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Chances are that if you're ringing in the New Year at a local club Monday night, the man or woman behind the bar mixing your favorite drink was taught by Hank Belden.
ORMOND BEACH — Chances are that if you're ringing in the New Year at a local club Monday night, the man or woman behind the bar mixing your favorite drink was taught by Hank Belden.
He has trained bartenders in the area since 1984.
Excellent service is as important to Belden as the proper taste and presentation of a cocktail. A welcoming smile and engaging personality for a bartender are keys to building a following, one reason a customer might return to an establishment well past New Year's Eve.
"You have to be a better listener than talker. That's why we have two ears and one mouth," he said. "This job is not for people who don't like people."
Belden, 68, speaks from decades of experience, dating back to college.
In his eyes, a top-shelf bartender must be part psychologist and part psychic, instinctively knowing when to step in or out of a conversation, often picking up on the body language of customers as they walk in the door.
"You treat people the way they want to be treated, not the way you want to be treated. It has nothing to do with the Golden Rule," Belden said at his hospitality training/bartending school at the South Trails Shopping Center on Granada Boulevard.
Otherwise, Belden said a customer might choose to pour a drink at home for a lot less money.
"I teach from an owner's perspective," he said. "I want my students to be successful and the places to be happy."
Realism is a critical element of the school.
A Rolling Stones song wafts through the small storefront school, and bottles of labeled liquor and liqueurs filled with colored water are stacked behind two teaching bars.
Students pay $998 for the hands-on course that can run from as little as three weeks to "until they're happily employed."
"I tended bar all through college at Florida Southern and law school at the University of Missouri. "But I decided I didn't want to be a lawyer," Belden said. "I couldn't see getting up every morning, putting a noose (tie) around my neck and fighting people all day."
And at day's end, he saw many of those veteran attorneys holding court at a local tavern. That wasn't the life he wanted, figuring his personality was better suited for the other side of the bar.
So he went into the hospitality trade, initially managing resorts in Hawaii and Australia for six years, and ultimately ended up owning a Daytona Beach restaurant, Marker 32.
"I initially opened the school to train bartenders for the restaurant. Then I sold off the restaurant and kept the school," he said. "The bar business is about as recession proof as possible. People are either celebrating or commiserating."
Even the smallest details of the trade, such as cutting a lemon or skewering olives, are taught. Simply dropping an olive in a drink reveals a lack of training to Belden.
"It sinks to the bottom of the glass and, if a customer wants the olive, and they always do, they have to stick their fingers in the drink to get it," he told two of his students, Joe and Joni Bartley, a brother and sister from Daytona Beach.
Joni, 21, soon will be attending a culinary school in Orlando and figured bartending had some short-term and long-range benefits.
"I want to be a chef. It's a good skill to know," she said. "And bartending can help get me through school."
Joe, 20, is headed to Southeastern University in Lakeland next month and one day wants to own a restaurant.
"This helps a lot," he said of learning the proper way to run a bar.
But Belden said the job these days demands more responsibility, knowing when to cut a customer off, because a bartender and restaurant/club can be held culpable.
"There's more awareness now. The laws are more restrictive," Belden said. "That's part of my role (as a teacher) that I enjoy. The industry needs to be cleaned up and improved. There's a lot of bad service out there."
The reasons students attend his school are as diverse as the drinks they learn to make. Some folks have lost jobs or retired. Others are simply looking for a career change, seeking some fun and adventure in their lives.
Adam Phillips, 27, of Edgewater is in the third week of training.
"The motivation for me realistically was the money, and to have a lot of fun," Phillips said for attending the school.
Belden calls bartending a "sales job" without the hassles
"You don't have to knock on doors to make a sale. The customers come to you," he said. "And you get an immediate commission in a tip."
Belden said he still bartends from time-to-time, and he's catering about four private parties New year's Eve, down from about 40 just a few years ago because of the bad economy.
As with fashion, popular drinks come and go. This New Year's Eve, requests for a Blue Lady or Swimming Pool 2014 could become as passe as Schlitz beer by next Dec. 31. But the standards like a martini or Manhattan never die.
"The Old Fashioned was popular in the '50s through '70s, and then fell out of favor," Belden said. "Now it's coming back with young people."
And like the martini, the time-tested ingredients that make a good bartender begin with the basics.
"Some people just don't know how to smile. And I can't teach that," Belden said. "They have to bring it with them from home."


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The next big step
Our daughter Keely graduated from college in December, with a double major in Chemistry and Biology and a minor in Math. We're really proud of the words "cum laude" on her diploma, too. She worked hard to earn them. Now she's job-hunting.
Today, I went with Keely, and she applied for a job at a laboratory. The director of the lab brought her into his office to talk about career opportunities there. He seemed happy that she had applied and thanked her for her interest. He told her that he'll probably have a temporary position available within a few weeks and several permanent positions within a few months.
They gave Keely a tour of the facility and invited me to come along as well. In the photo below, Keely's posing with an electron microscope that she greatly admired. A microscope of this sort costs several hundred thousand dollars, and it can photograph a virus with amazing detail.
I hope this works out for Keely. It's exactly the sort of job that she wants.

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A rant and a recipe...
So here is a recipe..that i love and have been making it regularly, as it is super easy to make and tastes yummy...but honestly...is no culinary masterpiece.....but...this is a food blog and i feel i gotta put in a recipe to carry on this blog :D
Paneer Bhurji.
Paneer - 4-6 oz block. Grate it with the thicker side of the grater- you know that i mean.
Mixed vegetables - 1 cup ( i used carrots and peas - frozen :D)
Leeks - 2, sliced thin ( was out of onions...use onions if you want)
Garlic - 2, grated
Cumin - 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp.
Pav Bhaji masala - 1/2 tsp.
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tsp. (do not use more, as paneer has a lot of fat)
1. Grate the paneer and keep aside.
2. In a pan, add the oil,add the cumin. Add the onion and garlic and saute till soft, do not let it burn.
3. Add the peas and carrots with the turmeric and salt,cook till softened.
4. Add the red chilly powder and the pav bhaji masala then add the paneer and mix well.
5. Cook this for 5 minutes, if you have cilantro with you...add it at this point...it really takes it to another level.
15 comments:
- Sig said...
LOL... thanks for the laugh with my coffee! I get all those and the how old are you question, that's what annoys me the most!
- Sun Jul 12, 03:26:00 PM EDT
- Nupur said...
I can't stand nosy people either, but I am not shy about letting them know that.
When people ask me a question that I feel is nosy, I simply smile and say, "Why do you want to know?" which usually gives them the idea.
