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aKademy Tutorials, BoFs, Power and Video
With only a month to go the schedule for aKademy 2007 is filling up. Our tutorial day has been popular enough to fill up two days covering subjects from Interview in Qt 4 to Emacs, Kopete plugins and an introduction to KDE development. Over in the Birds of a Feather meetings[?] we have sessions including LSB compliance, Qt Jambi, Korundum and the intriguing KDE Matchmaker. Such a high quality programme would normally cost hundreds of euro in the proprietary software world, but this is free software and thanks to an increasing number of sponsors we do not charge you a penny, but please remember to register your attendance or we cannot let you in. For those of you new to the British Isles, we will have a number of European to British power adaptors on sale at aKademy at cost price. Finally, for those unsure if they are coming to aKademy, this video shows the fun we had last year.
Wow, I'm so looking forward to Akademy...
By superstoned at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Alright, now tell me WTF does Emacs have to do with KDE? And why is there nothing about Vi in the schedule? :P
By flamebait at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
It's the editor most KDE developers use, going by the answers to People Behind KDE. Less so now than when the first series of People started though.
Anyone is welcome to lead a workshop, just e-mail the address on the site and we'll try and schedule you in.
By Jonathan Riddell at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
Because emacs is a professional tool, while vi is just for newbies? :-P
By Inge Wallin at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
come on, let's keep the religious wars *off* the dot. we've got enough trolling on the kde4 posts already ;)
By Chani at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
What exactly do you have against religious wars? This is deeply offensive to those of us who are in support of both religion and war.
By KDE User at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
Ahahaha! I love it when irony strikes on the interweb. That just made my day.
By Troy Unrau at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
What about those of us that supports war on religion?
By reihal at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Emacs?!?!?!?!?!
Now now now.. they're *both* rubbish. :-P
By Tim at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Any other Americans coming? So far I'm the only one on http://techbase.kde.org/Events/Akademy2007/Attendees I think. I know [the North American] Seigo will be there.
I already have my huge British plug. :)
I'm for sure going, but I have to say though... I'm not really sure that video is the most persuasive. :P
By Ian Monroe at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
I like the qt dance video better :)
The akademy video didn't even mention all the drinking, the football (soccer) matches, the undulating...
By Troy Unrau at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
Riiight.....I only had about 2 minutes of video footage, so I was a bit limited with content. Let's call it more of a "Proof of Concept." The best I could do was an exhausted San Siego from too much previous undulating.
If people have video for events (LinuxTag, developer sprints, etc) and want some non-linear editing work done on it, let me know.
By Wade Olson at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
And now the question that everyone wants to ask: what software did you use to make this video? ;)
By Smarter at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
At least I won't be there to stalk around looking particularly perverted, though Rob may yet catch a sleeping Aaron unawares.
By Tom at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
Haha fair enough. :) I'll be sure to get some of the corny digital camera video at aKademy this year.
By Ian Monroe at Fri, 2007/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Americans?
You're not the only one. :)
By Rex Dieter at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
if i understand correctly 'Matchmaker' is about finding appropriate life partner.
if so, then take a look at socionics:
after finding out what your 'type' is (say it is 1111), start looking for women (men) that have dual 'type' (0001). for example: if you're INTj, then you should be happy with ESFj.
By anonymous-from-... at Tue, 2007/05/29 - 5:00am
Great! What we need now is another program for perverts and the lonely hearts club! Aww come on guys, if you are so lame you can't find a mate then buy one. As for you women out there, if you are also that ignorant, maybe the gene pool can stand some weeding out. Do we really need this crap in the open source compendium?
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University of Cincinnati College of Law │ The 29th Annual Corporate Law Center Symposium │Corporate Social Responsibility and the Modern Enterprise │ Cincinnati, OH │ March 18, 2016
I am looking forward to presenting at this conference next month. Looks like a great group of academics and practitioners.
University of Cincinnati College of Law
The 29th Annual Corporate Law Center Symposium - Corporate Social Responsibility and the Modern Enterprise
March 18, 2016
8:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hilton Netherland Plaza
Pavilion Ballroom
This event is free. CLE: 5.0 hours, pending approval.
Presented by the University of Cincinnati College of Law's Corporate Law Center and Law Review.
Symposium materials will be available on March 14 at: law.uc.edu/corporate-law-center/2016-symposium
Please register by contacting Lori Strait: email email@example.com; fax 513-556-1236; or phone 513-556-0117
Introduction, 8:45 a.m.
Keynote, 9:00 a.m.
Clare Iery, The Procter & Gamble Company
Social Enterprises and Changing Legal Forms, 9:30 a.m.
Mark Loewenstein, University of Colorado Law School
William H. Clark, Jr., Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Haskell Murray, Belmont University College of Business
Russell Menyhart, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Sourcing Dilemmas in a Globalized World, 11:00 a.m.
Steve Slezak, University of Cincinnati College of Business
Marsha A. Dickson, University of Delaware Department of Fashion & Apparel Studies
Tianlong Hu, Renmin University of China Law School
Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law
CSR and the Closely Held Company, 1:15 p.m.
Eric Chaffee, The University of Toledo College of Law
Michael Petrucci, FirstGroup America, Inc.
Lisa Wintersheimer Michel, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
Sourcing From the Enterprise Perspective, 2:30 p.m.
Christopher Bedell, The David J. Joseph Company
Walter Spiegel, Standard Textile Co. Inc.
Martha Cutright Sarra, The Kroger Co.
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Smoothie King Franchises, the premier smoothie and nutritional lifestyle center, announced the opening of its first location in Aventura, Florida, marking the beginning of the brand's accelerated expansion plan under new global CEO Wan Kim.
The Aventura location is owned by veteran franchisee Chris Webb and plans to open to the public on November 5, 2012.
The Aventura store is the 19th Smoothie King in south Florida and part of the company's rapid growth plan, with an early focus on this emerging market.
Plans over the next five years include opening more than 40 stores in the region, targeting high-profile areas such as South Beach, Sunny Isles, Miami's MiMo District, Boca Raton, Weston, and many others.
Additional locations in Miami and Miami Lakes, Florida, will open this December, with another planned for Doral, Florida, in early 2013.
To help fuel growth, the company's executive team will host a Discovery Day on November 9 in Miami, sharing the benefits of opening a Smoothie King with potential future franchisees.
