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There has been a recurring theme with our form this season, playing well but not converting the advantage into goals. This has been frustrating.
It would easier to accept if we were abject in every game, however, with every fresh attempt you think OK, we'll play well AND take our chances and so far, with one or two exceptions, we haven't to the point that you wonder what's required to three points. As Kenny said
"We want to win games but it would be nice if we were rubbish and won a game"
Surely this form will come good and eventually, some day some time, such dominance will be rewarded, in spades? Saturday at Carrow Road was not quite that day however, for once everything we, or should I say Luis Suarez, tried seemed to come off. True we were helped by the home side's hesitancy on the ball in key areas but for once we made them pay, dearly. What could have been a depressing end of season fixture against a normally decent side, turned into something a of a very welcome cake walk setting us up nicely for Wembley next Saturday.
Kenny made five changes bringing back Gerrard from injury, Shelvey, Bellamy, Carragher and Downing, Andy Carroll was left at home. No doubt all this was with Wembley in mind but with Kenny's team selection, although not in the league Rafa's rotation, you don't always know what he's going to do so it's pointless trying to speculate!
It's ironic that in the same weekend Luis Suarez got his first hat rick for us Fernando Torres achieved the same fete for Chelsea. Both players have had their problems since their respective moves however on the pitch Suarez has easily eclipsed Torres in terms of bedding down into his new team. Suarez's goal tally for the campaign could be better however one can say about every Reds attacker or midfielder this season. What he has provided is a threat, he is the footballing equivalent of a hypoactive child, defenders can't take eyes off him for fear of what he's going to do next. A day like Saturday was always going to happen, and surely there will be more!
Suarez's goals increased in quality as the match went on. The first saw Gerrard catching out Fox, who was dwelling on the ball in his own half. Before the defender could recover Suarez was put through to smash a cross shot into the far corner of Ruddy's goal. Four minutes later he was at it again seizing on Ward's failure to gather the ball and heading straight for the jugular. Before Norwich could recover he drilled home a straight low drive.
After that we were confident and, to a degree, in cruse control. Shelvey hit the bar from a Downing cross. This was about our thirtieth effort of the season to hit the woodwork a stat that is disturbing just as much as the fact that someone has taken the time and effort to study and record it! Shelvey then, via Suarez, missed an easier chance from Enrique's cross which he won't wish to remember! Downing produced a good save from Ruddy after picking up Gerrard's ball and cutting inside from the right.
Suarez then had a great chance to complete his hat trick when the ball broke to him on the edge of the area. He bore down on Ruddy however instead of knocking it past him he, rather extravagantly, decided to lift it over his head and also the bar. If it had come off everyone would have be drooling however, when we are shooting blanks perhaps a more boring, pragmatic approach would have been better but to suggest that to Suarez is to fly in the face of what the man is about?
We need not have worried as the hat tick came. Johnson tidied up a Norwich attack with a long clearance to our man who was just inside the Norwich half. Clearly he couldn't be bothered to do what Torres did against Barcelona and run on to instigate a one on one with Ruddy so he just chipped him from 40 odd yards out!
At the end Kenny said
"Luis has been like that many times this year and not been rewarded – and it's the same with the team."
For once, albeit too late for league positions, he and we got something. Let's hope it carries on to next Saturday.
Norwich City: Ruddy, Drury (R Martin – 12′ ), Ward, Naughton, R Bennett, Johnson, Pilkington, Fox (Vaughan – 46′ ), E Bennett, Howson, Morison (Holt – 76′ ), Substitutes: Steer, R Martin, Surman, Hoolahan, Vaughan, Holt, Wilbraham
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Jose Enrique, Agger, Carragher, Gerrard (Coates – 85′ ), Henderson, Downing, Shelvey, Suarez (Kuyt – 85′ ), Bellamy, Substitutes: Doni, Coates, Kelly, Skrtel, Maxi, Spearing, Kuyt
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Excel: Hazardous to your health?
Check out this article over at ZDNet on the topic of "spreadsheet risks": Excel errors: How Microsoft's spreadsheet may be hazardous to your health
The author offers some interesting solutions for how Microsoft could improve Excel to reduce the risks of bad decision-making. I doubt many of these solutions would really be terribly effective though. I think the bigger issue is that lack of education around mitigating spreadsheet risks.
The European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group has done some interesting work around these issues, check out some of the best practices on their site.
I'll be addressing one way to mitigate spreadsheet risk later this week in our Excel in Accounting class on Tools, Tips, Tricks and Traps.


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Alexis Mabille is one of rare haute couture designers that cultivates a spirit that is equal parts chic and fun-loving. He seeks inspiration from both masculine and feminine styles and regularly revisits men's and women's wardrobes alike. His work is elegant yet casual, structured yet sensual, sporty-chic yet cosmopolitan. It is a dash of French allure paired with highly contemporary attitude towards fashion. He trained at the Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne and it is no wonder he's perfecting his skills and craftsmanship from one season to another.
Today, he presented his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017/2018 collection within Paris Couture Week. Presented, yes. In the truest meaning of that word. Mabille displayed fashionable pieces of artwork as a part of his couture exhibition at the Hôtel d'Évreux. Breathtaking, sublime, magnifique. Among many extraordinary pieces, my favorites were the raspberry dream- a silk velvet dress with cape sleeves and flounce pleated and frayed organza in gradations of red to pink, the long sleeved bustier gown in midnight crepe trimmed at neckline and cuffs with pleated organza 'fur' in midnight blue and violet, as well as the perfect embroidery displayed in several outfits.
For those who actually wish to see how the couture pieces fit on human body, Mabille prepared a video in which you can see the private runway show in Paris, attended by the designer and his creative team.
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This is no second-hand clothes scrum! It's a boutique shopping experience with a difference. Enjoy a glass of wine in a lovely relaxed and social environment, and browse the rails at your leisure.
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We grade clothes into two categories on arrival; Designer and High Street.
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Taxi Drivers Protests Planned Every Weekday
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Taxi drivers are planning new protests against shared ride services like Uber and Taxify every weekday until next Friday, from 14:00 to 15:00.
Since the beginning of this week, dozens of taxi drivers have circulated around the City Hall for hours, protesting against Uber and Taxify and the government.
According to the owner of AAA Radiotaxi Jiri Kvasnička, his company, City taxi, Profitaxi and airport drivers are participating in the protests.
Taxi drivers claim that services like Uber are operating illegally and creating unfair competition. Ride-sharing drivers often lack the proper license to take passengers and don't pay all the taxes and fees that taxi drivers are required to pay, according to the protesters.
In 2015, the Czech News Agency reported that one in three taxi drivers overcharged, based on spot checks made by city inspectors.
There are currently 2,000 Uber drivers in Prague, most of them work for the UberPop service. According to municipal data, there are 5,000 taxi drivers in Prague.
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How to think about Pricing
Pricing is an art and a science, easily measured yet often irrational.
It isn't something you can afford to get wrong, not only does it drive your financial performance; it also makes a statement about the value of what you're selling.
There's not just one singular pricing strategy either.
I'd argue that there are three ways of looking at it, each of them equally valid.
Let's use a popular example, Beer.
It's a hot day and you're at a supermarket bottle shop.
You go to buy a Corona.
How much will you pay?
$2 or $3? Probably.
Maybe if the costs of making beer went up you'd pay $3.50, but for now it's about $3
Now you're out for after-work drinks, choosing between three neighbouring bars on a Friday evening.
Bar #1 advertises "$7 Coronas"
Bar #2 advertises "Coronas $7.50".
How much is Bar #3 likely to charge?
Probably somewhere between $6.50 and $8.
If they tried to go much higher, they'd lose out to the competition.
The next day you're at the MCG along with 100,000 other fans.
You line up to get a beer.