If it is a stranger, I am known to simply say "excuse me" and walk away.
Or you can use the old "ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer" routine. "Oh you are a vegetarian...what do you eat" gets the response, "Food. Why, what do you eat?".
It is a free country and anyone can ask a question, but that also means that I am free to not answer. People respond to your attitude- if they know you don't tolerate nonsense, they won't subject you to any.
- Sun Jul 12, 04:12:00 PM EDT
- Nags said...
whoah! they ask how much you make? i am thinking, if i ever got that ques, i wud say a ridiculously high amount and make them wonder how on earth i earn so much ;)
- Sun Jul 12, 10:16:00 PM EDT
- Parita said...
I get pissed off to when people start poking their unwanted heads in my business, i guess with such people we just need to be firm...
paneer bhurji looks delicious!! all the ingredients are perfect and i can imagine the heavenly taste!
- Mon Jul 13, 11:34:00 AM EDT
- Laavanya said...
That picture is just too tempting that I had to check out the recipe before reading your rant :) Absolutely delicious and I love how the paneer is holding it's shape well and not crumbled.
Coming to the rant - what is with all the nosy pple.. ? Some may justify it as just making themselves more knowledgeable about the state of affairs in general but still, i don't think that's a good enough reason for me.
- Tue Jul 14, 11:41:00 AM EDT
- Raaga said...
I so know what you mean.
I love the bhurjee... should try this :)
- Thu Jul 16, 03:06:00 AM EDT
- Rajitha said...
Sig..i know...i am sometimes shocked at the nerve!
Nupur..trust me..i do exactly that..but these guys usually catch you when you are the most vulnerable :D..like when you are drowsy or are in a good mood ;)
Nags...lol...the problem is then you would be bombarded with more questions on how you got to make so much blah blah :D
Parita...annoying right! and the best part is there is absolutely no understanding on their part when you get pissed!
Laavanya...use the side that grates really thick and make it in a wde pan..and stir just a few times with a gentle hand :)..about the people...the best part is..they do not find it wierd that we do nto ask them any questiosn about their personal lives! i guess they gotta get a career change and be nosy parkers :D
raaga...i am certain i would have read those posts..will check it out again...and about the lentils..they are brown lentils...i do not think they are masoor..but you can use any dal that holds it's shape..like chana dal too
- Thu Jul 16, 01:28:00 PM EDT
- Bong Mom said...
In NY subway too ?? If some cool dude from Manhattan asks you those, make up some good answers I say ;-) else you know what to do ....
That paneer grating thing is a bright idea
- Fri Jul 17, 09:26:00 AM EDT
- Bharathy said...
LOL!...That was a lovely read, girl!! :D
I was here with a pissed-off-mood and now with a wide grin :D..
Love the addition of leeks and Pav bhaji masala to the Bhurji..should taste great! :)
- Fri Jul 17, 10:25:00 AM EDT
- Vibaas said...
Paneer bhurji looks yum!!
About your rant..i dont understand either. What annoys me the most is the free parenting advice i get :)
- Sat Jul 18, 11:09:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
I hear you! Some people just don't know/understand boundaries. I unfortunately have one of those in my life that I can't get rid of.
Burji looks good, btw :)
- Sun Jul 19, 02:48:00 PM EDT
- Rajitha said...
Bong mom...this is thru exp....all the cute guys are taken and if there is a single one out there..he is usually a looney ;)
Bharathy...glad the rant made you smile :)
Vibaas...i am certain that would be extremely annoying...
Vani...don't we all have!!...
- Mon Jul 20, 09:24:00 AM EDT
- Namratha said...
LOL! Poor you, why are people always after you R?
Paneer burji, looks like its raining PB in the blogosphere!! But I love it.
- Thu Jul 23, 07:43:00 PM EDT
- Siri said...
I know, even I use my ipod as a weapon to stay away from conv of any sort..esp while I am in metro.. and rightly said by you, their questions are so personal that u wud feel like yelling at the top of your lungs - 'LEAVE ME ALONE'!!..
Paneer Burji looks yummy!!!
~ Siri
- Sat Aug 08, 07:38:00 PM EDT
- kitchen queen said...
I love ur paneer bhurji it is really delicious and yummy.you can visit my blog view my recipes and give ur comments
- Wed Aug 26, 06:18:00 AM EDT


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My logo should do a couple of things, first it should be something that impresses other lawyers. Second, I don't know that any logo will make someone choose me, but I do believe the wrong logo can turn clients away. I also don't want a logo that makes me look just like a solo office.
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Words by Mr Jeremy Langmead
Christmas just wouldn't feel right without a Mr Charles Dickens adaptation on the TV and, thank God, this year we won't have to put up with yet another rendition of A Christmas Carol. The BBC has dug a little deeper and, instead, decided to remake Great Expectations: a complex story of pride, vanity, debt, desire and, of course, expectations.
The production has brought together a stellar cast including Ms Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Mr Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Mr Mark Addy as Pumblechook, and relative newcomer Mr Douglas Booth as Pip.
Mr Booth, who was critically acclaimed for his performance last year as Boy George in the BBC drama Worried About the Boy, and is equally well-known for appearing on giant billboards across the globe between 2009 and 2010 as the face of a number of Burberry campaigns, is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with. It was recently announced that the 19-year-old actor has been cast as Romeo, opposite True Grit's Ms Hailee Steinfeld, in a new Shakespeare adaptation by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Mr Julian Fellowes.
Meanwhile, earlier this year he appeared opposite Mr Matt Smith in a drama about Mr Christopher Isherwood for the BBC, and finished filming the romantic comedy LOL opposite Ms Miley Cyrus and Ms Demi Moore. As a result, Mr Booth has spent the past few months flitting between London and LA where he is being wooed by studios and directors alike.
You would worry that the potent combination of absurd good looks, talent and charm - not to mention a No.2 listing on British GQ's Best-Dressed List last year - might prove rather fatal for someone so young but, happily, this hasn't proved to be the case. Mr Booth, who I should admit at this stage is a friend, has a wise head on his shoulders. This doesn't mean, however, that he is without fault. Some of these faults I shall now spitefully list here because I think it will be cheering to everyone that the actor is not quite perfect.
There. I hope that is of some comfort at least. If not, you can take heart in the fact that throughout much of Great Expectations poor Pip, portrayed beautifully by Mr Booth, gets picked on and teased by the mean and snobbish Estella (tantalisingly played by Ms Vanessa Kirby) and, of course, falls heavily into debt. At least Mr Booth will now know what it felt like to have to pick up that bill at Nobu (although, to be fair, he did try to pay. I'm not sure Pip would have).