"South Florida is populated with health-conscious consumers," Kim says. "As a franchisee for over a decade, I see it as the perfect market for Smoothie King growth. The new Aventura loction, along with the 40 additional planned in the region, will be a crucial part of our plans to open more than 1,000 new franchised and corporate locations in the U.S. over the next five years."
Webb has been with the Smoothie King brand for nearly 15 years, working his way up from part-time team member to franchisee. He also owns the Smoothie King locations in Coconut Grove, Florida; the Wynwood Arts District in Miami; and a drive-thru Smoothie King in north Miami.
"We're very excited to bring Aventura residents the original, nutritional, fresh-blended smoothies and healthy retail products that Smoothie King is known for," Webb says. "Our south Florida expansion will bring Smoothie King's more than 60 fresh, made-to-order, nutritious fruit smoothies--as well as our wheatgrass, kale, carrot, apple, and orange juices--to guests looking for better-for-you, on-the-go products."
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Harness the marketing power of social influencers
It's no secret that social networking communities are growing, and the resulting explosion of user-generated content is changing the way consumers make purchasing decisions. Word-of-mouth recommendations are valuable, and they are no longer limited to one-on-one conversations. Online, one person can share their opinions with many others with the click of a button.
In a world where your customers' opinions speak louder and reach farther than ever before, tapping into the power of personal recommendations can help you establish credibility and connect with new customers.
Social influence marketing focuses on appealing to the individuals who influence the buying habits of others. Getting social influencers to recommend your products or services can help you build credibility and increase sales.
Social influencers tend to have large social networks and are:
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- Trusted by their peers
- Early adopters/trendsetters
- Persuasive
- Independent (not paid to advertise your product)
So what can you do to get social influencers talking about your products?
Be interesting: Share your story and let potential customers know what is unique about your products and services. Launching a great new product? Let people know! Getting people excited about your business is a key part of generating buzz.
Connect with your customers: Be ready to participate directly in conversations about your product. Don't be scared to jump in and answer questions about your products and services and be willing to help resolve customer complaints.
Get your product out there: Ask social influencers to try your products and share their thoughts online. For example, a restaurant owner could invite local food bloggers to a special event where they can try items from the menu. A cosmetics company could offer free samples to bloggers who review beauty products.
There are different ways to make social influence marketing work for your business, but the key is to give people a reason to talk about your products and services.
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iPhones and iPads are now nearly as important a part of our AV systems as the Blu-ray player, and those bright and shinny screens look like they'd make great touchscreen remotes, right? We've seen several iDevice-based home theater remotes, and reviewed a few here (read our review of the Gear4 Unity Remote here).
Audioholics check out a number of app-based remotes and breaks them into three categories and explains their pros and cons:
• IR: Hey, everything works on IR right? But sometimes the hardware can be awkward to live with and the software integration lacking.
• Bluetooth: The idea sounds good—no goofy dongles to plug into your iPhone, but Bluetooth connections can be buggy and they tend to be battery hogs.
• IP (or Wi-Fi): These hold the most promise because the connection can be more solid and the required IR emitter hardware has a long battery life.
Ultimately the success of any of these systems depends on the software–how buggy or well-integrated is it, what does it do that your hardware remote doesn't do? Audioholics' Andrew Gash took a look at several types of iDevice remotes and offers some advice in a humorous video. Check that out here and comment on the thread here.
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Whale Trail
Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys and his mate and music video director Neil MacFarland made and soundtracked this psychedelic action game that's as addictive as Tiny Wings. Listen to Rhys warble about thundering through the atmosphere as you guide Willow the Whale, dodging clouds and collecting bubbles on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Bjork's app-album Biophilia hit the headlines late last year and we weren't surprised that the Icelandic pop star threw herself head first into creating mini games, essays and animations to work with her music. If Bjork isn't your cup of tea, we reckon the allure of the app-album will catch a few more artists before 2012 is out. If you have the choice, get it on iPad.
KORG iElectribe Gorillaz Edition
The same price as the standard KORG iElectribe iPad-only app, the Gorillaz edition comes complete with novelty Jamie Hewlett art plus 128 sounds and 64 preset patterns from the band's album The Fall – mash them up to your heart's content with the 16-step sequencer.
Kling Klang Machine No1
Kraftwerk and audio artist Norman Fairbanks got it on for this timezone-controlled app that makes electronic music from an algorithm-based melody and lets you play around with pitch, tempo, reverb and echo as you listen. When you get cocky, create your own stuff with the 16x16 grid sequencer to roll with the big boys.
The granddaddy of ambient music, Brian Eno was also one of the first to collaborate on a music-making iOS app. He calls Bloom 'an endless music machine' and he's right – even when you leave the app to itself, it will generate Eno-esque compositions. The pastel-coloured circles don't exactly blow our mind but remember, this is a 2008 app.
Remember those booklets you got inside CDs with arty photography and the ramblings of your idols? Well here's your companion piece in app form – The Roots added photos, lyrics, interviews and music video clips to their album undun to beef up the story of Redford Stephens and his inner city troubles within this clean and sparse app.
I Am T-Pain 2.0
Sing into your iPhone's mic to give your voice the T-Pain effect with free and paid-for tracks. Buy U a Drank is 69p. Not sure we need to say anymore.
Daniel Johnston's Space Ducks
The newbie to the list, Space Ducks is Daniel Johnston's latest album in comic-book app form. If you like your music and illustration suitably "indie" (it launched at SXSW festival) you'll love the animated films and the game pieces that come with the physical graphic novel to play through the app with.
Inception – The App
This surreal music game uses your location to unlock new Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr (yes, that Johnny Marr) tracks to turn your surroundings into something Christopher Nolan might have dreamt up. If you liked the film, it's worth a download – just don't blame us when you don't want to wake up.
And an honourable mention goes to David Byrne...
David Byrne's Fake Apps
Ambush! Any talk you've heard about a David Byrne app is a lie. He created a series of fake iPhone apps including one that claims to turn your phone into a babysitter for an exhibition called Social Media. What did you really want, a Talking Heads soundboard?
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Would You Try This Vogue-Approved Nail Art?
