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Inject your going-out look with sportif-chic glam in this bebe dress, featuring a sexy racer cut, a discreet heavy stretch fabric that holds you in and individually hand-embellished studs that glimmer and shine. Try yours with nude heels or ornate sandals to take it to the next level.
- 79% rayon, 15% nylon, 6% spandex
- Center back to hem: 32" (81 cm)
- Quicksilver lining
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Racerback Embellished Dress is rated out of 5 by 11.
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Date published: 2014-03-08
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Date published: 2014-03-04
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Dee-Tour, Day 4
See photos attached below (will open in new window)
Day 4 started with a journey to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced de-Shay) National Monument near Chinle, Ariz. The canyon is still home to approximately 70 Navajo, according to one of the residents who was selling his artwork at an overlook on the South Rim Drive. The views along the South Rim Drive are absolutely gorgeous, and the canyon also contains ancient ruins. Maintained by the National Park Service, Canyon de Chelly is located in the Navajo Nation, and best of all, admission is free.
Next came a road trip through parts of Arizona and Utah where the red rock formations of Monument Valley dot the landscape.
Finally, my butt got so big that it was in four states at one time. The Four Corners Monument is nothing more than a large plaque in the ground next to a Navajo flea market, but the novelty alone makes it worth the stop.


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Archived PHY News
UMass Dartmouth Observatory Open House On November 2 (10/30/2013)
The UMass Dartmouth Observatory free open house and night-sky viewing session Saturday,November 2, 7:30 PM.
College of Engineering graduate students publish paper at the NSF XSEDE12 conference (5/30/2012)
Graduate students, Justin McKennon (ECE) and Gary Forrester (Physics) with Prof. Khanna have published a paper at the XSEDE 2012 HPC conference.
Khanna publishes in a new APS journal, Physical Review X (12/12/2011)
Physical Review X (PRX) is a new, open-access, online-only journal that boasts a rapid and high-standard peer-review process and is open to all areas of physics.
Prof. Khanna receives new $49,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (9/6/2011)
This new computational physics grant supports a research program to understand and to address the challenges associated to scaling specific gravitational wave physics applications from a prototype cluster of 16 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming consoles to the largest system now available, that built by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, NY.
Prof. Khanna publishes black hole research calculations that made use of several hundred PlayStations (6/3/2011)
When a large black hole captures a smaller object (say, a star) this process emits gravitational radiation ("ripples" in space-time) in a specific direction.
Prof. Khanna is granted access to one of the largest and uniquest supercomputers (4/27/2011)
The AFRL CONDOR supercomputer was built in Fall 2010 at the Naresky Facility of the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY.
Researchers Show Exploding Stars Bend Space and Time (3/29/2011)
Dropping a pebble into a pond sets off a ripple in the surface of the water. Similarly, according to University of Massachusetts Dartmouth graduate student David Falta, the explosion of some stars sets off a wave in space and time.
Massachusetts Recovery & Reinvestment Office visits UMass Dartmouth (3/17/2011)
State officials from the MA Recovery & Reinvestment Office visited UMass Dartmouth on March 2nd, 2011 and met with researchers that have benefited from the federal Recovery Act.
Prof. Khanna publishes research article in the high-profile Physical Review Letters journal (12/10/2010)
One of Prof. Khanna's research articles, titled "Test bodies and naked singularities: is the self-force the cosmic censor?" and co-written with Dr.
Sudip Majumder, Physics Graduate student pursuing the PhD program with the intercampus School of Marine Sciences passed two portions of the general exam for his PhD (11/19/2010)
Sudip Majumder is pursuing the PhD program with the intercampus School of Marine Sciences, in the Physics based track with Physics as his home department.
Physics alumnus has been invited to attend this year's Nobel Prize ceremony (11/2/2010)
Chagaan Baatar (formerly Chagarn Whan), a 1988 Masters Degree graduate from the Physics Department, was honored recently with an invitation to attend this year's Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Professor Khanna awarded new NSF GOALI grant (8/30/2010)
The new grant is titled "GOALI: An Exploration of the Use of OpenCL for Numerical Modeling and Data Analysis" and has a total budget of $166,499 for a period of 2 years.
National Science Foundation Awards Prof. Fisher Support To Acquire a State-of-the-Art Supercomputer For UMass Dartmouth (5/26/2010)
The National Science Foundation has awarded $199,480 to Robert Fisher, Assistant Professor of Physics, to acquire a cutting-edge supercomputer, which will become a shared research facility at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus.
Dr. Marguerite Zarrillo has been appointed by the National Transportation Research Board to be a Member of the Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics (4/28/2010)
Dr. Marguerite Zarrillo has been appointed by the National Transportation Research Board to be a Member of the Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics
Physics graduate student Rakesh Ginjupalli publishes research paper in HPC conference (4/5/2010)
Rakesh Ginjupalli and Prof. Khanna have just published a peer-reviewed conference paper titled "High-Precision Numerical Simulations of Rotating Black Holes Accelerated by CUDA".
The World Scientific Company will soon publish the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference (4/5/2010)
Chancellor Prof. J.P. Hsu has finished co-editing and making camera-ready manuscripts for the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Gravitational and Astrophysics that took place in Wuhan, China in July 2009.
NCST Award Winners (2/2/2010)
Congratulations to two of our COE graduate students for their award: Neda Masoud, Masters Degree student of Physics and Ikechukwu Azogu, PhD candidate of ECE.
CANCELLED: UMass Dartmouth Observatory open house, Dec. 19 (12/8/2009)
NOTE: Due to the inclement weather forecast (winter storm advisory with snow), the Observatory public open house scheduled for Saturday, Dec.
Physics professor O'Rielly to be first Faculty Fellow for Teaching and Learning (12/4/2009)
Selected by the Office of Faculty Development
Physics department to hold 2-day symposium (11/9/2009)
In order to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy and to highlight the new focus of the Physics Department on Computing and Simulation, a 2-day symposium "Computing and Simulation in Astronomy and Physics" is organized.
Dr. Hsu participates in the 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics (11/9/2009)
Prof. J. P. Hsu presented a paper and co-chaired a session in the 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics in Wuhan, China in July 2009.
Physics Graduate Student Eric Holmes in Japan for Science Mission (10/20/2009)
Physics Graduate Student Eric Holmes has reached Japan, and is now onboard R/V Natsushima with other scientists from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, MIT, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to make measurements across the Kuroshio Front and fast moving Kuroshio current!
College of Engineering undergraduate Justin McKennon publishes research paper with Prof. Khanna (9/30/2009)
Justin McKennon, undergraduate engineering student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department has just published a research paper with Prof.
Professor Alan Hirshfeld announces the release of his new book "The Life and Legacy of Archimedes" (9/9/2009)
Prof. Alan Hirshfeld's new book Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes has just been published by Walker Books in New York.
Professor Khanna awarded NSF grant under the American Recovery (9/8/2009)
This proposal is about exploring the use of alternative technologies, such as the Sony Playstation 3 gaming console, multimedia workstations and similar hardware for scientific computing.
Amit Tandon Awarded New NSF Research Grant (8/28/2009)
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Dr. Amit Tandon of the Physics Department $328,384 over three years to study the importance of submesoscale ocean processes to ocean productivity.
Dr. Robert Fisher attends the Ninth Asia-Pacific International Conference in Wuhan, China (8/13/2009)
Dr. Robert Fisher, Assistant Professor of the Physics Department delivered an invited presentation on supercomputer simulations of Type Ia supernovae at the the Ninth Asia-Pacific International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics(ICGA9) at the end of June at Huazhong University of Science & Tecnology in Wuhan, China.
UMass Dartmouth seeks support of Physics alumni and friends of the Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory (6/29/2009)
UMass Dartmouth plans improvements to the Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory to expand and enhance the facility.
Playstations settle black hole related controversy (12/18/2008)
In September 2007, Dr. Gaurav Khanna of UMass Dartmouth clustered eight (8) Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles together and demonstrated that one could obtain supercomputer-level performance at an extremely low cost.
Prof. Khanna has been awarded membership to the Foundational Questions Institute, with an accompanying research grant (10/15/2008)
The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi: http://www.fqxi.org/ was established in 2005 to catalyze, support and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality.
Rotating Tank experiments at the Working Waterfront Festival (10/7/2008)
Physics Junior Carter Chamberlain and Dr. Amit Tandon, Associate Professor Physics presented rotating tank experiments at the Working Waterfront Festival on September 27th and 28th, 2008.