Great Expectations begins on BBC One in the UK on 27 December. The DVD will be available from 9 January


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Guard ripped his own tendon in 'extraction' not caught on tape
June 21. 2014 7:51PM
Six things to know about the Ornelas case:
The camera didn't work when most-needed.Sergeants at the Valley Street Jail told a corrections officer to use a handheld camera to film what they termed the "extraction" of Ornelas from his cell.
However, the extraction is missing from the video. Video from the handheld camera shows corrections officers at Ornelas' cell door before they enter, and Ornelas can be heard swearing at them. The video then goes dark. The final cut shows blood on the empty cell floor.
The camera malfunctioned because Officer Kyle Slack was unfamiliar with the camera and rapidly ate up memory by filming on high definition, the investigation found.
Video from stationary cameras shows Slack filming Ornelas with the handheld camera as he is brought to and from showers. Slack told investigators he knew how to operate a different camera, but not the camera used for the Ornelas extraction.
"They have this other one that was, like, a smaller one that we don't use anymore," he said, according to a verbatim transcript of his interview with investigators. "And I was, like, I only used that one, and this was the new one, like, a different one."
Ornelas' lawyer, David P. Angueira, said he will have an expert look at the camera once he files a claim and gets access to evidence.
A jail corrections officer hurt his hand during the Ornelas takedown.Ornelas had banged his head on the cell door, urinated in the cell and clogged the toilet, according to the investigation. He refused to calm down, and blasts of pepper spray proved ineffective.
So officials sent three corrections officers into Ornelas' cell for the extraction.
"He went after Officer (Quinniford) Robinson, and missed, and then he turned around and he came off the top - well, came off the bunk," Corrections Officer Todd Gordon told investigators. "That's when I gra - I like caught him in midair. Brought him to the ground standing, and then brought him down to the ground."
Gordon brought Ornelas to the floor face down with such force that Gordon tore the tendons off the bone of his hands, he told investigators.
Corrections officers eventually restrained Ornelas' feet and hands and dragged him to the showers to clean off the pepper spray.
Ornelas complained of a neck injury early on.During jail intake, Ornelas complained to a jail nurse that his neck hurt, yet he was not treated.
"I was just surprised that when he came in and he said that his neck was hurting, I was surprised there wasn't no bracing on his neck," Corrections Officer Abellard Jolly said during his interview.
Jail Superintendent David Dionne said jail nurses weren't alarmed when Ornelas complained about neck pain; he had been in a fight. But Elliot Hospital had examined Ornelas and cleared him medically, Dionne said.
"The nurse looked at him, saw the paperwork and said he was cleared from the hospital," Dionne said.
He pointed out, and the investigation confirmed, that an Elliot Hospital CT scan only went as far as the C2 vertebra. The injury was at the C4 vertebra, which was not captured by the CT scan.
Ornelas suffers from a spinal abnormality, ankylosis spondylitis, which makes his spine brittle, Elliot Chief Medical Officer Greg Baxter told investigators. He believed Ornelas would not have been able to walk out of the Elliot had his C4 vertabrae been injured during the hospital fight.
Investigators asked about a rumor that a corrections officer had kicked Ornelas in the head.Nearly all correctional officers who were interviewed confirmed hearing a rumor that a specific officer, Quinniford Robinson, had kicked Ornelas in the head. None knew where it originated from, and none gave it credence.
Robinson was one of the three officers who extracted Ornelas from his cell.
"He (Robinson) is not one of the 'Oh, I'm a big tough guy,'" said Corrections Officer Ryan Ladd. "I think he's 50, almost 50 years old."
Robinson told investigators he knew of the rumor, but it didn't bother him. He said he has a reputation as an officer who respects inmates.
Camera man no longer works at jail.
Although he couldn't work the camera, Slack gave investigators vivid details about the extraction. Slack had never seen an inmate take as much pepper spray as Ornelas, he told investigators.
He also described Ornelas' injuries after the extraction.
"Like his eyes were swollen shut, and then there was a lot of blood. I think that's what (happened), like, possibly when he fell and when they took him down. It reopened up the hospital injuries," Slack said.
At one point, investigators zeroed in on Slack because Ornelas was alone with him while strapped to the restraint chair. Ornelas was strapped into the chair for about three hours after he was taken from his cell and showered off.
Slack checked Ornelas' restraints, he told investigators.
Deputy Jail Security Chief Brian Martineau said his internal investigation determined Slack was alone in the cell for a minute, then joined by Robinson. Martineau told investigators he didn't believe the two harmed Ornelas, citing their body language.
Dionne said Slack no longer works at the jail, and Slack told investigators he was moving to New Jersey.
Ornelas deteriorated after being strapped down.When strapped into the restraining chair, Ornelas' behavior was initially ranked 4 - imminently violent. He was temporarily hooded to prevent spitting.
Within 15 minutes, his behavior was ranked 2 - mild agitation. He made some threats and would not agree to a search.
Two hours after being strapped down, he was ranked as 1 - acceptable behavior - and he agreed to be searched. He remained in the chair for an hour, which jail officials said is standard procedure.
Corrections officers and nurses described how his health declined in that hour.
"I remember his head on his chest. A couple times ... he was grunting answers, he was moving his head but not like completely lifting it up," said Lt. Bonnie Ives.
"He wasn't responding to us anymore. We cracked smelling salts to try to wake him up. One of the sergeants or officers did a sternal rub, a pretty hard one, to try to get him to wake up, and he wasn't responding," said Corinne Foley, a jail nurse. "He was getting cool to the touch. And then his pupils weren't reactive at all."
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By Jeff Lockwood.
I'm driving home after barely hanging on for a pathetic 16th place in a soul-crushing amateur cyclocross race in Rillaar, Belgium when I get an email from a friend in the United States asking me to translate "Handups are not a crime!" into Flemish.
The timing of the email turned my grimace into a smirk.
About two hours earlier, roughly forty local spectators dressed in unremarkable dark clothing that represent a statement of function over fashion, are gathered on either side of a demoralizing off-camber snow- and mud-packed turn that I've just cleaned. Instead of cheers or being offered quick sips of beer, I'm met with cold, judging stares and the din of Flemish conversation.
I could have definitely used an audible or alcohol-based moral booster, but offers of heckling, beer, money or other goods to racers during competition, at professional and amateur levels, are foreign concepts in Belgium—where 'cross is king.
Thus, there's no literal Flemish translation for "handup."
This is a far cry from my experience racing 'cross in the United States where friends and strangers along the course loft screams of support along with creative motivating heckles towards all categories and positions of racers. At one particular race I'm essentially stopped in my tracks and "forced" to drink a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon before I continue on my way.
