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|Africano, from Sigacik (ancient Teos), Izmir Province, Turkey
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|Tectonic breccia-conglomerate of poorly-sorted grey-brown biospar limestone clasts in a microspar matrix rich in red, brown and yellow ferruginous matter (oxidised chlorite). The same colours abundant stylolites. Cavities are filled with sparry calcite.
|The Africano quarries had long been lost when Corsi wrote his catalogue, and he was wrong in conjecturing that Chios was the source. The site of the ancient quarries, at Sigacik (ancient Teos) in Turkey, was only rediscovered in 1966 by Michael Ballance who found samples of the stone around a curious lake called Kara Göl. This turned out to be a flooded quarry. A second quarry was found at Beylerköy, about 15 km away. Large quantities of stone were extracted and used in Italy and northern Africa in the first and second centuries AD. The palate of colours of Africano is distinctive: mottled pink, red and green fragments in a matrix which is often dark grey or black.
|Borghini (1997) 133-135; Bostock (1855) bk 36, ch 8; Corsi (1825) 47-49; Corsi (1845) 99-100; Gnoli (1988) 174-178; Higgins (1996) 142; Lazzarini (2002c) 250-251; Mielsch (1985) 54-55, taf.13; Price (2007) 136-137; Ward-Perkins (1966)
|Further information:
|Corsi's classification:
|Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 3. Africano marble
|Corsi's text:
|49.18/ S12.1 Marmo Africano

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There will also be1. a Chinese couple who married(or engaged?) recently from DaLian,China2.M/M team who are demobilized soldiers3.a Father/Daughter team4.only 1 F/F team this season
and that is them on the blue-lined picture, wearing blue backpacks ?!
One local post a pic on Baidu,and we finally see our F/F team
Possible team:A singer group named"Popsicle"Winner of "China's got talented" S3 Shenyang Division
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SD YW English Muffins - Some Fried As Donuts Per gmabaking With Apricot, Nectarine Ginger Glaze
The last time we made English Muffins the kjknits way we took her SD version and added yeast water. gmakaing made some for her grand daughter and also fried some as donuts! What a great idea. Her grand daughter really liked them and they disappeared fast.
Look at that color and the nice DO we got at the Estate Sale down the street.
When I told gmabaking I was doing another EM batch today and was going to fry some as donuts, I asked if she had glazed the donuts or put powdered sugar on them. She said that they were gone too fast but thought that an apricot glaze would be nice. Well, that sounded pretty good to me and a nice outlet for our home made apricot, nectarine and ginger jam.
The 100 g of combo YW and SD starter was pinched off a larger amount I was building for some WW Semolina bread. It used that nice Joe Ortiz cumin, WW SD starter and the now richly purple Apple, Minneola YW that has gone beautifully colored due to the addtion of fresh cherries inspired by Ian at isand66. It matches my place mats which should be a requirement for any serious home baker - or possibly dumb luck :-)
The starter was built with duram atta, whole soft white wheat and white whole wheat. The muffin dough had 2 C of AP and 1/4 C of Duram Atta. So these EM's were to be a healthy whole wheaty, semolina variety. The rest of the recipe can be found at kjknits blog at http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/3241/sourdough-english-muffins/ We love this EM recipe and it has turned out to be easily modified and versatile too. Always very tasty no matter nhow my apprentice butcher's it.
The starter, flour and milk (I added 2 T more than the Cup of milk due to the extra 1/4 C durum atta in the dough flour) are allowed to sit out overnight for 8 hours. In the morning the rest of the ingredients go in. Then knead for 3-4 minutes and roll them out 3/8" thick for cutting. After cutting, place them on parchment paper dusted in semolina top and bottom and rest for 45 minutes covered in plastic. The EM's are then dry fried in a 12" cast iron skillet.
We made 6 flat donut shapes by hand by using the bagel forming method of ball with afinger poked through it and then using two fingers opening the hole in a cirular motion. Then we squished (another fine baking term) them flat. Why we squished them flat I have no idea and it doesn't make much sense now, since they were going to puff up in the hot nearly smoking Crisco anyway.
These EM are explosive with the YW and baking soda working with that vigorous Ortiz SD starter. We made the EM's larger diameter this time (same as Thomas) and increased the thickness a little to 5/16" thick. Will make them 3/8" thick next time because, even though these babies really spring, they still were only a little over an 1" high after cooling . We made 11 EM's and 6 donuts instead of the 24 mini EM's made the last time.
The EM's came out as usual but were more tasty with the WW and semolina flours. Not quite as open as the all AP flour ones, but still pretty good like Wofferman's in KC where I worked as a sack boy nearly 50 years ago. Best job I ever had too. The donuts were a hoot to make and fry up. Fried them 1 at a time to save on the oil since we don't fry much around here except Crab Rangoon's, Egg and Spring Rolls and a few other appetizers. Will make some dry fried or baked bagel ones next time too.
The donuts fried up nice and brown and the spring on them was very good. The crumb was very open, light and moist. The crust was chewy just like a fried English muffin would be so, these donuts aren't like the cake or glazed donuts you are used to but they are tasty none the less.
We mixed some of our apricot, nectarine and ginger jam with some powdered suger and a T of milk to make the glaze for the donuts. We dipped them twice to get an extra thick coat. Butter and this tasty jam were have too's for the warm EM's. Just delicious. I personally had 3 of each for breakfast and can attest to their addictiveness!
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Top commander in Kony's rebel army captured by Ugandan troops, official says
DJEMA, Central African Republic – Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, an army official said, in what an analyst said was an "intelligence coup" for forces hunting for Kony.
Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo, intelligence chief for Uganda's military operation against the LRA, said Sunday that Caesar Acellam was captured Saturday with two other rebel fighters as they tried to cross a river called Mbomu.
Although Acellam is not one of the LRA commanders indicted along with Kony in 2005 by the International Criminal Court, Ugandan officials say he was one of Kony's top military strategists and a reliable fighter.
"He is in good condition," Rugumayo said of Acellam. "He was captured with two other rebels. They were in a group of 30 rebels."
He said the others escaped.
Details of precisely how Acellam was captured were not available, but some analysts said it was possible he had just walked into the hands of Ugandan army officials.
"He's been on the defection shelf for a long time," said Angelo Izama, a political analyst with the Kampala-based security think tank Fanaka Kwawote. "This is a big intelligence coup for the Ugandan army."
A Ugandan army official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said losing Acellam was a big blow to Kony, whose forces have become increasingly degraded by a lack of food and having to constantly move to elude capture.
"He is big fish, very big fish," the official said of Acellam, who has been with the LRA for over 20 years. "He is one of the top division commanders."
The official said Kony, who Ugandan officials suspect to be hiding somewhere in Sudan, has traditionally lived in bush camps significantly far from where his top commanders hide, apparently as a security precaution.
"Kony does not want his commanders near him," he said. "He wants to be alone."
Kony recently became the focus of international attention after the U.S. advocacy group Invisible Children made an online video seeking to make him famous. In 2005 the ICC indicted Kony, along with four other LRA commanders, for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Two of them have since died.
Last year U.S. President Barack Obama sent 100 troops to help regional governments eliminate the LRA. But the manhunt for LRA leaders has proved tough, with the rebels moving in very small groups and avoiding technology. Encounters between Ugandan troops and the rebels are very rare.
Only about 200 LRA members remain the jungle, according to Ugandan officials.


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5 DIY Wrapping Paper Ideas for Kids
Enlist help this week and have your kids make simple, colorful wrapping paper for everyone on your list. Four of these ideas are perfect entertainment for the days leading up to Christmas, while one will keep them busy while they wait to open their own gift.
- This paper is as easy to make as it is entertaining. Cover a rolling pin with foam stickers and get going. From Filth Wizardry.
- Everyone — especially grandparents — will love wrapping paper decorated with small fingerprints. Red Ted Art has clever ideas ranging from fingerprint Christmas lights to reindeer.
- While little ones wait their turn to open gifts, keep them entertained with interactive wrapping paper that they can color, decorate, or use as a racetrack. From Lines Across.
