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Sports Gossip: The Monday Morning Couch Potatoes
Fellas, the "Monday Morning Couch Potatoes" feel your pain. We understand that sometimes in life, you have to make sacrifices. We've all been there before. Spent Saturday night watching The Queen with the lady instead of at the bar with the boys? Picked the kids up from the dance recital instead of watching the big game? It's okay. It happens. That's where we come in.
At the start of every week, the "Monday Morning Couch Potatoes" (Peter Schrager and Adam Weinberg) will fill you in on the important things you missed while trying to pretend like you really care about all the other stuff in your life. Each Monday, you will wake up with an up-to-date summary of all the vital (and worthless) things you might have missed in the past week of sports and entertainment.
These are the six stories that sparked our interest the most during the past week of sports, pop culture and entertainment. This article, and every one of its biweekly successors, will serve as a "cheat sheet" for the various conversations you will have with coworkers and friends over the upcoming week.
So get educated, then hit up the water cooler for some conversation with the boys from accounts receivable.
Water Cooler Topic #1
Batter upThe 2006 Major League Baseball playoffs opened last week, and this year all four division-round matchups look to be loaded with storylines. Both New York teams head into the postseason as World Series favorites, the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals both limped through the end of the regular season and into the playoffs, and the Oakland A's made the big show once again.
Adam's take: October is a weird month for baseball. All the teams go back to being 0-0, pitchers start to wear those old-school nylon jackets when they are on base, and Alex Rodriguez goes from being one of the best players in baseball to an overpaid bottom-of-the-lineup waste. Playoff baseball is a mystical force — one that can make heroes out of Aaron Boone, Dave Roberts and Jeffery Meyer. However, the second season is also a vicious beast. Just ask the aforementioned A-Rod, Steve Bartman or Scooter the animated baseball — a blessing and a curse if you ask me.
Pete's take: Frank Thomas, Rondell White, Julio Franco, Bernie Williams, El Duque, Matt Stairs, Todd Jones — the list goes on. Is this the 2006 MLB playoffs or an old pile of Donruss Diamond Kings baseball cards? For all the youth in the postseason this year, it's the old guys that will really make their names heard. Would it have killed for a team to pick up Otis Nixon as a last second reserve? I'm convinced the old man could still steal 25 bases today.
Water Cooler Topic #2
Loser in the Big TenJust one week after surrendering a 16-point, fourth-quarter lead to Notre Dame, Michigan State became the first team in the Big Ten to lose to Illinois since 2004. Jason Reda's 39-yard field goal with only six seconds remaining gave Illini a shocking 23-20 victory in East Lansing.
Adam's take: Welcome back to national relevance Ron Zook. It's been a while. The last time we saw the infamous Mr. Zook, he was rumbling with frat boys and being chased out of Gainesville by people who wanted him fired. Now with Illinois, Zook has his first big-time win as his scrappy crew overcame a homecoming crowd and the 26-point spread. After all, they don't call them the Fighting Illini for nothing. Apparently, once a decade the squad lives up to their name.
Pete's take: MSU coach John L. Smith responded to the loss by repeatedly slapping himself in the face during the postgame press conference. The performance, of course, was typical Michigan State football. After the Notre Dame game every season — win or lose — the Spartans wrap it up and call it a season. With quarterback Drew Stanton now out with an injury, things don't look good for Michigan State's future. No big deal. There's a first-round loss to George Mason to avenge, and Midnight Madness is only a few weeks away.
Is this reality show really any competition for Monday Night Football?


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Bridgestone-Firestone Tuesday announced a voluntary recall of thousands of tires because of worries the tires' surface could crack.
The recall involves "approximately 98,500 P205/55R16 Firehawk GTA-02 tires, the majority of which are fitted as original equipment on the 2000 and 2001 Nissan Altima SE," the company said.
The Firehawk recall comes after months of controversy over the August recall of 6.5 million tires used mainly on Ford Explorer SUVs, pulled off the shelves because of possible tread separation problems that may have been linked to 148 deaths. The problems with the tires recalled earlier led to dozens of lawsuits and a Congressional investigation.
In a statement, Firestone said of the new recall, "The company decided to initiate the recall after an analysis of tires returned for adjustment showed a design-related issue that could result in surface crack at the edge of the tread and shoulder."
"Firestone is not aware of any claims, accidents or injuries relating to these tires and company testing of the tires has not resulted in the development of tread belt detachment," the company added.
Firestone said that overall, the tires "were performing at appropriate levels,"
A Firestone analysis found that the Firehawk GTA-02 have a belt that doesn't create enough of a buffer between the steel belt inside the tire and the tire's surface. That flaw could lead to a crack developing on the tire's edge and possibly exposing the steel belt.
The company said the problems were limited to the batch of Firehawk GTA-02 tires included in the recall, and that changes in design that eliminate the problem have already been made.
Firestone will mail notices to customers with the tires in question and replace them at no cost.
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The crabtree play was holding but they were letting them play most of the game, however crabtree very very clearly pushed off. At best it's offsetting penalties and they try again. Does that mean they score? David akers missed FG was a pretty big flop though and that directly added 3 points. The hold in the endzone is a saftey, nothing changes.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Didn't bowman basically tackle roddy white in the AFC championship game on the last play? Even inside 5 yards if it were you can't tackle a WR. No team always gets the bad calls.. it works both ways it really does.


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I have noticed the following iptables rule order executed by a program:
iptables -A INPUT -p all -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p all -s ip_address -j REJECT
I thought that based on the ordering principle of iptables, this would lead to the second line being ignored (ie. the ip_address will not be rejected because all connections are already accepted by the first line). Does it mean that this program is misconfigured?
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Went with the suggestion of white lettering instead of the black. I am still kind of torn between the two versions though. Really enjoying all this experimentation and play.
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We are pleased to announce that FIPA-OS v2.1.0 is now available for download.
FIPA-OS v2.1.0 is a documented release of the FIPA-OS v2.0.0g Experimental release plus many more extensions and improvements. New features include:
- An electronic marketplace framework provided as a tutorial exercise "eMarkets"
- HTTP MTP (HTTP support for platform interoperability provided by QM-UL)
- Specification compliance fixes from the FIPA Bake-Off meeting which validated FIPA-OS support for the FIPA Experimental specifications
- Thread Pooling in the TaskManager for reduced resource usage
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It gives us great pleasure to announce that an experimental release of Micro FIPA-OS is now available for download from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3819
MicroFIPAOS has been developed as part of the CRUMPET European research project (http://www.ist-crumpet.org/) primarily by Univeristy of Helsinki (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/), Sonera Corporation (http://www.sonera.com/) and Emorphia, and aims to provide the following enhancements for FIPA-OS:... read more
We are pleased to announce that FIPA-OS v2.0.0 is now available for download. There are several reasons for the '2', but principally it is to mark a 'change in management'. Nortel Networks has transferred management responsibility of FIPA-OS to Emorphia. All previous 'covered' code will continue under the Nortel Networks open source public license; however new code will be part of the 'larger works' FIPA-OS 2, released under the Emorphia Public License (http://www.emorphia.com/EPL/), which can also be used or adapted by FIPA-OS contributors. The spirit of royalty-free commercial and academic use continues with FIPA-OS 2. Many improvements and new features have been made to this release, not least security provisions. New features include: ... read more
You may have noticed that for most of this year, Emorphia has undertaken the main co-ordination task for FIPA-OS. The following confirmation was received from Nortel Networks today:
"Nortel Networks as Initial Developer and Manager of FIPA-OS has assigned the FIPA-OS management role; issue release control and further development to Emorphia Ltd, an independent start-up company that has evolved from the Nortel Networks Agent Technology Group.... read more
Hi to all FIPA-OS developers,
FIPA-OS v1.3.3 Released!
We are pleased to announce the availability of FIPA-OS v1.3.3
The main focus of work for this release has been to enable backward compatibility with JDK1.1 in order to enable FIPA-OS to be deployed onto small devices supporting Personal Java (this has been achieved without too many changes to the codebase through use of an automated code translation process).
Alongside the standard Java 2 version of FIPA-OS, you'll find a JDK1.1 download which has been tested using JDK1.1.8 - we consider this to be an experimental release. As always, please feel free to comment on this new distribution.
Other changes that have been made since the last release are:
Improved batch & shell scripts
RMI Naming Service now persistently stores references (NOTE: The RMI Naming Service no longer automatically starts - it must be started before starting the AgentLoader via the appropriate batch/script file).