A racer at a race in Flagstaff, Arizona gains some American-style motivation.
This week, the 2013 UCI Cyclocross World Championships are being held in Louisville, Kentucky—the first time in a land that's beyond driving distance from Belgium. There is sure to be a large contingent of rabid European cyclocross fans descending upon the Bluegrass Sate. These supporters, along with the racers, are going to encounter a wholly different, yet just as enthusiastic and informed, sea of people lining the course.
Originally from Vermont, Amy Dombroski has spent the last two seasons living and racing at the highest levels in Belgium. From inside the tape, she's seen crowds on both sides of the Atlantic.
"In America, chances are the spectators will be as fit-looking as the Elite racers. Whereas in Belgium every spectator, aside from the little whipper-snappers ripping about in their Sven replica kits, will have either a beer or a cigarette in close proximity."
A family of Sven Nys supporters.
While the atmosphere on the spectator side of the course tape in the United States is more interactively celebratory, the scene in the party tents and along the courses in Belgium is most definitely a huge alcohol-fueled boisterous bash, but it's a hands-off form of appreciation. Mostly. There have been isolated incidents that have led to racer injuries and racers abandoning their bicycles to chase after beer-tossing spectators [video].
While Dombroski recognizes the differences in the culture around the scenes, she's quick to point out similarities.
"As different as the appearances are, the love is still deep and true in both countries. In America the love is authentic because whether a masters rider or a Category-whatever-number, he or she appreciates what the elite racers have gone through to be where they are, because they've experienced some of that "abuse."
A perfect slice of the Belgian cyclocross target demographic.
In Belgium the love is genuine because cycling culture is so deeply rooted. Belgians carry the emotion and ownership of cycling that I could only compare to Americans & American football."
Ironically the Elite races will be held on Super Bowl Sunday.
After slugging out his professional career in the Belgian cyclocross pressure cooker, Ben Berden is a Belgian native racing in the US for the past two seasons. Competition in the United States is a welcome change for him. He appreciates the warm reception racers receive in the US. "There are 20,000 people at the races in Belgium, and they're not really necessarily going for the race, but more for the party. Instead of beer handups and stuff like that, everybody goes to the beer tent."
A scene from inside one of the party tents following the finish of the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium.
Jonathan Page, a New Hampshire native, is a four-time US National Cyclocross Champion (most recently claiming the title two weeks ago), and has been living and racing cyclocross in Belgium since 2002. When asked about handups and heckling along courses in the United States, Page adds, "I'm not sure what to say about that. I've grabbed a few dollars in Vegas [at CrossVegas], and I'd probably do it again."
How do I translate "Handups are not a crime!" into Flemish? After getting home and unloading the car, I text a Belgian friend for some translation help. Amused with my explanation of the essence of the statement, he ultimately delivers, "Een renner een pintje aanbieden is niet onwettig!"
When I press Dombroski specifically on her thoughts about the offerings of beer and money and heckling taken to the next level in the United States, she replies, "This is what makes the sport of cyclocross so unique—the varying atmospheres. They're both different and I hope it stays that way. American 'cross does not need to become Belgian cyclocross."
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10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Edition (US - BD RA)
Gabe revisits the taming of Julia Stiles after ten years away on Blu-ray disc...
Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) arrives at Padua High School as a new student, and is given a tour of the social ladder by his new best friend Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz). Cameron unfortunately falls immediately head over heels for Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a social darling who isn't allowed to date until her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does. The real problem is that Kat is entirely disinterested in dating, and is entirely too abrasive for any boy to pursue. Cameron and Michael take challenge, and hatch a plan to find a boy willing to seduce Kat. The plan leads them to Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a criminal misfit without much to lose, and a willingness to take money for the abuse.
Remember when Julia Stiles hit the mainstream with a series, or trilogy of Shakespeare adaptations? Who'd have thunk that 10 Things I Hate About You (based on 'The Taming of the Shrew'), the first and most light hearted of the series would be the best? O ended up forgettable after Columbine High School related hold-backs, and Hamlet was possibly the worst film adaptation of the story ever, held only above water thanks to a few decent performances. Still, re-watching 10 Things I'm mostly surprised by how well the film stands up. It's certainly dated, but in that enjoyable, time capsule sort of way, and I especially appreciate the well-earned PG-13 rating, and imagine it would actually struggle to secure the rating if it was released today, despite its clearly edited f-bomb. Modern equivalents usually take an easier road, utilizing either a gross-out hard R, or bland PG. That perfect balance of sexual innuendo that makes parents blush without storming out of the theatre is hard to find these days.
Funnily enough, 10 Things isn't only the most entertaining of Stiles' Shakespeare films, it's also, in my opinion, the most endearing of the glut of teen comedies that broke out in the late 20th century, including American Pie, She's All That and Can't Hardly Wait (though I consider Clueless the best of the bunch). Perhaps the familiar source material makes the difference, but there's certainly something especially charming about the little things, and the cast really made a difference. Besides Stiles, 10 Things is at least partially responsible for introducing television stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, Gabrielle Union to mainstream film audiences. And then there's this guy named Heath Ledger, who's apparently good at his job too. As was the norm for the era of safe for teens comedy, there's quite a bit of fun going on in the backgrounds of any given shot, including lineless characters that are given little mini-arcs, like the chewing cowboy kids. This isn't exactly important, but it adds real texture and life to the film, something missing from a lot of more recent high school flicks.
10 Things I Hate About You comes to Blu-ray, and the results are probably going to disappoint most fans. The transfer is definitely more colourful than the matching DVD anniversary edition that I took these images from, and the colour quality is richer, but that's about your only real advantage. The details are average at best, and pretty inconsistent based on camera placement. Edge-enhancement is a major issue throughout, especially in more crowded compositions, though not to the degree of the recent Gladiator release. Grain is a little too thick for a ten year old film shot to look so clean and colourful, and there are some minor instances of artefacts of the print damage variety. The depths of the blacks is impressive, but occasionally the extreme nature of some of the contrast is disconcerting, especially with the darker skin tones. The head room looks a little tight, but apparently 1.85:1 is the appropriate framing, so there you go.
On the other hand, DVD fans might want to look into the new release. I don't have the old copy to compare directly, but apparently it was non-anamorphic release, and this 10th Anniversary DVD is certainly anamorphically enhanced (the caps on this page are taken from that disc). Actually, it looks pretty much the same as the Blu-ray, so you probably won't be disappointed.