Oh look, they now sell Coronas!
How much do you expect to pay?
An arm and a leg?
You have no alternative.
It's either pay up, or go without, so you brace yourself to pay far too much, but it's still worth it.
Right there we have the three pricing strategies applied to the same product.
Supermarkets usually take the raw cost of a product, slap on a margin, and that's the price.
This is the "Costs Plus" approach.
Bars on Main St set prices with reference to their nearby competitors, to lure in customers.
If the costs of production increased, the price might not, as being more expensive than the competition isn't going to win much business.
This is the "Market Based" approach.
When you're at a music festival, a sporting event or stuck at an airport, the rules change. You have no alternatives, no competitors to choose between.
This is the "Value Based" approach .
Your job is to know what each of these numbers looks like for your industry.
The price you set needs to take all three into account.
To ignore one of them would be a disaster.
If you charge less than you paid for it, you lose money (occasionally valid if it leads to further sales).
If you don't watch what the market is charging, you risk losing customers (like how petrol price cartels operate).
If you charge more than what it's worth to your customer, you will have zero sales (even if you're using low margins or are cheaper than competitors), customers would rather choose the "do nothing" option.
What do they look like for your business?
Are you guessing or are you testing?
Running a few small experiments is so easy, and could significantly increase your viability.
How much does your customer know about the decision they're making?
When consumers enter a world they know little about, and don't understand the foreign terminology and jargon, price becomes the de-facto indicator of quality.
Is your customer likely to scan the options and pick the cheapest, the middle, or the premium option?
Keep these questions in mind each time you buy something new.
What does the "right price" look like for a product/service you've never encountered before?
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Sooner or later we all fall victim to the "Old Switch"
Greetings from the Ridge.
My grandmother called it an "old switch" and she swore it was a real thing. She'd tell me, "I swear, Freida. Everybody's got this little hidden switch somewhere along their spine and at some point God will reach down and flip it on and bang! . . Overnight you become an old person." Grandma firmly believed that growing old was not a process but an immediate event like leg cramps that come with no warning what- soever. She'd tell me, "I kid you not. One night I went to bed a healthy middle-aged woman capable of about anything I put my mind to and the next morning I went to lift my feet out of bed and somebody had filled them with lead and tied them to the bed post. I became an old lady in one fell swoop."
Grandma was prone to exaggeration, an improvement on Grandpa's outright lying, but as the years have crept up on me I'm beginning to believe my grandmother's theory. We really do have an Old Switch and somebody flipped mine several years ago.
Herb and I used to hop out of the car and flounce into the supermarket like a couple of eager and well-toned kids. When you see us get out of our car now and make our way up what seems like a steeper grade than I remembered, we resemble two old Holstein cows meandering our way into the barn to be milked. We used to walk a straight line and now we sort of wobble our way across the parking lot. Time was we'd wait for the traffic to clear. Now it waits for us to cross. And Grandma was right . . . it happened overnight. <ahref="http://etypeservices.com/Cass%20County%20Star%20GazetteID497/"><spanstyl... 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To view more, please log in or subscribe to the digital edition.


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Apocalypse Theatre presents The Dapto Chaser
I'm really pleased to be working with Apocalypse Theatre again on their upcoming show The Dapto Chaser, by Mary Rachel Brown. I did a fair bit of work with them in February on their Asylum project, a series of staged readings of plays on the subject of asylum seekers and Australia (including one by the same author).
We did a studio shoot recently for this promo / social media campaign announcing the cast for the show, which opens in July at Griffin Theatre as part of their Independent series.
The cast - Jamie Oxenbould, Noel Hodda, Danny Adcock, & Richard Sydenham - were great to work with on the day, and there'll be more images from this series coming over the next few weeks, before we get into the rehearsal phase. Can't wait to see how it comes together!
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Consumer electronics volume sales continued to decline in 2018, with many areas which had posted growth in previous years, such as laptops, smartphones, televisions and tablets, entering a phase of stagnation towards the end of the review period. Smartphones and tablets recorded a drop in demand, with the former reaching a mature phase of development and the latter gradually being phased out due to the widespread use of larger screen smartphones.
Consumer electronics sales were positively impacted by healthy economic growth over the review period, with global liquidity flowing to developing countries following the measures taken to recover from the global financial crisis of 2008. However, as developed economies recovered, liquidity flew back to them and the economy in Turkey started to struggle, with the local currency entering a long-term depreciation phase against the US dollar.
Highly-recognised international brands such as Samsung, Apple, Asus, LG and Lenovo remained popular in consumer electronics at the end of the review period. However, following the widespread popularity of smartphones and tablets, domestic companies gained significant volume share from earlier in the review period due to rising demand among price sensitive consumers.
Consumer electronics specialist retailers had a very difficult time during the later stages of the review period due to low demand and diminished profitability following the depreciation of the Turkish lira. In line with changing priorities and purchasing habits due to increasing digital literacy, a growing number of consumers are opting to purchase consumer electronics through internet retailers.
Although there are no signs that the economy will recover significantly over the forecast period, it is expected that volume sales within consumer electronics will pick-up from 2020 onwards. This will be largely thanks to the expected impact of replacement sales of laptops, smartphones and televisions among consumers who postponed purchases due to rising price sensitivity.
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Arranging the funeral of a loved one is one of the hardest things that you might have to do. If a loved one has recently passed away, you will not have enough time to grieve and mourn their deaths before you are given the responsibility of arranging the funeral. Obviously, you will want to make sure that the funeral is in accordance with the last wishes of the deceased. Some of the things that you will need to plan for in advance include:
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You can search for local Devizes monumental masons that specialise in arranging funeral if you want to hand over the responsibility to an experienced funeral director. This will give you the time needed to mourn, and it will also help you in saving a great deal of money at the funeral. Here are a few things that you should know about arranging a funeral.
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You need to visit a local funeral home in your area and find out whether they have space available on a specific date. Many funeral directors at the home will handle full responsibility and will also arrange for the burial, so you won't have to do a lot. They will do everything for a lump sum fee.
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Lighting typically accounts for about 17 percent of residential electricity use, but there are easy ways you can reduce energy consumption by lighting in your residence without compromising lighting quality or convenience. 1. Turn off the lights when you don't need them. 2. Install (and use) dimming controls where possible. 3. Use photoelectric lighting controlsRead More
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Pros and Cons of Roofing Materials for Edmonton AB
When winter arrives, it brings cosy fire nights by the fire, snowmobiling adventures, and the holiday season. However, these aren't the only arrivals. Harsh winter weather makes you bundle up so you can enjoy the snow, but it can also wreak havoc on your roof.
If blustering winds removed most of your shingles or packed snow formed a major leak, you have a couple different options. The most common is to simply patch leaks and order replacement shingles. This can be an easy, quick fix if you trust a reliable roofing contractor. However, old and worn roofs might need a more extensive overhaul.
If you have dealt with a leaking roof for years or have to make numerous roof repairs, you should consider replacing your entire roof. For many this is the best option to avoid constant maintenance issues; you might even save money in the long-run.
While your new roof's colour and design are important, take time to understand what material will work best as well. Modern roofs come in a variety of materials. However, many people don't know how these materials function and why one might work better for them. In this blog post, we'll discuss some of the most popular roofing material options so you can be informed when you call a roofing professional.
Asphalt/Fibreglass (Composition) Shingles
Asphalt shingles remain homeowners' most popular roofing option. Roofing contractors dub them "composition shingles" because they combine multiple materials into one. High-quality shingles use fibreglass as their base and have an asphalt coating that protects them from the weather.
Composite materials protect your roof and are recyclable. Whether recycled or brand new, these shingles offer an economical option that is easy to install and maintain. Because it's such a popular choice, roofing companies provide a variety of styles and colours that you can select.