Nail art tutorials are a dime a dozen these days, so when we find a new and inspiring take on the trend, we feel the need to shout it from the rooftop--or at least, let you in on all of the details. The latest look comes to us courtesy of Hanneli Mustaparta and her Vogue.com video series, Beauty Mark. The street style photographer and model worked with Vogue.com's Beauty Director Catherine Piercy to create the perfect nail art for Calvin Klein's Human Rights Campaign reception. Watch now to see how the two collaborated on the design and the end result.


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NBC's Chris Donovan points out that Puerto Rico's governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, who was indicted today and charged with election law violations, is a Democratic party superdelegate who has endorsed Obama.
Gov. Acevedo Vilá and 12 of his supporters are accused of getting Puerto Rico businessmen to make illegal, unreported contributions to pay off debts from previous campaigns -- debts he never reported, another potential violation.


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Geosynchronization Thread
Bulk Geodata Transfer (BGT) & Geosynchronization (GeoSync)
Michael Maynard, Jennifer Harne
Lockheed Martin
Past OGC initiatives devised the Geosynchronization specification, which is approaching final standards status. Testing in a variety of situations has identified the need to prototype synchronization mechanisms involving subsets of the full data set as a critical use case. Transfers under conditions of little or no network connectivity are an important requirement.
These are the main task areas:
- Bulk Geodata Transfer: The ability to distribute individual data sets and/or collections of data sets in a consistent manner offline and over networks.
- Geosynchronization: Web services and client components to support synchronization and updates of geospatial data across a hierarchical Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). OWS-8 enhances the work from OWS-7 to streamline validation scenarios, bootstrap database creation and population, and define query-based subscription mechanisms.
Geosync Objectives
GeoSync is comprised of 2 subthreads. The GSS/GML/WFS Subthread focuses on data, schema, query and mobile client enhancements. You will get more in depth information about this subthread through demos from CarbonProject, CubeWerx, OpenGeo and GIS.FCU. The FileGeodatabase API subthread focuses on bulk data transfer which Esri and OpenGeo will discuss during their demonstrations.
- Sub-threads
- - FileGeodatabase API Sub-thread- The API Approach
- Showing the transfer of base data from headquarters to the field operations airport. Field Ops will edit and return updated data.
- Participants: Esri, OpenGeo.
- Goals: Accurate and consistent round-trip transfer of "bulk data" FileGeodatabase, utilizing the ESRI FileGeoDatabase API.
- - GSS/GML/WFS Sub-thread- The Encoding Approach
- Showing bulk transfer of base data using the WFS and GML approach, and will provide the data to Mobile/disadvantaged clients. Geosync will be used to publish and review edits and support temporal queries.
- Participants: The CarbonProject, CubeWerx, OpenGeo, GIS.FCU.
- Goals: Data & Schema initialization, GSS Enhancements, Mobile Clients, Tempo-spatial queries of GSS, efficient "Geodata Bulk Transfer" (GBT) mechanism.
- - FileGeodatabase API Sub-thread- The API Approach
Geosync Reports and Components
This is a list of the deliverables for the GeoSync thread. These Engineering Reports (ER) and Change Requests (CR) are publicly available, see the Deliverables Page on this website. Most component deliverables are prototypes and may not be available for commercial use. These will all be maintained for at least a few months after the testbed. Contact the relevant participant organization or OGC staff if questions.
- Geodata Bulk Data Transfer
- - Documents:
- ER 11-085: Geodata Bulk Transfer format (CubeWerx).
- ER 11-114: FileGDB Engineering Report (Esri / OpenGeo).
- ER 11-087: WFS 2.0 Change Proposal from OWS-8 Add CreateSchema and DropFeature Type operations. (CarbonProject).
- - Components:
- Bulk Data Transfer Export Component (Esri / OpenGeo/ CubeWerx).
- Bulk Data Transfer Import Component (CarbonProject / CubeWerx).
- Prototype Sample Bulk Geodata set.
- - Documents:
- Geosynchronization
- - Documents:
- ER 11-125: Best Practices for use of Geosynchronization (CubeWerx).
- - Components:
- WFS 2.0 Service (CubeWerx).
- Export & Import Utility + a client app to demonstrate both elements of the GBT flow (CubeWerx).
- Geosynchronization Server (GSS) for Time Sliced & Time Stamped Data (GIS.FCU/OpenGeo)
- Geosynchronization Client (CarbonProject).
- Mobile handheld editing client (CarbonProject).
- - Documents:
Ideas for Next Steps
Here are some ideas for next steps, for any questions details or additional information please see the GeoSync Thread participants.
- FileGeodatabase API Sub-thread
- - FGDB improvements in the API:
- * Compressed FGDB files *
The API doesn't currently allow accessing files that use FGDB's own compression schemes.
- * Precision Enforcement should be Optional *
If FGDB is going to be a workable interchange format between multiple systems it needs to be able to turn off the precision enforcement.
- * Compressed FGDB files *
- - Investigate the use of ISO and NMF metadata, checksum, and topology rules in FGDB.
- - Some features in the OGR model that are not implemented in the driver (DeleteField, DeleteFeature, ReorderFields, SetFeature, for example).
- - Full support will allow open source desktop tools like QGIS to more fully use FGDB data files.
- - FGDB improvements in the API:
- GSS/GML/WFS Sub-thread
- - Deploy and demonstrate a GBT network using different servers at different operational levels.
- - A lot of OGC/NGA data is very schema intensive, thought required on mobile GML versions.
- - Test GBT with non-feature data types that GML can handle; for example, coverage dynamic features, observations & measurements.
OWS-8 Geosync Demonstrations
- GIS.FCU: oil spill response
- Jo-Yu Liu (Katt)
- Esri, OpenGeo: API Approach for bulk data transfer
- FileGeodatabase API Sub-thread
- Dave Danko , Lance Shipman (Esri)
- Paul Ramsey, Chris Holmes (OpenGeo)
- FileGeodatabase API Sub-thread
- CubeWerx, Carbon Project, OpenGeo: GML/WFS encoding approach for bulk transfer, with Geosynchronization illustrating schema & data initialization
- GSS/GML/WFS Sub-thread
- Jeff Harrison (CarbonProject)
- Peter Vretanos (CubeWerx)
- Gabriel Roldan (OpenGeo)
- GSS/GML/WFS Sub-thread
Bulk GeoData Transfer – API Approach
This is a high level overview of the Bulk data transfer process. It shows the steps and flow on how the FGDB API can be accessed by anyone to open, read, and write data. The next three demos illustrate this process in a round-trip example.


