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Never, ever underestimate the keen interest of Disney World fans. A recent stir: the opening of a restroom at Magic Kingdom.
To be fair, it's not a low-profile loo. It's built in the shadow of Rapunzel's Tower, now standing in the original part of Fantasyland, adjacent to it's a small world. At ground level, the area is heavy on decor with lanterns and banners, detail work on the building, tables and chairs made from barrels and stroller parking. It even has a large, trickling waterfall, which should inspire the pee-shy.
Inside the men's room, the stalls have hardware that brings a barn to mind, deep-hued tile and pans over the sinks. There are wanted posters for "Tangled" characters such as Flynn Rider. I didn't examine the ladies' room. Even intrepid reporters must draw the line somewhere.
So the interiors are nice, but not substantially nicer than the ones behind Gaston's Tavern in New Fantasyland. The exterior, well, looks like something is about to happen there.
For its part, Disney hasn't commented on its use before, during or after the construction. But these are clearly your Imagineering dollars at work, with loads of striking detail work in the tower.
It looks so good, you'd think it was made for New Fantasyland, not attached to the strip-center-ish "small world," the spot where the Skyway once loaded for Tomorrowland. From a few angles in Liberty Square, you can see both the tower and Haunted Mansion simultaneously. It's a bit jarring.


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There are albums of which you can immediately point to a substantial list of flaws, but which at the end of the day win your favour by being unmistakably the output of a finely attuned group of musicians. This would make for an easy, but not quite accurate, summation what's great and not-so-great about Admiral Fallow's debut record Boots Met My Face (self-released north of the border last year). Firstly it's true that not a single track wants for melody and the arrangements crafted by the sextet are mostly gorgeous. Admiral Fallow eschew your typical expansive indie group line-up in favour of bringing clarinet, flute and double-bass within the main fold of the group. This pays dividends from the very beginning: 'Dead Against Smoking' wrongfoots the listener with smoky Manhattan-esque clarinet before hitting upon a tender mid-tempo acoustic plod subtly adorned with a recurring nuzzling clarinet melody and a gradual rising tide of violin.
The album's mid-section features BMMF's most expansive compositions in terms of both length and sound. It's pretty rare to still be taken as heart-stoppingly by surprise by a song as 'Old Balloons' manages when the cascade of tinkling ivories and chiming guitar is interrupted by a purposeful change of key and rhythm. Sure, anyone can throw in a dissonant chord or jarring rhythmic change, but it takes real melodic intuition to do it as beautifully as this. The fragile lyrical concerns ("Broken down liver and withered frame, lungs wrinkled like old balloons") render the eventual hi-tempo passage of pounding drums and resonant piano all the more cathartic. The following track, 'Bomb Through the Town', begins with the delicate pipes of Sarah Hayes and spare electric guitar, gradually swelling into a semi-noisy crescendo. It doesn't quite fulfil the anticipation built up, but it's nice to hear a bit of musical grit to go with Abbott's lyrical honesty. If there's one major flaw with BMMF it's that sometimes the songs are a little too well crafted, even inoffensive, and in a manner that masks Abbott's intriguing lyrics.
'The Barren Years' is tuneful enough with nice call and response vocals, but is otherwise just a little bland, like Snow Patrol with a woodwind section. It's also perhaps a criticism that extends to Abbot's vocals; while his dulcet brogue will probably please many its lack of tonal variation glazes over his wry observations, where as conversely he's guilty of over-emoting on 'Delivered'. 'Squealing Pigs' does a decent enough job of being an up-tempo folk-pop anthem without sounding like Mumford and Sons, but it's frustratingly difficult to tell whether Abbot's pronunciation of "dire reactions" as "diarrhoea ceh-shins" is intentional.
Two of Admiral Fallow's best songs to date are two of their most stripped-back. The gentle acoustic fingerpicking of 'Subbuteo' is a case of violence-tinged nostalgia ("I've returned for a while to the concrete that once claimed my knees and the stones my hands owned as I set them towards windows and trees..."), a darker tone mirrored in the solemn descending woodwinds, which finally culminates in some frenetic drums and pugilistic brass, sounding like a distinctly Glaswegian relation of The Suburbs. 'Four Bulbs' begins in equally stripped-back form and is ultimately less tumultuous musically, ending as it does in gorgeous harmonies. Nonetheless the lyrics are suggestive of the darker undercurrent of emotional growing pains, concluding "The noose around my neck has tightened too much to take" in a matter of fact manner.
Following 'Four Bulbs' is the cloying upbeat skiffle of 'Taste the Coast' before the spare closer 'Dead Leg' wherein the nearly unaccompanied Abbott once again reveals the records dark heart with talk of brutalising "wenches" preceding a plangent brass-laden instrumental outro. It'd be nice to hear the group talents utilised to such effect more often, yet it seems to be overly critical of Boots Met My Face's fluffier numbers. Abbot has described the record as being informed by the experiences of his youth and those he knows and on the whole it is a record suggestive of a reflective, varied and ambivalent view of the past as opposed to an altogether turbulent one. It proves Admiral Fallow, and in particular Louis Abbott, to be endowed with enough melodic, lyrical and compositional talent to believe that their best is still to come.
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The heart-wrenching love letter from a dying wife that went viral for touting her spouse as perfect husband material could be getting the silver screen treatment, according to a new report.
Universal bought the rights to Amy Krouse Rosenthal's New York Times column "You May Want to Marry My Husband," Variety reported Tuesday. The production company beat out Paramount, Sony, Netflix and Studio 8 for the rights to the column, which ran in the Times' "Modern Love" section.
Producer Marc Platt, who worked on "Legally Blonde" and "La La Land," was reportedly tapped for the project.
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Children's book author Krouse Rosenthal died 10 days after writing the viral column, a heartbreaking essay seeking a new love for her husband. She died in March from cancer at age 51.
"She was such a bright light with a great sense of wonder," said her longtime literary agent, Amy Rennert. "Amy loved her family. She loved words, ideas, connections. She taught us that life's seemingly small moments are not really small at all."
Rosenthal's love letter about her husband of 26 years, Jason, was read and shared by millions of people after it was published in the Times.
"I have never been on Tinder, Bumble or eHarmony, but I'm going to create a general profile for Jason right here, based on my experience of coexisting in the same house with him for, like, 9,490 days," she wrote. "First, the basics: He is 5-foot-10, 160 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair and hazel eyes."
She goes on to say that Jason is a "sharp dresser," "uncannily handy," and "an easy man to fall in love with."
Amy had always enjoyed connecting with strangers, loved ones say. In 2008, she united hundreds of strangers at the Bean in her hometown of Chicago for a gathering that served as part of the project she called "The Beckoning of Lovely."
She created a film of all the participants joining to "make a bunch of stuff together," as she told the crowd. Her project was described as "an interactive love letter to the universe… rooted in human connection," years before her latest piece received similar accolades.
"It is Amy's gift with words that has drawn the universe in," Rosenthal's husband said in a statement to NBC News as she was dying. "Unfortunately I do not have the same aptitude for the written word, but if I did, I can assure you that my tale would be about the most epic love story… ours."
