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Can Boehner Save Immigration Reform?
With a Republican majority revolting against a pathway to citizenship, John Boehner may be the only one who can get the legislation back on track.
While the immigration bill is getting bipartisan support in the Senate, the House is a different story. Yesterday, Representative Steve King led a six-hour press conference outside the Capitol steps to raise concerns about the pathway to citizenship. While right-wing intransigence is nothing new, these calls for obstruction from the Tea Party caucus are in conflict with more mainstream Rebulicans’ support for the bill. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes evaluates Speaker John Boehner’s options: kill the bill to appease his base; or bring it to the floor for the good of the party—and, more than likely, say goodbye to his speakership.

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The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a massive building on the Potomac River containing nine theaters.
In her final decade, Aretha Franklin’s two best-loved performances both took place in Washington. In 2009, she graced Barack Obama’s inauguration with a gorgeous “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” while wearing a hat so remarkable it ended up on display in the Smithsonian on Dec. 6, 2015, she sang an unforgettable rendition of her own anthem of rebirth, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” in tribute to the song’s co-writer, Carole King, who was receiving the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement alongside Rita Moreno, Cicely Tyson and other luminaries.
We spoke with performers, guests and others who were at the Kennedy Center that night about their memories of Ms. Franklin’s soaring performance. These are edited excerpts from the conversations.
RICKEY MINOR, musical director of the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony The producers were interested in Aretha — her doing “Natural Woman” was kind of a no-brainer — and I knew that she attended the Kennedy Center Honors every year, sitting in the audience to celebrate the honorees.
DEBORAH F. RUTTER, president of the Kennedy Center Aretha received her Kennedy Center Honor in 1994, at a time when most Honors recipients were at or nearing the end of their careers. That she continued performing and producing new work for the next two decades is a testament to a talent that transcends age and time.
GLENN WEISS, executive producer and director of the Honors ceremony There was a big back and forth before Aretha agreed to perform, but the song was such a huge iconic thing in her life. I think it was important for her to be there.
MINOR With Aretha, you need to be bendable and not breakable. It was going to be just her with the orchestra, but she made a call and said, “Hey, I have a way that I do this song with my background singers.” Everyone needs what they need to be comfortable.
WEISS She always walks onstage with her purse. When we were in rehearsals, she walks out and puts it on the piano. When she walks downstage, she picks it up and puts it on the floor. The show ends with everyone in the tribute downstage singing “I Feel the Earth Move.” In rehearsal, there’s a line of people in street clothes — her, James Taylor, Sara Bareilles, Janelle Monáe — and this one bag sitting in the middle of the stage. When we finished the song, James Taylor leaned over to pick up the bag and hand it to her, being a gentleman, and reflexively she almost pushed him away.
MINOR The purse thing has a long history: she keeps her purse with her at all times. She’s got her money, she’s ready to move, to go wherever she needs to be. How many times do you have to leave your purse in the dressing room and have it go missing before you say, “I worked hard for this money — I’m going to put my purse right here where I can see it”?
WEISS Traditionally the honorees go to the White House for a reception, and then they go back to the Kennedy Center, the president comes, and the show starts. Unfortunately, that weekend the San Bernardino shooting happened. We were told by the White House that the president is addressing the nation at 8 o’clock, and we’re scheduled to start at 7:30. The night was a bit of a roller coaster and maybe a little emotional, but the president came to us at intermission.
MINOR I always welcome everybody before the show and thank them for coming, because I probably won’t see them after the show. I knocked on Aretha’s door — she’ll make you wait, you won’t just walk in there. There were a lot of people in there — hair and makeup, she was getting ready — but she was in a great mood.
KENNEDY For the 11 o’clock number of the Carole King section, I introduced her, said, “Aretha Franklin!” and people freaked out.
MINOR The honorees don’t know who’s performing for them.
KENNEDY Carole was losing her mind, Obama was losing his mind, everyone was going wild. I was standing in the wings with James Taylor, who was just as excited to see what was going to happen.
JAMES TAYLOR To me, Aretha is the ultimate — not that it’s a competition. She didn’t open her mouth unless what came out was brilliant.
KENNEDY Out she walks with her fur coat and her purse; she whacks the purse on the piano and sits down. They cut this part out of the segment that went to air, but she did a few scales, taking her time getting ready, and then all of a sudden she hits that first note, “Looking out on the morning,” and it was the most unbelievable performance I had ever seen.
MINOR Carole just kept saying, “Oh my God, oh my God,” and holding her head. She had never seen Aretha play piano and sing her song. Lots of people don’t know that Aretha plays piano, but if you want to get her true sound, you need her playing. Vocally she knows where she’s going, so she can lead herself into that on piano. She’s got more movement in certain places than most pianists would. That teaches her rhythm section to get out of the way, to support her and not dictate how the song goes.
WEISS It’s a roomful of people who have seen a lot of artists over the years, but not a lot of people have seen Aretha sitting down at a piano.
KENNEDY I couldn’t believe what was coming out of her mouth. She got up from the piano, walked downstage, and dropped her fur coat in the middle of the stage.
RITA MORENO, Kennedy Center honoree: The moment she “casually” dropped her massive mink coat onto the stage was one for the ages.
MINOR I was playing bass right behind her. When she dropped that jacket, I almost dropped my bass. It was so in the moment — I don’t think she planned it.
WEISS Of all the television I’ve done, and there’s been a lot, this was one of the most viral clips. I was in the TV truck, in the loading dock behind the stage, watching the monitors for the 14 cameras. Not only was I seeing what was going on, but I’m seeing reactions in the crowd, and I’m making choices of what’s going to go on the air. There was such electricity in the room — part of it might be because of how moved Carole King was. During that show, a lot of the audience will look to see how the honoree responds. When something like this happens, all your plans go out the window and you’re capturing the live moments: the audience gets up on their feet and the president is wiping a tear from his eye.
TAYLOR She was in excellent form and in excellent voice. She was also funny and wry and with it — I thought she would be with us another 10 years.
MORENO She brought a prodigious talent, musicality, and down stompin’ woman’s sass to all she does.
CICELY TYSON, Kennedy Center honoree She had the most beautiful face. You could see her emotions in her face as well as hear them in her voice. It was no surprise when the audience stood up — you can’t sit and listen to her and not be moved. After she finished, she came off the stage and she had a huge bouquet of flowers. She walked up the aisle and an audience member joked, “Are those for me?” She said, “I’m sorry, they’re for my lady,” and she brought them right to me and put them in my arms.
KENNEDY She was up in the stratosphere with those riffs, but every cell of her being seemed to be in the music. There was nothing else, just her and the song. That’s what we try to do as artists — we try to get to where she was that night.
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 17, 2018 , on Page C4 of the New York edition with the headline: When ‘A Natural Woman’ Blew the Roof Off.

