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It seems that Apple has ported iOS's background applications system over to the desktop in a feature called Automatic Termination. In concept, it frees memory. In practice, it closes things when you don't want it to.
Matt Neuburg at TidBITS noticed this feature (read: annoyance) in his OSX 10.7. If you have an application open, but have no windows opened or minimized, and you move on to doing something else, OSX will kill the application when you're not looking. For example, if you close out of your Preview windows but want to leave the application running so you can get back to it quickly, you may not be able to.
Apple calls it a feature, but I call it a bug. This type of automatic decision-making by your operating system makes sense when you're on a mobile phone where resources are much more scarce, but on a hearty desktop? 90% of the time, if I leave an application open, it's because I intended to. That means Automatic Termination will be a handy feature 10% of the time, and it will piss me off 90% of the time.
Currently, there is no way of turning this "feature" off. This is typical of Apple's M.O., outsourcing your brain's job to their software. Sometimes that's fantastic. But check it out: I like my brain. It's slimy and it does cool things (like remember every line of the movie Spaceballs). Please, trust me to use it sometimes. Thanks. [TidBITS]
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Are Dental Crowns For You?
How healthy and vibrant you feel is often reflected through your smile. But a tooth that is broken, misshapened or discolored can diminish your healthy reflection. A tooth that is chipped or broken can also make it difficult to eat the foods you enjoy without worry or discomfort. Miami's Dr. Andres (Andy) de Cardenas and his staff of caring, concerned professionals want you to know that when you walk into our office our first priority is to make you feel at home. Our second job is to show you how Dr. de Cardenas can restore the function and appearance of a tooth using dental crowns in Cutler Bay.
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Clearly we see the picture of the tombs . On top of it the story is just 300 year old. I wonder whether there is a possibility of doing DNA analysis on those poor women folk who happened marry THIS Muslim Brute from India., Any way let us explore a bit more detail to figure out whether the story is REAL or Fictional..Afzal Slew his 63 Wives:
Afzal Khan was the most powerful General or Sardar (Lord) in the court of the Bijapur Sultanate. He was responsible for many victories for Adil Shahi. In the year 1658, when Ali Adil Shah II of the Shahi dynasty of Bijapur was preparing to launch a military campaign against Shivaji, the indefatigable Maratha ruler. Being constantly under pressure from Auranzeb on one side and Shivaji from the other, Adil Shah depended on his generals to stall the enemies, and counted General Afzal Khan among his most trusted warriors.
Though Afzal Khan was a brave man, he had but one weakness: auguries and omens. Khan contacted astrologers who predicted doom – death at the hands of the Maratha soldiers. At that time, Afzal Khan had 63 wives in his harem. Fearing that his wives would remarry after his death, the anxious general chose to kill all of them. Some say they were pushed into a deep well, while others say that all the 63 unfortunate wives were slain by Afzal.
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez perform a mock funeral for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles as they celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign against Capriles.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign in which the opposition accused him of unfairly using Venezuela's oil wealth and his near total control of state institutions to his advantage.
A long wait for the results produced high tensions, including a Twitter hashtag called BitingNails that became the most popular in the country. Finally, fireworks exploded over downtown Caracas amid a cacophony of horn-honking by elated Chavez supporters waving flags and jumping for joy outside the presidential palace.
With 90 percent of votes counted, Chavez had more than 54 percent of the vote to 45 percent for challenger Henrique Capriles, an athletic 40-year-old former state governor who unified and energized the opposition while barnstorming across the oil-exporting nation.
But Capriles' promises to seriously address violent crime that has spun out of control, streamline a patronage-bloated bureaucracy and end rampant corruption proved inadequate against Chavez's charisma, well-oiled political machine and a legacy of putting Venezuela's poor first with generous social welfare programs.
Chavez rallied thousands of supporters from a balcony of the presidential palace, holding up a sword that once belonged to 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar.
"The revolution has triumphed!" Chavez told the crowd, saying his supporters "voted for socialism."
The crowd responded chanting "Chavez won't go!"
Chavez will now have a freer hand to push for an even bigger state role in the economy and continue populist programs. He pledged before the vote to make a stronger push for socialism in the next term. He's also likely to further limit dissent and deepen friendships with U.S. rivals.
A Capriles victory would have brought a radical foreign policy shift including a halt to preferential oil deals with allies such as Cuba, along with a loosening of state economic controls and an increase in private investment.
It was Chavez's third re-election in nearly 14 years in office. It was also his smallest victory margin. In 2006, he won by 27 percentage points.
"I can't describe the relief and happiness I feel right now," said Edgar Gonzalez, a 38-year-old construction worker.
He ran through crowds of Chavez supporters packing the streets around the presidential palace wearing a Venezuelan flag as a cape and yelling: "Oh, no! Chavez won't go!"
"The revolution will continue, thanks to God and the people of this great country," said Gonzalez.
Voter turnout was an impressive 81 percent, compared to 75 percent in 2006. Chavez paid close attention to his military-like get-out-the-vote organization at the grass roots, stressing its importance at campaign rallies. The opposition said he unfairly plowed millions in state funds into the effort.
Chavez spent heavily in the months before the vote, building public housing and bankrolling expanded social programs.
"I think he just cranked up the patronage machine and unleashed a spending orgy," said Michael Shifter, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue think tank.
But Shifter also didn't deny the affinity and gratefulness Venezuela's poor feel for Chavez. "Despite his illness, I still think he retains a large emotional connection with a lot of Venezuelans that I think were not prepared to vote against him."
Chavez spoke little during the campaign about his fight with cancer, which since June 2011 has included surgery to remove tumors from his pelvic region as well as chemotherapy and radiation treatment. He has said his most recent tests showed no sign of illness.
Capriles told supporters not to feel defeated.
"We have planted many seeds across Venezuela and I know that these seeds are going to produce many trees," he told a hall of supporters.
Despite winning a February primary that unified the opposition, Capriles proved no match for Chavez's electoral prowess.
David Valencia, a 20-year-old Capriles supporter, said he was disappointed but that he hadn't lost hope despite the loss.
"There is still a sense in our hearts of wanting a better country," he said.