Dr. Amit Tandon, Associate Professor of the Physics Department presents at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2008 (10/6/2008)
Associate Professor Dr. Amit Tandon attended his first International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Annual Science Conference which was held in Halifax, Canada Sept.
Prof. Khanna receives $30,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (6/25/2008)
This grant is about novel extension of the cost-effective Beowulf cluster approach towards supercomputing, using very low-cost, special purpose gaming hardware, such as the Sony PlayStation 3.
Student Article Published in Oceanography (6/17/2008)
An article by Physics graduating seniors David Beesley and Jason Olejarz co-authored with Professor Amit Tandon of the Physics department and Professor John Marshall of MIT appears in the current issue of the official magazine of the Oceanography Society.
Congratulations to the master's degree graduates in physics (6/4/2008)
Photos of the master's degree graduates in physics are online
Observatory Open House (2/5/2008)
On Saturday, February 2, the Physics Department held its most successful Observatory Open House since the mid-1990s.
Physics Undergraduate Students Present Their Research At American Met Society'S Annual Conference (1/31/2008)
Physics Undergraduate Seniors David Beesley and Jason Olejarz presented their research at the American Meteorological Society's Seventh Annual Student Conference held on January 19th and 20th, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Golden Key International Honour Society (10/19/2007)
The Physics Department's Professional Technician, Danielle LeMeur, also the UMass Dartmouth Chapter Advisor of the Golden Key International Honour Society held the annual induction ceremony.
Physics professor uses Sony PlayStations for black hole research (10/18/2007)
PS3 has unique features that make it suitable for scientific computations
Sony PlayStations used in Astrophysics Research (9/17/2007)
Dr. Gaurav Khanna and Mr. Glenn Volkema of the Physics department have built a small supercomputer using eight (8) Sony PlayStations 3 gaming consoles.
University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-- ITS) (8/31/2007)
The President's Office of the University of Massachusetts Science and Technology Program has awarded $160,000 to establish a Multi-campus University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-ITS).
Physics students prototype fluids experiments at MIT (7/24/2007)
Physics students accompanied Prof. Amit Tandon to Prof. John Marshall's laboratory
Dr. Khanna published in Europhysics Letters (6/8/2007)
Dr. Khanna's recent research was published in Europhysics Letters which is one of the leading European journals for Physics.
Summer Internship (4/25/2007)
An undergraduate summer internship is available for qualified undergraduate Physics,Engineering and Mathematics majors to work on problems relating Ocean Dynamics.
Beautiful Patterns from the Atmosphere - Ocean Experiments (3/28/2007)
Dr. Tandon's Physics 300 class, Undergraduate Seminar, work on a fluids experiment with the goal of creating fascinating Taylor columns, and ultimately to understand the consequences of the Taylor-Proudman Theorem.
The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology" asks Dr. Amit Tandon to continue. (3/20/2007)
The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology asked Dr. Amit Tandon, Associate Professor of Physics Department to continue his involvement as the foreign member of the editorial board.
Dr. Hsu publishes book on the theory of Relativity (1/25/2007)
Chancellor Professor of Physics, Dr. J.P. Hsu recently published a new edition of his book titled "A Broader View of Relativity".
Dr. Khanna selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org. (1/12/2007)
Dr. Gaurav Khanna was recently selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org, which is an open and independent community for scientists using Apple computers in their research.
Book Review: The Electric Life of Michael Faraday (11/9/2006)
Alan Hirshfeld's book is reviewed in The American Journal of Physics
Gaurav Khanna Awarded 30,000 Hours of Supercomputing Time (10/19/2006)
Prof. Gaurav Khanna has been awarded 30,000 hours of supercomputing time on the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid computing infrastructure.
Rotating fluids in the curriculum - where UMass Dartmouth joins MIT, Penn State, Johns Hopkins University, U. of Wisconsin-Madison and Millersville University (10/2/2006)
Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics has been awarded a subcontract for $28,475 by MIT along with four other universities to implement a series of atmospheric/ocean dynamics experiments into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum at UMass Dartmouth.
Graduate Research Opportunity in Physical Oceanography: Collaborative Research -- UMass Dartmouth and Boston University. (9/29/2006)
A Ph.D. research assistantship is available to study submesoscale dynamics and its effects on the vertical transport, mixing and distribution of properties in the upper ocean.
Discussion and Book Signing by Alan Hirshfeld (9/27/2006)
On Thursday, September 28, 2006, Dr. Alan Hirshfeld will be giving a talk at Baker Books, 69 State Road (Route 6), North Dartmouth, MA at 7:00 pm on the history of science and of Michael Faraday's special place in that history.
Alan Hirshfeld Receives Contract to Write His 3rd Book (9/25/2006)
Alan Hirshfeld just received a contract to write his 3rd book, entitled "Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes," to be published in late 2008 by Walker Books in New York.
Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant (9/21/2006)
Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant
Amit Tandon and Collaborators Awarded NSF-NOAA Grant (9/3/2006)
Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics and his collaborators from MIT, UCLA, Princeton University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Florida State University and two federal labs (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Labarotary, Princeton NJ) have been awarded an NSF-NOAA grant to continue their work on mesoscale and mixed layer models as part of the Climate Modeling and Process teams.
Dr. Gaurav Khanna pursues black holes with $50,000 grant (11/30/2005)
A UMass Dartmouth physics professor recently received $25,000 from the Florence M. Glaser Gift Giving Trust to study the interior structure of black holes
UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor (10/6/2004)
UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor Among the top winners in the John Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' awards UMass Dartmouth physics professor Alan Hirshfelds essay about 19th century scientist Michael Faraday was among the top five winners of the prestigious John Templeton Foundation Power of Purpose awards announced recently.


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jonathanJ0 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 184 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
We are a site that helps people keep track of their personal browsing history across different computers and browsers. The Infoaxe addon (available for IE and Firefox) automatically bookmarks every page you visit on the Web and makes it easy to find from all the browsers & computers you use by keeping your web history in sync in the cloud. Infoaxe's Feed Share feature, lets users share their reading
on their favorite sites with friends. Each user publishes real-time streams of browsing data that others can subscribe to and follow based on their interests.
Infoaxe was started by 2 graduate students from Stanford University.
We are targeting a mainstream consumer internet audience. The kind that would frequent sites like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Hulu, Yahoo etc. We NOT targeting a niche/tech savvy userbase.
Please create an account on http://www.infoaxe.com/login.html
The 3 pages(templates) we want designs for are,
a. The landing page http://www.infoaxe.com/login.html
b. The search home page http://history-s3.infoaxe.com/searc…m.jsp?null
c. The Feed Share home page http://feedshare.infoaxe.com/feedsharehome.jsp
All the 3 templates above need to be re-designed with the following goals,
a. The goal for the landing page(login.html) is for it to be optimized for having people sign up. We need to give users enough information about the product but not so much that it adds to clutter. Facebook, linkedin etc all have good landing pages. We don't prefer a landing/login page like
Twitter since it has too many distractions (top tweets, trending topics etc)
We want this page to be about 2 things only. Signing up/Signing in. We want it to be optimized for Signing up rather than signing in, which is the case now (it requires an extra click to sign in).
b. The goal for the search home page(searchform.jsp) template that will be shared across the "browse history by date", search results pages etc
is to make it easy for people to find websites they've visited before. When
we don't have a match from web history results, we will show Google results and this needs to be factored into the design too. Currently we show web history and google results side by side which might not be the optimal design. Let us know if you have a better idea.
c. The goal for the Feed Share page(feedsharehome.jsp) is to show people what their friends are sharing now. This should incentivize users to share more, comment, like and engage with the feed items. Some good eg. are facebook news feed, twitter feed, digg etc.
Currently our design is inconsistent. The search home pages and search results pages have a different design compared to the Feed Share page.
For eg. the font style, colors, margins etc are different and Feed Share almost feels like a different site. Our website currently lacks 'fun', a typical
web 2.0 look (sites like facebook, twitter, linkedin, Quora, digg etc have this look) and is generally very coarse and drab looking. We want to improve its aesthetics overall and have a unified design feel across all the different pages and features.
