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City Councilman David Alvarez and former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher are in a tight race to decide who will face City Councilman Kevin Faulconer in the February runoff to select San Diego's next mayor.
In Tuesday's special election, Faulconer held a strong lead throughout the night, nearly 20 points ahead of his nearest competition. This guaranteed him a spot in February's runoff.
"Tonight, we have shown what we're capable of, and I can't wait to hit the ground running tomorrow," Faulconer told an enthusiastic crowd of supporters late Tuesday night.
The question became, who will face the Republican Faulconer in the runoff? Democrats Alvarez and Fletcher were in a virtual tie for most of the night.
When all precincts reported around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Alvarez (25.59%) had inched ahead of Fletcher (24.30%.) There are still about 34,500 mail-in and provisional ballots to be counted, according to the Registrar of Voters website.
However, both Alvarez and Fletcher stayed optimistic Tuesday night.
"It's going to be a little bit longer until we can actually declare victory, but I am certain that we will be doing that at the end of tonight," Alvarez said Tuesday.
"We've fought every day of this campaign, and we're going to keep fighting for a few more hours," Fletcher said.
Fletcher plans to meet with members of the local media around noon Wednesday. NBC 7 will cover that event.
The special election was held to replace embattled former mayor Bob Filner, who resigned Aug. 30 in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal. Filner was in office for nine months.
Voter turnout was higher for this special election than for the past 3 to 4 special elections in the City of San Diego.
Special Section: Race for Mayor
The election results ended up mirroring the latest polls, which projected a solid first place finish for Faulconer and a battle for second place—and the coveted runoff spot.
With just 2,600 or so votes between Fletcher and Alvarez and more than 34,000 provisional ballots to be counted, the second spot is still up for grabs.
Alvarez was elected to the Council in 2010 and has the support of labor and the San Diego County Democratic Party.
The Barrio Logan native helped negotiate a controversial community planning blue print designed to create a buffer between ship builders and homes. Some community leaders criticized Alvarez for compromising too much.
The issue will be one that differentiates Faulconer and Alvarez..
"I felt strongly that we needed to stand up and protect those jobs at the waterfront," Faulconer said on NBC 7 the morning after the election. "I feel strongly about that. That was not the right way to go that the council voted for that plan so I hope that is overturned."
The Republican has campaigned on creating jobs and business in the city.
"People know we have to create good-paying jobs we have to protect the jobs we have in San Diego, attract new ones and then we have the dollars to be putting where we're supposed to be putting those dollars," Faulconer said when he appeared on NBC 7 News Today. "On our streets, our libraries, our rec centers, putting more cops on the street."
Alvarez canceled his appearance on NBC 7 saying he lost his voice from all the campaigning he has done in the final days of the race.
Special Election: By The Numbers
- 40-45 percent expected voter turnout
- 683,370 total registered voters (as of Nov. 6)
- 131,275 mail-in ballots returned (as of Nov. 15)
- 1,094 early voters (as of Nov.15)
(Source: San Diego Registrar of Voters)


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According to a press release, the Live Chat feature enables a dealership's sales force to have a live conversation with a prospective RV buyer while they are viewing the unit online. When an RVT.com visitor clicks on the Live Chat icon, a message appears instantly in the dealer sales rep's Skype or Google Talk account. The rep can immediately see which ad the visitor is viewing and respond to the buyers request. When the chat is concluded, an email of the conversation is sent to the representative.
In addition, the Live Chat feature will proactively prompt a conversation if a visitor stays on the listing page for more than 15 seconds. If the visitor engages with the prompting, the dealer is notified.
"Current research shows that websites with a Live Chat feature experience an immediate increase in customer satisfaction and sales," said Shawn Friesen, RVT.com vice president. "Allowing dealer sales reps to respond instantaneously to consumer interest will allow them to negotiate deals online and close those deals more quickly and efficiently."
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Simply put, an ID can only be used once per page. Well, it could technically be used multiple times; however the page would not pass validation. Since validation is very important to the web designer/front end developer, it is essential to strive for this standard. Keep in mind when naming ID's there are 3 requirements:
- Must contain at least one character
- Must not contain space characters
- In HTML, all values are case-sensitive
The id attribute can be used in a few ways. The most common method of utilizing this tag is inside a
 element. Using the attribute in this way allows you to write css that will manipulate the characteristics of said div. Take a look at the code below, note that all id's start with the hash #.

#wrapper { width: 1000px; margin: 0; }
Those familiar with html/css already knows what this markup achieves. Those unfamiliar, the explanation is simple. The id attribute in the div element, directs the browser to the #wrapper section of the css style sheet. It then interprets the enclosed block of code to style the element.
Since ID's are unique, it is not possible to do the following:

Again I say not possible yet it is. What would happen is two elements would be created with the same reference to the #wrapper block in the css style sheet. The wrapper would be a child of itself and down the road into development, it could come back to cause some very funky and undesired results.
Another reason for unique ids is that you can target an element using it's id in the url address of a site. For instance if there were a
 element with an id of "main" at Google, I could type www.google.com/#main into my browser address bar, and the browser will attempt to load the page and scroll to the element "main." In short if there are multiple elements with the same id, the browser won't know up from down.
When should id be used?
ID should be used whenever css styling is needed. If a list was to be created for instance, and only the default style is desired, then no id attribute is required. Another important question is what elements can use the id attribute? It's actually easier to specify which elements can not use the attribute than it is to identify the ones that can. The elements unable to use id are:
- base
- head
- html
- meta
- script
- style
- title
The class is quite the opposite of ID. Classes are intended to be used multiple times and are not unique. Elements can even use multiple classes, separated by a space. Class is very helpful when styling pages and can be used in conjunction with id to make the developers life much easier.