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Richard L. Riggs Jr., age 52, of Marienville, died at his home in Marienville. He was born Sept. 22, 1959 in Brookville, son of the late Richard L. Riggs Sr., and Anna Jean (Albaugh) Riggs. Rick was previously employed by Sheffield Container. He loved to hunt, fish and enjoyed the outdoors. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy from 1977 to 1981. Surviving are three sisters, Delores "Dee" Carley and her husband David of Kane, Micky Stevenson and her husband Danny of Marienville, and Sally Cox and her partner Aaron Pertz. There are several nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. There will be no public visitation. Friends are welcome to attend an open house event at the Forest County Sportsman Club of Marienville on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. followed by a celebration of Rick's Life at 6:30pm. To help the family with funeral expenses, in lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the "Richard L. Riggs Jr. Funeral Fund" c/o Northwest Savings Bank, P.O. Box 338, Marienville, Pa. 16239. Arrangements are under the direction of the Norman J. Wimer Funeral Home of Tionesta. Condolences may be sent by email to email@example.com.


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uu A little girl and a strongman search for a child kidnapped by a mad scientist, who steals children's fantasies because he's lost his ability to dream. Directed by the French team of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, this delirious film is overflowing with energy and effects, but it lacks the heart and soul that would have made it important as well as impressive. V P
uuu During the reign of South African apartheid, a black clergyman learns that his son has killed a white man known for opposing racism; he then receives unexpected comfort from the murdered man's father, a longtime apartheid supporter whose ideas are now radically changing. Although the film is slow and sometimes ungainly, it takes on surprising power from the quiet dignity of its performances and the moral strength of its ideas. James Earl Jones and Richard Harris star. Based on Alan Paton's novel. Directed by Darrell James Roodt. V P
uu Robert De Niro plays a nasty criminal and Al Pacino plays the obsessive cop who's determined to bring him down. The performances are persuasive but the plot rattles on much too long. Written and directed by Michael Mann in his usual moody style. V P
u Two children meet an overgrown kid who's been trapped for years in the exotic world of an adventure board game. Mostly trite and tacky despite Robin Williams's strenuous acting. Based on Chris Van Allsburg's book. Directed by Joe Johnston. V
uuu William Shakespeare's towering tragedy about a jealous husband manipulated by an evil companion. Laurence Fishburne gets off to a shaky start as the title character, and director Oliver Parker has trouble integrating the accents of his international cast into a convincing ensemble. His visual style is both pungent and poetic, though, and Kenneth Branagh's insidious Iago is far and away the best performance of his uneven screen career. Irene Jacob is her usual radiant self as the ill-starred Desdemona. S N V
uu Remake of Billy Wilder's comedy about a playboy who falls in love with a chauffeur's daughter, causing his stodgy brother to distract the young woman so an already arranged marriage can take place. Harrison Ford shows a flair for romantic comedy, but the cast can't match the 1954 original, which featured Humphrey Bogart and William Holden opposite Audrey Hepburn's inimitable charms. Directed by Sydney Pollack, who manages to dilute both the fairy-tale magic and the real-world cynicism that made the first version a classic. V P
uuu Two sisters with contrasting personalities face family challenges and romantic complications within the carefully structured social codes of English country life about 200 years ago. Jane Austen's deeply ironic novel loses some of its bite but little of its beauty in Emma Thompson's screen adaptation, which is fetchingly photographed and capably acted by Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, among others. Directed by Ang Lee with a touch that seems oddly impersonal compared with ''The Wedding Banquet'' and his other films.
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u Jim Carrey & cast have some hilarious moments - especially the opening parody of ''Cliffhanger.'' But this is mostly a couple hours of the rubber-faced, very likable Carrey mugging for the camera. Youngsters may enjoy it. But the humor is generally of the genre heard in the boys' locker room at the high school gym. By John Dillin
uu Sophomoric, bathroom humor; Jim Carrey shines.
uuu Comedy about a well-meaning but wishy-washy chief executive who happens to be a widower. He learns a few things about principle and commitment when political enemies make a phony character issue out of his romantic relationship with an attractive lobbyist. Michael Douglas and Annette Bening head the well-chosen cast, but what gives the movie substance is its willingness to take real stands on real political issues. Rob Reiner directed. P
uuu Clintonesque, lightweight, snappy dialogue.
uuu Harvey Keitel reprises the role he played in ''Smoke,'' a friendly cigar-store clerk whose modest establishment serves as a meeting place for various denizens of his racially mixed Brooklyn neighborhood. This time all the scenes are improvised around brief scenarios written by Paul Auster, who directed the movie in partnership with Wayne Wang. The results are ragged, disjointed, and endearing. Other cast members include Giancarlo Esposito, Jim Jarmusch, Madonna, and Roseanne. P S N
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uu Comedy-drama about an aspiring writer caught between her egotistical husband, an established author, and a self-important publisher who wants to steal her away from him. Carole Bouquet is an attractive heroine, and it's fun watching actors as talented as Christopher Walken and Jonathan Pryce compete for attention. Charlotte Brandstrom's directing rarely shines, though, and the jokes are more pretentious than amusing. N V P
uuu Drama about the long relationship between author Lytton Strachey and painter Dora Carrington, with emphasis on the complications raised by Strachey's homosexuality. Although it lapses into sensationalism, explicit sex, and historical inaccuracy, the movie convincingly portrays unconventional artists who crystallized a unique moment in post-Victorian culture. Emma Thompson is appealing as the title character, and Jonathan Pryce does more acting with his bushy beard than most actors manage with their whole bodies. Christopher Hampton directed his own screenplay, and Michael Nyman composed the evocative score. S N P
uu Self-indulgent, amoral, well-acted.
uuu Martin Scorsese spins the seamy tale of a gambling impresario who runs a Las Vegas casino with help and hindrance from tough-guy associates, his drug-abusing wife, and a childhood friend with a dangerously unstable streak. The filmmaking is brilliant and creative, but the story is as cold and superficial as the jewels one crooked character likes to steal. Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone head the excellent cast. S N V P
uu Excessively violent, long, Stone is superb.