Facebook -good for news feed (although might be getting a little cluttered now), landing page
Twitter, Digg -good for news feed
Quora -good example of simplicity and clutter free design
Google -for search results page (formatting of search result snippets has been tweaked after a ton of experimentation)
Blippy- has a nice fun feel to it


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Yep, after a long cooler than normal stretch we may flip to warmer for awhile. But at least a in late September isn't as bad as a in July.
Amen. I knew we would have another warm spell but we got it whipped now.
Amen!I'm fine with from now thru mid December. No matter how winter turns out relative to average there with be plenty of cold and dreary on the way.
Yep! Avg temps are on a quick decline starting now through winter so above average isn't as bad. And we won't be anywhere like last September when we had mid to upper 90's solid through early October.
Hottest football game I've sat through was UT-Ohio last September. The old folks were dropping like flies that afternoon.
I was there too but perhaps more entertained by the old 6'5" drunk man who threw up all over the people in front of him in 92 degree heat.
If it weren't for the wildfires, I would take a redux of last fall every year. Sunshine for days on end and warm temps...the weather was fantastic. I don't mind fall-like temps, though, and I'm actually dreading the fact that we're probably gonna see 80+ temps every day for the rest of the month starting Saturday.
Impressive statistic for Knoxville so far this September. . .
Whatever the statistic is this damp and dreary weather has put my dog into full winter mode; she barely wants outside on days like this and is wearing a permanent hole into her bed. I'm going to be grateful for some sunshine the next few days.


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"The stronger the video, the easier it affects peoples' opinions and minds"
- 122 Posts
- Age 32
Interview with Eirini-Renee Gkatsi, a young fimmaker from
Greece. You can watch her PLURAL+ video "Drop It" here.
What is your video about?
This video entitled "Drop it" is an attempt to highlight the multiple dimensions of the concept of diversity, which is seemingly a notion that separates peoples and nations, it is however in essence a tool through which the world can be united.
Why did you make this video? What motivated you to make it?
I made this video in order to aware people on the themes of racism, migration and social inclusion. Greece is a country which faces problems on these areas. My motivation is the willingness to move on to change, to develop and evolve away from stereotypes, focusing on the powerful message of unity and social cohesion.
What would you like to tell to global audiences about the subject matter of your video?
Our world is full of diversity. We are so many billion people on this planet. Each and every one are different, but simultaneously the same with each other. Ethic, social religious, gender and other discrepancies, instead of being viewed an opportunity to learn from each other are perceived as inequalities, which lead to bias, discrimination and exclusion of the target groups selected for this video. We should learn to engage with different people, and come to a move on tolerance and social inclusion of whatever we think it is different.
Was it difficult to get access to video equipment?
No, it wasn't. The equipment was my editor's, Mr Panos Angelopoulos, who also edited the "Drop it".
Was this your first video? If no, what was your other(s) video(s) about?
No. I had a previous experience at high school, 9 years ago. The video back then was about the problems that youth faces, through their relations with their friends, their parents, school and bad influences.
Do you think that what is shown in the media changes people's perceptions and opinions about issues? How?
Yes, of course. Media is part of our lives. In my opinion, the stronger the video, the easier it affects peoples' opinions and minds. Reliance on emotion should be always present and continuous. What matters though is to try to educate people through the power that media give us.
Why do you think it is important for young people to make videos and to produce other types of media?
Young people, have the skill of creativity with simple means. They also have a new way of thinking, simple and emotionally. They are able to present difficult issues to the public in an easy given messages through a campaign or a video, which they can be surprisingly strong according to their life experience, so far.
Do you think youth-produced media deserves better channels of distribution? If so, how would you like to see things change?
It deserves more willingness to really spread those videos and all the media products, to the public and the media. It's not necessarily the channels that should change, but the ways that they use them to promote the youths' work.
What advice would you give to a young person who would like to make a video too?
She or he should come up with a strong idea. It doesn't have to be complex. It just has to be original and meaningful. In that way, they will create a video which will present this idea to the world, and why not, it might change some minds by make them think.
Are you producing another video?
Not, yet. For now I am still on the first creative part, which is the script. As far as know, my next video will be also about human rights and women's rights. A trip to India in the near future will help me to promote this idea and create a new video.


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|Community Involvements (FAO Population Education Leaders Guides) (FAO, 1990)
A series of improvised dramas performed by the members of the youth group for the village or community.
Note: The leader may wish to invite one or more resource persons to help with the discussions such as a health worker or population advisor.
So that group members will:
Some background information for the group leader
Preparing a drama
In this type of improvised drama or role play, the group members act the characters they choose from the outline stories given on the next pages. No special costumes or scenery or make-up are needed but if some small items such as masks or hats can he provided by the group, they make the play acting more fun and it is easier to pretend to he another character for people who are not used to acting.
No scripts are given - it is up to the group members to make up their own dialogue by pretending to be in the real situation described by the drama outlines. The group leader should act as the director and give suggestions to the subgroups as they practice their dramas. Other group members may also have suggestions and ideas to make the dramas sound more realistic.
After the groups have practiced their dramas, the group leader
should discuss the organization of the event with the
The characters, basic story and important points for the dramas
Drama No. 1
Good-bye and good luck.
Six young people.
Basic Story:
Three friends go to say good-bye to three other friends who have decided to leave the rural area for the city The three who are leaving give their reasons for migrating. One is going because he has an uncle in the city who has agreed to train him to be a mechanic. The second is going because he is one of eight brothers and he cannot foresee any chance of work on the family farm. The third is going because he is attracted by the bright lights of the city.
Of the three who are staying in the rural area, one says he is planning to have a large family so that he will have plenty of help on his farm. The second says that he is planning to have a small family and to increase production on the farm by using improved inputs. The third says he doesn't know what he will do yet but that he is staying in the rural area because that is the life he is used to and it is where his family and friends are.
After a period of about four years, the one who went to the city to become a mechanic comes back to the village for a visit. He stops at the house of the first friend and asks him how he is doing (but he notices that the friend has four children, and lives in difficult circumstances). The friend complains that there is never enough to eat, that he has to work very hard to make ends meet, and that the children are much too young to help on the farm.
The city man then goes to see the second friend, who he finds with only one young child, even though he has been married for four years. The country friend explains that he and his wife decided to wait until they were really ready to have children.
He also visits the third friend, who is now making furniture. The third friend explains how he was able to develop an income-making idea without leaving the rural area.
The three friends ask the city friend how he is and how their other two friends are. The visiting friend says that he is doing fine as far as work goes hut that the city is rather noisy and dirty and he misses his friends from home. He explains that of the other two friends, one is struggling along, sometimes getting temporary work and sometimes not. The other one has fallen in with a had group and is drinking a lot and some people say he is even stealing.
Note: Although this drama has been written for four young men, the leader should adapt it as necessary to suit the youth group members and their situation.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 1
Rural-to-urban migration is a major life change and should be carefully considered before a decision is made. There may be better alternatives.
When productive agricultural land is limited, large families tend to have a poorer standard of living than small families.
Other types of employment can be found in rural areas. Not everyone can or needs to be a farmer.
With appropriate use of improved inputs and technologies, agricultural output can be increased without using more land.
Drama No. 2
Let's wait.
A young man and wife who have just gotten married.
He is 20 and she is 18.
Basic Story:
The husband suggests to his wife that it might be better if they wait for a while before having their first child. The wife responds, "But how will I explain to my mother? She says that without children a woman is nothing!" The husband replies that his friends will make fun of him as well, saying things like, "I guess you're not man enough. That's why you have no children." But, the husband says he doesn't care what people say. What matters to him is happiness for himself and his wife, and that there are advantages of waiting. He gives some of the advantages; for example, by waiting there will be less chance of complications in pregnancy. Taking courage from him, his wife also gives some of the advantages of waiting; for example, they will have more time to save money and improve their house, and also spend time together. The two agree to wait and plan to visit the local health clinic for advice and assistance.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 2
By waiting to have their first child, a couple has more time to develop a stable relationship and to prepare for the economic responsibilities of family life.
Information and assistance in controlling pregnancy are available through the family planning services.
In teenage pregnancies, the health risks to both mother and child are much higher than in pregnancies when the mother is between 20 and 35 years of age.
Decisions about family size and family spacing should be made by a couple together and should not be influenced by social stereotypes.
Drama No. 3
How many children?
Five young people.