Krouse Rosenthal's daughter wrote a response letter in April that drew attention as well.


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"Discrete Tomography in MRI: a proof of concept", Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med, vol. 21, pp. 2662, 2013.
"A framework for markerless alignment with full 3D flexibility", European Microscopy Conference, 2012. Download abstract (117.9 KB)
"Partial discreteness: a new type of prior knowledge for MRI reconstruction", 23rd Annual meeting of the ISMRM, Toronto, Canada., vol. 23, pp. 3417, 2015. Download abstract (1.14 MB)
"Segmentation of MR Images by k-space distance minimization: a proof of concept", ESMRMB CONGRESS 2012: 29th Annual Scientific Meeting, vol. 25, issue 1, pp. 63-64, 2012. Download abstract (221.41 KB)
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"3D imaging of semiconductor components by discrete laminography", Stress induced phenomena and reliability in 3D microelectronics: AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1601, pp. 168-179, 2014. Download paper (1.81 MB)
"The ASTRA Tomography Toolbox", 13th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE 2013, vol. 4, pp. 1139-1145, 2013. cmmse2013.pdf (174.19 KB)
"Partially discrete magnetic resonance tomography", 2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 1653-1657, Sept, 2015.
"Projection and backprojection in tomography: design choices and considerations", Workshop on Applications of Discrete Geometry and Mathematical Morphology, pp. 106-110, 2010. Download paper (367.34 KB)
"Spatial Variations in Reconstruction Methods for CT", The Second International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT Meeting), pp. 170-173, 07/2012.
"Tomographic image reconstruction from continuous projections", The third international conference on image formation in X-ray computed tomography, Salt Lake City, USA, pp. 295-298, 06/2014. Download paper (2.38 MB)
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"Advances in X-ray diffraction contrast tomography: flexibility in the setup geometry and application to multiphase materials", Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 46, issue 2, pp. 297 - 311, 04/2013.
"The ASTRA Toolbox: a platform for advanced algorithm development in electron tomography", Ultramicroscopy, vol. 157, pp. 35–47, 2015. Download paper (3.47 MB)
"Discrete Tomography in MRI: a Simulation Study", Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 125, issue 3-4, pp. 223-237, 2013.
"A distributed ASTRA Toolbox", Advanced Structural and Chemical Imaging, vol. 2, issue 19, 2016. Download paper (2.7 MB)
"Dynamic angle selection in binary tomography", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 117, issue 5, pp. 306–318, 2013. Download paper (2.71 MB)
"Easy implementation of advanced tomography algorithms using the ASTRA toolbox with Spot operators", Numerical Algorithms, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 673-697, 2016.
"Fast and Flexible X-ray Tomography Using the ASTRA Toolbox", Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 22, pp. 25129-25147, 2016. Download paper (8.34 MB)
"Integration of TomoPy and the ASTRA toolbox for advanced processing and reconstruction of tomographic synchrotron data", Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 23, pp. 842-849, 2016.
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"Quantitative 3D analysis of huge nanoparticle assemblies", Nanoscale, vol. 8, issue 1, pp. 292-299, 2015.
"Through the Looking-Glass, and What the Quadratic Camera Found There", The Mathematical Intelligencer, vol. 34, issue 3, pp. 30 - 34, 9/2012.


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Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones History
Marshmallow Products (Marpro) was founded in 1936 by John V. Arbino, a tailor. During the Great Depression, Mr. Arbino observed that while people did not always have money for tailor-made clothes, they did always seem to have pennies for candy! So, with that in mind, Mr. Arbino bought a beater and started into the marshmallow candy business – making clothes during the day and marshmallow treats at night.
He made everything he could think of out of marshmallow and on Saturdays he would load up his car and put his products onto city grocery store shelves on consignment. So long as an item sold, he continued to make it. In January of 1964, the founder was succeeded by his son, Jack. The business continued to grow and prosper.
By the mid-1970's it was evident that the company's future was the Marshmallow-Filled Ice Cream Cone. All other items were discontinued as the company modernized its equipment and dedicated its resources to the manufacture of this unique item.
To this day, the formulas and recipes for the marshmallow filling and the cone remain the same as they were 70 years ago and many of the original customers who ate them as kids now enjoy sharing Marshmallow Cones – and their memories – with their grandchildren!
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When I was a kid, my grandmother would buy these incredible marshmallow ice-cream cones for me, my siblings, and 6 cousins. We loved them and would wait all summer long to have them. You see, the only place we could find them was in a small, old, general store in upstate NY where my family rented a bungalow in the summer. She would buy as many as she could each time we visited.
More often than not, we ate them all day and never wanted dinner. It got to the point that the adults would take them and put them up on top of the fridge; and more often than not, we would find them eating them too! They are impossible to resist and I am so glad to have found them! ~ Michele from Virginia
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Dental implants are a modern tooth replacement treatment that has been shown a lot of attention from dental experts and surgeons over the last few decades. The surgery is effective because it goes above and be young similar treatments such as dentures and dental bridges.
Implants are made up of a titanium screw that is inserted directly into the jaw bone. Titanium is used because it has been found to be highly accepted by human bone and is a strong but malleable material. On top of this is the abutment which holds the porcelain crown that acts as the tooth. Porcelain is used because it acts very similarly to natural teeth. If you clean it well then it will remain healthy.
What's good about implants is that they are measured to each individual's mouth. Each patient is different and will have their implant made to fit their mouth. The titanium screw and the crown will all fit the space in which the replaced tooth once stood. It won't take up any more space below the surface or above.
Another strength is that implants are self-supporting. This means that they don't require support from surrounding teeth unlike dental bridges or dentures. This is good because it won't result in the wearing or loss of these surrounding teeth which is a common problem faced by dental bridge users.
Also, implants have shown to cause the least amount of disease and infection within the mouth. As they don't move around they don't cause rubbing on the gums which can lead to gum disease. Dentures are known to move about in the mouth which can leave it infections. This again takes implants to the next level and you are given full support and can have confidence in your new teeth. With dentures and bridges which are prone to movement, you think twice before eating, talking or even smiling but with implants you can be filled with confidence that your teeth are there to stay and are strong.
Dental implants are better value for money as they only take one procedure and then you are fixed for the rest of your life. Dentures or drudges will only last 7years maximum before needed replacement which means you'll never be hassle free when it comes to your teeth. Implants take 3-4 trips to the dentist or surgeon over a 3-4 month period, including healing time. After this you are as good as new and will be able to go on living your life without ever thinking about your teeth again. No matter how well you look after dentures they will need replacing.
Implants are a surgery that is appealing to all audiences who require tooth replacement. The treatment is fit for all ages. The oldest person to have undergone the procedure was 91 and the youngest was 14. If you're looking for the most effective solution to your lost teeth I highly recommend implants as your solution.


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This is crazy. i have no power to my compuer, the switch of my power supply is turned off, all my LED cables are unplugged, but my green power LED is on. ?!?
anybody have this happen to them before? not so much a big problem, just cool, and thought i'd tell everybody.