10 Things I Hate About You isn't made for super exciting 5.1 tracks, but this new, lossless DTS-HD track does its best to make itself worth your dollar. The rear channels are occasionally busy with bits of school business, or chirping birds, but effects work is largely incidental, and cut down in favour of dialogue and music. The dialogue track is centred and clear enough to catch all the inconsistencies in Ledger's accent. The score is perfectly '99. Those that lived through the era will remember that the ska rebirth thing was coming to an end, and the next round of power-pop was coming. Sometimes dating your film musically can be a problem, but in the case of teen movies it's a virtue. And it's always fun to re-experience Letters to Cleo. The music is a largely frontal affair, but there are some decent stereo effects, and the LFE presence is a plus.
I see that the original DVD release has nothing of note on it, so video quality be damned if you're really a fan of the film. Things begin with a new audio commentary with writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and cast members Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik and Susan May Pra. As a retrospective track, and one from the point of view of writers and actors, this track is relatively solid, warm, and fun. There isn't a lot of technical information, but there are dozens of adorable behind the scenes anecdotes, and the track effectively creates the illusion of watching the film with friends. There is no real frontrunner for the track's controlling presence, and silent space is definitely at a premium. The only other notable extra is '10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You' (35:00, HD), a retrospective featurette about the film set to interviews with the guilty parties. The whole thing is augmented with some behind the scenes footage that includes deleted scenes and bloopers, some original EPK release interviews, and shots of the original script.
The 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary release is certainly an improvement over the original extra-less, non-anamorphic DVD, but the Blu-ray image quality is kind of a bummer, and the new extras aren't going to knock your socks off. The movie is still surprisingly funny and sweet, and the matching DVD release is probably worth the scratch for fans simply because of the anamorphic enhancement, and presence of at least some extras, but Blu-ray buyers will probably be left disappointed.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 5th January 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Cast and Writer Commentary, 10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Gil Junger
Cast: Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, David Krumholtz, Larry Miller
Genre: Comedy
Length: 97 minutes
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The Jacobson Group - the U.S.-based provider of talent to the insurance industry - and ejsSearch - the London-based insurance executive search firm specializing in assignments in the London, broader European and international markets - jointly announce a worldwide merger. This union creates the leading international search and staffing firm exclusively serving the insurance industry.
"As the industry becomes more global in nature, there is an overwhelming demand for a single solution to insurance talent regardless of geographic location," said Gregory "Greg" P. Jacobson, co-chief executive officer of The Jacobson Group. "This merger delivers a much-needed integrated one-team approach to client relationships for insurance search cross-border."
The Jacobson Group and ejs have been successfully collaborating since 2008. "This is a merger of networks and expertise," said Barbara Schönhofer, chief executive of ejs. "Our companies' cultures, approach and commitment to client service are well-aligned, which will afford a seamless transition."
Schönhofer will join The Jacobson Group's executive management team as senior vice president and chief executive officer, global executive search. The merged companies will operate under The Jacobson Group brand with Greg Jacobson and Richard L. Jacobson continuing to serve as its co-chief executive officers.
"With Barbara's expertise, relationships and leadership, we have the ability to offer our clients unparalleled access to global executive search expertise," said Greg Jacobson.
The Jacobson Group's entire executive search leadership team, including Margaret Resce Milkint and Kirk A. Goeldner welcome Schönhofer and her team.
The merger is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013.
About The Jacobson Group:
The Jacobson Group is the leading provider of insurance talent. For more than 40 years, we have been connecting insurance organizations with professionals from the board room to the back room on both a permanent and temporary basis. We offer a variety of solutions including executive search, professional recruiting, RPO, temporary staffing, subject matter experts, and onsite and work-at-home operations support. Regardless of the need or situation, Jacobson is the insurance talent solution. Further information is available at www.jacobsononline.com.
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Based in the City of London, ejsSearch is a well-established talent management consulting firm specializing in strategic executive search for clients in the insurance industry in the UK, Europe and internationally. High energy, independent and international, the ejs team is expert in cross-border search with connections founded in the global insurance and reinsurance markets. Success in finding the right candidates is based on extensive knowledge of the key players, market savvy and exceptional networks and focus on the importance of cultural fit. Further information is available at www.ejssearch.com.


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When you intend to buy new furniture for your home, the thought of buying furniture online is not the initial thing that involves your mind; somewhat, you try to learn other options for your furniture shopping. Unlike the early times, getting the furniture custom-made at home by a tuned carpenter is nearly the thing you want to go for, and browsing each furniture store in your area to discover the best products and discount rates aren't practical alternatives.


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Harold Janeway and Steve Duprey: Put the casino issue to rest and stop wasting everyone's timeBY HAROLD JANEWAY and STEVE DUPREY
April 27. 2014 3:49PM
A month ago, the New Hampshire House of Representatives continued a nearly 40-year tradition and again voted down the legalization of casino gambling. Unfortunately, the New Hampshire Senate sent them back another casino legalization bill a week later.
This one proposes two casinos and a questionable revenue distribution scheme designed to try to sway some votes. Many legislators have made no secret of the fact that they are sick of this issue and it's time to move on. We agree.
It's been nearly 40 years since supporters proposed to legalize casino gambling and then-Attorney General David Souter fought it. Over that time the issue has been repeatedly studied and debated by an ever-changing cast of legislators. We've had blue ribbon commissions and regulatory authorities. The state spent more than $150,000 on consultants to review it in the last year alone, by a commission stacked with mostly casino supporters and a consultant who runs casinos.
And after all this effort, the Legislature has always reached the same conclusion — casino gambling is wrong for New Hampshire. Bad economics. Very uncertain revenues. Lots of social costs. A drain on other not-for-profit entertainment and cultural organizations. Bad for our tourism brand.
Year after year we come back to the same arguments. Each year gambling advocates rephrase, reword and restructure their political rhetoric and promise new funds to different groups or causes, and each year the majority of legislators reject their plans. How much longer must this continue?
It's clear that New Hampshire rejects this idea. No amount of revision to casino legislation can make this bad idea better.
Let's decide once and for all that a casino is not in the cards for New Hampshire. When this current proposal fails, let's use common sense and stop the never-ending debates over a decided issue.
Why not put that valuable time and effort instead into enhancing what we already have? New Hampshire knows how to do tourism, as our existing and reliable programs prove. Let's continue to improve here and in other dependable areas of revenue. Let's focus on creating real jobs and stop kidding our citizens that two casinos amounts to an economic development plan for New Hampshire.
When the House speaks next, the casino issue should be considered dead, not just for this session, but for good. You can't make a bad idea better. It's time to move on.
Harold Janeway of Webster is a former Democratic state senator. Steve Duprey of Concord is a businessman and New Hampshire member of the Republican National Committee. They are spokesmen for the non-profit, non-partisan Casino Free New Hampshire and Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling. More information at www.casinofreenh.org.