- This pretty paper is stamped with pinecones and tempera paint. See the tutorial at Homegrown Friends.
- Use the veggies you have on hand to create pretty, unexpected stamps. From A Subtle Revelry.


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Last year Qualcomm reorganized how it named its Snapdragon processors and divided them up into different series. Snapdragon S1 represented the first-gen chip found in the HTC Nexus One, then we had S2 and S3, followed by S4 that is currently featured in almost every 4G LTE phone in North America.
For awhile this made things simple as we could just reference the series of chip instead of having to call out the exact model number like MSM8960. When Android fans hear "Snapdragon S4″ they think of the super fast chip that is found in the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III, but there are actually four different tiers of S4 and they are not all created equal.
A perfect example is the Snapdragon S4 Play, featured in the new HTC Desire X. One could see the "S4″ and think they were getting Qualcomm's latest 28nm Krait CPU and faster Adreno GPU, but this budget chip uses the older 45nm process technology and slower Cortex-A5 CPU and Adreno 203 GPU.
If our numbers are correct, there are currently 15 different Snapdragon S4 models and it can be difficult to keep up. Most smartphone buyers probably don't care what processor is inside there phone, but if you are reading this blog then you are not average.
Qualcomm produced a quick video with Michelle Leyden Li, Senior Director of Marketing at Qualcomm, to help explain the different tiers. She breaks down the new Snapdragon system of tiers, from the entry-level space to the high-end lineup. Watch the clip and head over to the Qualcomm's site to study up.
(tl;dr Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 is the chip to get excited about this holiday)
- Prime — Snapdragon S4 Prime processors will power the next wave of enhanced smart TV experiences – including leading audio/video capabilities, pure web browsing and more robust applications – delivering on Qualcomm's commitment of keeping consumers continuously connected to their favorite devices, content and apps. Processors in the S4 Prime tier include the Snapdragon S4 Prime MPQ8064 processor, featuring a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU – based on Qualcomm's Krait micro-architecture – Adreno 320 graphics and advanced audio/video capabilities, delivering mobile users the highest performing mobile experience while consuming less power.
- Pro — Snapdragon S4 Pro processors feature the Adreno 320 GPU and support for higher resolution displays, as well as hardware and software compatibility with the S4 class. The Adreno 320 is a high performance programmable GPU, providing a superior user experience for Web browsing, games, user interfaces and other graphics applications. The Adreno 320 also infuses the S4 Pro version with new multimedia capabilities, including computational camera -the ability to tap directly into the computational capability of the Adreno 320 GPU through new APIs like OpenCL, to enable next-generation use cases such as light-field cameras for mobile devices. In support of next-generation 3D graphics APIs, Adreno 320 will enable more realistic 3D graphic effects through hardware acceleration of advanced rendering features like instancing, occlusion queries and multiple render targets. Adreno 320 also includes dedicated hardware to accelerate Windows and fully supports the top game engines in the industry from Unity, Epic and others. Processors in the S4 Pro tier include APQ8064 and MSM8960T (the Pro version of MSM8960).
- Plus — Snapdragon S4 Plus processors bring outstanding application processing and leading-edge 3G and 4G internet connection speeds, allowing OEMs to introduce S4-based devices with next-generation mobile architecture throughout their respective device roadmaps – from basic smartphones to high-end smartphones and tablets. The enhanced S4 processors also are optimized for use with a suite of software solutions available from Qualcomm that help enable OEMs to deliver industry-leading feature sets for multimedia, connectivity, camera, display, security, power management, browsing and natural user interface design. Processors in the S4 Plus tier include MSM8960, APQ8060A, MSM8660A, MSM8260A, APQ8030, MSM8930, MSM8630, MSM8230, MSM8627 and MSM8227.
- Play — Snapdragon S4 Play Processors are designed specifically for high-volume smartphones. Processors in the S4 Play tier include MSM8625 and MSM8225. Both chipsets provide dual-core CPUs operating up to 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm's Adreno 203 GPU and an integrated 3G modem. The MSM8625 and MSM8225 chipsets are designed to be hardware and software compatible with the MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A family of chipsets, giving device manufacturers the ability to seamlessly migrate their existing Snapdragon S1-based designs to S4 dual core-based designs. This capability is particularly useful for device manufacturers to efficiently expand their smartphone product lines with more advanced and more capable 3G smartphone products.


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Anthem Actuarial Analyst III PS12547 in Boca Raton, Florida
Actuarial Analyst III PS12547
Location: United States
Field: Actuarial
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The A ctuarial Analyst III supports Trend Projection and Clinical Close. Completes very diverse and complicated projects and performs very complex actuarial studies. Primary duties may include, but are not limited to: Analyzes and implements risk contracts including conducting experience analyses, pricing, filing and settlement work; and prepares management reports supporting new capitation initiatives. Assists in training of actuarial trainees, analysts and specialists. Coordinates/directs special actuarial projects.
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B&CMW needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Experience Home Theater LLC needs a professional new logo.
Experience Home Theater, LLC
Experience for Living or A Sight and Sound EXPERIENCE for Living or Sound for Higher Living
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Experience Home Theater LLC needs a professional new logo. They like the THX logo that appears before most films. They like the idea of doing a play on that except using "EXP".
The tagline they would like to use is "Experience for Living" or "A sight and Sound Experience for Living" or "Sound for Higher Living". Please use these taglines to your liking. Play around with the wording as best as you can.
The customer likes reds and blacks for colors. However they are open to different ideas.
This logo needs to look better than this logo: http://www.domesav.com/.
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Xplora wrote:Also a note about data collection - it is focused on a particular data set and as such completely ignores the likelihood of noninjury. Do you protect your toenails from lightning strike? Of course not.
I like that, maybe those who want to foist helmet wearing should also be protecting themselves against lightning strikes to their feet.
I didn't look at the link but someone above mentioned it showed a graph of injuries after cyclists are hit by cars. That lump of foam we are forced to wear ain't nothing against a car weighing over a tonne.
I've asked this before, but where are the MHL advocates asking for proper helmets? In fact I think this might be a good campaign. If we legislate to force all cyclists to wear hard case helmets then the law will get treated with the contempt it deserves.


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Novi, MI Rental Homes and Apartments for Rent
Search rentals in Novi, MI. At RentalGuide.net, we have comprehensive rental listings to help you find Novi apartments for rent. You can also find rental houses and condos. Click on a listing to view details, or refine your search for Novi apartments to search by price, beds and other criteria.


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Ex-lawmaker watching Austin trial closely
AUSTIN — Former state House Public Education Chairman Kent Grusendorf takes a daily front-row seat for the school finance trial — even though he has no surviving children or grandchildren in Texas schools.
The retired legislator gave up most of his summer vacation last year to prepare for the trial. He has put up $20,000 of his own money and persuaded a few friends to do the same in an effort to convince courts to focus on making schools more efficient. For him, that means, in part, forcing competition by introducing school choice in the form of vouchers.
Grusendorf is a devout conservative Republican who previously disparaged "liberal Austin judges" when they ruled against the state. But he has been impressed with state District Judge John Dietz, a Democrat, saying, "He's smart, a hard-working judge, and he appears to be very fair."
He could even vote for him, Grusendorf added, but quickly pointed out the veteran jurist is on the verge of retirement.
Grusendorf is the first legislator or former state lawmaker taking a daily court interest in school funding.
"Nothing is more important to society than the education of our youth. The clock is ticking, and we have to get it right," Grusendorf, 73, said during a break in the trial. "Look beyond the short-term desires of current stakeholders and put first the long-term well-being of Texas children. The two are not always the same."
It's been interesting for the judge to see a former legislator in his courtroom each day of the trial.
"Normally we don't get to see each other's worlds," Dietz said, noting the courts and Texas lawmakers have had a 25-year-long "conversation" about the state's 1876 Constitutional requirement that Texas provide a free and efficient public school system.
The Constitution obligates lawmakers to provide children with "a general diffusion of knowledge."
How they meet the obligation is up to legislators, Dietz said, "since they are the most democratic branch. What I'm hoping (Grusendorf) sees is how seriously we take this."
