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Hands off our bank data, Europe tells US
Secret subpoenas threaten stability - EC
Exclusive The European Commission is set to call for an immediate halt on the illegal transfer of financial information to the United States Treasury.
A draft final opinion obtained by The Register concludes that central banks and local financial institutions that used the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) financial network had acted illegally in allowing data about their clients' financial transacions to be transfered to the Treasury. The US started issuing subpoenas in the course of anti-terrorist investigations within weeks of the September 11 attacks of 2001 - the financial institutions and their messaging network hid the disclosures from citizens.
"The hidden, systematic, massive and long-term transfer of personal data by SWIFT to the UST in a confidential, non-transparent and systematic manner for years without effective legal grounds and without the possibility of independent control by public data protection supervisory authorities constitutes a violation of the fundamental European principles as regards data protection and is not in accordance with Belgian and European law," says the EC opinion.
The EC found that Europe's central banks, which oversee SWIFT's activities, may lose the trust of the markets after failing to inform them that the subpoenas were being made.
"The lack of compliance with data protection legislation may actually hamper consumers' trust in their banks and thus might also effect the financial stability of the payment system."
The draft opinion states that SWIFT, along with its shareholders - the private financial institutions that use its services - are all in breach of data protection law.
Private financial institutions should tell their clients they do anything unusual with their data, it says, especially if they knew the data was being processed without adequate provisions to protect the privacy of clients' financial matters.
There was a "lack of transparency and adequate controls" protecting the financial data SWIFT passed to the US Treasury," it states. It bluntly says the transfers were neither proportional nor necessary.
SWIFT is expected to make a stand against the opinion, which will be issued later today by the Article 29 Working Party, an arm of the EC's Justice Directorate that co-ordinates the activities of Data Protection Supervisors across Europe.
SWIFT has already been found to be in breach of data protection law by Belgian authorities, but no action has been taken. However, complaints filed by campaign group Privacy international in 33 European countries were put on ice while the A29 group formed a consensus opinion.
National data protection supervisors - including Britain's information commissioner - will now press financial institutions to comply with the opinion. They are prepared to take legal action if they are not satisfied.
European Central Banks can likewise expect to be told that they should put the protection of their client's personal data before their own professional desire for confidentiality regarding legal matters. The central banks that sit on SWIFT's oversight board should tell data protection authorities about such matters, something they had failed to do, the EC concludes.
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On Friday, November 1st, Strangelove (San Francisco's long-time favorite Dark electro/industrial/new wave/goth party) honors those who have passed by celebrating DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - the Day of the Dead! Of course DJs Tomas Diablo, Sage, FACT.50, and Prince Charming will be raising the dead with their killer tunes, but check out these Day of the Dead macabre festivities:
SKULL FACE PAINTING! Talented make-up artists will put a ghoulish grin on your face. It's FREE for everyone, though tips are always appreciated.
ALTAR TO THE DEAD! You are invited to bring a picture of a deceased loved one or celebrity to add to the altar.
PINATA! How often do you get to savagely swing a big stick in a nightclub (without getting arrested)? Whoever breaks open the pinata will win a gift certificate and goody bag from Amoeba Music, a Strangelove t-shirt, a pair of tickets to see Alison Moyet at the Fillmore on Monday, November 11th, and a pair of tickets to see KMFDM at the Independent on Thursday, November 14th!
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The unflattering stereotype of Suzie-homemaker military wives who bake casseroles and follow their husbands wherever they go did not come from nowhere. It came from history. But times are changing, and I wonder, has our military culture kept up?
Historically, military marriages were a no-brainer. Young men in the service had dependable work and pay at a young age. They were heroic and masculine, and they were naturally bent toward protecting others.
This fit well with America's long held view of women: nurturing, dependent and dedicated to being someone's supporting cast.
America ate this stuff up. We promoted it (see Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph of a sailor and nurse kissing). No one questioned it, even. What 1940s red-blooded American wouldn't love the idea of a dashing man in uniform and his pretty little wife?
From this mindset, the storied, old-school military wives club emerged: white gloves, calling cards, tea parties. And from these, America's sometimes derogatory view of all military wives grew. But as recently as the 1970s, part of a military member's work evaluation still included a category for his wife: Does she host parties? Is she supportive?
American women, it seemed, had come a long way, but military wives were held in the past.
Maybe military wives wanted to change, but how could they? Given what serving in the military requires, marriage to a service member all but guaranteed a life of dependency.
When I first because a military wife in 1999, it was still customary for people to urge us ("us" being new military brides) to consider careers that could travel. Nursing and teaching were touted as especially military friendly because they are somewhat transportable. It was deemed incompatible to be a lawyer or doctor and marry a man in the military. How could you work your way up in the practice or firm?
I'm sure military wives thought about the same things in the 1970s, except that back then, many women still weren't considering careers as lawyers or doctors. A military marriage wasn't yet detrimental to things like salary, retirement and professional fulfillment. The system still worked.
Today, however, women are gaining on men for the status of primary bread winner. Women are holding more high-level positions in companies. Their careers don't always travel well. Their aspirations aren't easily put on hold or set aside.
Our culture has tipped from one that automatically casts women as the homemaker wife to one that views successful, career-oriented women as a given.
In contrast, the military lifestyle has changed very little from the 1940s to now. Service members still make relatively decent pay at a young age. They still are heroic. And — here's the biggie — they still move every few years.
This dilemma is creating new and increasing difficulties for military marriages. So far, the military hasn't responded. I suppose they can't. As my own military husband tells me, the military isn't in the business of making marriages. Or, "If Uncle Sam had wanted service members to have a spouse, he would have issued them one."
But as women make more money and have access to better jobs, they will be less able — and less willing — to follow a man wherever the military sends him. Whereas the uniform was once an asset for eligible men, now it could be a deal breaker.
And let's not forget: nothing aids service retention like a happy wife.
Last year, my husband returned from a yearlong deployment overseas. When he came back, he was, of course, sent on a new military assignment — in a different state. We found ourselves up against the modern military dilemma: which spouse concedes to the other's career?
We wondered, should I give up everything I've worked for and follow him? Or should he give up on a 16-year military career and stay with me?
The decision-making process was agonizing. There were no easy answers. Dustin is within years of retirement, and I'm finally on my way to building my own career, after a decade of following his.
Eventually, we came to a compromise: We'll live in both places. We'll maintain a house in one city, an apartment in the other, and we'll commute back and forth. It isn't ideal, but it allows us both to pursue our goals without being resentful of the other.
We aren't alone. Many military families are making similar arrangements. In military-speak, we call it "geo-bach'ing." But this is short-term solution; I can only agree to living in two cities at once for a single tour, not a whole career.
Luckily, because of Dustin's retirement, our arrangement will be brief. There are plenty of young couples at the beginning of their careers who will meet these dilemmas with less room for compromise.
Is the military ready to address this new, evolving face of marriage?