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Cristiano Ronaldo profile and biography
Cristiano Ronaldo profile
Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Birth date: February 5, 1985
Birthplace: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 186.5 cm
Playing position: Left/right winger, striker
First club: Sporting Lisbon
Career debut: 1999 vs Moreirense
Current club: Real Madrid
International team: Portugal
Int'l debut: August 20, 2003 vs Kazakhstan
Cristiano Ronaldo biography
Ronaldo started playing competitive football for amateur club Andorinha when he was just eight years old, and then for local team CD Nacional when he was 10. He moved to Sporting CP, one of Portugal's largest football clubs in 1996.
Ronaldo trained in the youth team before making his senior debut in 1999 against Moreirense in which he scored a brace. He made his European debut in a Champions League qualifier against Inter.
Ronaldo first gained international attention when he played for Portugal's youth team in UEFA U-17 Championships.
Liverpool, under manager Gérard Houllier back then, was reported to have interest in signing Ronaldo. It was also revealed later that Arsenal was closed to signing him before his move to Manchester Utd in 2003.
Ronaldo's signature came after Sporting defeated United 3–1 in a pre-season friendly. The United players spoke enthusiastically about the winger on their way home, and suggested manager Alex Ferguson to sign the player up, which he did for a price of £12.24 million.
Ronaldo made a memorable debut for United as a substitute against Bolton; his 30 minutes performances created hype with United fans and the English media with his dazzling dribbles. He scored his first goal for the club with a free kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth in November.
Despite promising starts, his first two seasons at the club received mixed reviews. He's being praised for his technique and skill, but often criticised for lack of consistency and poor decision making on the field.
Ronaldo made his senior debut for Portugal shortly after being signed by United in a match against Kazakhstan in August 2003. A controversy broke out in World Cup 2006 where Ronaldo was alleged to influence the referee to send off his United team mate and England striker Wayne Rooney in their quarter finals clash.
Ronaldo was being used as the scapegoat for England's defeat in the World Cup and the hatred towards him had prompted his intention to leave England and United. In the end United managed to keep him, and Ronaldo had a great season in the Premiership against all odds.
Ronaldo won both the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year Award in 2007; he's also voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association; and was the top 3 finalists for both the FIFA World Player of the Year and European Player of the Year awards in 2007.
Ronaldo continued his fine form in the 2007/2008 season, netted in 42 goals in all competition (31 in Premier League), and was again voted as the PFA Player of The Year and Football Writers' Footballer of the Year.
His performance contributed to United's double for the season; winning the Premiership in succession as well as bringing home the UEFA Champions League trophy, in which he scored a goal in the final.
Ronaldo was crowned as both the FIFA World Player of the Year and European Player of the Year in 2008.
Ronaldo scored 26 goals in the 2008/09 season, helping United to another Premiership title, and again reached the final of the Champions League in which they lost to Barcelona.
Ronaldo became the world's most expensive football player following his move from Manchester United to Real Madrid in July 2009 in a £80 million transfer. He was welcome by 80,000 fans in the Santiago Bernabéu stadium during his official presentation.
Ronaldo's Real Madrid career started well and was in untouchable form until his injury in October. He recovered his form soon after and scored 33 goals in his first season for Real, but couldn't help the club to win any trophies.
Ronaldo captained his national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but they were eliminated at last 16.
Ronaldo broke the La Liga single-season scoring record by netting 40 league goals in 2010/2011. He helped Real to clinch the Copa Del Rey.


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Apart from telling that the hypergeometric functions (or series) are the solutions to the (essentially unique?) fuchsian equation on the Riemann sphere with 3 "regular singular points", the wikipedia article doesn't illuminate much about why this kind of special functions should form such a natural topic in mathematics (and in fact have been throughout 19th century). Simply:
What are hypergeometric series really, and why they should be (or have been in the past centuries) important/interesting?


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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature have been wrestling with ways to get the budget deficit under control.
The Dems want to tax business, the governor says no. The governor wants to slash even more social programs, the Dems say no.
This week, we learned another option is off the table: making more money from vices like Internet gambling and alcohol won't be happening in California anytime soon.
According to Senate Bill 1485, 1.5 million Californians gamble online illegally. According to the Poker Voters of America, legalizing online gambling could bring California between $2.4 and $6.1 billion over eight years. Sounds good for a state that's $19 billion in the hole, right?
Enter the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and other casinos and card clubs. They persuaded the sponsor of the bill, Democratic Senator Roderick Wright to cancel Tuesday's vote before the Senate committee. The bill required Internet poker network operations and their bank accounts to be located in California.
The Indian casinos and card clubs know that would bring outside interests and competition, like Vegas casinos and out-of-state gambling organizations. Mark Macarro of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians testified that his tribe would "very seriously reconsider the revenue sharing provisions of the Amended Compact" if online games were legalized.
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"...because clearly, the notion of people playing state-sanctioned Internet poker was not a market condition that was accounted for in our discussions," Macarro testified.
Meanwhile, Schwarzenegger proposed higher taxes on alcohol. Excise taxes on beer, wine and liquor haven't changed since 1991. More than 80% of voters support the Governor's plan, which would essentially charge an extra five cents per drink.
But the alcohol industry brings a powerful lobby, which has already scuttled this five-cent tax. Republicans are opposing all taxes, and Democrats don't have support of lawmakers from wine-making regions -- which means they don't have the votes to pass the measure.
So thanks to the political forces that be, California can forget about additional revenue from Internet gambling and booze.
Another vice will take center stage this November, when the public, not the politicians will vote on Prop 19 -- the measure to legalize pot in the state. The voters will have the chance to decide if marijuana should be legalized and taxed.


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Portrush Raft Race will take place on Saturday, 28th May 2016 at the Harbour in Portrush, as part of a jam-packed bank holiday weekend of harbour-side family mayhem and fun.
Portrush Raft Race and Ramore Restaurants will each be celebrating their 35th birthdays in the coming year, and are both are well loved fixtures of the popular County Antrim town.
Chair of the Raft Race committee, Richard Connor, said, "This is a very exciting year for the Raft Race. To be partnering with the Ramore, our neighbour here in the Harbour is a natural fit. The committee are working hard to make the Raft Race Weekend a fun-filled and safe event for the whole family"
He continued, "when you consider each rescue launch of our lifeboat costs £6,000, entirely funded by donations, this craic-filled weekend makes it possible to provide the entire North Coast with a year-round invaluable rescue service".
Presenting a sponsorship cheque for £3,000 (fittingly the exact same total that was raised by the inaugural race back in the 1980's) a spokesperson for the Ramore said: "We are happy and excited to come on board as main sponsor for one of the largest free charity events held annually in NI.
"It is of course one of our favourite weekends of the year, with the true spirit of hospitality, fun and friendship drawing locals and visitors from far and wide to Portrush."
As well as being enormous fun on the beautiful north coast, it's an important annual event for the RNLI and the town of Portrush. All the funds raised by Portrush Raft Race go directly to the local branch.