Dietz said he sometimes wishes judges and legislators could have more of a dialogue about the complexities of public education.
"It's difficult because we are restricted to the legal conversation. We are not able to sit down and talk about which way we approach this," the judge said.
It's obvious that Grusendorf "cares an enormous amount about this question. If you didn't have to be here, it's not exactly the first place that you would choose to come," Dietz said.
Grusendorf has hired former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig Enoch and Grusendorf's nephew Christopher Diamond to lay out their case before Judge Dietz.
The school district groups spent the first six weeks of the trial bringing witnesses to the courtroom in an effort to prove Texas is shortchanging the state's 5 million public school children. Grusendorf's team will present its case later in January.
"We took the position when we entered this case that more money may or may not be required," Grusendorf said. "Our focus is efficiency. There are some things where you can actually be more efficient if you spend more money. And there are other things where you can be more efficient if you spend less money."
Market forces need a role in public education to make the system more efficient, Grusendorf said, "I really strongly believe that consumer choice would improve public education."
He characterizes himself as an accidental politician who "got involved in politics because of education."
"I didn't get into education because of politics," Grusendorf said of his active days with Rotary Club and promoting free enterprise education through the Junior Achievement program while owning an aircraft parts manufacturing company in Arlington.
His interest in public education led him to seek and win a seat on the State Board of Education in 1982. Four years later, he won a seat in the Texas House and eventually became chairman of its Public Education Committee.
He lost to Diane Patrick in the 2006 Republican primary.
But his interest in public education continued, and he said he would not be sitting in the courtroom were it not for the schoolchildren.
"I am not nearly as sympathetic toward institutions as I am toward kids," he said.
"I could be trading stocks, making money. But this is really important," Grusendorf said. "The judge has asked, 'What's more important than education?' Not anything. Our whole society is premised on an educated workforce and an educated electorate."
Part of the trial testimony has focused on the struggles facing property-poor school districts and the great financial disadvantage they have. Although Grusendorf moved to a wealthy Austin-area neighborhood a few years ago, he's not unsympathetic to property-poor schools.
He grew up in Avoco, near Stanford, and did not have electricity until he entered the first grade. His mom, without a high school education, was widowed with four children, raised "on red beans and corn bread."
"There's probably not anyone in this courtroom who grew up poorer than me," he said. "Without an education, where would I be today?"


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We welcome Colin Smith, one of the true Photoshop icons of our times, to the pages of DTG -- and we thank him for sending in this tutorial. Colin writes . . .
In this tutorial, we are going to apply one of my favoriate effects to a photograph. This will soften it and add some nice color and contrast. It only takes a second. In a form of subtlty, I use this effect on almost all my photos.
To start with, we will use a photograph I shot of model, Crystal. I shot this photography with a Canon 5D mk2 and a 50mm prime lens. I used a two light setup, one in front to the viewers right and one behind in the opposite. (You don't really see the back light in this shot). I also used a silver reflector to fill in the light on the left. View the original shot enlarged
1 Because of the type of effect we are going for, let's add some punch and contrast to the photograph. (See a before and after comparison)
Create a Curves adjustment. Usually I would use adjustments layers, but in this case Press Cmd/Ctrl+M to open curves. Make a slight S-curve by darkening the shadows and increasing the highlights a bit. Notice that I pushed the white point to the left so that the adjustment starts at the beginning of the histogram.
2 Duplicate the Layer and change to Overlay Blend Mode
3 Add a Blur to the top layer ... Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
(Note, I went back and did some very subtle spot healing work to the image to get rid of a few spots)
Choose the amount of blur depending on the resolution. In this case I'm working on a high res image so, I used 32.8. Low res might be somewhere in 5 range or so. You will be able to tell by eyeballing it. As you move the slider, the image will take on this nice dreamy look, when you go too far that look stops. Find the "sweet spot" and apply. For some images, you could stop right here, I like the soft dreamy look we have.
4 I reduced the opacity to about 40% to make the effect more subtle. This is a usable photo effect right here.
Having prepared the photo, Lets move on and make a CD cover.
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Today in sad news: An eight-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen in Armin Jahr elementary school, about 20 miles away from Seattle. How did this happen? CBS reports that she was shot when a gun in a fellow classmate's backpack accidentally went off. As of Wednesday night the girl was in critical condition after surgery, although her friends and family gave reporters a thumbs-up sign after leaving the hospital—hopefully an indication that she'll recover.
Plus: 5-Year-Old Brings Gun to School
Although this incident is being treated as an accident, the third grader who had the backpack with the gun in it was booked into a juvenile detention center on charges including third-degree assault and unlawful possession of a gun.
Bill Poss, the husband of the teacher who was in class when the shooting occurred, said in an interview that his wife had mentioned the behavior of the child who brought in the gun to him before: "He's been a real problem in the class, and she's been very concerned about it."
Plus: How to Teach Your Children Gun Safety
What's your take on this terrible story? How should police handle the third-grader who brought in the gun? If you have guns in your home, how do you keep your children from accessing them?


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December 8, 2011
ECE Professor Diana Marculescu has been named a distinguished scientist for her significant impact on the computing field by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
"This is a great honor for me from my peers, as less than 10 percent of ACM members ever attain this accolade," Marculescu said.
A pioneer in energy-aware computing, Marculescu is developing novel power management techniques to improve the performance delivered per unit of energy consumed for computer hardware and software. Because of continuous downsizing of hundreds of processing cores on computer silicon chips, increased power consumption by these tiny processors creates major bottlenecks for increased performance.
Consumers and industry want smaller, faster systems, but the tradeoff is increased heat and decreased reliability on silicon chips, the powerhouse of all computing systems. Faster systems require more energy, but more energy boosts operating costs.
"Our proposed power management techniques include the use of Voltage Frequency Islands (VFI), where we are able to guarantee a certain performance level with minimum power, even under decreased reliability or increased variation," Marculescu said. "Our new VFI-based design style enables fine-grain power management for many-core systems, including both the hardware and software in computer systems. The proposed power management mechanism will also ultimately help cut energy costs."
ECE Department Head Ed Schlesinger praised Marculescu for her drive and problem-solving research goals. "This is wonderful recognition for significant work that represents important aspects of the many efforts underway at CMU in the area of energy efficiency, management and use," Schlesinger said.
Marculescu received a degree in computer science from Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, in 1991, and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Southern California in 1998. She received the National Science Foundation Faculty Career Award in 2000 and the Carnegie Institute of Technology George Tallman Ladd Research Award in 2004.
Chriss Swaney
ECE Professor Diana Marculescu has been named an ACM distinguished scientist.


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The department store chain said Tuesday that Ackman had been replaced on the board by retail veteran Ronald W. Tysoe. Tysoe spent nearly two decades in high-level positions at Federated Department Stores, which has since become Penney competitor Macy's Inc.
Penney, which has seen its stock slump amid several straight quarters of double-digit revenue plunges, also reaffirmed its "overwhelming support" for Chairman Thomas Engibous and Chief Executive Myron Ullman.
The Plano, Texas, retailer's shares fell 49 cents, or 3.7%, to $12.68 Tuesday. The stock has plunged more than 35% this year and has lost more than half its value since late 2010, when Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, disclosed its 16.5% stake in the company.
Ackman, whose hedge fund is Penney's largest shareholder, had spent last week agitating for Engibous' removal and Ullman's speedy replacement.
On Tuesday, Ackman said in a statement that his departure from the board "is the most constructive way forward for J.C. Penney and all other parties involved."
The billionaire later declined to say whether he planned to dump his shares in the company.
Penney said it plans to name another director in addition to Tysoe "in the near future."
Liz Dunn, an analyst with Macquarie Capital, wrote in a note to clients that the board shuffle "restores harmony" and enables directors to "re-focus on stabilizing the business."
"The board disagreements and challenges to leadership were a huge distraction that threatened the notion that JCP was confident in its plan and its leadership," she wrote.
Sterne Agee analyst Charles Grom called the announcement a "net positive."