While they are popular, they tend to degrade more quickly than other roofing materials. After a few years, sun exposure can wear them out, hail might damage them, and winds may rip them off.
Cedar Shakes and Shingles
Cedar is a common softwood tree that grows throughout North America. Its rustic style gives a traditional, rustic impression many homeowners love.
If you live in an area with nearby woodlands or just want to have a more natural feel to your home design, consider cedar shakes in Edmonton. Your roof will be a unique fixture since no two cedar trees are the same. Find a manufacturer that uses sustainable practices, and you can create a stylish and environmentally friendly roof.
In addition to their curb-appeal, cedar shingles provide heightened insulation, which increases your energy efficiency.
What do you put in that crackling fireplace during those long winter evenings? Wood. Cedar wood shingles have the same properties as normal wood, so they are not a good option if you live in an area with seasonal wildfires. While this material is safe for many areas, you'll need to take your geography into account.
Cedar shingles also need regular maintenance. Roofing contractors must treat it with fungicide and keep it free from debris and moisture to prevent rot.
Metal Roofing Systems
If you want a departure from standard roofing materials, look no further than metal. While metal roofs might seem ultra-modern, they actually date back to the 18th century when copper, lead, and zinc-topped were used for many buildings. Now, manufacturers use aluminum, copper, and steel to form metal sheets.
While cedar shingles provide natural insulation, metal roofing systems represent the most energy-efficient material on this list. You might hear it called "cool roofing" because metal roofing deflects sunrays, which keeps your house cooler. Cool roofing technology makes this an excellent option if you live in warmer climates.
Metal also provides one of the most durable roofing options. Its weather-resistance ensures you won't need to replace your roof for about half a century.
Like most metals, aluminium, copper, and steel may corrode over time. Speak with your roofing contractor about anti-corrosion treatments that can protect your metal roof.
In addition to corrosion treatments, you'll need sturdy eavestroughs that can withstand runoff. Because textured roofs add friction to rain as it falls down the roof, the water's progress slows. Many metal roofs have flat, sleek panels that don't provide that inhibitor, so your eavestroughs will need to be larger and sturdier than the standard version.
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One stormy night, the crew of the cargo ship, the Demeter, which is being ravaged by the violently churning ocean, attempts to dump a crate that's meant to be delivered to Whitby, England overboard, when a savage, wolf-like creature bursts out and massacres all those aboard. At the Seward Sanitarium in Whitby, the storm has the inmates out of control and the facility's administrator, Dr. Jack Seward, asks his daughter, Lucy, to help. Lucy, who's spending time with her friend, Mina Van Helsing, who's been frail and sickly ever since she was a child, reluctantly leaves her to do so. Mina then sees the floundering ship and runs out to the shore just as it crashes onto the beach. The wolf jumps off and heads into a small cave, where Mina follows it and comes across a man who appears to be injured, lying on the ground. The next day, at the site of the wreck, solicitor Jonathan Harker, whose firm handled the sale of the rundown Carfax Abbey to Count Dracula, the man whom Mina found, arrives and meets up with Seward to inspect and deliver the count's luggage. Milo Renfield, a rather seedy little man, is tasked with delivering the luggage to the Abbey, and Seward tells him to ask Dracula if he would join them for dinner at their home at the sanitarium that night. While bringing the bags in later that evening, Renfield is attacked by Dracula and bitten by him while in bat form. At the sanitarium, as Harker and the others discuss what could've left such hideous wounds on the bodies found aboard the ship, and learn of a dead dog that was found with its throat torn out in the same manner, Dracula arrives and charms everyone there, particularly the two girls. He also displays his considerable willpower by using hypnosis to help Mina get over a bout of her sickness when it flares up after dinner. Late that night, while Lucy has a romantic tryst with Harker, her fiance, Dracula pays Mina a visit in her bedroom after crawling down the side of the house, and back at the Abbey, he promises Renfield, who's suddenly developed a taste for insects, a long and fruitful life in exchange for his loyalty. The next morning, Mina unexpectedly dies from apparent asphyxiation, with two small puncture wounds found on her neck, and Seward then contacts her father and his friend, Prof. Abraham Van Helsing. After Harker visits the Abbey to have Dracula sign the deed, he's jumped in his car by a hysterical Renfield, whom Seward has committed to the sanitarium. Following Mina's funeral, Seward meets with Van Helsing when he arrives, while Lucy dines with Dracula that night, becoming further enamored with the charming count. At the sanitarium, a mysterious, ravenous woman kills one of the inmates' baby, and Van Helsing is told that the mother recognized her as Mina. After doing some research, Van Helsing begins to believe that his daughter has been turned into a vampire and, when he is proven right, it isn't long before he learns that Dracula is the cause. Now, he, Seward, and Harker must stop him before he makes Lucy his latest in a long line of brides.
As you can tell from that plot synopsis, this version of the Dracula story is markedly different from the usual one in regards to character names and relationships, there being no scenes in Transylvania, and, most significantly, the portrayal of the count himself, but one thing is does have in common with many renditions, including the 1931 film, is that it's based more on a Broadway play than Bram Stoker's original novel. In developing the screenplay, W.D. Richter based it on a revival of the original play by Hamilton Deane and John Balderston, which had really caught director John Badham's attention when he'd seen it at the time (he claims to have gone bad four times). Exactly how much of it came from the play and how much was created by Richter specifically for the film I'm not sure (I'm sure they changed quite a bit to make it more cinematic), but I do know that the switching of Mina and Lucy's roles in the story comes from the play, as does Frank Langella's characterization of Dracula, as he insisted upon it when making the movie. Whatever the source, the biggest change that this adaptation makes to the familiar story is it makes it much more romantic, with the very tagline being, "A Love Story," and that does make it stand out amongst the other adaptations of Dracula that have been made through the years but I also feel it kind of hinders the story and the strength of the character, as we'll get into.
Another thing this film has in common with the 1931 version is that they both star the actor who was currently playing Dracula in the stage adaptation they were based on. In this case, it's Frank Langella, who, when I first saw an image of him on the poster and in footage from the movie, my reaction was, "Really? This guy is Dracula?" With his silly-looking, poofy hair and odd face, he didn't look the part at all, so I was curious to see what his performance was like. And, truth be told, I don't think he's that bad. I definitely wouldn't put him among my favorite Draculas but his subdued, melancholy performance does fit with this telling of the story. That's the crux of Langella's portrayal: rather than play him as seductive but creepy, like Bela Lugosi, or downright terrifying, like Christopher Lee, his Dracula has a sad, lonely quality to him, in that he's the last of his family and is doomed to live eternally, feeding on the blood of others because he must. His lines often articulate this mindset of his, such as when he says, "I too have buried many friends, and I am weary," and, most notably, when he adds to the famous observation of wolves being "the children of night" by noting, "What 'sad' music they make," describing it as being lonely and akin to crying. Also, Lucy talks about how much she loves the night, Dracula comments, "You take the dawn for granted... and the warm, hot sunlight," giving off a hint of self-loathing, although he does agree with her that the night was meant to be enjoyed. This lonely quality is what draws him to Lucy, as she piques his interest when she comments that she likes to be scared, immediately coming across as very different from Mina, whom he seemed to see as little more sustenance, and she shows interest him as well when she asks him to dance with her after their first dinner together. When they start to become very close after they have dinner together privately at Carfax Abbey, Dracula does give her the chance to go, at one point apologizing for intruding into her life, but when she lets him know that she doesn't regret it at all, he becomes determined to make him his latest bride, and after he "mates" with her in the film's most surreal scene, he'll stop at nothing to take her back to Transylvania in order to truly make her a vampire like him.