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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today commented on the remarks of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor James Sherley, who wrote Thursday that embryonic stem cell research "is no path at all" to new medical therapies. Professor Sherley says of the claim that embryonic stem cells produced from cloned embryos will somehow yield new cures for diseases, "Nothing could be further from the truth."
"Professor Sherley's statements highlight a major problem with the inhumane and morally reprehensible experiments that Amendment 2 wants the public to subsidize," states Fr. Pavone. "They won't work. Embryonic stem cells lead to tumors and cancers in human tissue; adult stem cells don't. Now some will object that I'm not a scientist. But that's the point. It doesn't require anything more than common sense to conclude that Amendment 2 should be opposed."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel voted Wednesday to place a five-year moratorium on bonuses to senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The sponsor of the proposal, Rep. Jeff Miller, Republican chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said the legislation was in response to media reports about various executives who received performance bonuses despite significant problems that occurred at the VA during their watch, such as the increase in the number of disability claims pending longer than 125 days.
The VA had already halted bonuses for those executives overseeing disability claims, but Miller's legislation extends the ban to other divisions within the government's second-largest department.
The VA did not respond to a request for comment, but has stressed previously that bonuses have been reduced in recent years. In 2009, the department awarded executives $3.3 million in bonuses. Last year, the amount of bonuses fell to $2.3 million. The bonuses go to career professionals and not to political appointees.
The Florida lawmaker's amendment was part of a larger bill requiring states to charge in-state tuition rates for those veterans using their Post 911 GI Bill benefits. No lawmakers spoke in opposition to the amendment.
"Until we have complete confidence that VA is holding executives accountable rather than rewarding them for their mistakes, no one should get a performance bonus. Period," Miller said in a prepared statement sent out after the vote.


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Not since "Monday Night Football" aired on ABC has the network fielded a juggernaut hit that has consistently delivered an audience dominated by men.
Instead, ABC has been heavy on estrogen: rich soapy dramas that have attracted female viewers in droves, including "Grey's Anatomy," "Revenge," and the network's latest female skewing hit, "Scandal." The network has spent seven years trying to scare up more male viewers.
But Tuesday's night pilot episode of Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." appears to have hit the intended bull's eye with men, according to ratings analysis by ABC.
More than 12 million viewers watched the first episode, with men making up an estimated 54% of the audience.
ABC's analysis of Nielsen data found that 16 million people watched at least six minutes of the program. It performed particularly well in upscale households -- and on college campuses.
An estimated 47% of the male viewers in the 18-24 age category were college students, ABC said.
The show marks Walt Disney Co. network's first TV project with Marvel Entertainment. "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is the TV spinoff of Disney's blockbuster movie, "The Avengers," and stars Clark Gregg as the intrepid agent Phil Coulson. Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") developed the show.
Last month, ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee articulated the network's mission.
"We are super proud to be the No. 1 in women 18 to 49 but we are also a broadcast network and it's absolutely incumbent on us to try to bring in a wider audience," Lee said during ABC's presentation to the Television Critics Assn.
For comparison purposes, men made up 45.4% of last season's "Last Resort," a Navy SEALs drama that was ABC's attempt to produce a program that appealed to a more gender-balanced audience. And the audience for "Lost," which ran from 2004 to 2010, was roughly 44% male.
On the other end of the spectrum is "Scandal," with Kerry Washington. Men make up just 26% of the "Scandal" audience.
TV ratings: "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." has solid opening
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Which vaccines contain dead baby juice?
A recent CBS News Investigates article interviews a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm who discusses the increase in autism incidences corresponding with the introduction of human DNA to MMR vaccine, and suggests the two could be linked. Ratajczak also says an additional increased spike in autism occurred in 1995 when chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue. Read more here.
This article from The National Network for Immunization Information, while incomplete regarding the sources of human protein/DNA and the vaccines in which they are found, focuses on explaining why some vaccines are grown in cell cultures that were originally obtained from human babies.
The FDA has concerns about the safety of medical products derived from human blood and the risk of viral and prion disease transmission. This concern is echoed on page 4 of the package insert for ProQuad (MMR/Chicken Pox).
From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, about half of all people with hemophilia became infected with HIV after using contaminated blood products. According to The National Hemophilia Foundation, Despite the implementation of safety advances, the risk remains for known and unknown potential infectious agents and pathogens to threaten the blood supply and blood products.
After widespread use, some vaccines were found to have been contaminated with animal virus DNA that was not detected pre or post-licensure.
The long-term risks to human health of injecting infants, children and adults with human protein/DNA have never been studied.
Where did the human protein and DNA come from?
Aborted Baby Cell Lines
The MRC-5 dead baby cell line was developed in September 1966 from lung tissue taken from a 14 week baby aborted for psychiatric reasons from a 27 year old physically healthy woman. MRC-5 is a known source of human DNA in vaccines.
The WI-38 human diploid cell line was derived by L. Hayflick from the lung tissue of a 3-month old aborted human female baby.
The rubella vaccine currently used in the U.S. and in most countries was developed after an American researcher at the Wistar Institute cultured rubella virus from a baby aborted because the mother was infected with rubella. This vaccine is called RA 27/3 because the rubella virus was isolated from the 27th aborted baby sent to the Wistar Institute in the 1964 rubella outbreak. For more information, scroll down to the section titled Rubella Vaccine Derived From Aborted Baby Fuels Controversy.
Genetically engineered human albumin derived from yeast
Currently, only the MMR vaccine contains genetically engineered human protein, which is produced under the brand name Recombumin and referred to as "recombinant human albumin" in the package insert.
Human albumin derived from human blood
The vaccine package inserts do not specify the source of the human blood. However, this investigative report provides some clues. For a deeper understanding of the market in human blood, read this Forbes article: The Guys Who Trade Your Blood For Profit.


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Justin Bieber shocked tourists during a visit to the Great Wall of China after he ordered his bodyguards to carry him along the historical monument.
The Baby hitmaker headed to the site, one of the Wonders of the World, on Monday (30Sep13) while in the country on a promotional campaign.
However, the lengthy walk along the structure obviously proved too much for the star, who was snapped being carried on the shoulders of two burly security guards.
The image was shared on Twitter.com, where users criticised the singer's diva behaviour.
One wrote, "I still can't get over the fact that Justin made his bodyguards carry him to the top o (sic) the great wall of China. He is lazy like me haha."
Another added, "Justin, dude, u actually asked people to carry you? Someone's going a little diva I see."
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Girl Scouts from across the country gathered on the National Mall to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary with celebrities including Mandy Moore.
