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Apple is asking a federal court to prevent Samsung from attempting to retry the validity of five Apple patents that a jury already found to be both valid and infringed. Apple wants the court to keep Samsung from using terms in a damages retrial that question the validity of those patents.
In August of 2012, Apple won a $1.05 billion award when a jury found that Samsung had willfully infringed on several Apple patents. That verdict and the award are being appealed even as the original trial wends its way through a long and torturous post-trial process.
$450 million of the award was thrown out by Judge Lucy Koh after she found that the jury made errors in the way it determined the damage amount. Because of that ruling, the damage amount will be retried on November 12th, 2013, and that's the court case Monday's briefing affects.
In the briefing, which was discovered by TUAW (which then posted it to ScribD), Apple took exception to expert witnesses who testified on the validity of Apple's patents in the original trial. Apple argues that these witnesses suggest Samsung intends to relitigate the issue.
From that briefing:
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence [...] Apple moves in limine for an order precluding Samsung from making any reference to "prior art" or otherwise arguing or presenting evidence that any of Apple's five patents is invalid, not inventive, or only involves features that were known. A jury has already found Apple's patents to be valid and infringed, and those issues are not to be relitigated. Rather, the retrial is limited to determining the appropriate amount of damages for Samsung's infringement.
Despite the jury's verdict and this Court's express orders, Samsung has indicated through its witness disclosures, exhibit list, and expert damages report that it improperly intends to relitigate the validity of Apple's patents.
Apple listed four expert witnesses on Samsung's witness list whose job in the previous trial was to argue that Apple's patents were invalid. They were so good at their job—or Samsung's evidence was so week—that Samsung lost—so you can see why Samsung might want them back.
Wisdom aside, Apple wants to make sure that Samsung doesn't use them to relitigate an issue already settled.
Apple also identified "dozens of documents related to its invalidity arguments" that Samsung submitted, and said that, "Samsung's damages expert, Mr. Wagner, has also indicated that he intends to provide new opinions regarding the prior art as 'evidence limiting the scope' of certain of Apple's patents."
Judge Koh has not responded to the briefing.
A Brief Note
Note that TUAW also and erroneously reported that, "Judge Lucy Koh lowered the damages award by $450 million on account of jury error. Furthermore, a trial is scheduled for November in order to determine how much of the remaining $600 million balance should be awarded to Apple."
In reality, the $450 million figure was thrown out and is being retried. The $550 million balance remains intact and is being appealed by Samsung. The $450 million portion of the award is what is being retried. That retrial could result in the same award, a lower award, or a larger award.
This is an issue that many news reports have gotten wrong since the amount of the jury award was found invalid by Judge Lucy Koh.


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Cross-posted to my Scrapbooking Industry News blog:
Craftrends and Memorytrends magazines have announced two promotions for those of you planning to attend (or considering attending) the MemoryTrends Conference & Expo, September 18-20, 2007 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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The story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Matilda The Musical
Performance at Bristol Hippodrome
Royal Shakepeare Company present Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
2.30pm matinee
Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by the incomparable Roald Dahl.
With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Winner of over 85 international awards, including 16 for Best Musical, Matilda The Musical continues to delight audiences in London and on tour across the UK and Ireland.
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'Easily the standout musical of the decade'
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Writer Dennis Kelly and composer and lyricist Tim Minchin go to the top of the class with this anarchically joyous, gleefully nasty and ingenious musical adaptation of Roald Dahls story
Please note, children under the age of five will not be admitted.
The appearance of any given artist is not guaranteed as schedule is subject to change and may be affected by contracts, holiday, illness or events beyond the producers control. Suitability and age recommendations/restrictions may apply to selected shows.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
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I saw this pin on Pinterest last year and always wanted to make it.. but never quite got around to it until now.
I cut up a TON of 1.5"x12" strips of white drawing paper and asked students to color the front and back however they'd like to in crayon. Once they completed their strip I had them turn them into me to add to the paper heART chain!
Once I had a good amount of chain created, I started thinking about how I was going to hang it. After considering a few ideas, I decided to hang the paper heART chain up in the shape of a heart (how appropriate - AND perfect for Valentine's Day)! :)
Once the heart was up, I decided I wanted to continue the chain as far down the hallway as possible (to really make a statement)! So I emailed the classroom teachers and told them about my project! I'm so happy with the response for far! So many classes are planning on participating in my heART chain project! Best part is - EVERYONE can participate regardless of grade/skill-level!
I will definitely have to post again soon with an update on this one!
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Why drink this, you ask? To begin with, lemon is a great way to flush out unwanted toxins in the body and to melt fat by helping metabolism while you sleep.
Cucumber slices are also good for you because of its water content which will help refresh you. Ginger, on the other hand, helps in firing up the metabolism and get it pumping as you slumber. The leafy veggies such as parsley and cilantro are extremely low in calories and full of antioxidants.
Remember, nature's gifts can always be good for you when eaten properly and consistently. However, regular exercise is always a good idea when it comes to reducing body fat, so it's time to get that cardio in and get the blood pumping every once in a while.
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Does Heaven really exist? I'm sure that everyone reading this has asked themselves that question at least once before in their lifetime and I'm sure that everyone's answers are different depending on their personal beliefs. Of course, I'd like to think that most people sincerely want to believe in the existence of a beautiful, peaceful, place like Heaven where love, tranquility, friends and loved ones are waiting to reunite with you when you leave your earthly body.
However, I must admit, there were, well still are, times when I think that there is nothing waiting for us after we die and-that's it . . . nothing. I also remember thinking about it so deeply that I freaked myself out contemplating the idea that this (our time on Earth) was it . . . and everything we did good or bad didn't matter in the least. I really didn't like the thought of there being "nothing" to look forward to after we're dead, but there was "no physical proof" that Heaven either did or didn't exist. It was all a matter of "faith."
Of course there's also the other issue too. You know the one. The one where Heaven is real, but I would never be allowed in because my beliefs and values are not the same as the thousands of other religious organizations around the world. It's not that my beliefs etc. are bad or harmful, not at all, they're just different. You see, I am not a very religious person and I don't believe in organized religion. Maybe it's because I was born and raised Catholic and forced by my parents to make all the sacraments right up through confirmation. Or should I say "conformation?"
To me, religions are modalities of brainwashing, prejudices and judgment. Please don't get me wrong, I know that some religions are very service oriented when it comes to community and outreach programs and that for the most part, their members are sincere and good people, but I believe that the God I worship understands and loves me and knows where I'm coming from and wouldn't hold a grudge against me. And even though I've never actually seen Heaven, I did have an experience that would make me question everything I did and didn't believe in when it comes to the "Afterlife and Heaven."