I doubt it.
The institution has proven resistant to change. Service members will move every two to three years for decades to come. But the culture and the world around the military, especially as it pertains to women and familial roles, will continue to transform.
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Impatient student hangs own painting in museum
WARSAW, Poland - Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn't want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his paintings in a major Polish gallery.
By Wednesday, the young artist was getting plenty of attention after a nationwide TV channel reported on his stunt at the National Museum in the southwestern city of Wroclaw. He told reporters he hoped galleries would give more exhibition space to young artists as a result.
"I decided that I will not wait 30 or 40 years for my works to appear at a place like this," Sobiepan told TVN24. "I want to benefit from them in the here and now."
Sobiepan, a Wroclaw Fine Arts Academy student whose last name means "his own master," said he was inspired by the elusive British graffiti artist known only as Banksy. His own painting is small, white and green, and partly uses swine leather to show a drooping acacia leaf.
On Dec. 10, Sobiepan put it up in a room with contemporary Polish art when a guard at the museum was looking the other way. Museum officials didn't notice the new painting for three days.
Museum director Mariusz Hermansdorfer told TVN24 on Wednesday that the action revealed some security breaches, but that he also considered it a "witty artistic happening."
"It has shown that the young generation of artists, unlike their predecessors, wants to see their works in museums," Hermansdorfer said.
The museum has kept the painting on display in its cafe. It will be offered for sale at Poland's biggest charity auction on Sunday.


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Iraq's political crisis deepened Sunday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the country's vice president off of a plane and had him held temporarily at Baghdad airport, on suspicion that members of his security detail took part in a string of assassinations.
The confrontation between the prime minister, a Shiite Muslim, and Vice President Tariq al Hashimi, a Sunni, took the spotlight off of what could have been a day of Iraqi unity and celebration – as the last American tanks and troops rolled south to Kuwait, ending the nearly nine-year US military presence.
In Baghdad's Green Zone, the center of the US occupation following the 2003 invasion, the tanks, personnel carriers, and hundreds of troops that took up positions this weekend were Iraqi, not American. But their intimidating presence symbolized the sudden political crisis as well as the shift in power.
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Mr. Maliki's move against Hashimi followed the arrest of at least six members of the vice president's security detail in the past two weeks, Interior Ministry officials said. On Friday, Maliki told members of his ruling multiparty alliance that several of the guards had confessed involvement in the assassinations of Shiite politicians over the past two years, according to a participant at the session. Hashimi's security detail is said to number 300.
Hashimi and several other Sunni politicians were about to fly to Kurdistan Sunday evening for dinner with Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani when Maliki's head of military intelligence ordered them not to depart. According to one account, from a leading politician who declined to be identified due the sensitivity of the issue, Hashimi, vice premier Saleh al-Mutlaq, and Finance Minister Rafie al-Essawi were already aboard the plane when they were ordered to disembark.
According to another account, from a source in the Interior Ministry who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to be quoted, the entire airport was shut down while the men were detained. Hashimi was told that the authorities had no direct case against him, but were prepared to charge that he had been an accomplice in smuggling some of the assassins out of Baghdad. Security authorities arrested two of Hashimi's bodyguards, the Interior Ministry official said.
After a flurry of phone calls involving political figures from nearly every party, Maliki relented and allowed the men to continue the journey.
It was unclear whether Hashimi, one of Iraq's two vice presidents, could in fact be arrested, unless the Iraqi parliament first strips him of immunity. But if the accounts are correct that some of his security guards confessed to taking part in the assassinations of prominent Shiites, his days in national politics may be numbered.
Maliki moves for vote of no confidence against Sunni rival
In a second crisis, tangentially related to the case against Hashimi, Maliki formally asked the Iraqi parliament on Sunday to vote no confidence in Mutlaq, after the vice premier called the prime minister "a dictator" during a CNN television interview.
The Iraqiya bloc, which shares power with the Maliki's State of Law alliance and others, announced Saturday that it would boycott parliamentary sessions on the grounds that it has been "marginalized" by Maliki. The move by Iraqiya leader Ayad Allawi, Maliki's chief political rival, came a day after Maliki told political leaders that he would seek Mutlaq's ouster.
On Sunday, Iraqiya escalated its threat, warning that if Maliki goes ahead with the vote, Iraqiya will withdraw its ministers from the coalition government.
Maliki's move against Mutlaq appeared to be largely a case of pique. A Baghdad-born former officer in the military of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, Mutlaq until two years ago had headed the Iraqi Islamic party, the biggest Sunni bloc, which has six members in parliament.
Counterterror police staged a raid on the Islamist party several weeks ago, but it wasn't clear if the evidence they turned up actually incriminated the party in terrorist or criminal acts.
US urges transparency
By contrast, the case against Hashimi may have some substance. Iraqi national police claimed it had reason to implicate Hashimi's security detail following a tip early this month that one guard was building a car bomb in his house. Police raided the home southeast of Baghdad and found the car bomb and more supplies suggesting he was an active insurgent.
Under interrogation, the first suspect named other alleged participants. Police arrested a second man who is alleged to have confessed to taking part in terror activities.
A third guard came to police headquarters to inquire about the whereabouts of his two colleagues and was arrested while attempting to flee. He was alleged to have identified two more guards in the operations.
Iraq's Interior Ministry announced Saturday that it would televise the confessions of the first two suspects that night, but the plan touched off a firestorm. The US embassy, silent for most of the past year in the face of other political excesses, objected publicly. It said in a statement that US officials had not yet seen the actual confessions and urged Iraq to investigate all allegations "in a transparent manner in accordance with Iraqi law."
On Sunday, Iraq's supreme judicial authority ruled that the confessions of the alleged "cell" members couldn't be aired until the investigation is completed.
McClatchy special correspondents Sahar Issa and Laith Hammoudi contributed.


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A new restaurant owned and operated by Meritage Hospitality Group of Grand Rapids Township will be part of a new $24 million waterfront development in Port Huron that is under construction management by Orion Construction of Grand Rapids.
Meritage has announced it will open a 200-seat restaurant, Freighters, next spring at the Blue Water Area Convention Center development on the St. Clair River where it enters Port Huron. The development plan is anchored by the new convention center, which is planned to open in 2015 and will have 45,000 square feet of meeting and convention facilities. Adjacent to it is a 149-room Hilton Double Tree Hotel now under renovation, plus the future Freighters restaurant and a new Baker College Culinary Institute.
The development is co-sponsored by a public/private partnership involving the City of Port Huron, St. Clair County, private investors and Baker College.
Freighters is a full-service, casual dining concept introduced by Meritage. Robert E. Schermer Jr., CEO of Meritage, noted that the waterway there "has more freighter payload passing the restaurant location than flows through the Suez and Panama canals combined."
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"Comics have always been the red-headed stepchild of storytelling," laughs writer and artist Dan Goldman from his home in Brazil.