Here is an example where class should be used:
#div1 { width: 100px; height: 50px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; } #div2 { width: 300px; height: 20px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; } #div3 { width: 200px; height: 70px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; } #div4 { width: 150px; height: 60px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; }
The commonality to these four div's is the box-shadow attribute. This can easily be placed in a class to consolidate and organize your code. Note that all classes start with the period.
.shadow { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #88888; }
After you create the class you simply add it to the div elements in the HTML.

Since multiple classes can be used, I'll add another simple class for demonstrative purposes.
.border { border: 2px solid #333; }

Now all the div's will have a box shadow and border.
Now that the differences between id and class have been discussed it is important to cover a few more things about css selectors. A very important and sometimes overlooked aspect to selectors is their use for nested elements. Take for example this h1 element that is nested inside a div.

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Now to alter the styling of the
 element inside the div without affecting the rest of the page's
 elements:
#wrapper h1 { font-size: 1em; }
Notice the space between the div id and the h1 element. Now say I want to change the font size of only the
 and
 elements on a page. To achieve this I make use of the comma.
p, h2 { font-size: 1em; }
The comma in between elements tells the browser to select all p and h2 elements on the entire page, where as the space only selects elements that are nested in the parent element.
Lastly, I will cover a selector which escapes some developers.
#wrapper.border #wrapper .border
There is a difference between these two selectors. The second one can only be used by nested elements inside the wrapper. The first one can only be used by the element that has both the id wrapper and the class border.

This is very handy, especially for responsive framework (I won't get into that in this article). This method can allow you to create combinations of classes for use by elements. Take for example a layout that has three divs in a row and as a developer you to make two of them red, and the middle one black.
.box { width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #000; } .box.red { background-color: red; }

Now, this isn't a terribly useful way to use this selector, but for lack of creativity during this writing it will have to do.
That should at least get those who are unfamiliar with the proper uses of selectors started. Thank you for reading and I hope you learned a thing or two.


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October 29, 2012
What to do in severe weather
This week's potential for severe weather brings up the reminder that all campus closings or alerts will be communicated on the website's severe weather page, sent out by text alert to all subscribers of the RAVE system, and emailed to employee email addresses. If you have a question about severe weather closings, check there first!
Last day to sign up for Strategic Plan groups
If you would like to sign up to join the Community Engagement or Workforce Development Strategic Planning work groups, go online here and enter your information. The last day to sign up will be Friday, November 2.
Action Projects to go forward in 2013
Three new Action Projects have been announced for the coming year. Achieving the Dream, Dual Enrollment and the Master Plan, phases III and IV, were selected by the Columbus State Cabinet in collaboration with the Reaffirmation of Accreditation Steering Committee.
Achieving the Dream is a national effort dedicated to helping community college students, particularly low-income students and minority students, stay in school and earn a college degree. Since 2004, the Indianapolis-based non-profit has worked with over 200 colleges in 32 states and the District of Columbia. Team leaders are T.J. Duda, Renee Hampton, Mary Ellen Tancred and Jennifer Anderson.
Dual Enrollment. The college currently supports a small number of dual enrollment offerings in area high schools, but the structure, requirements and costs of the programs vary greatly. This project will chart a redesign of the program infrastructure and position resources accordingly to meet growing demand. Karen Gray leads the team.
The Master Plan, phases III and IV. This project builds on last year's initial groundwork. Phases III and IV will lead to a composite College Master Plan, integrating all of the major planning issues and providing design direction for the future development of Columbus State. The project is co-chaired by Jack Cooley, Jan Rogers and Terri Gehr.
Three annual quality improvement projects are one requirement of the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), the college's accreditation process. Columbus State expects to receive a decision on its reaffirmation of accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission in December, 2012.
Talking Transfer
Columbus State alumnus David Kerr (center) talks to students about transferring to Franklin University at the annual Transfer Fair, held October 25 in Nestor Hall. Three dozen colleges and universities sent representatives to showcase the many transfer opportunities offered to our students, and the turnout was very good thanks in part to the beautiful weather last Thursday!
President Harrison to lecture on Leadership Nov. 2 at OSU
President David Harrison will present "Leadership is a Team Sport" on Friday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. in 200 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue, on the Ohio State Columbus campus. Public parking is available after 4 p.m. in the Neil Avenue Parking Garage behind Campbell. The Lena Bailey Lecture is sponsored by Ohio State's College of Education and Human Ecology. An RSVP is requested if you would like to attend.
Contact Kamilah King at email@example.com or call 292-3580 to RSVP.
Introduction to Hostmanship class offered
A class will be offered to employees called Introduction to Hostmanship, in which the foundation and principles of Hostmanship, as well as the application for personal and professional growth will be discussed.
Hostmanship in the art of making people feel welcome, according to Jan Gunnarsson, a hospitality industry veteran from Sweden. Good hostmanship means understanding the art of serving and realizing how much it enriches our lives, according to Gunnarsson.
In his book Hostmanship, Gunnarsson challenges individuals to reframe their views of customer service and leadership. Hostmanship invites us to rethink the customer service experience by seeing ourselves as connected to the customer as host. Register for this class below.
Thursday, November 15, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, December 12, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Reminder: All upcoming employee development classes can be found online here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/courses.asp
Bookstore to hold Pumpkin Patch sale Wednesday!
Come to the Bookstore on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, to select a pumpkin from their Pumpkin Patch and win a prize. You will receive a 10-20% discount on your purchase or even a Bookstore gift card!


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Frantz Fanon (1925-61)
Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and author, born in the French colony of Martinique. He travelled to France in 1943, where he fought with the Free French in the Second World War. After the war he studied medicine and psychiatry in Lyon, then worked as a psychiatrist in Algeria.