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Two decades ago in the village of Lenox, Massachusetts, Lynda Strauch, with her two young children, opened Concepts of Art.
It was for her a business venture that combined two of her passions, art and Judaism. From a modest start, Concepts of Art/Lenox Judaica has grown to include several thousand Jewish ceremonial items, fine art, and jewelry, showcasing artists and products from Massachusetts to Jerusalem. Each item is personally chosen: from whimsical to elegant, from modestly priced to museum quality.
If you are unable to find what you want on our website, please call us and we will be very happy to try and locate it for you. We look forward to helping you online and hope that you will also stop by and visit us in the Berkshires at 65 Church Street, Lenox, MA.
We would be more than happy to answer any additional questions you may have about your order. We can even help you select an item that you may have seen in our store that is not listed on our website.

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Despite being the company’s first effort to expand beyond fitness tracking, Fitbit’s Ionic smartwatch always felt like it was meant for the gym and little else. Now Fitbit wants to prove that it’s serious about broadening its reach with its upcoming Versa smartwatch, featuring an an all-new look that feels more like a high-end timepiece than a sports watch.
The Fitbit Versa is available for preorder now and launches in April for $199.95, making it much less expensive than both the $329 Apple Watch Series 3 and $299.95 Fitbit Ionic. The company is also releasing a $229.95 Versa Special Edition that includes support for Fitbit Pay, its mobile payment service.
Whereas last year’s Ionic looked very much like a runner’s watch, the Versa has a sleeker, polished appearance that more closely resembles the Apple Watch. The watch’s face has a softer look with rounded edges, while Fitbit will be selling new watch bands in various styles and colors similar to Apple’s accessories. Buyers will be able to choose from breathable rubbery sports bands for working out as well as options made from Horween leather, stainless steel, and metal mesh. The watch itself comes in black, silver, and rose gold color options.
While the Versa brings some new “smart” capabilities, such as a feature that lets Android users send pre-written replies to text messages straight from the watch, the most significant changes involve health and wellness. Fitbit’s updated smartwatch software includes a new feature that helps women monitor their menstrual cycles, for instance. The capability will help women keep track of when their cycle occurs, as well as the frequency and severity of their symptoms, like cramps or headaches. Several existing apps serve similar purposes, but Fitbit wanted to make it possible for women to view this data in the same place as their other health stats.
Fitbit is enriching its interface for viewing health data on the wrist as well. The Fitbit Versa’s new dashboard view includes info that wearers could previously access only in Fitbit’s smartphone app, such as exercise summaries, resting heart rate trends over time, and wellness tips. Fitbit plans to add more features this year that can remind wearers to take their medication at specific times during day, congratulate wearers for completing fitness-related challenges, and allow them to log their meals.
Updates like menstrual cycle tracking and the redesigned dashboard will also be coming to the Fitbit Ionic in a software upgrade, the company says. The Versa will also include many of the health features Fitbit introduced in previous products, like its PurePulse heart rate monitor, a virtual coach that guides wearers through exercises, various exercise modes and more. But the Versa does not have a built-in GPS sensor like the Ionic; it uses your phone’s GPS to track your runs and other outdoor workouts.
Fitbit’s app store is still far behind Apple’s when it comes to selection: Fitbit offers more than 550 apps from companies like Starbucks, Yelp, and Nest, while the Apple Watch had thousands of apps in 2015. But Fitbit does offer some worthwhile advantages. Its newest smartwatch is less expensive than the Apple Watch, it works across both iOS and Android devices (unlike Apple’s smartwatch), and Fitbit claims it can last for four days on a single charge, whereas the Apple Watch usually needs to be charged nightly. It’s also unclear whether or not the limited app selection actually makes a difference to users, considering the top two use cases for smartwatches are notifications and activity tracking, according to NPD Group, both of which are available on the Versa. All told, Fitbit’s new watch looks like it has the potential to be the Apple Watch’s most formidable rival yet.

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Great Team Players – Great Team Results!
Case studies are intended to showcase exemplary projects with one or more unique aspects that set them apart. Here at Highland Marketing, we are often the catalyst that helps these projects come to fruition.
We have been blessed to have worked with a diverse mix of adventurous clients that have helped us to pioneer and break new ground in the direct marketing arena. The case studies that follow focus on innovation in several different areas.
The marriage of physical presence and unbridled creativity usually delivers extraordinary direct marketing results. Yet physical presence and impact can cost money. In this case study we will look at an exciting “message in a bottle” project that, while it came with a hefty price tag, also delivered truly remarkable results.
Variable Data Integration (VDI) can be a key ingredient to the success of many direct marketing efforts. In this extensive case study, we will look at one remarkable project that went far beyond conventional personalization, by using customer data to recommend the specific products to customers, based on their geographical location.
We often talk about the importance of both getting noticed and repetition in direct marketing. In this case study, we will look at one of the most remarkable postcard programs that we have had the opportunity to work on, and consider some of the reasons for its continuing success.
Product sampling is a great way to put your products into your customers hands and demonstrate how great they really are. In this case study, we will look at the details and mechanics of administering a large and exciting sampling program that allowed consumers to select from a range of different product samples and/or coupons.


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Systems Analyst at the Trade Board, Carl Morgan has said that the agency has been re-engineering some of its processes, training its staff and acquiring new computer hardware and software in preparation for a full implementation of the Trade Board Information System (TBIS).
The system, which will allow for the application of import and export licences or export certificates of origin online, is currently being introduced on a phased basis and, as such, persons may only apply for import licences, although they are still not able to make their payments over the Internet.
The TBIS is part of the government’s information and communication technology (ICT) project, which will link the computer systems of public agencies and ministries to make it easier for entities and persons to do business with government.
Mr. Morgan told JIS News that there was a lot of duplication of effort when an exporter or importer did business with government. “An exporter would have to interface with JAMPRO, Customs, the Trade Board (if they need an export licence or a certificate of origin) and possibly other government agencies or ministries, depending on the product being traded.
“Therefore, the aim of the ICT project is to make the system more efficient and to reduce the number of touch points that an exporter or importer would have with government,” he explained.
He noted that the TBIS would allow importers and exporters to go online and do business with the Trade Board. He added that the system would help businesses to be more efficient by reducing the time it took to get things done and by allowing persons to carry out their business at any time within a given day.
The Trade Board has also been mandated by the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology to establish a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to facilitate secure electronic transactions.
“The PKI is a system making use of hardware, software and cryptography (the science of making plain text unintelligible and vice versa) to securely send data over an open network, such as the Internet,” Mr. Morgan told JIS News.
“A key component of the PKI is the provision of a digital certificate or digital identification (digital ID), which, like a regular ID serves to identify an individual or a computer system or another network,” he added.
As such, the Systems Analyst explained that if someone was doing business on the Internet with a particular bank and wanted to be assured that they were indeed doing business with that bank and not with an unscrupulous entity, then the PKI would provide the facility for that identification.
Additionally, Mr. Morgan said that the PKI made it possible to transmit data in cyber space, in such a manner that even if intercepted, could not be read and, “if tampered with, the person receiving the communication will know that it has been tampered with and cannot be trusted. It is therefore possible to send credit card information and other sensitive data over the Internet securely”.
The PKI makes use of the Public Key Cryptology, which uses two keys. “There is a public key that is freely available to anyone and a private key that is held in secret,” Mr. Morgan said. “One key will encrypt or scramble data, while the other will unlock information that has been scrambled. So, the data that is sent is scrambled using the public key, and the person on the receiving end with the corresponding private key will unscramble the data,” he explained.
Explaining further, he said that a certification authority would issue a digital certificate or digital ID that contained the public key of an entity or individual that matched their corresponding private key. The digital certificate/ID and thus the public key would be accessible by all, through an online repository.
“Therefore, if someone wants to send a document to John Brown then he or she could access his public key at the repository to encrypt the document and only the recipient (John Brown) with the corresponding private key could unscramble the document to read it,” he said.
Another important component of e-business is the use of e-signatures. This, Mr. Morgan explained, was a digital code that was uniquely identified with an individual or entity or computer system. The private key, which is unique to the entity, is used to create a digital signature.
“A PKI based digital signature, not only identifies a document with the person signing it, but it guarantees that the document has not been tampered with. A paper-based signature could not do that,” he pointed out.
Explaining the role of the Trade Board in undertaking the responsibility of administering the PKI, Mr. Morgan said, “the Trade Board is in a unique situation as it interfaces with both importers and exporters, which puts it in a good position to register entities that would need digital IDs and will be doing business with the government, public bodies and agencies”.