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uuu John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve play husband-and-wife researchers poking around an old monastery in search of evidence about William Shakespeare's ancestry. Portugal's greatest filmmaker, Manoel de Oliveira, directed this comedy-drama, which is as mischievous as it is mysterious. V S
uu Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver play a cop and a psychologist trying to trap a serial killer who imitates the crimes of his most famous predecessors. The acting is capable and the suspense is effective at times, but the gore is grisly and the climax is surprisingly hokey. Jon Amiel directed. V P N
uuu Sensitive, sometimes disturbing drama about a grieving father who wants revenge against the man who killed his daughter in a drunken-driving accident. Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston give mature performances as the bereaved parents, and David Morse brings an offbeat touch to the basically decent man who traumatized their lives. Written and directed by Sean Penn, fast becoming one of the most interesting filmmakers of his generation. N S P V
uuu A young black man fights terrible battles in Vietnam, returns to a miserable life in the South Bronx, and succumbs to the temptation of a high-stakes robbery that could make his family more comfortable. Much of the film plays like a standard inner-city melodrama in the vein of ''Menace II Society,'' the previous Hughes Brothers picture. What lends special interest is its provocative insistence on probing the links between urban violence and military indoctrination. S V P
uu He married his daughter off in the previous movie, and now she's pregnant. So is his wife, and our hero is in a perpetual tizzy over the comic complications that spring up. This feature-length sitcom episode is handsomely filmed, but not as funny as you'd hope with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in leading roles, and some of the humor has a nasty edge. Charles Shyer directed. P
uuu Sweet, light, unsurprising.
uu The memoirs of an Irish dwarf with a troubled family history, told in flashback as he experiences the challenge of becoming a popular author who fits few of the public's expectations. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the picture is often sentimental but rarely slides into real tear-jerker territory. Anne Parillaud, Matt Dillon, and Gabriel Byrne give likable performances, and newcomer Corban Walker steals the movie as the astronomy-loving title character. S N V P
uuuu Jennifer Jason Leigh gives the performance of a lifetime as a deeply troubled rock singer who moves in with her sister, a country-music star who's achieved success at the expense of strained family relations. Directed by Ulu Grosbard, who has never done a better job of filling the screen with superb acting, and shows great ingenuity at interweaving music with other aspects of the story. Barbara Turner wrote the sensitive screenplay. Contains graphic portrayals of substance abuse and other unsavory material. S V P N
uu A mob money-collector flies into Hollywood on the trail of a client who's absconded with a bagful of cash. There he meets a Grade Z producer with Grade A ambitions, an actress with similar credentials, and a Major Star who wants to learn gangster-speak by hanging around with our hero. John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, and Danny DeVito give appealing perform- ances, but director Barry Sonnenfeld has reduced the bite of Elmore Leonard's novel, making this more a smart-alecky trifle than the wicked Tinseltown satire it might have been. V P S
uuu Wry, satirical, wacky but violent.
uuu Bond is back, and he's better than ever. Pierce Brosnan plays OO7 - the secret agent with a proper smirk, some great lines, a to-die-for car, a beautiful woman, a wicked woman, and a couple of nasty bad guys. Bond is still a ''sexist misogynist dinosaur,'' but Brosnan makes him irresistible fun. A few editing flaws and a scene of one-on-one combat that goes on too long can't keep ''Goldeneye'' from being highly entertaining. By Carol Hartman S V P N
uuuu Explosive, zany, Bondescent.
uuu When 30-something Claudia goes home for Thanksgiving, she takes us along on a disjointed but often hilarious ride through family and Americana. The film has several warm and insightful moments, but it highlights family dysfunction and issues surrounding a homosexual marriage. Holly Hunter, Ann Bancroft, and Robert Downey Jr. give strong performances. By Terri Theiss P
uu Empathetic, touching, adolescent.
uu A white mountain man helps a runaway slave escape her cruel master. The story is filmed with picturesque skill by director John Duigan, but it would seem more powerful and authentic if it paid due attention to the brave woman at the heart of the adventure, instead of following Hollywood convention and letting her white friend grab the limelight. Jason Patric and Thandie Newton star. Narrated by poet Maya Angelou. V P S
uuu A visit with twenty-somethings who stick around their college after graduation because they can't think of anything else to do. Written and directed by newcomer Noah Baumbach with an excellent ear for absurdity and a keen eye for the offhand realities of everyday life in a den of unmitigated slack. P N S
uuu The ill-starred love affair of two misfits in an uncaring world. Rarely have the miseries of alcoholism and prostitution been portrayed with such cautionary force, or such an unshakable sense of compassion for their victims. Directed by Mike Figgis with a keen eye for revealing visual details and a brilliant ear for visual underpinnings. A tacked-on ''uplifting'' finale and a scene of needless brutality against the heroine provide the only false notes. Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue head the excellent cast. Spectators should be warned that the film contains explicit depictions of jarringly objectionable material. S N V P
uu Woody Allen plays a married sportswriter who adopts a baby boy, becomes obsessed with finding the child's mother - a prostitute with the proverbial heart of gold - and then tries to hold his marriage together as he and his wife flirt with illicit relationships. Tabloid readers will find many connections between this slightly dark comedy and the highly publicized controversies of Allen's own life. Others will find a few hilarious jokes surrounded by flimsy attempts at self-justification. Mira Sorvino and Helena Bonham Carter lead the fine supporting cast. P
uu Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson are back together for some laughs and macho action. This time, instead of sinking baskets they're transit-cop brothers trying to steal an armored subway train full of cash, and seduce their equally tough female partner along the way. Slick and slightly amusing at times, but for the most part unimaginative. Still, the public will sleep better knowing this duo has our best interests in mind. Directed by Joseph Ruben. P V S By Caren Krams
u Johnny Depp's daughter is kidnapped, and he has 90 minutes to assassinate the governor of California or the kid gets it. What can he do? If you're him or anyone in the audience, you keep looking at your watch. The story is told in real time, starting at noon and ending at 1:30 - probably how long it took to shoot the movie. Christopher Walken walks through his role as the looming psycho in this misdirected action thriller, where the gimmick runs out of time before the film does. Directed by John Badham. P V By Caren Krams
uuu Lightweight coming-of-age movie about girls growing up in a small Indiana town in the 1970s. Of the three current films about women (''Moonlight and Valentino'' and ''How to Make an American Quilt'' are the others), this is the least introspective but the most fun. Baby boomers will enjoy the trip back to tract housing and music from the Monkees and the Jackson 5. Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, and Melanie Griffith open and close the movie, but it's the younger lesser-known actresses who give it spunk. By Joyce McMillin P
uu Predictable, heartwarming, pat.