One pro-Chavez voter, private bodyguard Carlos Julio Silva, said that whatever his faults, Chavez deserved to win for spreading the nation's oil wealth to the poor with free medical care, public housing and other government programs. The country has the world's largest proven oil reserves.
"There is corruption, there's plenty of bureaucracy, but the people have never had a leader who cared about this country," Silva said after voting for Chavez at a school in the Caracas slum of Petare.
At many polling places, voters began lining up hours before polls opened at dawn, some snaking for blocks in the baking Caribbean sun. Some shaded themselves with umbrellas. Vendors grilled meat and some people drank beer.
Chavez's critics say the president has inflamed divisions by labeling his opponents "fascists," ''Yankees" and "neo-Nazis," and it's likely hard for many of his opponents to stomach another six years of the loquacious and conflictive leader.
Some said before the vote that they'd consider leaving the country if Chavez won.
Gino Caso, an auto mechanic, said Chavez is power-hungry and out of touch with problems such as crime. He said his son had been robbed, as had neighboring shops.
"I don't know what planet he lives on," Caso said, gesturing with hands blackened with grease. "He wants to be like Fidel Castro — end up with everything, take control of the country."
Associated Press writers Fabiola Sanchez, Christopher Toothaker, Jorge Rueda and Vivian Sequera contributed to this report.
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Join our guided one day excursion for a taste of the world famous Milford Track. Coach to Te Anau Downs and then enjoy a spectacular scenic lake cruise to the top of Lake Te Anau.
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Blue Cross bears burden of 'no wireless' policy
Blue Cross of Idaho had a "no wireless" policy on paper but never really enforced it. That is, until a team of auditors said the company had better do something.
It's not necessarily for security reasons that Blue Cross of Idaho has a strict "no wireless" policy. And it's not really the additional costs generated by a wireless network that keep that policy in place. Actually, the reasoning behind Blue Cross' anti-wireless policy is simple: They just don't need wireless.
"We have not found a real business need to support wireless," said Jan Marshall, Blue Cross of Idaho's manager of technical and network services.
It's been that way for years. No wireless, no worries.
While Blue Cross of Idaho makes a conscious decision not to deploy a wireless network and to bar the use of wireless within the company walls, other companies may see benefits from it. For example, a company where end users are not confined to desks and bounce from room to room may want the seamless connectivity of WLANs. For Blue Cross, however, the cost and potential security risks don't make a WLAN a worthwhile venture, Marshall said.
But a recent audit found that in order to enforce the no-wireless policy in its three buildings, Blue Cross of Idaho needed something that would monitor the wireless spectrum 24/7. Essentially, the auditors determined that a no-wireless policy was worthless if it was only on paper.
"The auditors said, 'You have a no-wireless policy. How are you enforcing that?'" Marshall said.
At the auditors' suggestion, Blue Cross of Idaho deployed a wireless threat detection and prevention system. The product they settled on was RFprotect Distributed from Network Chemistry, which ensures that no wireless access points or other devices are on the network.
But wrapping in RFprotect created some interesting conundrums. First, Blue Cross of Idaho had to make sure they weren't shutting down neighboring buildings' wireless networks, Marshall said. The Starbucks nearby certainly "wouldn't appreciate that."
Marshall stressed that RFprotect is not a jammer or blocker, but instead it lets his team see what wireless devices are popping up on the network and track them to a specific location.
Being able to track the location of a wireless network has made for an interesting game within Blue Cross of Idaho. Since a number of users have PDAs with wireless settings, some have had a few laughs tracking the whereabouts of those users within the building – kind of a Big Brother situation. Marshall said it's all in fun.
And if someone came in with a laptop or PDA and wanted to hop onto Starbucks' hot spot, the user wouldn't be able to see it from inside Blue Cross' walls.
"We have to have a secure network for keeping outside people from getting into it for whatever reason," Marshall said, adding that Blue Cross of Idaho must comply with HIPAA regulations because it handles medical billing. "A hard-wired network contained within the walls of the company is just more secure."
So far, Marshall said, no real wireless threats have been found since RFprotect was deployed. No one has tried to set up rogue access. In some instances, however, visiting vendors and other guests have had their wireless cards enabled. Marshall said it gives a little peace of mind to know what is on the network and when.
"This was all a proactive project to make sure we don't have any problems going forward," he said.
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Festival-goers face England dilemma
Music lovers at the Isle of Wight festival face a quandary between watching England's opening World Cup match or tonight's headliners the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
The American rockers take to the main stage of this year's festival half an hour before England's 11pm kick-off against Italy in Brazil.
Festival promoter John Giddings has installed large screens for fans to watch as many World Cup games as possible in the sweltering sunshine at Seaclose Park, Newport.
Ex-England goalkeeper David James said: "I'm here working for BT Sport doing the Field of Dreams, where we're broadcasting the games and getting reaction from fans.
"This is the first festival for me. There's a few bands I'm going to see but the real problem is going to be the Red Hot Chilli Peppers because they are on at the same time as England. So I'll watch a few songs and then leg it over for the game."
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, who spent part of the afternoon playing table football with their entourage, are playing their only UK show this year and their first British festival since 2007. Kings Of Leon are due to close the festival on Sunday.
Giddings said: "Finally - we've got the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. One of the most exciting rock bands of the modern era come to visit, and judging by the performances I have seen previously, will be a highlight in the music history of the festival."
Scotland's Biffy Clyro headlined the four-day festival last night with a pyrotechnic spectacular, with fellow countryman Calvin Harris closing the show.
Speaking to Absolute Radio, who are broadcasting from the event, Biffy Clyro bassist James Johnston said: "It's nice to be here, it's beautiful. We actually woke up on the ferry and feel like we've been at sea for the month. Takes a while to get your sea legs but it's a beautiful island and the festival has an amazing history. It's great to be part of it again."
He revealed the band are now working on their seventh album: "We've got a new one in the pipeline and we've got a fairly busy summer up ahead.
"There's around about 16 to 19 songs knocking around. We've been pretty creative working on new things and we get to play the music we like."
The Vamps, who signed their record contract only two years ago, made their festival debut in the Big Top before flying to New York.
Speaking after the show, singer Brad Simpson said: "It was really good fun. We've not played in a tent before. It was incredible, so much fun."