His levity belies a seriousness and passion for his work, which is part of a rising contingent of comics about the media. These non-fiction books feature real journalism on socio-political issues, and fiction that delves into both the legitimacy of the profession and the issues that surround it.
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Business Management Methods in Social Action Programs by Sanford S. Ackerman Introduction We taxpayers are going to invest well over a billion dollars in social action programs during the next year in an attempt to bring about great changes in our society. These programs will range from the continuing redevelopment and conservation of our cities to the new war on poverty in such forms as job-training, community action centers for social services, and remedial education classes. Additional millions of dollars of our money will be spent on highway construction and mass transit development. The resulting changes in transportation patterns could easily alter our society as greatly as the post-war shift to the suburbs, which can probably be attributed to our previous investments in F H A mortgage insurance, and the roads which now give us somewhat sluggish access to them. In a broad sense then, transportation, urban renewal, and poverty programs are all social action programs. Whether we are, by analogy, minority or majority stockholders in the vast enterprise which will manage these social action programs, we should certainly be interested in how the programs will be managed, and whether we are likely to get some worthwhile return on our investment. An analogy between business enterprise and the community renewal, poverty, and transportation programs is quite appropriate, because unlike welfare and unemployment insurance programs which are penalty costs we pay for the minor inefficiencies of democratic government and free enterprise, these new programs represent a kind of capital investment in the productive capacity of the gigantic enterprise called the United States. The transportation system is — or should be — one of the efficient integral parts of the enterprise. All the people who live here either contribute to the success of the enterprise, by virtue of their acquired abilities and skills, or retard its growth by becoming a cost to it when they are not equipped to live and work in our competitive society. We certainly must not lose our compassion as men, nor should we lose sight of our collective responsibility for the deprived and underprivileged members of our community, but, regardless of the moral, philosophical, and political justifications which led to it, a decision has been made to spend large sums of money. This money will be spent on programs which have never been tried before, to accomplish results which have eluded man since free enterprise was tempered by social conscience. This is a discussion of how business management methods are being used, and how they should be used to insure the best possible results in social action programs. I offer no apologies for using the language of business management to discuss the management of social action programs, but it does not mean that I have lost sight of social and humanitarian considerations. It is probably time to abandon the equally worn shibboleths which hold that businessmen and engineers are insensible to the needs of people, and that social scientists and city planners live in a dream world untouched by fiscal responsibility. The Elements of Effective Management The management functions in any enterprise are planning and control. The support of these functions requires the collection and storage of data necessary for measure- 2 T H E Q U A R T E R L Y
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September 2, 2019
Questioning Christianity: The Bible
As yet another semester comes to a close, we're finishing up our apologetics series. Listen as Josh Himes makes an argument for the Christian faith through Biblical prophesy.
April 26, 2019
Questioning Christianity: History
This week, intern Morgan Kolonauski leads us through the historical evidence for Jesus and the resurrection.
April 24, 2019
Questioning Christianity: Armour of God
This week, senior student Amy leads us in a talk on the Armour of God as we continue our Questioning Christianity series. This talk takes a unique look at how Christians can defend their faith by looking into the spiritual realm.
April 12, 2019
Questioning Christianity: Personal Experience
One of the strongest arguments for the Christian faith is the personal stories of those who believe it. That's why we had several students share their testimonies this week. Tune in to hear their stories and why they follow Jesus.
April 1, 2019
Questioning Christianity: Science
Continuing our apologetics series, we're taking a look at how science interacts with our Christian faith. This week, student Kyle Evernham explains how science and faith are not mutually exclusive by providing examples of famous Christian scientists and how science supports the Christian faith.
March 23, 2019
Questioning Christianity: Philosophy
We're excited to be kicking off a brand new series on apologetics. Over the next 6 weeks, tune in to hear different defenses for the Christian faith. This week, Tom Sperlich walks us through some philosophical arguments that lead to the existence of God.
March 15, 2019
Living in God's Truth
This week at Cru, senior student Ceci Richardsen shares some wisdom God has taught her over the last four years. Listen as she shares what it means to live in God's truth and how trusting Him has impacted her life.
February 22, 2019
40 Days on Prayer: Praying for a Breakthrough
A study on biblical prayer wouldn't be complete without learning how Paul uses prayer in his letters to the early church. Tune in as Tom Sperlich breaks this down with us.
February 9, 2019
40 Days on Prayer: The Pattern for Prayer
We're excited to be back despite the cold weather to continue our series on prayer. Listen as Josh breaks down the Lord's prayer and speaks on the context surrounding this passage.
February 1, 2019
40 Days on Prayer: Praying with Confidence
This week at Cru, Kathryn taught us what true confidence in prayer looks like and how closely it's tied to our trust in God. As we continue our series on prayer, take some time to build your confidence in God and see how much it can affect your prayer life.
January 18, 2019
40 Days on Prayer: The Purpose of Prayer
We're kicking off a 40 Day Prayer Challenge this week with a talk on the purpose of prayer. Join us as we learn the power of prayer and begin to apply it to our lives.
January 13, 2019
The Greatest Chapter Ever Written: Sealed in the Spirit
It's Christmas time and our last meeting of the semester. Tune in as Tom Sperlich wraps up our series on Romans 8 by talking about God's love.
December 7, 2018
The Greatest Chapter Ever Written: Hope in the Spirit
This week, Josh talks about our adoption into the family of God and the steps we must take to join this new family.
December 1, 2018
The Greatest Chapter Ever Written: Life in the Spirit
"It's not about thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less." This week, Josh challenges us to set our minds on God's desires and not our own.
November 13, 2018
Bonus: Discipleship Training
Listen as Roger Hershey leads a workshop on discipleship.
November 8, 2018
The Greatest Chapter Ever Written: Freedom in the Spirit
"Biblical freedom is being released from condemnation in order to be transformed by the Spirit into the person you were created and long to be." Listen as Josh kicks off our series on Romans Chapter 8 by speaking about Freedom in the Spirit.
November 2, 2018
Are you looking for significance or a purpose in life? This week guest speaker Roger Hershey shares how discipleship transformed his life and ultimately became his career.
October 26, 2018
Ruth: A Look at Proverbs 31
Listen as Tom Sperlich walks us through Proverbs 31 and shows how this important chapter sheds a new light on the book of Ruth.
October 26, 2018
Genesis to Revelation
How do we know how to escape the rip current of life and avoid being lost at sea? Listen as Dylan from The Traveling Team walks us through escaping the pull of the world and paints a picture of God's vision for our lives.
October 22, 2018
Fall Retreat 2018: Engaging God's Kingdom Vision (Part 4)
"If you just try hard enough, you can do anything you set your mind to." While our culture thrives on self-sufficiency, scripture tells us we need help living the Christian life. In his final talk, Drew Jackson describes how the Holy Spirit can work inside of you to produce fruit for the kingdom of God.