Two of his highly influential books were Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth. Fanon explored how colonised people were affected in practical terms, and also how they understood themselves. Fanon argued a combination of racism and the rejection of indigenous culture and values by colonial powers created huge psychological problems for the colonised. He was influenced by the realisation that his African background meant that many would not accept him as French.
In 1953, Fanon became Head of the Psychiatry Department at the Blida-Joinville Hospital in Algeria. There he tried to make psychiatric care sensitive to each patient's cultural background. He resigned after becoming aware of the use of torture by French forces. Fanon became involved in anti-colonial movements, and from 1956 participated in the Algerian War of Independence.
Fanon died of leukaemia in 1961. His work remained influential in anti-colonial movements worldwide.
Related Themes and Topics
BibliographyF Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, translated by C Farrington (New York: Grove Press, 1963)
F Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks translated by C L Markmann (New York: Grove Press, 1968)
D Macey, Frantz Fanon: a life, (London: Granta Books, 2000)
R C Keller, Colonial madness: psychiatry in French North Africa (Chicago London: University of Chicago Press, c2007)
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WEIMER: Painting full of good memories
On really cold winter days when my sister and I couldn't go out to play in the snow, my mom and grandma would find us something to do after we finished our homework. One afternoon grandma was setting the table for supper (she always did that early) and we appeared. She motioned to the wall at a picture of a farm scene. She told us to sit down, deciding it was time to tell us about the picture and how it happened to be there. We'd asked several times about it and she always told us there was a story behind it that she's tell us when she had time.
There are five cows in the picture and it is a summer's day. Some of the cows are drinking from a wooden trough while one is patiently putting up with a playful calf nuzzling at her ears. A maiden in a long apron is coming down the path holding a milk pail in one hand, while the other hand is holding onto her straw bonnet.
A creek flows in a crooked patch and one of the cows is drinking from it.
As children, grandmother told us she kept the picture because it reminded her of her home when she was a girl much like the one coming down the path. They had cows and she had named each of them.
She would almost make the picture come to life as she talked about the house with its big chimney, the woodshed, the tool barn, the smokehouse and a barn, where the cows are milked.
Sometimes we would pretend we'd go inside the house and sit around the fireplace, where she would tell about watching her grandmother sew on the treadle sewing machine the way she learned to sew and the way was teaching us to sew. She told us about an irorn arm that held the black soup kettle that would be swung into the fireplace.
This house was in Durhamville before my grandmother grew up, married and moved to Union Corners, where as they grew older, retired and moved to the village, where the picture hung in the dining room. Eventually the picture was taken down as it didn't go with the new wallpaper, the new chandelier and other pieces of furniture that were added.
In its place is a painting of bowl of fruit done by an aunt. We had forgotten about the "cow picture" until the other day as I was putting Christmas decorations away (yes, finally), and I happened on but Grandmother's picture.
The frame needs work, there is a water stain on one corner, but it can be salvaged. I need not tell you that when it is cleaned up, the frame refinished it is going back up over the buffet from whence it came. The title of the picture is "Cattle at the Trough" but I can't make out the painter's name.


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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by Michael Azerrad Author
Music journalist Azerrad (Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana) makes it clear through his tales of 13 highly influential punk and indie rock bands from Black Flag to Beat Happening that his subjects could have easily been any misshapen, angst-filled, morbidly creative teens on the planet. In painting the portrait of the volatile 1980s underground music scene, he reveals the importance of subversive-minded musicians in an industry controlled by hit-hungry executives. Azerrad, however, is careful not to glorify this era: sprinkled throughout his inspiring pictures of musical revolt are details of the poverty and drug-induced dilemmas each band faced on its path to cult icon status. Featuring original interviews with the scene's leading lights (e.g., Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth), this collective biography is written in a cultured voice that even low-brow, in-the-know fanzine readers will appreciate. --Argus Leader Daily, Sioux Falls, SD
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Escape to the world famous Blue Mountains and take a journey through time to re-discover the elegance that is The Hydro Majestic. Just 1 hour and 45 minutes' drive from Sydney CBD, The Hydro Majestic is the iconic historical hotel stretching 1.1km along the escarpment edge of the spectacular World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains overlooking the picturesque Megalong Valley.
Our iconic Blue Mountains hotel offers a range of onsite facilities to meet the needs of each and every guest. With 54 guestrooms to choose from, Hydro Majestic Blue Mountains offers several accommodation options to meet the needs of every guest. Relax in the comfy Belgravia Lobby Lounge with its plush lounges and ornate fireplace, spoil yourself with lunch or dinner or maybe an afternoon high tea in the Wintergarden with panoramic views overlooking the Megalong Valley.
Celebrate all that is Chinese in the history of the Hydro Majestic with a delectable Asian inspired menu in the Salon Du The featuring a Shanghai chic team room and bar, decorated in rich Oriental reds, or maybe sample a cocktail or two in Cat's Alley whilst gazing at the majestic sunset over the Megalong Valley.
Sit back and relax in a casual dining atmosphere of the Boiler House Café which is set in a unique industrial heritage space whilst overlooking the panoramic views of the Megalong Valley. Experience the "Taste of the Blue Mountains" whilst venturing through the Hydro Majestic Pavilion which is an interactive living history space and vibrant providores showcase which demonstrates the best regional gourmet food and wine of the Blue Mountains.
With world class attractions, a variety of dining options within our restaurants and picturesque bush land and gardens at your doorstep, you are guaranteed an unforgettable stay.


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Jigsaw is a 1949 film noir made by Tower Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger from a screenplay by Vincent McConnor and Fletcher Markle from a story by John Roeburt.