Basic Story:
The young people are talking about what life will be like when they have families of their own. One says, "I'm going to have a big family because I love children. And besides, it doesn't cost much extra for each extra child." The second says, "I'd rather not have so many children, but you have to accept as many as come along."
The third says, "I'm going to have three children. I will get the advice and assistance I need from the family planning clinic. The fourth says, "I'll keep having children until we have at least two boys." The fifth says, "I'm going to decide how many children to have by discussing it with my wife/husband. We'll have as many as we think is appropriate for our circumstances."
The five get into a discussion, each developing his or her own opinion and listening to the reasoning of the others.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 3
Family size has a major impact on family and community standard of living.
Information about ways and means of controlling family size should be available to rural youth.
Decisions about family size should be based on reliable information.
Drama No. 4
Let's learn to share.
A young husband, his wife and the husband's married sister.
Basic Story:
The wife is telling her husband that she would like to take a course in health and nutrition being offered in the next village by the Ministry of Health, but she would need her husband's help in looking after the children once a week. The husband is angry at her suggestion that he do "woman's work" and says, "Besides, what could you learn there anyway?"
The wife explains some of the things that she could learn that would improve their life but the husband refuses to listen so the wife goes to fetch the husband's sister who has already taken the course and confirms its value. For example, she says that she learned how to make oral rehydration treatment solution and so when her baby was sick with diarrhoea she was able to cure it. Gradually, the husband begins to see the potential benefits of the course and agrees to look after the children, with help from his sister.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 4
Health is vital in reaching all development objectives and production goals.
Different types of foods supply different nutrients. For proper nutrition, people need to eat a balanced diet.
Everyone needs to know about good nutrition and health if they are to stay fit and well.
Diarrhoea-related dehydration, a major cause of infant death, can be I controlled.
Family roles and responsibilities should be shared and not divided into sexual stereotypes. There is no such thing as "man's work" or "woman's work."
Drama No. 5
How fast does the community grow?
A census organizer, two census officials, some villagers (all group members).
Basic Story:
The census organizer (group leader or one of the older group members) is talking to his officers telling them to go and collect information from the villagers on their names, ages, family size and so on.
The two officers go and ask questions to the 'villagers' but they refuse to answer saying the officers only want to find out information to make them pay more taxes and control what they do.
Some do not know their age or details about their families size and relationships.
The officers return to the census organizer and tell him/her what happened.
The organizer decides to call a group meeting of the villagers and explains why the census is needed (to find out how fast the village is growing to plan services - schools, health centres, roads, water supplies, etc.).
On difficulties in finding out information such as ages of villagers or family relationships, the organizer demonstrates how to estimate ages by when a person was married, how many children he/she has and any big events in the past which will give an idea, e.g., if a person was married two seasons after a big storm and was 18 years old when the storm came, his age can be found. Family relationships can be worked out by asking who is the mother and father of each person instead of just whether they are brothers and sisters, cousins or other relatives.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 5
It is important to know how many people live in a community to plan for the future.
Planning the family is good for the health of the mother, the life of the family and the good of the community.
If a population grows too fast it is difficult to provide enough food and services for everyone.
Drama No. 6
Keeping fit and healthy.
Characters: A young married couple, two other young friends of the couple.
Basic Story: The four young people are discussing the health clinic which recently opened in the next village. The wife of the married couple wants to go and visit for a checkup and to see what they do there. She would also like to ask about family planning.
The husband does not want to go, he says you only go to a health centre when you are sick.
The other two young people join in the discussion. One is also curious to know what services they have at the health centre, the other does not want to have anything to do with them as he/she says they always want to put needles in you and they hurt too much.
The group discuss together and eventually agree that it is better to check if anything is wrong before it becomes serious. They go off to visit the health centre to see what they have to offer.
Concepts or conclusions to be drawn from Drama No. 6
Preventing illness is much better than curing it when it happens.
Health centres can give advice on illness, nutrition, family planning and general health for the community.
Health centres are a service for the community -everyone should know what they can do for them.
Booklets in this Leaders Guide Series:
Population and Agriculture
Population, Employment and Income
Population and the Environment
Population and Nutrition
Population and Health
The Family and Family Size
Human Growth and Development
Responsible Parenthood
How the Population Changes
Community Involvement
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


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Bryan Marshall has been employed at the Grant County News since October 2008.
He covers a wide variety of topics, including Dry Ridge City Council, school board and fiscal court.
Bryan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and English from the University of Kentucky.
He lives in Northern Kentucky with his wife, Kelly, and son, Austin.
In his spare time, Bryan enjoys playing soccer, cheering on the UK Wildcats, watching movies and spending time with family.
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In our engagement with mining companies, we focus on a variety of issues, ranging from climate change to health and safety and governance.
Setting the scene
Much of the world's higher grade mineral resources can be found in the more remote parts of developing nations, where there is frequently poor infrastructure and weak governance. Operators can therefore face significant local environmental and social risks. While best practices can help mitigate many of these risks, climate change presents a number of structural challenges that require a whole-business response. The first of these is the energy and therefore carbon-intensive nature of mining itself, which involves shifting large quantities of bulky materials, followed by their processing and smelting. The threat of carbon pricing is a significant business risk and mining companies must focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. The second threat is to the demand of the products, which often are the cause of emissions, such as coal, or which may be substituted by other, lower-carbon and lighter materials, for example aluminium for steel. The good news for mining companies is that while some commodities appear threatened by the move to a low-carbon economy, others should do better, such as copper, which supports better grid infrastructure and the electrification of transport, uranium, which is used in nuclear power generation and lithium and cobalt, which are used to make batteries for electric vehicles.
Disclosure of climate change risks
Mitigating the risks mining companies face from climate change has been a core part of our engagements with companies. We have focused on improving corporate reporting of climate risks, setting an objective relating to the disclosure of asset portfolio resilience to climate change for several of the mining companies in our engagement programme.
We have asked companies to stress-test their portfolios – analysing their assets to see how they would perform in different circumstances – using recognised greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, such as those developed by the International Energy Agency. This includes analysis of their existing portfolios, as well as the new pipeline of products over a period to at least 2035. Furthermore, they should assess the impact of changes in demand for commodities on the supply curve and develop price implications before communicating the impact of the resulting scenarios qualitatively and quantitatively and describe their response to the scenarios and the implications for strategy.
One notable example has been the publication of climate change portfolio analysis by Anglo-Australian multinational mining company BHP Billiton in 2015. It set a welcome precedent in transparency by a major company regarding preparedness for the challenges of climate change. The scenario-based analysis underpinning this publication was the result of a successful engagement by Hermes EOS in 2014. Somewhat reassuringly for investors, due to BHP Billiton's welldiversified portfolio, the work set out that even in a more extreme 2°C scenario with a cost of carbon of $80/tonne – the latest cost of carbon in the EU emissions trading scheme was €5.60/tonne on 30 June 2016 – climate change is estimated to reduce the operating margins of the company over a 20-year period by approximately only 5%. While demand for some commodities is anticipated to fall in a lowercarbon economy, the company expects it to rise for others. We have used this precedent to encourage the company's peers to carry out a similar exercise.
Shareholder resolutions
As part of the Aiming for A coalition of investors, we filed climate change-related shareholder resolutions at oil and gas majors BP and Shell in 2015 in the belief that carefully crafted, supportive but stretching shareholder proposals can play a positive role in encouraging best practice during the transition to a low-carbon economy. Such resolutions also highlight the need to balance the short- and longerterm aspects of shareholder value creation. Throughout 2015, we raised the idea of filing similar resolutions on the disclosure of asset portfolio resilience to climate change with the chairs of three major diversified mining companies, namely Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto, all of which are listed in London.
Board support increases the likelihood that a resolution will be passed and ensures management will be committed to implementing the resolution. While each chair indicated his informal personal backing during the engagement, formal board support could not be guaranteed. It was necessary to demonstrate the scale of long-term institutional investor support by meeting the required thresholds for co-filing required by company law.
The shareholder resolutions we recommended our clients to co-file asked for enhanced disclosure of the companies' approach to climate change risks, including management of operational greenhouse emissions, their strategic portfolio resilience to low-carbon scenarios, research and development into low-carbon solutions, their public policy position on climate change, as well as their overarching corporate governance framework and link to key performance indicators.