Asked about their first festival, he added: "It's really cool as you have to take the ferry and there's something really cool about that.
"And there are some great acts here as well. This year the line-up is amazing."
Drummer Tristan Evans added: "Our rise to fame has been a bit weird. We just put some covers out there and made some songs and now we are at the Isle of Wight which is weird and lovely."
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Tick, Tick... BOOM! (2001) is a musical, written by Jonathan Larson, about a starving artist in New York City who is worried he has made the wrong career choice to be part of the performing arts.
- Opening lines, over the sound of ticking
The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man's mounting anxiety. I ... am that man. ...Hi.
- In one week I'll be thirty. Three-zero. Older than my Dad was when I was born. Older than Napoleon was when he ... did something that was probably extremely impressive at the time – I'm not a historian. I'm a composer. Sorry, a "promising young composer." I should have kids of my own by now, a career, but instead I've been "promising" for so long I'm afraid I'm starting to break the fucking promise.
- So that's where we are. It's a Saturday night in January, 1990, in my apartment on the edge of SoHo; I'm trying to work, trying to enjoy what remains of my extremely late 20s, trying to ignore the tick tick booms.
- It's no big deal. What's thirty? Just, you know, the end of youth.
- Goddamn it, I am looking forward to it!
- I realize I've forgotten how to play the piano completely. Holy shit, have I forgotten how to play the piano because I don't want to play Happy Birthday because I don't want to –- Oh God – grow up?
- Michael's moving out. He's making so much money he bought an apartment with the bathtub in the bathroom.
- And if there's enough buzz the show might be produced and if the show is produced it might be a hit -- and if it is I won't have to take the marketing job and I can buy the BMW anyway and I will have done it all before I'm thirty, or at least I can fudge the dates to make it sound that way in my Sunday Times Arts & Leisure Profile.
I am not proud of this line of thinking.
But it's not my fault! It's hard for people born after 1960 to be idealistic or original. We know what happens to ideals. They're assassinated or corrupted or co-opted. It's 1990 for God's sake. It is not an exciting period. It is not a period of ferment. It's fucking stodgy is what it is -- conservative, complacent, obtuse and unimaginative. Or, to put it another way: George Bush is president of the United States.
- The lights from the prison barge flicker in her eyes.
- 6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.
- I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember, and do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.
- I sink into a soft leather seat. Michael guns twelve fuel-injected Bavarian-engineered market-research-funded cylinders across Houston Street. His new Beamer ... is fucking awesome.
- We zhhhooooom -- past the inhabitants of SOHO, wearing black, black, black, black...
Past the East Village kids with purple pink green blue spike-buzz cuts, jutting through deconstructed SILENCE = DEATH t-shirts...
Past the Windex, the squeegies, the outstretched palms, the Bowery Night Train philosophers...
How can I possibly leave this behind?
- Once, at a seminar, on a day I will never forget, I got to have my work picked apart -- and praised, a little -- by my idol, a composer-lyricist so legendary his name may not be uttered aloud by me, St---- S-------.
But I write musicals with rock music. A contradiction in terms. Broadway's about 60 years behind anything you hear on the radio. You can't put rock onstage – real rock, not warmed-over easy-listening pop, not plastic imitation 50s bubblegum. Nevertheless, that's what I'm trying to do with Superbia.
Could my show end up here? Is it good enough for Broadway, that magical street of dreams? Is it too good for Broadway, that shameless commercial whore? It's that raging mix of envy and contempt that's so ... healthy.
- I grew up on Tony the Tiger and Captain Crunch, but unlike other Boomer Juniors haven't progressed to more socially accepted fixes, like Ben and Jerry's. I go for the original high-powered numb-busting goodness of the Hostess Twinkie Snack Cake.
The only problem is, it's humiliating to buy a Twinkie. I walk up to the counter feeling like I'm 17 and buying condoms for the first time.
- They're snack cakes. They're not unlike rice cakes, only cylindrical and injected with cream.
- Maybe this is it. Maybe I really have written the show that will reinvent musicals for our generation -- the Hair of the 90s -- the cultural lightening rod that will energize the 20-something generation, we "slackers," raised on the Brady Bunch and Reaganomics, armed with nothing but Credit Cards, VCRs and Interview Magazine, blowing like tumbleweeds through the 90s, fighting off the savage arrows of apathy, illiteracy, innumeracy, exploding Visa bills, eating disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, political correctness....
- The apartment is warm and noisy. I realize I don't want to escape to the roof, or fly to Cuba, or hide in the bathroom.
- Referring to a bithday cake lit by candles
The darkness is pierced by a blinding glow.
- The tick tick booms are softer now. I can barely hear them, and I think if I play loud enough I can drown them out completely.
- Susan: I am a dancer. I'd still be a dancer if I lived in New England, but I'd have a dishwasher.
- Susan: Jon. Are you weighing whether the trip up here is worth the cable TV?
- Rosa: Honey, we always knew it's a little quirky for Broadway, and the cast is awfully big for Off-, and the futuristic thing means sets are expensive and musical theater is Newark Airport and you're snowed in at Buffalo -- and now, having plucked out your heart and eaten it like a piece of ripe fruit I'll leave you to sweep up the fragments of your shattered dreams, bye bye honey! Happy birthday!
- Michael: Thirty's great. Thirty's like Newark Airport.
- Jon: Newark Airport?
- Michael: Hard to get to, but once you're here, fewer delays.
- Jon: Mike spends way too much time traveling on business.
- Jon: Has turning thirty always sucked? Or is our generation different because we've never grown up? Never had a real test. A Depression. A World War, Vietnam -- Maybe that's what I need.
- Susan: Good idea. I'll try to arrange that for you.
- Michael: Check out the seat.
- Jon: The seat? ...The seat is heated.
- Michael: And you can adjust it.
- Jon: This is a car that allows you to adjust the temperature of your ass.
- Michael: What do you think?
- Jon: Back home in Soho, Michael is trying on one of three new Gucci belts he's just bought.
- Michael: Well?
- Jon: I don't know, Mike. I haven't owned three belts over the course of my entire life.
- Michael: Try it. It's a good feeling.
- Michael: How's Susan?
- Jon: Okay.
- Michael: Just okay?