"Reading between the lines, the board's strong support for Ullman implicitly suggests to us that JCP is on the road to recovery, which is an encouraging development," Grom wrote in a note.
Without Ackman's influence, Penney may have ended up a radically different company.
Ullman was chief executive of the retailer before Ackman pushed
Last week, Ackman publicly pushed the Penney board to step up its pace in finding a permanent replacement for Ullman, only to face a quick rebuke. In their own statement, Engibous and the board stood behind Ullman and branded Ackman's actions as "disruptive and counterproductive."
On Friday, Ackman called for Engibous to step down. Major investors, reportedly including Penney backer billionaire
Reducing the acrimony on the board still leaves the chain with several challenges, such as how to boost its customer base and compete with rivals such as Macy's.
Penney recently had to swat down a report in the New York Post that commercial lender
Penney will report its quarterly results next week.
"The outlook remains negative and the long term success of the company's new merchandising and promotion strategies remains uncertain," Standard & Poor's analyst David Kuntz wrote in a note to clients. "The results of the upcoming back to school and holiday season will be important milestones in assessing the effectiveness of these strategies."
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"Today we are able to share details on a number of new and improved features in each of the core applications for Office 15, thanks to several people with access to the early Technical Preview code. From Touch and Reading Mode to a Weather Bar feature in Outlook 15, we have exclusive details on Microsoft's plans." Looking good. Not fully Metro though. Bummer.


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B.S. in Computer Engineering
The objective of the undergraduate program in computer engineering is to prepare students for productive careers as professional engineers and to provide a base for graduate study and for lifelong learning in new and developing specialties. We expect graduates will have attained the following achievements within a few years after completing the program:
1. Contributing Professionals
Graduates are expected to have become contributing professionals who apply fundamental engineering knowledge and analytical problem solving skills in a wide variety of practical applications.
2. Well-Rounded Citizens
Graduates are expected to have become well-rounded citizens who rely on their engineering education to serve society with an understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities.
3. Effective and Responsible Collaborators
Graduates are expected to have become effective and responsible collaborators who function well in diverse team environments. Some graduates will have emerged as leaders in their field.
4. Intellectual Growth
Graduates are expected to have exhibited intellectual growth and pursue continual innovation in their field. Those graduates who are especially talented and motivated to pursue a graduate degree should be successful at entering and completing graduate studies.
The degree program in computer engineering fosters the achievement of these objectives in two ways. First, the curriculum as a whole is comprised of:
- a coherent program of required courses in basic science, mathematics, and engineering science, including laboratory experience in the use of modern equipment for measurement and design;
- education in the humanities, social sciences, ethical principles and management, with special attention to the development of effective written and oral communication skills;
- elective coursework in several of the major subdisciplines of electrical and computer engineering, to encourage individual interests and to provide opportunity to gain further knowledge in these subdisciplines; and
- experiences that facilitate the development of problem-solving, teamwork and engineering design skills with the aid of modern analysis and design tools, and experiences that encourage students to become active alumni and to develop a commitment to lifelong learning.
Basic and required courses are taken during the first two years, along with some introductory professional courses, including an engineering laboratory. Laboratory courses are required in both of these years with a strong emphasis on engineering design. The third and fourth years include both required and elective technical courses.
The Clarkson Common Experience is addressed in the first year with the Clarkson Seminar and a course in one of the required knowledge areas. Five knowledge area and/or university courses are required over the four years of study, and one of these knowledge area courses must be in economics. The Clarkson Common Experience is designed, in part, to develop communication, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills and an understanding of the social, ethical and economic implications of an engineer's work.
Second, the computer engineering program is constructed so that each student develops a working knowledge of engineering design based on a broad spectrum of concepts, principles, and techniques balanced in hardware, software, and systems, along with a strong set of communication and teamwork skills. This is done through a program of study with the following outcomes:
- In the required courses, students are expected to master fundamentals of hardware and software design. Sound software engineering principles are introduced and reinforced with required courses that treat object-oriented design, data structures, standardized components, and system software. Hardware design principles are introduced in a course that treats hardware concepts and analysis that is followed by work in logic design and laboratory experiences in which students must design and build small systems using standard logic circuits and programmable logic devices. Elements common to hardware and software are stressed and hardware/software tradeoffs are addressed in this segment of the curriculum.
- Students gain experience working in modern software development environments and using modern design tools. In the required course sequence, students learn C/C++ and the Standard Template Library, gain experience with VHDL and modern simulation environments in hardware design, and use programmable logic devices in their design projects.
- Students develop their teamwork and communication skills. They do so in part through course work that requires them to communicate effectively in written form and in part through course-work involving team-based design, written communication of their design decisions, and oral presentation of their work. The design experiences require that students work in teams of varying size, collaborating with others on teams whose composition is determined by their instructors. By participating in team-based problem solving of this kind, with individuals whom they did not choose as teammates, students learn to work with a diverse group of individuals in multiple situations, thereby developing their teamwork skills.
- Students develop the ability to design an integrated hardware/software system to meet desired specifications. They engage in a major design experience that emulates an industrial design environment. In this design experience, students design and implement the hardware and software components of a digital system. This team-oriented task demands that students learn to work with others in completing a system design that meets specifications on time. The system specifications often require that students interact with individuals from other disciplines to design an acceptable product.
- Students engage in activities that foster development of an appreciation for the importance of extracurricular and community involvement. They are actively encouraged to become involved with professional societies, service organizations, and other extracurricular activities and are also encouraged to take advantage of the close interpersonal environment that the department fosters. We also encourage our students to obtain significant industrial level experience prior to graduation, either through an internship or by participating in the Co-op program. Further, we encourage our students to participate in engineering projects on campus, through undergraduate research, suitable on-campus work experience, and technical extracurricular activities such as the solar car team or the US First Robotics competition.
Computer Engineering Curriculum
(See Common First-Year Curriculum in Engineering)
SOPHOMORE YEAR First Semester Second Semester Course TitleCr. Hrs. Course TitleCr. Hrs. MA232 Differential Equations3 MA231 Calculus III3 ES250 Electrical Science3 EE211 ECE Lab I3 ES260 Materials Science3 EE221 Linear Circuits3 EE261 Intro to Programming EE264 Intro to Digital Design3 and Software Design3 EE361 Fundamentals of KA/UC Elective13 Software Engineering31515 JUNIOR YEAR First Semester Second Semester Course TitleCr. Hrs. Course TitleCr. Hrs. MA381 Probability3 MA346 Applied Algebra3 EE321 Systems and EE316 Computer Engineering Signal Processing3 Junior Lab3 EE341 Microelectronics3 EE360 Micrprocessors3 EE363 Generic Programming EE462 Software Systems & Software Components3 Architecture3 EE365 Advanced Digital KA/UC Elective13 Circuit Design3
SENIOR YEAR First Semester Second Semester Course TitleCr. Hrs. Course TitleCr. Hrs. EE416 Computer Eng. Professional Electives36 Senior Lab3 KA/UC Elective13 EE464 Digital Systems Design3 Undesignated EE466 Computer Architecture3 Electives46 CS Elective23 KA/UC Elective131515
1 Knowledge Area or University Course Electives
There are a total of five courses which must be taken to cover six knowledge areas. At least one of these courses must be a University course. University courses are interdisciplinary courses that cover two or more knowledge areas. One of the knowledge area electives must be an economics course, EC350 is recommended.
2 The Computer Science Elective must be selected from computer science courses numbered 300 or higher that are taught in Computer Science, or CS 242.
3 The Professional Electives are ECE courses numbered 300 or higher, or other engineering course if approved by the ECE Department.
4The Undesignated Electives are fulfilled by college level courses that do not contain a significant amount of material already covered elsewhere in the student's program.
See Academic Requirements for details of the Clarkson Common Experience including the First-Year Seminar, the Clarkson Seminar, Knowledge Area (KA) courses, University Courses (UC), and related requirements.
