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tuxmachines.org: KDE 3.4 Unleashed
Tuxmachines.org has one of the first reviews of KDE 3.4 (coral cache). From the article: "KDE 3.4 is a reflection of the many years of development invested into the project with more shine and polish than ever experienced with any desktop environment in existance today." Screenshots are also available (coral cache).
DotDoted? Or is it just me?
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By Corbin at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: DotDoted? Or is it just me?
Konqueror is too fast to time out compared to other browsers, unfortunately. The site is slow but responds.
Re: DotDoted? Or is it just me?
I just tried w/ FireFox and it timed out too... I don't really need to read the review though since I already have 3.4...
By Corbin at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: DotDoted? Or is it just me?
No, sorry, I'm just running out of bandwidth. I'm not a big commercial site, it's just little ole me on a home server. Most of the time it's not a problem, but when big sites link to it, I run out of pipe. But I'd appreciate your trying back later. Thanks to the gent who posted the text here.
By srlinuxx at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: DotDoted? Or is it just me?
Uh, what? You get a prize for cluelessness.
By Kane at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
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Defined as a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations similar to the desktop environments found under the MacOS or Microsoft Windows, KDE provides an easy-to-use highly customizable integrated graphical interface for today's most demanding tasks. These include email communication, newsgroup participaton, web surfing, instant messaging, graphic design and manipulation, multimedia capabilities thru audio and video applications, system monitoring, file managing, and even software package handling. Today we will look at the latest incarnation.
KDE 3.4 is a reflection of the many years of development invested into the project with more shine and polish than ever experienced with any desktop environment in existence today. Beginning in October of 1996 with just a handful of developers it helped spawn such major projects as Mandrakelinux in 1998. Today there are an estimated 900 developers improving the approximate 5 million lines of code comprising the KDE desktop.
Today features expand much beyond basic functionality to encompass some of the most advanced options imaginable. Some new features in 3.4 include:
Text-to-Speech API
One of the most obvious things one might notice upon their login to 3.4 is the vastly improved speed at which it functions. Desktop start up time is decreased by my approximations of 50% over 3.3. The applications on my desktop open up in about one second. I usually have one instance of konqueror preloaded and I open it to a blank page, but it's opening is just to fast for this human to clock as it is almost instanteous. Kontact takes about one second and kcontrol about two.
Another improvement is the increased stability. Gone are the days of konqueror crashing on a java or flash site. No more are the crashes of kmail as it re-indexes or compresses a large folder. A distant memory are the crashes of knode due to a malformed character or large image in a usenet post. No longer does one experience freezes as one checks their klipper content. Past is the lagging as one tries to move around large files. It may have went through some growing pains over the years, but KDE has become mature, stable, and complete. We have finally reached desktop utopia.
However, the most noticable improvement is the default look. Sporting an attractive wallpaper, jazzy icons and sexy window decorations, one almost hates to customize. But customize we shall and no one makes it easier than KDE. Even installing themes and icons are a breeze within the kde control center. Setting them for use is a no brainer. This is the first thing I do.
One can configure a wallpaper right from their desktop. In fact one can install new wallpapers right from their desktop. Right click on your desktop and choose Configure Desktop. Right there in the first heading Background, one can click the button Get New Wallpapers. This opens one of KDE's best new features, a Get Hot New Stuff dialogue box. In this application, Hot New Stuff contains choices of wallpapers from kde-look.org with tabs for Highest Rated, Most Downloads, and Latest. One can even get detailed information on their choices by clicking Details. Choose a wallpaper and click Install. Close the applet and navigate to your ~/.kde/share/wallpapers folder and choose one of your newly downloaded wallpapers. From this same Configure Desktop applet one can set their general desktop Behavior, Multiple Desktops, Screensaver and Display variables including power control.
I have much more in mind when I customize, so I prefer to just open the KDE Control Center. I've always appreciated the integrated controls of the kcontrol application. KDE Control Center is just that, the main configuration hub for KDE containing all necessary modules for setting up a beautiful and functional desktop.
Another application that will be making use of Get Hot New Stuff is kopete. Soon one will be able to connect to kde-look.org and download new emoticons. Developer Will Stephenson says, "Implementing this was incredibly easy - only 8 lines of code - and since KMail, Kopete and Konversation share the same emoticon themes, the other apps will be able to use the new emoticons too."
kstars also uses the Get Hot New Stuff interface to download extra datafiles. Click, click, click to a more complete experience. Jason Harris says of kstars' new look and functionality, "the layout is much less cluttered, and all of the data fields now use KActiveLabel(API|LXR), so the text can be copy/pasted with the mouse."
New in accessibility is some high and low contrast light and dark color themes with monochrome Flatmono icons. This can be a great advantage to individuals with visual impairments.
KSayIt is a utility that simply speaks a given textfile or the actual content of the clipboard.
There are wonderful things in kontact in 3.4. One of which is the news aggregator is now part of kpim and includes http caching, appearance/font settings, uses kNotify for notifications, and KDEPIM's progressbar.
But most notable in kcontact is the support for smileys for your communications in kmail. :) I'm a sucker for the eyecandy.
Other improvments include passwordless kwallet, support for gimp's native xcf format, and highlighted address bar to indicate encryption status in konqueror.
I've saved the best for last. Transparency. Transparent windows is one of the newest trends in x11 and now KDE. It works fairly well but in default state it's limited, slow and a bit unstable. I wasn't able to get transparency above 75% and kde crashed out to the terminal more than once. In it's infancy transparency makes a beautiful effect. But this feature needs some more time to mature. I don't use it on an everyday basis, but it's nice a feature to include when showing off your desktop to windows users.
There are just so many new additions, features, and improvements that I can not possibly include them all. For a complete list of new features in 3.4 visit developer.kde.org. I can not stress enough how impressed I am with this latest version. I've said more than a few times how stable it is and I think to everyone that is the most important thing a desktop needs. The install from sources was effortless requiring a mere ./configure, make, make install. Most major distributions are already uploading their compatible versions to mirrors, but anyone can install these from the source. Sometimes details like that get overlooked in reviews, but I think it's very important for a package to compile cleanly without a lot of fuss and muss on the part the user. There is no reason to wait. Visit kde.org for a full list of mirrors.
This is most likely the last feature release in the 3.x series. Makes one wonder how they can possibly improve KDE enough to make a new major version. I for one can hardly wait for the next round.
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"But most notable in kcontact is the support for smileys for your communications in kmail. :) I'm a sucker for the eyecandy."
For the life of me, i can't find this feature. Where is it?
By Fred at Sat, 2005/03/19 - 6:00am
Re: Article Text (5, Informative)
settings > configure kmail > appearance > message window > replace smileys with emoticons.
By srlinuxx at Sat, 2005/03/19 - 6:00am
> Jason Harris says of kstars' new look and functionality,
True, I did say that. But I was talking about the new
...which is one of the first things I committed *after*
Thanks for the mention, though! :)
By LMCBoy at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: whoops!
dang, sorry, how embarrassing. Seems I mess up something every article. If it's not a typo, then a grammer or spelling mistake and now wrong information. Well, the interface did seem nice and clean, but I admit I couldn't figure out the copy/paste thing. I thought it was a blonde moment. :P No wonder. :roll: I hope that's all I messed up this time. :P
By srlinuxx at Sat, 2005/03/19 - 6:00am
Home = Applications
The home directory link under "Applications" does not make much sense to me.