- Jon: She wants us to move to Cape Cod.
- Michael: I am so sorry.
- Susan:That's not what I'm saying.
- Jon:That's what you're inferring.
- Susan: No, you mean that's what I'm implying. And I'm not implying it, you inferred it.
- Jon:Hi, yeah, I'll just take these, uh, double-A batteries, and a pack of the Bic pens, and uh, a Wall Street Journal, and a Mademoiselle...
- Counter Guy: And four packages of Twinkies.
- Jon: Right.
- Jon: I can't do this Mike.
- Michael: Uh?
- Jon: The theater, the music. I gave it my shot. I think I've given it an honest try, with all the talent and effort I've got. And it hasn't worked. I'm not sorry I tried. I'm proud of it, but now it's time to take hard look at my situation and not be egotistical, not delude myself, just admit it's time to move on. I've been stuck. Everyone else, you and Susan, have kept moving. I'm the only one still here banging my head against the wall. My head hurts. I'm going to stop for awhile. The thing is, I can always come back to it, if I want, when I'm older, when I'm smarter, when I've figured out a little more clearly what it is I want to do. ...I feel better. Just hearing myself say it, I already feel better.
- Michael: You're right. I think your heart is telling you something, and I think what you're saying takes courage. I think it takes courage to let all that stuff go. I'm proud of you.
- Jon: You are?
- Michael: No, of course not, you fucking idiot.
- Michael: Fear is like Newark Airport--
- Jon: Screw Newark Airport!
- Jon: He tosses me a box. I open it. Three belts. Gucci?
- Michael: Not Gucci. You're not a Gucci guy. But it's life-affirming to own multiple accessories, and I want you experience that.
- Jon: Years are getting shorter, lines on your face are getting longer. Feels like you're treading water, but the rip tide's getting stronger. Don't panic, don't jump ship, can't fight it, like taxes.
- Jon: Turn thirty, 1990, bang, you're dead -- what can you do?
- Jon: Friends are getting fatter, hairs on your head are getting thinner. Feel like a cleanup batter on a team that ain't a winner.
- Jon: Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, which way to Never-NeverLand? Emerald City's gone to Hell since the Wizard blew off his command. On the street you hear the voices, lost children, crocodiles, but you're not into making choices, wicked witches, poppy fields or men behind the curtain, tiger lillies, ruby slippers, clock is ticking, that's for certain.
- Jon, Michael and Susan: Fuck thirty ninety!
- Jon: The world is calling -- it's now or Neverland. Why can't I stay a child forever?
- Jon: Soft blonde hair; baby, baby blue eyes. Cool me down before I jump into your thighs.
- Jon: The green, green dress, twenty buttons and a strap. The green, green dress, what a pleasure to unwrap.
- All: How can you soar if you're nailed to the floor?
- All: Forever in the blue silver chromium diner
- Jon: Drips the green, orange, violet drool
- All: From the fools
- Jon: Who'd pay less at home, driking coffee
- All: Light and dark
- Jon: And cholesterol. And bums, bums, bums, bums, bums, bums, bums, bums, bums...
- Michael: No more walking thirteen blocks with thirty pounds of laundry in the fucking dead of winter.
- Michael and Jon: No more
- Jon: Taking a shower in the kitchen
- Both: While your roommate's eating breakfast and you're getting water on his cornflakes!
- Both: Hello to dear Mr. Doorman, who looks like Captain Kangaroo.
- Jon and Susan: I'm not mad that you got mad when I got mad when you said I should go drop dead.
- Jon: Now it's out in the open.
- Susan: Now it's off our chest.
- Both: Now it's four AM, and we have therapy tomorrow, it's too late to screw, so let's just get some rest.
- Michael: Why do we seek out ecstacy
- Michael and Jon: In all the world places? Why is it hard to see that heaven can have simplier faces?
- Jon: Sugar, she's refined. For a small price, she blows my mind. Sugar, she's got the power. Soothes my soul for half an hour.
- Jon and Counter Guy: Stressed out
- Karessa: Burned out
- All: Hanging by a string -- sugar, sugar, sugar, I won't feel a thing!
- Jon: Only thing I know is that she makes my life such a mess.


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Quality of content, targeted marketing and the wider backing of exhibitors are keys to building alternative content into a $1 billion market, according to leading content owners, distributors and exhibitors attending CineEurope.
"This is a potentially huge market but we need a collective approach where every exhibitor does what they can," said Drew Kaza, EVP, digital development, Odeon/UCI/Cinesa Cinemas, speaking on an alternative content panel at CineEurope this morning.
"This is a not a business based on exclusivity. Fewer screens is counter productive to what we can all achieve together."
"Alternative content is a burgeoning market," added exhibitor Graham Spurling, director at Ireland's Movies@Cinemas. "I don't think you can afford not to give it a chance."
Alternative content, recently rebranded by trade body Event Cinema Association (ECA) as 'event cinema', is claimed as the only growth area in exhibition.
Estimated at $300m worldwide today, it is predicted to achieve $1bn by 2020 [IHS Screen Digest] and has already become a "viable revenue stream for exhibitors," said ECA chairman, Melissa Keeping at the session 'Event Cinema: New Frontiers in Alternative Content' moderated by Screen International editor Wendy Mitchell.
"There is need for cohesive action around this growing market to communicate what alternative content is trying to achieve," Keeping said.
Larry McCourt, SVP, marketing and sales, Cinedigm - one of the few distributors of both films and alternative content - said, "We believe there's solid revenue out there. We also believe there are lots of audiences that are underserved. There are audiences for documentaries and we plan to experiment with genres including horror and family. The marketing model is one of narrowcasting, but we need exhibitors to help us locate and target audiences."
Agreeing, Mariusz Spisz, sales and marketing director at Polish chain Multikino said: "It's very important to build familiarity among audiences for alternative content but we also need content suppliers to support us in promotion from trailers to posters. We programme opera, sports and movie marathons on a frequent basis. Where other cinemas [in Poland] have tried one-off events they have failed, because audiences did not see their cinemas as an alternative content venue."
Spurling added: "It's not a one size fits all business. Opera is an easier sell in Ireland than ballet, but the reverse may be true in Russia. Because the product is not backed by huge marketing budgets you have to have focussed target marketing and be prepared to take a 12 month gamble to build the market."
