?
When you blatantly diss or call out somebody you have a disagreement or problem with. stems from the term "Warning Shots"
Guy 1: Oh, he's just mad at me because I had sex with his girlfriend.
Guy 2: OH SHIT, SHOTS FIRED!
Guy 2: OH SHIT, SHOTS FIRED!
He Who Is Awesome가 작성 2009년 09월 07일 (월)
Saying an insult to someones face; Being straight foward
Bob: "I dont like how you dress and your hair is messy".
Billy: "Dang shots fired".
Billy: "Dang shots fired".
datkidd.neknek가 작성 2015년 04월 22일 (수)
When you make fun of someone and make a joke about them. After you make a really good comeback it is customary for someone to yell "SHOTS FIRED". This is Aly's saying and Jack can't use it!
Boy: "You look like shit! Just like your mom!
Girl: "That really hurt my feelings"
Random kid in the crowd" "SHOTS FIRED!"
Girl: "That really hurt my feelings"
Random kid in the crowd" "SHOTS FIRED!"
Pussydestoyer6969가 작성 2015년 05월 29일 (금)
Aly's saying! Don't take it Jack! It means that you are throwin shade at someone or making fun of someone verbally. Not actually firing a gun
Man: you look awful
Woman: that hurt my feelings
Man: Shots fired
Woman: that hurt my feelings
Man: Shots fired
Pussydestoyer6969가 작성 2015년 05월 27일 (수)
pow pow
*pow pow*
(sound of a gun firing shots)
Shots Fired
(sound of a gun firing shots)
Shots Fired
Ching chong engrish가 작성 2013년 11월 17일 (일)
When you shotgun a beer, and then take a shot of fireball. The first person to finish both drink and yell "Shots Fired" wins
Man I was so drunk after playing Shots Fired
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Guide: Sending your child to summer camp
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Every year, parents send their children off to more than 12,000 day and overnight camps nationwide. In the last 20 years, the number of day camps alone has exploded by 90 percent, and highly specialized camps now cater to every child's interest, from clown acrobatics to hip hop.
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