To view a complete list of changes, we suggest looking at the change log (http://fipa-os.sourceforge.net/docs/changes.html)
Future plans
Support for the FIPA defined HTTP Message Transport Protocol.
DF GUI support for AIDs.
DF GUI support for DF federation.
Improved Agent Management GUI.
Improved Agent Profile mechanisms
Generic data-binding implementation
As always we look forward to your feedback on this release and particularly encourage discussions on any proposals for new features to be included in future releases, including those proposed within this announcement.
FIPA-OS co-ordinating team, 29/11/2000.
Hi FIPA-OS Developers,
We are pleased to announce the availability of FIPA-OS v1.3.2. Since the previous release we have concentrated on making configuration of the platform simpler, and improving the garbage collection within FIPA-OS platforms. FIPA-OS is available for download via http://www.nortelnetworks.com/fipa-os
Main changes:
- Many bug fixes & efficiency improvements to core classes
- Partial re-implementation of the TaskManager
- GUI's updated to use host OS look and feel
- More efficient DIAGNOSTICS output
- Tutorial Agents have been split from the main distribution, and are available as a separate download, or individually from the "Tutorials/Guides" section of our website.
- A inter-platform configuration guide has been produced (see the "Tutorials/Guides" section of our website @ http://fipa-os.sourceforge.net/tutorials.htm\).
To view a complete list of changes, we suggest looking at the FIPA-OS change log @ http://fipa-os.sourceforge.net/docs/changes.htm.... read more
Hi FIPA-OS Developers,
We are pleased to announce the availability of FIPA-OS v1.3.1! Since the previous release we have concentrated on improving the quality of the distribution and making the installation process easier by producing a platform-independent installation routine. FIPA-OS is available for download from http://www.nortelnetworks.com/fipa-os
The main changes are as follows:
- Simplified installation process using a platform-independent installer, which complements the GunZip and ZIP archive distributions
- Bug fixes to AgentLoader and IOTestAgent GUI's
- Configurator now also allows configuration of the default agent profile.
- TaskManager exception handling refined to help track down bugs.
- Improved control over DIAGNOSTICS output ... read more
Hi FIPA-OS Developers,
We are pleased to announce the availability of FIPA-OS v1.3.0; the first public Open Source implementation of the newly released FIPA Experimental specifications for Agent Management, Naming and Transport. FIPA-OS is available for download from http://www.nortelnetworks.com/fipa-os.
During the last 9 months FIPA has gone through a number of changes to its processes which has resulted in a new mechanism to publicly releasing specifications. At the 18th FIPA meeting, hosted by UMBC, a number of the core specifications were approved for Experimental release (recommended for implementation). The new FIPA specifications have lead to substantial changes to the FIPA-OS implementation, which we hope will greatly improve the quality of the code and the functionality. Due to the sheer number of changes that have taken place we encourage FIPA-OS Developers to assist us in testing the new system over the next couple of weeks. For a detailed list of the FIPA Experimental specifications supported by FIPA-OS see the project web site at http://www.nortelnetworks.com/fipa-os.... read more
Hi All,
Since the last release of FIPA-OS we have been working hard on improving many features and adding support for the newly approved FIPA Experimental specifications that will soon be available at http://www.fipa.org. As we are still at the early stages of using the SourceForge tools for advertising features and bugs to be worked on, and the status of the associated development work I felt it was appropriate to provide a short status summary right now.... read more
Hi FIPA-OS developers,
We are pleased to announce the availability of FIPA-OS Version 1.2.0; this is the 7th public release since FIPA-OS was launched last October.
FIPA-OS is easy to install and now supports Jess (Java Expert System Shell) and FIPA-CCL (Constraint Choice Language) to enable improved reasoning abilities within the agents. Please find a feature summary below, together with a brief look at future developments.... read more
Hi FIPA-OS developers,
Over the 3 months since the last release of FIPA-OS, our development effort has focused on addressing the main issues discussed on the mailing list: further simplification of the installation process, and improvements to the documentation. Please find a feature summary for the new release below, together with a brief look at what's coming next.
Since the last release a number of research projects have started to extend FIPA-OS. Details of these projects will be posted on the FIPA-OS web site shortly, but in the interim we are please to announce the following projects:... read more


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High school football: San Juan Broncos 2014 preview
Note: San Juan finished with a 6-5 overall record in 2013 and tied for third in 2A South with a 3-3 record. It lost to South Summit 43-0 in the 2A quarterfinals.
BLANDING — From 2008 to 2012, San Juan's football team only lost four total games.
Last year the Broncos lost five games and bowed out of the playoffs in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007. It wasn't entirely surprising.
There were rumblings heading into the season that it would be a down year for the traditional 2A power, a fate that was sealed in Week 2 when star linebacker Bronze Eldredge went down with a dislocated shoulder and was lost for the season.
"In 2A, you don't have the luxury of two or three deep in a spot. In 2A, if you lose a horse like Bronze that can be devastating," said coach Monty Lee, who's entering his 12th season with the Broncos. "We've lost kids before and we've been able to pick up the pieces, but last year was one of those nails that is driven into the coffin. We never recovered."
San Juan's coaching staff waited and waited for someone to step up and fill that emotional void, but nobody did as the team finished with a disappointing 6-5 record.
Fast forward to this season, and things are looking much brighter for the Broncos.
Not only is Eldredge back from injury and ready to put San Juan on his back, but Lee said so are a bunch of his teammates too.
"We've got a lot of kids that will do that this year," said Lee.
That collective hunger, particularly defensively, makes San Juan a scary team heading into the 2014 season.
During San Juan's perfect 12-0 season in 2010, the Broncos only allowed 3.3 ppg. Even though it came short of its ultimate goal in 2011 and 2012, the defense still dominated, only allowing 8.3 ppg and 5.9 ppg, respectively.
Last year that scoring defense ballooned to 18.7 ppg.
Lee believes this year's defense can be as dominant as those recent teams if it avoids the devastating injuries.
"We're really going to put a lot of emphasis on defense and giving opportunities to the offense through our defense," said Lee. "We're going to try to get the old defensive mentality back."
After losing to South Summit 43-0 in the quarterfinals last year, it's easy to see why defense is the priority.
So too is special teams after last year's disaster, particularly in kick coverage.
"We had way too many punts that ended up on our side of the 50-yard line. That's going to be our big focus," said Lee. "We've lost too many big games because of special teams. We've always used it to give kids a chance to get a feel of varsity, and we're not going to do that anymore."
Offensively, San Juan is counting on junior quarterback Payton Palmer to get the team back to respectability after a disappointing 2013 season in which it only averaged 18.9 ppg.
An injury thrust Palmer into the starting role the final six games of the season, and he struggled at times, completing just 41.9 percent of his passes for 574 yards, six TDs and four interceptions.
Much bigger things are expected this year.


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|I'm not usually a forum-y type of guy but I just wanted to thank you guys for this great series. I've been somewhat of a passive anime admirer for the past several years but through listening to ANN Cast since mid last year I've realized what a small industry this is and that I should be more actively supporting the artists I enjoy. I've just ordered a bunch of my first non-Ghibli DVD's & BD's including a lot of what you guys have been talking about in these 80's shows. Again thanks for the great shows and I look forward to hearing more.
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Hot damn! Post #2! I am the Buzz Aldrin of this thread! Suck it, all subsequent postronauts!
Seriously, I feel I should apologize for being louder than everyone else in this recording. I don't ordinarily talk that way. I just severely underestimated the pick-up quality of the microphone on my iMac. I'll do better next time.
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Charred Knight
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Whenever someone tells me "Now it might look unimpressive but in 1985 it was great" all of a sudden red flags start appearing like mad. A show that was great in 1985 should still be great by 2012. Riding Bean is still great, Gundam 0080 is still great, Urusei Yatsura is still great.
A top ten should only have ten anime on it. If you have more than ten than it stops being a top ten. When we do a 90's version I am not going to group Yasuhiro Imagawa's work together, my top two are going to be Giant Robo and G Gundam.