Professional Specializations
The courses offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering can be grouped into the following subdisciplines, with each subdiscipline including a combination of required and elective courses at the undergraduate level. Note that a number of these courses cross disciplines, such as EE427, which is a signal processing course and also has a strong software component. A complete description of all courses, including graduate-level courses, can be found in the annual publication Courses. Qualified undergraduate students are encouraged to take graduate level courses within their area of interest. Undergraduate students enrolled in 500-level courses must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0, and permission of their advisor and their department chair. To enroll in a 600-numbered course, undergraduates must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0, and must have permission of their advisor, department chair, and the dean of Engineering. See Professional Concentrations in Engineering.
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Tuesday's press conference at the George Washington Bridge with victims of the Christie admin's lane closures was a great success!
STAR-LEDGER: The group that organized the event... the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, created a website: ChristieResign.com where they said 13,000 people had signed an online petition calling for the Republican governor's resignation if it's revealed that he knew about the closures ahead of time. The New Jersey Working Families Alliance, a labor, environmental and community group, also took part in the event.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY: "Every morning that week, we were paralyzed by cars, trucks," says Robert Tessaro, of Fort Lee. "Emergency vehicles couldn't get through. We couldn't get our daughter to day care."
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Mathematica helps educators make their classrooms dynamic—where students can interactively explore concepts in math, physics, economics, biology, engineering or virtually any subject.
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2 winning tickets in $414M Mega Millions jackpot
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The holders of two lucky tickets purchased states apart awoke to good news Wednesday: They will split a Mega Millions jackpot of $414 million, the third-largest prize in the game's history.
The tickets — one sold at a Sunoco convenience store on Florida's Space Coast, the other at a Maryland liquor store southeast of Washington — matched all six winning numbers in the Tuesday night drawing: 11, 19, 24, 33 and 51 with a Mega Ball of 7.
The full $414 million jackpot has a cash option of $230.9 million. Maryland lotto officials estimate that if its winner takes the cash option, he or she will take home about $76.4 million after taxes.
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo a clerk prepares to operate a lottery machine to print out Mega Millions lottery tickets for a customer in Muncie, Ind. The March 18, 2014 estimated $400 million Mega Millions jackpot could potentially be the sixth-largest in lottery prize in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Outside the Merritt Island service station, just south of Cape Canaveral, three television news vans lingered midmorning Wednesday.
David Dodge, 63, was taken aback by the activity. He lives a few blocks away and said he drops in "almost every day" to buy cigars, or candy and snacks for one of his five grandchildren.
Dodge said he stopped buying lottery tickets regularly a few years ago but still does it every now and then — and he wishes he would have had that itch Tuesday.
"Of course I do — everybody does," he said. "But money is not what my life is all about right now. I pretty much have everything I have. I'm disabled and I can't work. But I have grandchildren and my family, and that's what it's all about."
Fellow Merritt Island resident Ron Manuel, 68, walked out of the store Wednesday after purchasing a $2 Florida Lottery ticket. He said he wonders if the winner is a neighbor or someone else he knows.
"It's a residential area," Manuel said. "I'm sure it's someone who frequents the story regularly.
"I'm just glad it wasn't somebody in California," he added. "They've got the last couple of big winners. When it gets to be big money, California seems to win it."
The Florida winner — the state's first in the Mega Millions game — has 180 days to claim the prize at state lotto headquarters in Tallahassee, and his or her name and city of residence will be released.
The Maryland winner bought the ticket at Lady's Liquor in La Plata, a town of nearly 9,000 about 30 miles from the nation's capital. The winner — who has 182 days to claim the prize but can choose to remain anonymous — picked the numbers manually, rather than through a machine's random selection, Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino said.
"Those numbers probably mean something to that winner," he said. He advised the holder to sign the back of the ticket and consult an attorney.
Jay Jhala, owner and manager of Lady's Liquor, said he didn't know when the winning ticket was sold or to whom. He said he was excited, though, to have sold a ticket to a new millionaire.
"This is a first ever," he said. The store has sold winning tickets before, "but never this big."
Both retailers receive commissions of $100,000 for selling the winning tickets, lottery officials said.
Mega Millions changed its rules in October to help increase jackpots. The game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Associated Press writer Brett Zongker in Washington contributed to this report.
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I am currently a novice the Monastery of St. John of San Francisco in Manton, CA. I spent several years prior to coming to the monastery as a web developer for a business that serves non-profit and public sector organizations. I've been at the monastery since February 2011, and my duties include general housekeeping, groundskeeping, music composition and choir leadership, website maintenance, candle-making, and other things.


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Claremore installs new bike racks
Coffee and bikes - perfect companions! It's time for another cuppa.
You just never know who you'll run into! This is Dale Peterson, a retired avionics QA inspector from my shop, and the first guy who trained me when I hired in over 20 years ago.
We were in Clarmore very briefly this afternoon. Traffic was snarled due to the Lilac Festival. Will Rogers Boulevard was closed for a car show and a music stage. Naturally, that was where Mary and Lyndsay wanted to go.
As they browsed through a book store, I wandered outside to get some quick photos. That's when I ran into Dale.
Here's an alternative use for some infrastructure intended for alternative transportation!
Look at the chalk lines. They indicate where the rack was to be installed. With all the rain we've had, the lines wouldn't last more than a day or two, so these must have been installed late this week.
A Clarmore patrolman who's hoping to get instructor certification from the IPMBA. I regret that I didn't get his name.
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Several years ago, we ran a story on what appeared to be a breakthrough new product: a lifetime oil filter ("The Old Dog Meets New Tricks," Aug. '05). After putting the manufacturer's claims to the test on an L98 engine, we had only positive things to say. One year later, we performed a similar evaluation on Editor Heath's LT1 ride and achieved the same results. This month, we're featuring the LS1 model.
Quite possibly my favorite aftermarket accessory, PurePower's undercar can does what many other filters do not: its job. To recap what we've written in the past, most conventional filters attempt to clean engine oil by passing it over paper media. This method catches some--but not all--of the contaminants in the fluid.
PurePower's filter, on the other hand, forces the used oil through a fine metal mesh that traps all debris 22 microns and smaller on the first pass. For reference, a human hair is 100 microns in diameter, while the smallest size visible to the human eye is 10 microns across.
How does it work in practice? According to PurePower, SAE and ASTM testing showed a 90 percent filtering improvement over standard cans, along with up to four times the oil flow and the ability to withstand 1,000-plus-psi pressure bursts without damage or distortion.
Given time, almost everything evolves, and PurePower's filters are no exception. Featuring a host of fresh advancements, the LS1 version offers a new bypass valve, neodymium magnets, and a reinforced "rollcage" that keeps the filter safe from user error.
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Long awaited La Decima. 4 major trophies in a year. Record-breaking winning streak. World Cup for Germany. I could say that 2014 is the best year I've ever experienced. Especially for Madridistas.
But it wasn't actually. A few sad & heartbroken events neutralised this year's happiness. Banyak ujian Malaysia dapat tahun ni. MH370, MH17, banjir paling teruk sejak 1970-an. Dear God, please forgive us.
New journey in 2015, mostly will be spent in Kerteh. May Allah ease everything.
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A Child's Christmas in Wales: A reading
Join your friends and neighbors for a reading of Dylan Thomas's magical prose poem. Told through the wonder-filled eyes of a young boy the poem remembers the Christmases celebrated long ago in a Welsh seaside town. Actor Mike Vaughn has read this poem to delighted audiences around the Bay Area many times and finds new enjoyment in Thomas's evocative images and lyrical language at each reading.
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Lady Vengeance (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers can't seem to find his red eye-shadow, but likes the flick anyway...
At the age of nineteen, Lee Geum-ja goes to prison for the murder and abduction of a child. Although innocent of the crime, she accepts this fate on behalf of her vile accomplice, Mr. Baek, because he is holding her newborn child hostage. While serving her thirteen-year prison sentence, Geum-ja prepares for her revenge by winning the hearts and favours of her fellow inmates. Upon her release from prison, she sets out to seek her revenge with the help of those very same inmates. However, along the way she decides to find her long lost daughter, whose love will change everything.