In the end, we successfully met the required thresholds by bringing together over 100 supportive institutional investors for the shareholder proposal submitted at Rio Tinto and 50 for the resolution at Jerseybased Glencore. We eventually also managed to pass the required 5% alternative threshold for the shareholder proposal at Anglo American. In total, investors responsible for more than $8 trillion, including clients of Hermes EOS, were involved in filing the resolutions.
At the AGMs of the respective companies, the shareholder proposals received overwhelming support, namely 99% at Glencore, 98% at Rio Tinto and 96% at Anglo-American.
Anglo American committed to finalising energy efficiency targets at its AGM, following the restructuring of the business. It also agreed to carry out further analysis of the resilience of its principal commodities to low-carbon scenarios, as well as to explore the link between remuneration and climate change-related key performance indicators.
Rio Tinto meanwhile promised to work with institutional investors to explore new ways of analysing climate change risks.
With the shareholder resolutions all passed, we are now working with the companies to help define the nature of the additional disclosure required to meet the requirements of the shareholder resolutions, which ideally should be part of the strategy section of their annual reports, and give feedback on first drafts. Glencore has already published its view of the robustness of its business to low-carbon scenarios and committed to conducting this analysis on the basis of a 2°C scenario, which is particularly important given the company's relatively high exposure to thermal coal.
Public policy work
As part of our engagement, we collaborated with the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) to produce the document called Investor Expectations of Mining Companies – Digging deeper into carbon asset risk which outlines the approach and disclosure that investors expect of mining companies concerning climate change risks.
We are also working with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, set up by the chair of the Financial Stability Board, to establish guidelines for standardised risk disclosures by companies on climate change. This will help to increase the scope of reporting across more companies, as well as its comparability. It should also mean that we do not have to use the administratively cumbersome approach of using more shareholder resolutions to achieve the disclosure required by investors across the industry.
Social engagements
In addition to the focus on environmental issues over the last year, we continue to engage on social issues. This has entailed ensuring that during the cost-savings programmes introduced at many mining businesses following the downturn in commodities, companies are not cutting corners on health and safety, environmental protection and investment in their social licence to operate. It includes programmes on community relations, as tension with local communities can lead to significant reputational, operational and financial risks.
While acknowledging that fatalities are difficult to eliminate, in our engagements we have pushed for effective and culturally sensitive health and safety training and that systems and procedures are in place across all operations globally and audited and updated regularly. In general, we have seen health and safety standards improve across the sector, reflected in, for example, lower lost time injury frequency rates.
Good governance
We also continue to engage with mining companies on good governance. In the wake of the Bento Rodrigues dam disaster in Brazil in November 2015, where a dam burst as a result of mining operations by Samarco, a joint venture between BHP Billiton and Brazilian mining company Vale, we have stepped up our engagement efforts on the governance of joint venture-operated mines. Above all, we want to make sure that lessons are learned and applied to future mining operations across the industry.
So while the activities of mining companies naturally have an impact on the environment, locally and globally, as well as on communities living or working near mines, in our engagement we have pressed for better environmental, social and governance standards in their operations. We are pleased about the steps the mining companies have taken on climate change, for which we have helped pave the way, and will continue our engagements in that and other areas.
Money talks – Reforming executive remuneration
Summertime lawmaking – Binding say-on-pay in France


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Third-party transaction-log analyzers and gateways can audit logs and process and filter SQL Server traffic. Here's a quick glimpse at the functionality such products provide:
Third-party transaction-log analyzers. SQL Server 2005 keeps relational tables and other objects in .mdf- and .ndf-file data pages and tracks data-page changes in transaction logs (in .ldf files). These transaction-log files are in a proprietary binary format. By analyzing a backed-up transaction log, the third-party tools can provide auditing capabilities without slowing production-server performance.
Third-party gateways. A gateway uses a listener agent on the SQL Server network port to collect and process all SQL Server traffic and filter out the interesting stuff, such as failed logins, schema changes, and dml statements run from query tools rather than production applications. This can be an effective vendor-agnostic database solution. One problem with this approach is that it might not perform optimally with encrypted data. Any database connections passing privileged information should be encrypted on the wire, but encryption makes the gateway's job very difficult since the encrypted traffic appears to be gibberish. The gateway would need to unencrypt the traffic to make sense of it. Another potential issue is multi-instance server port tracking. A gateway must work with the SQL Browser service, which manages connections and ports.


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NATICK – Members of the public Monday agreed that it's important to preserve and celebrate Natick's rich history, but disagreed on a proposal to reconstruct a historic home in South Natick's Shaw Park.
Some argued moving the Sawin House would take the home away from its historical location on South Street in Mass. Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary and take away open space, while others said it would make it easeir to tap into the town's history and protect at least part of a building that may otherwise continue to deteriorate.
Resident Diane Young said "it means more to sit there or stand there and look at the real scene."
Ginny Lyster, a local teacher, said she would love to take students inside the house if it were in Shaw Park.
"Natick has lost some of the best old houses it ever had because no one wanted them," Lyster said.
In this case, the private, non-profit Natick Historical Society wants the home and has raised about a quarter of the $750,000 needed to move and reassemble a section of the home resembling its early 1700s appearance. That money would also fund an endowment to cover maintenance.
Terri Evans, a society board member, told more than 50 people gathered at a forum at the Community-Senior Center that relocating the house provides a chance to save some of its elements.
And, it could help tell the story of Natick's "early settlement period as a Praying Indian town in the days of the Sawin family coming together to establish a corn and grist mill invited by the Praying Indians."
Evans said the building, which could provide space for exhibits and research, would be about 980 square feet in a roughly 34,000-square-foot park. It would be sited in a way that maintains space in front of and to the side of the house for traditional uses of the park. Recreation and Parks Director Jon Marshall said the park is used primarily for passive recreation with some events such as art exhibits.
But, resident Randy Johnson said with a building on the park, the remaining open space essentially becomes the building's yard.
Ken Soderholm, who lives in South Natick and serves on the society's board, said if the building remains on South Street, it will be a total loss. But, moving it would at least save part of the building and bring more people to an underused park, he said.
George Sawin, whose ancestors built the home, and Chief Caring Hands, encouraged officials to keep the home in its context of its land and pressure Mass. Audubon to preserve the home where it is.
Sawin said the native people, Europeans and the land "formed a symbiotic relationship."
The chief, a Natick Praying Indian leader whose given name is Rosita Andrews, encouraged people to remember that whatever decision is made affects their grandchildren and hers.
A group called the Friends of Shaw Park presented its own version of a way to spruce up the park without the house by better landscaping, adding benches and a sign and other improvements.
John Moran, who lives on Eliot Street near Shaw Park, said he sees moving the building to Shaw Park as a win-win.
"We save a building that right now is (facing) demolition by neglect," Moran said. "It would also make Shaw Park better utilized."
Brian Benson can be reached at 508-626-3964 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @bbensonmwdn.
What should Natick do with Sawin House? Vote now by going to natick.wickedlocal.com and looking down the right side of the page. The poll will remain up until the afternoon of Monday, June 30.


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PowerColor Devil 13 HD 7990 Review
The long rumored HD 7990 that has been off and on for the past few months looks to be off directly from AMD, even though marketing slides had a dual GPU card shown in the future timeline. On the other hand board partners have been given the green light to put together their own version of the dual GPU HD 7990 / 7970X2. PowerColor is the first to step up and deliver what is going to be a niche card for the gaming enthusiast looking for a ton of graphics power in a single card form factor. NVIDIA already has beaten AMD and its partners to the punch with the GTX 690 a solid three months ago. Packing a pair of Tahiti cores onto a single PCB with a total of 6GB of GDDR5 memory onboard, the Devil 13 is essentially two HD 7970s packed onto just one PCB running at the factory HD 7970 non-GHz edition clock speeds of 925MHz on each core and 1375MHz on the memory. Both are conservative numbers with the glut of GHz edition cards clocking upwards of 1100MHz/1500MHz right out of the box. That's not to say another option is not available as the dual BIOS button on this card boosts the core clock speed to 1000MHz.
Cooling two GPU cores on a single PCB is always a challenge but PowerColor has included a large ten heat pipe, three fan triple slot cooling solution solution to keep the thermals in check. Priced at $999 there is going to be a limited market for this card and in turn there will be a limited supply of this card from PowerColor. As the first to make a dual GPU card based on AMD's Tahiti XT core, the spot light is shining brightly on PowerColor. Let's see if it has succeeded or failed in the implementation of the design; on looks alone it's a success.