Esp. Home (Personal files) is a strange description
By Jakob at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: Home = Applications
You're aware that this starts an application (Konqueror) within your home? :-)
Re: Home = Applications
yes, "Applications" is a silly place for it. really, the whole "applications menu" paradigm is broken IMO. there is no good way to do it. watch people who use MS Windows with the start menu and note how Microsoft keeps moving further and further away from an "applications menu". MacOS X doesn't even really have one (they use offer something different), and GNOME's breaking up the menu into three bits is a very nice band aid but not a fix.
as for "Home (Personal Files)", that's a great description for what it is. the metaphore of your "Home" (versus the whole World (the network) or other homes on your block (other users on the machine)) is very strong and accurate. you keep your stuff in your house, so that's where your files are kept to: in your home.
try explaining "My Documents" to a four year old. try explaining why there's a "My Documents" to a new adult user... it's not easy, probably because it leverages _other_ computing metaphors (user permissions and the "document" concept). "Home" on the other hand is simple and clean and maps directly to the real world.
By Aaron J. Seigo at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: Home = Applications
Uh, the home directory is just the directory at the top of your personal directory tree -- it's a "home" in the sense of a starting point. The terminology is from the command-line unix of the 70's (and was probably in use even earlier); it is not at all analogous to your physical home, and your claim about mapping directly to the real world is silly blather.
By Kane at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: Home = Applications
i appreciate your complete of comprehension and imagination.
By Aaron J. Seigo at Fri, 2005/03/25 - 6:00am
All fine except...
It's a shame IMHO that a the newest KDE release again has the "icons stays never on the place were the user has them placed" problem.
By DireWolf at Fri, 2005/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: All fine except...
Damn that hurts
By Me at Sat, 2005/03/19 - 6:00am
Re: All fine except...
Um, wasn't this fixed in the latest Qt?
By ac at Sat, 2005/03/19 - 6:00am
Re: All fine except...
They work for me now. I used to have the "icons moving all over whenever I restart" problem, but it went away at some point, I couldn't tell you if it was when I upgraded to 3.4 or before that.
By kundor at Mon, 2005/04/04 - 5:00am
Konqueror Crashes & Burns
I recently installed Kubuntu. One of the reasons I installed it was KDE 3.4. Imagine my dissappointment when I found Konqueror crashing at the drop of a hat several times in the course of a single hour for no apparent reason whatsover. Konqurer has been notorious for this sort of thing for a long time and I just don't see evidence of it really being fixed. I've heard good things about 3.4 but if anything Konqueror seems worse than ever. Sorry folks, I really like KDE, but this is just woeful.
By Jez at Thu, 2005/04/14 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror Crashes & Burns
This is a known problem of Kubuntu's KDE 3.4
KDE 3.4 (and of course Konqueror) is rock solid for me (not using Kubuntu).
By Anonymous at Thu, 2005/04/14 - 5:00am
KDE 3.5.2 konqueror bug ?
Most of the time, when i select text from a web page opened in Konqueror and hit CTRL + C it didnt copy anything :( When i press CTRL + V it pastes my earlier selection, not the one from Konqueror... IT DAMN ANNOYING!
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A Description of One Letter John Quincy Adams Sent to his Father in June 1811
In recognition of Father's Day we'd like to share one example of a letter that a noteworthy son (John Quincy Adams) sent to his noteworthy father (John Adams).
In June 1811, John Quincy Adams (JQA), his wife, Louisa Catherine, and their youngest son, Charles Francis Adams, were all living in St. Petersburg, where JQA was serving as the U. S. Minister to Russia. JQA, the oldest son of John and Abigail Adams, wrote letters fairly often to his parents. One letter (dated 30 May and 7 June because it was written on two days in 1811) offers an example of the thoughtfulness, eloquence, and respect JQA displayed towards his father.
The long letter, written when JQA was 43 years old, mainly focuses on his decision to decline an appointment to the U. S. Supreme Court and to remain at his diplomatic post in Russia. For more details and context about this opportunity presented to JQA, please consult one of the biographies listed below. The intention of this blog post is to share a few sentences written by JQA to his father, who was a former diplomat, former President of the United States, and a notable letter writer himself.
In the letter, JQA states how honored he felt to be nominated by President Madison for the Supreme Court and also expresses his surprise at the Senate's unanimous approval. JQA appreciates the encouragement of his parents, who urged him to accept the position and return home to his country after nearly two years abroad; however he cites several reasons why he decided not to accept the position. A key reason related to "a simple and very natural circumstance in the condition of my family...." He is referring to his wife's pregnancy, although he doesn't use that exact word. He states that he is not tempted to make a long ocean voyage and "to expose the lives of a wife and infant to the dangers inseparable from such a passage ...."
The letter conveys JQA's concern with how his parents will regard his decision and actions. He clearly cares about the opinions of his parents, "...in the whole course of my life I scarcely ever did a responsible act, of which I was proud or ashamed, without feeling my soul soothed or galled with the reflection of how it would affect the sensibility of my Parents...." He also writes that he looks to his father's life and past actions for guidance: "As a direction for my conduct upon every occurrence involving public principle, I know of no human law more unerring than your example." JQA clearly hopes that he has explained his reasoning convincingly and that his father will understand and support his decision. Towards the end of the letter, he writes, "I feel … a cheerful confidence that after fully weighing the difficulties of my situation, you will approve the grounds upon which I have rested."
A published version of most of the letter (the long section he wrote on 7 June 1811) can be found in The Writings of John Quincy Adams, volume 4, 1811-1813. Edited by Worthington C. Ford. New York: Macmillan Company, 1914. See pages 98-102. This is available online through GoogleBooks.
The manuscript (Letter from John Quincy Adams to John Adams, 30 May - 7 June 1811) is a four-page letter, and is part of the Adams Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. This manuscript collection has been microfilmed and this letter appears on reel 411.
Three biographies that provide more detailed information about JQA's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court:
Hecht, Marie B. John Quincy Adams: A Personal History of an Independent Man. (NY: Macmillan Company, 1972).
Nagel, Paul C. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life. (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997).
Remini, Robert V. John Quincy Adams. (NY: Times Books, 2002).
Jun 19, 2011, 8:10 pm
Laura in MD
I wanted to let you know I really enjoy my daily texts of JA's diary. Pleas don't stop. It's so important that we have history at our grasp! I love these links to additional items, like this letter. Thank you!
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In my last post, I explained why the bacterial flagellum remains so powerful an icon for the Intelligent Design (ID) movement: it looks and functions just like the outboard motor, a machine designed by intelligent human engineers. So conspicuous is the resemblance that it seems perfectly logical to infer a Designer for the flagellum.
Yet as we saw, appearances can be deceiving. ID advocates William Dembski and Jonathan Witt agree that "a careful investigator will be on guard against deceiving appearances. The sun looks like it rises in the east and sets in the west, but really the Earth spins on its axis as it revolves around the sun. A healthy skepticism about appearances is vital…To distinguish appearance from reality, the successful investigator must remain open to various possibilities and follow the evidence."