uuu Glowingly filmed adaptation of Jane Austen's late novel about life and love in 19th-century England, centering on the emotional life of a young woman who reencounters an attractive man she once spurned on the advice of a misguided friend. Directed by Roger Michell from Nick Dear's literate screenplay, which reflects the sly charm if not the rich complexity of Austen's prose.
uuuu Authentic, understated, a Jane Austen gem.
uuu Two cops, a fresh newcomer, and a jaded veteran track down a serial killer whose grisly crimes echo the seven deadly sins. Although the story isn't original, it's powerfully directed by David Fincher, and Morgan Freeman gives another of his superbly understated performances. Be warned that the picture contains enough horrific details to make it a worthy successor to ''The Silence of the Lambs,'' which was its inspiration. Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey round out the principle cast. S V P N
u Horrifying, repulsive, masterly cinematography.
uuu On the eve of the 21st century, a former cop hustles an illegal entertainment device that pumps sensory impressions into the brain, and could provide clues to a murder that's threatening a massive race riot. Kathryn Bigelow's science-fiction epic is a stunning technical achievement and a bold catalog of provocative social issues, converging in a finale that's either a Hollywood happy ending or a blatant ideological cop-out, depending on your point of view. The picture contains enough violence to spark a controversy all its own. Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis, and Angela Bassett star. S V N P
u Perverse, caustic, leaves you spinning.
u Seeing this movie isn't one of them. Accepting one last job, a retired hit man finds himself on the wrong side of a nasty enemy, and the outcome is like a nincompoop version of ''The Usual Suspects,'' which unfolds a similar story with more success on every level. Gary Fleder directed Scott Rosenberg's screenplay. Andy Garcia and Christopher Walken head the unfortunate cast. S N V P
uuu Convinced that her lackadaisical husband is weighing down her hoped-for career as a media star, a TV weatherwoman seduces a high-school student into eliminating her spouse. This satire of middle-class media madness owes more to screenwriter Buck Henry than to director Gus Van Sant, who courts mass-market appeal by soft-pedaling his usually subversive style. The result is a conventional dark comedy with moments of un-expected- ly biting wit. S V P N (Includes explicit sex scenes.)
uuu Captivating, sly; Kidman's role is a scream.
uuu Computer-animated film about two action toys, a cowboy and an astronaut, trying to reunite with the boy who's lost them. With its many eye-catching shots of consumer products, the picture starts off more like a promotional ploy than a kid-friendly entertainment. Happily, the plot and dialogue turn out to be hilarious, making this the most enjoyable picture of its kind in a very long while. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen provide the heroes' voices. John Lasseter directed, and Randy Newman wrote the songs. V
uuuu Computerrific, highly creative, refreshing.
uu A boy scavenges his Depression-ravaged neighbor- hood for the price of a movie ticket, diverting his attention from the imminent death of his much-loved grandfather. Al Pacino and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are fun to watch, but the picture's main asset is Juan Ruiz-Anchia's luminous cinematography. James Foley directed. V P
u In a fictional US where race relations are reversed, a white laborer kidnaps a black executive who inadvertently ruined his life, and each grows a bit wiser before events take a tragic turn. The novelty of the premise doesn't keep the story from seeming trite and arbitrary, and despite its apparently good intentions the picture can be seen as just another exercise in making African-Americans look unappealing on the screen. Harry Belafonte and John Travolta give earnest performances, though. Written and directed by Desmond Nakano. V P
uu Contrived, unpolished, powerful.
uu Raucous retelling of the Wild Bill Hickok story, portraying the frontier hero as dirty, dangerous, lecherous, and so ill-tempered you wonder why any sane person would stay in the same town with him. Jeff Bridges has a good time wallowing in his down-and-dirty role, and Ellen Barkin almost makes Calamity Jane into a character from life instead of legend. Directed by action specialist Walter Hill, the movie is a job well done but not necessarily one worth doing. V S N P


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Paldo, which stands for "pure adaptable Linux distribution", is a project focused on software packages and package management. Specifically, Paldo's developers want to provide software which remains as close to their upstream source as possible. This cuts down on patching in the distribution and, in theory, allows any required patches to easily flow back to the original projects. As developer Jurg Billete told me:
Package management is handled a bit differently than in most other distributions. Upkg distinguishes between installed and selected packages. The set of installed packages consists of all selected packages and their dependencies. If a package has not been selected explicitly and is not needed as a dependency anymore, it gets removed on upgrade. This avoids a lot of conflict potential that may occur in other distributions and makes it possible to upgrade for a long time without re-installing the distribution every time a new version gets released.
Paldo packages are also very close to upstream packages. We only use Paldo-specific patches where really necessary. We do not even use separate -dev packages, which makes it very convenient for developers.
Software packages are provided in four different repositories, intuitively (and familiarly) labelled Stable, Testing, Unstable and Experimental. Reading through the project's website I got the impression Paldo's developers are trying to make a distro which has similar characteristics to Debian, but with fewer architectures and an attempt to offer just one application per task. The website continues to focus on packages, giving them their own special area where a user can search for software by name and, if the package is available, learn all sorts of information. Data provided includes a package's dependencies, what packages in turn depend on it, the current version, and other interesting tid-bits. All of this software, we're told, is handled by Paldo's package management system, called Upkg, which we'll talk about later.
The project's website is well laid out and easy to navigate. It has a simple, clean and attractive presentation that I enjoyed. For new-comers there is a Wiki, which includes helpful information about setting up and using Paldo. At the moment, the Wiki has documentation in seven languages (German, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Polish), making Paldo accessible to a wide range of people. There's also a forum on the website, giving users a place to interact and receive assistance.