Like most portrayals, Langella's Dracula is a very charming, polite nobleman, one whose company everybody around him seems to enjoy during social gatherings (although Jonathan Harker isn't too keen on his strange methods of helping Mina get over a bout of her illness and when he and Lucy enjoy a nice, sweeping dance), but he's also unlike other portrayals in that he's not particularly cruel towards Renfield, promising him eternal life for obedience and only kills him when he tries to warn others of him. That's another thing: as charming as he is, and despite his more sympathetic portrayal here, this Dracula is still somebody who doesn't like being crossed and has dealt with many others who have done so in the past, warning Prof. Van Helsing, "In the past 500 years, Professor, those who have crossed my path have all died, and some not pleasantly," and later telling him and Harker when they break into the Abbey, "Do you think with your crosses and your wafers, you can destroy me? Me! You do not know how many men have come against me. I am the king of my kind! You have accomplished nothing... In a century, when you are dust, I shall wake and call Lucy, my queen, from her grave." However, this is where Langella's performance is at its weakest, as I never find him particularly scary or creepy (save for the expression on his face when looks in on Mina while hanging upside down outside her window), and he doesn't come across as much of a threat either. Yeah, when he grabs the cross that Harker tries to repel him with, it bursts into flames, and he does almost put Van Helsing under his control at one point, but it's not until the climax when it's shown how difficult he is to kill and even then, it's nothing special: bullets don't hurt him (even though they are hitting him, the effect makes it look like they're bouncing off of him, as if he's Superman), he impales Van Helsing against the wall, and he nearly kills Harker in his grip. And when he gets a cargo winch in his back and is hoisted up into the sunlight, his crazed flailing and snarling, as he tries to get free and avoid the sun, feels out of character, like he's doing a bad impression of Christopher Lee (Langella himself isn't fond of that, either).
Another thing is that I don't find Langella to be that seductive or believable as a romantic leading man. As amazing as that shot of him in Lucy's bedroom is, with all that fog behind him, I don't care how much he opens up his frock, showing off his chest, or how how passionately he tells her, "You will be flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood. You will cross land and sea to do my bidding," I'm not sold on him because of just how strange he looks. This will probably sound very shallow and narrow-minded, and believe me, I'm no catch either, but when I look at Langella's hairstyle and his odd-looking face and eyes (I'm well aware he has a disorder that causes them to move against his will and he has to strain to keep them still), I find myself wondering if any woman would fall for him. I find Lugosi and even Gary Oldman, whose Dracula I'm also not too keen on, to be far more believable in that regard. And that leads me into my biggest problem with this portrayal: I don't like it when they try to humanize Dracula and make him a more sympathetic character. I understand the romantic, sexual quality of the vampire in general and this melancholic, longing aspect of the character has been under the surface in most portrayals, like in the original film when Lugosi comments, "To die. To be truly dead. That must be glorious... There are far worse things awaiting man than death," but whenever they bring it straight to the surface, I feel that it takes away from the character and diminishes his frightening potential, not just here but also when they did it later on in Bram Stoker's Dracula, despite Oldman's being far more effectively creepy than Langella (it also doesn't help that I found his actual performance to be really hammy but you can look up my past review for more on that). And as I've said, Langella's performance is so set on this characterization that, when it does call for him to be threatening, it not only doesn't work but it also doesn't feel right, especially when he's going all rabid at the end.
Dracula's abilities and weaknesses are played with a little bit here. As usual, he can turn into a bat, as well as a wolf (he takes that form more often than he does the bat), materialize out of a moving wisp of mist, appear out of complete nothingness, climb along the sides of buildings, as in the original Stoker novel, and has hypnotic powers, but, in regards to his weaknesses, he has trouble controlling those with strong wills, and while he doesn't like garlic, mirrors, or crosses, the latter seem to work only if the user has true faith, given how Dracula is able to set aflame the wooden one Harker tries to use against him at one point (Fright Night later made this much more concrete). Plus, while Van Helsing attempts to stake him at the end of the movie, it seems that only works for him; in order to free Mina from the misery of being a vampire, he has to actually cut out her heart. While animals are able to detect a vampire's presence, Dracula himself has a black horse that he rides that seems to be as unholy as he is, as it's also repulsed by the garlic Van Helsing left on Lucy's grave. And, most notably, once he's well-rested from sleeping in his coffin, Dracula can move about in the daytime, needing only to avoid direct sunlight, which is not hard to do since the weather in this place is often gray and overcast. Truth be told, this isn't the first vampire movie to do that, but it is the first to make that rule perfectly clear.
Early on, when I read up on the movie and learned that Prof. Van Helsing is played by Laurence Olivier, I thought to myself, "That's a good choice," and it would've been... had this been done back in his prime. At the time of filming, Olivier was around 71 years old, was extremely ill, stricken with a condition that caused him to bleed profusely from the slightest injury, and looks and sounds like he's going to keel over any minute (although, he lived for another decade after the movie). His performance isn't the problem, as he could still do it even at this stage; it's just that he's so frail and his voice is so strained, which isn't helped by the accent that he puts on, that it's hard for me to buy him as a real threat Dracula. He may know all of the vampire's weaknesses and what to do to impede him in his desire to take Lucy but, I feel that, if you take away the crosses, the garlic, and the strong will that makes him immune to Dracula's hypnotic influence, he wouldn't stand a chance against him, as proven at the end when he gets impaled to the wall and only manages to stop Dracula through luck before he expires. That's a shame, too, because as I said, Olivier's performance is good. He plays the added emotion of having lost his daughter and discovering what she's become really well (the way he cries when he impales her with a rod when she attacks him and Dr. Seward down in the catacombs is quite affecting) and he also comes across as somebody who's wise enough to believe in what everyone else around him doesn't from the evidence he gathers. Exactly why the circumstances of Mina's death and the attack on the one inmate's child would lead him to do some research into vampires is never made clear, as it's never mentioned that he's ever heard of them or has had any interest in the subject before this, but regardless, once he realizes that it's the case, he'll stop at nothing to both save his daughter's soul and to keep his best friend's daughter from suffering the same fate by destroying Dracula. His hatred and abhorrence of the count for what he is and what he did to Mina is summed up very well in the line, "If I could send his soul to everlasting, burning hell, I would!", which Olivier delivers very well and which puts him at odds with the utterly seduced Lucy, and while he's initially ready to give up when it seems as though Dracula has gotten away with her, when Jonathan Harker insists they keep after him, he keeps going along with it and doesn't stop until the final confrontation. All of this good stuff makes me wish all the more that they'd done this movie when Olivier was younger and healthier, which would've helped the character come across all the better.
I can't tell you how many times throughout this review I've almost called Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan) Mina, as that's usually who this character is but here, for whatever reason, they decided to switch them around (I guess it's not as confusing as in Horror of Dracula, where the character of Arthur Holmwood, who's not in this film at all, is married to Mina and Lucy is his sister). In any case, Lucy has a bit more to her in this version than this role typically does, especially in the 1931 film, where her purpose is to be little more than Dracula's main target. She's shown as a rather fun-loving, carefree woman with a zest for life, one who helps her father in dealing with the patients at the sanitarium whenever they're getting out of hand, as she's able to soothe some of them with her kind nature, and she's very close to Mina Van Helsing, becoming depressed and distraught when she dies, blaming herself for leaving her alone while she had a romantic rendezvous with Jonathan Harker and not wanting to do anything that would cheer her up. Speaking of which, in spite of her engagement to Harker (which he himself admits early on is a bit shaky since he can't ever get her to agree to a wedding date), she's immediately taken with Dracula, having him dance with her after their dinner together at her home, and her interest in the usual, which includes things most people find frightening, draws him to her. After Mina's funeral, Lucy decides to take up Dracula's invitation to her and Dr. Seward to have dinner with him at Carfax Abbey, saying that it's merely a courtesy while Seward goes to meet with Van Helsing when he arrives in Whitby, but, in reality, it's just so she can see him again. Following their dinner, as Lucy tells him of her love for the night and the sounds of the wolves, she truly falls for Dracula, staying with him, despite his giving her every opportunity to leave, and the next night, the two of them consummate their relationship in a very psychedelic, surreal fashion.