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Exhibition Dates August 14 – September 18, 2010
Twilight by Dede Lusk
Juried by Clint Willour
August 14 – September 18, 2010
Opening Reception & Juror's Talk: Saturday August 14, 6-9pm
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is proud to present, "GULF", a photographic exploration of the Gulf of Mexico. Juried by Clint Willour, this group exhibition touches on many aspects of our relationship with this magnificent body of water and the wetlands that surround it. Though topical, the exhibition is not focused solely on the current oil disaster, but about the complex symbiosis between man and the natural world.
"GULF" examines the many ways that the Gulf of Mexico nurtures and sustains us, how it has provided generations with a livelihood, and how we have manipulated and abused its fragile eco-system. The thirty-one images featured in this national juried exhibition include depictions of the seafood and maritime industries, the plant life and beauty of the environment, the creatures that live in it, and the various ways that humans both enjoy and depend upon it.
Featured artists are: Jane Fulton Alt, Jean Ayo, Nell Campbell, Dennis Couvillion, Scott Dalton, Shawn Escoffery, Emily Folk, Terri Garland, Robin Germany, Maja Georgiou, Alison Gootee, Veni Harlan, Lewis Hodnett, Diane Kreiter, Dede Lusk, Donald Maginnis, Vincent Mariano, Jill Moore, David Rae Morris, Tuyen Nguyen, Leslie Parr, Michelle Parish, Luana K. Perez, Irwin Poché , Samuel Portera, Natasha Sanchez, Mark Sindler, Laurie Thompson, Eugenia Uhl, Michel Varisco and Anne Wallace.
The exhibition will be held at the New Orleans Photo Alliance, 1111 St. Mary St., from August 14, 2010 to September 18, 2010. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays 12-4pm. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, August 14 from 6-9pm.
Clint Willour has been the curator of the Galveston Arts Center for the past twenty years. He serves on boards of the Houston Center for Photography, Photo Forum at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, FotoFest 's Art Board and chairs the Photography Accessions Sub-committee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Mr. Willour will present a juror's talk during the opening reception.
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MySQL Connector/Python 2.0.0 Alpha has been released
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Date: July 24, 2014 11:56AM
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Dear MySQL users, MySQL Connector/Python 2.0.0-alpha is the first alpha version of 2.0 release series of the pure Python database driver for MySQL. It is intended to introduce users to the new features. This release is not feature complete but it should be stable enough for users to understand the new features and how we expect them to work. As is the case with all non-GA releases, it should not be used in any production environment. MySQL Connector/Python version 2.0.0-alpha is compatible with MySQL Server versions 5.5 and greater. Python 2.6 and greater as well as Python 3.3 and greater are supported. Python 2.4, 2.5 and 3.1, 3.2 are not supported. MySQL Connector/Python 2.0.0-alpha is available for download from: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/#downloads The ChangeLog file included in the distribution contains a brief summary of changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.0.0. For a more complete list of changes, see below or online at: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-python/en/ ========================================================================= Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.0.0 (2014-07-24, Alpha) Functionality Added or Changed * Incompatible Change: Previous series of Connector/Python had separate Python 2 and Python 3 code bases. For Connector/Python 2.0, the source tree has been reorganized to have a single code base, for easier maintenance, testing, and distribution. This reorganization results in an incompatible change in behavior: With the use of "raw" cursors, the returned values is of the bytearray type. This is necessary for having both Python 2 and 3 return the same data. Consider the following example: import mysql.connector cnx = mysql.connector.connect(raw=True) cursor = cnx.cursor() cursor.execute('SELECT 1') print(cursor.fetchall()) In Connector/Python 1.x, the output is: + Using Python 2: [('1',)] + Using Python 3: [(b'1',)] In Connector/Python 2.0, for both Python versions, the output is: [(bytearray(b'1'),)] To get the same value as in Connector/Python 1.x, do this: + Using Python 2: str(bytearray(b'1')) + Using Python 3: bytes((bytearray(b'1')) * Important Change: Previously, to enable use of LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE, clients had to explicitly set the ClientFlag.LOCAL_FILES flag. This flag is now enabled by default. To disable it, the allow_local_infile option for connect()can be set to False. * For a stored procedure that produces multiple result sets, it is now possible possible to execute the procedure and process its results by executing a CALL statement. Execute the statement using execute() with a multi=True argument, and use the returned iterator to process each result in turn. (Bug #73291, Bug #19207922) * The packaging modules and supporting files have been removed from the main repository and from the source packages for Connector/Python. They are still available in the Connector/Python 1.x series. * The mysql.connector.cursor module supports four new cursor classes: + The MySQLCursorDict cursor class returns each row as a dictionary. The keys for each dictionary object are the column names of the MySQL result. cursor = cnx.cursor(dictionary=True) + The MySQLCursorBufferedDict cursor class is like MySQLCursorDict, but fetches the entire result set after executing the query and buffers the rows. cursor = cnx.cursor(dictionary=True, buffered=True) + The MySQLCursorNamedTuple cursor class returns each row as a named tuple. Each column is accessible through an attribute of the tuple-like object. cursor = cnx.cursor(named_tuple=True) + The MySQLCursorBufferedNamedTuple cursor class is like MySQLCursorNamedTuple, but fetches the entire result set after executing the query and buffers the rows. cursor = cnx.cursor(named_tuple=True, buffered=True) For more information, see cursor.MySQLCursor Subclasses (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python -api-cursor-subclasses.html). * Connector/Python now supports option files using two new options for connect(): + option_files: Which option files to read. The value can be a file path name (a string) or a sequence of path name strings. By default, Connector/Python reads no option files, so this argument must be given explicitly to cause option files to be read. Files are read in the order specified. + option_groups: Which groups to read from option files, if option files are read. The value can be an option group name (a string) or a sequence of group name strings. If this argument is not given, the default value is ['client, 'connector_python'] to read the [client] and [connector_python] groups. For more information, see Connector/Python Option-File Support (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python -option-files.html). Bugs Fixed * Fetching results from a prepared statement that returned many columns could produce an error. (Bug #72602, Bug #18742429) * Previously, a RuntimeError exception was raised when a Django application was inactive for a while. Now, the Django backend verifies that the database connection is still valid each time a database request is made. (Bug #72545, Bug #18843153) * Django TimeField values of 00:00:00 were incorrectly converted to NULL because Python considered that value equal to False. (Bug #72732, Bug #18956789) Documentation -------------------- Online:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html The source distribution includes the manual in various formats under the docs/ folder. Reporting Bugs -------------------- We welcome and appreciate your feedback and bug reports: http://bugs.mysql.com/ Enjoy ! On Behalf of the MySQL RE team at Oracle, Sowmya Dass
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For Immediate Release, June 29, 2012
Santa Fe National Forest ORV Decision Threatens Wildlife and Watersheds
SANTA FE, N.M.— A decision issued this week by the Santa Fe National Forest, addressing its management of travel through the forest, leaves a spider web of more than 2,400 miles of roads open, exposing wildlife to the continued damage of excessive motorized use of public lands, including by off-road vehicles. The Forest Service can afford to maintain just 10 percent of the roads approved in the plan, which was released after five years of work and 3,500 public comments.
"By adopting an oversized road system, today the Forest Service chose to place the demands of a loud and well-funded special interest over the future of wildlife and the needs of the general public," said Cyndi Tuell, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. "When roads aren't maintained, they erode into our streams and can kill native fish. That road erosion also keeps people who don't have specialized four-wheel drive vehicles out of the forest."