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slothmuffin on Zibbet: slothstuff - slowly, sweetly, and with love.
slothstuff - slowly, sweetly, and with love.
Hi, and welcome! I'm Kathleen, and I love making things. As the "sloth" half of this shop name suggests, it's a slow little place. I don't have time to list things as often as I'd like, but I do check my email frequently, so please contact me if there's something you're interested in and I'll get back to you as quickly as possible.
If you see anything you like but would like better if it were a little different, send me a message! I can't guarantee that all custom orders will be possible, but I'd love to discuss them with you.


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With a background in teaching and research, Dr. Elbaz ensures that his methods are always on the cutting edge. While he seeks to maintain one of the most up-to-date offices in terms of technology, he knows that the most important part of any visit is the personal care he provides to every patient. Minimizing trauma and improving aesthetics are always a top priority, and it is one of the reasons why many dentists in West Los Angeles choose Dr. Elbaz as their personal periodontist.
We use advanced dental methods to minimize pain or the likelihood of invasive procedures.
We specialize in periodontics, the science of healthy gums, to ensure that you will always have the strongest foundation for healthy teeth and a radiant smile. We are also one of the premier providers of dental implants and laser treatment.
Our office has a reputation for great patient satisfaction. We use the latest technology to ensure the most rewarding outcomes for our patients. Our friendly front desk staff, assistants and hygienists take great care when you are in our office and also extend that personal care after your visit is over. We are here to answer all of your questions about oral hygiene, periodontics, and dental implants. We want to ensure that your visit to our office for any treatment will be an enjoyable experience.
We are proud to have earned the confidence of over 8,600 clients, including our high-profile patients. These public figures that have trusted our doctors and services include Harry Styles, Wolfgang Puck, Larry Ellison, Dr. Phil, and many others. See more photos of our celebrity clients here.
Our newly remodeled office sets the tone for a comfortable and welcoming experience. We offer aromatherapy, freshly baked cookies, coffee or tea, and our beverage bar.
For your tranquility we also feature relaxing background music, while our friendly staff will kindly tend to your individual needs.
In our examination and operatory rooms we use the latest technology available to periodontists so that we can ensure the most rewarding outcomes for our patients.
Furthermore, our electronic records maintain that your information is secure and available at our fingertips during your treatments.
All of our operatories are equipped with brand new dental massage chairs. For optimal relaxation you may experience an upper back massage during your treatment.
For longer procedures, you may elect to Netflix or watch a movie on our screens, which offer adjustable tilt and height for more comfortable viewing.
You may refer patients to our office by filling out our downloadable Referral Form. After you have completed the form please contact our office so that we may securely receive your document. The security and privacy of patient data is one of our primary concerns and we have taken every precaution to protect it.