The film stars Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace and Marc Lawrence and has cameo appearances by Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, John Garfield, Burgess Meredith and Everett Sloane.


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The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum (CAMM) and the Ouachita Parish School System Talented Art Program recently partnered to present the American Spirit Challenge Student Competition. The competition is in conjunction with the annual juried art exhibition that the Talented Art Program holds showcasing student artwork.
CAMM Director, Adrienne LaFrance-Wells said, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to encourage these students to consider the brave sacrifices that were made to preserve the freedoms that they enjoy every day by creating these beautiful works of art. Showcasing the young talent in our area is so important, as is promoting patriotism among our youth." The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council conducted judging so judges could remain objective. Prize awards were sponsored by Homeland Bank, the Selman Field Historical Association and the Fort Miro Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The first prize winner, Alison Lau of Sterlington High School, chose WWII Hump Pilot, J.V. Vinyard, as her portrait subject. Vinyard spoke to around 500 students and parents at the Student Services Center art reception about his time flying over the Himalayan Mountains as the supply line in China during the war. CAMM has an exhibit on Vinyard in the Chennault exhibit room.
Han Vu of Ouachita Parish High School won Second prize for a portrait of her father who served in the South Vietnamese Air Force in the Vietnam War. West Ouachita High School student, Christina Ford, won third for her charcoal of WWII veteran, Cornelius Glenn Whitley, CPL US Marine Corps.
Woodmen of the World is a sponsor locally for National History Day, providing cash prizes for students. All students were recognized at a reception at the Chennault Museum.


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The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Seventy-year-old newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies in his palatial Florida home, Xanadu, after uttering the single word "Rosebud." While watching a newsreel summarizing the years during which Kane built a dying newspaper into a major empire, married and divorced twice, ran unsuccessfully for governor and saw the collapse of his newspaper empire during the Depression, an editor decides they have not captured the essence of the controversial newspaperman and assigns reporter Jerry Thompson to discover the meaning of Kane's last word.
Thompson first approaches Kane's second wife, singer Susan Alexander, in the Atlantic City nightclub where she now performs. After the drunken Susan orders Thompson to leave, the accommodating bartender reports her claim that she had never heard of Rosebud. Next, Thompson reads the unpublished memoirs of Wall Street financier Walter Parks Thatcher, Kane's guardian and trustee of the mining fortune left to Kane by his mother: Thatcher first meets young Kane in 1871 at his mother's Colorado boardinghouse. Learning that she has become wealthy from mining shares left her by a former boarder, she is determined that her son will be reared and educated in the East. As young Charlie plays outside with his sled, Mrs. Kane hands over management of the mine's returns to Thatcher, against her husband's wishes, then grants the financier guardianship over her son. Despite the boy's protests, he is sent away to live with Thatcher. When Kane turns twenty-five, he assumes control of the world's sixth largest private fortune, and while professing disinterest in most of his holdings, writes Thatcher that he intends to run The Inquirer , a small, New York newspaper acquired through a foreclosure. He moves into the paper's offices and with the help of his best friend, Jedidiah Leland, who acts as the drama critic, turns it into a lively, muckraking publication, which attacks slum landlords, swindlers and big business. In 1898, The Inquirer attempts to draw the United States into war with Spain. After the 1929 stock market crash, Kane relinquishes control of his empire to Thatcher's syndicate. Thompson finishes his reading of Thatcher's memoir without learning anything about Rosebud.
Thompson next questions Bernstein, formerly Kane's general editor and now chairman of the board. Bernstein describes the early days of Kane's tenure at The Inquirer : After Kane and Leland take over the publication in 1892, Kane prints a declaration of principles--that he will report the news honestly and will make the paper a champion of his readers' rights as citizens and as human beings. Leland senses the document's importance and keeps the handwritten declaration as a memorial. Six years later, when Kane acquires the top reporters from the rival paper, whose circulation The Inquirer has surpassed, Leland worries that Kane's approach to the news will also resemble his rival's. During this period, Kane begins to collect the European statues and furniture that will later crowd the rooms of Xanadu. On one European trip, Kane meets and becomes engaged to Emily Monroe Norton, the President's niece, whom he marries in 1900. After relating these events, Bernstein suggests that Rosebud was probably something that Kane lost, perhaps a woman.
Taking Bernstein's advice, Thompson visits Leland, a self-described "disagreeable old man," in the hospital where he is living out his old age. Leland claims Kane believed in nothing except himself, but suggests that Kane's story is about how he lost love because he had none to give: As Kane's empire expands, his marriage to Emily deteriorates. One night in 1915, Kane encounters Susan as she is leaving a pharmacy after purchasing a toothache remedy. Susan innocently offers to let Kane, who has been spattered by mud from a passing carriage, use her apartment to clean up. Kane is at ease with Susan, who has no idea of his importance, and when he learns that her mother wanted her to become an opera singer, requests that she sing for him. In 1916, Kane runs for governor against corrupt political boss Jim Gettys. After a successful campaign speech, Emily sends their son home alone and asks Kane to accompany her to Susan's boardinghouse, where they find Gettys with Susan. Gettys admits that he forced Susan to contact Emily and tells Kane that he will reveal their relationship unless he withdraws from the campaign. Despite the hurt that scandal will bring to his family and Susan, Kane refuses, convinced that he has the love of the electorate. He is mistaken, however, and loses the race. Leland accuses Kane of treating "the people" as if he owned them and asks to be transferred to The Inquirer 's Chicago branch. After Emily divorces him, Kane marries Susan and in 1919, builds the Chicago Opera House for her. Susan's voice is very poor, however, and her debut is met with ridicule, except by The Inquirer critics. When Kane finds Leland slumped over his typewriter in a drunken stupor after beginning an unfavorable review of Susan's performance, he finishes the notice himself, retaining the negative viewpoint, but then fires his old friend.