Despite the strong appearance of special design, most scientists, myself included, believe the evidence points to a gradual development for the bacterial flagellum. We'll delve into some of that evidence in future posts. First, however, I want to explain how flagella are assembled in bacteria. This amazing process gives me such delight in our Father's world; I hope it does for you as well.
How does the flagellum assemble?
The bacterial flagellum may look like an outboard motor, but there is at least one profound difference: the flagellum assembles spontaneously, without the help of any conscious agent. The self-assembly of such a complex machine almost defies the imagination. As I showed with an earlier blog on the self-assembly of viruses (much simpler contraptions by comparison), all such phenomena seem astonishing and counterintuitive.
Because the tail of the flagellum extends well beyond the bacterial cell wall, many of its 40 or so components have to be extruded through an export apparatus that assembles first and makes up the base of the final structure. In general, assembly occurs as a linear process, with components in the base coming together first, followed by the formation of the hook, followed by formation of the filament (see figure).
First, the MS-ring (orange) assembles in the inner cell membrane, most likely in conjunction with some of the export proteins (light green; labeled Type III secretion system). The MS-ring serves as housing for the export apparatus and as a mounting plate for the rotor, which will assemble later.
Next, the stator (gray) assembles around the MS-ring, followed by the rotor (light blue; labeled C-ring). The stator remains fixed in the cell's frame of reference, while the rotor spins; together, these two parts make up the proton-powered motor.
Now that the base of the flagellum is built, most of the remaining parts are assembled from proteins exported through its center. First comes the rod (yellow), made of four different kinds of proteins, guided by a fifth, the "rod cap," which is believed to help break down the tough bacterial cell wall.
This "rod cap" is then displaced by a "hook cap," which guides the formation of the hook structure (dark blue). The hook acts as a universal joint to connect the rod and the filament. When the hook reaches its characteristic length, several "junction zones" form, followed by the export of the "filament cap" protein. This cap structure, different than the rod or hook caps, guides the bundling of more than 20,000 copies of a protein called flagellin into a helical tail (dark green; labeled filament).
The helical filament is long and fragile, but breakage is not too serious a concern for the bacterium. Like a lizard, the flagellum can grow a new tail if it breaks, because flagellin proteins continue to move down the central channel from the cell body toward the tip. Other parts of the flagellum are dynamic as well: individual proteins in the rotor and stator, for example, can exchange with freely-diffusing proteins in the membrane. Such activity may be important for the bacterium's direction-sensing capability.
How do we know all this?
Scientists are pretty clever at teasing out the workings of microscopic machines like the flagellum. The general order of assembly was meticulously worked out by removing individual protein components one at a time and observing what occurred. If you remove the flagellin protein, for instance, you get the base and the hook, but not the tail. This tells us that the tail forms late in the assembly process. If you remove one of the proteins that make up the MS-ring, on the other hand, the motor elements do not assemble and neither does the rest of the flagellum. That's how we know the MS-ring isn't just tacked on at the end.
Other scientists have looked at how the timing of the assembly process is controlled at the genetic level. The genes that contain the instructions for making all the protein components of the flagellum are organized in a number of clusters called operons. Each operon is read when its "master sequence" is activated like a light switch. When the switch is flipped, the genes in that particular operon are interpreted by the cell so that the corresponding proteins are made. It turns out that the genes needed to produce proteins in the base of the flagellum are activated first. Once the base is complete, a clever feedback mechanism flips the next switch, activating the next set of genes, which allows later stages of assembly to occur, and so on. (It's actually more complicated than that, but you get the idea.) So the parts of the flagellum are made "just in time," shortly before each piece is needed.
Natural forces work "like magic"
Nothing we know from every day life quite prepares us for the beauty and power of self-assembly processes in nature. We've all put together toys, furniture, or appliances; even the simplest designs require conscious coordination of materials, tools, and assembly instructions (and even then there's no guarantee that we get it right!). It is tempting to think the spontaneous formation of so complex a machine is "guided," whether by a Mind or some "life force," but we know that the bacterial flagellum, like countless other machines in the cell, assembles and functions automatically according to known natural laws. No intelligence required.1
Video animations like this one by Garland Science beautifully illustrate the elegance of the self-assembly process (see especially the segment from 2:30-5:15). Isn't it extraordinary? When I consider this process, feelings of awe and wonder well up inside me, and I want to praise our great God.
Several ID advocates, most notably Michael Behe, have written engagingly about the details of flagellar assembly. For that I am grateful—it is wonderful when the lay public gets excited about science! But I worry that in their haste to take down the theory of evolution, they create a lot of confusion about how God's world actually operates.
When reading their work, I'm left with the sense that the formation of complex structures like the bacterial flagellum is miraculous, rather than the completely normal behavior of biological molecules. For example, Behe writes, "Protein parts in cellular machines not only have to match their partners, they have to go much further and assemble themselves—a very tricky business indeed" (Edge of Evolution, 125-126). This isn't tricky at all. If the gene that encodes the MS-ring component protein is artificially introduced into bacteria that don't normally have any flagellum genes, MS-rings spontaneously pop up all over the cell membrane. It's the very nature of proteins to interact in specific ways to form more complex structures, but Behe makes it sound like each interaction is the product of special design. Next time I'll review some other examples from the ID literature where assembly is discussed in confusing or misleading ways.
1. Some would say this kind of statement violates the sovereignty of God. Not so! I fully believe God is sovereign, but I don't take that to mean he himself carries out everything that happens inside each cell.
Macnab, Robert M. "How Bacteria Assemble Flagella." Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 57:77-100. 2003.


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Some googling led me to learn that marriages in Ontario between 1858 and 1869 are recorded in county marriage registers. It's quite likely that Sarah Jane Elson and Henry Prince were married during this time. (It was definitely after 1852 and before 1861. They had their first child in 1861, when Sarah Jane was about 22.) These records are available to order to any FamilySearch Centre. So, for the first time, I have a reason to go to a FamilySearch Centre! How exciting! I'm kind of embarassed as a genealogist that I haven't been yet. :)
So I'm going to order the microfilm for the Middlesex County marriage registers. Sarah Jane shows up in censuses in that county both before and after marrying Henry, so it's pretty likely that that's where they would have been married.
It's only $8 (plus possible taxes) for me to get these microfilm records for at least two months, which is pretty awesome. And now that I'm working irregular hours, rather than business hours, I'll probably have more chances to get to the FamilySearch Centre during its very limited hours.
Once my order arrives, and I get a chance to take a look, I'll write more about my visit to the FamilySearch Centre, and about my continued search for this elusive marriage record! Wish me luck!
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Good luck, Lianne! I love living vicariously through the genealogical searches of others. All of the joy, none of the frustration. :DReplyDeleteReplies
Haha, thanks Roger! You really don't want to experience the frustration this brick wall has caused me. :DDelete
Your brick wall story reminds me of mine with Bridget Murphy (b. Ireland abt.1832) and married Robert Forrester sometime after each had arrived in the US. Unfortunately Bridget was THE most common name for girls born in Ireland between about 1820 and 1840 AND Murphy was and remains the most common surname in Ireland. 248 young women named Bridget Murphy emigrated to the US during the Potato Famine years. So far, I have little idea which of them would be my own g-g-g-grandmother.ReplyDelete
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I also have a request: I would like to see couple of posts for episode 1 and episode 3 discussion threads that I created. It's okay if episode 4 discussion thread doesn't see any post for obvious reason.