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In the ancestral temple of the Fuxi Family, Emperor Fuxi's statues stood on the tall altar, looking down at the current leader of Fuxi Family, who was so pasty right now.
His face was twisted, with constantly changing expressions, which made him look like ghost. From the body of Fuxi Leader, a deep, hoarse laughter could be heard, "Yes, I am the Original devil Seed. I am not yet mature, but the moment I am generated, you can never do a thing to me."
The Fuxi Leader quivered intensely and raised his arms. From around his body, two streams of light rose, with the colors of black and white, weaving into an enormous Taiji diagram behind him. A strong sealing power landed on his body. He growled through clenched teeth and tried his best to seal the rampant devil inside him for good.
"What is a devil?" The voice inside his body laughed wildly, "In Pan Gu world, we have dragons, phoenixes, human beings, rocs, Qilins, White Tigers… We have spirit creatures, monsters, ghosts, and all other kinds of creatures...But, have you ever heard of 'Devils'?"
Vomiting blood, the eyes of Fuxi Leader suddenly turned evil and sharp. The Taiji diagram behind him collapsed, as he slowly straightened his body and burst into hysterical laughter.
In the ancestral temple of the Shennong Family, tens of elders curled on the ground. They were the most powerful people in the Shennong Family, and had been helping Emperor Xun the most these days. In both delight and despair, they stared at the current leader of their family, who stood under the statues of Emperor Shennong, with clouds of black smoke rising from his head.
"A 'Devil' is the combination of all your evil intents, generated from the greatest pre-world evil which had been brewing since the beginning of Pan Gu time. It's invisible, traceless; it grows in your minds, dies in your minds; it'll never die, it'll never live either. You can't stop it, you can't resist it. The 'Devil' exists in your heart even if you're a saint, unless you can cast away all your desires."
Shennong leader raised a knife, which was used by Emperor Shennong back when he tasted all hearts in the world. Tremblingly, he attempted to pierce the knife into his chest. The jade knife glowed with a dim light, and the mighty power contained in it was ready to burst.
"You have already generated the seeds of Devil, so how can you ever kill it?"
Blood gushed out of the ears, eyes, nose and mouth of Shennong Leader, as he dropped the knife, quivered, and his eyes turned black. A twisted, evil smile emerged from his face while he laughed with a gentle voice, "Everyone, prepare the wine, play the music, make the dance. I shall enjoy this good time with you, my dear elders!"
Suiren Family's ancestral land… under a ragingly burning, towering tree, which reached straight into the clouds, Suiren Leader was sweating profusely. He sat under the tree with his legs crossed, looking at two naked unconscious beautiful girls in panic.
"My ancestors..." Suiren Leader was reading the prayer for his ancestors, releasing a bright red fire from his body. Strands of dark mist were mixed in the fire, spreading from his body and quickly enveloping the entire ancestral land like a giant web.
"All living beings with desires will have happiness, sadness, anger and joy. When your emotions reach an extreme level, a Devil will be generated, just like the extremely positive power can generate the negative, and vice versa."
While Suiren Leader read the prayer murmuringly, a voice inside his body was loudly singing a song.
"With one harvest, you will think about the second harvest, and this will be the beginning of a Devil."
"When your cow breeds a calf, you will think about the second calf, and this will be the beginning of a Devil."
"You married a beautiful wife, yet you thought about the even prettier girl next door, and that was the beginning of a Devil."
"All your emotions are like the clouds in the sky, while your hearts are like a lake. The clouds drifted across the lake and left reflections in the lake, and this is the beginning of a Devil. You may survive if the lake of your heart is dried, or your emotions fade. Otherwise, any intent emerged from your heart can be the beginning of a Devil."
A cloud of fire puffed out of Suiren Leader's forehead. He burst into growls, but the fire soon turned purely black. The black fire spread inside his body like a spider web, gradually covering his entire body. Under his body, a lotus with thirty-six leaves bloomed quietly.
"My ancestors..." Two scorching drops of tears gushed out of his eye corners, evaporated by the black fire even before flowing down his cheeks. Suiren Leader curved up his lips and chuckled, "Guards, prepare my mount. I'll make a trip to Pu Ban City, because I need an explanation from Emperor Xun...He promised me a billion sets of heavy armors. When will those arrive?"
In the secret forbidden area of Chu Wu Clan, the current clan leader, Wu Bi, had been crazily dancing around a green bonfire while wielding a pale white bone staff and casting a strange spell.
On the walls in surrounding, twisted shades of shadow flashed swiftly, while a hoarse voice echoed across the entire area.
"Ghost-expelling spells? What do you think I am? Like those weak, useless things? I am a Devil, a Devil is you...You are a Devil, a Devil is you...How can you destroy me without killing yourself?"
"I am your true heart, your true heart is a Devil. The heart is the Devil, the Devil is the heart!"
"If you can't dig out your heart, if you can't destroy your soul, what would change even if you cast that ghost-expelling spell a billion times?"
Wu Bi shouted towards the sky, letting out green flames from his mouth that covered the entire forbidden area, but failed to hurt the twisted shadows on the walls.
Suddenly, he stopped casting spell and laughed with a hissing voice, "Devil or not, I don't care...What can you offer me? With enough benefits, why can't I be a devil?"
"You are descendants of Pan Gu, but your magic is far away from the great Dao of Pan Gu. I have the supreme Dao of Pan Gu here. Focus on it, cultivate yourself, mature the devil, and you will attain the supreme Dao of Devil." The hoarse voice burst into wild laughter.
Wu Bi threw away his bone staff and took a deep breath.
Countless dark spell symbols emerged from his face while clouds of sticky and purely dark mist rose from his body, and human-head-sized black lotuses bloomed around him.
"This is...the true power! We Chu Wu Clan ought to own this power forever!" Wu Bi laughed madly. Every word he said became a black lotus, drifting out of his mouth.
In the secret area of every large human family or clan, the laughter of Original Devil Seed echoed across the sky.
"I should thank those sky devils, thank Priest Hua and Priest Mu, thank that non-humankind monster."
"Without their combined power, I would be suppressed deep down in the hearts of human beings, without a chance to see the world."
"Hehe, from this day on, I, 'Devil', am the highest being of all in Pan Gu world!"
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" Due to enormous requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended to July 20, 2010"

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Hotel located within walking distance of Levi’s Stadium has 7,000 sq. ft. of meeting space with the largest meeting room 2,835 sq. ft. The hotel also features the award winning La Fontana restaurant.
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Entire facility is available featuring over 2,000 sq. ft. asphalt race course, night club style lighting and audio, free use of large 150 car lot capacity, 16 TV’s throughout facility, Electric European Karts, and more. K1 Speed also has meeting rooms that feature wireless internet connections and 110″ display screens that are perfect for presentations along with catering options if you would like to have food and drinks available.
Levi’s® Stadium is perfect for any style of event. With unique spaces and a dedicated event management team, Levi’s® Stadium will ensure that all of your needs and requests are met for each event. Host your next corporate meeting, corporate reception, wedding, birthday party, banquet, fundraiser, prom, and etc.
Santa Clara University’s Louis B. Mayer theatre seats 575 and is an ideal location for any event where a stage is needed.
Mariani’s has 4,548 square feet of meeting space, including banquet facilities for up to 400 guests.
All-inclusive meeting packages are available.
Upscale modern restaurant and bar is a venture of renowned Chef Bradley Ogden. The restaurant’s American-themed menu showcases the finest efforts of local growers, ranches and dairies.
Puesto Santa Clara’s Mexican Artisan Kitchen & Bar is available for complete “buyouts” that can seat up to 600. Also, during operating hours, the restaurant can accommodate up to 100. Email lsullivan@eatpuesto.com.
With 18 holes of championship golf, a 35-station driving range, seven lighted tennis courts, pro shop and David’s full-service restaurant, the golf and tennis club is great place to meet and compete.
In addition to Parcel 104 restaurant, the hotel totals nearly 30,000 sq. ft. (29,776) of meeting and event space with the largest meeting room 11,837 sq. ft.
Sky High Sports is a unique trampoline fun center. This facility has been designed and created for one purpose: To have FUN! Come and improvise! Whether you flip forward or flip backward, you will definitely flip out for Sky High Sports! You can free-bounce and do tricks all day, or you can join us for some of our organized activities, like our trampoline dodgeball.
Located in nearby Mountain View, Steins Beer Garden is a modern American take on the classic German Beer Garden. With our 8,000 sq. ft. building along with a 4,000 sq. ft. patio, we offer distinct private dining spaces that are ideal for parties ranging from 10-400. We hope we can host your next breakfast buffet, luncheon, seated dinner or cocktail reception.
The Tech’s large floor plan and flexible spaces can be transformed into settings for an intimate dinner, a VIP reception or an event for 2,500! The extraordinary Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater is a spectacular addition to events, providing guests with an unforgettable experience.
The Techmart Center’s striking and impressive design, matched by a beautiful atrium, provide a professional and stylish environment. The atrium allows sunlight to flood in and the center also features elegant windows with a view of the Santa Clara Golf Course. It is adjacent to The Santa Clara Convention Center.
High above the Silicon Valley, where the views are breathtaking and the buildings are steeped in rich tradition and history, stands The Mountain Winery. The property features several indoor and outdoor meeting facilities which can accommodate groups of 10 – 2000. Wine tasting, historical tours, and Chef for a Day are just a few of the creative in-house activities that the venue offers.
The hotel has 2,260 sq. ft. of total meeting space with the largest meeting room at 1,000 sq. ft.
The intimate, yet architecturally stunning museum with seven-acre sculpture garden is the height of elegance for your catered receptions.
Private Party and Catering Information The Winchester Mansion is the perfect setting for meetings, seminars, luncheons, dinners, and receptions. Whether it’s a group of 30 or 1,500, our experienced staff will assist you in planning your activity. Contact the Group Sales Department.