"Motorized uses threaten our precious waters that flow from the Santa Fe National Forest," said Bryan Bird, an ecologist with WildEarth Guardians. "The final travel plan puts a small user group above the interests of all other forest users, wildlife and water quality."
The decision was made in response to a 1972 executive order from President Richard Nixon followed by a 2005, Bush-era regulation called the "Travel Management Rule."
"This long-overdue decision doesn't do justice to species on the brink of extinction — like the Jemez Mountain salamander — but instead creates a 'play area' in Lake Fork Canyon that rewards the very people who created the illegal roads that are hurting this species — and plenty of others," said Tuell.
The Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and allies petitioned the Forest Service to close this area to motorized uses in 2009 in order to protect the salamander.
Once the decision is published in the local newspaper of record (the Albuquerque Journal), members of the public who commented on the Forest's "draft environmental impact statement" in 2010 will have 45 days to appeal the decision, which is available with maps and analysis at the Santa Fe National Forest's website.
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Arcade shooters Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets are being lumped together for an upcoming Xbox 360 release in Japan. But maybe you don't live in Japan and maybe you have a soft spot for fat girls and saccharine. What to do?
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"We have received a lot of requests and support from overseas for our upcoming twin Xbox 360 shooter release: Muchi-Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets Double Pack," Cave's Makoto Asada told Kotaku. "Next February marking a year since our last region-free package release (Espgaluda II Black Label), I have decided to release this pack region-free."
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Cumbria is a county in the North of England which is famed above all for its natural beauty. Although it is the Lake District which most people will immediately associate with Cumbria, there are a great many other spots of natural beauty to behold, as well as plenty of activities to suit all tastes around the county. It is an excellent idea to consider renting holiday accommodation in Cumbria, whether it be a cottage in the Lake District, a small lodge, or a large, permanently located caravan. This will ensure that you have the freedom and the flexibility to get out and about and see and enjoy everything which Cumbria has to offer, at a time which suits you and your family or travel companions.
Arriving in Cumbria by car, or perhaps hiring a car on your arrival, is virtually essential for seeing the best of what the county has to offer. The Lake District is comprised of around twenty major bodies of water, with a great many smaller ones dotted around. Visitors looking to explore the lakes may be best advised to begin at Windermere and the Brockhole Visitor Centre, where all the required information may be obtained. There are a number of facilities at the centre for all the family to enjoy, including watersports and a children's adventure playground. Other locations in the area more than worth seeing include Derwent Water, Ullswater and Coniston Water, where perished Donald Campbell, CBE, in his ill-fated attempt to break his own world speed record over water in his craft, Bluebird, in 1967.
As well as its Lakeland beauty, Cumbria also has its rugged, mountainous scenery to appreciate. Cumbria is host to every mountain in England over the three thousand feet mark and climbers, adventurous walkers and even mountain bikers are therefore all but spoiled for choice in the locations which they can visit. You may for this reason choose to seek a holiday cottage or lodge for rental in an area close to peaks such as Scafell Pike, Helvellyn, or Skiddaw, in order to engage in one of these particular brands of holiday pastime activity.
Cumbria is an area which has witnessed considerable upheaval in a historical sense. Evidence of this dating back to Roman times can still be seen, particularly with the legendary Hadrian's Wall forming the county's approximate northern boundary. The path which follows the course of the wall is a great way for walkers with an interest in history to combine both passions. Castles are plentiful in Cumbria, with the impressive Carlisle Castle dating back to Norman times. A visit to Carlisle Castle can be combined with a tour of the historic town, where the ancient features of the county's main population and economic centre are complemented by the common comforts and conveniences of everyday modern living.
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Pemphigus can be a tough disease to live with but many patients now in remission have found inspiration, this is Sally's story:
I have been in remission now for over 1 year (YES!!!). That is complete remission with no symptoms and no meds. I was diagnosed in 2004 and rode the roller coaster of varying doses of prednisone coupled with Cellcept at first and then Imuran. After many ups and downs, 4 years of meds, and a very slow taper of prednisone, I was able to go off of all meds and have been doing great for the past year. My treatment was with Dr. Anhalt, who I am extremely grateful to for his knowledge and compassion.
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Calorie Counts Need More Context, Experts Say
Some experts worry that if people don't know basic facts about how many calories they should eat in a day, restaurant calorie counts could be ineffective.
This week, Everyday Health is publishing a series of articles about the calorie counts that will soon be required on chain restaurant menus across the country. This final installment looks at how consumers can use calorie counts to their advantage.
Calorie counts are soon to appear on chain restaurant menus across the country, but many experts are worried that consumers won't know how to make use of them. The only information mandated by the Affordable Care Act that must be published directly next to the menu item is the calorie count for the dish itself. Because the mandate doesn't require any other information, such as daily nutritional requirements or information beyond calories, many experts are worried that people won't get much use out of the labels. "In part, if you don't put the context there, then why did you mandate it in the first place, because the purpose was to help people manage their calorie count," asked nutritionist Gayle Timmerman, PHD, RN, of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Other researchers agreed that context and other aids to help people understand what they're reading will be necessary, but all acknowledged that just getting the calorie counts on menus is a big step.
"My initial perception is that there's always going to be a better mousetrap that we can build, but I'm not yet as much of a skeptic of menu labeling as many people are," said Jason Block, MD, professor of population medicine at Harvard University.
Because certain cities, including New York City, have already implemented calorie count mandates, there have been some studies to test their effectiveness. Christina Roberto, PhD, a psychologist and epidemiologist at Harvard's School of Public Health, said she found the results of those studies to be largely inconclusive.
"The media coverage traditionally paints a picture that it doesn't work, and that's really frustrating, because it's much more mixed," she said, noting that there are studies that show menu labeling does do work and studies that suggest it doesn't.
Dr. Block recently conducted a study to see how people estimated the calories they were consuming at fast food restaurants, including McDonald's, Burger King and Subway. The study, published in the British Medical Journal in May 2013, will serve as a basis for Block to compare consumers' calorie estimations before and after the implementation of the ACA-mandated menu calorie counts, he said. His initial research found that people tend to underestimate the calorie count of what they're consuming by 175 to 259 calories, and consumers' estimations were even farther off when they ate at chains that marketed themselves as healthier, such as Subway.
One thing that Block noted was that right now, calorie information is in fact available at almost every chain restaurant, even if it isn't posted on the menu — it's on posters, napkins or food wrappers. But almost no one actually takes the time to look at it.
This didn't surprise Roberto, who once conducted a study counting how many people walking into chain restaurants actually sought out calorie information. She and her team observed 4,000 people for the study, but only six actually looked for the information — 0.1 percent.
"It has to be staring you in the face — people are not going to make the effort," she said.
Unfortunately, according to Timmerman, people are "horrible" at understanding calorie counts. Block added that, research-wise, "no one has really looked in depth at the effect of people's understanding of calorie counts." Roberto said there may be more intuitive ways to present the information, since people often make decisions about what to order very quickly.
Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said that numeric information can still be helpful. "The main way people use nutrition labels on packaged foods is to make comparisons," she said, citing choices like whether to buy Triscuits or Wheat Thins, or Breyers or Haagen-Dazs ice cream. "I think that will be easy for people to just see," she said, making up a hypothetical choice between a 580-calorie chicken ranch sub or a 480-calorie Italian sub. "That will be eye-opening for some people."
Context Counts, Too
Other research has suggested that calorie counts are particularly effective when the number is put in context. Roberto, for example, conducted a study in which individuals were presented with options that included calorie counts and information on how many calories a person should eat in a day. Other participants were given only the calorie counts. Having calorie counts available led people to make healthier choices, but the biggest surprise came later. The researchers were also monitoring what people consumed later, after the study, and they found that those who had been told how many calories a person should eat during the entire day picked healthier options later, on their own. "Maybe that reminder keeps them in check," Roberto suggested.
Another study, conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina and published in Appetite, looked at how people reacted to labels that just gave calorie counts versus labels that also explained how far a person would have to walk to burn off those calories. Adding any sort of nutritional information reduced the number of calories ordered by about 100, but people with access to the information on how far they'd have to walk cut their orders down by another 100 calories. Among the participants, 82 percent said they preferred the physical activity-based labels.
Additional information such as how many calories a person should eat in a day, or how calories translate to exercise, is "good for education, but to put it on a menu would be impossible," given space restraints, Wootan said. Adding it as supplemental information that could be found online or in on-site brochures would probably mean it would get the same attention as calorie counts before the mandate — almost none.
Roberto suggested that a simple system, such as traffic light labels (green for healthy food, yellow for moderately healthy food, and red for unhealthy food), would add a lot of value to the labels. With the implementation of calorie count posting already delayed, researchers noted that it may take some time to figure out how to post the information to best help consumers.
How You Can Use Menu Calorie Counts
In the meantime, here are some tips to help you navigate the calorie counts that are coming:
- The number of calories you consume daily depends on your size, gender, exercise plan, and weight loss goals, Timmerman said, recommending MyPlate as a resource for determining the right calorie count to aim for. On average, adult females need between 1,600 and 2,000 calories per day, while males should aim for 2,000 to 2,400.
- One pound of weight is equal to 3,500 calories, so in order to lose a pound, you have to eat 3,500 fewer calories. For a healthy weight loss of 1/2 a pound to a pound per week, that means cutting 300 to 500 calories per day.
- Physical activity burns calories, but make sure you know how many. On average, about 10 minutes of jogging or 20 minutes of walking briskly burns 100 calories. So to burn off a small order of French fries, most people would need to walk for 45 minutes, or jog for 20. For a Dairy Queen small Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard, you'd need to walk for two and half hours, or jog for an hour and 15 minutes.


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Screen protectors – they are one accessory everyone should have for their phone but that many don't. Although they seem like a great idea, many people don't invest in one and I think one of the big reasons is that most of them last anywhere from a day to a few weeks, or even maybe a few months if you are lucky.
The problem is that the screen protectors that you pick up off ebay or on those high street phone accessory stands is that they are designed to be cheap and disposable. But with that design, you end up having to get a whole bunch of them just so you can keep some handy and replace them as soon as the previous one starts peeling. By the time you have kept your protected for a whole year you have had to purchase so many that you have spent twice as much as you would on a decent screen protector – not to mentioned wasted hours, positioning and pushing out those bubbles.
About 5 years ago I discovered that spending a little more on the screen protector meant that you got a screen protector that could last well over a year. Not only that, however, there are a few companies offering "Lifetime Guarantee". My first of these higher quality screen protectors was from a company called Clear Protector (who seem to have since rebranded as zNitro). With these companies what you get is a high quality screen protector that should last the lifetime of your phone in less harsh conditions but also a guarantee that if it bubbles, scratches or peels away over time that you can get a replacement. I should say that it is important to check the fine print when it comes to this as different companies could have different things they cover and even different definitions of the word "lifetime".My recent experiences have been with the company known as Expert Shield and this is who I would recommend if you're looking for a screen protector in the UK or US. To start with Expert Shield aren't one of these companies who have a great guaranty service, but don't advertise it: there are a few companies that offer such lifetime guarantees, but this information is buried in the fine prints of their site and although this can be found when you do a google search and is essentially only offered for those looking for this feature. Expert Shield not only makes the fact they have a lifetime guarantee, but what the details of it are clear on the homepage. Not only are they willing to offer a replacement for bubbles and scratches, but it even covers difficulty when fitting. This shows the companies confidence that the product will last and that installation is simple.
Beyond the product and the guarantee provided, the Expert Shield support team have been of great help on numerous occasions with product queries and the such. The company was set up through the frustration with screen protectors similar to what I had experienced in the past and provide the solution with a personal experience. I have always been answered with a human response and not any of those pre-canned messages and even had the nice touch of having a hand written thank you from the team on a compliments slip and two large microfibre cloths thrown in on my first order of 4 screen protectors (for all the family). And you'll even find (throughout their website and on their packaging) that they really do have a sense of humor which always making using a product or service more enjoyable.The products are well packaged in a simple, yet premium looking, cardboard sleeve advertising the main product points and re-emphasising their lifetime guarantee. On the reverse you have all the instructions you will need to install the protector and inside the packet you have included a small microfibre cloth (with their company logo embossed in the corner) as well as (of course) the screen protector itself. The screen protector is a rigid sheet of plastic that stops bubbles and creases in transit and that peels back for easy application.
Application of the screen protector is similar to that of the cheaper screen protectors I have purchased where it is a two step process of peeling the backing film as you apply, then peeling the front film once aligned and all bubbles removed. This is probably the simplest form of application and although on my first purchase I was a little worried about how easy it would be to apply without bubbles, with a clean screen and a low dust environment this is a breeze. The Clear Protector I had previously had a slightly more complex installation process involving soaking the protector in a bowl of soapy water which allowed the protector to slide into place over the screen. Although I would say that the latter was a better method for getting in the right spot and removing bubbles it did have the major disadvantage of require you leave your phone for 24 hours for the liquid between the protector and your device to evaporate and of course the anxious feeling you get as you place a soapy screen protector on top of your not-so-waterproof phone. Each method has their pros and cons but method employed by Expert Shield is simple, quick and gets the job done. In order to get the bubbles out you can use a ruler or debit card to push these to and off the edge.
The biggest issue you will have is if dust gets caught underneath: hence why you should make sure the screen is perfectly clean before you start and try to do this in an environment with little dust floating in the air. Expert Shield say that one of the best environments is a slightly steamy bathroom works great (I can only assume something to do with the hotter steamy air making the dust particles rise rather than fall straight onto your screen).
Now the big question is, "They give me this lifetime guarantee but when I need to claim on it, how much hard work and bureaucracy am I going to have to go through to get this?". Well if my experience is any answer to the question at hand, then I can assure you that when I recently contacted them about getting a replacement (after a year one corner had flicked up while putting the phone in a snug case and a small bit of dirt then flew under causing a little bubble and for the peeling corner to not adhere back down again so well) and the process was as simple as letting them know which screen protector I had the issue with then confirming the postal address for the new shield to be sent out to.