Closer Look:
From a packaging standpoint the PowerColor Devil 13 comes in a very unique package. The top of the package has what looks like a wax seal over the two halves of the lid. In the simulated pool of wax is the Devil 13 logo. The front has the name and additional art work as added eye candy. Opening the covers of the box you have a pair of "chambers" that hold the accessory bundle for the Devil 13 HD 7990. Under this box is the beast in its glory hidden deep in the bowels of the package, much like in vampire stories that are so popular now. On top of the accessory box is a card that illustrates many of the features on the PCB of the Devil 13 and is a great tool to let the end user know exactly what makes this card tick.
Pulling all the accessories out of the "chambers" shows that the bundle is stout indeed with all of the parts needed to get this card installed and running. What you get ranges from a trio of 6-pin to 8-pin PCIe power adapters, a DVI to VGA adapter, a pair of Mini DP to DVI adapters (one for a SL DVI interface and one to a DL DVI interface), a single Crossfire bridge connection, PowerColor PowerJack, Wiha tool kit, documentation, driver disk, and a unique way of talking about the warranty information on this limited edition video card. PowerColor put together an interesting way to illustrate the three-year warranty with a series of three skull shaped cutouts with part of the message on each "card." By stacking them together the message is clear that users who purchase the Devil 13 will get an exclusive three-year warranty.
What we have with the PowerColor Devil 13 is a well thought out package that includes all the accessories that one will need as well as add in value with the tool kit and PCB support system. With a $1,000 price tag though, added value is the expectation. Even more so is the performance the card is capable of delivering and what the expectations are. Will it be enough to dethrone the GTX 690?


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Who's In It: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis
The Basics: Lazy petulant stoner prince Thadeus (McBride) lives in the shadow of his handsome heroic brother Fabious (Franco) until the two of them embark on a quest to save Fabious's virgin bride-to-be from an evil wizard. Along the way they meet up and tag along with a fierce female warrior (Portman), a woman who spends a lot of time rolling her eyes at the prince pair because she's way more powerful than either one of them. There's a lot of pot smoking, penis joking, sword stroking, medieval-times-English-mangling and a whole bunch of gay stuff. (To learn wisdom from the weed-dispensing creature that looks like a seal gone Rastafarian, you have to make out with him and... um... more.) And then there's a second, third, fourth and tenth helping of all of those elements, piled on high, higher and highest. The point? The joke's on you because there isn't one besides making you leave the theater dazed and confused.
What's The Deal: I found myself laughing a lot at this rotten movie. I have no good excuse, either. Sometimes when you're watching a bad movie and you know it's a bad movie and you're stone-cold sober and you're still giggling from start to finish, the reasons why you laugh can be mysterious. It hit you in the right spot on the right day and felt right even in its wrongness. And just to be clear, this isn't just a mediocre movie. It isn't just simply bad. It's BAD. Underwritten bad. Lazily directed bad. No-reason-to-exist bad. Concept-gone-wrong bad. Nothing-works-properly bad. How did these-guys-make-Pineapple Express-AND-this? bad. By way of explanation for my own response, all I can offer is that in the world of comedy, where it can often be a battle between meaningful, smart-dumb laughs and empty, dumb-dumb laughs, you occasionally respond to the empty laugh and it feels like enough at the time.
Best Way--Okay, The Only Way--To Watch This If You're Not Already High Yourself: One of these days it'll wind up on cable and you'll be lying on the couch. You'll have just woken up from a nap with the TV on and you'll be lying on top of the remote but you won't know that. It'll be stuck down in the cushions somewhere. And you'll be too lazy to get up off the couch to hunt for it. So this movie will be on and you'll lie there and watch it and laugh enough times to justify making no effort to change the channel. Later, someone will ask you what you did that afternoon and you'll say, "I watched Your Highness on HBO because I couldn't find the remote."
What Oscar-Winner Natalie Portman Brings To The Table: A skillfully faked proficiency with the pan flute, tough-lady swordfighting, her naked butt cheeks and occasionally funny lines like "I plan to burn them one by one in a symphony of shrieks." Not a lot more.
David Gordon Green, Auteur: The acclaimed director of the small, unusual indies George Washington and All the Real Girls (one that featured McBride in a small role as a character named "Bust-Ass") now has what is officially the weirdest career in Hollywood. And in spite of--or maybe because of--this one, I can't wait to see where he goes next.
lol you need to open up your eyes buddy!!
I find Dave's reviews hilarious and refreshing. So do a lot of people, as evidenced by the fact that when Fandango took over movies.com and cut him the hue and cry was so loud that they brought him back. So all the trolls who are so upset can basically stop reading him if they want but nobody really cares what they think.
@Les - You're so wrong bud. I read Dave's reviews almost exclusively because he can take a movie for what it is, what its trying to do, and give us a good idea of how well it does it. He isn't like other reviewers and expecting every movie to be an Oscar contender, he can appreciate all types of movies.
@Les -
Haha, yeah, no. Wake up. Dave's just not afraid to expose movies for what they really are, and you just happen to disagree with him here so you're trying to spread misinformation. He's really the only worthwhile, reliable movie critic out there. I don't see you reviewing movies professionally. Hmm... that must be because you're not knowledgeable enough to. Heh, what a joke.
Meh, I can't say I'm very surprised that the unimaginative and boring flock to the one who reflects their beliefs. I've read quite a few of his reviews and have to say, the inability to write an accurate review and copious amount of spoilers has finally got me fed up. I was just leaving a comment for any other reader that that enjoys good movies to move along if they want an respectable review. I do find it pretty funny that Ash thinks it takes skill and knowledge to write bad reviews, however. I bet you were pretty pumped when you were promoted from the fry station to the burgers. Seriously though, I can drool through a whole movie and write a scathing review on it despite it's quality as well, can I get a job as a movie critic too?
Don't worry Les. You're not the only one that's read these reviews and maintains a functioning brain. Movie critics now-a-days are similar to politicians. If they say it's good or bad, it's the exact opposite. Don't let the mouth-breathers get ya down.
@Les. Get a life. Dave is a better writer than you'll ever be. He's witty, gives a basic synopsis of the movie, and offers interesting thoughts and analyses along the way. He's personally my favorite movie critic and I find you to be an insufferable @#!*% .
It is a goddamn movie....
@Les. Seriously dude, Dave White is the only movie reviewer I trust. Sure, he makes a mistake once or twice, but he's hilarious and witty.
Wow Les, I guess you shouldnt have posted how you felt. All these retarts must come from North Korea
Everyone must understand that our society is the first stages of idocracy! We all have are own ideas and beliefs so why do we debate a critics reviews? Why not just go watch the movie for your own reasons and if you don't then wait for the DVD. Bottom line is that if your so drawn into what a critic thinks then you really are a person who can't decide anything on your own. Ask Dave what kind of clothes you should wear when you wake up. Have a nice day and don't forget to put the lid seat up ladies after you use the toilet. Just saying if guys have to put it down why don't ladies have to put it up?
I understand some people can't bring themselves to admit they like "low brow" humor as you put it. But when you say... occasionally funny lines like "I plan to burn them one by one in a symphony of shrieks." (Which is not in any way shape or form funny... and obviously not the I come to realize.... you have no concept of funny. Stick to chick flicks Dave... Grae Drake nailed the review of this film 100% Just watching the uncensored preview I said it was like Princess Bride meets Porkys... which is repeated verbatim in Drake's review. Sorry if you can't come down to our level and put aside the social morality and admit those laughs and giggles you experienced in the movie...just meant it was funny.
Sometimes I think that adding a comment section was a terrible idea.
Back to the movie...I loved this movie. I don't know what critics were expecting to watch when they sat down to watch a movie called, "Your Highness" starring Danny McBride...It's a lot of dick jokes and they're all hilarious. The movie pays tribute to great fantasy flicks like Legend with jokes that are not afraid take offensive to the next level (is that low brow? In that case, low brow is hilarious). Don't listen to critics and just sit back and laugh and don't think too hard about this comedy because guess what? It's a comedy.
I didn't go to this movie expecting an Oscar winner. If you've seen and like Danny McBride's stuff (especially Eastbound and Down), you pretty much know what you're going to get here. The quality of the story is secondary to the schlock - and it's all worth it. My girlfriend wasn't impressed but I thought it was great.