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Peoria may have found the catalyst it seeks to diversify its economy. City economic developers are in talks to create a biotech incubator with downtown Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Core Institute, which specializes in orthopedics.
Councilwoman Cathy Carlat described the news as "the thing we've been waiting for all along."
Peoria officials were reaching out to "just about anybody that has a pulse" to find a strategic alliance for biotech and bioscience because these are "industries of the future," said Scott Whyte, economic-development director.
On July 6, the City Council is expected to consider a letter of support for a proposed partnership with TGen to help get a federal grant.
The Phoenix institute is partnering with Glendale-based Thunderbird School of Global Management and other organizations to create an International Bioscience Commercialization Consortium in the areas of genomics, bioscience and life sciences, Whyte said.
He said he hopes to see the incubator set up in Peoria, with or without the federal grant.
Peoria Mayor Bob Barrett said if the letter of support is about whether the city is willing to begin talks, he anticipates no problems.
Any other commitments would depend on what Peoria can legally and financially do, he said.

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About few years ago I worked on a product where our unit tests moved about as quickly as tar. My coworker was lamenting to her DBA friend about the tests, and after poking around together, they unearthed a PostgreSQL setting that halved our Jenkins build time when disabled. This was the single biggest performance boost to our unit tests after several months of attempted optimizations.
fsync is a PostgreSQL configuration setting that helps with reliability and disaster recovery. It’s a boolean flag that changes PostgreSQL's write settings. When enabled, it tries to ensure that updates are physically written to disk. This is a great safety measure if you want to protect your data against hardware crashes or operating system failures. However, it results in a significant performance hit.
fsync can be invaluable for recovery if you find yourself with a corrupted database. It’s enabled by default, and for good reason. If your production performance needs improvement, there are safer optimizations to make. It could save you from unrecoverable corrupt data should the worst happen. Unless you have a surefire way of recovering data from an external source, turning off fsync in production is dangerous.
There’s no need for fsync in most testing environments. When running unit tests, you probably expect to set up and tear down your database at least once. Writing to disk is an expensive operation for something you plan to throw away anyhow.
in your psql interactive terminal. This will print out the path to the PostgreSQL config file.
Next, find the fsync option. It’s generally located near other Write Ahead Log options. Make sure the line is not commented out, as it defaults to on. Switch the boolean flag for fsync to off. Note that changes to the config require PostgreSQL to restart before taking effect.
Note: PosgreSQL is very flexible when assigning boolean values for server configuration settings. TRUE values are on, true, yes, and 1. FALSE values are off, false, no, and 0. All of these values are case-insensitive, and any of these is fine. Just make sure to pick a single style and stay consistent.
Lastly, sit back and enjoy all the time you’ve won back now that updates to your test database aren’t writing to disk by default.


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Section Z is a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The original coin-op game is included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Set in an unspecified year during the third millennium, the player takes the role of an astronaut sent to infiltrate and destroy a space station orbiting near the Earth that is actually the secret base of an alien empire known as the 'Balangool'.
The player maneuvers the space ranger throughout the enemy space station, which consists of 26 alphabetically ordered corridors known as 'sections', starting from Section A and ending at the titular Section Z. The game is divided into five stages, each consisting of five sections (with the final stage having six sections to accommodate the spare letter). The player will fight an enemy boss at the end of each stage, concluding with the final battle against the 'L Brain' at Section Z. The game's stages alternates between horizontal-scrolling stage (left or right) and upwards vertical-scrolling stages. The player will lose a life every time they get hit by enemy fire. Additional lives can be obtained if the player achieves a high enough score. The game will be over if the player loses all of their lives, although a chance to continue will be provided.
The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons, one for shooting and the other for changing the character's aim to the left or right. This allows the player to shoot at one direction while moving away towards the opposite. The player will shoot their rifle towards the left or the right with the fire button, while dropping bombs at the same time to the ground. By destroying certain dome-shaped containers, the player can obtain one of three power-up items represented by letters: S, P, and B. S increases the player's mobility speed, while P increases their firing power; each can improved for up to three increments. However, these power-ups will be lost whenever the player loses a life. The B item will simply give the player bonus points.
A console version of Section Z was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and Europe in 1987. The gameplay was altered for the NES port, particularly in its level design and game controls.
The NES version features three stages, each comprising 20 sections (for a total of 60 sections), which are full-fledged levels in this version, although not all sections need to be visited to complete the game. In contrast to the alphabetical sections in the arcade version, the sections in the NES version are numbered instead. The first stage begins at Section 00, which is the outer perimeter of the space station and then proceeds to enter Section 01, the first actual corridor of the base. At the end of most sections, the player will choose to enter one of two transporters, each taking player to a different section of the base. Some transporters will take the player to a previous section while others cannot be opened until the player has fulfilled a certain condition and will kill the player if they try to enter. The objective of each stage is to destroy the two power generators located at different sections of each stage in order to open the path to the final section of each stage (Sections 19, 39, and 59 in that order) and face the boss.
Instead of using one button to fire and the other to turn around, the player now uses one button to fire at one direction and the other to fire at the opposite. The player starts with a standard-issue laser rifle and can upgrade their weapon into a Flash Buster (which fires medium-range bullets at three directions) or a Megasmasher (which fires wider v-shaped laser beams). Either weapon can be upgraded into the Mega Buster, which provides both, wider-long range shots at three directions. The player can also obtain a Barrier Shield that will protect the player character for 32 shots.
The player also has a numeral indicator which represents their remaining energy, which will gradually be depleted when the player takes damage from enemy bullets or when the player loses a life by touching an enemy. However the player can still continue at the beginning of their current section, even if they lose all of their lives, as long as they still have energy left. When all energy is lost, the player is sent the start of the stage with full energy to start all over. The maximum energy can be increased by destroying the power generators in each stage. The player can also summon as a special transmission shell by pressing both button simultaneously. These includes a Mega Missile, a Flash Bomb, and a Crush Ball. Picking these shells and using them will cost the player four energy points.
The Famicom version in Japan was released in Disk Card format for the Family Computer Disk System add-on. In contrast to its NES counterpart, which the make player complete the game in one sitting, the Disk System allowed player to save their progress in one of three save files. After a game over, the player can quit the game and resume where they left off by loading the save file. The English localization of the game's manual identifies the main character as 'Captain Commando', a fictional spokesman for Capcom USA who later starred in his own video game.