For me Expert Shield is the only choice when I get a new device and have recently been disappointed by the fact they don't have a screen protector for my Moto 360 watch, but I am happy to vouch for the quality of their products, the standard of their services and the pleasant experiences I have had with them. Although
Disclaimer: This post is based off my own opinions and experiences with the company Expert Shield, this is not a paid for or sponsored post and although I recommend Expert Shield, there are other alternatives available many of which offer similar services for a similar price point.


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After taking care of a sick kiddo all week last week, I've been got. I came down with the dreaded stomach bug yesterday morning and have been quarantined to bed for the last 36 hours. Can I just say that this is actually kind of nice? I mean, not the part where I puke every time I try to move, but the part where I get to stay in bed while my husband takes care of everything. It never fails that on the rare occasion that I do get sick, I always seem to get sick on a Monday or Tuesday when there is no help in sight and I just have to suck it up and pretend like I'm not sick and keep plugging along. So when I got sick on a Saturday it was like a little bit of luxury. Hubby said, "Get in bed, I got this!" Oh my word! Despite the fact that my house is a wreck, I love that man for picking up the slack. (Lord help me though, if he comes down with it and I have to deal with man sickness. Man sickness makes me want to pull my fingernails off one by one.)
Unfortunately though, I had to miss our dear friend's birthday party last night. (Happy 30th, Courtney!) My mom was already planning on keeping the kids while we went to the party, so I sent Kamron on to the party and the littles to grandma's. And I... well, I did nothing. In my quiet house, I laid in bed and rested. And tried to keep down sips of water. And watched 2 hours of Sex and the City reruns and 2 hours of Everybody Loves Raymond reruns and the latest episode of Teen Mom. And took a hot bath. And stayed curled up under 3 blankets to ward off the freezingness. (I think I just made up a new word) So all in all, taking a sick day was not the worst thing that has ever happened to me.
Since I haven't done anything of note- unless you want a play by play of the insane amount of television I've watched- I'm going to do a little linking to my favorite blog posts from the last week. One of my favorite things about blogging is the unique perspective you get on so many things that make you stretch your beliefs and understand things from a different point of view. I LOVE it!
The Livesay's- Happy Birthday Miracle Babies- a feel good story about some miracle births in Haiti
How Can They Hear- Conversations No One Should Have - grab a tissue. This sweet family is dealing with a very sick child
Welcome to My Brain- Masturbation Nation- No one dispenses humorous parenting advice about talking to your kids about sex quite like Christine
Ethiopia or Bust- By Josh- a look at MLK day
Never A Dull Moment- a Haitian adoptive family reflects on losing their birthmother in the earthquake
A Forever Family- You probably saw Davids plea for a family all over the internet. This is the family that is adopting him and the most awesome ever picture of Davids finding out he has a family.
Andy, Kiara and Family- my dear friend who is selling homemade body butter to raise money for their next adoption. (I highly recommend the chocolate peppermint!)
And now I must go and... watch more tv and let my body finishing getting rid of this crud. On the plus side- I'm sure I've lost a whole mess of weight. SCORE!
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Like listening to someone else tell you about their dream.
Like listening to someone else tell you about their dream.
A feature film event that still looks like the TV show, where bigger set-ups doesn't necessarily translate to funnier.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about Clem Snide's new song, "Roger Ebert."
An article about three IndieCollect restorations—"F.T.A.", "Nationtime-Gary" and "The Story of a Three-Day Pass"—having their world premiere at this weekend's HFPA Restoration Summit.
An article about Clem Snide's new song, "Roger Ebert."
An article about three IndieCollect restorations—"F.T.A.", "Nationtime-Gary" and "The Story of a Three-Day Pass"—having their world premiere at this weekend's HFPA Restoration Summit.
Theo Angelopoulos' Landscape in the Mist is a work of art that comes from the feelings, the dreams, the sorrows, and the flashes of life…
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho pens a letter to Roger about Michael Apted's 63 Up.
A report on an unusual event in Los Angeles with the director of The Farewell, Lulu Wang.
An interview with Benh Zeitlin, director/co-writer of "Wendy."
"Lawless" is a well-made film about ignorant and violent people. Like the recent "Killer Joe," I can only admire this film's craftsmanship and acting, and regret its failure to rise above them. Its characters live by a barbaric code that countenances murder. They live or die in a relentless hail of gunfire. It's not so much that the movie is too long, as that too many people must be killed before it can end.
I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence. The Australian director of "Lawless," John Hillcoat, made a film named "The Proposition" (2006) that was also about a band of brothers up against a ruthless lawman, and it was one of the best films of that year. Based loosely on fact, it was written by the musician Nick Cave, and perhaps that's why both men were hired to make "Lawless," based on a war between Virginia moonshiners and lawmen. Whatever inspired "The Proposition" is lacking here, however; the characters seem less driven than propelled by a script, and the most villainous is so far over the top, he upstages himself.
We meet the three Bondurant brothers in Franklin County, Va., during the Prohibition. They make excellent moonshine and defend their turf without compromise. Into their backwoods domain ventures Special Agent Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce), a fed from Chicago. He works with the none too enthusiastic local sheriff's department to do — what? Shut them down? Take them over? Kill them all?
This Charley Rakes, he's a piece of work. Here in the deep woods, he sticks out like a riverboat gambler. He's meticulously well-dressed, parts and slicks back his hair like Valentino, and uses so much cologne, he can't sneak up on anyone. He may be the first man in the history of Franklin County to wear dress gloves in the daytime. Pearce creates a detailed, foppish performance, adorning a sadistic personality. Charley is such a snake he deserves to be shot just on principle. One of the movie's mysteries is how he survives for so long.
The three brothers run a combination shop, restaurant and gas station in the backwoods, where as I recall, we never see a customer. It's their center of moonshine operations. The oldest brother is Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy, Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises"). Brother Howard (Jason Clarke) is the most feared in the family. Kid brother Jack (Shia LaBeouf) feels he has never really proved himself to the others, but the movie provides him with the opportunity. What kind of a man is Forrest? When his throat is slit open, he holds the edges of the wound together and sets out to walk through the snow to the hospital.
Drawn to this remote place is a mysterious woman named Maggie (Jessica Chastain) from Chicago, who was a dancer but wanted to move to a more peaceful place. She becomes a waitress, bookkeeper, business manager and Forrest's girlfriend. Young Jack spies an angelic beauty named Bertha (Mia Wasikowska) in church. It's not that he's a churchgoer; he was looking for her. They become sweethearts. The other local character of note is Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan), a harmless, half-witted innocent who of course is destined to die horribly.
After assorted deaths, a war seems inevitable. What may strike you as surprising is the film's climactic battle. On a road near town, the two sides essentially line up their cars opposite each other and start shooting. They have that strange illusion of invulnerability born of hate and guns in their hands, and blast away in full view until those required to die do so, and the others survive.