How do you top a film as unforgettable and defining as Oldboy? Peter Jackson followed his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy with a stunning, Oscar nominated spectacle that paled when compared to his twelve hour magnum opus. David Fincher chased the Nichean grandeur of Fight Club with a modest gimmick thriller, which was met with only minimal critical enthusiasm. Michael Cimino's career was basically over the second The Deer Hunter was released, and James Cameron hasn't made a film since 1997, when Titanic swept the Oscars and pulled in more money than any film in history.
It's not an easy task.
Lady Vengeance is an utterly amazing film. Visually it's one of the most gorgeous in years, but when we compare it to Oldboy its light fades to a glimmer. It's not fair to anyone involved that Park Chan-wook's previous film was so damn good. Watching Geum-ja try to make contact with her lost child while planning violent retribution against her antagonist I almost wished I'd never seen Oh Dea-su punch his knuckles bloody against a hotel room prison cell wall.
Technically this is the most ambitious film Park has ever attempted. His use of the widescreen frame is second to few, and the attention to decorative detail is astonishing (darn, only a few paragraphs in and I'm already running out of synonyms of the word 'stunning'). The film fluctuates between Baroque, hyper-real, impressionistic, and blatantly self-aware (including obvious digital work and characters speaking to the camera). The optical input can actually be, at times, overwhelming, for better or worse.
While watching the film in this, my third time around, I thought a lot of Wes Anderson's small collection of films. His candy-coloured, widescreen compositions must've inspired Park to a certain extent, even if he never mentions it in either of his commentaries. Or perhaps Park's inspiration was the same as Anderson's—Stanley Kubrick.
The entire film hinges on the performance of our 'Lady Vengeance', Lee Yeong-ae, the star of Park Chan-wook's popular break through film, JSA: Joint Security Area. Yeong-ae gives a wonderfully layered performance as a younger woman, feigning innocence, and an older woman hell bent on revenge and ravaged by guilt. Though despite all her dark and dangerous intensity, it is her intrinsic and witty sense of humour that most of us will remember her for. Yeong-ae is backed up by a rock-solid supporting cast, peppered with some of Park's favourite character actors, including Oh Dae-su himself, Choi Min-sik, as Geum-ja's mortal enemy and the cause of her imprisonment.
Continuing his ambitious streak, Park opts to deal with the moral and ethical issues presented by bloody, murderous revenge, rather than the aiming of guilt. Choi Min-sik's guilt is never in question, but Lee Yeong-ae's motives may be. These issues were the basis of the first part of his 'Vengeance Trilogy', Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, where they were dealt with in somewhat heavy-handed, and unmistakably dark manner, which turned off many viewers. Here Park tries to infuse the issues with more humour, not to mention honesty. The hands are still pretty weighted, but they're much more elegant this time around. One might even call it 'lady-like'.
The film's real folly in the shadow of Oldboy is its somewhat inconsequential plot. Lady Vengeance's journey is all about looks and feelings rather than the plot twists and mystery that Oldboy must surmount. Geum-ja and Chan-wook spend the more time on the construction of the murder weapon than the preparation of the murder, and the final act feels as if it's fallen out of an entirely different film.
However, Park makes it abundantly clear on the disc's commentary, as well as in various interviews, that he wanted Lady Vengeance to be a different and original movie. He didn't want to make Oldboy part two anymore than he wanted to make Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance part two. This film is an anomaly in Park Chan-wook's cannon, while still being unmistakably personal. When judged on its own merits this is a wonderful film, and one that I've found something new to love in every time I've watched it.
Tartan may have a double dip up its sleeve, but for now they've opted to release the theatrical version of Lady Vengeance, not the Korean video version, which fades very subtly to black and white, only retaining a few colours through-out (like Spielberg's Schindler's List, it even includes a coloured candle flame). The idea was a good one, but it really didn't work, mostly because Chan-wook and his DP didn't film the movie in high enough contrast. Basically, the overall image was too dark.
It's hard to say whether this release looks better or worse than the Korean two-disc release. The colour palette is different, to be sure, and though Park Chan-wook seems satisfied with the image he's watching on the disc's commentaries, I can't be sure this is the print he's been watching. I prefer these brighter colours, but the Tartan disc seems to suffer slightly in darker areas, like the alleyway kidnapping attempt and the schoolhouse finale.
Tartan R1
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While dealing with the contrast issue Tartan seems to have created a little problem with combing and edge enhancement on brighter colours that are moving. All signs seem to point to a progressive transfer, and the combing is an anomaly in these areas. Park seems to blame himself for the heavy grain and eclipsed image during these dark scenes due to the fact that he used the bleach bypass process even though he didn't really want pitch-black images.
Other than these dark issues, the only problems with the transfer are compression issues, specifically low-level noise in gradated backgrounds (see the red background in my final screen cap). This was a problem with the Korean disc as well, as was a hair of colour bleeding, the biggest culprit being bright reds against lighter shades.
Instead of the smooth electronica that made Oldboy special, Park opts this time for a very Vivaldi-esque Baroque score, but uses it in the same self-aware and slightly ironic way Wes Anderson used Mark Mothersbaugh's pseudo-classical score in Rushmore. The score is beautiful (it can be downloaded in its entirety from Tartan UK's Lady Vengeance website), and the DTS and Dolby Digital tracks on this disc are gorgeous.
Besides the score, and a couple of stray gunshots, the soundtrack is pretty subtle. There's some cool, state of the art stuff to be sure, but not much to give your home system a real workout. On the flip side, there's nothing here I can possible complain about. Dialogue is clear and clean, and I didn't notice a single fizz or pop anywhere. For the music alone this track is worth a higher than average score.
In the wake of the recent press release for Tartan USA's ultimate edition, three disc set for Oldboy, I can't help but be a little sceptical about the finality of this release of Lady Vengeance. The special features on this single disc set practically begin and end with its three commentary tracks. The tracks include a director/actress track, a director/DP/art director track, and a track with some film critic named Richard Pena.
I didn't get my review screener until Saturday (September 23rd) afternoon, and in an effort to get this review live before (or at least at) the disc's release date I've not sat through any of these tracks in their entirety. My sampling did help me draw a few important conclusions however.
Park Chan-wook's track with his DP and art director is not surprisingly very technical. The track was a bit of help in my grading of the video quality, but viewers un-interested in technical jargon may be disappointed in the tracks lack of 'meaningful' discussion. There is some brief talk about the vague political meaning behind some of the film's images, but it's all rather broad, and Park admits that he only offers this as one possible view. The track is surprisingly self-deprecating at points.
Park's track with Lee Yeong-ae is slightly less cold, and, again, unsurprisingly focuses more on the film's acting and actors. This track has the most dead air, but Yeong-ae is very warm and easy to listen to (or I suppose read, if one doesn't speak Korean). The last track answers some of the pressing content based questions I'd wished Park would've addressed, but in the end, Richard Pena comes across as little more than a fan-boy with a massive man-crush on Park Chan-wook (but who can blame him, right?).
The 'Making of' documentary is only about ten minutes long, and reminded me very much of Wes Anderson's brother's elongated EPK, which can be found on Criterion's Rushmore disc. The featurette is a sales piece, but as filmed by Lady Vengeance's assistant director, is more movie-like. Though not very informative, there is a sense of awkward love in the finished product, and it's very easy to watch.
Park Chan-wook's interview answers more questions yet, but the director looks pretty uncomfortable. Come to think of it, Chan-wook always looks uncomfortable. The questions are good ones, and the inclusion welcome. A few Tartan Asia Extreme trailers finish off the disc.
One of the best films of last year, Lady Vengeance (or Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) only pales when compared to its predecessor. Fans of Park Chan-wook's work will definitely want to see it, as may some who haven't yet delved into the director's work. There's no reason to think that the 'Vengeance Trilogy' needs to be seen in release order, unless one wants to notice the many cameos in this production. Readers who own the Korean release, which includes the 'fade to black and white' version, will probably want to hold onto it, but might want to double dip for the subtitled commentary tracks and a slightly different (and I think better) video transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
I hate it when I'm right. I said this would have the best transfer of the lot, and the extras are pretty much everything I wanted from the Korean release. Maybe the UK boxed set release will go one better. We shall see...