October 10, 2018
Fall Retreat 2018: Engaging God's Kingdom Vision (Part 3)
"Jesus called his disciples first and foremost to be with him." In this talk, Drew Jackson lays out what it looks like to live out of the spirit's power and he invites us to accept that power in our lives today.
October 10, 2018
Fall Retreat 2018: Engaging God's Kingdom Vision (Part 2)
"Have you seen Jesus?" Have you been living under the reality that we serve a risen Lord? Listen as Drew Jackson outlines how the disciples reacted to the life changing news of Jesus' resurrection.
October 10, 2018
Fall Retreat 2018: Engaging God's Kingdom Vision (Part 1)
"What if the picture of the gospel that is so often painted is not the whole picture?" We tend to wonder if the good news is good enough based on the brokenness we experience. In Drew Jackson's first talk, he responds to these questions by starting at the beginning of God's story.
October 10, 2018
Brant's Testimony
We took a break this past week from our series on Ruth to listen to a student testimony. Brant Goings shared how our testimonies may not be the way we hoped, but they are still part of who God made us to be and they each paint part of the picture of God's character.
September 21, 2018
Ruth: Chapter 2
Tom Sperlich continues our series in Ruth by looking at God's provision for Naomi through Ruth's interactions with Boaz.
September 7, 2018
Ruth: Chapter 1
Hannah Verseput talks on Ruth 1 and about Ruth's incredible faithfulness to Naomi.
September 5, 2018
Series Introduction: Ruth
Tom Sperlich introduces our talk series for the fall 2018 semester and starts off with the historical context of Ruth.
August 24, 2018
Cru Introduction Fall 2018
Hannah Verseput introduces all of Penn State Cru's staff and talks about the staff's vision for our movement.
August 24, 2018
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From our good friend Dick Eastman and the EOGN website:
"Genealogists have invented several different numbering systems over the years to keep track of the individuals in a genealogy. In situations where names are repeated often in a family, a numbering system helps identify the individual of interest. We already have Ahnentafel Numbers, d'Aboville Numbers, Henry Numbers, the Register System, the Dollarhide System, and the NGSQ System. Each assigns numbers, letters, or combinations of numbers and letters to each individual. Now, writing in the American Ancestors web site, Capers W. McDonald has suggested using a new numbering system: the Ancestral Lines Pairing System.
"Quoting from the web site:
"A new ancestral numbering system has been developed that visibly displays component lines and generations of pedigrees in either text or chart formats. This "Ancestral Lines Pairing System" meets essential requirements of being easy to read and understand while maintaining the integrity of its unique indicators, and of recording relationships briefly with as much useful information as possible.
"You can read an abbreviated version of the article at http://www.americanancestors.org/ancestral-lines/ or an expanded PDF version at http://goo.gl/WGUWe.
"My thanks to Bill Bernardy for telling me about this article."
Welcome to the Family Roots and Branches Genealogy Blogspot. This site is devoted genealogical hints, tricks, tips and news for family historians in the GA/NC/TN Tri-State. You will also find info on genealogy classes and meetings here in western North Carolina. This blog is run by Larry and Gayle Van Horn and you can reach us via email at familyhistorian at frontier dot com. Copyright 2006-2018 by Family Roots and Branches, a division of Teak Publishing.
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Dear Abby
"I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it.
Any suggestions?"
Van in Texas
"Register as a Republican, and run for public office."
Any suggestions?"
Van in Texas
"Register as a Republican, and run for public office."
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|The Morrison House Museum
surrounded by apple orchards,
run by the Londonderry Historical Society
|Inside the Morrison House Museum are
local artifacts like a snip from Ocean Born Mary's silk dress
and the weathervane from the Robie House barn
|The town common is full of Old Home activities
|A colonial encampment outside the Morrison House
|Kate Kilgus demonstrates spinning
|Yours truly demonstrates weaving
|BOOM! A Revolutionary era cannon!
or http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/londonderry-old-home-day-2010-colonial.html
Londonderry Old Home Days http://oldhomedays.com/
Kate Kilgus is the Nutfield Weaver http://nutfieldweaver.blogspot.com/
Londonderry Historical Society http://www.londonderryhistory.org/
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Clarke County MS Jail is classed as a medium security facility. It has a strengthened perimeter fence and electronic detection systems to ensure inmates stay within the facility. To help inmates prepare themselves to rejoin the wider community, Clarke County MS Jail offers a wide range of work and treatment programs.
Clarke County MS Jail is a County Jail used by the jurisdictions of Clarke to confine inmates for short periods while awaiting trial or processing. As inmates are staying for only a short period, it has fewer amenities than a jail or prison. Inmates do, however, have access to bathroom facilities and are provided with meals during their stay. Clarke County MS Jail may also have a common area in which inmates can socialize.
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Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple, a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who rode Secretariat, the famous racehorse, was a guest speaker during grade 6 PATH time Jan. 26 at Bluffton Middle School.
Born Nov. 8, 1948, in Carrollton, Ohio, Maple began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17. He went on to be one of the top jockeys in the United States and a National Hall of Fame inductee. Maple encouraged students in the timeless principles of hard work and perseverance even during tough times in life. He stated that anything in life that involves success will also involve a lot of hard work.
He shared with the students what it was like to be a jockey and showed one of his saddles and stirrups while sharing about the horses he knew and rode, the races, wins and losses he experienced including Secretariat the horse for which a movie was made.
Maple and Secretariat won Secretariat's last race in Toronto, Canada. He said they did a good job with the movie. He also won the Belmont Stakes race and had two second places, a third and a fourth place at the Kentucky Derby. He explained during the question-and-answer time that he suffered multiple broken bones, kicks, bites and falls during his career and that not every year was a good year, but he pressed on and encouraged our students to do the same.
He talked a little bit about his family life. He and his wife now live in Bluffton, his two sons have settled in the Southeast and he is very proud of his children and grandchildren.


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I will be moving to a new address as from 23rd March. Tomorrow Saturday 19 March will be the last day I will be uploading any photos to the photo gallery for a while.
I am having some dispute with Telstra concerning the moving of my phone line to the new address which is NBN only. As a result I may have only limited internet access for some time which was initially to have been resolved by 6th April when I will be way on holidays so now the problem may not be resolved until 11th April. I hope to have limited internet access during that time but I dont think it will be worth trying to do any photo work during that time. So probably no photos into the photo gallery until sometime after 11th April. I do hope to be able to do some Admin work on the board most days.
So hopefully after I get my full internet back I will be in catch up mode for while to add the photos which I did not add during the time of limited access, as I did after I was away in October/November last year and only caught up with in the last week or so..


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Raise your hand if you remember the tutorial starter zone in your first MMO. It's sometimes hard to stretch back that far and it proves one of the points in Mark Kern's latest editorial here at MMORPG.com. See why he believes 90% of MMO real estate is wasted and then leave your own thoughts in the comments.