I read alot of Dave's reviews and for the most part I agree with them. I think he, like a lot of critics, put alot of emphasis on the filmmaking and content rather than what the film is essentially made for--dumb laughter. So I don't his harsh critiques to hear when it comes to a film I really enjoyed.
This is ridiculous....I have been reading reviews on this site for years now and I find daves taste to be crap. I saw Hanna this week and I almost walked out. How could anyone give that movie 4 stars is beyond me.
Anyhow, i love pinaepple express and all movies from that group. Your Highness was hilarious. If u r into those movies then you will love it also. Dave needs to go tell the weather
@ shao - this is because you are part of the "stupid" demographic that likes awful films. Please, go back to playing xbox and watching "Transformers II" alone in your basement. You're pathetic.
Literally just cracked up at the part about the remote. So true, and I don't plan on going to see this.
I saw this movie while "medicated" which I beleive was the way you are supposed to see it, after all it was advertised as a stoner comedy, and I loved it obviously. That is my opinion though and like everyone on a public forum, I am entitled to have one that contradicts others, dont bash on people for having different opinions than you...thats dick.
Ah, internet wars...Don't you love them? A review is just somebody's opinion. I actually thought the movie was pretty funny, but then again, I watch anything (except No Strings Attached. It was so boring, I couldn't sit through the entire movie).
In fact, I loved this movie. I think it's a great satire without beeing cheesy as Scary Movie series, among others. The negative response from the people seems much more like a reflexion of our puritan hypocrite society.
Seeing as how I'm not a pompous know-it-all film critic, I can say that, if a movie entertained me, it is a good movie. this movie entertains me over and over again, which, in my book, makes it a GREAT movie. Hollywood seriously needs to get the collective stick out of their ass and remember that they are the 'ENTERTAINMENT' industry, and make more COMEDIES that are FUNNY (like Your Highness)!
Another point. The effects in this, for a comedy, are really quite good. The creatures are great, Leezar's magic is exciting, and Portman's outfits (yes, they are magic) have some serious power.
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Daily Freeman Life Editor Ivan Lajara talks about journalism, living in the Hudson Valley, language, the Web, cats and even politics. But he shouldn't.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Adam's swan
"Swan Gourd"
Found Sept. 24 at Adam's Fairacre Farms on Route 9W in the town of Ulster by employee Jane Lucci.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Hooray for (Kingston) beer!
If you remember, the festival was the cover of Preview last week.
Full disclosure: I am a frequent visitor of the St. James Street establishment, though I didn't go to the festival or voted at the affair.
I will, however, have a cold one in honor of the brewery.
You should do the same.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Queen Latifah
If you can't wait that long (or don't have the cash to go to the show), here's a short list of where she'll be for a while. She was on the "Today Show," ahem, yesterday, and today she was on "Live with Regis and Kelly."
Friday - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Sunday - A&E Private Sessions
Oct. 1 - Ellen
Oct. 2 - Dancing With The Stars
Here's an e-card courtesy of the Bardavon's Chris Silva with way more info, music, links and the like.
Garlic festival update
Citizens Bank will hand out breath mints to patrons at the 19th annual Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties on Saturday and Sunday, because, obviously, when you think of Citizens Bank, you think mints.
But now you don't have an excuse not to go.
Say "Ahhhh!"
In case you can't wait
Here's a recipe for Allium Rice Pilaf from Pat Reppert, the "Garlic Goddess":
"Allium is the family name for garlic as well as onions, leeks, chives, etc. I learned to make this pilaf shortly after my marriage and since I could only cook spaghetti at that point, this dish certainly broadened our family's culinary horizons. I enjoy it as much nowadays as I did way back when. It's so simple, but sometimes the simple things are the best."
2 onions, peeled
4 cloves garlic, peeled
3 Tablespoons canola oil
1 cup Uncle Ben's Rice
1 14 oz. can beef broth
1 1/4 cups water
1 Tablespoon fresh chives and garlic chives, snipped finely
1. Slice the onions and the garlic thinly. Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onions and garlic until just barely browning.
2. Then add the rice and stir to coat each grain with the oil. Add the broth and water and then pour everything into an oven-proof casserole.
Put in pre-heated 350 degree oven and bake for about 40 minutes or until broth is absorbed.
3. Just before serving, stir in the freshly snipped chives and garlic chives.
"Note: this is absolutely delicious served all by itself or with any kind of meat. If you're serving veal or a delicate fish, then substitute chicken broth for the beef broth and add fresh parsley and tarragon just before serving."
Yield: serves 6 as a side dish
Ah, garlic! I love the smell.
I don't even mind the communal garlic breath at the festival.
Since everyone eats so much garlic-related stuff -- including the (in)famous ice cream -- nobody notices (or cares) how strong the smell is.
Just remember to stay away from me if you do this recipe before then.
For festival information, read the Freeman or visit http://www.hvgf.org/.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Prepare for the Flood
He's coming.
At midnight.The mall will be packed.
And there won't be enough copies.
It is expected to make more that $150 million in one day (which is more than what "Spider-Man 3" made at the Box Office).
And a number of you have never heard of Master Chief, the main character of the much-anticipated XBox 360 video game, "Halo 3" which is being released at midnight everywhere.
Which is fine. Not everyone gets a kick out of getting a "Killing Spree" medal or virtually blasting Covenant, Brute and Flood hordes with a machine gun or a needler or a plasma rifle or a rocket launcher.
Ignore it, if you want. But you won't be able to do so for long. Your kids play it. Lots of dads (and moms) do too. There is a special edition Mountain Dew with the game's logo. A number of people you know may be gone for a while.
More than one million copies have been pre-ordered. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith was playing it today, along with four other teammates, at Smith's home (not a football was in sight).
Will the game live up to the hype? Probably not.
Will you care? Not a chance.
Is it an peculiar commentary of society as a whole? You bet.
(And for those of you in the know, go finish the fight. I'll meet you there.)
Saturday, September 22, 2007
A special birth
I'll let Vassar Hospital tell you the story.
There is a video of the birth too, and even though some would warn you there is graphic content, this editor just saw one of the most moving things in the world.
Here's a screen grab of the video.
And here is the video (it's over 100 MG, so I hope you have a good connection -- it's worth it).
Friday, September 21, 2007
"I wanna be sedated"
"Former Ramone sues over song downloads; claims he's owed nearly $1million in royalties"
"A drummer who spent four years in one of the greatest punk bands of alltime, the Ramones, filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming he is owed nearly $1 million in royalties on songs sold over the Internet. ..."
That drummer of the Ramones is Richard "Richie Ramone" Reinhardt, not Phoenicia's Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi).
Tommy Ramone is half of Uncle Monk, an alternative-country, indie-bluegrass duo featuring Ramone on vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo and dobro, and partner-in-crime Claudia Tienan on vocals, guitar and bass. Uncle Monk plays the Muddy Cup, 516 Broadway, Kingston, Oct. 13. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.
Do you want to feel old?
If you don't remember Hanson, I'll say this: "Mmmbop."
If that didn't make that song get stuck in your head, the photo below might just do the trick, since this is what the brothers looked like back when "Mmmbop" was giving me nightmares.
Now, the men, 21, 24 and 26 (you can tell who's who) look like this.
Tickets are $30 (lawn tickets for Bob Dylan at Bethel were $25!).
Visit http://www.thechancetheater.com/.
Right corner, wrong house
"The photo in the article is one of the other three stone houses on that intersection," Work wrote to me. "One is a Mexican Restaurant, and two are private homes."
He then gave me two photos of the Persen House, one before renovations and one taken today.
So for the record, here are the shots.
This one is before renovations:
This photo, after renovations, was taken today.
In case you missed the story in Preview, the Persen House is finally opening for tours after undergoing renovations since 1999.
The Freeman even had an editorial about it on Wednesday.
(Full disclosure: I have nothing to do with the editorials, which are - by definition - the opinions of the paper itself. In case you're wondering, editorials do not influence the operations of the newsroom, be it Sports, News or Life.)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Did you notice?
On the Web, the movie review includes the trailers.
The main story and the CD review also feature music and video, if available.
Check out Preview online or click on the "Entertainment" tab on the left-hand side of the Freeman's Web site.
And come back every Friday to that section for updates.
Steve Goodman
Eals sent me an e-mail today, from Seattle, thanking me for the article we ran.
He pointed out that, coincidentally, the article was printed on the 23rd anniversary of Goodman' s death.