Too bad my list didn't get read (at least I don't think my list was read)
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(WARNING: It's a long post, but it's just because I had a lot to reply to)
If Tim didn't know already, there's a Victory Gundam side-story manga that features an old-man Judau Ashta piloting the ZZ and helping the Victory crew for the story the manga tells, so it's not like Judau is completely forgotten about after Gundam ZZ. I will agree that Judau is a very enjoyable Gundam character, and I'll take the sarcastic and light-hearted Judau Ashta over the supremely-whiny and nigh-hypocritic Kamille Bidan any day. Again, that's mostly why I prefer Metal Armor Dragonar over Zeta & ZZ, since it was able to take elements of both of those Gundam shows (specifically Zeta's mega-seriousness & ZZ's light-heartedness) without going too far in either direction, giving Dragonar a nice mix that shows that Sunrise can learn their lesson.
I agree with Daryl's assessment of Rintaro by saying that I remember enjoying the X movie, even though I will admit that it can be a convoluted mess of a story due to the sheer amount of characters. I think I'll have to watch it again to see if I still like it. On the other hand, I must admit that I haven't watched any Studio Ghibli productions outside of catching the second half of Princess Mononoke a couple of years back when Cartoon Network aired it, though I do have Grave of the Fireflies & Tales from Earthsea on DVD. My only excuse? I can be really lazy when it comes to stuff like this.
Fist of the North Star's "early filler problem" is tough to get through, but you do receive a great reward by getting a very story-focused run of episodes after plowing through that filler. It's the same thing with Saint Seiya TV, though Seiya's filler is worse since the show does heavily mix the filler into the actual story, requiring you to watch 100% filler episodes just so you won't get confused when filler characters appear in manga-adapted episodes (those damn Steel Saints!); Fist TV does the mix, too, but it's not as heavily-done. But once you're out of the filler you get a great run of actual story.
I think the main reason why GoShogun: The Time Etranger is so different from its original show is because of why the show was popular in the first place: The characters. From what I could tell, the original GoShogun TV series was mostly a series that made fun of the entire mech genre; apparently one scene involved the crew finding a robot that looks like the RX-78 "Gundam", and after GoShogun apparently gives it life the robot decides to kill itself after recalling its memories of war, and one of the reocurring jokes was that one of the villians' goals was to open a chain of fast-food restaurants. But in the end the show was more remembered for its characters and their great banter, which is easily seen by playing any Super Robot Wars that has GoShogun in it; much limke Braiger, GoShogun is more about the pilots than the robot. And I think The Time Etranger purposefully made it so much about the characters that the movie had to be a 100% different production than the original TV series.
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|I really dug both parts of this. Is there plans to do one for 90's and 00's as well? Just curious.
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A Doozybots reference in the episode description; very excellent.
I enjoyed this entire exercise a lot. I will have to see some of these things; I already have Riding Bean in the mail. I really look forward to the nineties episode in the Summer.
The sound was a little odd this time around. Zac was significantly quieter than everybody else. It wasn't unmanageable, but I don't remember that being a problem last week.
I know that Daryl doesn't like it, but since I'm sure that somebody will be interested, the and those who don't feel like looking for the lists from last episode, the complete lists are as below:
Tim Eldred:
5. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam / Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam (Sunrise, 1985/1986)
4. Fist of the North Star* (Toei, 1984)
3. Blue Meteor SPT Layzner (Sunrise, 1985)
2. Galactic Drifter Vifam (Sunrise, 1983)
1. Armored Trooper VOTOMS (Sunrise, 1983)
(While I haven't seen many of the titles listed during these episodes, Galactic Drifter Vifam was the only one I hadn't even heard of)
Daryl Surat:
5. Dagger of Kamui (Madhouse, 1985)
4. Akira (Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, 1988)
3. Golgo 13: The Professional (Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, 1983)
2. Area 88 (Studeio Pierrot 1985)
1. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Studio Nue, 1984)
Justin Sevakis:
5. Megazone 23 Part II (AIC/ARTMIC Studios, 1986)
4. Night on the Galactic Railroad (Group TAC, 1985)
3. GoShogun: The Time Étranger (Ashi Productions, 1985)[/i]
2. Space Adventure Cobra (UK Dub) (Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, 198Y)
1. Touch (Group TAC, 1985)
Zac Bertschy:
5. My Neighbor Totoro / Kiki's Delivery Service (Studio Ghibli, 1989/1989)
4. Night on the Galactic Railroad (Group TAC, 1985)
3. Space Adventure Cobra (Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, 198Y)
2. Akira (Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, 1988)
1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (Top Craft, 1984)
My top three wasn't listed, but just for the record, was as follows:
1. Project A-ko
2. GoShogun: The Time Étranger
3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
I expect this to be very entertaining and informative series.
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I totally agree. When I see an anime that was visually impressive from 1985, it's still visually impressive NOW. Like Area 88's aerial combat sequences are more or less unmatched in anime from any time, even Macross Zero or Yukikaze. Megazone 23 Part II's and Patlabor 1's destruction scenes are still beautiful. It's clearly not the animation that changed, animation is is still a frame by frame process, but the visuals that people can't get over. Yeah, 80s anime aren't going to have pristine CG backgrounds or the ability to use advanced digital compositing for ridiculously complex shots, but when something is done well, it sticks out and remains that way. Character design probably dates an anime more than anything, from what I've noticed.
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Weird; the version that was uploaded hadn't been run through Levelator.
I fixed it and reuploaded the proper version. Should sound like it always does now.
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I'm still a little upset over how Bandai Entertainment first released Zeta Gundam, with the dubtitles. I wish I had held out for the corrected subtitles, but they implied the first set was the only way you were going to get it. And don't get me started on the compilation movies.
Double Zeta? It's not anime, it's real life! Bad joke aside, though, it does have some pretty good episodes, especially the Dublin episodes. It's nowhere near as good as Zeta was, but I think a lot of people are turning around on this title, including me. I, too, enjoy Judau. I think what makes him instantly likeable is that he has a bunch of friends. It's almost like, "Hey, he's got friends, he must be cool!" Whereas Amuro and Kamille are very standoffish and kind of loners.
I love Bubblegum Crisis! I remember the first time watching it, on the Encore Action Channel. It's 80s-tastic, one of those ultra-violent fun 80s anime. It's nothing too complex, but it is so deliciously self-indulgant, I can't help but enjoy it. I agree that the dub is terrible (I wish somebody would re-dub it), one of the worst, but at least they went through the trouble of doing English versions of the songs. I read Daryl's article about it, it was good stuff. Oh, and AnimEigo put out a "remastered" set in a better blue box, which I have, but I still have the original box, too.
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While reviewing things, I realized that I forgot to offer another comment on Time Etranger: it always seemed to me like anime's answer to The Prisoner. It seemed to do for super robot tropes what The Prisoner did for British secret agent tropes; twisted them through a surreal grinder into something much more interesting.
Just puttin' it out there.
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|Kiki's Delivery Service was my first anime! I saw a commercial on TV for the original Disney VHS release and knew I had to see it. That movie has such a special place in my heart. I love it.
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I agree with the many views Bubblegum Crisis and forcing it on people, seeking it yourself when you specifically want what it provides is the only way to go into it. So when people ask for cyberpunk or shows with futuristic urban environments, it's always on there with Cyber City OEDO 808 and Armitage III. Telling people to just outright watch it now wouldn't fly, it's definitely mired in the 80s aesthetic visually an aurally. But since I dig that, I've always enjoyed it. Watching the BluRay over the old DVDs is definitely the way the go. Even with all of the animation shortcuts, mistakes, and dirt on the film, the grain really makes the art pop out more.
And yeah, about Yuyama, that guy has done a lot of really awesome stuff. Apfelland Monogatari just got subbed recently, and it's an interesting pre-WWI alternate history where Germany gets some radium shell that they want to attack France with, but have to go through this Swiss-like country. It's much more complex and serious that a kid's movie should be, but that's what happens when it's based off a Yoshiki Tanaka work. There's also a bunch of other non-Pokemon works like Slow Step, which is about teen relationships. How and why did he get roped into only doing Pokemon when even Gemnu Senki Leda stand can on its own and remain decently popular. I base this off of all the pixiv artwork I've seen, and unless there's been some recent related work, why would Leda, of all one-shot 80s OVAs still remain in the otaku consciousness? I even edited a Leda doujinshi recently from one of my preferred artists., that's certainly an uncommon occurrence; I never see Althea or Fandora doujinshi.