I've never shared this story with anyone but my immediate family because I still question if what I experienced was real or just my imagination brought on by the stress of the incident. All I know is that it was so real, so vivid and so deliberate that it couldn't have been just coincidental or random. I sincerely believe that I either had a "near death experience" or an actual visit by an angel.
In the summer of 2004, I had a heart attack. For most of the day, I had been having strange and squeezing, tight, pains in my back that would crescendo and then subside. They were very uncomfortable and I shrugged them off as really, really, bad gas pains. Early in the evening my wife and I drove my daughter to her friend's house and as we were driving, the pain became worse and my jaw and ears began to hurt. I finally told my wife what was going on and she became extremely concerned.
By the time we got home, I was starting to sweat almost uncontrollably and the intensity of the pain got even worse. I assured my wife that I wasn't having a heart attack because; heart attacks didn't run in my family, I didn't smoke, I wasn't overweight and I was in peak physical condition. I chalked it up to a "panic attack!" Then I did something unbelievably stupid . . . I decided to take a shower to see if that would calm me down from my "panic attack." When I got out of the shower, I stood in my kitchen with just a towel wrapped around me and I was sweating so badly that it was dripping on the floor. The color in my face had changed to a greenish, ashen, gray and I thought I was going to vomit all over the place.
I decided that I probably should go to the hospital to find out what was going on. I was still in denial that I was having a heart attack so I got dressed and headed off to the hospital with my wife. I walked into the emergency room of the hospital and the nurse at the desk took one look at me and ran around the desk yelling to another nurse to get a wheelchair ASAP! The pain at that point was unbearable and before I knew it, I was being hoisted onto a bed and they were ripping my shirt off as they rushed me into a room.
I remember arguing with the nurse telling her that I wasn't having a heart attack until she finally snapped at me and said; "You're having a heart attack and we need you to be very quiet and cooperate with us." One of the nurses told me to open my mouth and lift my tongue so I did. She dropped a couple of tablets under my tongue and . . . then there was darkness. I was either unconscious . . . or dead!
Here's where it gets freaky! The next thing I knew, I was standing in front of the Walgreens Pharmacy in the center of my city. Why Walgreens, I'll never know? The glass sliding doors opened up, I stepped inside and was met with the brightest "white light" I have ever seen. It didn't hurt to look at and was actually comforting and soothing. I walked forward a little bit more and the inside of the store came into focus.
I had made it as far as the end of the metal turnstile and was determined to proceed into the store, but had absolutely no idea what I was going in there to buy. I just knew I had to go in there. Just as I was about to take my first step, I heard someone call out my name and felt someone take my arm. I turned, looked and was very confused when I saw it was my aunt who called out my name and now held my arm. You see, not only had my aunt passed away a couple of years ago, but she was also my sponsor when I made my confirmation at church.
I wasn't scared or panicked, but gave her a hug and asked her what she was doing here? She looked me straight in the eyes and said; "I'm afraid I can't let you come into the store right now, it's not your time to be here." Surprised by what she said, I asked her what she meant by that and not to be silly, of course I could go into Walgreens, I just have to get a few things. "I'm sorry, but you can't come in here today." she said to me again as she led me around the turnstile to the sliding doors marked exit. Now even more confused, all I could do was obey her. My Aunt gave me a kiss on the cheek as she hugged me and said; "everything's going to be fine."
The sliding doors opened and as I stepped out I turned for one last look and everything had mysteriously faded into nothingness. There was another brilliant flash of light and I opened my eyes. I was staring at a very unfamiliar ceiling and was lying in a bed that I knew instantly wasn't mine. Confused and groggy, I looked down towards my feet and saw a man in a white coat sitting on the end of the bed looking at a clipboard with papers on it.
In a scratchy voice I managed to say; "What's going on, where am I?" The man in the white coat turned and said; "Good morning Jim, I'm doctor Bob (not his real name of course), we're getting ready to transfer you to our main hospital. You've had a mild heart attack, but we're going to have to go in and clear out an artery and then put in a stent. Your wife and family are going to meet you there. No sooner had he finished his sentence, when two EMT's were standing next to me readying me for the half hour drive to the main hospital.
After the blockage was removed and the stent put in, I was moved to a private room where I was told I needed to get a lot of rest to heal. It would be a few days before I was allowed to go home and I really was incredibly tired . . . thankful, but unbelievably tired. My family, especially my wife, looked drained and exhausted. My daughters cried when they came in the room which of course got my wife crying and pretty soon everyone, including me, was crying. I sent them home and promised them that I was going to be fine, but I could tell my words weren't much comfort. I understood their fear and anxiety as I felt the same way too.
My Cardiologist, Dr. Bob, came in to check on me before he left for the night and to tell me I was doing great and what a lucky man I was. He told me it was a juvenile blockage that caused my heart attack and no one ever picked up on it because I was in such good shape. It finally got to the point where it couldn't take the stress anymore and well, shut down. If I hadn't been in such good shape, the end result could have been way different . . . and I didn't want to think about those ramifications at that moment.
I did however, work up the courage to ask him if I had . . . died. He told me it was touch and go for a few, but then out of the blue my body just began responding to the treatment they were giving me and all my vital signs started to stabilize. My thoughts immediately went back to my Aunt not letting me into Walgreens and telling me that it wasn't my time to come in and that I had to leave. Was my experience real, did I actually see my aunt who had passed away, did God send her to give me a message and save my life and why on Earth was I at, of all places . . . a Walgreens Pharmacy? That didn't make any sense! I couldn't stop thinking about it and replayed the scene over and over again until it got the best of me and the tears started pouring down my cheeks.
My nurse came in to check my vital signs and to see if I wanted anything to drink or something light to eat and she noticed my tears that I was so desperately trying to hide. I couldn't let her see me cry, men are supposed to be stronger than that . . . men don't cry! Without saying a word, she grabbed a chair, moved it to the side of my bed and took my hand. In a very comforting voice, she said; "Its O K you know, to cry, actually, it's a pretty normal reaction to what you just went through so don't feel you have to be all big and tough because you're a guy." All I could do was shake my head yes because the flood gates had opened and I couldn't stop no matter how hard I tried.
She stayed with me until I had control of myself again and gave me my evening medicine which she said was; "going to knock me on my ass and make me sleep." We both chuckled at her comment and it felt great to laugh. The medicine didn't take long to start working and just before my nurse left the room, I worked up enough nerve to ask her in a whisper; "do you believe in near death experiences, are they real?" She stared at me for a second and said; "why, did you have one?" I didn't know how or if I should answer truthfully so all I said was; "possibly."