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Hmmm, but Lilin has hardly been in the show. There's not much to talk about her, at least not at the moment. But I suppose she will have a much bigger role in the future...
How about a Romance thread? Or is it too early for that.
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A romance thread imo is still too early. All because we have yet to see some exposure from Lilin. I intended on requesting a thread of 'Who Should Layfon Ends Up With?' but later abandoned the idea because people would simply spamming Felli/Nina/Mei without giving Lilin a chance. Because we have yet to see who she really is and her relation with Fon-fon, aside from the lesbian boobs-groping from ep 3.
So yes I think it should wait until we get a better insight on Lilin's.
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Not give Lilin a chance? I think she is the clear favorite and most likely to "win" more than any other girl. Those osana najimi are deadly. But yeah, we should probably wait for her real introduction into the series before starting a romance thread.
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Requesting a special discussion thread for Tenken (Heaven Blade).My reason for it is because Heaven Blade plays one of the most important role in the world of Regios,and Layfon also was connected to the group before he was exiled by the queen.So i think its better for it to have its own discussion thread.
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While i have nothing against a Lilin discussion thread, or heaven blades discussion thread, TrueKnight has nailed the reasons why i believe it would be too early for either - neither has had any amount of significant exposure in the anime, and thus there is very little to talk about. When (if) said elements will start get more exposure, a discussion thread for them will be created - as of now there will be either nothing to talk about, or all of it will be nothing but Manga/Novel spoilers. So ..patience is a virtue i guess
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird (UK - BD RB)
Chris takes a look at the recent Blu-ray release of this Kim Ji-woon Western...
In the desolate wilderness of 1930s Manchuria, notorious bandit Park Chang-yi (Lee Byung-hun as the Bad) is hired to steal a treasure map from a Japanese official travelling by train. However, in the process of hijacking the train Park and his gang come under attack from a bounty hunter called Park Do-won (Jung Woo-sung as the Good). In the ensuing chaos the map is stolen by a bumbling thief called Yoon Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho as the Weird), who along with his friend Man-gil (Oh Dal-su), heads to the outlaw haven known as the Ghost Market. Upon arrival they try to decipher the map but soon come under attack from Park and his gang, forcing the reluctant thief to team up with the bounty hunter. What follows is a series of action-packed encounters in which the three men vie for possession of the map while fending off unwanted attention from the Japanese army, Korean freedom fighters, and Manchurian bandits.
This release presents the shorter 'International' version of the film, which apparently has slightly better pacing. Of course I can neither confirm or deny that, but I do know that the ending has been altered from the original Korean version, which is featured elsewhere on the disc. I'm at a bit of a loss to explain the film beyond the brief summary above, because the plot isn't exactly that memorable. The majority of the film's two-hour-plus runtime is comprised of action set-pieces in which heroes, anti-heroes and villains fire off about a gazillion bullets and perform lots of outrageous stunts. Don't get me wrong, the movie is a hell of a lot of fun, but for me it lacks the sort of substance that would hold up to repeated viewings. I'm used to watching more 'conventional' Asian features like Oldboy and Hero, and while I did find parts of the film amusing my sense of humour has never really tallied with that of the majority of Asian cinema.
It's also worth noting that this UK release is cut by five seconds. The cuts were compulsory because they pertained to footage of animal cruelty (horse trips). I can't say that I honestly saw where the cuts had been made, but I know a lot of people flat-out refuse to buy films that have been cut. Personally I'm not too bothered by slight trims that have zero effect on the story, but I believe the Korean Blu-ray is uncut should you have a differing opinion.
Icon Home Entertainment is a relatively unknown quantity for me when it comes to Blu-ray releases (I only own one of their other titles), so I wasn't sure what to expect from this transfer. I needn't have worried though, because The Good, the Bad, the Weird's 2.35:1 (1080/24p AVC) image looks very impressive. A small amount of edge enhancement aside, it hasn't been processed excessively, as the presence of light grain will attest. It's very sharp, with plenty of fine detail in the close-up shots, and colour rendition is extremely pleasing, with the brighter, bolder hues found in locations such as the Ghost Market almost leaping off of the screen. Contrast is also strong and black levels deep, retaining a fair amount of detail in the shadows. I seem to be ending a lot of my recent video summaries with the words 'excellent' or 'outstanding', and this one is no different. It really is a first-rate effort and could easily be used as a showcase title for the Blu-ray format even with the minimal haloing.
The disc includes both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtracks in Korean. I chose the latter for the purposes of the review and once again I was suitably impressed. It's an incredibly lively, even raucous, effort right from the outset, with plenty of surround action throughout. A myriad of discrete effects—mainly bullets, motor-vehicles and dialogue—create an enveloping experience, and panning between the various channels is superb. Bass is also powerful when called upon, and there are numerous explosions for the LFE to get its teeth into. Thankfully the track also handles the subtler moments well, with the sound of rainfall an especially effective mood-setter. The clarity of the dialogue is first-rate throughout the entirety of the film, and the soundtrack compliments the action nicely, especially when a familiar track recently popularised by Kill Bill shows up during the final battle. I wouldn't go so far as to call the track reference quality, but it's not a million miles away. In fact, my only real nitpick is that the surrounds are sometimes a little too aggressive, occasionally overpowering the front channels.
The disc includes forced English subtitles, which appear to offer a competent translation and are well-timed and easy to read.
Running Fast (01:30:25 SD): This is an extremely comprehensive making of documentary in which director Kim Ji-woon takes us through every facet of the production. He starts by discussing his desire to make a Western (and, interestingly, a science fiction film), before moving on to the specifics of shooting the film. I don't want to go into every little detail, but suffice to say this is a more comprehensive making of documentary than you'll find on the majority of discs.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird and the Vicious (18:53 SD): This is a subtitled 'round-table' discussion with director Kim Ji-woon and the three leads. It's actually quite frank, and they discuss some of the things that they were unhappy about during the making of the film with some good-natured banter thrown in for good measure. I'm assuming that the featurette originally came from the Korean release, because the subtitles are a little off.
Analogue (10:54 SD): This featurette is supposed to deal with the cinematography, lighting, action sequences and sound, but it appears to be truncated from the version found on the SD DVD release. Lee Mogae, Oh Seung-chul and Jung Doo-hong are absent, leaving only sound designer Choi Tae-young to elucidate us on his sound design. One has to assume that this is an authoring error.
Space (10:28 SD): This featurette focuses on production design, costumes and set decoration. Cho Hwa-sung (production designer) talks us through his approach to the film and takes us on a short set tour, and Kwon Yun-jin (costume designer) discusses the period costumes he created for the film.
Deleted Scenes (43:53 SD): A huge collection of deleted scenes follows, offering up almost forty-five minutes of content. Most of the scenes were likely axed for pacing and time constraints, but they generally flesh out the story and fill in some of the blanks.
Alternate Endings (19:28 SD): There are five alternate endings, some of which are more comedic than others. The fourth ending is probably the strongest of the bunch and might even have worked as a better ending than the one featured in the completed film.