Adding to the Area 88 talk, I haven't even bothered to watch the new series. It's sitting in my Rightstuf cart because it has a good deal, but I just don't feel like it. Normally when I watch a series, I'll try to consume everything related to it in a methodical manner, but with Area 88 I just don't feel like the mid 00s crappy CG planes would be worth sitting through when the original has unmatchable sequencing. You have moving jets with airbrushing on the cels, that's impressive. As soon as I saw it, it moved right into my top five anime, and I showed to my college anime club, who really dug it and were getting emotionally invested in the story too. They really wanted to see Shin and Ryoko get together, so you imagine their reactions to the anime's ambiguous and bleak conclusion. And Daryl, I do believe more people know about the OVA series not just from the the video game, it often comes up when people are asking for jet fighter anime like Macross Plus or Zero. As for Shintani, that dude has some really interesting other anime tied to his name: Cleopatra DC daring to blow up a space shuttle 3 years after the Challenger disaster takes some massive nugs, and Goddamn rallying concept was fairly unique at the time of futuristic vision of Cyber Formula. No doubt Area 88 is his best work, and I'm glad he was able to impart his wants on the OVA, like the empty cartridges falling in the style of Dallos.
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Kunihiko Yuyama directed the Shin Kimagure Orange Road movie, but I guess that was some time ago now. I enjoy Leda a lot (I own the R2 DVD). Mutsumi Inomata did the character designs, Shiro Sagisu did the music, and Hiromi Tsuru voiced the main character. It also gets points for naming characters after the Kama Sutra ("Ringhum, Yoni, please help me!"). It has this subtle erotic vibe running through it while never showing anything explicit. Compared to Birth, which was much more of a showcase for animation technique (the making-of doc is more interesting than the show), Leda does hold up a lot better.
An interesting note about the sex scene in Megazone 23 Part II: After the initial theatrical release, the scene was cut down for the video releases. I always wondered why there were more explicit shots in the film comic until I saw the DVD, which used a new master. A DVD with the English dubbed version was bundled with the MZ23 PS3 game, but that version was edited to a hilarious degree. They had to cut out the entire sex scene as well as all the violent shots of people dying in wonderfully messy ways.
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I'm still a bit daft when it comes to manipulating things in WP themes. I'm trying to change the text color in the Copyright portion of the footer. Any leads? And where would I put that code? Running a child theme.
( BaedonWebz )
I'm still a bit daft when it comes to manipulating things in WP themes. I'm trying to change the text color in the Copyright portion of the footer. Any leads? And where would I put that code? Running a child theme.
( BaedonWebz )
I use Firebug to find these things out.
There is a copyright div that has this rule:
#copyright {
float: left;
margin: 0 20px;
width: 300px;
However, the text colour for this area and the rest of the footer (because all the text is link text) is being determined by this rule:
#footer a, #footer a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
So, to change text color for all types of text in the copyright area of the footer you will need two rules in your child theme style sheet, I think:
#copyright {
color: #nnnnnn;
#footer #copyright a,
#footer #copyright a:visited {
color: #nnnnnn;
You might also need an a:hover rule, depending on how you want to deal with link text under the mouse cursor.
I tried those suggestions and didn't come up with anything that changed it so the non-linked text was visible. Beginning to wonder if I might have to try calling a different background image.
(If you read didn't before, that was a typo)
Have you left them in your style sheet so that I can try to see why they're not being picked up?
The only non-linked text in the copyright area is the h3 title that says "Copyright". Everything else is a link. So did the link text colour change?
Oh! and silly question, but you did use a numeric value instead of 'nnnnnn', didn't you? I just put 'nnnnnn' as a placeholder because I didn't know what colour you wanted.
Below the word copyright, there is the following:
'BaedonWebz by Henry C Kessler III is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.baedonwebz.com/about.'
My name, the Creative COmmons Attribution...., and link to about page are links...rest is text. The text is so dark, it can't be seen. That is the text I'm trying to pop out of the background.
The onlything I have in my style sheet that isn't inheritted is code to hide the title on the front page. The rest is called from the parent.
(And yes, since n is beyound f, I knew it was a place holder.)
Thanks again, looking over the footer section of the parent style.css right now. If al else fails, I can contact my neice, she's good at CSS.
#footer {
background: url(images/sprite_h.png) left -952px repeat-x #nnnnnn;
You were very helpful, got me looking at the right section of the footer style tags. Thanks again!
My pleasure.
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18 October 2011 10:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Edgar Wright's latest epic project [1] has him partnering with Quentin Tarantino, Judd Apatow, Joss Whedon, Bill Hader, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Dante, Greg Mottola, Harry Knowles, Rian Johnson and, probably, several of you. Like all of us, Wright has a bunch of classic and cult films he's never seen. Unlike all of us, he has the means to see them for the first time on the big screen and will do just that in December [2] at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during Films Edgar Has Never Seen. The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World asked both his famous friends (some of which are listed above) and fans to send in their personal must see lists and, from those titles, Wright came up with one mega list from which he'll pick a few movies to watch December 9-16. After the jump check »
- Germain Lussier
25 August 2011 3:43 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Star may follow final appearance as Batman in The Dark Knight Rises with part in remake of Park Chan-Wook's cult thriller
Christian Bale is considering the part of the main villain in Spike Lee's version of Park Chan-wook's cult South Korean thriller, Oldboy, reports Variety.
Lee's remake is one of a number of roles that Bale may take on in the wake of The Dark Knight Rises, supposedly his final turn as Batman, which is currently filming for a July 2012 release. As well as Oldboy, Bale is said to be considering the forthcoming remake of A Star is Born, starring Beyoncé, which Clint Eastwood is directing. He is also linked to Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic, Noah, and the Michael Mann film Gold, said to be a contemporary thriller in the vein of the classic 1948 John Huston tale The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which starred Humphrey Bogart as a prospector in 1920s Mexico. »
- Ben Child
24 August 2011 3:28 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Talk about seeing your stock rise, when you're an actor and you are about to reprise your role in the sequel to one of the top ten largest worldwide successes ever and your follow-up options include films directed by Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Darren Aronofsky and Michael Mann you can look yourself in the mirror and say, "Yeah, I'm doing something right."
As it turns out, Variety reports that is exactly the scenario Christian Bale is looking at once he concludes shooting The Dark Knight Rises with Christopher Nolan later this year. He will be putting an end to his time as Batman and begin a post-cowl cinematic exploration and the grass certainly looks green as I'm sure the paycheck will as well.
Let's just do a quick rundown of Bale's options and we'll go in alphabetical order by director...
Noah (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
First for Darren Aronofsky's Noah, »
- Brad Brevet
24 August 2011 2:00 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Very rarely do fans get a glimpse into the decision making process of major stars. All we know is that the biggest actors in Hollywood can often seemingly do whatever they want, so people like Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise get their pick of the best scripts out there. It seems like Christian Bale could be joining that elite list. The recent Oscar-winner (something none of those other men can claim) slips seamlessly between smaller characters pieces, like The Machinist, and massive blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises. According to Variety, Bale has a pretty impressive list of projects he can choose from after he hangs up Batman's cowl. Think of the info that follows as a glimpse at Bale's own personal desk. Will he choose A Star is Born directed by Clint Eastwood, Gold directed by Michael Mann, Oldboy directed by Spike Lee, Out of »
- Germain Lussier
17 August 2011 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Late legendary movie director John Huston is to be honoured with his own postage stamp in America.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker behind iconic movies The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle and 1952's Moulin Rouge will be remembered by the U.S. Postal Service next year.
The stamp artwork will be inspired by Huston's 1941 film The Maltese Falcon and will include star Humphrey Bogart clutching a statue of the falcon.
Four stamps will be launched in the Great Film Directors series - John Ford and Frank Capra have been named as the other filmmakers to be honoured, while the fourth director will be announced at a later date. »
14 August 2011 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Broadcaster, writer and quizmaster known for Brain of Britain, Call My Bluff and Stop the Week
The broadcaster and writer Robert Robinson, who has died at the age of 83 after a long period of ill health, had an extraordinary flair for either captivating or irritating his audience, or sometimes both. The wide range of programmes he presided over for BBC television included the film programme Picture Parade (1959), the arts review The Look of the Week (1966), and the quiz shows Call My Bluff and Ask the Family (or as he labelled them, "call my agent" and "ask your dad", both from 1967 onwards). In 1961 he started the five-minute slot for viewers' letters, Points of View, which has continued until the present under a dynasty of presenters, among them two further but unrelated Robinsons, Kenneth and Anne.