In a very calm and straight forward voice she said; "I've been a nurse for fifteen years and in that time I have seen things that go beyond explanation and have heard stories that defy logic and reality. But the one thing I am totally sure of is they have all been sincere and real to the people who had them. So if you believe you had some sort of unexplainable experience, my guess is . . . it was real!" She left the room and as I thought about what she said to me, I fell into a deep, healing, sleep.
The next morning when I was alone with my wife, I told her about my experience involving my aunt and Walgreens and she was lost for words. "Walgreens, seriously?" She chuckled back at me. She was as confused as I was, but in the end, we both held on tight to the belief that I had some sort of near death, paranormal or out of body experience and that I was blessed to still be on Earth and expected to make a full recovery. I also decided that I wasn't going to tell anyone else except my daughters about my weird experience and up until now, have kept that promise.
I'm at that point in my life where I really couldn't give a fu . . . er . . . damn about what other people think and it sincerely feels good to get it out in the open. I know there are many other people out there who have had similar (O K, so maybe not Walgreens) experiences and it has changed their lives forever. I'm not so sure it changed my life, but hey, I believe in the paranormal, UFO's and Bigfoot so from my point of view, it was as real as the sun that shines in the sky. It also makes me feel special to know that someone was watching over me when I truly needed some pretty serious help.
So, "does Heaven exist?" Well, I think that everyone's interpretation of Heaven is a personal choice and I believe that our soul continues on to somewhere when it leaves earth. You can call it Heaven, Nirvana or even Walgreens, but I do believe in a place where everyone is welcome where we are forced to look at our transgressions and then learn from them so we don't make the same mistakes on our next journey back to earth. Eventually we'll get it right and in doing so become Ascended Masters under God or the "I Am" presence and assist in the enlightenment of others.
Are near death experiences real? Simply stated . . . "I'd bet my life on it!"


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Diesel car boom in India puts automakers in a fix
In a market where once-rampant growth has been stalled since mid-2011, demand for diesel-powered cars continues to surge, with buyers willing to wait months to take delivery because of a widening gap between prices of gasoline and diesel.autos Updated: Jan 06, 2012 13:19 IST
Carmakers in India face a quandary: diesel or petrol?
In a market where once-rampant growth has been stalled since mid-2011, demand for diesel-powered cars continues to surge, with buyers willing to wait months to take delivery because of a widening gap between prices of gasoline and diesel.
Even so, Maruti Suzuki and South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co, which together sell 70% of the passenger cars in Asia's No.3 economy, are reluctant to invest to make more diesel cars, even if it means losing customers.
"We are still contemplating," Arvind Saxena, director for sales and marketing at Hyundai's Indian unit.
As with many industries in India, the plans of carmakers hinge on uncertain government policy.
"If we invest, and in months, or years, the (diesel) price rises, we are left high and dry," Saxena said on the sidelines of the biennial India Auto Expo.
India deregulated the price of petrol (gasoline) in June 2010, and prices have shot up 30% since then. Diesel, widely used by farmers and manufacturers, remains subsidised.
Petrol, viewed as the rich person's fuel in India, now costs 56% more than diesel.
However, the federal government is contemplating new taxes on diesel vehicles, according to news reports, and this could disrupt the demand pattern. The taxes could be announced in the 2012/13 budget that is expected to be handed down in mid-March.
"In the absence of any clear policy, we are at a dilemma," said Mayank Pareek, head of sales and marketing of Maruti Suzuki, controlled by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp.
"Our engineering people tell us that if you set up a plant (for engines) with a capacity of 100,000 vehicles, it costs 1,000 crores (10 billion rupees, or $189 million). Now the call of this decision is 1,000 crores -- to do or not to do?"
Diesel cars now account for about 40% of total sales in India, compared with less than 20% few years ago.
Sales at market-leading Maruti Suzuki, predominantly a maker of gasoline-fired cars, fell more than 16% in the nine months to December as a series of interest rate increases and rise in gasoline prices hit demand.
The company was also hobbled by labour disputes.
The demand slump forced Maruti to cut production of several gasoline models in August, while some of its diesel models have a waiting period that runs to months.
Maruti could have sold more cars in 2011 only if it had larger capacity to make diesel cars, Chairman RC Bhargava told Reuters in November, lamenting how competitors like utility-vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra, which only makes diesel vehicles, were enjoying strong growth.
Nissan Motor Co, which started making cars in India only in 2010, is better positioned. Its plant in Chennai can switch between diesel and gasoline engines.
"We're agnostic," Andy Palmer, an executive vice president at Nissan, said in an interview at the auto show.
"If the government dictates that the diesel price is X, we give you diesel. If it's Y, we say: here's petrol."
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Oh, Marilá Dardot. Your work is lovely! I got lost in your portfolio this afternoon. I should have been doing some work and getting ready to leave town for a little while. But it was inspiring, I couldn't stop. I particularly liked your book My Garden for Emily Dickenson.
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Even if you don't like Thor, you will go see it because you want to know what's happening in the Avengers movie.
This is a trick comic companies have been doing for years: You only buy Uncanny X-Men, but they want you to also buy X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, Generation X, Astonishing X-Men, Wolverine and Dazzler. So, they parse the story up and put a page or two into every title, forcing you to buy it.
Now, just think of it as a multi-million dollar film deal. They want you to watch each one, so they put Samuel L. Jackson into all of them, and spread the storyline around a bit, and then you're hooked.
That said, it was a good movie.
Acting was solid. Costumes. Sets (except the New Mexico town seemed like it was built in the literal middle of nowhere).
Loki's plot was good. He had me guessing. And he was a well-rounded character, not what I'd expect. Also, I appreciate that his plot wasn't a MacGuffin. He had a real motivation, and it was layered.
The only issue was there was a bit of a reality problem. Like I said in:
I just don't buy the idea of a beautiful young single scientist who just so happens to be in the right place at the right time. Maybe there are hundreds of young, gorgeous scientists who are busy chasing storms, spelunking volcanoes and exploring ancient ruins. Anyway, half of the movie is in Asgard, which has a lot of digital animation. And the other half is on Earth, with this relationship that's blossoming between a scary stranger and a brilliant scientist who turns into a 13-year-old schoolgirl every time the Thunder God smiles in her direction.
I asked my friend Michelle, one of the people I saw it with, if she thought it was too weird. She didn't think so. My reason for asking is that most super hero movies to date have been pretty grounded. Ideas like mutants and radioactive spider powers introduced slowly and carefully. Then, we have the 9 realms, Asgardians, Destroyer, the Warriors Three, Heimdall (who kicked ass) and the Rainbow Bridge. And…wow…is this too much for people to swallow?