Trailers (01:34 HD): The disc includes a solitary trailer for the recent feature Push.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird is an entertaining movie full of action and comedic moments, with good performances from its central cast. I think perhaps I would have enjoyed it even more if I was more familiar with Westerns in general, but it's never been a genre that I've been particularly interested in. If you are a Sergio Leone fan you'll probably spot all the little nods and winks that I missed, enhancing your enjoyment beyond the simple thrills of the set-piece scenes. In any event, this is an impressive Blu-ray Disc. The audio-visual quality is up there with some the better titles I've seen and the extras a both substantial and interesting, so I have no qualms about recommending this title.
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hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Thanks for the review Chris. As far as I know, this isn't getting a release in the US. Do you know if this blu-ray has a region lock on it?
Edit: Never mind. I just did a little searching online and found that it is, indeed, region locked. Blah. Sad day.
Edit: Never mind. I just did a little searching online and found that it is, indeed, region locked. Blah. Sad day.
The review also says it's locked (RB).
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
I found this movie entertaining as well, but nothing spectacular. I am a huge Spaghetti Western fan too. Definitely a few nods to Leone in this film.
James Tully Member Join Date: October 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 436
Your review of the film was spot on. I am a big western fan and found there was just something missing from this film. Sure it was a bit of fun, but overall didn't do a lot for me. I did enjoy watching the making of doc though.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Yeah, its definitely missing some depth, but to be totally honest when I go back and watch "Good, Bad, and the Ugly", it doesn't have much depth either. I think the characters just had a presence that these characters don't. Was still very entertained though. Wish I had a blu-ray I could get my hands on without buying a region free player.
jalal Member Join Date: October 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 51
Great film fun and very enjoyable compared to most of the 2009 hollywood films we've seen.
7.8/10 for me.
7.8/10 for me.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Could be a fun double feature with Sukiyaki Western Django, but also sounds perhaps too similar as well.
jalal wrote: Great film fun and very enjoyable compared to most of the 2009 hollywood films we've seen.
7.8/10 for me.
7.8??? Isn't that a bit arbitrary? Why not .83421423?
7.8/10 for me.
7.8??? Isn't that a bit arbitrary? Why not .83421423?
LarryBack Member Join Date: September 2009 Location: Korea, Republic of Posts: 1
There is a mistake in introducing Korean movie stars at the feature,oops! Lee Byung-hun played Park Chang-yi and Jung Woo-sung , Park Do-won. Don't you know who played Storm Shadow of J. I. Joe ? Yeah, Lee B.H. is definitely cut out for a bad guy. ^^
Cheers. I changed the formatting of the first paragraph and obviously I missed the fact that I hadn't altered the bits in parentheses.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Korean, Dolby Digital 5.1 Korean
Subtitles: English
Extras: Making of, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Endings, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kim Ji-woon
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung, Oh Dal-su
Genre: Action
Length: 129 minutes
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EoE is of course on a whole new level for me. While I merely liked Eva TV, I loved EoE. At first I was like "lol wut" but it has grown on me quite well because it truly completes the story for everyone's characters and most importantly made me feel for the characters.
I don't need Rebuild to be the same, but it'd be nice if it could generate something on par.
|2010-05-30, 17:29
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Asuka is actually very anti-social, even more in the movie (kicking random people and never befriending Hikari. Then again, why were they BFF in the series? Idunno)
|2010-05-30, 18:02
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Throughout the original series Misato constantly tried to be a mother to Shinji, but ultimately fails in the end.
This can be seen in a certain episode where he tries to console Shinji and she says that "this is all I can do to console you" or something like that while grabbing his hand. It is implied that Misato is giving her body to him. It is reaffirms that Misato was only ever really able to connect with people physically. In giving her body to Shinji, she'd be able to make that emotional connection to Shinji and help him feel better.
This is again seen in EoE, when she kisses Shinji and says something like "we'll do the rest later."
Basically Misato is more of a physical being, and she was able to validate herself physically with Kaji in particular through sex. Perhaps this is why she can be said to be a "bad girl."
Regarding Asuka... She was just being a tsundere in the movie. It was laughable really. There was no reasons given for why she was always alone really. We don't understand any of her personal struggles. That's why many people criticize this Asuka as a typical shallow/insecure/angsty adolescent girl.
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|2010-05-30, 18:27
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|2010-05-30, 18:42
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|2010-05-30, 18:49
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
But I'll wait and see until the next movies to pass judgement on this new Asuka from an objective stand point.
|2010-05-30, 18:59
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Many fans of the original show always wondered if Shinji just had a backbone, if the pilots were more stable, if they were more emotionally "advance", would the show have ended differently.
The movies finally answer this question with a definitive NO. In fact, ironically, making the pilots more stable, more happy, more understanding of their own emotions actually sped up the (almost) end of the world.
Hence, no matter what Shinji does he can NOT advance.
Rebuild isn't trying to use the same characters with new graphics, its purposefully changing the characters to prove that it was not the massive flaws in our hero's personalities that caused the world to end (as some thought at the end of the original series). Even if you made Asuka a less bitchy, more kind girl, Rei more emotional, and Shinji have a backbone it actually SPEEDS UP the end of the world.
|2010-05-30, 19:14
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The Angels here are much stronger, and so are the Evas, which ups the danger quotient for the earth's survival quite a bit. I get the feeling that nearly ANY clash between them could've caused the end of the world.
|2010-05-30, 22:07
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
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|2010-05-30, 22:21
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Ha.. so much of the proxy fights here are about THIS IS MY EVANGELION, WHY ISN'T REBUILD MY EVANGELION, WHY ISN'T REBUILD WHAT I WANT?
I must've watched it 40 times so it's MY EVANGELION, WAHHH WAHHHH
It's all good, Anno was in a lose-lose situation no matter how he made Eva Rebuild and so long as he's doing what he wants I'm cool with watching what he puts out next.
|2010-05-31, 05:39
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Moderate Haruhiist
Ooh, that memorable scene from EoE. Thankfully replaced by Sadamoto in the manga.
I know this is a detail that people might have glossed over when were focused on liking Rebuild vis a vis the liking the TV series, but was anyone awed by the fact that Shinji pretty much ripped off his seat restraint with his bare hands?
Okay, the laws of nature were pretty much being ground into dust at that point at the nexus of Impact, but that really surprised me, as it was such a large chunk of metal, and Shinji is still very much stick thin.
|2010-05-31, 07:33
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Oh, speaking of the manga....
Manga in my opinion is the far "worse" when people complain about changes. Shinji's more GAR when he Big O Showtimes Eva unit 01 and Gendo has an AT field and says "Fuck God, he's my bitch."
I like it, but between Rebuild and the Manga, they've done worse.
|2010-05-31, 09:57
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
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|2010-05-31, 11:24
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Its called adrenaline. It can make skinny boys lift cars. It was impressive but considering the life and death situation he was in and high stress he was under, it didn't seem too unrealistic to me.
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He Without a Title
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Location: The land of tempura
Ok having finally gotten the time to watch 2.0 and digest it a bit (curse you calculus!) I must say the questions I have at the end of this one are significantly larger in number than the questions I had at the end of the first one.
On 1.0 the changes were subtle and few in-between. A couple of minor details were changed, some characters had slightly different nuances in behavior, the background has some very important changes that we were only barely made aware and as such the end result was indistinguishable from the tv series up to that point. The only major question inducing moment was what happened in the end with Kaworu on the moon.