It's incredibly arduous to create a zone for an MMO. After all, you are talking about detailing something like 5-10 square miles of land (or more). Everything has to be placed by hand: mountains, roads, caves, dungeons, valleys, trees, rocks, points of interest, themed/unique monsters and even grass! I would argue that zone creation is about 70% or so of an MMO's total cost to develop including features, programming, art and world design. That means, on a 100M budget (typical for a mid to top end MMO these days), and a 20 zone game, you are spending about 3.5 million dollars a zone.
Read more of Mark Kern's Up to 90% of MMO Real Estate is Wasted.
there was no tutorial zone in UO
besides that if sum1 spents 100m for a game development, it clearly states he has no idea what he is doing like bioware.. spending more money doesn't mean you will have a great game.. important thing is not the money spent.. Important thing is providing a fun content that can not be completed in a short time.. at the moment mmos tuned for casual gaming, and most of them are p2w.. this way people invest real cash in game and spent less time in game and they complete content in no time.. In the past we had games where you need to invest time in it in order to clear a content.. thats why 100s of players run to nefarian when nihilum did the world first.. because it was something challenging and hardcore.. now anybody can make a game, and make couple mil out of it via microtransaction.. thats why gaming market will collapse in couple years, unless somebody bring decent mmorpg like wow vanilla, daoc, swg pre-nge, ultima online, everquest, where you have to invest time instead of money..
@wormed, stop trolling. Mark is passionate about what he is doing and believes in it, and so do I. How can you not agree that noob level zones are just purely wasted development cost. Yet Devs put forth so much effort to get you hooked on the game.
One thing I wish Firefall did better was use more Sandbox systems, Sandbox crafting and resource gathering keeps zones from being useless, when every tree or rock is worth harvesting. Yes Thumpers are great, but so many zones have weak thumping spots and are always rushed over and never used.
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I agree with what is proposed here, as most MMOs either spend too much time/effort for the number of zones, or take the "easy way out" and reuse art and landscapes to the point of their embarrassment just to give more real estate for mob placement.
The better balance would be adding tiered layers in content. Imagine near the "starter" area (let's say it is a town surrounding a castle) there is a crude village of goblins. In the beginning, players will perform some raids on the perimeter, taking down the lower level grunt goblins. There is then an interior part of the goblin camp filled with elite goblins several levels higher that players will return to battle later in their career. We have now created two levelling areas out of one set of assets (although I would expect the goblins to look far stronger with their size, weapons and armor). Not too complicated, eh?
the "money invested vs. money returned" approach to mmos is exactly why games have gone down the tube. Money invested per square inch DOES NOT translate to gaming enjoyment per square inch.
just look at EvE, or DayZ, or Minecraft. there is no way those games spent 3.5 millions per zone and yet they are some of the most iconic, most innovative and fun games of the last 3 years.
games are about, fantasy, imagination, freedom, and innovation. without those you can spend billions and all you'll get is Star Wars prequels, and Jar Jar Binks clones. Business man DO NOT make good games. Artists, visionaries, and innovators do, because they do not ask themselves "how am I going to make money out of this?", they ask "what kind of world would I want to lose myself in?".
THAT is what makes great games.
The rest is just greedy suits complaining how throwing money at the industry doesn't work like it does at the strip club.
I play MMOs for the Forum PVP
Using WoW as an example, I would not say that people level once and then the zone is ignored- I leveled over a dozen characters to endgame and saw the starting zones even more than that - it was fun to go back to some of those places with friends on a new character/race/class.
I do agree with "Dynamic content and more horizontal, rather than vertical, progression is one way to do this. Imagine a world that knows what players are in a zone, and creates encounters for those players specifically, at their level of challenge."TSW kinda tried to do this based on difficulty but imho it was still level-like then.
Having just recently logged on to EQ1 to visit my old stomping grounds, Rivervale, I agree.
The OP makes me think of content like the griffon ("Griffon!") in EQ's Commonlands and of Kithicor Forest, which transformed from a newbie zone during the day into a hellish undead nightmare at night.
This content had me looking over my shoulder at a lower level and returning (mostly for revenge) at a higher level.
And, having just been subjected to advertising for the latest EQ expansion...
Why not create a high level dungeon in an older zone like the Karanas? Tons of unused space there!
"Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit"
i do agree : "Dynamic content and more horizontal, rather than vertical, progression is one way to do this. Imagine a world that knows what players are in a zone, and creates encounters for those players specifically, at their level of challenge."
Mr. Grummz, your articles are looking more like used car commercials than discussions of the MMO industry.
Originally posted by DarkVagabond
Mr. Grummz, your articles are looking more like used car commercials than discussions of the MMO industry.
Agreed, also enjoys CJ'ing it to Firefall apparently.
Moreover this column should probably be retitled "Numbers From My Arse Mark Kern Edition." If you're going to be discussing the analytics of gaming, post sources or don't post at all.
I realize that this article is focusing on promoting the author's game, but it would be nice to see an analysis of how different games approach lowering the cost of zone creation and increasing the amount of zone re-use.
The article could be describing Darkfall (DFUW), which most people would hate.
The future is 3D goggles / Oculus Rift.
As someone else stated Ultima Online (my first MMO) had no starter zone. Beyond that to this day I still have memories that relate to almost every geographical area in that game.
Moving on to EQ... well guess what I still remember all the areas I played.
Perhaps that wasn't the best opening statement for me to have read in regards to the article. Before I shut down my account here for a while I used to occasionally mention this type of topic. I like to use the example of a Pie/Pizza (any type of circle). You start at the very center and work towards the crust... every expansion makes the circle larger in diameter. The problem is as time has gone by almost all game play is on the very outer edge of that circle and you get an ever growing dead zone everywhere else. So I do agree with the article in general...
I also agree that the "problem" as they state it .. is directly tied to level based systems (tho they use the term "level based zones"). The only really interesting thing to me is how will developers deal with the problem (if they do). Do we simply see zones split into level ranges (as opposed to separate zones for those ranges), skill based (hidden level) instead of level based game, instances to deliver level related content or hard level caps like Dark Age of Camelot has (to avoid the infinite expansion of ever higher level related content).
*edit to add* UO did a lot of things right and probably did more things wrong. Yet the game while I played it kept the entire virtual world relevant (I quit shortly after trammel so I can't comment on later times). The thing with UO is this didn't just happen because it was skill based.. it had to do with the resource system/crafting.. all of it. This is why I'm more interested in seeing how developers approach this "problem" (if they do) and what their solutions will be.
Originally posted by Battlerock
So how big is the firefall world lets compare it to azeroth?
gwad this comparison in incomprehendable to me....lol lets not.
Blizzard has thawed out my friend. games styles n structures have evolved...WoW hasnt in so many ways...
"There are at least two kinds of games.
One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play."
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
I'd love to see game developers use zones over again for example.
You start in zone A:
You go to zone B as a certian level:
Progress to zone C, that then for example leads you back to zone A:
Just one example they could do it.