From then on, even though Seward and Van Helsing manage to slow her vampirism somewhat with a blood transfusion, her devotion to him and his personal plight is unwavering, in spite of what the others around her think, as she tells her father, Van Helsing, and Harker, "You dare try to confuse me?! Tormenting him who is the saddest, the kindest of all?!", and when Van Helsing tells her that he wishes to condemn Dracula to hell, she says that she hates them all. They end up having to put her in the sanitarium, where she struggles a bit with her two halves, at one point attempting to seduce Harker so she can bite him, only to slink away and cry helplessly when Van Helsing puts a cross in her face, taking it for her own protection. Ultimately, Dracula breaks into the sanitarium and fetches her so the two of them can escape to Transylvania, as she looks forward to becoming his most coveted bride, and she fights back against Harker and Van Helsing during the final confrontation in the ship's hold. When Dracula is destroyed by the sun, Lucy appears to regain her senses, but during the ambiguous last moments where his cape is seen flying away in the wind, suggesting that he may not be dead, the last shot of her is a smile that's just as enigmatic.
With a budget of a little over $12 million, Dracula was a fairly decent-sized movie for the time and it shows in the film's scope and art direction. The production design, courtesy of Peter Murton, is truly excellent, ranging from elegant and lavish, such as the interior of the Seward household during the dinner party they have with Dracula, to atmospherically Gothic when it comes to the interior of Carfax Abbey, particularly during the scene between Dracula and Lucy where it's filled to the brim with lit candles (if you look closely at some of the structures, you'll see that they're carved in the form of enormous, gaping mouths), and darkly-lit, uncomfortable, and creepy, like the mines beneath Whitby, the interior of the sanitarium and the cells, and the dark hold of both the Demeter and the ship where the climax takes place. The film also makes good use of location work shot throughout England, which adds even more to the atmosphere, with the creepy woods of Black Park, Buckinghamshire, the expansive, fog-shrouded, overcast fields of Cornwall, which double for Whitby, and the exteriors of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel and the Castle of St. Michael at St. Michael's Mount for Seward Sanitarium and Carfax Abbey respectively. One of the most impressive mixes of art direction and location work comes in the form of the wide shots of the wrecked Demeter on the shore, which are amazing in their scope and the number of people they have milling around it, and the shots on its deck also look pretty good. I'm pretty sure that was all practical location work and sets; if there was any matte photography, I didn't notice it (but then again, Albert Whitlock worked on the film, so you never know). The costumes are also top notch and feel of the period, with nice suits for the main male cast members, lovely, elegant dresses for the women, and poor-looking rags for the more destitute characters and the inmates of the asylum. And finally, the movie just has the air of a classic, Gothic horror film, with the classic-looking cemeteries, the crucifixes, the cobwebs, the old-fashioned lanterns, the lack of any real sunlight until the end, and all of the fog, particularly in the scenes where Dracula comes through the bedroom windows and there's fog everywhere behind him for no real reason other than it looks cool, which it does.
Unfortunately, as high as the production values are, they can't salvage a major problem with the movie: its look. By this point, you've seen that there's such a lack of color in the visuals that the movie might as well have been shot in black and white altogether, and, in fact, that was John Badham's original intent, in order to make it feel more akin to the 1931 film, as well as the stark look of the stage play. But, Universal not only vetoed this idea but they also had Badham and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor shoot the movie in a very warm color palette in order to really show off the production design. As he was never happy with this, Badham decided, when the film was released on laserdisc in 1991, to alter the color timing and drain the color out of the picture in order to get it as close to black-and-white as possible, which is the look the film has retained in all of its subsequent home media releases. Unfortunately, this resulted in a movie that has a very murky, lifeless, and unpleasant look to it, one that, for me personally, hurts the enjoyment factor because of the drabness. While this look works well for the creepy, atmospheric scenes, when you have moments between Dracula and Lucy that are meant to be sensual and romantic or scenes set inside the much more elegant interiors, such as the fancy Seward household and the candlelit Carfax Abbey, it severely hurts their effectiveness, especially since I've seen how lovely they looked originally thanks to some screen captures I found (seriously, look at the bottom image here, which is from the original theatrical trailer, and then every other image in this review and tell me which one looks better). Not only that but, because of the desaturation, there are scenes that were darkly lit to begin with but now, it's sometimes hard to tell exactly what's going on. I may not be a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula but one thing that movie definitely has over this one is it's very appealing to the eye. It's just a shame that this movie looks the way it does now, including on its Blu-Ray release, so who knows if it'll ever be restored to its former glory in high-definition? (I have read, though, that, by playing with the color controls on your TV, you can sort of get it to look the way it originally did.)
Effects-wise, the movie isn't exactly a tour-de-force but it does have some nicely done examples of both optical and physical effects. In terms of the latter, the most impressive is the matte painting of Carfax Abbey on the cliff overlooking the sea, courtesy of Albert Whitlock (as mentioned before, it's so good that I can't tell which are the optical shots and which are shots of the real location), and that's to say nothing of a shot early on where you very quickly see Dracula taking off into the air, halfway between bat and human form, when he attacks Renfield; his appearing suddenly out of nothingness; and a nice-looking moment where, when Van Helsing drives him away with the image of a cross, Dracula jumps out the window and, in a wide-shot outside the building, you see him disappear behind the wall in his human form and exit out the window as a wolf. The only optical effect that leaves something to be desired for is when Dracula is being shot by Jonathan Harker during the climax, which looks really bad and, as I mentioned earlier, makes it come across like the bullets are bouncing off of him. On the physical side, nothing beats the shot of Dracula hanging upside down outside the bedroom window like a huge bat, with his upside down hands clawing at the glass the way one would, and which they shot simply by turning the camera upside down. The same goes for the shots of him climbing up and down the sides of buildings (which they shot in a similar fashion), the water and wind effects of the storm during the opening, and a moment that I like where Harker tries to fend him off with a wooden cross, only for Dracula to grab it and instantly set aflame. And thankfully, rather than use chintzy fake bats, they used real ones, as well as real wolves for the scenes where he's in those forms.
Even though it's rated R, the movie has no strong language or graphic nudity and sexual content, so I can guess the only real reason why it didn't get a PG-rating back in 1979 was because of the violence and even then, this is hardly a gorefest. During the film's opening aboard the storm-ravaged Demeter, where Dracula bursts out of the crate before they can dump it overboard, you see his hand burst out and tear open a guy's throat and, when they're investigating the shipwreck the next day, you see that the captain suffered a similar fate but, while definitely something that would make those not used to it wince, it's nothing compared to the gore effects you'd see in a lot of the other horror films made around that time. As Langella played Dracula in a more sympathetic, romantic light, you don't ever see him with blood-dripping fangs, nor do you see any grisly close-ups of the aftermaths of his biting people, and the impaling of the vampires is also not as gruesome as what you saw in the Hammer films, nor is it when Van Helsing himself is impaled to the wall at the end or when Dracula breaks Renfield's neck by turning his head completely around (the dummy used there looks a little funky). You may expect there to be a lot of blood when Van Helsing is forced to cut Mina's heart out in order to completely free her soul but, actually, all you see of it is him making a slight cut with a scalpel and it then cuts away, and the aftermath of Mina's attack on the one inmate's baby isn't much either (although, I'm rather glad when it comes to the latter). In fact, the most actual blood you see in the movie is when Dracula makes the cut on his chest to fuse his blood with Lucy's and even that's not much. Besides blood and fake wounds, the film also has some notable makeups for the vampires themselves. While Dracula looks the same until his "death" at the end, Lucy and Mina become deathly pale, with completely black eyes and fangs, when in their vampire forms, and Mina, because she's truly undead, looks more decayed (however, in some shots, she looks like she's wearing clown makeup, especially in that bottom image). The burns that the crosses leave on their skins are also fair, as is the burnt, boiling makeup used to show the effects of the direct sunlight when Dracula is exposed to it at the end.