Now 2.0 made me question a lot of my assumptions and raised even more questions regarding the events of the movie and the characters. Now I'm still in the camp that believes this is a sequel of sorts. Either in a far future after EoE or in a reboot triggered by a slightly different take on those events I keep being led to believe this is in fact a direct sequel to the events of the TV Show. However I almost wrote this theory of mine as wrong when we were told (via the field-trip) why the water is red in the movies. However when Kaoworu comes in Unit-06 in the end and says he'll make Shinji happy this time the theory came rushing back.
But talking about if this is a sequel or not is kind of moot at this point so I'll discuss the major issue I (and many others apparently) have with the movie and that is the new character of Asuka (coupled with Mary actually). What really bugs me about what they did to Asuka's character is that I actually understand why they cut her screen-time and character development. Like I said about minor details were and most of the characters had slightly different behaviors in rebuild when compared to the TV Series so it's only natural that the consequences of their actions change in correspondence.
Spoiler for Events of 2.0:
Overall I have to say that I didn't particularly enjoy the changes to Asuka's character but I understand why they were made. They needed to introduce Mary to the plot and also get enough time to flesh out the Shinji-Rei relationship since that last fact was the driving point behind the climax in the final scenes of the movie. It's one of those concessions they had to make because of the movie format that could have been better taken care of with the larger time-frame of a tv series for example but then we wouldn't have had the high-budget animation we've been having so far so it's a decent enough compromise if they can flesh out Asuka better in the next movie.
There are so many interesting bits and pieces that I could go on to write a full dissertation about but that's exactly one of the things that always made eva such an interesting series for me. The questions, the lack of clear-cut answers and explanations... that's all part of the charm that keeps Eva as one of the most interesting creations I've seen my entire life in the anime medium and as such I truly enjoyed this second movie and I'll be waiting for the third with high hopes.
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One hundred and thirty-six children lined up Saturday morning at the Pilgrim Senior Center for breakfast and photos with Santa. The Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce and the Beacon hosted the event. More photos will appear in the Christmas issue.
I am wondering when the rest of the pictures will be available. I would like to purchse one of my son with Santa. Thank you to all the volunteers! What a wonderful experience :)
Hi, Lisa:
The photos will appear in the Christmas issue of the Beacon, which will run the Thursday before Christmas. When they are available, you simply visit our website, scroll over the "photos & videos" link and then click on whichever paper you want to purchase a photo from. That will bring you to MyCapture. It's self explanatory from there.
We're glad you had a great time! We had a blast!
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Washington, DC, September 6, 2005—The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2005 Student Awards. The awards will be presented during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO, October 7-10, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The seven person jury selected 16 projects representing 13 schools to receive awards.
Click here to view the student PowerPoint. Or download the PowerPoint Here. (Works best on Mac OS.)
General Design Category
Vivero Metropolitano: A Productive Nursery Landscape for Monterrey, Mexico
Kate Kennen, Student ASLA
Harvard Design School
Advisors: Leland D. Cott, FAIA, and Mario Schjetnan, FASLA
Revealed Resilience: An Extension of Roberto Burle Marx's Parque del Este
Sarah Weidner, Student ASLA
The University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Anita Berrizbetia
Pike Place Park/Structure - Toward A Hybrid Morphology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Infrastructure
Shoji Kaneko, Student ASLA
University of Washington
Advisors: Jeff Hou and Julie Johnson, ASLA
Kira Appelhans, Student ASLA, and Maura Rockcastle, Student ASLA
The University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Keith Kaseman
Analysis & Planning Category
Honor Awards
Sustainable Milwaukee
Ruth Stafford, Student ASLA and JenniFer Strauss Hendricks, Student ASLA, and Veronica Meacham, Student ASLA
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Advisors: Dr. David Kovacic, Affiliate ASLA, and Matthew Tucker
Urban Infrastructure Strategy: Phased Neighborhood Retrofit
sky Allen, Student ASLA
School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Adelaide
Advisor: Gale Fulton
Bear River Greenway master Plan/Bear Rive Ecological Corridor Restoration
Lori Porreca, Student ASLA, sara sevy, Student ASLA, kris kvarfordt, Student ASLA, susan buffler, Student ASLA, chad kennedy, Student ASLA, and laura mccoy, Student ASLA
Utah State University
Advisors: Peter Kumble, ASLA, and Craig Johnson
X Zone
Meredith schildwachter, Student ASLA, and kyle Hebel, Student ASLA
University of Colorado at Denver
Advisors: Leila Tolderlund, Associate ASLA, and Anthony Mazzeo
Honor Awards
Phytoremediation: A New Avenue For Landscape Architecture
Pamela Brown, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Advisor: Joan M. Safford, ASLA
Dissertation: "Women as Force in Landscape Architecture, 1893-1942"
Thaisa way, Student ASLA
School of Architecture, Art, & Planning, Cornell University
Advisor: Leonard Mirin, Daniel Krall, ASLA, and Herbert Gottfried
Fool's Gold: Audubon International Certification as a Predictor of Foraging Habitat Suitability for Wading Birds, a case study.
Robert G. Collins, STUDENT ASLA
Mississippi State University
Advisor: Susan J. Mulley
Site Unseen
Allen Compton, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Advisors: Joan Woodward, ASLA, and Jeff Juarez
Community Studio
A Collaborative of Volunteer Designers
University of British Columbia
Advisors: Patrick Condon, ASLA, Cynthia Girling, ASLA, and Doug Paterson, ASLA
Student Collaboration
Award of Excellence
Building Green for the Future: Case Studies of Sustainable Development in Michigan
Allyson Pumphrey, Student ASLA, and PETER ACUFF, STUDENT ASLA
University of Michigan
Advisor: Larissa Larsen, PhD, ASLA
The Spill:
Utilizing the Active Method to Combat the Growing Combined Sewer Overflow Epidemic
Morgan A. Burke, Student ASLA, allison Harness, Student ASLA, and yi hong, Student ASLA
Purdue University
Advisors: Kim Wilson, ASLA, and Loring Nies
Alternative Futures for Tepotzotlán, México
Liat Margolis, Student ASLA, Alex Robinson, Student ASLA, Patrick Curran, Student ASLA
Harvard Design School
Advisors: Carl Steinitz, Honorary ASLA, and Victoria and Alexander Wiley
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,800 members. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship. Learn more about landscape architecture online at
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How To Create a Colorful Kitchen Floor Dominique's February Jumpstart Project 2009
Project: How to add spice to a tired kitchen floor
Name: Dominique
Time: 2 weekends
Cost: Around $90
The kitchen floor is one thing that seems obviously off-limits for re-do in a rental (or even an owned) kitchen. Cost and hassle are just too much for most people to even think of replacing an ugly floor. Well, not Dominique! She covered over a bad old floor-job with a protective and colorful new surface. Read on to see how!
Dominque says that:
The previous owners of our house had a love affair with peel and stick tiles, so much so that they stuck them directly onto the hardwood floor in the kitchen area. Over time, the lines of the wood floor have begun to show through the tiles, not to mention the staining and cracking that happens with age. With a full blown floor refinishing project out of our budget for now, I decided to create a protective new floor over top that would also lend lots of color to the space.