Organizers say they expected 200,000 participants Saturday for what would be the largest gathering of Girl Scouts in history. They were hoping to set a Guinness World Record. Girls from every state were expected to attend.
The crowd was also contending with high temperatures. Authorities say dozens were treated for heat-related illnesses, and at least 15 people were taken to hospitals.
The "Girl Scouts Rock the Mall" event featured performers including Erin Willett, a finalist on TV's...


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Gabriele Gamba has decided to resign from the position as IAML's Webmaster after serving more than a decade in this role. In order to further the work necessary for maintaining the vibrancy of IAML's web site, and at the same time not overburden Web Editor, Jennifer Ward, I am pleased to announce that the IAML Board has approved temporary appointments for Richard Ranft, British Library (Webmaster) and Michelle Hahn, William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University (Assistant Web Editor), with a view to seeking approval from the General Assembly at the Congress in Leipzig to make these appointments permanent.
Richard Ranft is currently the Head of Sound & Vision at the British Library, in a position he has held since 2010. He previously worked at the British Library in other roles since 1983. He has been the IASA Webmaster, which uses the same platform as our IAML Website, and where he lead them through many updates and changes to their website.
Michelle Hahn is currently working as an Assistant Librarian, Sound Recordings Cataloger, at Indiana University in Technical Services at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library. She has been in this role since 2015, and she worked previously as music cataloging librarian at Southern Methodist University. She has been active in the Music Library Association and the Music OCLC Users Group, where she has been active in social media with both Associations.
On behalf of the Board I would like to give hearty thanks to Gabriele Gamba for his long and devoted service and welcome Richard Ranft and Michelle Hahn to the Web Team.
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danieLion wrote:In which sutta(s) does the Buddha teach that there is no self?
I'd like you to explain this, please.
That sutta only says that form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness - that that which is impermanent, unsatisfactory, subject to change, is not proper to regard as 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'.
That is all it says.
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Amid Electric Push, China's Cars Get Bigger• http://stream.wsj.com
It's hard to walk 20 meters at the Shanghai auto show without seeing a burly off-road style sport-utility vehicle, jacked-up pickup truck or even a motor home.
It looks a lot like the Detroit auto show from the late 1990s. In this case, most of the vehicles on display are built by Chinese manufacturers and many bear striking resemblances to U.S. or Japanese models.
Indeed the market here for sport utility vehicles is growing faster than any other segment and every company is putting more on dealer lots. In March, SUV sales in China surged 49% to 234,900 vehicles compared with a year ago, according to industry statistics.
Mike Manley, the chief of the Chrysler Group LLC's Jeep brand, said he believes the sport-utility vehicles appeal to buyers here because they show added status in a society where it is important to demonstrate how far you have come.


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"I guess this one goes," I said to my mother, holding up a black and white sundress — the one I called my fun dress — from my recent other life.
That was the life before bad news. Breast cancer. Biopsies. Mastectomies. And chemotherapy. When fun was still an option. I tossed the cute little number into my box of giveaways.
"Not so fast," Mom said. "You can still wear this dress. It's really you."
"You mean the me I used to be," I laughed.
What Mom saw that I did not, was the me I was to become.
A few months later, I donned that very dress, along with my new wig and prostheses, and had my "coming out" party at the old Huntington Hotel in Pasadena.
And on every survivor anniversary since the first, I've worn that dress. It became a symbol that you can weave the old with the new and have not necessarily a better or a worse outcome, but simply a different one.
As time went on, I started writing and speaking about breast cancer awareness. Reminding women to do their self-exams. Urging them to get their mammograms. And, telling them that even if the worst should happen, they wouldn't be alone.
On my 10th anniversary, I started a women's support website, www.breastbuddy.net, a place where women can share their worries and fears. Somewhere to go when you can't sleep and need to talk to someone who has been down the path you're on. Someone whose bad news has turned into good news.
"You have your survivor dress on," Nurse Laurie said a few weeks ago as I hopped up on the exam table at the USC/Norris Cancer Center for my 15-year checkup.
"Heading out to party?" oncologist Darcy Spicer asked after he gave me a clean bill of health.
Unexpected tears appeared as I thanked the doctor and his team. I have shed a lot of sad tears in that hospital. But these were tears of gratitude. They rolled down my cheeks and onto my survivor dress.
Then my husband and I went out to have some fun … after all, I was already dressed for it!
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It's a boy!
Actress KaDee Strickland and her husband Jason Behr, 39, welcomed their first child, son Atticus, on Thursday, Oct. 17, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
The couple welcomed their baby boy into the world during an "intimate birth in their Los Angeles home with the assistance and care of midwives and a doula."
The rep tells PEOPLE, "The family is overjoyed, happy and in great health."
Former Private Practice star Strickland, 37, and former Roswell actor Behr — who announced in May that they were expecting — met on the set of their 2004 movie, Grudge, and were married in November 2006.
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Apple led a rise in technology stocks after beating analysts' estimates for quarterly earnings.
Shortly before noon, the Dow Jones industrial average was down eight points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 15,560.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down two points, or less than 0.1 percent, at 1,690.
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BETHLEHEM -- Where to begin?
Here at the center of the NFL universe, all of a goshdarned sudden, huge stories just seem to be just wandering down from the low hills surrounding the practice fields and chasing us, instead of the other way around.
We had interviews with Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Jason Babin, Vince Young, Andy Reid and Joe Banner this morning. Nnamdi Asomugha apparently is scheduled for tomorrow.
Headline No. 1: DRC says a three-cornered defense isn't a problem for him.
"That'd be all right with me," he said, about the possibility of lining up as the nickel corner, with older heads Asante Samuel and Asomugha also in the equation. "Long as I can get on the field and just compete."
Rodgers-Cromartie said he was excited, not flustered, to find that Asomugha had trumped him as the Eagles' big cornerback acquistion, even as DRC was flying in from Arizona in the wake of the Kevin Kolb trade.
Headline No. 2: Young showed for practice, even though he can't work out until Aug. 4, conferring on the field and on the sideline with the other QBs and QB coach Doug Pederson. Young has jersey No. 9, perhaps an homage to Sterve McNair, his Tennessee mentor. Later, Young called the new-look Eagles "a dream team."
Asked why he chose to pursue a backup role in Philadelphia to restart his career, Young said: "Andy Reid."
Both Young and Reid referenced a meeting at the 2006 Maxwell Club banquet.