Granted, maybe this movie isn't for grandma and grandpa. Unless your grandpa is Stan Lee.
It helped that Sif and the others were pretty one-dimensional to begin with. You're not really going to get into the mind of Fandral or Volstagg. That's OK. You got enough of them to know their motivations, and not to get them confused with other characters in armor.
It's worth seeing, if you can suspend disbelief about gods and about awkward romance blooming. Especially if you want to see Avengers.
Disclaimer/background: I'm a traditionalist. I don't think people should break rules of storytelling unless there's a good reason. I write comic books, short fiction and children's books. Just to put my comments in perspective, these are my interests and favorites: My favorite superhero is Spider-Man, and I also like Justice League and Batman. My favorite comic writers lately have been Kurt Busiek, Peter David, and Geoff Johns. I am a huge Transformers fan. In children's books, I go either simple or meta: either really simple stories or books about stories. In movies and books, I am more impressed with something small that makes me feel something rather than something I'm told is a "must-read" or a must-see."
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Rhye's and Fall of Civilization
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|Rhye's and Fall of Civilization
|Gabriele "Rhye" Trovato
Civilization IV Gamebryo
Civ IV: Warlords – 1.487
|Windows, Mac OS X
|26 April 2006
|Mod, turn-based strategy game, 4X
|Single player, multiplayer
Rhye's and Fall of Civilization (RFC) is a "fan scenario"[1] (mod) for the 2005 computer game Sid Meier's Civilization IV. It is an 'Earth simulator' that uses a variety of scripted events to mirror history much more closely than a typical game of Civilization. The name of the scenario references its core feature—the dynamic "Rise and Fall" of civilizations through time—and its creator, Gabriele Trovato, known as "Rhye" in the forums community.
A version of the scenario was included in the second official expansion pack, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. It is the second most popular Civilization IV mod (after Fall from Heaven 2) by number of downloads on Civilization Fanatics Center, a large Civilization fan website.[2]
Rhye's and Fall of Civilization built upon Gabriele Trovato's earlier mods for Civilization II and Civilization III, especially Rhye's of Civilization which also sought greater historical accuracy.[3] The popularity of these prompted Civilization IV developers Firaxis to invite him to contribute content for inclusion in the game upon its release. The result was two maps ("Earth"[4] and "Ice Age Earth"[5]) and two historical scenarios ("Earth 1000 AD"[6] and "Greek World"[7]).
The first alpha version of Rhye's and Fall of Civilization, then called "Rhye's Catapult", was released on 26 April 2006, featuring an elaborated Earth map and the "Rise and Fall" mechanism.[8] With the release of the first official Civilization IV expansion, Warlords, the mod was forked into two versions: one incorporating the new Warlords content and one that remained compatible with 'vanilla' Civilization IV. A third fork was made with the release of the second expansion for the same reason. The Beyond the Sword version of Rhye's and Fall of Civilization was one of the three user-created scenarios that shipped with the official Firaxis expansion (along with Fall from Heaven and Road to War).[1] Development of all three forks continued concurrently, with new features being incorporated into all as far as possible. The final versions of all three were released on 2 June 2010.[9]
As of May 2010 there are two 'variants' of Rhye's and Fall of Civilization, which alter the core gameplay in some way. The first, RFC MP, was released on 21 October 2007 and enables multiplayer games of Rhye's and Fall of Civilization over the internet, LAN or locally in hotseat mode. In order to make this possible, several gameplay features had to be disabled.[10] The second variant, RFC RAND, was released on 28 July 2008. It is similar to regular Rhye's and Fall of Civilization but is played on a randomised map of various sizes, climates and "Earth likeness". Other parameters are also randomised, such as which civilizations will appear in the game and when and where they will "spawn". The variant is intended to provide "something halfway between RFC and standard Civ", but the reaction to it has been mixed.[11]
Rhye's and Fall of Civilization is set on Earth and is designed to mirror a historical Earth as closely as possible. A player can start the game in either 3000 BC or 600 AD. If players start as an ancient power, such as the Roman Empire, the game is designed to simulate the historical collapse of these empires into newer states. For instance, if Rome has spread throughout Western Europe in the Classical Era, in 400–800 AD, France, Germany, Spain and England will rise from Rome's territory. A British Empire established during the Middle Ages, if expanding in North America, will have most of its North American territories become the United States of America in 1775–1776 AD.
Players can also "change history" and play a nation to an end that did not occur in the real world. Germany, for instance, is capable of winning World War II and controlling most of Europe. The United States and Russia may also engage in World War III. Middle Eastern nations, such as Persia and Egypt become very aggressive in the 20th century part of the game and start wars for little or no apparent reason. A fanatical Middle Eastern nation with nuclear weapons is also a very real possibility. Each civilization also gets a passive power based on its history. For example, Russia has a power, called "General Winter", that makes enemy units inside its borders take a small amount of damage, while England has a power that gives its naval units two extra first strike chances called "The Power of the Royal Navy".
One of the main features of Rhye's and Fall of Civilization is the game's ability to monitor the stability of national governments, taking into account war, disease, corruption, invasion, and other factors which might influence the fall of a nation. If a "major power" controlled by the AI in the game becomes extremely unstable, the territory held by the nation will break apart into several independent nations. These smaller countries are distinct from the barbarian nation, and do not normally attack major nations unless attacked first. However, when a human player collapses, all cities but his capital, and sometimes another city, collapses into independent nations. Usually, other countries near the cities that declared independence may send their army over to conquer them. After one civilization has discovered nationalism, ancient or collapsed civilizations may respawn, either in independent lands or in lands belonging to relatively unstable civilizations. For example, in the nineteenth century the Greek civilization may declare its independence from an occupying power, which is usually the Ottoman Empire.
The game spawns plagues randomly through the world around certain dates; for example, a plague will generally begin in the 14th–15th century to simulate the Black Death. Plague spreads from country to country, entering cities. A city afflicted with plague will lose one population point per turn, as well as a hefty unhealthiness penalty; in addition, town improvements will shrink back to cottage size. Units garrisoned in or close to plague-affected cities will take damage until they die or the plague ends. The more health bonuses that a civilization has, the faster the plague ends. Plagues can be permanently avoided by a nation once the technology "Medicine" is researched.
Rhye's and Fall of Civilization is also designed to simulate the drastic impact that the arrival of Europeans had in the New World. Upon sailing any unit from Europe to America, the player is instantly granted several military units to simulate the exploits of the Spanish conquistadors. This also spawns a plague exclusively amongst the Native American nations to simulate smallpox. Unless they are destroyed by the conquistadors, American civilizations such as the Aztecs and the Mayans typically become vassals to colonial powers, including Spain, France, Britain and Portugal. British expansion in North America usually comes to an end when the territory changes to that of America in 1776 AD although it is possible for Britain to maintain a presence in Canada.