Pathé Live CEO Thierry Fontaine, struck a note of caution. "I have a hard time believing those figures [of $1bn]," he said. "It really depends on the quality of the content. We receive dozens of programmes each month and often the quality is very bad. In particular there is an awful lot of poor quality 3D content submitted to us. We also need to be selective…We programmed 38 shows last year. This year we will concentrate resources on 26.
"The key issues for me are quality and brand," he continued. "Audiences can identify both in The Met Opera and the Bolshoi [which Pathé Live produces as well as distributes internationally]. Profitability is fragile. We invest Euros 400,000 per show producing the Bolshoi so it's key for us to make a profit on each individual production. We cannot spend millions of euros on marketing, so it's vital that we work with committed exhibitors who know what it takes to attract specific audiences."
During last week's live broadcast of Pompeii Live [pictured] to 280 UK cinemas from the British Museum [which attracted a remarkable 50,000 tickets customers and generated £450,000] Tim Plyming, the museum's head of digital and online, said he'd received feedback from customers that the cinema sound was poor, the houselights took a while to be turned down or the satellite feed could be seen being tuned in on screen.
"I can control the links from the outside broadcast to the cinema but I can't control the final link in the presentation. Standards are important to uphold the brand reputation of content owners and the efforts of the ECA are very important in this regard."


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Available for £22 on Sports Direct website, which is where I got mine from & can I add they're well toasty. Bit cumbersome with STI shifters but not a major problem. Waved goodbye to winter frostbite.
While not cycling specific, the Extremities Super Windy glove has a lot of the features you'd look for to keep your paws warm on winter rides. Designed as a more general outdoor and walking type glove, the Super Windy is a windproof softshell type with an insulated interior for maximum warmth.
The Super Windy is incredibly light for its level of warmth, with Gore Windstopper fabric used in the outer and fluffy fleece inside. Fingers are shaped for added dexterity and have lighter weight wind-resistant fabric along the sides for ease of movement. There's elastication at the cuff and the sueded synthetic palm also has silicone grip strips and you get the same down each finger. The gloves fasten together with a nifty little clip so you don't lose one in your bag. It's a simple design and well implemented.
In use, these are very warm, ideal for the depths of winter or nocturnal jaunts. Their wind resistance is impressive, yet the fabric is still breathable enough and it works in partnership with the fleece lining well enough that my hands stayed dry rather than clammy.
These gloves are designed for cold, dry conditions, and as such are not intended to be waterproof, although the fabric has a water repellent finish that means they will keep out all but the most persistent heavy rain for a good while.
Dexterity is surprisingly good, with GripShift and Rapidfire shifters proving no problem at all. STI-type shifters are a little trickier but I could use them okay once I'd got the hang of it.
The cuffs are a decent length and they're comfortable whether tucked neatly under a jacket cuff or even over the top, and finger length is generous without being over long. Surprisingly, given the lack of cushioning, I suffered no noticeable tingling or numbness and the gloves remained comfortable throughout long rides.
These aren't the cheapest gloves, but bearing in mind that they are useful for all sorts of outdoor wear and not just cycling, they remain a good investment.
A simple, well executed design with excellent warmth and windproofing. Versatile and ideal for use both on and off the bike.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: Extremities Super Windy gloves
Size tested: Black, Small
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Aimed at all outdoor users.
For cold dry days in the depth of winter.
Does just what it claims to.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
60% polyester
25% nylon
15% polyurethane
Gore Windstopper outer fabric
Fleece pile interior
Synthetic leather palm
Silicone grip pattern on palm and fingers
Very well made from high quality components and fabrics
Very warm and keep hands comfortable and dry
There's not much to go wrong. The fleece will become less fluffy with time and the water repellency will eventually need to be reapplied, but they will still be warm gloves. They're also washable at 30°C.
Extremely light for the level of warmth they offer.
Very comfortable and warm, both on and off the bike.
Good value considering they are so versatile.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Excellent performance.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Versatility, simplicity, warmth, comfort
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Definitely.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes, especially those who particularly suffer from the cold.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Wear anywhere gloves with excellent levels of warmth and comfort.
About the tester
Age: 37 Height: 1.65m Weight: 67kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: commuting, touring, general fitness riding, mtb,
Lara has been riding bikes for longer than she'd care to admit, and writing about them nearly as long. Since 2009 she has been working as part of the road.cc review team whilst championing women's cycling on the side, most notably via two years as editor of the, sadly now defunct, UK's first and only women's cycling mag, erm, Women's Cycling.
Believing fervently that cycling will save the world, she wishes that more people would just ride a bike and be pleasant to each other.
She will ride anything with two wheels, occasionally likes to go fast, definitely likes to go far and is always up for a bit of exploring somewhere new and exciting.


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Trying to find yourself is a staple of the self-help literature, along with the striving for authenticity and building up your self-esteem. I probably wrote about authenticity and how you needed to practice it in my book** because way back in 2007, I thought it was a good thing, a necessary thing.
Now I'm convinced that's all wrong. The self that matters isn't some tightly defined, self-loving, individuated thing in the world. The self that matters is the mashed-up self, the networked self — the self made up of relationships and experiences and interactions and ideas. It's way bigger and more powerful than the un-networked you.
These are some ideas I want to explore: combinatorial creativity, connectivist learning, the third person perspective in the creative process, and self-transcendence. What all these have in common is they all overturn the idea that the individuated self is primary.
Writer and artist Austin Kleon on how we are mashups:
We can pick our teachers and we can pick our friends and we can pick the books we read and the music we listen to and the movies we see, etcetera. You are a mashup of what you let into your life. [via Maria Popova]
Maria Popova on networked knowledge and combinatorial creativity:
Which is interesting, recognizing not only the absolute value of content but also its relational value, the value not just of information itself but also of information architecture, not just of content but also of content curation….
The idea that in order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of disciplines, to combine and recombine these pieces and build new castles.
This relates to how we conceive of ourselves. Are we distinct individuals with hard boundaries? Or are we somehow only ourselves when you consider how we fit into a network of experiences, people, and knowledge?