In spite of Frank Langella's performance, the "wedding night" sequence, the nice production design, and the okay makeup effects, the biggest strike this movie has against it for me is that it's so forgettable. After my first viewing, I didn't watch it again for seven years because I felt no compulsion to, as there was nothing about it that stood out to me enough to warrant a revisiting, and even when I watched it a third time for this review, I'd forgotten so much of what happens, despite it not having been nearly as long. I hate to keep bringing this movie up but, for better or worse, I can remember a good deal of Bram Stoker's Dracula thanks to its crazy visual style, over-the-top performances, and insane, grisly scenes; with this film, I'd forgotten a number of the scenes, including the big ones like the confrontation with Mina down in the mines, her attacking and killing an inmate's baby, or even that the character of Renfield is in this film! That leads me into something else: because it's based on the same stage play, it often reminds me of the original 1931 film, right down to certain scenes and lines of dialogue, like Dracula's mingling with high society at the Seward Sanitarium and the shots of him within the old, rundown interiors of Carfax Abbey which are the substitute for Castle Dracula here, "I never drink wine," "The children of the night," and the confrontation between Dracula and Van Helsing in the drawing room, with Dracula explaining that he doesn't like mirrors after smashing one, trying to take control of Van Helsing's mind, and telling the doctor that he's wise for someone who hasn't lived a single lifetime. It's a good thing that Langella didn't try for a Romanian accent, because then I'd really reminded of Bela Lugosi's movie and even still, that's what this feels like to me: a much longer (it's 108 minutes), less memorable, muddy-looking version of a film that I and countless other people feel is superior in every way in terms of atmosphere, performance, and sheer classic-standing.
Another thing is that the movie has very few truly memorable scenes and sequences of its own, aside from that aforementioned surreal scene. If I were hard-pressed to come up with some others, I guess I could point to the moment where Mina finds him in the cave and his hand slowly reaches out and touches hers, the investigation of the shipwreck because of how impressive the scope of that scene is, the image where Dracula hangs upside down outside the bedroom window, Lucy watching Van Helsing and the other men Mina's heart out from her bedroom window (I'm really grabbing at straws there), and the ending where, after his apparent destruction thanks to the sunlight, his cape is seen floating off into the sky, making you question whether or not he really is gone. Other than that, few scenes in this movie stand out: the opening on the ship is okay but it doesn't have the creep factor of the 30's film, the scenes with the vampiric Mina leave no impression at all, and their chasing the carriage carrying Dracula's coffin and the little climactic struggle between him and Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing in the ship's hold is stuff I've seen done better in the Hammer films.
Think of this: John Williams doing the score for a Dracula movie. Sounds like it would be nothing short of awe-inspiring, doesn't it? Well, sadly, there's a reason why Williams' score here is one of his least mentioned works, because there's very little to write home about. By far, the most memorable part of it is Dracula's leitmotif, which you hear throughout the film but doesn't reach its true zenith until the "wedding night" scene and the ending credits, and it has a distinctive melody it and manages to sound both eerie and erotic at the same time, which fits with this portrayal of the count. Other than that, though, I cannot, for the life of me, remember any other distinctive pieces of the score. Even when I was watching the movie, the music wasn't leaving much of an impression other than it was often very erotic and only useful for the moment. Definitely not one of Williams' best and by this point, he'd already proven himself with his legendary scores for Jaws, Star Wars, and Superman, so I'm guessing he just didn't have very much to work with, even if he was doing it with the London Symphony Orchestra again.


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We watched the local 3rd of July fireworks last night and I found myself reminiscing. I'm sure that has something to do with this being the last 4th of July we'll be spending in Washington, which has been our home on and off for the past two decades. It probably also has something to do with returning to the state we grew up in and being closer to family a year from now.
Either way, while I sat in front of my husband with his arms around me, I commented out loud that the 4th is one of my favorite holidays. The kids chimed in with their favorites – the gift receiving ones. And that makes sense – they're kids. I hope, though, that as they age they'll begin to understand what else holidays have to offer – traditions, laughter, joy, family…love.
If we get down to it, that's why July 4th is among my favorites. When we were still in high school, my husband and I held hands while watching fireworks bloom around us. We lay in the grass and felt them explode in our chests as the colors lit up the sky above us. We sat on the dock sharing kisses while the fireworks went off over the water. The memories are full of warm moments with my love.
Through the years, I also recall playing cards and yard games, picnics, and laughter with friends and family. Such positive images to play in my head year after year. I remember one year, with a baby just a couple months old, bundling him up and walking with friends to watch the show while my husband was out to sea. I wasn't sure I wanted to be there – the only one with a baby and no husband to hold my hand or give me kisses – but I'm glad I went. There's something magical about fireworks to me.
One of my professors in college used to tell us the way to "fall in love" was to ride a roller coaster with the object of your affections. The adrenaline rush and excitement mimic the feelings of love we long for and that person will associate you with those natural highs.
I think in our case, fireworks are cool and all, but it's their association with the way my husband makes my heart beat faster that makes them amazing and a joy to watch!
Enjoy your holidays and remember those serving, not cooking out with family or holding loved ones close today.
Happy 4th of July!


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UPDATE: Clear winners emerge in Morro Bay mayor, council races
UPDATE 5:15 p.m. Friday: Morro Bay's local election has been decided — unofficially that is.
A count of about 500 mail-in ballots and 12 non-processed ballots over the past couple of days shows that mayoral candidate Jamie Irons has shored up more than 50 percent of the vote, which he needed to avoid a November runoff with runner-up Carla Borchard.
Irons came in at about 52 percent of the vote with 2,062 ballots cast in his name.
City Council candidates Noah Smukler and Christine Johnson received 64 percent and 55 percent of the vote in their respective races, confirming their seats against runner-ups Joan Solu and James Hayes.
Smukler received 2,527 votes and Johnson took 2,167 votes.
About 55 provisional ballots still must be counted, but those won't affect the races.
San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald said that the votes still must be certified, which likely will take place in a couple of weeks.
UPDATE 6 p.m. Thursday: Thursday's counting of outstanding vote-by-mail and other ballots have affirmed winners in Morro Bay's mayoral and City Council races and ruled out the possibility of a November runoff, according to the latest tally by the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office.
Votes on the 103 Morro Bay ballots outstanding as of Thursday afternoon — 36 vote-by-mail, 55 provisional and 12 "non-processed" ballots — would not mathematically produce a different outcome.
Jamie Irons beat City Councilwoman Carla Borchard and incumbent Bill Yates in the mayoral race, garnering 53.3 percent of the vote, a slightly higher lead than results from Tuesday night's final count.
Borchard trailed with just over 21 percent of the vote, with Yates in third at just over 20 percent.
City Councilman Noah Smuckler had already been mathematically guaranteed re-election before Thursday's counting, but also widened his lead slightly to garner votes on 63.7 percent of ballots cast.
Christine Johnson also widened her lead from Tuesday night's final count and emerged as the other winner in the council race. Thursday's count had her receiving votes on nearly 55 percent of ballots cast.
She will replace Borchard, whose term ends in December.
Original story: In Morro Bay, 567 ballots remain to be counted after Tuesday's election. But the race's voting trends would need to change greatly for the expected outcome to be different.