"I met him a long time ago. Some things just stand out about him, there's a respect across the league, as well as how players talk about him, and have respect as well," said Young, the third overall pick in the 2006 draft. "I really felt like it was a good fit for myself. I had a lot of opportunities, but I felt like this was a great opportunity for me to get better as a quarterback and learn from him, as well as learn from the rest of the quarterbacks here -- Michael Vick."
Headline No. 3: Reid finally shed some light on wideout Jeremy Maclin's excused absence. Reid said Maclin is "still ill."
Maclin reportedly lost weight early in the offseason with a mono-type illness. When he joined lockout workouts in South Jersey in late May and early June, he said he was over that problem and back to normal. Apparently not. The Eagles offered no further update.
Headline No. 4: Banner spoke passionately about the front office's attempts to load up the wagon and win a Super Bowl.
"It's dramatic. We went in with an aggressive plan," Banner said on the day after the Eagles shocked the football world by signing Asomugha to a five-year deal. Banner said agent Ben Dogra told the Birds they were Asomugha's top choice from the beginning "if the economics were right." Sometime in the middle of Friday afternoon, that began to seem likely, Banner said.
Banner called the Eagles "one of the most desirable places to play in the league," and acknowledged reports that Asomugha left money on the table to join Vick and the Eagles.
"My impression is that there were some higher offers," Banner said. "I don't think there's any doubt he wanted to be here very badly."
Banner wouldn't discuss possible new deals for Vick or holdout DeSean Jackson, but assured reporters "we still have some flexibility" under the $123 million cap.
"We're doing everything and anything we can," Banner said. "The expectations are high."
Asked if there was a big focus on "legacy," Banner said: "There's a big focus on relieving the stress and pain of having been so close of having been so close so many times and not winning it all. We're very focused on getting that knot out of our stomachs."


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Re: User name is null in user creation eventbritchie Feb 15, 2008 11:22 AM (in response to chandu2708)
This sounds like a bug. Can you do me a favour and add a "new Exception().printStackTrace();" line to your event listener and post the top 15 or so lines from that stack trace? It'll help me isolate where the problem lies and correct it.
Bruce Ritchie
Re: User name is null in user creation eventajohnson1200 Feb 15, 2008 2:01 PM (in response to chandu2708)
hi Bala,
Following up on what Bruce said, can you also post the details of your user configuration? Specifically, are you using LDAP, a custom authentication provider or the standard database authentication provider?
Re: User name is null in user creation eventchandu2708 Feb 15, 2008 9:06 PM (in response to ajohnson1200)
Hi Bruce and AJ,
First thing is im not using LDAP or custom authentication. my objective is to capture User related events so i added a listener to capture those
here is the result after adding "new Exception().printStackTrace();"
java.lang.Exception at com.satmetrix.clearspace.plugin.example.widget.UserEventHandler.userCreated(UserEventHandler.java:28) at com.jivesoftware.base.event.UserEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(UserEventDispatcher.java:74) at com.jivesoftware.base.profile.UserManagerImpl$UserEventHandler.fireUserCreatedEvent(UserManagerImpl.java:513) at com.jivesoftware.base.profile.UserManagerImpl$UserEventHandler.receive(UserManagerImpl.java:541) at com.jivesoftware.spi.ServiceEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(ServiceEventDispatcher.java:50) at com.jivesoftware.spi.user.impl.db.UserProviderImpl.create(UserProviderImpl.java:121) at com.jivesoftware.base.profile.UserManagerImpl.createExternalUserIfNeeded(UserManagerImpl.java:179) at com.jivesoftware.base.profile.UserManagerImpl.createUser(UserManagerImpl.java:109) at com.jivesoftware.base.profile.UserManagerImpl.createUser(UserManagerImpl.java:94) at com.jivesoftware.base.proxy.UserManagerProxy.createUser(UserManagerProxy.java:66) at org.apache.jsp.admin.user_002dcreate_jsp._jspService(user_002dcreate_jsp.java:551) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at com.jivesoftware.community.action.JiveAdminActionFilter.doFilter(JiveAdminActionFilter.java:36) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
In the original post i said "when i debug" im using eclipse to build the plug ins and placed the breakpoints to debug. when i examine the USER object from captured user registration event all the values i given in the form are present except the user name value it gives the null value
but when i query the JIVEUSER table manually it has the user name stored in it not sure why its not present in the user object from user registration event
here is the custom listener code i used
public class UserEventHandler implements UserListener, Plugin {..................... ......................................... public void userCreated(UserEvent event) { Log.debug("User creation event is captured"); //Retriving user details from the event User user = event.getUser(); new Exception().printStackTrace(); }
Thank you,
Re: User name is null in user creation eventchandu2708 Feb 15, 2008 11:06 PM (in response to chandu2708)
There is some additional information i noticed the name property of user object is persisting into database only after the user creation is completed
Thank you,
Re: User name is null in user creation eventbritchie Feb 18, 2008 9:42 AM (in response to chandu2708)
Thanks for that information - I'll see if I can reproduce the username issue. As for the other information in the database such as name, nameVisible, emailVisible and properties it's true that those are currently persisted to the database only after the user created event is sent. The user system was overhauled in 2.0 to simply things significantly which should resolve that issue.
Bruce Ritchie
Re: User name is null in user creation eventMamatha Jul 2, 2009 6:14 AM (in response to chandu2708)
chandu2708 wrote:
There is some additional information i noticed the name property of user object is persisting into database only after the user creation is completed
Thank you,
Re: User name is null in user creation eventbritchie Feb 18, 2008 10:49 AM (in response to chandu2708)1 person found this helpful
I just tried to reproduce this issue and was unable to:
UserEventDispatcher.getInstance().addListener(new UserListener() { public void userCreated(UserEvent event) { User user = event.getUser(); System.err.println(user); System.err.println("user.getUserName() " + user.getUsername()); } public void userDeleted(UserEvent event) { } public void userModified(UserEvent event) { } public void userLoggedIn(UserEvent event) { } });
The output of that when I created a user included the username of the new user I just created.
Bruce Ritchie
Re: User name is null in user creation eventchandu2708 Feb 18, 2008 7:33 PM (in response to britchie)
Hi Bruce,
Sorry! it's my mistake, its not the user name its name property which is null i think the other posting explains why its is like this i.e. some of the properties fetch in to database only after user creation event is completed. i think that explains everything.
thx for the support.
Re: User name is null in user creation eventchandu2708 Feb 18, 2008 7:34 PM (in response to chandu2708)
thx for the support


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Microsoft howed off its upgraded operating system, Windows 8, at an event in New York on Thursday.
The new operating system is designed for a touch-friendly interface and is built to function on both PCs and tablets.
"Windows 8 is a major milestone in the evolution and revolution of computing," said Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live Division.