Africa can also be explored but without instant free units. The African continent contains major nations such as Egypt, Ethiopia and the Mali Empire. The "deeper" into Africa a player explores they encounter small tribal villages inhabited by native units which act the same as barbarians.
Besides the typical victory conditions in the game, every civilization has another victory option – Unique Historical Victories. These usually include two historical achievements that the nation managed, and another one that the country attempted. For example, Rome's Unique Historical Victory is to have all cities of population at least five must all be connected by road and have a barracks, amphitheatre and aqueduct, emulate (at least) the reaches of the Western Roman Empire by 450 AD, and never lose any city to barbarians by 1000 AD. Upon completing two Unique Historical Victories, a Triumphal Arch is built in the capital which increases military unit production, and a new golden age starts.
Once three civilizations discover the "Nationalism" technology, World Congresses will occur once every 25 turns. Major nations are invited to participate. Each civilization has the opportunity to choose from a list of cities which they would like to occupy; the others then vote yes, no or abstain. For the city to change control, there must simply be more "yes" than "no" votes, and the change takes place instantaneously. If a city controlled by a human is voted to be handed over, the player can either comply or refuse the decision; refusing may mean war with nations who voted "yes." World Congresses end once the United Nations has been built.
In Rhye's and Fall of Civilization, not every country starts at the same time. In the 3000 BC starting scenario, only Egypt, Babylon, China and India are initially present; in the 600 AD start, only China, Japan, the Vikings and Arabia (along with the unplayable Byzantine Empire) are initially present. Other nations such as Spain and Turkey appear later in the game (at 720 AD and 1280 AD respectively). If a player chooses to be one of the nations that isn't in the game at the start, then the game will play the initial nations automatically until the player's chosen nation would appear.
Until the research of Nationalism, civilizations were able to hire mercenary units, and also hire out their own units. In order to hire a mercenary unit, a lump sum of gold is required to be paid, and you must also pay a maintenance cost for the unit, as for other military units. Typically, the more experienced a unit is the more gold it costs to hire, and hiring out a more experienced unit also increases gold received. Mercenary units have a civilization's name (or a barbarian city's name) attached as a prefix e.g. Thracian Crossbowman or Egyptian Swordsman. A unit being hired out can be recalled at any time, arriving in the civilization's capital three turns after it is recalled.
In Rhye's and Fall of Civilization, every civilization has different research and expansion rates. For example, before the nineteenth century the Europeans are technologically backwards to civilizations like Arabia, Turkey and China. But after that the Europeans become the more advanced civilizations (to reflect the Industrial Revolution in actual history) and leave Asian civilizations in the dust.
Civilizations like Arabia and Mongolia tend to expand a lot, whereas Mali and Egypt stick to the rivers Niger and Nile respectively.
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The inclusion of fan scenarios in Beyond the Sword was well received by critics. Rhye's and Fall of Civilization was singled out for praise by several reviewers.[12] Tom Chick of Yahoo! Games called it "one of the most exciting and robust mods you'll ever see for a game",[13] while GameSpot's Andrew Park said it "provided a fresh new coat of paint to the core Civilization gameplay".[14] A review of Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword also praised Rhye's and Fall for being superior to the official Firaxis game mods.[15]
Due to the mod's high popularity, Rhye's and Fall of Civilization has had a number of fan-created mods that make changes to the mod itself. ("modmods") These serve a variety of functions, from lengthening the number of turns, to totally converting the mod, with entirely new units, buildings, civilizations, and tech tree.
Two particularly prominent modmods are Dawn of Civilization which balances the game and adds some extra content to help guide the game world along a more plausible path and Civilizations in Abundance which increases the number of playable civilizations by adding every playable nation that was in the original Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword game.
In addition, there have been a number of total conversions of RFC that apply the RFC mechanics to a smaller region. So far, there are 3 major regional RFC modmods in a fairly complete stage: Rhye's and Fall of Europe, focusing on medieval and early modern Europe, The Sword of Islam, focusing on the medieval Middle East, and "Rhye's and Fall of Asia". A number of others are in developmental or alpha stage, such as "Rhye's and Fall of Mesoamerica and the Andes", "Rhye's and Fall of Britannia", "Rhye's and Fall of South and Southeast Asia", "Rhye's and Fall of Africa", "Rhye's and Fall Germania" and "Rhye's and Fall Classical World".
More mods can be found at the RFC subforum on the CivFanatics Forums.
Civilization VI: Rise & Fall, the first expansion to Civilization VI, appears to pay homage to this mod, as well as its creator.
- ^ a b "2K Games – Beyond the Sword". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ "CivFanatics – Downloads Database". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Rhye's of Civilization: the fastest loading mod". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Civilization IV Official Earth map". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Civilization IV Official Ice Age Earth map". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Civilization IV Official Earth 1000 AD scenario". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Civilization IV Official Greek World scenario". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ "CivFanatics Center: Let's celebrate RFC, now two years old". 14 April 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ "CivFanatics Center: v1.987 – v1.487 – v1.187: THE FINAL PATCH". 2 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "RFC MP". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "RFC RAND". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Gabriele Trovato. "Rhye's and Fall of Civilization Press Coverage". Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Tom Chick (23 July 2007). "Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword". Yahoo! Games. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Andrew Park (26 July 2007). "Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Buxton, Chris PC Review: Civilization IV Beyond the Sword Review, Computer and Video Games


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Friday, January 18, 2008
Happy belated New Year!!!! I'm happy to announce that the mold for my new vinyl toy is almost done. It's a mold of the little kid in my Flash short "Hear Boy!!!" Eric from Goldmane Studios did a kickass job on it. It'll be in stores by the end of the year, and of course, I will be peddling it online--so look for it soon.
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text: Hello, i uploaded a YT video about a special tool that users can download for free to have major advantages. but in fact its just a fake. they run it and most of them allow the program use alot of recources of their computer for sometimes 24h+. but my problem is i dont know what i can put into my progam so can i earn money with it?? any suggestion? peterlolz


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Automobile Insurance: Ways to Reduce Your Insurance Bill
It's illegal to drive in Canada without auto insurance. But, how much and what kind of coverage you will need is debatable, and it should be looked at on a case-by-case basis, ideally every year around the time of your renewal. Not having enough insurance coverage, or not having the right kind of coverage, can leave you with a huge repair bill in the event of an accident or total loss. If a person(s) is injured or killed, then you could also be facing legal action, and that's when things start to get really expensive.