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We build relationally. In the New Testament we see picture after picture of love and affection expressed in mutual care, encouragement, financial and prayer support, shared participation in acts of love, and gospel advance. While the primary location of accountability and care is rooted in the local church, we see in Scripture and value the role partnership plays in enabling us to see the broader work of the gospel of Jesus Christ beyond our local churches. We see in the New Testament a vibrancy of relationships that crossed from city to city. Those relationships knit hearts together, produced joy, and provided a foundation for counsel, encouragement, and mutual care. It was very meaningful to the local churches to know that brothers and sisters in other cities carried them on their hearts and gave practical demonstration to their love for one another, along with the encouragement and support that partnership with leadership brought to the local churches. We see in the New Testament that the grace gifts of Ephesians 4 were primarily expressed through relationship, and it is no different today.
In the early church great emphasis was placed upon care, and especially through encouraging one another. Endearing descriptions such as “holding you in my heart,” “to know of your welfare,” “cheered by news of you,” and “that he may encourage your hearts” all depict a depth of love and mutual affection the churches had for one another. We long to see the love demonstrated in the early church also demonstrated from church to church today, flourishing in our partnership and beyond.


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Who and how chooses cars for car sharing? Why did the Volkswagen Polo gain widespread popularity in this market segment? How does Major Auto holding win 70% of sales in the segment? These and other questions are answered by Liliya Levanovna Galustyan, head of the corporate department of the holding company Major Auto.K: Tell me, what is the place of Major Auto in the number of companies supplying cars for car sharing?
LL: At the present time, we occupy about 70% of the market for car sharing vehicles. Why? Because we supply cars for 7 of the 17 companies currently existing in the car sharing market.
K: And how is the choice of supplied models? They are offered by your company, or car sharing companies say they want this or that model?
LL: In different ways. The popularity of a particular model is determined by three factors. First is the price. Secondly, it is fashion. Well, and thirdly, it is the cost of maintenance.
K: And which models make up the bulk of deliveries to car sharing companies?
LL: Naturally, the main volume is made up of economy-class cars, and today the leading position is occupied by the excellent German Volkswagen Polo. First of all, this is determined by the fact that the cost of owning this car can be called very pleasant. Plus, a low initial cost, so that the total cost per kilometer is low. The car is well managed, it consumes little fuel and generally drives well – in short, its technical characteristics are at altitude. Plus, he has a good residual value and price in the secondary market. An important factor is the fact that this car is made in Russia, which means that cars can be shipped quickly and in any necessary quantity.
K: And why, in your opinion, is Volkswagen Polo in the first place, and not Skoda Rapid? They after all, consider, cousins and differ a little on the general level of comfort and technical characteristics?
LL: Skoda Rapid turns out more expensive than the Volkswagen Polo in similar trim levels, and very noticeable.
K: And what other models order?
LL: Of course, Kia, Hyundai. When we talked about what affects the choice, we mentioned fashion. Take Hyundai. This brand is certainly present in the car sharing market, and the first companies used just Hyundai Solaris. This is the “Delimobil” format for today. There were a lot of them, but then Kia appeared – the blue ones were so beautiful. Everything is good, all the parameters are normal, but each company wants to come up with something that is “not like everyone else.” That’s where the Volkswagen Polo format went. It is important and the exterior design, and comfort in the cabin, and running parameters, but the most important thing is still the cost of ownership. In general, it is a good European car, but of Russian production.
LL: Well, not a few of them at all, already 600 pieces.
K .: And what requirements do carsharing companies impose to the complete sets? Do they take any special cars?
LL: No, we supply standard cars in Trendline and Comfortline configurations. Standard versions, which have a radio, air conditioning and heating. It is clear that they prefer cars with an automatic transmission, in Moscow conditions it is difficult to drive mechanics.
K .: And if a car sharing company wants to install some specific software on the head media device, who is doing this – are you as an official dealer or the company itself?
K .: And how does the volume of deliveries for car sharing compare with the volumes of other corporate sales of the Major Auto holding?
LL: At present, delivery to car sharing companies makes up from 30 to 35% of the total corporate sales, depending on the month.

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RedLynx is losing 20,000 Galaxy users per month. That’s just the Galaxy users.
You know how I know a game is dying? When I begin running out of things to say. I was NetRunner’s most prolific writer, but by 1998 — well after Wizards of the Coast abandoned its product — I was writing wretched, bottom-of-the-barrel topics.
I was thinking about Dark Mage Craig. Great character in the cast, great card art, almost useless powers in game. What’s there to write about besides the same decks, same buggy software, same questionable opponents. When I see positive development, love to write about that.
I thought to make Dark Mage Craig’s NK-reducing warcry helpful by sending fliers out, but my assortment of level 1, 2, and 3 cards didn’t live long enough against the rank 46 opponent to attempt the experiment. What fun.
It’s a primary flaw in the SPPD framework that it costs too much to try anything besides what you’ve locked yourself into. In terms of real cash, in-game currency, and in-game upgrade materials, it’s much too expensive to upgrade a level 1 card to usefulness.
RedLynx listened to users’ requests for unranked matches, so we might try new cards, but then they limited those matches to teammates. For the first three months of my four months in the game, I didn’t even have teammates.
They limited the unranked matches to teammates, but where’s the mechanism for notifying teammates that you desire one of these matches? It seems you’re limited to the team chat, and the communication tools are just crap. The team chat is the only communications outlet I’ve ever used in which I don’t try for correct capitalization and punctuation.
I think South Park Phone Destroyer is dying. It can’t be a good experience for new and casual players because there are sandbaggers at every level, with decks capable of wiping out an honestly-ranked opponent with one push. Experienced players are just bored as hell by facing the same cards again.
I think South Park Phone Destroyer is on its way out, but I’m thinking about putting some time into Hnefatafl. Like, learning to spell it.


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This show features the music of the African Diaspora. Past programs include Manding Swing, Congolese Rumba, Zimbabwean Liberation, South African Jazz, Mississippi Delta Slide & Moan, African Impressionism in American Jazz, etc.
Catch the encore Tuesday Mornings from 6-7:30am!


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Sprouts are very special. Sprouts are live food, comprising essential and balanced nutrients for alive people, as life proceeds from life. Life and health go together. Good health is precious. A lass I was speaking with, summed it up so well, saying, “Our body is such an exquisite gift”. What a wonderful and thought provoking statement. Every person needs to work at maintaining health, therefore, we need to learn all we can about nutrients and how the body functions.
Their large collection of culinary and medicinal herbs, spices, fruit, rare edibles and seed varieties have been sought after by gardeners throughout Australia and internationally. They have supplied herbs for cooking demonstration by ‘The Naked Chef’ Jamie Oliver, and displays for international expos.