Thompson now returns to Atlantic City to question Susan again. She insists that it was Kane's idea that she have an operatic career and describes their tempestuous life together: During a noisy quarrel with Susan, Kane receives a special delivery from Leland, returning the $25,000 check Kane sent after firing him and including the handwritten copy of the declaration of principles, which Kane burns. When Susan begs to quit, Kane insists that he will be humiliated if she leaves the stage, and forces her to continue singing until she attempts suicide. Later, they retire to Xanadu, where a bored Susan spends her days working jigsaw puzzles. Finally fed up with his overbearing attempts to orchestrate her life, Susan reproaches Kane for trying to buy her affections with jewels and other material things. He slaps her in anger, and she leaves him. Her story finished, Susan sends Thompson to talk to Raymond, the butler at Xanadu. Thompson confesses to Susan that he feels sorry for Kane, and Susan admits that she does, too.
At Xanadu, Raymond agrees to speak with Thompson for a price, then relates the events following Susan's departure: The furious Kane tears apart Susan's room, until he comes across a small glass snow globe with a tiny cabin inside. Kane picks it up, murmurs "Rosebud" and leaves the room, seemingly unaware of the servants who surround him. Still as ignorant of the significance of Kane's dying word as when he started, Thompson prepares to leave Xanadu with the other reporters and photographers. Passing through rooms where Kane's possessions are being inventoried and crated, Thompson is now convinced that even if he had learned the meaning of Rosebud, it would not have explained the man. Unnoticed among the boxes and crates is an old child's sled. As a workman throws the sled into a furnace, the word Rosebud, painted across the top, is consumed by the flames. .
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Apple's New OS X 10.5.8 Kills 18 Bugs
Apple has released their Security Update 2009-003 and Mac OS X v10.5.8, addressing 18 security vulnerabilities, some of them quite old.
Many of the vulnerabilities are quite critical and, based on the brief descriptions, sound amenable to exploit in the wild. For instance: "Viewing a maliciously crafted image with an embedded ColorSync profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution." So opening some image file could take over your Mac. There are many similar flaws addressed in this update. Another interesting bug is that a locked system with a Multi-Touch TrackPad can still be accessed with "four-finger Multi-Touch gestures."
It's true that Mac users typically run as a standard, less-privileged user, but other vulnerabilities fixed in this update could allow a local user to obtain System Privileges. Even the login window has a vulnerability, and arbitrary code can be executed by using a format string in it.
Perhaps the scariest vulnerability in this group is "Receiving a maliciously crafted AppleTalk response packet may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges or an unexpected system shutdown." This sounds akin to the MS08-067 flaw that led to the Conficker worm, in which users could be successfully compromised over the network with no user action at all.
It's also noteworthy that 2 of the updates are for vulnerabilities reported in 2009, including one from February, in the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library used by XQuery.
The updates may be applied through Software Update or by downloading the correct version from http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/.
The advisory is not yet published on the web, but will be soon on the Apple Security Updates page.
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One of the most enjoyable times in our work is when we bring out drums for a drum circle.
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We experience some amazing things in this dementia work.
One of the very best experiences is when we incorporate music into our work. People who may never speak, or have trouble finding common words can still often sing and remember all of the words to favorite songs or hymns.
The voices may not be strong as they were years ago. There may be more quavering notes but the love of singing is still strong in so many of our elders. Their generation was one that sang a lot, whether in church or synagogue, in school chorus, or just singing together with friends on the street corner, this was a singing generation!
Sadly, younger generations have lost this feeling for the song. We don't tend to come together to sing as much as our elders did. They understood the strong bonds and the joy that group singing can bring. They have never forgotten this experience, nor have they forgotten the songs. These songs uplifted and unified this older generation in a way that nothing else really could. This music can still uplift and unify them today.
These are people who may not remember the names of their family members. They may not be able to name simple objects like a table or a toothbrush, but they remember every word to their favorite songs. There is just something in music that lights up the brain, something that calls forth memory. Music is a direct route to reach people living with Alzheimer's.
People who were able to play a musical instrument in their earlier lives can usually still play that instrument when they are living with Alzheimer's. They may be rusty, they may have lost much of their proficiency with the instrument, but they can often still play. If given the opportunity, people with Alzheimer's can practice on their instrument and they can get better! We know because we have seen it happen.
Dom had been a pianist and choral teacher all of his adult life. When we met him, he had been living with Alzheimer's for many years. Living in a locked dementia unit, Dom became withdrawn, belligerent and difficult to deal with. However, when he sat down at the piano in the gathering room of the long term care facility, he could play tunes from memory for hours!
He was a wonderful musician who played with flourishes, panache and with great joy. His whole face would light up and he would become lost in the music. People would spontaneously gather around the piano and join in singing as Dom played.
There was just one little blip in this magical musical recital of Dom's. Somewhere in every song, he would insert a phrase or two of the tune, Listen to the Mockingbird and he would whistle along to the snatches of this song.
Dom could be in the middle of a fabulous rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus, or building to the end of My Country Tis of Thee and then, suddenly, up would pop the song, Listen to the Mockingbird with Dom whistling away.
The singers that usually joined Dom in his impromptu concerts were amazingly tolerant of this little musical quirk of his.
They would either try to sing a couple of lines from Listen to the Mockingbird, or they would patiently wait for the whistling to die away and for Dom to return to the original song.
He always would return to the song, and to our astonishment, he would pick up the tune right where he left off before it was interrupted by his signature tune and his whistling.