The book features interviews with more than 1,050 sources, including Guthrie, John Prine, Steve Martin, Jimmy Buffett, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, Paul Anka, David Allan Coe, Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Beacon's Pete Seeger, Woodstock's John Sebastian, Leo Kottke and Gordon Lightfoot.
It also features an interview with Goodman's high-school classmate, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Eals' site is http://www.clayeals.com/.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Here and there
• Ulster County's Aiden Quinn, was nominated for and Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie for the HBO miniseries "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," an adaptation of the Dee Brown book. Quinn lost to Thomas Haden Church for his role in AMC's "Broken Trail." Bummer.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Gone phishin'
"Phishing" is the nefarious online practice of using someone's identity to obtain sensitive information from somebody else.
An example I'm pretty sure you know about is the e-mail you get every other day, allegedly from PayPal and/or eBay, asking you to update your account.
If you respond, some shady character just got your credit card number.
Some times these wicked individuals pretend to be your bank and ask you to update your account.
If you fall for it, say goodbye to your cash.
Another, most recent example is when some malicious figure hacks into your MySpace account to send pornographic solicitations to everyone you know, as it happened to me recently. Bulletins were posted in my name asking all my friends to visit some site to see some things I dare not write. I changed my password, which I know I should do more frequently. But, I must confess, I was tempted to kill the profile.
Thankfully for me, I personally know all of my MySpace "friends" (you could say they're my actual friends), so no damage was done, though most of them didn't alert me -- maybe because they weren't online or they think I'm a pervert.
Ironically, the Life section did a four-part feature on MySpace back in March, including a whole day of stories about its dangers. Unfortunately, the link with extensive tips we posted at the time is now outdated, things being as they are online.
So for information about MySpace safety, visit http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.viewpage&placement=safetytips.
And for more about phishing, visit On Guard Online, which is a must read.
And if you wan't to refresh your memory, read the story in Life.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Everybody has been paying much attention to the Senate committee hearings on Iraq for the last two days -- the report on the surge.
Gen. David H. Patraeus' nickname, when he was growing up in Cornwall-on-Hudson, was Peaches Patraeus, according to the acid pen of New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
I wonder if President Bush -- much fond of nicknames as it is known (Rummy, Condy, et al) -- calls the commander in Iraq and one-time Hudson Valley resident "Peaches."
The White House said President Bush will address the nation at 9 p.m. Thursday in respond to the general's recommendations.
But somehow I doubt the president will use "Peaches" in his speech.
Sept. 11
This is what she missed.
This AP photo shows the "Tribute in Light" marking the September 11 Anniversary in New York taken from Bayonne, N.J. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Insane, the man
I've been recuperating. I spent all Sunday with this guy, a friend from Kerhonkson I met a couple of months ago.
His (stage) name is Insane Shane McKane, and his act and personality are rated R (very much so).
So I've been thinking about how to introduce his whole thing to you. And after witnessing horrified families at the Sunday concert in Bethel, I decided not to. Dancers, bull whips, beer and cigarettes are not family fare, after all.
I'll say this much: It is definitively weird when somebody named Insane calls you Monday morning to make sure you're OK.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Holy juxtaposition!
I'm no master of page design, though I like the way our pages look (especially when I do them).
I also don't like to criticize other papers. But today is the exception.
Imagine my surprise when I grabbed a copy of the Old Grey Lady today. At right is a scan.
It so happens that folded, what you get is what you see below.
Yep, that's Hillary Rhodam Clinton in the middle of the photo, and the headline below (from another story) reads "As Prostitutes Turn To Craiglist, Law Enforcement Takes Notice."
Ouch. Makes me glad I took those design classes.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Labor Day
In my case, sometimes I'm working and it looks like I'm wasting my time.
Case in point: I browse many newspapers at the beginning of my shift, usually while I'm printing a page, getting e-mails or checking messages, or doing all of it at the same time. I'm not only working, but multi-tasking. But for the casual observer, it doesn't look like I'm working at all.
Another one: After editing a CD review, I have to check the Web sites that we print, to make sure they are accurate. As it is increasingly the case nowadays, band sites tend to be on MySpace.com, where most of them also post photos they want us to use. But you have to be logged in to do that.
For the casual observer, I'm wasting my time on MySpace.com
And sometimes, when I'm multi-tasking, I'm on MySpace.com while I browse a newspaper.
I love this job.


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CHARLOTTE Nott and mum Jenny Daniels are both practising their running, but for very different reasons.
Since receiving her first set of special running blades a year ago this week, amputee Charlotte has developed a love of sport.
Now the six-year-old from Cowley can't wait to get her next pair for an active summer.
The Horspath CofE Primary School pupil had the lower parts of her arms and legs amputated after contracting meningitis as a baby.
And her mum is embarking on a challenge of her own as she prepares to run across hot coals for a charity which helped Charlotte.
She aims to raise £250 for Charlbury's SpecialEffect, a charity which helps people with disabilities to enjoy computer games through special equipment.
She said: "We don't know if it will be running or swimming or throwing but Charlotte will definitely do something.
"We went bowling recently, and people were surprised that she is just as good as other children.
"She is naturally good at sport and games, she has really good co-ordination."
As she grows, Charlotte needs new £6,000 blades and legs every three to six months. She is currently waiting for her next set.
With other care costs, the youngster – sister to Libby, one, and George, four – will need about £15,000-a-year for the rest of her life.
Miss Daniels, 32, said: "This is my first fundraiser, but I want to do a few different things.
"The last three years have been busy. I have focused on Charlotte's recovery and all the things we have had going on, including fundraising for her.
"SpecialEffect just took us under their wing and we have made really good friends with them. They helped Charlotte to have fun."
Miss Daniels also hopes to raise cash for Oxford Children's Hospital, where Charlotte was treated, and South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS).
Charlotte said: "I am really excited about watching mum do it, I'm sure she can make it."
Oxford United players helped raise £8,000 for blades last year and others ran the Oxford Half Marathon to support Charlotte.
- Charlotte in the dugout at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium last July after being fitted with new blades
Other fundraisers will take on the hot coal challenge at Oxford City Football Club on Saturday at 8pm, including Tracy Dennell, landlady of The Seacourt Bridge, Botley, who is aiming to raise £700 for SpecialEffect.
The mother-of-three is also helping to organise a family fun day at The Seacourt Bridge in April in aid of the charity.
Other charities to benefit from the hot coal challenge will be Seesaw, Sobell House Hospice, Helen & Douglas House children's hospice and spinal injuries charity Aspire.


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The Hunger Games' reign atop the box office didn't surprise anyone. The books had a rabid teen following that was going to support it for weeks. If someone came to you two weeks ago and said the movie to knock it off the top of the box office was based off a Steve Harvey book, and it had Chris Brown in it, you wouldn't believe them, right? You might even call them crazy.
1. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems): $33 million in 2,015 theaters
Well, that happened. The Kevin Hart-led romantic comedy is the surprise hit of the weekend. It got top marks from males and viewers under twenty five, which is probably what led to it's dominance. Never underestimate the romantic comedy that can appeal to both halves of the relationship. Even Turtle from Entourage is in this movie, how could your boyfriend NOT love it?
2. The Lucky One (WB): $22.8 million in 3,155 theaters
If Think Like A Man aimed for couples looking for comedy, The Lucky One was looking for the "girls who want to cry a lot" demographic. It's written by Nicholas Sparks, the man responsible for date-night tearjerkers The Notebook and Dear John, and stars a newly buff Zac Efron, who's doing his best to stay pretty and relevant.
3. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate): $14.5 million in 3,752 theaters [Week 5]
We now live in a post-Hunger Games movie season. The movie finally cracked the top twenty domestic earners of all time this week, and broke the $350 million mark this weekend. A juggernaut like this won't be seen until... Well, until The Avengers comes out in two weeks, and then again when the Dark Night Rises comes out in July.
4. Chimpanzee (Beuna Vista): $10.2 million in 1,563 theaters
There's an unconfirmed rumour going around that all $10 million of the movie's earnings were from Mitt Romney's private screenings.
5. The Three Stooges (Fox): $9.2 million in 3,482 theaters [Week 2]
They haven't even earned back the full $30 million it took to make this movie. After this weekend they're just shy, coming in at $29.5 million over the last two weeks. And now you're asking yourself, where did a studio put $30 million into this?
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