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WEBSITE SALES | Your privacy and security are of utmost importance. That's why I use a secure platform for your transactions using the most up to date SSL certificates. Your transactions are encrypted and designed to protect your personal information, so shop with confidence!
CREDIT & DEBIT CARD PURCHASES | You may pay with a personal credit card or debit card when you reach the checkout page.
PAYPAL PURCHASES | If you have a PayPal account, you can use it to pay directly at the time of checkout.
CERTIFIED CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS | PayPal or credit/debit cards are the preferred payment method. Why? It enables me to expedite your order and get it to you much quicker. I will accept a certified check or money order only; no personal checks will be accepted.
ARTWORK | ALWAYS INSURED - Insured shipping is included with each artwork purchase because sometimes the shipper feels like handling packages like an airline baggage handler. If the package appears damaged please photograph the packaging then open and check the artwork. If the artwork has damage take a picture of it as well and then contact me so that I can file a claim with the carrier. This will insure a more expeditious claim and puts money back into your pocket quicker. Of course I can provide you with a credit towards another piece of art as well.
HANDLING GUIDELINE - Please allow 3-5 days for handling/packaging and carrier pickup. Artwork is never prepackaged and is stored in a climate controlled environment. This ensures that it is packaged, by me, with the same care I created it. It is important to me that you receive your artwork as soon as possible and will do my best to meet expedited timelines if needed.
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS vs SHIPPING DIMENSIONS - While browsing an individual work for sale you will notice several "Tabs" located under the image carousel. The tabs provide details concerning artwork and shipping. The artwork details will indicate the size of the artwork. The shipping details tab will indicate the approximate packaging size and weight for the most accurate shipping cost calculation.
PACKAGING | CANVAS PAINTINGS - Artwork is packaged using professional packaging standards for canvas art. Each piece is wrapped as follows; glassine or acid free sheet paper, 2 layers of bubble wrap, inserted into quality clear plastic bag, cardboard protected corners, foam board sandwiched on both sides and taped with quality packaging tape. The art is then placed into a shipping box and all seems taped to prevent the possibility of moisture intrusion. Large scale canvas artwork is packaged in a rigid wooden frame to prevent twisting and bending during shipment. The same pre package details apply to large works.
PACKAGING | METAL ART - Metal artwork is packaged based on the weight and size of the piece. Small to medium size pieces that are lighter weight are packaged with several layers of bubble wrap, voids are filled with styrofoam peanuts and then taped using heavy quality heavy weight packing tape. Medium to large pieces can be packaged using the same methods as the small to medium pieces depending on the weight and dimensions. Limitations arise when the weight exceeds 150 lbs and/or the defined dimensions by the carrier are exceeded. Items in this category often require custom crating, one-off handling charges and must be shipped LTL freight. Artwork of this nature will be noted as such in the product shipping details and/or the special handling tab of the product. Please contact me if your are interested in purchasing larger works and I can provide you with a custom LTL freight quote.
METAL ART | CANVAS PAINTINGS - All sales are final! Each piece of original artwork is crafted to be unique and in most cases cannot be reproduced in the same fashion. I understand and am sympathetic to life events that occur which may affect your ability to retain an art piece. If within 10 days of purchase you have such a circumstance I can accept a return for which you (buyer) is responsible for round trip shipping which must include insurance, professional packaging, and a 15% return fee based on the purchase price of the artwork.


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Unless you were living under a rock the last year or actually had one of them there things they call a life, then you know all about Twitter.
www.Twitter.com is grand central so no whoop-ti-do there.
http://twitter.com/public_timeline is where you see everyone’s public tweet every four minutes.
http://twittervision.com is more fun than the public timeline because it shows a map of the world and all new tweets and where they are coming from.
http://www.twitterholic.com is the leaderboard that tracks who has the most followers on Twitter and who follows the most people. The leader changes all the time but the core top 25 are pretty static. Justine and Robert Scoble duke it out for the most followed humans on Twitter. Interesting to note, Where as Justine rarely follows anyone (7,000 vs 200 est.), Scoble actually follows more people than follow him! There are always debates about following on twitter. Is it better to follow as many people as possible or to be selective?
Twitter Karma examines everyone you follow and those that follow you and reveals interesting results.
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NPR has an excellent segment on the 10th Anniversary of the term Blog on their site. People were “blogging” more than ten years ago, but it just wasn’t called blogging back then. I called what I was documenting online a personal journal because I refused to call it a diary. 🙂 I remember using LiveJournal as far back as 1999. The times sure have changed, huh?
In honor of this milestone, I updated a popular image called the History of Blogging that has been floating around a while. It ended with twitter and I wanted to bring it more up to date and perhaps beyond a tad so I added the audio micro-blogging service Utterz and then the so-called video twitter, seesmic. So here it is.


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toolbars in a certian position on the screen. The users tells me that these are in this position to increase productiviity. Is there away to save these toolbars and there positions, so when I have to setup the next computer everything will be same.
Q2)Dimension styles. I also need to extract the dimesion sytles and put them in a central location so all comupters can access them. I am not sure where to find these.
Q3)Line Types. I need to do the same for the linetypes.
Any help is greatly appericated.
creating linetypes without the long piece at the end.


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It is Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day, and when I was in the supermarket earlier in the evening, I overheard the following conversation.
Woman: Oh, hello, I thought it was you! Looking for dinner?
Man: Oh, hi, yes, we’re going to make pancakes, as it’s Pancake Tuesday, but I thought we might get hungry afterwards.
Woman: That sounds nice. So what are you going to give up for Lent?
Women: It’s Shrove Tuesday today, so tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and Lent starts.
Man: Oh, OK, how long is Lent?
I suppose Pancake Tuesday is just that: a day to make and consume pancakes, stripped of any religious significance. Easter equals (chocolate) eggs and bunnies, but I cannot see how Shrove Tuesday can be commercialized beyond pancakes.


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Well, at least Library of Congress did something about this one.
Thanks, Carrie! New post on the subject is now up.


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A New Year's brunch in Café DS from 11.00 to 19.00.
A plate for the buffet and a glass of prosecco for €15 - includes fresh juice, oliebollen etc.
Games to play in Café DS: ping pong, foosball and shuffleboard.
Live music starts at 12.00.


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A van struck a two parked vehicles, sending one about 20 feet down West Front Street, according to a person on the scene, and then smashed into the West Front Street entrance of Brothers Restaurant in Red Bank shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.
No injuries were reported, and damage to the building was minor, said police Chief Darren McConnell.
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text: An investigation is presented of thermal annealing effects on spectral photoconductivity and photoluminescence in sequentially grown GaInNAs/GaAs and GaInAs/GaAs quantum well structures. Experiments have been carded out at temperatures between 30 K and 300 K. The results indicate that thermal annealing improves the optical quality of GaInNAs, but may cause either a blue shift, as commonly observed by other groups, or a red shift depending on the growth technique. The anneal-induced blue-shift behaviour can be explained in terms of two competing mechanisms involving the redistribution of nearest-neighbour configuration and the change of quantum well profile. The red shift is explained in terms of hydrogen-induced chemical effects. © IEE, 2004.