3 birch ply panels, 4 x 8' and 1/4" thick
A table saw
Primer- Kilz or Gripper
Leftover latex paints and in some cases some acrylic paints to custom blend my colors
A quart of poly
Lots of Liquid Nails and a caulking gun
A strong husband to move the fridge and stove
Metal edging strip and nails to finish the edges
I purchased 4' x 8' birch plywood panels, 1/4" thick and cut down to 2' x 2' squares, 1' x 2' for the back row nearest the windows. I had originally intended to stain them dark and light and create a checkerboard pattern, but upon seeing all of the leftover paint in my garage, I decided to go bold.
In some cases to create more harmony between the colors I had, I mixed in some artists' acrylics.
After priming and painting the squares, I put 3 coats of an acrylic based polyurethane over the top and let them dry. This took one weekend.
To install the tiles, I first laid them all out to determine the pattern that I wanted, particularly not to repeat colors in a row.
I used Liquid Nails to adhere the squares to the floor, creating an X pattern as well as going around the edges.
To finish it all off, I purchased a long strip of metal edging in a pewter color which my husband cut down to fit and installed.
I am constantly collecting images of color from catalogs and magazines, so the color inspiration came to me as a result of that....otherwise the materials are pretty run of the mill, but used in a different way.


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Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City overland
This itinerary takes you both through the core of former French Indochina, and through the fields of the Vietnam War. Cambodia and Vietnam gained final independence from French rule in 1954. You will even today find many signs of French influence. The Cold War shaped Cambodian history from 1954 onwards. In 1970, General Lon Nol, with backing from the United States, overthrew Prince Sihanouk's Beijing-backed government. Civil war broke out between 1970-1975. The Khmer Rouge won the Civil War in 1975, and seized control of Phnom Penh. Saloth Sar (known in the West as Pol Pot) killed between 500.000 and 2 million countrymen between 1975-1979; estimates vary. While most died of starvation, thousands were also killed in concentration camps and outright genocide. Both the "Killing Fields" and the Tuol Sleng interrogation centre has today been converted into museums and is a must-see for any visitor to Phnom Penh. Despite the tragedy of modern Cambodian history, the country is today a vibrant and exciting country, full of history, architecture and monuments, at the core of Southeast Asia.
Visas for Vietnam needs to be arranged in advance; you can obtain one from the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok, or a Vietnamese embassy or consulate in your home country. Allow 2-4 days for processing in Bangkok, and a fee of ca USD 60. For Cambodia, the Visa is obtained on the border crossing against a cash fee of USD 20. You should also bring cash with you for the journey; the density of ATMs is variable, and at any rate will only be availiable in Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City. US Dollars is, ironically, the preferred currency, and will get you anywhere in both Cambodia and Vietnam. Thai Bath will also usually be accepted, or at least exchanged - but buy USD in Bangkok if you can.
Get in
The usual route begins with a 4-5 hour bus or a train ride from Bangkok to Aranyaprathet ('Aran'), the town on the Thai side near the border. Both public buses and buses operated by private tour operators are availiable; tickets can be bought from nearly any travel agent in Bangkok. Public buses are the cheapest option, and are of reasonable standard. From Aranyaprathet, get a tuk-tuk the last 6 km to the border crossing. Cambodian visas are available at the border; current visa fee is USD 20 - remember to have cash at hand. From Poipet on the Cambodian side, it's a further 3-6 hour bus or taxi to Siem Reap. Be aware of the touts which will approach you once you cross the border to give you all sorts of assistance, and help you find a driver: ignore them, as they will expect a whapping tip at the other end or they may try to deny you further travel as they cooperate with local drivers. Approach drivers directly and agree on a price to Siem Reap. Siem Reap takes 3-4 hours in the dry season; in the rainy season the trip may sometimes take as much as 9-10 hours as the road gets flooded. Bear in mind that Northern Cambodia is still one of the most heavily mined areas in the world; if you need to take a leak, you are well advised to choose safety before dignity and do what you need on the road itself, not in the bushes.
Siem Reap
Phnom Penh
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Stay safe
While generally safe, particularly Cambodia can be an exhausting country to travel in. Because of the widespread and extreme poverty, foreigners may sometimes feel as if they were walking cash points. Simply leaving your hotel and walking down the street is likely to attract a mixed crowd of cyclo drivers, postcard sellers, water and ice-cream merchants and anyone else out to get their hands on a dollar. Learn to say "no" and remain polite, but determined.
Get out
One option to carefully consider for this itinerary is to book your tickets inbound to Bangkok, but outbound from Ho Chi Minh City. Alternatively, you will probably want to fly back to Bangkok rather than backtrack your journey through Cambodia. Ho Chi Minh City is well connected, however you are well advised to book and buy your tickets before arrival as local air fare prices are very steep.


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Unlock Code of Huawei E5573cs MiFi Pocket Router is available at cellcute.com. Means, if your device is asking for SIMLock code after changing the SIM card then it can be easily unlocked. Unlocking means making the device network-free is one-time work. After unlock you can use the default as well as other carriers SIM card. Once the router is unlocked, you can easily sell it at higher cost.
How long we need to wait for a Huawei unlock code?
The approximate delivery time for a Huawei unlock code is 1 to 10 days.
The average response time for a Huawei unlock code is 2 days (based on last 100 orders).
How to Unlock Huawei E5573cs MiFi Pocket Router?
Before proceeding with steps, make sure your device is connected to a static power supply or battery is charged at least 20% (if the device supports battery).
1. Reset the device from its reset button.
2. Switch off the Huawei E5573cs router.
3. Remove the default SIM card and insert any other carrier SIM card.
4. Plug the device from PC using its WiFi or USB cable.
Note: If connected through USB cable, then open My Computer >> Virtual CD-ROM and install the required software in PC.
5. It will automatically open the default page of the router (192.168.1.1 / 192.168.0.1 / 192.168.8.1).
Note II: In case, it does not browse for its default IP address, try to restart the PC or device.
6. Login to the Huawei E5573cs with admin privilege.
Note III: To get the login details remove the battery and check or see the router manual.
7. It should redirect you to the unlocking page, where you will find an option to enter the code with a name of NCK / SIMLock Code / Unlock Code.
8. Enter the correct code of Huawei E5573cs which is provided by cellcute.com.
9. Click Apply / OK.
10. Once the code is accepted by the modem, it will be unlocked permanently.
Note IV: The Huawei E5573cs may be rebooted to display the network. Wait for a few minutes to see the network, if not, then again reset the device.
11. Once the router starts showing the network, create a new profile according to the SIM card.
12. Now connect to the internet.
If the above-mentioned procedure does not work for you, leave a comment before placing an order.


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kmr1985 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 101 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Palooza Press
I am an author that plans to publish books that cater towards college/ out of college kids, 18-28. The Word "Palooza" represents a youthful twist to the world of publishing, which seems to lack good literature for young adults that have outgrown the puberty/vampire section. The website will not only be a self publishing company, but will also be a blog that promotes other young writers and books that are "Palooza" worthy.
My target audience is 18-35 year olds who love to read, like humor/pop culture and have a trouble finding "cool" books/writing that relate to them. Housewives have Oprah, Teenagers have Twilight, but I want out of college kids to have Palooza Press.
BE CREATIVE. (The logo has to be youthful and exciting without getting too caught up in the publishing aspect of it... like I don't want corny clip art "pens" or "pencils" or "books" in the logo.)