The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office website reports that 500 mail-in votes, 55 provisional ballots and 12 non-processed ballots still need to be counted.
Jamie Irons won nearly 53 percent of the vote for mayor, but would need 221 votes of the remaining ballots to maintain his majority hold.
That number represents about 39 percent of the uncounted ballots.
City Councilwoman Carla Borchard trails Irons with just over 21 percent of the vote. Mayor Bill Yates placed third, receiving 20.4percent of the vote.
Under Measure S, approved by Morro Bay voters in November 2006, candidates must receive votes in a majority of ballots cast in the June primary in order to win a mayoral or City Council seat.
Otherwise, the top vote getters advance to a November runoff.
The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office so far has counted 3,439 ballots from Morro Bay. Adding the 567 ballots remaining, 2,004 votes are needed by a candidate to achieve a simple majority of the 4,006 potential total ballots.
In the council race, Christine Johnson would need about 145 votes of the remaining ballots to secure her City Council seat againstrunner-up Joan Solu.
That number represents 25.6 percent of the uncounted votes. Johnson received votes on 54.1 percent of ballots cast as of final unofficial results from Tuesday night.
City Councilman Noah Smukler garnered votes on 63.3 percent of ballots cast, mathematically ensuring he is re-elected.
James Hayes has been mathematically eliminated of winning a council seat after Tuesday's election, according to City Attorney Rob Schultz.
Mail-in votes were be counted Thursday afternoon and possibly into today, provisional ballots will be tallied next week and thencertification is expected the following week, according to San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald.


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Better Pack 755eS
The Better Pack 755eS is a water-activated tape dispenser (also known as a paper tape dispenser, gummed or gum tape water-activated tape dispenser) made for a fast-paced packaging environment where random-sized heavy items are being shipped. This dispenser has a smooth-touch, easy to use color-coded keypad with 20 preset tape lengths.
The Better Pack 755eS is calibrated in inches and has a voltage of 115V.
The Better Pack 755eS is UL Listed and Approved by the independent safety certification company, Underwriters Laboratory. It is also built to meet or exceed safety standards set by CE (Europe) and CSA (Canada).
• High volume, fast paced shipping
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• Limited workspace height (dispenser has a low profile)
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|Features of the Better Pack 755eS
|Color-coded Keypad with 20 Preset tape lengths
|Simple operation
|Accommodates tape 1.25 inches to 4 inches wide
|Wide tape supports heavy, bulky cartons
|Dispenser height of 9-1/2 inches
|Can fit into limited workspace
|Random key
|Tape output of 32 inches per second
|Adjustable low-voltage top heater
|Enhanced tape adhesion with safety in mind
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It's summer and officially time to get your hands on deliciously plump and sweet cherry tomatoes from your local grocers. Beetroot, also ready for harvest this month, can easily be found packaged whole and boiled in most green grocers refrigerated section.
Simple beetroot, cherry tomato, and feta salad (serves 2)
- 2 whole beetroot, boiled and diced (go for packaged if you can find it)
- 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 100g tinned black eyed beans, drained and rinsed
- 100g feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley (optional)
- 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- 1 drizzle of honey
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
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In 1992 Canadian prosecutor Rupert Ross published Dancing With A Ghost, an account of his interactions with the Aboriginal communities in Northwestern Ontario. What begins as a simple story about the difficulty he faced while trying cases in Native American communities, quickly morphs into a groundbreaking philosophical discussion of Native American culture, and how it is founded on a worldview diametrically opposed to Western views and values. He explores huge ideas, including the roots of our Western system of justice, our propensity to treat symptoms rather than causes, and the very structure and nature of our language.
Bestsellers in Canada, Mr. Ross's books were never published in the US.
Mr. Ross's books have had a profound impact on my life, and I believe his teachings demand a wider audience. I've teamed with filmmakers Roger Spottiswoode (Director of Turner & Hooch, Air America, Tomorrow Never Dies) and Hunter Weeks (Where The Yellowstone Goes, Walter, Ride The Divide), to bring Mr. Ross's teachings to the world through a documentary film.
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Fans are convinced that slowly but surely, Sofia Richie's transformation into her beau's ex, Kourtney Kardashian will finally be complete. It really seems that she is trying to resemble the KUWK star and fans have been saying that she is only doing this in order to try and hold on to her man Scott Disick who is lately really interested in what Kourt is up to.
Yesterday, on March 12, Sofia showed off some brunette extensions that she has never worn before.
She posted a pic on her Instagram stories, and we must admit that her style resembles very much the one sported by Kourtney.
It also seems that she had her hair done by celebrity hair extension specialist Priscilla Valles, who is the very same stylist loved by the whole Kardashian clan.
When Sofia started dating Scott, she looked totally different rocking her blonde locks, and she also wore a different kind of clothes.
She liked to wear tracksuits and streetwear and these days we can mostly see her rocking all sorts of elegant outfits.
It looks as if her style became much more sophisticated and some would even say that it's maybe a bit too complicated for someone her own age.
These latest extensions that she has been sporting come right after Kourt had a massive fight with her own younger boyfriend, Younes Bendjia and they sparked break up rumors. We learned that Sofia is sick and tired of Scott being so interested in his ex's love life.


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Salâm `aleykoum,
Un long article en anglais qui vaux vraiment le detour:
How Islam Inspired Scientific Advance
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The centuries of Islamic supremacy are best caught in the words of Scott:
"The genius of the Arabian people advanced rapidly in the path of civilisation, while the dense and sluggish intellect of the northern barbarians, who, in their origin, were not less ignorant, remained stationary. It took Spain, under the Moslems, less than half a century to reach a point in human progress, which was not attained by Italy under the popes in a thousand years. The capacity of the Muslim mind to absorb, to appropriate, to invent, to develop, to improve, has no parallel in the annals of any race. [8]"
Pedersen notes "The rooting of intellectual life in religion, the basis of Muslim society," He continues "created a respect for it such that rulers and rich men opened their doors to the representatives of the intellectual life and frequently lavished large sums of money on them. [9]"
Islam is said to be responsible for the fantastic tales of bags of jewels and gold paid for a few pages of a rare pharmacological or astronomical manuscript and also of travel of thousands of miles in search of a person who might provide an insight into a mathematical problem [10]. Thousands upon thousands became seekers of knowledge, criss-crossing the vast Muslim land mass of the Asian, African and European continents in order to acquire and disseminate knowledge among Muslims and non Muslims alike [11]. This is not surprising considering the numerous sayings of Prophet Muhammad praising learning.
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he practice of Islam, as a faith, itself, spurred scientific growth in its very fundamentals, and fundamentally. Arithmetic was desirable because it enabled Muslims to calculate inheritances and to count days and years; geometry helped find the direction of the Qiblah and the pilgrimage routes, and from astronomy Muslims could determine the beginning of Ramadan and the great feasts, and fix the time for prayers [32]. The Muslims considerably improved techniques of astronomical observation and cartography because they needed accurate determination of positions for the correct orientation of the mosques [33]. During the period of installation and consolidation of Muslim power in Spain and of the Maghrib, Djebbar explains, medicine and calculation were the first scientific disciplines to have benefited from teaching, followed by the publication of works, and this to respond to the needs of certain well-to-do ranks of society of the cities, or to the solicitations of lawyers for the solution of certain problems such as those involved in land measurement or in the partitioning of inheritance [34]. Djebbar dwells on the Moroccan mathematician, Ibn al-Banna, whose Tanbih al-albab contains precise mathematical answers to the calculation of the drop of irrigation canals, the arithmetical explanation of a verse of the Qur'an concerning inheritance, the determination of the hour of the third daily prayer, the enumeration of delayed prayers which have to be said in a precise order, the exact calculation of legal tax in the case of a delayed payment, etc [35].