We asked some local insurance experts to help us cut through the legalities and try to understand the most important aspects surrounding automobile insurance, and how it's established.
"For starters, auto insurance rates are based on things like a driver's record, the vehicle they drive, where they live and claims frequency," says John Bordignon, director of media relations for State Farm Canada. "In terms of specific vehicles, those that are less expensive, cheapest to repair, have the best claims history and are generally less powerful are the most economical to insure."
But it's your driving record that is the most important factor when it comes to establishing rates.
"Most of the factors that can keep your auto insurance rates down are within your control," says Bordignon. "No tickets or accidents are ideal, as are adhering to provincial graduated licensing laws and the successful completion of a certified driver training course."
"As long as you don't have an abundance of tickets, your rating is determined by how long it's been since you've had an at-fault accident," elaborates Jamie Maudsley, a full-time broker with Bill Blaney Insurance Brokers in Dorchester, Ontario. Plus the more you drive, the more at risk you are of being in a collision, so that will also be a factor, he explains.
Rates are also affected by the optional coverages an insurer provides, Bordignon states. "Deductibles, comprehensive, collision and rental coverage are all choices a person can make that will affect the amount of premium they pay."
Some insurers even increase premiums for cars that are more susceptible to damage, occupant injury or theft, and lower rates for those that fare better than the norm.
Maudsley helps put this into perspective. "Each vehicle has an accident benefit rating and, as a rule of thumb, there is a much better chance of getting hurt in an accident while driving a small car compared to a full-size truck. The accident benefit coverages make up a substantial amount of any insurance premium, should you get hurt in an accident."
Before signing on the dotted line for your new ride, Bordignon suggests that shoppers do some further research on the particular vehicle that's caught their eye. Some key questions to have answered include: 'Does it have strong safety ratings?' 'Is the same particular model often stolen?' 'Does it cost more to repair if it is damaged in a collision?'
When it comes to purchasing insurance coverage for a new vehicle, Maudsley points out some important options to consider. "If you are purchasing a new car, you'll want to make sure you have an OPCF 43 endorsement on your policy, which will give you replacement cost on the vehicle (less freight and taxes) for usually the first 24 months after purchase."
These riders are free with some companies, and up to $50 for the year with others. "Let's say you pick up your new $25,000 vehicle and not 10 minutes later you're involved in an accident that writes off the vehicle. If you don't have that endorsement, and because the vehicle is considered 'used' the instant it's driven o the lot, you would lose the entire depreciation amount, which will greatly impact the value of the vehicle and, thus, the insurance payout."
Here are some other suggestions that will help you lower your insurance costs:
Typical discounts include those for good students, insuring multiple vehicles, accident-free driving and multiple/ bundling of insurance products (house and car). Cars that are considered to be highly fuel-efficient or hybrids, or cars with the latest in anti-theft technology, may come with discounts.
People who drive a lot for work or commute a long distance usually pay more than those who drive less. Consider joining a car pool, or take alternate transportation when possible.
A deductible is the part of a loss that you've agreed to pay with your own money. Generally, the higher the deductible, the lower your premium.
Drivers with poor driving records usually pay more for coverage than people who have been accident-free for several years. ·
By installing a device in your car or using a telematics mobile app that records your driving activities, insurers can use this information to personalize your insurance premium and save you money.


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At an engagement party in Seattle last year, I found myself contemplating the hostess's bookshelf: a collection of pink covers adorned with high heels, shopping bags, and tall slender women on the go, their cellphones firmly in grasp. Just as I realized that the bookshelf was a monument to chick lit—the girls'-club books that all read, and look, exactly alike—the hostess materialized, her engagement ring glinting. "It's all I read," she gushed. "I love chick lit."
She's not alone. Since the mid-'90s, when Candace Bushnell and Helen Fielding birthed Sex and the City and Bridget Jones's Diary, millions of copies of chick-lit novels have come to represent a new force in publishing. With the classics came a slew of imitators, some very well-written and enjoyable, and most formulaic: Girl meets two guys, one right and one wrong, and takes 300 pages to choose between them while introducing the sarcastic (often gay) friend, the wise (often dying) elder, and trouble at an unsatisfying job—all before delivering a happy, and theoretically empowering, ending involving l-o-v-e.
Even before Kaavya Viswanathan got caught cribbing other novelists' plotlines and passages for her disgraced debut, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, in April, chick lit's imitative qualities were obvious—particularly in their neatly coded covers. A cosmopolitan glass indicates a sexy edge and big mistakes in pursuit of happiness; a whimsical, cursive title alerts consumers that the narrator will eventually knock over a tray of glasses in a roomful of glaring partygoers. A high heel forecasts a neurotic, shopping-prone city dweller, while a bare foot promises a more personal, emotional tale (especially if the foot's been intricately hennaed, thus tagging it as Indian-American chick lit—not to be confused with Asian-American, African-American, or Latina chick lit).
Viewed as a body of work—as a monument in a Seattle apartment, say, or in this chart—the book covers reveal clear connections. Terry McMillan's faceless, statuesque women, and the rear-view on Melissa Bank's monstrously successful 1999 novel The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, have evolved into an army of headless wonders, as though publishers are trying to decapitate a nation of women. The comic appeal of the Bridget Jones's Diary cover pervades the more whimsical books—girl, get over yourself!—while the pink, italic font and sexpot photo on Sex and the City has been reprised enough to turn the power of being a young single woman in urban America into a dull cliché.
The publishing industry loves to put its products into neat marketing boxes. Maybe over the next decade, chick-lit authors will learn how to punch their way out.


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The Surface still isn't out in Australia, which is why I got myself an ASUS Vivo Tab RT instead. I haven't used a Surface – which is different from the ASUS. The Asus has 2 USB ports (one through an adapter) and a detachable keyboard that also functions as a battery. This is perhaps why I've come to a different conclusion than Paul Thurrott. He's said that Surface isn't a PC replacement. I think it makes a fine ultrabook replacement.
I use different laptops for different things. I have a beast with a lot of RAM that I use to run virtual machines at conferences. My Windows RT device doesn't and can't replace that. But I'm also aware that my useage profile in that case is way out of the norm. Very few people run virtual machines on their laptop (or even desktop computers).
I also have a much smaller Sony VAIO ultrabook that I cart around. I connect it to projectors to run slides. Use it as a backup computer to run videos of demos in case my demo laptop fails. I use it to write books and articles in Word and to put together PowerPoint presentations. I used a Macbook Air with Bootcamp prior to that for the same sort of thing. A companion computer to the 17-inch ASUS monster I usually travel with.