On Radio 4 from 1971 to 1974, he and John Timpson were the first to make the morning news programme Today a double-act, »
- Philip Purser, Dennis Barker
19 July 2011 6:29 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
It's safe to say that most of us who are enthused by the big screen have some kind of affection for Indiana Jones. After all, what's not to like? He's adventurous, dry, good with the ladies, intelligent, unbelievably cool, and somewhat of a goofball.
George Lucas originally envisioned Indiana Jones as more of a James Bond variant, sipping martinis and smoking cigarettes, but Lawrence Kasdan's wonderful script for Raiders of the Lost Ark painted him a little differently – the kind of man who only knows how to make it up as he goes, a trait which ultimately served to make him all the more human. Harrison Ford personified it majestically.
The Indy films are one of cinema's best loved endeavours (we'll try and forget about the latest one), and it's assumed, as with most things, that everybody has a favourite. Unlike with The Lord of the Rings films, »
- Tom Barnard
27 June 2011 9:51 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Senses of Cinema editor Rolando Caputo introduces the new issue: "For some time now, Senses has wanted to publish an English language translation of Jean-Baptiste Thoret's seminal article, 'The Seventies Reloaded: (What does the cinema think about when it dreams of Baudrillard?),' first published in French in 2005. So, it has been some wait, but finally we've got our wish thanks to a translation by Daniel Fairfax that does full justice to the original. Thoret is both one of the most esteemed scholars on Baudrillard's writings (a long-term Editor-in-Chief of Panic, a French journal closely associated with Baudrillardian thought), and a specialist of the American cinema of the post-classical Hollywood period (author of Le Cinéma américain des années 70, 2006). Both strands come together in sticking fashion in 'The Seventies Reloaded.'"
Among the other highlights of Issue 59: Jiwei Xiao on Jia Zhangke, Peter Tonguette on King Vidor, Graham Daseler on »
21 June 2011 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
It's The Descent meets The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in The Guardian . The thriller will be directed by Sergio Sanchez Suarez, who is making his English-language feature debut after the Mexican drama Tequila . The story finds three park rangers who seek treasure deep in a cave, until their friendship is "torn apart." Hmm, literally, you think? Shooting begins this fall. »
11 June 2011 10:20 PM, PDT | CriterionCast | See recent CriterionCast news »
There are Tons of new releases this past week, and as my co-host and friend Travis George said, it was going to be a hell of a time to write these up for all of you people out there who want to know about Criterion's blossoming Hulu Plus page. And as usual, I'm elated to tell you all about these films, especially if you want to join up to the service, which helps us keep this weekly article series going. I mean, come on, there's an Ingmar Bergman film that's not in the collection yet! More on that at the end of the article. So let's get right to it then.
The epic film The Human Condition (1959) has been put up, separated into three videos. Parts 1 & 2, Parts 3 & 4 and Parts 5 & 6 are there for your ease of watching, so if you have 574 minutes to kill watching the »
- James McCormick
7 June 2011 9:51 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I stumbled upon a list of 41 of Woody Allen's favorite films over at This Recording, which were actually pulled from Allen's 2007 biography written by Eric Lax titled "Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking" which you can buy from Amazon for $16.47.
Allen comments on the lists, of which he breaks up into different categories, saying, "My tastes seem to me unremarkable except in the area of talking plot comedies where I seem to have little tolerance for anything and certainly not my own films."
Unfortunately, he's pretty much right as I would bet most avid movie watchers will have seen the majority of the films he lists and then when he does get to talking plot comedies he waves a white flag in fear of looking foolish saying, "[My] taste is eccentric and there are any number of comedies I love that would make me seem foolish or should I say, »
- Brad Brevet
3 June 2011 6:37 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
"How come you only show us clips from movies none of us ever heard of?"
She was 30, a single mom who'd admirably gone back to school for a business degree to better things for her and her family. She'd taken my film appreciation class as an elective, a break from the grind of her business classes, expecting it would be – her word – "fun."
But, due to the aforementioned "movies none of us ever heard of," she was not having the anticipated fun.
I explained, "Because most movies were made before you were born."
Simple and obvious, it still didn't satisfy her, and the unasked next question in her eyes I guessed to be, "But why do we have to see them?"
Most of my class – not all, but most – I knew felt similarly. They didn't say it but I could tell: rolled eyes, glazed eyes, eyes »
- Bill Mesce
15 April 2011 7:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The brilliant writer/director, Michael Mann, is looking to direct an upcoming thriller, Gold, THR reports. And I think the fact that Mann is interested enough in the script to want to direct it pretty much guarantees it's something we should all already be very much looking forward to. I know I am.
Mann will be teaming up with Paul Haggis (The Next Three Days, Crash), who was initially to direct the film but had to pull out to focus on other projects. Haggis is now going to be producing the film, alongside man and Michael Nozik, who worked with Haggis producing The Next Three Days.
Gold will be,
"a contemporary thriller in the vein of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, set around a ruthless search for the precious metal."
I have to admit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) is a little bit before my time, and »
- Kenji Lloyd
14 April 2011 7:33 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Looks like Michael Mann, Public Enemies director is back! He is now apparently set up to direct project titled Gold and he will team up with Paul Haggis who will serve as a producing partner for the movie that will, as you already guess, center on a search for gold.
At this moment not much is known about the whole thing but we do know that the story comes from Patrick Massett and John Zinman, co-executive producers of Friday Night Lights and The Chicago Code, who first wrote the spec script as a feature writing sample.
So, Gold will follow prospectors and speculators on the ruthless search for gold, and the film will take a contemporary look at The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Mann and Haggis will produce the film alongside Michael Nozik, and they plan on developing the package before going out to studios.
At this moment, no »
- Fiona
13 April 2011 8:14 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's been a couple of years since Michael Mann's most recent film, Public Enemies, hit theaters, and now we have word that he may have found his next feature. Simply titled Gold, the project is described as a contemporary thriller with hints of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, set around a ruthless search for - you guessed it - gold. Initially presented as a feature writing sample by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, writer/director Paul Haggis became attached and at one point considered directing the film himself. However, other projects drew Haggis away from the director's chair, which paved the way for Mann to come on board. Gold will be produced under Mann's Forward Pass banner with the idea to "develop and package the project before setting it up at a studio." A story like Gold easily conjures up memories of There Will Be Blood from a few years back, »
- Aaron
13 April 2011 11:34 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Heat Vision's Borys Kit reports Bradley Cooper has entered negotiations to star in Relativity's remake of The Crow. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), who boarded the project last week, is said to have hit it off with Cooper at a recent meeting. While the two supposedly share a vision for the character and film, I'm just not seeing it. My familiarity with the character is limited to the original 1994 Brandon Lee film, but in my eyes Cooper lacks that whole dark and mysterious thing the character seems to call for. I'm thinking Taylor Kitsch, but maybe that's just because I've been watching so much "Friday Night Lights" lately. Any other suggestions?
Kit also reports's Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) and Paul Haggis (Crash) will collaborate on the The Treasure of the Sierra Madre-esque contemporary thriller Gold. The script by Patrick Massett and John Zinman (co-writers of TV shows "Friday Night Lights »
- Kevin Blumeyer
13 April 2011 10:34 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Michael Mann, perhaps one of the most talented filmmakers currently working, has many options when choosing what his next film will be. He's kept directing, as there's the pilot for the HBO series Luck premiering this fall, but as for features? That's a tad unclear. Two movies we've heard about are Agincourt and Big Tuna, with the former being a medieval drama and the latter a Chicago-set gangster story (something he knows as well as anybody). Then there's also Capa, a biopic of famed war photographer Robert Capa, which has already landed Gemma Arterton and Andrew Garfield for parts. Now, we have yet another project to add to the pile.