By that point, I'd seen enough death and bloodshed. I'd also lost interest in the characters: the insane dandy, the violent brothers and even both women, who appear because you need some women around, I suppose. "Lawless" takes pains to inform us it's based on a true story, and indeed the script is based on a book by Matt Bondurant, whose grandfather was Jack. I believe it's based on facts. I wish it were based on insights. The movie's publicity tells us: "Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream." I don't even want to think about that.
A personal piece on the impact of Twitter bullying reflected through the behavior of a director.
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A TV review of Amazon Prime's Hunters, from executive producer Jordan Peele.
A review of the new HBO series The Outsider, as adapted from the novel by Stephen King.


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When remodeling, working with what you already have is one of the most eco-friendly things you can do. "Our desire for new, new, new, and to consume, consume, consume leads to our fast depletion of resources," says Lili Wright, a Philadelphia-based interior designer. "We make the best use of things in their creative reuse."
Rethinking how, where and why you use the furnishings you have, then doing a little cleanup here and repurposing there, can give your home a brand-new look—same old stuff and all.
So it's not ready for a magazine close-up? Don't throw it out yet. Many quality pieces just need a little cosmetic help.
A coat of paint can be a cure-all for wood, metal and other hard surfaces; choose paints low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to avoid outgassing. Decorative molding is inexpensive and adds style to wood furnishings (look for solid wood molding, not synthetic). Or toss a pretty throw onto a tabletop, chair or dresser to create a new look.
Recovering chair cushions in look-at-me, eco-friendly material is a fast fix in the dining room, Wright says. "You will feel like you have a whole new dining set," she adds.
Erin, a homeowner who turned these old shelves from plain to pretty, explains: "My husband and I received these beautiful handmade shelves as a gift from some friends a few years ago. When we moved to our new apartment, we decided that we needed more color in our lives. Being a huge fan of all things DIY, I wanted to show my husband how easy it was to make 'old' things new again. This project was perfect. It proved to be budget-friendly and fun." Erin was thrilled they reused the piece they had rather than buying new. "I'm currently on a mission to convince everyone that a little low-VOC paint goes a long way....It's definitely one of the greatest things I've learned from my mom," she says.
Jen transformed this tired chair (right), which had been damaged when it fell off the back of a truck on the interstate, into her own personal heirloom. She explains: "The chair was in bad shape—the legs had broken off and the fabric was scuffed all over. I don't know how the upholsterer did it but, wow, it looks so great!"
Paula says she loves "finding chairs that everyone else is passing over or frowning at, getting a great bargain and getting a great upholsterer to work magic on them." She looks for classic chair shapes and combines them with bold, modern textile designs. "I think there is often fun and humor in the tension between different styles," she says.
Simply removing a little-used table or clearing away clutter can completely change a room. But be purposeful in what you remove, advises Sharon Hanby-Robie, an interior designer and author of Decorating Without Fear (Rutledge Hill, 2007). "Start by writing a mission statement for each room," she says. "What do you want this room to do, and how do you make that happen with the furnishings you own?"
Evaluate each piece in the room. Is it functional? Does it serve the room's purpose? If not, maybe you could donate it or repurpose it elsewhere.
When it comes to accessories, less is more. "Our rooms often look like we're wearing all of our jewelry at the same time," Wright says. "When you dress, you have different seasons, outfits and moods. In the same way, keep your space alive by changing it up every once in awhile."
To help clients let go of possessions, Hanby-Robie takes photos of their spaces. "When you live in a place, you lose perspective. A camera can give it back," she says. Shocked at how much clutter the photo reveals, many clients are motivated to clear away extraneous stuff.
Sometimes, all a tired piece of furniture needs is a new venue. As you clear out excess items, keep each room's mission statement in mind. Could pieces from one room help fulfill another's purpose?
Hanby-Robie likes to use furniture in unexpected ways. She suggests putting a dresser in the bathroom for towels and makeup, shortening a table's legs to create a game table, or using a rug made of natural materials as a table runner.
Even good change is hard. "I have a rule that clients can't call me for 48 hours after I've done their home," Hanby-Robie says. "It's like getting a new hairdo—even when you know it looks good, you have to get used to it."
Artist Tracey Barnes has always been inspired by nature. She collects found bits of treasure: stones, shells, leaves, pods, bugs, beetles and butterflies. She explains: "I started creating art pieces to showcase my collections, bringing nature inside and creating light pieces to show the beautiful color and texture of crystal, fluorite, amethyst, calcite, topaz, aquamarine, pearls, and other semiprecious rough and uncut gems. The structure is often created out of old tractor parts and wheels or found pieces of branches or roots that are then finished with copper or gold and tarnished."
The 13-foot chandelier she made for Denver restaurant Z Cuisine was inspired by the organic lines of Art Nouveau. The piece is delicately bejeweled with sea green and champagne fluorite, cream and black freshwater pearls, moonstone chips, orange calcite and red coral, all from Barnes' collection. "Even though it is such a large piece, it has an airy, floating feeling," she says.
6 new spots for your old stuff
Sometimes it's just better to put Grandma's wall cabinet out into circulation for someone else to enjoy.
1. Swapthing.com lets you trade something you don't need for something you do.
2. Freecycle.org has more than 3 million members around the world who exchange items free of charge; chances are you'll find a taker for Aunt Edna's old chairs.
3. Newspaper classifieds and many weeklies have a "freebies" section where you can list furniture for the taking.
4. Consignment shops save time by letting someone else do the selling for you. You might find something to take home that suits your purposes better than the piece you left.
5. Craigslist.org and KABOO.com are free online sites where you can sell or give away unwanted items.
6. Charitable organizations and thrift stores such as the Goodwill, the Salvation Army and women's shelters are usually happy to take your items. Call ahead—they may come pick them up.


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MeMeMe's fairly new 2 in 1 concealer is called Correct & Perfect, with a cream concealer on top and powder on the bottom.
It comes in 3 shades: Buff ( Light tone) Nude ( Mid tone) & Taupe ( Olive tone) and can be used on the face and under the eyes:
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Featuring a hydrating cream concealer to smooth blemishes & hide those tell-tale dark circles with a translucent setting powder which doubles up to to set your perfecting concealer and offers mattifying cover to any other cheeky areas
You know it looks like something else…Bobbi Brown's concealer kit! MeMeMe seem to be producing a lot of products that are 'similar' to other big brands' products, right? Do we like this?
I have Nude which is the middle shade. It seems a bit too light for me.
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The concealer seems very light to me – almost slightly waxy. The Bobbi Brown concealer kit is superior in terms of coverage for sure. BB's has a thick almost sticky texture which offers more opacity and lasts longer.
If you want a light coverage concealer, perhaps something that is less heavy then BB then this one may work better for you:
The setting powder is fine, once again BB's is better because it has a yellow toned powder which really matches my skintone. This one is slightly white. The powder itself is fine though but not as finely milled as Bobbi Browns.
Comparisons aside, is the MeMeMe concealer a worthy purchase? I'd say that there are better under eye and face concealers out there. It's just a bit fussy to use and I don't think the coverage it gives it is worth the time.
If you are looking for this kind of 2 part concealer though, and have a paler, cooler skin complexion than me you may like this. It's currently £5.49 from the MeMeMe site, which makes it far more affordable than Bobbi Brown.


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