I agree with the point of the post, and many of this have been saying it for years. This is why sandboxes are superior. All areas are useful to all players.
I see no reason to have levels at all. Instead, challenge should be dictated by skill, group size, strategy. Adventuring should be dynamic instead of static.
Its really going to hamstring the discussion if I can't mention Firefall. I try to leave it at the very end only and talk about the philosophy that we observe in current MMOs.
As for facts and figures, there are no public sources. I am drawing upon my experience leading the WoW team, working on Diablo II, and talking to many of my friends who are leaders in the industry. I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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While I enjoy your articles Mark and they have even peaked my interest in logging back into Firefall to give it another shot. I do wonder, with all the accusations of paid advertisements in articles on this site, what these must look like.
It is great to hear some thoughts from someone actually in the industry though. Instead of just all the forum posts from people who think they're in the industry. Keep it up!
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HM*660 - Human Resource Management in Health Care Administration
(3 cr.) The policies, organization, procedures and techniques required to develop a positive personnel program and a favorable working climate specific to health care organizations are studied. Labor law for health care facilities is identified as it relates to collective bargaining, unfair labor practices, disputes, union security, reporting and disclosure requirements, contract negotiations and conciliation and mediation procedures. The importance of positive human resource programs in the labor-intensive health care industry is emphasized. Every Year, Summer


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Over the last year I have had three separate but similar occurrences where glass breaks within a few inches of me and self contains itself as not to harm me but to get my attention. They have happened in separate homes.
The first time a hanging light fixture fell and broke in the bathroom sink.
The second was a new candle on a shelf fell in front of me and caved in the glass on itself not spilling out.
The third happened today while I was working on the computer my glass which was empty at the time suddenly broke near the bottom making a nose loud enough for my husband to hear across the room and once again self contained it self. Does this mean anything? Is someone trying to tell me something? Any information would be helpful.
Glass Breaking What Does It Mean?
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Posted 18 July 2006 - 01:43 AM
Posted 18 July 2006 - 03:29 PM
Can't say, but I have had two similar experiences, where drinking glasses broke. One cracked while I was watching it, the other one broke into two separate parts and looked like someone had slashed a sword through it. Both times they were just sitting next to the counter, empty.
Posted 18 July 2006 - 06:04 PM
I am not sure what the glass breaking means. Only time something like that happened to me was about 6 years ago. I was visiting my sister's sister in-law, she had rented an oceanfront house for a week. She had a recent ghost experience and we were sitting on the couch as she was telling me in detail all about it. She had just said that the spirit played around with electrical things and lights........then crash, the light bulb in a ceiling lamp above us shattered. Her brother turned off the light and luckily could unscrew the bottom piece still in socket. Everyone in the room, especially some teenagers were scared, so the ghost conversation ended. They never did rent that home again. Could be glass breaking is a way of getting attention or trying to communicate??
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Hey everyone!
F*ck yes I know, I've been away for a bit too long again! Damn!
I got so many new on collabs and projects, BUT I bring you updates! Geo Lenses have kindly sent me two pairs to review!
Let's start with the top picture. Those are a Geolica Euro Lady Pearl Gray pair, a soft light grey colored pair that look hella realistic and natural! This is a pair I easily wear every day! I'm a naturally medium light eye colored gal, but these definitely make the color pop out a lot! I've had people telling me both "wow your eye color is stunning" and "those contacts totally give you a cat-eye look" (BAM, slay it gurl),so you can only notice the contacts if you look at them super closely.
Now to the bottom picture. Those are a Geo Angel Grey CM-835 pair, a dark grey pair that will definitely spice up your look! I am very fascinated with these, they make the eyes seem a bit darker but unusual at the same time - in a good way! The thick line around it gives you that dark doll look, which is PUR-FECT if you have a bold heavy style like I do! When you firstly look at them they seem as if you have (almost) black eyes, but once you give it a second glance you start to notice that hypnotic grey tone and you just won't be able to stop looking at them!
Also, let me tell you I'm releasing a make up tutorial of this look soon on the YouTube channel!
One thing I need to say about both of them is that they're 100% comfortable as HELL. I don't feel them at all, and I've (wrongly) worn them over 8h. They don't dry up, and they definitely don't bother a thing! It's just f*cking amazing! Plus, they both come with a super cool case!
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Monday, 17 May 2010
A day of good news
First, I was invited byHelle to join their "super group" of women runners in the 24 hour run in Holte, Denmark from June 5th-6th. I got the confirmation today that I'm in. We are 6 women who have to divide up the 24 hours of running as strategically as we can between us. My dear friend Henriette is also on the team. Plus we are sponsored by Kaiser Sport (it is insane how excited I get about free technical running gear). I guess we're officially going for the win. I can't wait!
Then I received a letter at work saying I had received 25.000 kr. towards my research project from a foundation in Copenhagen. And not two minutes later, I opened my work mail and found a scanned letter saying I had received permanent authorisation to work as a physician in Denmark, and thus the rest of Europe. So YES! all done with those medical tests! I have already started receiving recruitment letters from small towns in Norway and Sweden desperate for doctors. Ahhh, dreaming is fun.
When I got home, I found this in the mail.
Oh, running socks from Piccola Pinecone and a good luck card for the Copenhagen Marathon. I got tears in my eyes. Not a lucky day, but a good day. Some people would buy a lottery ticket, but not me. I think about the people that made it good and marvel.
Remember to take time to stop and really smell the tulips.
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Wow, what a fantastic day. Congratulations.
And I am so very happy to have you on the team in Holte.
Hugs Helle
- 17 May 2010 at 22:27
- Marilyn said...
I think it's karma (the good kind).
- 17 May 2010 at 23:59
- Barefoot AngieB said...
Woohoo! That is a good day!
- 18 May 2010 at 00:50
- Diana said...
What an awesome day! So much to celebrate and be happy about. Yea!
- 18 May 2010 at 00:59
- Ewa said...
What a way to start the week. Congratulations! Could you post more about the 24 hour event?
So will you stay in Denmark? :)
Gosh, I loved Norway!
Now does he know how to REALLY smell the tulips or what? This is so cute. Was his nose just a little bit brown after?
- 18 May 2010 at 03:20
- PiccolaPineCone said...
congratulations for the funding and the official doctor status.
wow, that was fast. i only sent them friday afternoon. i'm sure you realize, they are not to be used in the marathon this week-end. never use any new gear in a race!
- 18 May 2010 at 08:39
With all that good karma coming your way (not to mention good luck socks) I might have to change my bid in Piccola PineCone's competition to predict your time on sunday... if this good karma trend continues you'll have wings to carry you through the course :-)
- 18 May 2010 at 11:02
- mmmonyka said...
Great start to the week. Hope it continues until Sunday!
- 18 May 2010 at 16:29
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- 18 May 2010 at 17:53
- sea legs girl said...