Robert Fritz, author of The Path of Least Resistance, is someone who might be called a creativity guru but instead of that I would call him a creation guru. He doesn't write so much about being creative as about actually creating. In his view, the self that we want so much to develop and pin down should be set aside:
Don't try to define yourself, instead, suspend the question. That gives you a better lens by which to create anything you want to be.
Here's what Fritz discovered when he tried to help people become more creative by improving their self-image:
Questions of identity got in the way of the creative process, even when people thought well about themselves. It took years to come to understand this. Everything pointed to a fairly simple and, yet, revolutionary pair of insights. The first was that what people thought about themselves, good, bad, or indifferent, wasn't going to change. All notions of self-esteem training are predicated on the idea that people can change how they see themselves. This is one reason they don't work.
The other insight was just as major. It is that your view of yourself has no place in the creative process. Simply put, the moment you make your success or failure about you, that's the moment you can't learn what you need to learn, experience what comes with the creative territory, and keep your focus where it needs to be, on the outcome you are working to create, and where you currently are in the creative process.
In his books, Fritz suggests that creators need to use a third-person perspective that takes themselves out of the equation rather than the first-person which makes creation all about the self, the I, the creator herself. Creation doesn't grow out of some authentic, independent self. It launches from a networked self which is almost like no self at all.
Maybe the reason that thinking too much about our identities as distinct individuals stops us from creating is because creation comes through mashing up, through navigating networks of people and knowledge and ideas, not from the perspective of one isolated node in the network. The node alone is useless.
So we need to stop thinking so much about our individual selves — we need to transcend ourselves. Interesting that some of the most satisfied people combine a love of the new with persistence and self-transcendence. These seem like exactly the traits you'd need to succeed in a networked world. Neophilia (novelty-seeking, love of the new) draws you to new ideas, new people, and new experiences, giving you more material for the mashup that is you and the mashups you create. Persistence keeps you from being merely a dilettante, flitting from one new thing to another. And self-transcendence stops you from thinking that it's all about you.
It's really freeing to realize your self alone is this puny, incompetent thing whose self-love or self-loathing matters not a bit. It's your networked mashup self that matters, that's capable of doing and creating great things.
* With credit to JP Rangaswami for his "musing lazily about" series. I like to be able to wander around a topic without reaching any conclusions or forcing it into some structure that might obscure the evolving ideas.
** Which shall remain unnamed and unlinked because I'm so beyond what I wrote then even though I feel like there were some really great ideas that I'd like to expand upon and refine. E.g., busy vs. bursty.


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Carmel is a church that passionately 'disciples those Nearest.' A church that goes home first. A church that understands that Charlotte is only as strong as its individual families and the individuals who live in them. We are a place where both men and women are equipped to nurture their children and grandchildren as treasures sent into a time that we will not see. A church full of parents who see themselves as their student's primary disciple makers. Parents who tenaciously walk the path of spiritual milestones with their sons and daughters. Carmel walks beside parents to help better equip them to disciple their students!
(7th - 12th Grade)
Carmel Student Ministry's desire is that everyone in the Carmel Family is a disciple of Christ in learning and living. We know that you will never be able to be an effective disciple maker for your children and others following behind you until you are walking Life in Christ. We want to join you in your journey by providing learning opportunities such as Sunday morning Discipleship Communities, Bible Studies and Midweek classes and conferences.
College Students
Carmel College is a discipleship community of young adults around college age. You'll see people in college, in the military, in careers and everything in between. Studying, working, single, married, all are welcome!


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Jeremy St. Martin
Jeremy St. Martin has been a part of Go Comedy for 3 years, appearing in two teams as well becoming an understudy to the Resident Cast. Jeremy also has extensive theater and music credit, performing and music directing at such theaters as The Ringwald and The Gem. Most recently he appeared in the Best Of Sketch Show at Go Comedy and his musical talents have been supplied to the Podcast Flight 1977.
Grand Mutiny
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The background on the meaning of the word "Shekinah" & why it was chosen to be the name of my candle company:
If you have ever seen the movie, "The Ten Commandments" or read the story from the Bible, you'll remember that the Israelite people were finally set free and were able to begin their journey out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:20-22 states:
"So they took their journey [that is, the children of Israel] from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people." It was something that was always there.
This is why our signature scent here at Shekinah True scents is the "Shekinah Scent"...It is grey in color to symbolize the cloud which represents God's leading and guidance on this company. It's a fruity scent (pomegranate) and smells so good!! When I go into people's homes to do an in-home show, I love to tell that story.


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With 2012 just days away, financial advisors looking for that new year's resolution that just might stick should think long term: Rather than a diet that buckles before the first tempting pretzel dip on Super Bowl Sunday, consider finding an Executive MBA program that will deepen your knowledge and broaden your perspective.
Unlike that diet, the process is easy and enjoyable at first–as you explore the various options–and only gradually builds intensity as you start your learning program.
Financial advisors are a natural fit for EMBA programs since they very typically have bachelor's degrees in business or economics and have achieved success in running a small business, but typically do not have advanced business degrees. And the lack of an MBA does nag at many advisors with a thirst for more sophistication in their investment analysis or their management of their own retail operations.
Linda Abraham, founder of admissions consulting service Accepted.com and co-author, with Judy Gruen, of the new book MBA Admission for Smarties, says EMBA programs are targeted to business people who are 10, 15 or even 20 years out of college.
In an interview with AdvisorOne, Abraham says that when it comes to mid-career people, grades and test scores may be less important career achievements. "These programs are looking for progress at work, responsibility at work, leadership at work. Your resume has to resonate," she adds.
For those who are anxious about the GMAT standard admissions test for business school, Abraham says there are some programs that accept the more general graduate school admissions test, the GRE, and others that require neither, so an applicant is free to take the test and not submit his score if he is unhappy with it. The University of Michigan Ross School of Business is an example of a big-name school that does not require a test.
Other programs of potential interest to mid-career professionals include the Sloan Fellows program or the Trium program. The former is run under the Sloan umbrella but individually managed by three schools– MIT, Stanford and the London School of Business; the latter is a single program run jointly by NYU Stern, HEC Paris and the London School of Economics. All are prestigious programs known for their rigor, but are immersive, full-time programs for mid-career executive who must take a year off work to enroll in the programs.