After a week or so's use, the ASUS Vivo Tab has replaced these smaller laptops when I go out the door. Windows RT is far more than an iPad replacement. In the last week I have been able to do the following things with it.
- Connect to the printer on my home network and printed documents including airline tickets and my son's homework.
- Connected to my scanner and scanned documents
- Used a micro-hdmi cable to connect it to a 27 inch 1920x1080 monitor. I also connected a keyboard, mouse, and USB hub and found that it functions okay as a desktop in that configuration.
- Used a micro-hdmi to VGA cable to present PowerPoint slides
- Used MS Press's complex Word templates to write part of a book chapter.
- Used Lync and Skype for conference calls
I've tried to work on an iPad in the past – but I rarely manage to get a lot done on it. Maybe that's just me.
There's certainly stuff I can't do on it – I use Camtasia and do play games like XCOM and MechWarrior Online – – but a lot of the stuff I do during the day – which, I suspect is a lot of the stuff that many computer users do during the day, I can do with Windows RT (One caveat: I've almost always used webmail or OWA, so not having Outlook doesn't slow me down).
I showed the device to a lawyer friend travelling internationally and he immediately went out and purchased one – because for him it was exactly what he needed. A device that handled Word documents well that he could use with USB to transfer files and which would display the occasional PowerPoint – something he'd not been able to do successfully with an iPad.
So for the stuff you'd do with a Macbook Air or any other Ultrabook – Windows RT probably is going to be fine. There's a couple of things it doesn't do, but I'm guessing for most people it does most of what they would do with those types of machines. It's not a replacement for a full laptop – but it certainly makes my ultrabook redundant.


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A week after saying it was "basically done," Bungie has sent the hotly anticipated shooter to the factory.
Just over a week ago, Bungie announced that Halo 2 was "basically done." Today came the now-anticlimactic announcement that the game is officially done. "Halo 2 has gone gold. We finished every line of code, every pixel of art, every frame of animation, every phoneme of dialog and every note of music," said Bungie in a statement. "We finished it when we said we would (when it was done) and shipped that baby right on time to make its November launch date."
For anyone unclear on what "going gold" actually means, the author of the Bungie statement broke it down in detail. "'Gone Gold' is a somewhat archaic expression, since the 'gold discs' are actually digital tapes and eventually silver discs," read the statement. "But it certainly feels golden. This basically means that the game has been shipped to retail manufacture. Somewhere in the world, a gigantic DVD pressing factory has started making Xbox game discs with the utterly complete version of Halo 2."
News source: GameSpot


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Loan Commitments:
Issues Related to Pricing, Trading, and Accounting
GAO-05-131: Published: Feb 14, 2005. Publicly Released: Feb 14, 2005.
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Federal banking regulators reported that commercial banks held about $1.6 trillion in syndicated loans in 2003. Loan commitments--a promise to make a set amount of credit available in the future--represented $1 trillion (about 64 percent) of these loans. Issues have been raised whether commercial banks systematically underprice loan commitments and whether generally accepted accounting principles provide meaningful disclosure of the economics of these commitments. This report discusses (1) differences between the pricing of loan commitments and loans, and assesses data that are available about the trading of loan commitments; (2) the extent to which credit default swaps are used to reduce the credit risk from loan commitments, and what credit default swap prices indicate about the prices of loan commitments; and (3) differences between commercial and investment banks' accounting treatment of loan commitments, and the strengths and weaknesses of fair value accounting.
Loan commitments and loans have different characteristics, making it difficult to directly compare the prices of these instruments. First, a loan commitment gives a company the option to borrow a certain amount in the future, while a loan actually provides funds to the borrower. Second, lenders typically charge fees for making credit contingently available through a loan commitment but charge interest on a loan. Third, loan commitments are typically unsecured--that is, borrowers do not have to pledge collateral--while loans are typically secured. Most of those we interviewed told us that loan commitments are rarely traded in the secondary market because selling them could jeopardize relationships with borrowers and because institutional investors were reluctant to purchase them. Some investment bankers expressed concerns that loan commitments were systematically underpriced, but the available information did not support such assertions. Commercial bankers told us that they used credit default swaps--contracts that can transfer the credit risk of a loan or loan commitment to another party--to reduce credit risk on small amounts of their loan commitment portfolios. Some investment bankers contended that credit default swaps and loan commitments were similar instruments and that credit default swap prices could provide information about the appropriateness of prices for loan commitments. We found that it was not possible to use credit default swap prices to determine the appropriateness of prices for loan commitments. Specifically, they differed in triggering events, payment schedule, trading, and financial covenants. Under current accounting standards, designed to reflect their respective business models, commercial and investment banks account for loan commitments differently, causing a temporary difference in the recognition of fee income. Further, revenue from fee income appeared to be relatively small compared with revenue from other bank activity and the difference would be resolved by the end of the commitment period. As a result, we did not find any evidence that following a different accounting model offered the commercial banks a consistent competitive advantage over investment banks. Further, commercial and investment banks have similar fair value financial statement disclosure requirements and, as a result, provide similar information about the fair value of their financial instruments. It appears that the economic substance of loan commitments is recognized in the financial statements and related footnotes in a clear, measurable, and evident fashion under both the historic cost and fair value approach. While some have indicated that fair value accounting might disclose more relevant information than the historical cost model, all the conceptual and implementation issues have not been resolved. Until these issues are resolved, commercial and investment banks will continue to follow different accounting models for loan commitments.
Jul 18, 2018
Civil Penalties:Certain Federal Agencies Need to Improve Inflation Adjustment ReportingGAO-18-519: Published: Jul 18, 2018. Publicly Released: Jul 18, 2018.
Jul 17, 2018
- Government Auditing Standards 2018 Revision (Supersedes GAO-12-331G)GAO-18-568G: Published: Jul 17, 2018. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2018.
Jul 16, 2018
Management Report:Continued Improvements Needed in Controls over the Processes Used to Prepare the U.S. Consolidated Financial StatementsGAO-18-540: Published: Jul 16, 2018. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2018.
Jun 28, 2018
Capitol Preservation Fund:Audit of Fiscal Years 2015, 2016, and 2017 TransactionsGAO-18-524R: Published: Jun 28, 2018. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 2018.
Senate Preservation Fund:Audit of Fiscal Years 2015, 2016, and 2017 TransactionsGAO-18-525R: Published: Jun 28, 2018. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 2018.
May 31, 2018
Improper Payments:Actions and Guidance Could Help Address Issues and Inconsistencies in Estimation ProcessesGAO-18-377: Published: May 31, 2018. Publicly Released: May 31, 2018.