Ewa: yeah we'll stay in Denmark at least for a few years because I'm doing a 3 year PhD and definitely want to finish it.
Piccola, as I indicated on your blog, those socks are the best (I am wearing them now) and I am going to take the big risk and wear them. They are much nicer than my other socks (except for the other pair you gave me :)).
- 18 May 2010 at 21:45
- Jakob Lind Tolborg said...
I am looking forward to getting to know you at 24RUN :-)
With an ambition of Løbeklubben på Facebook (Facebook Running Club) having 3 teams this year, I have been looking forward to this run for almost a year.
Ending up with 5 teams and 3 solo runners it can't be anything but a fantastic weekend.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has organized what seems an alternative inauguration outside the presidential palace Thursday and is hosting regional leaders in an unusual show of support for ailing President Hugo Chavez, whose swearing-in ceremony has been indefinitely postponed.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro urged supporters to gather on a street outside Miraflores Palace to demonstrate their solidarity with Chavez, who remains in Cuba fighting complications after cancer surgery and hasn't spoken publicly or been seen in more than a month.
"Everyone to the street," Maduro said at a televised Cabinet meeting Wednesday night. "We're going to have a great function in honor of President Chavez."
Leaders from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean were invited, as they normally would be for a formal inauguration. President Jose Mujica of Uruguay arrived Wednesday, and other presidents expected to attend included Bolivia's Evo Morales and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega.
Maduro said heads of state, foreign ministers and other officials from 19 countries had come to Caracas. The vice president, whom Chavez designated his chosen successor last month, said that even though it wasn't an official swearing-in, Thursday's event still marks the start of a new term for the president following his re-election in October.
"A historic period of this second decade of the 21st century is starting, with our commander leading," Maduro said.
But glaring above all in the planned event was Chavez's absence from the presidential where he has so often spoken for hours on television, chided his opponents and called for a socialist revolution.
The opposition, limping from two recent electoral defeats, seems powerless to effectively challenge the postponement of Chavez's swearing-in, a legislative move that was endorsed Wednesday by a Supreme Court widely viewed as favoring the government.
Apparently clinging to life in Cuba, unable to travel home or speak publicly, Chavez remains fully and legally in power. The opposition has been left complaining that there are no independent institutions or courts inside Venezuela for them to appeal to, and the world appears to be giving a collective shrug to their plight.
The door to a court challenge was slammed by Supreme Court President Luisa Estella Morales even before the opposition could file one. Morales announced Wednesday that it was fine to delay the inauguration past the Jan. 10 date set by the constitution, saying the Supreme Court could handle the issue later, "at a time and place to be determined."
As for demands that, under the constitution, a caretaker should be named for the unseen president in Cuba, Morales said that so far, "there is not even a temporary absence."
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles condemned the high court's endorsement of delaying the inauguration. "Institutions should not respond to the interests of a government," he said at a news conference.
He said the opposition had urged various governments not to send representatives to Thursday's event, and said he was grateful to presidents who had decided not to come to Caracas.
Government officials are at pains to insist that Chavez remains in command, even if unheard from. Pro-Chavez politicians have been wearing T-shirts with an image of the president's eyes. New murals with Chavez's smiling face have gone up on city walls.
Maduro on Wednesday reiterated hopes of Chavez eventually returning. Still, the long silence by the dominant Venezuelan politician of the past 14 years has fed speculation that he could be near death, raising anxieties and tensions.
Military leaders have sought to show they are in step with Maduro and the government. They appeared alongside ministers at Wednesday night's Cabinet meeting. A military commander, Maj. Gen. Wilmer Barrientos, also spoke on television saying that the armed forces were "very pleased" with the court's decision and were focused on providing a "sense of peace and tranquility."
Chavez has been fighting an unspecified type of pelvic cancer since June 2011 and has undergone repeated surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Chavez said before his latest operation that if he were unable to continue as president, Maduro should take his place and run in an election to replace him.
The government said earlier this week that Chavez was in a "stable situation" while being treated for a severe respiratory infection. The government has hasn't said how severe his "respiratory deficiency" is.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
[SPOILER-FREE] Can be dimwittedly obvious and self-plagiarizing, with little of real-world consequence and less that's new to say [but it's still] a fun-filled adventure at the movies...
Youth (2015)
For a long two hours, Sorrentino flatters old white men, devalues women, and annoys with his lush coffee-table-book photography as he plays his own 'Simple Songs' of frustrated old age and tantalizing youth...
Legend (2015)
Helgeland revels in the violence and depravity, setting a dubious tone that, in that final act, has as much of a struggle as Reggie in going straight.
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Depict[s] a writer's process of scavenging and soul-stealing...[as well as] being "in the oil business" to the exclusion of morality and ethics, and with implications for the ecosystem.
Trumbo (2015)
Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero...Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping with Trumbo's wit...
Creed (2015)
Questionable as a film (sparring with formula), good as a movie, and brilliant as a franchise-extender. It's shameless, near-surgically effective cross-generational corn for guys.
Brooklyn (2015)
Even if you don't like the film—though it's a fair bet you will—it will prime you for a spirited discussion about the choices of its hero...who strives to sort out her best judgement from her impulses, her hope from her naivete...
In Cold Blood (1967)
One of the most creditable true-crime films ever made.
The 33 (2015)
There's too much stilted acting here and too little psychological insight to render an interesting, or even credibly true, story of humanity in crisis.
Spotlight (2015)
Smart and stinging,
excels not only in depicting the stonewalling around the scandal but also the double-talk conversations from within and without the Globe that don't say—but don't not say—'Don't go there
Spectre (2015)
The Craig Bonds...continue...questioning the dark and destructive psychology of this masculine icon, this preternaturally skilled but insanely reckless secret agent—his greatest secrets being his own hurt and loss and loneliness.
Mr. Holmes (2015)
McKellen dazzles...
Mr. Holmes
spins a tale about the falsely drawn lines between stories and our perceptions of real life, between celebrity image and genuine persona, and between upper and lower classes.
Inside Out (2015)
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Inside Out
dazzles while taking care to send positive messages about the roles of feelings and the value of recognizing and embracing them...
The End of the Tour (2015)
Its prismatic philosophical and cultural observation...offers plenty of angles on the true value of the subjective fictions and supposedly objective non-fictions some create and others consume.
Suffragette (2015)
Revives history we could all stand to know better, and proves most useful in clarifying both what was at stake and the rules of the game...
The Play (2015)
"The play"—since commemorated in merch aplenty, a Super Bowl ad, countless sports-TV retrospectives, and its own Wikipedia page—still makes great drama.
That '70s Show: The Complete Series (1998)
Depicts the teenage slacker ethic of avoiding responsibility whenever possible and clinging to youthful good times while they last. The show did the same, taking eight years (and 200 episodes) to depict [three].