Director7 Member Join Date: June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 290
This is a pretty powerful movie, I should be buying this one.
MGR Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: United States Posts: 94
This review made me want to go see this movie
Tony DeFrancisco Senior Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,652
Woohoo! I finally get to see it today. Now all I need is to see Mr. Vengeance, then I saw the whole trilogy
YlowBstard Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 854
I've seen Mr. Vengence and Oldboy- so all I have left to see is this. I can't wait to pick it up. The transfer looks great!
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
Thanks for the comparison shots Gabe - it would be great if more reviews had them!
Not to pimp myself (ok I am), there's a whole comparison review of this title linked at the bottom of Gabe's review.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
LV is a great movie, but I agree Oldboy is better.
mrmarzo Member Join Date: March 2006 Location: United States Posts: 3
to me lady vengeance was better.
Tony DeFrancisco Senior Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,652
Just finished it today, great film! Liked Oldboy a tad bit better though
Hmmm, do I want to buy this for the commentaries and theatrically accurate transfer? Decisions, decisions...
Simon Abrams Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: United States Posts: 710
The series goes downhill (Mr. Vengeance is the best for me because it's so technically well done, and is the most focussed, and obviously the most over the top but still the most coherent piece). Oldboy is a great extravaganza but Lady Vengeance just sort of was too sloppy for me. I know it's not supposed to satisfy but still I enjoyed the first two more. I reserve judgment for when I do a marathon of all three in a row.
By the way, is it just me or is the girl in Lady Vengeance mentioned during this very brief scene in Oldboy when he's searching for his wife and that hairdresser tells him about someone who was adopted by Swiss (or something) parents?
It could be a dangerously similar instance or it could be a very deft and maybe a bit too cryptic reference to LV. I don't know honestly.
By the way, is it just me or is the girl in Lady Vengeance mentioned during this very brief scene in Oldboy when he's searching for his wife and that hairdresser tells him about someone who was adopted by Swiss (or something) parents?
It could be a dangerously similar instance or it could be a very deft and maybe a bit too cryptic reference to LV. I don't know honestly.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I never noticed that. If it is Swiss it might be a reference to her character in JSA.
I just got this and it's not a progressive transfer. Bloody Tartan US screwed it right up after doing so well with Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy. The subtitles have errors as well.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Sorry Chris, I thought it was progressive, but I don't have a PC with PowerDVD, so I end up having to guess.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th September 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 Korean, Dolby Digital 5.1 Korean
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Director/Actress Commentary, Richard Pena Commentary, Making of, Director Interview, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Lee Yeong-ae, Choi Min-sik
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 112 minutes
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Of course, the further the draft goes along the more impossible it is to guess the players that Seattle might be honing in on. So in this mock I'm going to compromise a little- I'll give picks I think John Schneider would make in the first three rounds while making my best guesses in rounds 4-7 with players that I personally like who fit Seattle's philosophy.
For now, I am projecting Seattle to pick 22nd, simply because the odds of them being a wildcard are still much higher than winning the division, and the odds of them winning a road playoff game are fairly low, especially since that game would likely be against the Packers/49ers/Giants. If the season ended today Seattle would own the 22nd pick by seeding.
So with all that explaining out of the way, buckle down, this will be a long one. With the 1st round pick, the Seattle Seahawks select:
1st round: Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State.
I should stress that this is not a pick I would endorse, but consider this quote posted from Rob's blog today:
Carroll apparently told a representative of the Brown family [while recruiting Brown in 2007] that he was the best linebacker "he'd seen in seven years."
Carroll was a major driving force behind the Marshawn Lynch trade, a player he badly wanted that he had ties to in the Pac-12. He tried hard to recruit Bruce Irvin before heading to the NFL. He tried to recruit Richard Sherman (as a CB) only to get turned down in favor of a Stanford education. When Carroll has badly coveted a player and that player has been available to him in the draft, it seems like he almost always gets his man. That makes me think that there is an excellent chance that Arthur Brown could be very high on Seattle's draft board next April, whether I agree with it personally or not.
Barring a huge rise in the leadup to the draft, Brown is expected to go in the late 1st to late 2nd range. That gives Seattle an interesting choice to make. Do they trade down and take Brown in the late 1st or early second while picking up extra picks, or do they select another impact player and then spend some of their 9 or 10 draft selections by moving up in the second to get Brown the way Tim Ruskell once did for Lofa? I'd strongly prefer the latter option, but given John Schneider's history I'd expect the former. Either way, I'd almost guarantee you that Brown will be a Seahawk, unless Pete's dramatically changed his mind in the last 5 years. Given that Brown is in most 1st/2nd round discussions, I don't see much reason for Carroll to change his tune.
What do I think of Brown? He's a very gifted athlete and the brother of Philly RB Bryce Brown who is insanely athletic. Speed and athleticism are not in short supply for this young man. That said, I have a bias towards NFL ready players and that's the rub with Brown for me- he misses a lot of tackles and at times is slow to diagnose. He is very fast though and at his very playmaking best reminds me of Lavonte David, who I loved as a prospect last year and is having a great rookie season. Brown does not look as big as his listed size, like David he seems more like a Malcolm Smith type, but with more potential and durability.
I can easily see why Pete loves a player like Brown, because Pete has always gravitated towards players with a ton of untapped potential. If Brown is a standout with poor recognition and poor tackling then you could imagine how good he'd be after getting coached up by Pete Carroll, a guy who has almost never failed to get more out of his players. The absolute maximum upside for Brown is Derrick Brooks, but I really doubt he'd ever be that good because Brooks had instincts that Brown lacks, but if everything breaks right Brown could be a terrific player.
So far I'd tentatively give Brown a 3rd round grade. Last year I gave Bobby Wagner a 3rd round grade. However, I am not Pete Carroll, and Carroll drafted Wagner in the 2nd because he had confidence in his own coaching ability to maximize Wagner's potential. I could see a similar situation this year with Arthur Brown. John Schneider always does an outstanding job of gauging where a prospect is slotted to go. He took a big risk waiting to draft players like Sherman and Wilson, but the risk paid off. He took Irvin about as late as he realistically could have. If Schneider's pre-draft intel indicates that Brown could last well into the 2nd round, we might see Seattle move around to grab Brown somewhere in between their first two picks.
2nd round: Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State.
This is another player with Carroll/Pac-12 connections who I think fits Seattle's MO very well. Unlike the Brown pick, I'd be positively thrilled with this selection even though I like our current DT group. Sutton brings nice blend of nastiness, pass rush technique and raw power while anchoring decently well by pass rusher standards. He has the power, quickness, and size to succeed as a 1 tech, just not the run stopping results. He's also consistent play for play at a position where consistency is very rare. Pac-12 coaches and observers know exactly how fierce and imposing Sutton is. I'm sure Carroll will be no different.
3rd round: Keenan Allen, WR, Cal.
Yet again another player with Pac-12 connections, although in this case I think there is much more to it than that.
John Schneider has so far stayed true to his Green Bay roots at WR- meaning that he's been picky with the players he drafts while at the same time avoiding that kind of investment in round 1. The Packers best receivers in recent years: Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, and Randall Cobb, were all 2nd round picks, ranging from 36th overall to 64th overall. Jordy Nelson is the "big" WR of the bunch, as a tall/fast 6'3" WR. John Schneider himself has drafted just one WR in three years- Golden Tate- who as it happens was selected 60th overall in 2010. What do these players have in common? It's how they combine quickness (YAC) with some other plus attribute. As such, I suspect that Schneider will be more likely to target a quick WR than a "Megatron" type. Of those four receivers, only Nelson is listed as being six feet tall or more. So size should not be considered a definite necessity, assuming that Schneider is the one making the call.
Last year we had it on good information that RB was a high priority. Specifically a round 1-3 priority. That got bumped back a round when the team decided they could not afford to risk trying for Wilson in the 4th. I think the current dearth of options among our 4-6 WR group coupled with the injury histories of Rice and Baldwin make WR a high priority target in 2013. In fact, the ideal situation would be to draft a WR a little later on and start him on the bench until an injury gives him the chance to compete and earn a starting job.