According to THR, the director is teaming up with Academy Award winner Paul Haggis for Gold, which is written by the Crash scribe, based on a spec script by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, writers »
- Nick Newman
13 April 2011 10:26 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
"Heat" director Michael Mann and "Crash" guy Paul Haggis are teaming up to bring "Gold" to the big screen. Described as "a contemporary thriller in the vein of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'", the film started life as a writing sample from TV writers Patrick Massett and John Zinman, and piqued Haggis' fancy. Haggis brought it to Mann, who also liked it. There is no studio or actor attached, and Mann and Haggis plan to develop the script, with Mann possibly directing. Haggis had originally wanted to direct, too, but decided to do other projects instead. »
- Nix
13 April 2011 9:04 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Invest his time that is. There's a famous quote from the cinema classic City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold that I've taken into my heart and try to live by. Jack Palance, playing Curly's twin brother Duke, remarks to Billy Crystal's character Mitch, "Curly was wrong, there's two things. Whatever the hell this is… and gold." What does this have to do with anything? Almost nothing. But Michael Mann is about to push a film called Gold up to the tippy top of his films-to-be-directed list. Gold is being described by The Hollywood Reporter as a modern take on a The Treasure of the Sierra Madre type story about competing gold prospectors chasing down the precious metal. I could always go for a good sweeping adventure story, and the mentioning of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre really gets my motor revving, but »
- Nathan Adams
13 April 2011 8:10 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
I don't think you could find a pair I'm more neutral about than Michael Mann and Paul Haggis. I've never been too wild about much of anything they've done, but I've never loathed any of it either. Well now the two are coming together for a new project that I will assuredly watch while eating vanilla ice cream. It's called Gold and I can't get than damn Austin Powers character out of my head now. The story is said to be an updated variant of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, but »
- Paul Tassi
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My name is Lynne Webb (email@example.com) and I am a NYS Library Development Specialist and program manager for the Public Library Construction program. The purpose of this webcast is to provide information to public library systems about the New York State Library Public Library Construction Grant.
Part 4 of the NYSL's Public Library Construction program webcast series will cover the roles and responsibilities of the Public Library System related to the Public Library Construction Program.
The Public Library System has an important role in the Public Library Construction Program. All individual public libraries must work with their appropriate library system to develop and submit online applications.
The public Library System provides Technical Assistance and program guidance to all its member libraries.
The public Library System recommends projects for funding. Applications are submitted to DLD after having been reviewed and approved by the governing board of the public library system.
The Public Library System designates a system contact who is responsible for working on the Public Library Construction Program. This contact acts as a liaison for all their member libraries who are participating in the Program and is a key contact for the Division of Library Development.
Finally, the Library System is also eligible to be a Program Applicant. Sixty percent of a systems allocation is available solely for member library projects. Forty percent of a systems allocation is available for use by the library system and/or its member libraries.
In order to provide technical assistance and program guidance the Public Library System must understand the laws, regulations, and program guidelines. All of this information is available on the Division of Library Development Website at the links listed here. (http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/excerpts/finished_regs/9012.htm |
Member libraries are encouraged to talk to their system contacts at the earliest stage of project development. Member libraries frequently have questions while filling out the online application. For library system staff unfamiliar with the Public Library Construction Program it would be beneficial to view Part 1: Program Overview, Part 2: Completing the Online Application, Part 3: Closing a Project of this series for more information. Also, please encourage your member libraries to view this webcast series since it provides a great deal of the basic information they need.
The Library System is responsible for a number of tasks regarding the online application including:
- Setting the due date for their members to submit applications
- Reviewing and editing a members application
- Unlocking a members application
- Completing the Public Library System Checklist
- Filling out an evaluation Form for each member library application
- Completing a "Reduced Match Justification" if applicable.
- Submitting members FS-10s, Payee and w-9 Forms to NYSL Division of Library Development.
- Setting the recommended funding amount for members
- Submitting member applications to NYSL Division of Library Development by the appropriate deadline.
We will take a look at each of these tasks but first let's review how to access the online system.
To access the online system go to http://eservices.nysed.gov/ldgrants and Type in a Username and Password and click "Sign In". The user name is usually firstname.lastname (with a period in between the first and last names.)
At the first login session, the system will request a change in password and ask to set up security questions. These questions will be used in case the password is later forgotten.
Password must be at least 8 characters long; one of which must be a numeric character and cannot be the same as username or default password.
If a password is forgotten, click the link "I forgot my password" and follow the instructions.
If you are have a problem please contact firstname.lastname@example.com to reset your password.
Use the online form available for registering for an online account if a username and password are needed. Access this form from the link listed here. https://eservices.nysed.gov/ldgrants/ldgext/diRegistration.do (This link is also available on the Public Library Construction Library Development webpage) Fill in the required information and submit. A user name and password will be sent.
If you already have a user name and password and you remember it you can go ahead and login. If you don't remember your password or your password has expired please fill out this form and we will reset it and email it to you.
You are now ready to access the online system
The first step for the Library System is to Set the System Due Date that member libraries will submit their applications by. The Library System should set the due date when the online system opens for a new grant cycle. NYSL DLD will send an email to System Directors and a message will be placed on the NYLINE listserv announcing that the portal is open. To set a new due date for your member libraries click on "Due Dates" link on the top menu bar. A table will appear that lists a row for each fiscal year, containing the PLS name, PLS due date, Library Development due date, the system's allocation, and the system' amount recommended so far for a given year.
Click on the "edit" link to bring up a due date record.
Enter the due date that you want your member libraries to submit applications by. This due date will be visible on the member's checklist page. The due date must be in MM/DD/YYYY format. Click on the "save" button to save the PLS due date.
When you log into the online system you will be taken to this screen. From here you can click on "Submitted Member Applications" and use the drop down year menu to view your member's apps.
A screen similar to this one will appear. From here click on an individual application and you will be taken to the Public Library System Checklist.
The checklist page for each application has links to all portions of the application, including the Application Form, Narratives, Budget, Attachments, and all Documents/Approvals that need to be attached or mailed.
Please review your member libraries application for completeness and make sure they are complying with the Program's Law, Rules & Regs, and Guidelines. This will expedite our review process , be less time-consuming for you, and ensure a the best outcome for your member libraries.
If more direction is needed on any of these sections please review Part 2 of our webcast series: "Completing the Online Application"
Once a member submits an application to their PLS, the member is locked from editing the Application Form, Narratives, Budget, etc. The PLS can edit the application for the member. Or, the PLS can unlock the application, and allow the member to edit
To unlock an application for the member: scroll to the bottom of the application Checklist page. Click the link for 'unlock application'.
Note: Once the PLS submits an application to Library Development, both the member and the PLS are locked from editing the Application Form, Narratives, Budget, etc. The PLS will no longer have the ability to unlock the application.
The first two items on the checklist: Evaluation Form & Reduced Match Form are completed by the Library System
To edit a member's Application Form, Narratives, Budget, Attachments, click on the appropriate link on the Checklist page.
Remember to "save" any changes that are made.
****Also, remember that after the PLS submits a member application to Library Development, the PLS will no longer be able to edit the application.
Let's look at Evaluation Form
The Evaluation form is completed by the Library System. The evaluation form indicates if the project will be recommended for funding and lists the amount recommended. The form also has a series of yes/no questions and textboxes for comments. Please make sure you provide adequate comments as appropriate especially. Note that #1: "How will this project assist the applicant to provide more effective service within the system's standards of organization and service?" requires a comment. Use the Save button at the bottom of the form to save all data entries. The evaluation form comments will be visible to Library Development, but Not visible to member libraries.
The top of the evaluation form contains monetary figures related to the cost/recommendation amounts for this project. The figures include the cost of the project, the amount of funds requested for the project, these amounts are automatically populated from the online application. The maximum recommendation amount is automatically calculated. The system allocation is also listed.
Line number 5 contains the total amount of money the PLS has recommended so far (a running total of the Amount Recommended for all members for the given fiscal year). An error message will display if the Total Recommended by System exceeds the System's Allocation. (Note: It may become necessary to reallocate funds that are unused in that case the Total Recommended by the System may exceed the Systems original Allocation despite the warning message.)
The Library System indicates on the evaluation form if the project will be recommended for funding – yes or no. If the project is recommended for funding the library system indicates the amount recommended.
The 'Amount Recommended' field is the amount the PLS recommends. This amount cannot exceed Line 3 "Maximum Recommendation Amount".
Once the PLS submits the member application to Library Development, the PLS will be locked out of editing the Evaluation Form and Amount Recommended
The Reduced Match Justification form is completed by library system staff. This form is required to be completed and submitted as part of the online application by library system staff for each member public library deemed eligible by the library system for a reduced match requirement below 50%. Funds for public library construction can be provided for "up to seventy-five percent of the total project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically disadvantaged community", as determined by the library's library system. Public libraries that are located in communities that are not identified by the library system as economically disadvantaged communities are eligible for a maximum of fifty percent of the total project approved costs.
The following documents are required to be electronically attached to the application: Assurances, Certificate of Available Funds to Finance Project, Short/Full Environmental Assessment Form, Smart Growth Form, Pre-Construction Building Photographs.