EMBA programs, in contrast, are geared to working professionals who take courses in the evenings or weekends–typically over a 21-month period.
That level of commitment requires the understanding and cooperation of the executive's employer and family, Abraham says. "Your employer has to be behind it if you're going to be taking off time now and then. And the applicant has to give serious thought as to how to handle the demands of learning. Who will take care of child care responsibilities, for example?" she says.
While there is a view abroad that EMBA programs lack the same level of rigor as full-time MBA programs, "the school will insist it's the same caliber program as the full-time MBA." Regardless, she says, "there's no asterisk attached to the letters [in the degree]. It's just MBA."
More importantly, the author and admissions expert says an EMBA will do more than just add a credential. "If the financial advisor felt like he needed some more operations knowledge and marketing knowledge or wants to see more of an executive picture," an EMBA program will "broaden his perspective" and "could give entrée to networks he never had before," she says.
Abraham says her new book does more than other books that advise on filling out forms and writing essays. "It provides a strategy for acceptance," she says, and has a section for older applicants as well.


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Dr. Harry R Yarger
HARRY R. (Rich) YARGER is the Professor of National Security Policy in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. Currently he teaches courses in Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking, Theory of War and Strategy, National Security Policy and Strategy, and Grand Strategy. His research focuses on national security policy, strategic theory, and the education and development of strategic level leaders. In addition to teaching positions, Dr. Yarger served 5 years as the Chairman of the War College's Department of Distance Education and is considered one of the Army's leading experts in on-line education. Dr. Yarger has also taught at the undergraduate level at several local colleges. A retired Army colonel, he is a Vietnam veteran and served in both Germany and Korea. Dr. Yarger is a graduate of the Army War College and obtained his doctorate in history from Temple University
*The above information may not be current. It was current at the time when the individual worked for SSI or was published by SSI.
SSI books and monographs by Dr. Harry R Yarger
Short of General War: Perspectives on the Use of Military Power in the 21st Century
April 19, 2010
Edited by Dr. Harry R Yarger.
In this anthology, students in the U.S. Army War College Class of 2008 critically examine the emerging 21st century security environment and offer diverse and innovative thoughts on how military power should be applied in situations short of general war.
Strategic Theory for the 21st Century: The Little Book on Big Strategy
February 01, 2006
Authored by Dr. Harry R Yarger.
Strategy is often used as a general term for a plan, a concept, a course of action, or a "vision" of the direction in which to proceed at the personal, organizational, and governmental—local, state, or federal—levels. Such casual use of the term reduces strategy to just a good idea without the necessary underlying thought or development. What is the true meaning of strategy?


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This page aims to get you started with the WIP branch that will one day become Konversation 2.x.
Work log
Wondering what's new already? What follows is a (sporadically updated!) list of some of the new features and abilities compared to the stable Konversation 1.7.x version:
Interface layout * All new clean & modern look * Responsive/collapsible two-column design enables useful small/mini window mode Text view * Hanging indent / all messages start at the same column * Groups consecutive messages by the same author * Does not repeat timestamp when unnecessary * Can update colors dynamically for backlog Tab completion * Most-recently-active-nick-first now works in popup mode * Popup mode has much better ergonomics than before * Completion now ignores special characters in nicknames * Basic command completion * Completion now works in private conversations (all nicks on the server) Input field * You can now have a shared input field (with shared history) between all tabs * History system now restores cursor position when arrow'ing back down to last edited text Under the hood * UI being rewritten in Qt Quick & Kirigami * Model/view architecture allows dynamic filtering of chat contents (i.e. retroactive show/hide of joins and parts) or combined views * Lower memory usage due to less redundant document data and not keeping unnecessary text views around
Also check out this blog post for our goals!
Work is being carried out on the
wip/qtquick branch of the
konversation.git repository.
Check out the general build instructions first.
Build dependencies
The WIP branch has higher version demands for some dependencies as well as new dependencies. Specifically:
- Qt 5.9.x
- Master branch of KF5::Kirigami (
- Master branch of qqc2-desktop-style (
Getting the branch
In contrast to the general build instructions, either clone this way:
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/konversation --branch wip/qtquick
... or run these commands in an existing git clone dir:
git fetch origin git checkout wip/qtquick
NOTE: We're still working on tuning the Flatpak generation. If it's broken, try again the next day - sorry!
We also have a Flatpak nightly package.
Check out the KDE Flatpak HOWTO first.
To install, run:
flatpak remote-add kderuntime --from http://distribute.kde.org/kderuntime.flatpakrepo flatpak remote-add kdeapps --from https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.konversation-konvi2x
This will add a "(Nightly) (Konvi2x) Konversation" entry into your desktop menu.
Running the branch (imporant - read here!)
At any time, you can use the F10 key to switch between the old and new Konversation UIs.
The following command line examples expand on each other. To show the new Qt Quick-based UI immediately at start, run Konversation like this:
konversation --qtquick
Konversation is usually only allowed to run once. To bypass this restriction and run a second instance of Konversation, run Konversation like this:
konversation --qtquick --nui
To avoid auto-connecting to your networks with a test build, run Konversation like this:
konversation --qtquick --nui --noautoconnect
This last example is good set of arguments for hacking and testing. Additionally, you can override the UI package with
--uipackage <package name>.
Update: The branch now installs a
konvi2x executable that's equivalent to
konversation --qtquick --nui.
- Check the Phabricator workboard for tasks.


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After attending my first ever Training Camp practice on Monday, I'd like to bring attention to and salute, a group of people who work tirelessly at all training camp practices. (Also, I just brought attention to the fact that I don't know whether training camp should be capitalized or not.)
Recognition needs to be given to some people, that in all likelihood, go unnoticed year in and year out during the warm summer days and evenings. These are the people in the stylish red vests, the incomparable Guest Relations staff. And while I'm sure the entire group of Guest Relations Specialists do excellent work, even the sullen teenaged kid who mostly ignored us and left us to our own devices; Carolyn and Lynn stood head and shoulders above the rest and were phenomenal facilitators of fan enjoyment and deserve to be aknowledged.