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Begin by imagining that a single story is being told in multiple ways throughout the film: a story of naive hopes, heartbreak, jealousy...Erotic, fear-ridden, and beautiful, Lynch's primal imagery has the abhorrent and alluring pull of death itself.
My Fair Lady (1964)
The well-nigh-irresistible 1964 film version of
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...comedically softens Shaw's ending but nevertheless nearly single-handedly transcends the material's sexist leaning through the sheer humanism of Hepburn's deeply felt performance.
Pixels (2015)
Resembles its own remarks about predictable patterns in the circuitry of arcade games: here is a series of crass caricatures, obvious setups and payoffs (not to mention a woman problem...), further suffocated by overweening commercialism...
Aladdin (1992)
The film's conspicuously irreverent style suggests that, blithe offenses aside, writer-directors Ron Clements and John Musker...have their heart in the right place: firmly situated in the anarchic comic tradition of Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes.
Freeheld (2015)
No movie can fully suppress the talents of Moore, Page, and Shannon, but in Ron Nyswaner's script, every theme gets put in a character's mouth, and every plot point gets telegraphed, mailed, emailed, and texted ahead of its arrival.
The Martian (2015)
Perhaps the purest ode to science mainstream cinema has ever produced, a love letter to NASA and STEM education.
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Effectively has it both ways, with its dark neuroses and naughty humor giving way to a sweet consideration of the rarity of unconditional love.
Cinderella (2015)
A lavish, classy affair...But while long on beauty, Branagh's film falls short on whimsy...[and] the film's most affecting emotional moments...stand apart from the story's central conflict.
Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
Maguire isn't obvious casting, but he convincingly owns the role...The actor pairs an oft-fevered, disheveled aspect with the fierce impatience and unwillingness to suffer fools that attend genius.
The Intern (2015)
A popular entertainment with two movie stars in likeable mode, a sunny Hollywood sheen, and a novel premise. And yet there's something vaguely unsettling about how Myers' mildly amusing comedy gets tangled up in political (in)correctness.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom
's heartfelt search and rescue of a feel-good result provides a perfect, even musical counterpoint to its regimented summer camp.
Black Mass (2015)
Stars Depp in a performance generating awards talk, makes a complicated story coherent without dumbing it down (much), lets a bunch of strong actors do their things, and yet inspires little more than adjectives like 'efficient' and 'workmanlike.'
Love & Mercy (2015)
Honorable...deeply moving...takes a considered approach to Wilson, sound in dramatic and editorial construction and insightful in its psychological subtexts.
Time Out of Mind (2015)
Though it's hit and miss for audiences trying to forget Gere's screen history, Moverman ably serves a slice of homeless life, dramatizing a problem we've contended with further back than we can remember.
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
For those who don't yet know of Jobs' dark side, Gibney's documentary will be a useful eye-opener, but those looking to understand what made Jobs great in almost equal proportion to his nastiness will remain in the dark.
Two Days, One Night (2014)
Cotillard's heartbreakingly raw work carries the day, as she fleshes out both Sandra's suffering and emotional endurance on a journey of discovery that the latter, not the former, defines her.
Gotham: The Complete First Season (2014)
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A Walk in the Woods (2015)
A broad comic tone...The few funny bits and sharp lines amount to fool's gold scattered around a claim that never satisfactorily pays off.
We Are Your Friends (2015)
Does not miss its chance to blow...Every bit a screenwriter's idea of what it takes to make it...while accidentally cultivating the pervading sense that real DJs would laugh their asses off at this movie and its endless dopey brodowns.
American Ultra (2015)
At times pokes fun at the genre's cliché in amusingly productive ways...More often than not, though, this conspiracy isn't the real deal, but rather an elaborate distraction.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
[Not] played for cynical misanthropic laughs or as miserable tragedy, but...[in] an honest treatment devoid of the usual rush to judgment.
The Blacklist: The Complete Second Season (2013)
A week-in, weak-out study in same-y procedural storytelling and mythology stalling that's powered by the usual salacious crime exploitation and the unusual lead performance of James Spader.
Mistress America (2015)
Like Brooke, the film flies a strange and arresting course: if not quite a screwball, then certainly a change-up pitch.
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The acronym "BIM" — which stands for building information modeling — might be easy to pronounce, but the knowledge required to master this ever-evolving construction process technology is anything but simple. To help quantify an individual's level of BIM proficiency, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) now offers the Certificate of Management–Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM), the first assessment-based credential to recognize construction professionals on their ability to apply the technology. Darin Marsden, the BIM/CAD manager for Menasha, Wis.-based electrical contractor Faith Technologies, is one of the few people in the country who has thus far received this accreditation.
A 19-year veteran of the company, Marsden initially enrolled in the AGC BIM Education Program two years ago.
"The program is offered locally across the United States and requires participants to complete four courses," he explains. "The classes include: Introduction to BIM; BIM Technology; BIM Contract Negotiation and Risk Allocation; and BIM Process, Adoption, and Integration."
At first, Marsden says he felt skeptical about some of the course content, believing it wasn't relative to his job and that he would never have an opportunity to use it.
"The classes are taught from a general contractor standpoint," he says. "I thought, 'I'm an electrical subcontractor, why do I need to know in-depth tools used by the architectural engineers? They don't pertain to my day-to-day work.' I couldn't have been more wrong. I interact with people from these trades every day, so understanding the software, tools, and methodologies they use helps me better perform the work I'm doing. It also makes the construction process smoother for everyone involved."
The BIM Contract Negotiation and Risk Allocation course was another class that pertained to things Marsden didn't see on a day-to-day basis. As the class went on, he realized he was mistaken.
"This class is really interesting," he notes. "I now know there are certain things I can do or see or get written into a contract that can help protect our company and customers from legal ramifications. It covers issues such as best practices for integrating BIM use into project contracts, standard of care, intellectual property rights, and insurance and surety bonding coverage."
Because Marsden was one of the first participants in the AGC BIM Education Program, he didn't find out until the third course that he would be required to pass a test to receive certification.
"Keep in mind I took each of the classes approximately six months apart from each other, so it was two years from the time I took the first course until the time I took the test," he says. "I had to bone up on some of the subjects taught in the earlier classes before I felt ready to take the exam. And I won't lie — the test was difficult."
Of the more than 3,800 professionals across the country who have entered the association's education program, Marsden is one of only 35 who tested successfully to receive the accreditation. Although proud of this accomplishment, he can't rest on his laurels.
"BIM technology is constantly growing and quickly, so you have to make an effort to keep up with it," he says. "Faith Technologies upgrades its software every year, and I'm always reading and researching the latest developments. It amazes me how much BIM has advanced in just the two years since I started the AGC certification process. It won't be too long before the technology will allow us to consistently know exactly what a building's power consumption will be long before the foundation is ever poured."
Marsden is also excited for what this certification means for the future of Faith Technologies.
"It's more than just a piece of paper to me," he remarks. "It validates the years of BIM experience our company has acquired while working on projects throughout the United States."