Dom was a happy man when he sat down to play the piano. That was the only time we ever saw him be gregarious, relaxed and happy. Music was the only thing that ever seemed to reach him. Through the music, Dom gave himself and many others hours of unadulterated joy.
One of the most enjoyable times in our work is when we bring out drums for a drum circle. We meet people who tell us that can't play drums because they don't have any rhythm. We tell them that if they have a heart beat, then they have rhythm in their bodies. The remarkable thing about the drum experience is that, after a short time, the group begins hitting the drum at the same time, using the same beat.
They usually begin in a sort of chaos of sound, and then, gradually, they find a common beat and they all begin to hit the drum at the same time together. We were stunned the first time we saw this happen. People were actually listening to each other and then began playing with each other. It is a wonderful bonding experience.
We see all sorts of drummers in our Alzheimer's drum circles. Some people use the drum as a means to release stress or anger. We see them beating the drum with all of their might, their mouths pursed tightly. After a time, these angry drummers begin to calm down, and to join in the rhythm of the circle. Their tight faces relax and the grimaces are replaced with smiles.
We also see the shy drummers, people who tentatively and softly hit their drums. After a time, these shy drummers gradually lose their inhibitions and sometimes we see them wailing away on their drums, tapping their toes, completely absorbed in the rhythm surrounding them.
There are many kinds of drummers in our drum circles, but, over time, everyone experiences their own happiness and a true bonding with others in the circle.
Much of the fog and confusion of Alzheimer's starts to fall away in these drum circles and we see the joy of life come shining through the faces of the drummers. For people who struggle with language, or who can no longer use language, drum circles are a wonderful way to express those emotions that they can no longer express through words.
Music gives people with Alzheimer's the chance to release pent up emotions, to share their feelings with a group, to find support from the circle of singers and drummers.
There is an old proverb that says, God is happy when we work together, but he loves us best when we sing together.
All of us, those with Alzheimer's and those of us who love them, all of us can come together and make one heck of a joyful noise!
You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello: The Montessori Method for Positive Dementia Care.
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Diablo III Hands On
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There's something about this game that just clicks.
Sweet. This isn't my thing, but it makes me very happy about the near future for RPGs.
They're Blizzard. Somehow, they do this thing.
Oh god. Oh god. I think I'm going to be sick.
Clarify please. For the love of all that is holy, please tell me that you don't just automatically acquire all the skills and spells for your class as you level up. And if so, please tell me that you at least gain ranks in each of these skills/spells to grow them in power the more you use them (ala Morrowind).
And please, please don't tell me that this isn't the case, and that all of the characters of the same class will end up exactly the same at end-game save for some simple rune choices. I might just burn down an orphanage.
Snu Snu? Really?
I found it clever in a cheesy, pelvis crushing, mind is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised kinda manner.
Yep, classes just gain skills on level up, no powerups or anything besides the "rune" system. The skill tree wasn't complicated, it wasn't hard to understand, Blizzard is just serving the lowest denominator of IQ.
ahaha. I'm a sucker for terrible puns
I haven't been very interested in Diablo 3 ever since I learned it was online only. Guess I'll just wait and see how the reviews turn out.
Christ sake. Hold on a second while I go get a barf bucket.
Okay, back. Well, guess it's time to pre-order Torchlight 2 then. I can't believe I had any faith left in Blizzard after they were acquired by Activision. All of my favorite developers are fast circling the drain thanks to these mega-publishers. The soul of the gaming industry is being mercilessly ripped out. >:(
"Sucked in" my ass. Diablo 2 sucked me in because there was some depth there, along with all the stuff that supposedly makes Diablo 3 great.
EH, I am not sold on D3. The impression I get is that there are more amusing new and old games out there. Maybe not as polished but much more lively.
I would be happy to be proved wrong but this is not a buy at launch title for me.
Yeah, no. Every little bit of info on this game I hear, the further I am removed from wanting to play it. 3 skils? Hahahahaha.
Great.. more of a reason not to buy this T.T" like the legal chinese gold farmers wasn't bad enough.
The wait for Diablo III drives me crazy!
In the full game you will have accsess to 6 active skills at a time and 3 passive ones.
I understand people not liking the Auction House and the DRM thing but this is no reason to hate the whole game.
Edit: Also I want to point out that Diablo 2 have a massive market for buying in game items for real money, the only difference is that in Diablo 2 the buyer had to go to sites unrelated to Blizzard that might steal his money while in Diablo 3 its a safe deal.
Oh, so all the customization I was actually praising (yes, for fuck's sake, praising, one of the rare times I do this) Blizzard for is now gone. Now ain't that a surprise. Now nobody can say pandering to the lowest common denominator doesn't affect the gameplay.
Um, yeah. That's because topping Diablo 2 in terms of gameplay is not a hard target to shoot for.
If this manages to suck gameplay wise, it's going to be the last Blizzard buy for me. I'll be damned if I never get to experience another good hack'n'slash.
I don't understand the whining. The auction house is optional and this game will have more active skills than D2. so what's the big deal?
I wonder if the enjoyment to be had in this game will still be about finding party members. The past Diablo games had interesting mechanics, but it really wasn't worth playing to me without friends.
Considering me and my friends are much older now and have other responsibilities, part of me wonders if there is any worth in getting this game if it follows the same hitch as its predecessors...
Trine and Left 4 Dead are party oriented too, but they are the sort of games that you can just have some random guy jump in with you if need be...Diablo is a more intimate month long trek...least thats how I remember it...
The only clicks I'm hearing are those of people canceling preorders.
Yeah, that's the problem. Everybody will have all of the active skills for the class they're playing. Which means your Witch Doctor will be 100% indistinguishable from random dude #3864's Witch Doctor at max level.
While there may have only been three or four truly powerful builds per character class in Diablo 2, it's still a damn sight better than that.