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The Muslim predecessors, the Greeks, above all, excelled at speculation; under the Muslims, knowledge through istidlal (calling for evidence), seeking through evidence to make the unknown known, became fundamental. Istidlal, Al-Faruqi noted, implies "observation of the data and their examination through experimentation, measurement and more observation...[39]". In following such a precept, Ibn al-Nafis declared that dissection had proven both Galen and Ibn Sina wrong; whilst al-Biruni refused to accept any statement without testing it in experience and confirming it by examination [40]. They developed instruments to correct and expand the sensory evidence, and would repeat experiments as a means to test results and avoid error. Jabir ibn Hayyan had a special name for scientific experiment, al- tadrib; and ibn al-Haytham called it al-itibar [41].' It is this search of absolute accuracy, as demanded by the faith, which imposed itself upon Islamic sciences, and this is why Muslim science embraced the knowledge of the sky and stars (astronomy) as well as surgery and ophthalmology in so precise and meticulous attention for detail that amazes us today [42]. This is also why the Muslims were the first to devise accurate sea charts, and their maps guided navigators precisely in the then big unknowns and mysteries of the seas and oceans. This is why the Muslims were never happy with the ineptitude and inaccuracies of Greek science. This is also why the Muslims carried precise observations and devised extremely accurate instruments [43]. The Muslims achieved a great deal such as making measurements of weights and densities that modern day science agrees with, designing mechanical gears that revolutionised engineering; designing and constructing dams that still function in Spain today, and wrote pharmaceutical formula still current [44], and so on and so forth.
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The Bulletin Board will resume publication on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
Please set your DVR's for tomorrow night (Saturday 12/17) for the airing of the Student Voice Video Contest to air right after the Channel 9 news at 6:30. I've seen the final product and it is very good – our students have great things to say!! It will be re-broadcast periodically on 9.2.
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We know you're busy, but we REALLY would like to have you submit some pictures for our photo contest. We know you probably have a few favorite pictures of places, people or events occurring in the Grant Wood AEA service area. We have some very nice pictures that some brave souls have submitted, but we would like to see a lot more! Please submit them in an email to Valerie Taylor Hill or to George Held. Thanks!
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Go to http://aeas4iowa.wordpress.com/ to read the latest edition of "Impacting Lives." The blog newsletter is a statewide effort to communicate AEA success stories and services across the state. The newsletter is sent to all school administrators, legislators (in-session) and AEA staff in Iowa. This issue includes:
Discover the Savings through the Iowa Educators Consortium
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New Teacher Center: Developing Teacher Leaders and Instructional Coaches
You are invited to be a part of Capitol Girls on February 8, 2012. High school girls from across Iowa will convene in Des Moines to learn about the workings of the Iowa General Assembly and have an opportunity to shadow women legislators and learn about how state laws and budgets are developed and passed.
The day will begin at 7:30 a.m. with an inside look at the Iowa General Assembly. Girls will be introduced in both the Iowa Senate and Iowa House of Representatives, and then paired with legislators.
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to be involved in the 3rd annual Capitol Girls! Space is limited to 30 girls. Please complete application at http://www.women.iowa.gov/just_for_girls/index.html and submit to email@example.com or by fax to 515- 242-6119 by January 13, 2012 to be considered.
To give students a deeper and more relevant appreciation of women's roles in history and celebrate March as Women's History Month, the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, Iowa Department of Education, and the State Historical Society of Iowa invite teachers to encourage their students to enter the 28th Annual Write Women Back Into History Essay Contest.
2012 Theme: Women's Education – Women's Empowerment
A student's own thoughts on the significance of the woman's contributions are important. Essays should identify 1) why the woman should be written into history (i.e., what meaningful contributions has she made to her community, the state, nation, or world?), and 2) why she is important to the student. Students should consider what people would learn about us from this essay 50 years from now. A successful essay will discuss why the student researched, read about or interviewed, and found the subject to be a role model; it should not merely be a biographical sketch.
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Do you know an outstanding K-12 teacher passionate about teaching American history? Full-time educators who teach American history are welcome to apply for the Gilder Lehrman Institute Preserve America History Teacher of the Year award.
The National History Teacher of the Year Award gives $10,000 to the best American history teacher. The national winner is chosen from outstanding teachers in each state, district, and U.S. territory. State winners receive $1,000 and an archive of books and other resources for their school. The award is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Preserve America, and HISTORY (The History Channel). Nominations can be made by a student, parent, colleague, supervisor, or other education professional familiar with the teacher's work. Candidates must have at least three years' experience teaching American history and plan to teach for at least one year following the award year.
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Grant Wood AEA's The Yellow Pages - A Directory of Services and Staff is available online in portable document format (PDF). Click on the above link to access.
The PEP News Bulletin, December 2011 features information about the "Road to Discovery: Transition to Adult Living, Learning and Working" free workshop, scheduled during January/February 2012.
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Dates of Challenge: Jan. 23 – May 1, 2011
Registration for the The Live Healthy Iowa 100 Day Wellness Challenge is available as part of the agency's Google Site under the Category "Agency Wide" and "Wellness."
Live Healthy Iowa is a fun, easy and affordable way to engage Iowans in healthy behaviors. This team-based physical activity, nutrition and weight loss program is designed to promote positive changes leading to a healthier lifestyle.
For more information and an FAQ, visit www.livehealthyiowa.org or contact Connie Dvorak or Stacy Murphy.
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Open the GWAEA website, click on PD, scroll to learning for GWAEA staff - and that is where the workshops are posted. Log in and sign up. And that is all that is needed to be hooked!
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Additional seats are available for the Sharon Walpole workshop, Planning Rigorous Small-Group Reading Instruction Workshop number: 19051-11-01
Doug Fisher is coming to Grant Wood AEA on April 11 to present on Purposeful Classrooms: How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind. Workshop number: 19058-11-01
All weather related cancellations of workshops and courses will be posted on the Grant Wood AEA webpage and KCRG.
For a complete listing of all upcoming trainings: http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us/profdev/courses.cfm
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Pink Yoplait yogurt lids. Stacy Murphy, IMS operator, is collecting pink Yoplait yogurt lids to support the annual "Save Lids to Save Lives" drive for breast cancer research. Collection containers are available in the break rooms of the Cedar Rapids and Coralville facilities or contact Stacy, ext. 6888.
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Since July 30, the state Department of Human Services has been observing a new state law pushed by the Beebe administration that requires public notice of deaths or near deaths of children reported to DHS. These are all cases in which neglect, abuse, drug use by a pregnant mother, crime or other untoward circumstances are suspected.
As I've written before, it was but a small step toward more transparency about the ways in which society and the state have failed its most vulnerable. As I've also written before, the law didn't provide for adequate release of information about these cases. DHS won't provide even the tiniest bit of additional information about circumstances or the performance of state workers paid to look after children.
Still: The news has value. Another report of a near death has been released. Check the list with the new law not yet in effect even a full month — nine deaths and six near deaths. Almost one a day.
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Merry Christmas everyone. If Santa doesn't show up to your house, I apologize in advance. He really shouldn't eat things strangers put out for him. What is he teaching our children?
You might say that he should have known that Amy was on the naughty list (which he probably checked twice), but you'll also notice that she set her trap in Ryan's house. I guess it's not hard to outwit the big guy.
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Chris Silver Smith, one of the leading search engine optimization experts in the world and a pioneer in the more dedicated practice of Local SEO, has founded in the Dallas Forth Worth Metroplex area a search marketing agency. Argent Media was established by Smith as an elite and personalized Internet marketing agency in Dallas after years of working for a couple of other internationally famous SEM agencies like NetConcepts, which was since acquired by Covario, and KeyRelevance.
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