The following documents must be electronically attached to the application only if the project meets the criteria given: SHPO Approval, Office of Facilities Planning Approval, Cert of 10 Year Lease. Review the online system instructions to determine if a project requires these additional documents.
Assurances are required. The first four boxes must be checked, the fifth applies to any applicant that does not own its own building, with the exception of those applicants whose buildings are owned by a school district or BOCES. The first box deals with the new M/WBE requirement. Make sure the bottom half of the form is complete and signed by the President of the Board of Trustees. The form can be printed, signed, scanned and electronically attached to your grant application. The original form with original signatures must be kept on file, and can be requested at any point in the future should the need arise. Please use the form that is provided in the application.
All applicants requesting $25,000 or more are required to comply with NYSED's Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) policy.
For complete information on the M/WBE policy, including the timeframe, methods and forms for complying please go to the DLD website.
The State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) requires that applicants evaluate the potential environmental consequences of certain activities and to minimize adverse impacts. To that end all applicants must complete the Short Environmental Assessment Forms (SEAF) as part of the application process. For some projects this will be enough to comply with SEQRA. In other cases though the applicant may need to complete a long form EAF. Links to all the forms are provided in the application. A link to more information is also available. Please make sure that the forms are completely filled out and signed before attaching them to your application. Note that the Short Environmental Assessment now requires completion of two forms, please make sure to complete all three parts of both forms, and sign the forms in the appropriate place. Also make sure to attach a map of your project location as per instruction in part one.
Three copies of the FS-10 Form with Original signatures in blue ink and 1 copy of the Payee Information Form with original signature in blue ink and a W-9 form must be mailed to the PLS by each applicant. The PLS will mail the FS-10s and Payee Forms of approved projects to the NYSL Division of Library Development.
Note: Please remember to send the appropriate amount of FS-10s, Payee Forms, and w-9s for each applicant.
From the top menu bar in the Construction Reviewer module, click the link 'Submit Reviews to LD'.
Select a Fiscal Year from the drop down list, and click View. The table will list all member applications submitted to the PLS.
The amount requested for the project, and the maximum recommendation amount are listed. The amount recommended for each application is copied over from the Evaluation Form. The PLS can also edit the amount recommended on this screen. To Save a new Recommended Amount, click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. The calculations of the 'Total Recommended Amt' and the 'Amt available to recommend' will refresh after the Save button is clicked.
To submit an application to Library Development, click the checkbox in the 'Submit to LD' column, and click the Save button. You can submit one or multiple applications at a time. Note: You must click the checkbox before saving, otherwise your applications will not be able to be reviewed by Library Development as required.
NOTE: after you click the 'Submit to LD' checkbox, and click the Save button to save your changes, both the PLS and member will be locked out of editing the application. The PLS cannot edit the Amount Recommended for any application submitted to LD.
The Final Report Checklist is available in "read only access" for the Public Library System. The Final Report Checklist contains the documents that the member library must submit in order to receive their final 10% payment.
The Public Library System is a main point of contact for both the NYSL Division of Library Development and a system's member libraries. DLD will contact the System with any issues or questions regarding a member's application or project. Likewise a member library may contact the System with issues/questions. Again it is import for the Library System to be familiar with the Program law, regs, and Guidelines in order to provide member libraries with best possible guidance and information. If a Library System is unable to provide an answer they should contact NYSL, DLD.
NYSL Public Library Construction Program contacts are as follows:
Thank-you for participating in this webcast and if you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
NYSL Public Library Construction Program contacts are as follows: Lynne Webb; Kimberly Anderson; Barbara Massago.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Nov 27, 1984
|Filing date
|Oct 21, 1981
|Priority date
|Oct 21, 1981
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Lawrence P. Simms
|Original Assignee
|Donn Incorporated
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (10), Classifications (8), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to the support of landscape screens or the like, and more particularly to a novel and improved system for supporting landscape screens on elevated or computer floor systems.
Landscape screens are often used in commercial work areas to provide space dividers. For example, in a large, relatively open work area, screens are sometimes arranged to separate various areas to provide privacy, to break up open expanses, or to reduce distraction. Such screens are normally not fixed in place, but are movable so that they may be repositioned when work area revisions are required.
Usually, landscape screens are supported by legs or stands which merely rest on a floor structure and extend laterally from the plane of the screen to provide lateral support. Because the supports extend laterally from the screens to provide this lateral support, they provide obstructions to traffic which are undesirable. They also tend to limit the area in which furniture or other equipment can be located. Still further, such supports do not provide a secure support for the screens and the screens are sometimes bumped out of place or tipped over.
In accordance with the present invention, a novel and improved landscape screen support system is provided. Such support system combines sockets within the floor structure itself with removable studs and stud tracks which provide a secure landscape screen support, permit the placement of the screens in substantially any desired position, and also readily permit relocation of the screens when desired.
Further, the support system is located within the lateral confines of the screen itself so that it does not obstruct traffic or the placement of furniture or equipment.
The preferred embodiment of the support system is applied to a floor system including a plurality of removable panels which cooperate when installed to provide a large floor structure. Such floor system is provided, for example, in a floor system generally referred to as a "computer floor" or a "raised floor." Most such floor systems provide square floor panels which are supported by pedestals at a location above the building's basic floor structure to provide a subfloor space through which power lines can pass and/or through which ventilating and conditioning air may also pass. In such floor systems, individual panels may be removed and replaced as required. An example of such a raised or computer floor structure is illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,067,156 and in the pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 264,932, filed May 18, 1981.
The actual screen support system includes sockets provided in at least some of the floor panels. The system also includes studs which may be removably positioned in such sockets and mating tracks which are mounted on the lower edge of the landscape screens. The tracks and studs are provided with interfitting structure which allows the studs to be secured to the track at substantially any selected position along the tracks.
For installation of a screen in a desired location, floor panels are located within the floor system so as to provide sockets at the locations where the screen is to be supported. The tracks are mounted on the lower edge of the screen and the studs are positioned in the tracks and moved therealong to a position in which they can be inserted into the sockets. Preferably, means are provided to lock the studs relative to the track in the proper position therealong.
In addition, the studs may be provided with height-adjusting means so that the height of the supported screen with respect to the floor may be adjusted.
With the preferred embodiments illustrated, landscape screens can be positioned at substantially any location and readily moved as desired. Further, a firm support is provided so that the screen is fixed in place and is able to withstand the loads normally encountered thereby. Because the studs do not extend laterally from the screens and are within the envelope of the screen itself, the support system does not produce any traffic obstructions or any obstructions to the placement of furniture or other equipment.
Although the illustrated embodiment of this invention involves the mounting of landscape screens or the like, it is within the broader aspects of this invention to provide a floor system providing floor panels having support means for removably supporting other types of devices or accessories. For example, railing or light posts can be supported in the floor panel sockets illustrated.
These and other aspects of this invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and are more fully described in the following specification.
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary, perspective view of an elevated floor system having two landscape screens mounted thereon;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a floor system having landscape screens of various sizes and shapes mounted in random positions thereon;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary section illustrating a socket applied to one form of elevated floor panel and a stud which may be vertically adjusted with respect to the floor and locked in place;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary, perspective view illustrating the track and stud interconnection;
FIG. 5 is a schematic side elevation of a landscaping screen provided with a first system for anchoring the track on the screen;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary section of another track anchoring system;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 3 but illustrating another embodiment of socket and stud structure in which there is no vertical adjustment provided; and
FIG. 8 is a fragmentary view similar to FIGS. 3 and 7 but illustrating still another embodiment of stud and socket anchoring structure.
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a typical elevated floor system in which a plurality of square panels 10 are supported at their corners on pedestals 11 and cooperate to provide a floor surface 12 which is spaced up from the main floor structure of a building. A typical pedestal is illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,113,219 (assigned to the assignee of the present invention). Typically, the panels are provided with a floor surface which may be a carpet or tile as the case may be. Such floor panels 10 are individually removable to provide access to the underfloor area between the panel system and the main floor of the building. Such underfloor area is often used for power cables and heating or cooling conditioning air.
In accordance with the present invention, support means are provided to support landscape screens 13 from the panels 10. In FIG. 1, two landscape screens 13 are illustrated, one of which is parallel to the side edges of the panels 12 and the other of which is positioned in a diagonal position with respect to the side edges of the panels. Each of the screens is supported by a pair of studs 14 which are spaced along the length of the screen and fit into sockets 15 provided in the floor panels 10, as discussed in detail below.