Oh it is 'Cool' to hate on things Popular. Blizzard is Very Popular. So is Activision. Therefore, popular is bad and any game that must come from either developer will be bad. All because it is the popular thing to do.
As far as I can tell they are just a bunch of fuckin' morons. However that is just me, they have yet to play it and are just bitching just to bitch. A normal mind would say 'Wait until the game has been released before using any Judgement or hatred upon the game' however that is called the brain. Most don't seem to have them nowadays.
Exactly what I did. Going for Torchlight 2 instead-- the always on drm and lack of mod support is what turned me away. I don't object to the market, but I wonder how useful the in-game gold market will turn out to be.
Not to say I won't buy it, but not the Collector's Edition I had pre-ordered, and after release.
Sorta like saying that playing soccer on concrete made out of spikes isn't your thing cause you don't like soccer but are happy for its direction.
I mean, his general message was "Diablo was great, therefore I don't care about the system flaws" (or whatever you want to call DRM and such), you're saying that Diablo isn't your thing. Which is understandable, but I don't get your perspective if you say it makes you happy for the near future of RPGs, unless you're stocked for the DRM and micro transactions maybe?
(I'm sincerely confused. Not just being a dick)
Other than your mistake calling it 'normal' to be tolerant (which was clearly just misphrasing), I very much like you good sir.
Because I like other RPGs. Diablo III being a good game and doing well means two things to me:
A) Inspiration for other RPG devs in terms of mechanics and gameplay*,
B) The suits see RPGs making money and are more likely to okay RPGs in the future, especially if other RPGs coming out this year are also successful.
So even if it isn't my thing and I have absolutely no intention of playing it, I can still root for it because a year from now if successful it will be part of a "RPGs sell" narrative being aimed at developers.
*Edit: and I don't see the concept of micro-transactions being that workable for someone who isn't Blizzard and doesn't already have the infrastructure to handle it.
I don't understand why people NEED to have every character different from one another, the reality there are only a few builds that are the best for any class. Thus they only way you can have a "different" character is to have an under powered one. What your makes your character in Diablo was never the skills but the equipment you had on it. And from the description it lets you reset those skills whenever so no more grinding forever and forever to perfect a build.
But that's Kurokami's point.
If Diablo 3 does well, then what will be OK'd will be more Diablo-clones. If Diablo is not your thing, then a Diablo-clone will also not be your thing. Therefore, you should be unhappy about the future of RPGs... lol.
Must. Have. Beta. Key.
Except it's not just Diablo doing well - in the best-case scenario, it's Diablo, Skyrim, Witcher 2, Human Revolution, Mass Effect 3, etc doing well. That paints a different picture from a publisher's perspective than just Diablo doing well.
excuse me? are they destroying the thing that made diablo II my favorite game of all time? they have chopped down the talents tree??!?!?! whhhhhhhyyyyyy!!!! diablo II was a great game because of that. there was not ONE good build, there were serveral. each character had like 25 abilities, but you only focused on 2 or 3. there was huge customasation in gameplay and they took it away? please don't let it be. i'm already waiting for a diablo III for years, but now they are raping it.
Hi Captain Dickface, see I can talk just like a dumb fucker like you.
Unpleasantries aside, my issue with this game (and what has me not being as interested in it) isn't the gameplay. I simply do not trust this whole paid auction house system to work well. If people already trust some 3rd party site enough to use it, they'll likely keep using it even when this comes out. That's because no one wants to shell out some real money just to post an item that they don't know will sell or not. A normal-currency system would of been just fine, and if they really felt the need to use a real-$ AH, could of just used gold for the posting fees as well. Being allowed to buy gold with real money isn't going to go over to well on the normal Auction House side either, because there is a very real chance of this inflating in-game costs for items.
A "normal" mind wouldn't start calling others idiots and bitches just because their opinion differs from yours, no matter the reason, it would either just ignore them or respect their opinions and disagree civilly.
I agree. I've made so many Diablo characters BECAUSE I wanted to try out all of the talent tree builds.
They DO need to reconsider inflation...
And to the Capt. ... yeah nobody is a "fuckin moron" because they don't agree with some of the games mechanics... it's just a playing preference.
I never doubted that the game was gonna kick ass(say what you will, Blizzard makes good games), but I'm still not gonna get it. Constant internet connection and no mods was an ass move.
I didn't insult anyone because there opinions are different. I am just saying that it is moronic to go about saying the game will suck absolutely and saying that it will be bad just because it is being created by a single corporation aka making the 'opinion' and absolute truth. Nor was I calling anyone a bitch, all I was saying was that people (In general) were bitching, which they were. Much like you are doing now.
And much like the other person who had quoted me, the Normal thing was just a misphrasing.
And after saying something like, "Hi Captain Dickface, see I can talk just like a dumb fucker like you." you will most likely be reported and maybe suspended. Have fun :P
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Thursday and Monday were fairly rough raiding days. As I said in my last post, we had some trouble with Fathom-Lord on Wednesday after we did Hydross. It didn't upset me much then because it was still a little new for some people and the fight does take some coordination. Our attempts on Thursday and Monday did upset me however.
On Thursday we spent 3 hours wiping on him where our best attempt got all 3 adds down but didn't have much dps left for Fathom-Lord. Sad part is that was the only attempt where we got all the adds down. On Monday we did get him down but we wiped for a couple of hours before had. I don't like to call people out (not that anyone reads this blog), but it seems like the main issue was with our healers. A majority of our wipes were caused by losing one of our tanks early or losing a lot of people when switching from the Hunter add to the priest add. The healers would clump together and all get hit by the tornado. Then they would not be able to heal because they were up in the air. Then in transition they wouldn't know who to heal. Plus, some of the healers would stand in range of the Fathom-Lord Spitfire totem and get killed.