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The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) is pleased to provide you with the 2012-2013 Guide to Service for Older Delawareans and Persons with Disabilities. The guide features new information and navigational features to help you access needed resources.
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February 5, 2016
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Six unanswered goals was all it took for the Chinese Taipei to defeat the United Arab Emirates 6-1 and take home the 2016 Challenge Cup of Asia title.
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|Chaplin with Grace Kingsley and Gale on the employment office set of A Dog's Life.
In January 1918, journalist Grace Kingsley, along with Los Angeles Times cartoonist "Gale" (aka Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale) visited Chaplin at his new Hollywood studio. The three had met before. In August 1916, Kingsley interviewed Chaplin at the Lone Star Studio, where his Mutual films were made. That interview, published in the LA Times,1 also featured cartoons by Gale. Chaplin was comfortable with Kingsley and seemed to open up to her in a way he seldom did with reporters. I've accompanied this post with real photos of the visit as well as Gale's drawings which depict Charlie not only as actor, director, and interviewee, but also as an anchor during the "stormy days" of war.
All quotes and cartoons below are from "Charlie Chaplin Begins Work In His New Studio," by Grace Kingsley, Los Angeles Times, January 20th, 1918.2
|Gale's observations of Chaplin
After giving his guests a tour of his studio ("I think I could like this place if I didn't work here," he says), Chaplin answered questions about his future film plans. He tells Kingsley that his pictures henceforth will contain more character study and more story...
"And how will the public like that," inquires Charlie anxiously with his puzzled, quizzical little frown.
"What's your first story?" we ask. "All about a dog!" grins Charlie pointing to a scrap of a mongrel that has crawled to his feet and is licking his hands....That's all we found out about the picture except that it has an employment bureau in it.3
|Posing with a mirror. Kingsley is on the right.
Kingsley goes on to describe watching Chaplin rehearse the cast:
Just here in trooped a motley bunch of actors, and Charlie went to work.
"And now," said Chaplin after an hour's hard rehearsal of the gang, "and now I think a little rehearsal will do us good."
That's characteristic of the patience and hard work of the comedian, who really leads a double life--that of both actor and director. For Charlie Chaplin, the comedian with the Midas touch of comedy which has the power to turn the meanest "prop" into golden laughter, works like a whirlwind and notes every detail of both makeup and action on the part of his actors, and goes through every smallest part himself to show them. Why, he even dresses them sometimes when they don't get on their make-ups to suit him.
The only prop in this scene, which was held in an employment agency, was a box filled with sawdust, the purpose of which was obvious. But Charlie didn't let the frayed-out-old-actory person use it for that. "Just flick your cigarette ashes in it--so" he prompted, and then he went through the part in a manner that showed him the artist he is, for the part was only a bit, yet you smiled and you laughed and cried at the same time he did it.
"This isn't a rehearse--this is the original hearse," exclaimed one of the actors as he stepped out of the strenuous scene, mopping his brow.
Charlie's comedy seems entirely spontaneous--that's its wonderful charm. But beneath it all he has the mathematics of merriment, the logarithms of laughter, at his fingers' ends.
|Gale sketches Chaplin's interview with Kingsley
The result:
2Kingsley's 1918 article is also quoted in my piece from January 19th about Chaplin's new studio. Click here.
3The film is A Dog's Life, released April 14th, 1918.


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What would Dieter do?
October 14th, 2010
This piece was originally posted on The Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics Blog.
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When it comes to exports, the United States could learn something from Germany.
In the second quarter, Germany's economy grew at a blistering annual rate of 9%, almost all of which was due to robust exports. In August, German manufacturing orders expanded by a healthy 3.4%, driven by strong foreign demand for products like Audis in China. America's economy is four times larger than Germany's, but Germans export more manufactured goods than us, and those exports account for over a third of Germany's GDP.


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Anna Kendrick and Rosario Dawson at the Vanity Fair/Bloomberg after party at the French Ambassador's Residence. Guests sat on pillows with the following quotation by Herbert Hoover: "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." The "it" party to be at this weekend, even without Mayor Bloomberg (who had to bolt back to NYC to address the bomb scare in Times Square). Go HERE to read Michael Hogan's full party recap and click below for photos from the event....
Jessica Simpson, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Bon Jovi, Dorothea Hurley
Christiane Amanpour, Colin Powell, Ashley Judd
View of the French Ambassador's Place
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Jason Wu, Cindi Leive
Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, Kathryn Bigelow, Donatella Versace
Michael Douglas, Scarlett Johansson
Rahm Emanuel, Quinton Aaron, Jessica Alba
Ana Marie Cox, David Axelrod
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Reviews | Written by Callum Shephard 11/07/2016
It's unfortunate that RPG Maker is regarded with distain by many gamers today. Much like Unity, the platform itself is a fantastic creative tool for indie developers with a wealth of material to delve into; the perpetual storm of crude shoved through Steam Greenlight has created an understandable stigma around it. Ayumi: Enhanced Edition sadly will not buck public opinion any time soon.
To put it bluntly, this is an unmitigated failure. While it attempts to present a sixteen bit horror story, the developer has no clear idea of how to make this work. The premise is that you play as a young child, Ayumi, trapped aboard a derelict spacecraft. Bloodstains coat almost every wall, and strange beasts prowl the hallways. Chilling stuff for sure, were it not for the fact the game undermines itself at every turn.
Any sense of isolation is ruined by Ayumi's inner dialogue, which seems to have come from a different game entirely. She feels the need comment upon anything and everything, quickly robbing you of any sense of being trapped alone on the ship, and she barely seems to recognise the threats about her. Her actual lines reach into the realms of slapstick comedy at times, and remain perpetually at odds with the horrifying sights about her. Even the sight of her parents dismembered bodies does not change her dialog at all, and it's practically forgotten by the very next scene.
Worse still, many monsters appear without sense or context, and prove to be entirely pointless. Those who can hurt you only emerge late into the game, but still lack any sense of threat thanks to being more of a glorified puzzle than a true foe. Even the required "big villain who pursues you from room to room" is little more than a cutscene event, and because of this you quickly realise how toothless the game truly is.
The real nail in the coffin though? Not only will most people be able to beat this in under an hour, but the ending is a gigantic "it was all a dream" twist making the journey entirely pointless. No story, no meaning, no impact.
If this sounds harsh, it's only because we have seen other developers work with just as much and do so much more. If you're truly after a short but sweet horror experience then Reveal the Deep is the way to go, and if you want a genuinely good RPG Maker horror title then give Mad Father a look. As for Ayumi though? Pretend it doesn't even exist. You'll be all the happier for it.