I downloaded the latest Stable offering from Paldo, version 1.21, and burned it to a CD. The disc kicked off a GRUB boot menu with several different language/keyboard combinations to choose from. Once the user makes a selection, Paldo boots into a Gnome desktop with a blue and grey theme. The menu bar is placed at the top of the screen and, at a first glance, nothing really jumps out at the user. Poking around a little, we find a fairly common selection of programs. There's a text editor, archive manager, OpenOffice, the GIMP, a video player, an audio player, a webcam app and disc burner. There's also a VNC client, Evolution for e-mail, Inkscape, the Epiphany web browser and GParted for disk management. A little experimentation shows that Paldo comes equipped with codecs to play mp3 files and most popular video files, however pointing my web browser to YouTube showed Flash wasn't installed. Also available is the GNU Compiler Collection, giving developers a good platform to start from. One disappointment I found while using the live CD was that my keyboard layout wasn't recognized. Selecting the proper layout, either from the GRUB menu or from the Gnome configuration tool had no effect and I regularly found what I was trying to type wasn't what was appearing on my screen.
The installer appears to be unique to Paldo and isn't here to hold your hand. Like most things in Paldo, a little previous experience with Linux is expected. The user is asked to enter their regional information, including their preferred language, keyboard layout and time zone. I noticed, with some disappointment, my time zone isn't an available option. The next screen allows the user to select which partitions will be assigned to which mount points. Possible options are the root directory, /home, /boot and swap. The installer doesn't handle partitions itself, but does provide a button to launch GParted. So far as I can tell, there isn't any option to assign other mount points besides the four mentioned above. The installer gives the option to install GRUB and then requests a new password for the system's root account. The last step is to create a non-root account. The installer quickly copies Paldo's files to the hard drive and the process is complete. Rebooting the machine takes the user directly to a Gnome login screen.
For my experiment with Paldo I used a generic desktop system (2.5GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM and nVidia graphics card) and my HP laptop (dual-core 2GHz CPU, 3GB of RAM and Intel video card). Once logged in, I discovered my keyboard layout was handled properly. The system was quick to respond and generally performed well, at least on my laptop. When running Paldo on the desktop system, my screen looked like someone had broken a stain-glass window and scattered the tiny pieces across my monitor. I was able to work from the virtual terminals without any problem, but the desktop was completely unusable. On the laptop, things went much smoother, with video, sound and my network card all working perfectly. My Novatel mobile card worked without any configuration on my part and the touchpad was handled well. My webcam also worked without any tweaking. Unfortunately my Intel wireless network card wasn't picked up, but otherwise Paldo handled the HP hardware well.
The distribution's security is pretty good, with the exception that both the live CD and the locally installed version run a secure shell service, giving users (including root) remote access. This concerns me as the root password for the live CD is publicly available. The user is automatically logged in to the live CD environment as a non-root user and I was happy to see the installer insist on setting passwords for the administrator and creating a regular user account. Once installed, the root directory is locked down, preventing regular users from accessing the administrator's files.
Getting back to Upkg, it's an interesting tool which is based on Mono and appears to be inspired by Debian's Aptitude. I was unable to find a graphical package manager and so took to the command line to try out Upkg. The Paldo website has a brief tutorial on using their package manager, though it left me with some questions. For example, what's the difference between upkg-add and upkg-install? According to the man pages, upkg-install "adds the specified package to the package selection"; upkg-add doesn't have a man page. I soon found this to be a moot point because neither command would do anything useful on my system. Running upkg-add, upkg-install or upkg-remove resulted in a long string of Mono error messages, concluding with "Could not generate script!" I checked the project's forum and found others had had this same issue and most had corrected it by clearing Upkg's cache. I followed these instructions, but was still unable to add or remove packages from my machine. I was able to search for software using upkg-search (which doesn't have a man page either), though the results were rarely useful. For example, if I go to Paldo's website and search for "chess", I'm given a package called pychess. Running a search for "chess" using upkg-search returns gdm, ghostscript and gnome-themes, because each of these packages contains a file with the name "chess". Sadly, pychess, on the other hand, is not returned as a valid result.
After a few days of using, or trying to use, Paldo, I was beginning to feel like my experiment was cursed. The first time I downloaded the Paldo live CD image, the file I received was corrupted (its checksum didn't match the one on the project's download page) and I had to download a second time. Likewise, the first CD I burned turned out to be a coaster. Paldo failed to handle my desktop's video card and my laptop's wireless hardware. My keyboard layout wasn't handled properly by the live CD, my time zone wasn't supported by the installer and I was unable to get Upkg to install, remove or update any software. Some of these issues are just poor luck and no fault of the project while others are bugs and will hopefully be fixed. The developers have some interesting ideas, I especially like their vision of clean package management, regular updates and providing one application for each task. It sounds simple and uncluttered. The fact my Novatel mobile modem worked out-of-the-box is impressive as it's a feat most other distributions don't accomplish. Judging from the forum posts and review requests I received, Paldo works really well for some people. I'm sorry to say I'm not one of them.


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What is the bArduino
The Barduino is a cocktail robot, loaded with a bunch of alcohol and juices it combines the best to your cocktail.
Who's working on the project
- fish
- Who else? Needs coder & test objects
- Arduino (Fish_ haz)
- Solenoids relay's for liquid and food purposes
- Wooden frame to hold the bottle's
- Pipes
- Alcohol + juices
- Cocktail recipe's
- Code to interface the Arduino to a webinterface, incl bitcoins, paypal, coin machine?
- Hookup the touch screen to interface?
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Blogs and Blogging... And What I Think About It...
This is about blogging. Over the last few days, I've been looking through about 350 blogs (little by little) that I imported into my Bloglines account.
I've unsubscribed to roughly 100 of them so far. Some of them had subject matter that I don't care to read for various reasons -- they were boring, offensive to me, etc. Others haven't been posted in for a while -- they're dead blogs.
I can't help laughing about what one guy wrote for his last post before he moved his blog. I should have copied and saved it but I didn't, so I'll paraphrase:
- I'm moving my blog to a new address and if you don't know where I've moved that's because I didn't send you an e-mail. And the reason I didn't send you an e-mail is because you haven't written any comments here. You're just a lurker. My blog is for interactive users of the internet... etc., etc.
Well, then! That should get him a lot of readers, not. I'm sure I wouldn't have liked his blog anyway!