Keenan Allen was once considered a first round prospect, but as things currently stand it is conceivable that he could slide all the way to the late 3rd round. Not because anything is wrong with Allen. He's really just the victim of a very deep WR group while coming off a down year.
Keenan Allen is basically a skinny 6'3" version of Golden Tate. Like Tate, Allen has good hands despite being a bit of a body catcher and has a similar fluidity and shake after the catch. I think Allen is probably smarter at maximizing yardage than Tate was as a rookie, and I think Allen is probably the faster, better athlete of the two. Allen's height and deep ball skills give Seattle some real depth on the "big" WR front too in case Rice gets hurt and misses time. If you are drafting a 4th WR, you could hardly do better than a guy who could sub in for any of the current starters roles. Allen can do that, and not many other options in this draft can say that.
Markus Wheaton is another guy who fits the "quick" criteria and could be available in this range, and who also comes from a Pac-12 school. Seattle might have to move up in the 3rd round to get one of these guys, but I'd feel pretty good that one or both of them could last into the 3rd, and that's something Seattle can take advantage of.
4th round: Micah Hyde, CB, Iowa
Hyde is a complete corner that stands at 6'1" with good speed and bulk. I think he's being overlooked and his recent off the field problems won't help raise his stock. Seattle is always looking for CB depth especially given Sherman's looming suspension and Thurmond's health problems. I think he's got a very real shot at reaching the late 4th round. Hyde could be the latest 4th round steal by the Seahawks.
5th round (Curry trade): Sanders Commings, CB, Georgia
Byron Maxwell and Jeremy Lane have basically looked like special teams lifers to this point. Both have value and shouldn't be cut on a whim, but I think the team must continue to churn out quality big corners with speed because given Seattle's track record to this point, they would be crazy not to.
Commings is a competent corner on a very good defense. He stands 6'2" with good size and good speed.
5th round: Jared Abbrederis, WR, Wisconsin
Abbrederis has been a very reliable and productive possession WR for Wisconsin, and was a favorite target for Russell Wilson in 2011. While Abbrederis does not fit the John Schneider WR mold, he fits the Darrell Bevell / Russell Wilson mold to a tee. He's not only a very reliable possession WR, but he's a dangerous deep option as well. At 6'2", he would bring another tall WR that can compete immediately for Ben Obomanu's job.
6th round: Brandon Ford, TE, Clemson
Given that both Miller and McCoy are well rounded TE types, it makes sense that Seattle will pursue an "H-back" TE option in this draft- meaning a receiver oriented TE. After all, he'd be replacing an H-back type and converted WR in Evan Moore, who replaced an H-back in Kellen Winslow, who replaced an H-back in John Carlson.
Brandon Ford hasn't had much experience, in fact his resume reads a lot like Cameron Morrah's did. He barely played before his final season, and in that final season he had 8 TD's on just 31 receptions. Morrah posted similar high TD numbers in a low number of receptions during his final college season. Both possess NFL level athleticism. Ford gives Seattle more competition for the 3rd TE spot.
7th round (Ruud trade*): Matt Scott, QB, Arizona.
With Matt Flynn being a possible trade chip and the Seahawks having only Josh Portis as a possible fallback plan, Seattle should and probably will take advantage of what looks to be another good mid-round QB class.
I've made it no secret that I think Matt Scott is an intriguing QB. But it really doesn't matter what I think, because Matt Scott also fits John Schneider's intangibles based QB criteria like few QBs to escape the first round in recent years. Matt Scott is one of the toughest competitors you will ever see, taking brutal hits yet insisting to stay in the game despite obvious signs of poor health. He has the best "feel" for the position that I've seen from any QB not named Russell Wilson in years (although it didn't really show itself much in the USC sample with all the respect throws he had to make in under 2 seconds). Yes, he did have some tough games but on the whole he had a record setting season for his school, and he did it as a 1st year starter.
There are some problems with Scott and those problems will make his draft stock very hard to predict. First, he's very under-weight (currently under two bills) and it's likely that his injuries this year are related to that. He'd need to add weight before playing in the NFL and there is a chance that could impact his mobility. The second is the fact that he plays in a spread offense with a lot of read option, although that is almost a good thing in today's NFL the way the league is changing. He's not a young QB but he only has one season of starting experience. He also needs to improve his footwork and his throwing motion isn't the prettiest thing I've ever seen, but still NFL adequate with only a few small improvements.
Still, I think Matt Scott could make an outstanding, low cost backup to Wilson for years to come that I truly believe could turn into a trade chip down the road. Scott's a natural QB with a very high IQ- like Wilson he's a quarterback that happens to be an athlete not an athlete playing QB. Scott has a great feel for the position, he's tough, he's a leader, he's a fast learner, he knows where to go with the ball, he's accurate, he's mobile and he can make all the throws. Any time you can get a QB with the holy trinity of feel/mobility/leadership I think it's a guy you almost have to take a chance on, especially given that he did all of this in his first year of starting.
No other QB in this draft screams "John Schneider QB" the way Scott does. If Seattle is willing to draft a QB this year in the mid to late rounds, I think Scott is a very strong possibility. It wouldn't shock me if Scott goes much, much earlier than this, but I have Seattle taking him in the 7th until we learn more about where teams grade him. With good preparation, Scott could be ready to be effective in our offense by the time Flynn's contract expires.
7th round (T-Jack trade*): Knile Davis, RB, Arkansas
Davis just declared for the draft despite having a year of eligibility left, making him a little bit like this year's Darron Thomas.
Davis was a beast in 2010 alongside Ryan Mallett and was primed for a huge 2011 season. Unfortunately an ankle injury ended his season before it began. He came back in 2012, and like the rest of that Arkansas team, he was a complete disaster. He averaged just 3.7 yards per carry and had just two outings all season with a yards per carry over 4.0.
Still, a healthy Knile Davis is a first round talent, and as a powerful interior runner with good vision, he'd be a potential home run pick in Tom Cable's power running scheme. This is a gamble with huge upside, and with so many picks on a roster that is so tough to crack, Seattle is in great position to take this chance. Here is a video from his much better 2010 season, for those who aren't familiar with him.
7th round: Michael Clay, LB/S, Oregon
Michael Clay is a playmaker, but unfortunately for him he lacks the necessary size to play linebacker at the next level, and he might lack the speed to play anything other than an in the box type safety. Fortunately, Seattle has two such roles (Chancellor, Johnson) that could fit that skillset. Clay is a similar player to Jeron Johnson and could immediately compete for the big nickle 3rd safety spot on the defense.
*5th rounder from Curry trade could be a 4th instead, 7th rounder from T-jack could be a 6th rounder instead, we may not get the Ruud pick at all depending on the terms of the deal.


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sorry, can't do it...GO RACHEL AND TK or NICK AND DON!anybody but Ron and Christina!!
Quote from: Michael D on January 13, 2008, 08:49:13 PMsorry, can't do it...GO RACHEL AND TK or NICK AND DON!anybody but Ron and Christina!!
As many of you know, in recent posts I have proclaimed my "like" for Nate and Jen...Now, this might have seem strange to some people who heard my comments towards them in earlier episodes...NOW....as mama pointed out, I HAVE PROVED THAT MY CURSE IS REAL!Bowling moms - Didn't winColin and Christie - Didn't winRob and Amber -Didn't winEric and Jeremy - Didn't winDustin and Kandice - Didn't winDustin and Kandice again - Didn't winKynt and Vyxsin - Didn't winand WHAT, I begin to say I would like to see Nate and Jen win because they make me laugh and poof -- they are eliminated in the next episode.All I can say is: GO RACHEL AND TK.
zackattack, im sorry but you don't have the power of the curse.
Kogs, NOOOO.If San Diego wins, I will never, ever here the end of it.Though I do have to rejoice that the Cowboys lost. It restores some sense of order to the universe.
oh ****, i forgot, TAR6 - kris and jon -- didn't win.
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