I'm really drawn to logos that have sketches/doodle elements to it or at least the tag-line has sketch elements to it, just something that is different then your everyday "publishing company." If you can come up with a creative/hip way to incorporate "books/writing" in the logo, that would be awesome, but not a requirement.
The tag line as of now is, "where's our section @ Borders?" Playing off the difference between the words "Palooza" and "Press" might also be cool. Attached is a couple logos I liked with a few quick searches, but not at all "exactly" what I'm looking for. Have fun, be bold.
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Whipples disease is a rare condition that prevents the small intestines from properly absorbing nutrients. This is called
Alternative Names
Intestinal lipodystrophy
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Whipples disease is caused by infection with a bacteria called Tropheryma whippelii. The disorder mainly affects middle-aged white men.
Whipples disease is extremely rare. Risk factors are unknown.
Symptoms usually start slowly. Joint paint is the most common initial symptom. After that, often several years later, symptoms of gastrointestinal (GI) infection develop. Other symptoms may include:
Abdominal pain Diarrhea
- Fever
Gray to brown skin color Joint painin the ankles, knees, elbows,fingers, or other areas
- Memory loss
Mental changes
- Weight loss
Signs and tests
The doctor or nurse will perform a physical exam. This may show:
Enlarged lymph glands Heart murmur
- Swelling in body tissues (
Tests to diagnose Whipples disease may include:
- Complete blood count (
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to check for the bacteria that causesthe disease
- Small bowel
- Upper GI
endoscopy(viewing the intestines with a flexible, lighted tube in a process called enteroscopy)
This disease may also change the results of the following tests:
Albuminlevels in the blood
- Unabsorbed fat in the stools (
fecal fat)
- Intestinal absorption of a type of sugar (
d-xylose absorption)
People with Whipples disease need to take long-term antibiotics to cure any infections of the brain and central nervous system. An antibiotic called ceftriaxone is given through a vein (IV). It is followed by another antibiotic (such as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) taken by mouth for up to 1 year.
If symptoms come back during antibiotic use, the antibiotic treatment may be changed.
Your health care provider should closely follow your progress, because signs of the disease can return after you finish therapy. Those who have nutritional deficiencies from malabsorption will also need to take dietary supplements.
Expectations (prognosis)
Without treatment, the condition is usually fatal. Treatment relieves symptoms and can cure the disease.
- Brain damage
- Heart valve damage (from
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Symptoms return (which may be because of drug resistance)
Weight loss
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have persistent joint pain, abdominal pain, or diarrhea.
If you are being treated for Whipples disease, call your health care provider if:
- Symptoms worsen or do not improve
- Symptoms reappear
- New symptoms develop
Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA. Whipple's disease. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 106.
West SG. Systemic diseases in which arthritis is a feature. In:Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: SaundersElsevier; 2011:chap 283.
Review Date:
Reviewed By:
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Holly Ross joined the Drupal Association on 1 February as its executive director. Techworld Australia caught up with Ross at DrupalCon Sydney seven days into her new role to chat about her background and the top priorities for the DA in 2013.
Prior to joining the DA, Ross was the executive director of the US-based Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). "Our mission was to help non-profits use technology to meet their own missions," Ross said. NTEN's work focuses on two key areas, Ross said: training and education, and community building.
From zero to hero: Suncorp's Drupal 'leap of faith'
DrupalCon Sydney: Looking beyond content management
"That community building role was really the heart of [my] work. But it was really broad — so we talked about telephony and security and databases and social media and websites. It was really easy to stay focussed on the trends in each of those areas and not necessarily always have to know the minutiae. Obviously this community [Drupal] goes a lot deeper, so that'll be an interesting transition."
Ross said that one of the things that attracted her to the DA role after 10 years at NTEN was the international scope of the Drupal community.
"The idea that folks are out there, wanting to do this work around the world, and what that meant for community building, which I love to do, that was a huge part of it," she said.
During her time at NTEN Ross was a Drupal user. "I know the power of the platform," Ross said, "and I'm really excited about that technology, and really was very excited to come be engaged with it".
Ross sees the DA's role as twofold: To provide infrastructure, in the form of drupal.org, for the community's work, and to support the community itself and to try to grow it.
At DrupalCon Sydney, Drupal creator Dries Buytaert outlined ambitious goals for the Web platform, aiming to challenge the giants of the Web experience management world. Achieving the kind of growth that Buytaert thinks is possible — Drupal running 10 per cent of the world's websites, up from 2 per cent — will bring new challenges for the DA and Drupal community, Ross said.
"The Drupal community is known for being a 'do-ocracy' — if you're going to complain about it you're going to be able to fix it, have the tenacity to fix it," Ross said.
"And I think part of the ethos of the community also is, aligned with that, is that we're bootstrappers. We can make it ourselves; we're going to make it ourselves, we're going to make it all happen."
To achieve growth, the infrastructure and support that the DA provides to the community will have to start to scale, Ross said.
"D.o [drupal.org] is really limited in what it can do for the community right now and if we're going to grow Drupal from 2 per cent of the Web to 10 per cent of the Web, the resources available to our community have to scale with it, and ... the 'do it ourselves' ideology might not support that scaling."
She said a challenge that the DA faces is figuring out how to embrace the DIY attitude as much as possible while still being able to move the platform and community forward.
"We might not be able to use volunteers as extensively as we always have to make some of the changes needed to support the community," Ross said.
Governance, transparency
Ross said the top priorities for the DA for the year are working on governance processes for Drupal and the community, increasing transparency and communication, and backing the Drupal 8 launch, which is due at the end of the year.
"The challenge is that everyone's vision isn't necessarily Dries' vision, and it's the community that we're supposed to represent," Ross said.
"I think the biggest challenge is there is such a diversity of opinions about what should be happening — so finding a process by which we can say everyone put your two cents in and then out the other end will come the direction...
"Getting that place where the community [knows] that this is how it's going to work and how we're going to make a decision. You see that all through the Drupal community, even just when it's what changes to commit to the code. So there's a lack of clarity around who gets to make those calls and that's something as a community that we all have to really work on."
"Dries is heading up a governance process right now which I think is going to be helpful," Ross said.
"There are a number of community members involved in drafting an ideal process that they [will] vet with the community and get everyone bought into. That's meant to address the side of, 'How do we decide what goes into the code?' Then hopefully we can use the same models around the other kind of community decisions that need to get made."
Ross said that the DA will work on governance "in a number of very tactical ways". "We'll probably practice it in very small areas first as we get a feel for where the community wants to engage and how do we manage that process best..." An example she cited was exploring how to organise the upcoming DrupalCon Prague conference in September.
"I think another areas where the DA is really going to be working, is being a really good steward of community assets. So we will see that same sort of governance question come back to D.o when we're ready to tackle that after we've practiced it in a couple of places, and make sure that we put a governance process in there."
Developing better governance processes will increase transparency and communication, which are also priorities for the association, Ross said.
"Supporting the D8 launch, as well, is a big priority for the year. We obviously want that to be really successful so finding ways through the Drupal Association resources we can support community members in that launch"
Rohan Pearce is the editor of Techworld Australia and Computerworld Australia. Contact him at rohan_pearce at idg.com.au.
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