Finally after a little yelling from the guild leadership people figured out that this fight requires a little mobility and a little attention to your situation. All of our issues made me wonder if our first kill was a bit of fluke and that we really didn't know the fight yet. Hopefully our troubles this week have helped some of the lessons sink in and that we don't have a whole lot of trouble next week.
Needless to say we didn't get any attempts in on Al'ar or Leo this week.
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Toon Update:
Graylo - A couple of cool things have happened since my last post. First, he discovered how to make the [Flask of Fortification]. Obviously, I have no plans for making this for my self since I don't have any tanks but it means that I have only one flask left to discover. Second, Graylo joined a 5v5 team. I think I am much more suited for 5v5 then I am for the other arena combinations. I find that I am not the main target right of the bat and I can put out a lot of DPS before they discover that I am killing them. Not to mention that the number of points you get is a lot better for 5v5. Maybe I will be able to get up to 3000 points before season 3 starts and I will able to get a couple of pieces of Merciless gear at the cheaper prices.
Graypal - I spent a lot of time on Graypal this weekend and he still has a ton of rested XP. I started only 2 bars from 55. When I dinged I saw that I had a whole level of rested xp which wasn't that surprising. However when I dinged 56 I still had over half a level of rested xp. In the end I got him about half way through 56 and I still have 7 or 8 bars of rested XP. I also did quite a bit to level his Enchanting and Tailoring. I got both up to 275. I've also decided that as soon as I hit 58 I am empting my quest log and heading to HFP. It might be a little ruff to start but I just don't think I can wait. There really isn't a reason to not go to Outland anymore. The gear from Pre-BC quests sucks, with the reduction to the Heroic requirements I don't need to save the Quest rep, and the XP is so much better in outland. Plus, with all the rested XP that Graypal builds up I will still probably hit 70 fairly early with a lot of quests left to earn gold.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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- Horns said...
You might want to add Wowhead item tooltips so we don't have to leave your site ;)
It's really easy, you can read more on wowhead or on my site (shameless advertising, yeah).
- November 29, 2007 at 5:40 PM
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Thanks for the tip. As you can probably tell from my format I am not very Blog savvy so I am have a little trouble getting it to work.
- December 11, 2007 at 10:55 AM
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Whoever was behind the website published a rambling statement earlier this week described as "our final message" and said the efforts were intended for "entertainment and laughs." The note was signed off with the message "from Russia with love." Before it shut down, the website published what it said were the credit reports of 29 politicians and celebrities.
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QUEBEC — "To my fellow Anglo Quebecers (sic) I say: Don't worry. Your rights will be fully protected."
Remember that?
It's from Pauline Marois's 30-word message in English in her Sept. 4 election-night victory speech.
Now, three months later, it's just one more promise broken by Marois's Parti Québécois government.
Its proposed "new Bill 101" would amend the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms in a way that appears to restrict fundamental rights, in particular those of non-francophones.
The PQ bill would make an addition to the charter's preamble that describes French as "a fundamental factor of (Quebec's) social cohesion"
More important, another addition to the preamble says that "rights and freedoms must be exercised in keeping with … the values of Quebec society, including … the importance of its common language and the right to live and work in French."
At a news conference, the minister responsible for language, Diane De Courcy, expressed the hope that these interpretive clauses would influence future decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada on Quebec's language legislation.
And earlier, at a technical briefing on the bill by civil servants, journalists were told that the changes to the preamble would affect how courts and tribunals interpret the rest of the charter.
So it appears that the proposed changes would restrict the charter's protection against, notably, discrimination based on language.
And unlike the constitutional Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec charter applies to the private sector as well as the public one.
The bill continues a trend of tipping the balance in the charter for purely political reasons, toward "values" popular with the majority and away from minority rights.
It was the former Liberal government that first amended the charter to create an Animal Farm hierarchy in which some rights were more fundamental than others.
The precedent was created in 2007, when, in response to the controversy over religious accommodations, the Charest government amended the charter to give women's equality with men precedence over freedom of religion. Previously, the two had equal status.
And three years later, in a language bill of their own, the Liberals proposed an interpretive clause that was even stronger than the additions to the preamble in the new PQ bill.
The Liberal proposal would have added an interpretive clause directing the courts to take into account "the importance of ensuring (the) perpetuity (of French)."
The Liberal proposal remained before the National Assembly until it was allowed to die quietly on the order paper in early-2011.
The more often governments propose to amend the charter, the more acceptable it becomes for them to fiddle with fundamental rights.
The Quebec charter is considered "quasi-constitutional," because it generally takes precedence over other provincial legislation.
At the same time, however, it can be amended easily by a simple majority in the Assembly.
The protection for minority rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is stronger, since it can't be weakened without amending the constitution.
But if Quebec became sovereign, its minorities would lose that protection.
At the news conference, Marois complained that the present language legislation has been "weakened" by Supreme Court decisions under the Canadian charter.
And speaking about the proposed amendments, the language minister, De Courcy, said the Quebec charter "is a project that allows us to imagine the sovereign Quebec of tomorrow."
To which non-francophones might say: "Merci de nous avoir prévenu — thanks for the warning."
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Hello all! I am making a custom version of the Feed The Beast launcher for minecraft, but i am having an issue that makes me wanna throw my pc out a ten story window.
Here is a link to my source: http://files.goldenboots.net/FeedTheAutism.zip
What I can say for sure is that it is downloading it, but for some reason it wont extract..
Its supposed to download then extract then delete the zip.
I know this is a horrible first post, i'm just really desperate to get this working..
The reason I'm not posting the code here, is there is way too much, so zipping it should be best?