The sockets 15 may be mounted in any suitable manner in the floor panels 10. Various types of floor panels 10 are known in the prior art. For example, some floor panels provide a metal surface which surrounds a core and other panels are fabricated from sheet metal. In the drawings, this invention is illustrated as applied to a floor panel having the construction illustrated in the Swensen, copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 264,932, filed May 18, 1981 (assigned to the assignee of the present invention). Such application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety to illustrate the full structure of one particular floor panel to which the present invention is applicable.
Such floor panel includes an upper plate 16 and a lower frame or support member 17 which is welded to the lower surface of the upper plate 16 and is shaped to provide a beam system extending across the panel to provide a relatively rigid, lightweight panel structure. As best illustrated in such copending application, the frame member 17 provides patterns of legs 18 which extend laterally between the upper and lower surface of the panel and are welded to the upper surface.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, a tubular metal socket 15 provides a flange 19 and a tubular portion 20. The flange 19 is welded to the upper plate in one of the zones defined by associated legs 18. The upper plate 16 is formed with an opening 21, aligned with the socket 15, having a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of the tubular portion 20 of the socket 15.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the stud 14 is threaded and provides a diameter sized to closely fit the socket 15. In this embodiment, adjustment is provided so that the height of the screen above the floor surface 12 can be adjusted. The stud is threaded, at least at its lower end, to receive a first nut 22 which is threaded along the stud 14 and engages the floor surface 12 to adjustably determine the vertical position of the stud with respect to the floor. A second nut 23 is threaded onto the lower end of the stud 14 and engages the lower end of the socket to clamp the stud in its position to prevent it from rattling and also to prevent it from moving in an upward direction with respect to the floor panel. Access to the second nut 23 can be obtained by removing an adjacent panel during the installation of the stud.
The upper end of the stud is provided with a rectangular flange 24 which is proportioned to fit within a track 26 secured to the lower edge of the landscape screen 13. The flange 24 may be secured to the stud in any suitable manner, such as by welds 27. The track 26 is preferably formed of sheet metal providing a central portion 28 which fits against the lower edge of the landscape screen. Opposite edges of the track are formed with reverse bends at 29 and 31, which cooperate to provide opposed grooves proportioned to embrace opposite edges of the flange 24 and to provide an interfitting structure which connects the stud and track while allowing longitudinal movement of the stud along the track.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the landscape screen is provided with a wood core 32 sandwiched between side panels 33 formed of any suitable material, such as sheet metal, paneling, or other decorative surface material. In such instance, the track may be mounted on the landscape screen by relatively long wood screws 34 which are threaded into the track and up into the wood core 32. As discussed in detail below, other means for mounting the tracks may be provided, depending upon the landscape screen structure. In any event, the strength of the connection between the track 26 and the screen 13 must be sufficiently great to prevent the track from being pulled loose in the event the screen is bumped or otherwise subjected to lateral forces.
It is also preferable to provide means to lock the position of the stud along the track. FIG. 4 illustrates one form of lock. Such locking structure is provided by a setscrew 36 which is threaded into the flange 24 so that when it is tightened, it presses up against the center portion 28 of the track and frictionally locks the flange in its adjusted position along the track.
Referring to FIG. 2, the panels are preferably provided with sockets 15 which are eccentrically located with respect to the center of the panels 10. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the sockets 15 are located near one panel corner. For example, in panels which are about two feet square, the studs may be located about four inches in from the two intersecting side edges of the panel so that they are located substantially adjacent to one corner of the panel but spaced a distance therefrom.
When the sockets are located eccentrically of the panel, a given single socket in a given panel can be positioned in any one of four positions within the floor structure by merely turning the panel to a selected one of the four positions in which it can be inserted within the floor system.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, a landscape screen 13a can be positioned at one diagonal with respect to the panels, a screen 13b can be positioned to extend at an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the two panels, or a curved landscape panel 13c can be provided. The tracks for curved panels are curved to match the curve of the panels. It should be noted that landscape screens of substantially different lengths can also be mounted on the floor structure. The landscape screens would normally not be mounted in the relative positions of FIG. 2. FIG. 2, however, illustrates some of the various mounting positions provided by this invention and demonstrates that the present invention allows for the mounting of panels in a large variety of positions, even when a given floor panel is only provided with one socket 15. Further, it is not necessary to locate the studs at the ends of the screen, and the studs can be positioned at an appropriate position along the length of the screen to properly position the screen in the desired position on the floor system. Still further, the screens may, if desired, be positioned to abut along an edge or edges to form corners. Also, the screens can be positioned to abut existing walls. When screens abut, it is desirable to interconnect the screens for greater strength.
In practice, it is preferable to provide sockets in only a portion of the floor panels 10 so that the floor panels on which screens are not mounted do not have any openings therein. When it is desired to position a screen in a particular location, a floor panel having a socket therein is positioned at the appropriate location within the floor system and is oriented within the floor system to position the socket at the desired location within the floor system. By providing the sockets in an eccentric location from the center of the floor panel, a given panel can be inserted with the socket in any one of four positions when the panels are square. If, on the other hand, the panels are rectangular, a given socket, even though eccentrically located, could only be positioned in one of two positions within the floor system. Although floor panels with a single socket are illustrated, it is within the broader aspects of this invention to provide floor panels with two or more sockets. When multiple sockets are provided, they are preferably nonsymmetrical so as to provide further optional positioning of the sockets within a floor.
Referring to FIG. 5, a mounting system is illustrated for securing the track 26 on the lower edge of a screen 13 formed, for example, of a foam core. In order to provide good anchoring of the track on such a panel, the track is provided with relatively long rods 41 which extend a substantial distance up along the screen and provide good anchoring of the track on the screen for greater strength. Here again, studs 14 are mounted in the track 26 and extend into sockets 15 (not illustrated in FIG. 5) in the floor panels 10.
FIG. 6 illustrates another embodiment for mounting the track 26 on a screen 13. In such embodiment, side plates 42, welded at their lower edge to opposite sides of the track 26, extend up along the surface of the screen a sufficient distance to properly support the screen on the track. The side plates of such embodiment are spaced apart a distance proportioned to closely fit the sides of the screen and may be secured to the screen by adhesive or screws (not illustrated). This embodiment is normally used with screens which do not provide a sufficiently strong core to support the screen with a core connection.
FIG. 7 illustrates another embodiment in which no height adjustment is provided for the stud. In this embodiment, a stud 14a is not provided with threads, and merely extends down into a socket 15a providing a closed lower end 43. In such embodiment, the stud 14a is preferably formed to fit into the socket 15a with a close fit so that the stud does not have to be clamped in the socket by opposed nuts, as illustrated in FIG. 3. The embodiment of FIG. 7 has the advantage of not requiring threads on the stud and also permitting easier insertion and removal of the studs, since they are not clamped on the underside of the panel and no access is therefore required beneath the panel for the screen mounting.
FIG. 8 illustrates still another embodiment in which height adjustment is again provided but which does not require threads on the stud. In this embodiment, the stud 14b is provided with a collar 44 which is locked at any desired position along the stud by a setscrew 46 to adjustably determine the height of the screen above the floor. In this embodiment, the stud 14b is again sized to closely fit the socket 15 so that the screen is properly positioned and does not rattle.
In all of the embodiments, the elements of the structure are sized so that sufficient strength is provided to support the screen against any lateral loading which is normally encountered. In units in which heavy lateral loading may be encountered, the sockets may be secured to the floor panel at both the upper and lower ends thereof to provide additional strength. Further, the size or diameter of the studs is appropriately selected to provide sufficient strength, and the gauge of the material forming the track is selected to provide sufficient strength to properly support the screen. In the embodiments in which vertical adjustment is provided, of course, the screens can be adjusted vertically. In the embodiment of FIG. 7, however, the height of the screen above the floor is determined solely by the length of the stud which is used to support the screen.
Although the preferred embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, it should be understood that various modifications and rearrangements of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention as disclosed and claimed herein.
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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Owner name: DONN INCORPORATED, WESTLAKE, OH. A CORP. OF OH.
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:SIMMS, LAWRENCE P.;REEL/FRAME:003941/0273
Effective date: 19811013
|May 25, 1988
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Jul 2, 1992
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Nov 29, 1992
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Feb 9, 1993
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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