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I was disturbed by a recent letter to the editor questioning Rep. Chris Van Hollen's support for Israel ("Van Hollen is not a true friend to Israel," Nov. 28). I am a Jewish constituent of the congressman who has followed his career for many years. Mr. Van Hollen's diligence and support of causes close to my heart, including promoting the important U.S. strategic military alliance with Israel, has convinced me that he is indeed a friend of Israel.
During the recent election campaign, I was present at a number of events at which Mr. Van Hollen's opponents mischaracterized him as an enemy of Israel. Now that the campaign is over the anti-Van Hollen diatribes must end.
Congress has passed numerous bills in support of Israel, and Mr. Hollen's name is on them. Your letter writer alleges Mr. Van Hollen did not support U.S. funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, when in fact the record shows that Mr. Van Hollen supported Iron Dome from the very beginning, even when the program had many doubters. He has also supported Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas' missile attacks.
The letter's author disingenuously selects two votes on which Mr. Van Hollen has been accused of voting against the Iron Dome. But those votes were not about Iron Dome; rather, they involved much broader issues relating to the Department of Defense.
The Iron Dome language was buried deep inside the bill, and I am fairly confident that even some members of the House Armed Services Committee were unaware of the provision. Moreover, Mr. Van Hollen issued a statement immediately after the votes that he opposed the legislation for reasons totally unrelated to Iron Dome.
I have also watched as Mr. Van Hollen defended and advocated for the release of Alan Gross, who still sits in a Cuban prison today because he put his life on the line to help Jews in Cuba.
The election campaign is over. The ugly and unfounded attacks on my congressman must stop. I refuse to remain silent and watch Mr. Van Hollen be vilified in the press by misinformed and malicious people.
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Military task force provides aid to Caribbean islands after Hurricane Maria
While much of the nation's attention was focused on the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, a U.S. joint military task force was working to deliver aid to other islands in the Caribbean battered by a record Atlantic hurricane season.
Col. Michael Samarov, commander of Joint Task Force--Leeward Islands, spoke to Sinclair from the French island of Martinique Friday, detailing his unit's efforts, primarily on St. Martin and Dominica.
"Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated both islands," he said. "The damage is difficult to describe. When we arrived on St. Martin and later on Dominica, there was literally not one green thing. The trees had been stripped of all of their leaves and left for dead, many of them knocked over. Many, many homes had been destroyed, turned into matchsticks, roads piled with debris."


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A Natick Republican who has spent time working in Iraq and Afghanistan is launching a bid to win the 5th Middlesex District state House of Representatives seat.
Doug Grindle announced this week he is running for the seat, which is currently held by Natick Democrat David Linsky and covers all or part of Natick, Sherborn and Millis.
Grindle said he does not want to look back in a couple of decades and realize he missed an opportunity to make a difference.
Grindle said if elected he hopes to work on increasing the number of jobs and growing the economy.
"Seeing the national unemployment rate coming down below that of Massachusetts is troubling," he said.
He said he would work to ensure Natick, Sherborn and Millis receive adequate state aid to support the talented workers and officials leading those towns and focus on constituent services.
Grindle said businesses should not be overburdened by taxes or regulations.
"The best way to increase revenue in the state is to grow the economy," he said. "We have to keep in mind that raising taxes in order to increase revenue is often times the least efficient way of doing it."
Grindle, who grew up in Sherborn and came back to the district last year after spending time as a war reporter and federal employee overseas, hopes to also focus on the environment, including preserving open space and reducing waste. He said he would like to enhance the green technology industry.
Linsky, meanwhile, said he plans to seek a ninth term on Beacon Hill and will make a formal announcement soon.
He said priorities if re-elected include fostering a strong economy and good public schools and providing excellent constituent services.
"I look forward to going out and hearing the concerns of the people of Natick, Sherborn and Millis," Linsky said.
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The fact that Hurricane Sandy was downgraded to a "Post-Tropical Cyclone" before it made landfall on the East Coast will save homeowners potentially thousands of dollars in home insurance deductibles.
New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken Kobylowski communicated that to the insurance industry Tuesday night and New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the same Thursday morning.
"Homeowners should not have to pay hurricane deductibles for damage caused by the storm and insurers should understand the Department of Financial Services will be monitoring how claims are handled," Governor Cuomo said in a release. (Read More: For Builders, the Storm is Good for Business.)
How is a hurricane deductible different from your basic homeowner policy deductible? It is based on a percentage of your property's insured value, and it can be up to 5 percent. So let's say your home is insured for $300,000. That's a $15,000 deductible, which is likely far higher than your regular deductible. The average homeowner deductible is between $500 and $1000.
"We have informed the insurance industry that hurricane deductibles are not triggered because Sandy did not have sustained hurricane-force winds when it made land in New York," noted NY's Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky in the release. "We will be working with insurers to help them respond as quickly as possible to homeowners who need to file claims. And we will be sending our mobile command center to hard hit areas to help consumers with insurance questions and problems."
(Read More: Trains Roll, but Northeast Struggles Back From Sandy.)
There is very specific language in homeowner insurance policies in terms of hurricane deductibles. Usually the storm has to reach specific wind speeds to trigger the deductible. A state governor couldn't necessarily override that private contract.
"The way the insurers look at it is that this is a private contract between the insurer and the policy holder, and the policy as written is going to be enforced," noted Michael Barry of the Insurance Information Institute. "In this case Sandy does not appear to have reached the threshold to activate the hurricane deductible."
The insurance companies probably didn't need Governor Cuomo's directive as such, since they were already doing their own assessments immediately following the storm. (Read More: Sandy's Economic Cost: Up to $50 Billion and Counting.)
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My niece is a fashion desiger in the making and learning how to sew, and this is one of her latest creations. This type of project is very easier and fun. You can use your imagiation and if you thik you made a mistake you can incorporate it easly into the design. The material used is a vintage fabric that my mom used to make a skirt for my older sister over 20 years ago. It turned out fantastic and she looks just awesome in it.
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you can use and type of material for the jumper and elastic thread and maybe some elastic for the legs and that is it oh and your imagiation :-)
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Fashion designer or model in the making?!?! :) You look amazing Cass – so glad the elastic thread thing worked out so that you gals could make this!!
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