These ladies have a difficult job. They must balance time spent handing out roster cards (with fun and exciting, G-Force word searches on the reverse side) and player face masks. I was fortunate enough to secure a Greg Jennings mask that apparently my dog is deathly afraid of, the only reason I can think of is because Greg Jennings is a bad, bad, man. In addition to the distribution duties, Carolyn and Lynn are tasked with ushering fans to available seats. The skill set involved with this assignment is remarkably similar to Aaron Rodgers finding an open receiver in 2.5 seconds. Their job also includes confronting fans who are pretending to save seats, or are taking up more space than they need with snacks, cameras, binoculars, etc. Both sets of individuals are attempting to avoid eye contact like they are avoiding seeing Medusa. Carolyn and Lynn calmly, but firmly, address these fans and, more often than not, secure available seating for others looking for a spot to park themselves. I watched Carolyn and Lynn stack fans in the bleachers throughout practice, deftly moving people in and out and getting them seated or exited, all while limiting the obstruction of other fans' viewing. Needless to say, it was impressive.
Upon leaving, I thanked both women, but Carol was busy assisting an elderly gentlemen and Lynn was directing foot traffic to allow a mother with a stroller to leave Nitschke Field. I'm doubtful that either will see this, but I thought I would bestow upon them The Ranter's highest honor, The Tracy White Certificate of Excellence. Thank you, ladies. You deserve it.
(Also, please tell them thanks if you happen to see them at one of the remaining practices.)


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If you have misalignment issues, talk to Dr. Sapp about your goals and fears. Whether you're a parent of child that needs teeth straightening, or an adult interested in having your own teeth corrected, he will work with you find the best treatment.
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- An open-bite – when your jaw is closed, not all teeth on top and bottom touch
- An under-bite – when your jaw is closed, you lower teeth rest in front of your top teeth.
- An over-bite – when your jaw is closed, your upper teeth are in front of your bottom teeth beyond beyond the normal 5mm that is classified as "normal"
- An over-jet issue – this better known as "bucked teeth"
- Overcrowded teeth – this can happen when you have more teeth than what your jaw can accommodate
- Gapped teeth – noticeable spaces between your teeth
If you're an older adult or self-conscious teen, you may be hesitant to straighten your teeth for fear of the conspicuous, rubber-banded, metal standard braces. But you may have the option to straighten your teeth incognito, and with less hassle using Invisalign®.
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LONDON (CNN) — Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage, the palace announced Monday.
The royal revelation came as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to a central London hospital with acute morning sickness. She is expected to be there for several days, the palace announcement said.
William and Catherine were married on April 29, 2011, in London's biggest royal wedding in three decades.
The baby would be the first grandchild for the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.


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New saltwater fishing gear for this spring and summer
It has long been said that fishing lures are made to catch fishermen. That's pretty much true, but there are a lot of lures and angler gadgets out there that are new and useful. And right about now, when the urge to go fishing for trout and reds is peaking, is the time to check out what's new for 2012.
In the world of lures, there's a new plug out there that has been introduced by Egret Baits, and it's called a Kick-A Mullet. It goes without saying that mullet imitation lures have been around for decades and will be here until the Gulf of Mexico goes dry. The Kick-A was designed and built by Ken Chaumont, who was the driving force behind the world famous Rat-L-Trap lure company.
"The Kick-A is a jointed lure with two VMC treble hooks that looks and moves just like a mullet," said Chaumont. "It's got a ball in the tail that kicks and rattles on a slow and fast retrieve. I developed this lure for catching big trout. It's done that and is absolute death on redfish."
I've used the Kick-A Mullet quite a bit lately and can say for sure that it's a proven big trout lure. The thing about this lure is that it's a slow sinker but can be fished like a swim bait on the surface.
"It's also idiot proof," said Chaumont. "It's got enough built-in action so that you can cast it out and reel it in like a spinnerbait. The tail will kick back and forth and cause quite a bit of action in the water."
The Kick-A comes in all the right colors and can be purchased online at www.egretbaits.com all day long.
As water temperatures heat up, trout will focus on eating smaller baitfish like glass and mud minnows. The very popular 3-1/2 inch Wedgetail was taken off the market a couple of years back but is back to due to high demand. This small baitfish-looking lure is made of soft plastic. When rigged on a 1/8 or 1/16 ounce lead-head jig, it looks just like a minnow or finger mullet moving across a shallow flat. The wedge-tail design gives off a lot of vibration. If you'll be fishing at the jetties, rig 'em on a 1/4-ounce jig head. One of the best color combinations is glow with a chartreuse tail. Another one is the LSU color pattern.
There is no way you can talk about what's new on the fishing scene without hitting on rods and reels. Shimano has come out with three new reels for 2012. The most popular is the Core 100Mg7. It's the latest high tech creation from Shimano. It's lighter and more effective for casting lightweight lures. I used one last week for the first time; it's compact, easy to cast and has a silky smooth drag.
Each year rods seem to become more hi tech than ever before. Among the newest and very popular are the Laguna rods. The Devil Stick and Texas Wader are two of the rods folks at Laguna make. I've used them and they are a work of art. The Devil Stick is a 6-foot, 9-inch rod with a medium-light action. It's extremely versatile and lightweight. This rod is perfect for those who like to fish soft plastics, but it can handle topwaters just as well. Laguna rods are all custom built. Because of that they are a little pricey and start at about $300.
You might have noticed that a lot of new rods are made with split grips. By that I mean they have a butt section, then the rod and the reel seat. That's how a lot of the Laguna rods are made. It's a grip that's comfortable to use all day long.
I was recently talking to Banning Collins with TFO rods. They have come out with an all-new line of rods called Gary's Tactical Series. They are built with the specs engineered by Gary Loomis, a world-famous rod builder.
"They are built with TFO's high modulus carbon fiber blank material," said Collins. "The idea behind this line of rods is to save weight and increase sensitivity without sacrificing strength. They are made with a split grip and complimented by a two-piece reel seat and a natural cork ring split grip."
The all-new line of Gary's Tactical Series rods sells for $150. They are made for both bait casting and spinning reels.
That's a look at just some of the new fishing lures, rods and reels available for you to test drive on the water this year. Give them a try; I think you'll like what you see.
Robert Sloan can be reached by e-mail at sloan288 [at] aol [dot] com.