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Fond memories of a wonderful park/recreation center in or near Stateway Gardens in the 1960's. Attended day camp and was in plays there. Anybody have pictures or remember the name?
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I guess this is an untouchable subject. I gotta say when we lived in Stateway there were many two parent families that eventually move on to own houses; just as we did. Of course this was many, many decades ago. Our family was recognized once as "Family of the Year." Fond memories.
As a former member of the CFD, I spent many hours in those projects in the late 70's and early 80's putting out garbage chute fires and getting people out of stuck elevators. There were the occasional apartment fires, but even those were mostly what we called "meat on the stove". Not many two-parent families in those days. Amazingly, we rarely ran into trouble in the State way buildings, but the Ida B. Wells projects were a whole different story.
I think that a lot of the State Street Corridor projects were built as replacement housing for people displaced by Lake Meadows and Prairie Shores development, hence many families who worked and were really only there temporarily. The other problem, of part of the problems, were various federal mandates for rental rates and funding which gradually cropped up which more or less pushed community leaders (i.e. informal ones) and people who worked out of public housing, furthering their problems beyond what they would have had otherwise.
My questions was more specifically targeted to information about the park at Stateway Gardens which included an indoor recreation center where I attended day camp in the summer and took drama classes. Looking for memorabilia and other history from the park.
You might try a search for "stateway park".


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RS0059 - The villa is in a great location and the neighborhood is very quiet. It is just only 20 meters away from the sea and small restaurants and shops are within walking distance. Also, Koh Chang has loads of activities to offer such as elephant trekking, waterfall adventures, and sea trips to neighboring islands or snorkeling trips where you can see coral and tropical fish.
It is a well-equipped family friendly villa. There are elegant bedrooms, a large western-style kitchen, and fabulous living areas to make your holiday unforgettable. A swimming pool of the villa proportions is facing the warm blue water of the Gulf of Thailand. Large terraced areas near the accommodations. And a portico at the head of the pool gives shade and an alternative dining area to the formal indoor dining room.
Here you will find the luxurious and stylish lounge area that comes with great entertainment at hand. The extremely comfortable living room offers comfy sofas, perfect for lazy days. The room also has the large wall-mounted flat screen TV.
Three bedrooms are fully furnished with double beds and the fourth room has two twin beds. Three of them are with a spectacular view overlooking the glorious sea. Is there anything better than waking up and looking at the sea?
The villa provides an oblong infinity edge of swimming pool. More than that, you will encounter plenty of sun loungers on the large terrace areas near the pool that lead to your accommodation on three sides.


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It's been around since 2003, and sometimes we take it for granted, but this particular award is not taken lightly by those who've won it.
When Prosper Riley-Smith lost his battle with cancer, AQR debated long and hard how to mark his passing. He was a longstanding member and former chair, a creative genius, larger than life, and had made a substantial contribution to the industry. The Award created in his name has been hotly fought since its inception, but we've never asked what it means to walk away with the cheque and the little statuette. The answers, though, sum up all that is good about qualitative research and industry members.
Fiona Jack feels a personal tie to the Award, having known and respected Prosper greatly, and having initiated it in his memory. She won it in 2009, and noticed an immediate effect in terms of approaches — and business — from new clients.
One door it opened was in Russia. "We did a project for quite a scary chap, two down from a well-known oligarch, about a new leisure resort outside Moscow," she says. "By demonstrating that we had made a strategic difference we were able to convince him to work with us. We actually used the quotes that the judging panel had said about us — and that won him over very convincingly."
The first winner, Italy's Luigi Toiati, remembers how he got the news. "It was the most beautiful moment of my whole career," he says, "a sign of cultural prestige corresponding to the Oscars." It may not have had a direct impact on his finances, but it did boost his credibility overall as a professional, creating what he calls the aura of 'guru'.
For Bob Cook, who won in 2005, it marked a step change in how he saw himself as a researcher. "The work that we did for the project felt new and ground breaking to me — but having it recognised in this way brought confidence in developing new ways to look at client problems and up the game of the industry as a whole," he says. "The calibre of the judging panel was a key part of this: it's great to have impressed impressive people!"
I have heard mutters from agencies who claim their work is not stand out enough to compete, but this is rarely the case...more a matter of quallies being so busy that it's difficult to stand back from a project and assess it with any degree of objectivity.
Sarah Jenkins, the winner in 2013, recommends entering without hesitation. "There are only good things that can come from it," she says. "It not only provides personal recognition for the work you did during that particular project, but also that of your current wider work. And importantly, it raises your profile within the industry, which shouldn't be underestimated, and shines a spotlight on your agency."
For a small start-up, winning can be the leg-up needed to brand build and make an impact. "We have had so many clients approach us with speculative briefs since we won," says Amanda Anderton, last year's winner. "It definitely coincided with the exposure we have had as a result. We have been able to publicise ourselves winning, and AQR has publicised it, too."
"We've also been inundated with people wanting to work with us, and for us, our success rate in converting briefs into projects has gone up — which I don't think is coincidental. The standard of the candidates that have come forward looking for jobs with us has increased too, so it's been pretty phenomenal. It really has had a marked impact on the success of our business. This might be because we are so small that you can see those incremental changes much more visibly than a bigger agency would, but is also a real testament to the power of having won."
The Award undoubtedly gets your name out there to a broader audience. "The year after winning, I was invited to talk and present at an MRS members' night," says 2011 winner Julie Davey, "and also at an AURA workshop day on qual best practice, and had the good fortune to be further recognised with an award for best speaker by AURA on the back of this."
Winning — and entering — is not just beneficial to the agency, but can enhance relationships with clients. Acacia Avenue, not satisfied with having won it in 2006, also won it the following year. Caroline Hayter reflects that entering, or thinking of entering, means that you make the most of every contact with them. "You use that time, whether in a lift or on the way up to a meeting, to find out what they might not otherwise talk to you about," she says. It is also a joy, she feels to be able to do something jointly with an insight manager, at a big multinational or wherever, that raises their profile. "We all want to look good," she says, "so why shouldn't they?"
If all this sounds too good to be true, well it isn't. Each of the previous winners said they would encourage others to enter unreservedly. "First, it's an exciting process," says 2012 winner Becky Rowe, "just writing the entries on their own is a useful exercise in thinking about what you've done well, what you're proud of. We all do good work, so entering is really like therapy or counselling, and having to return to the project, work out why it was so good, unpick and sell it to someone who wasn't involved is a challenge."
So if you're thinking of entering, or maybe wondering whether you even stand a chance, I'll leave you with why Julie Davey found winning meant such a lot to her. "I had been at a stage in my career where I was experiencing a slight crisis in confidence as to whether I was keeping pace with the rate of change in the industry, whether I was still relevant, or becoming a research 'dinosaur'", she says.
Submitting proved a cathartic exercise, both for her and her team, while winning "was a highlight moment: being able to share the job of success with a long-standing and valued client, and a huge lift to my own self-esteem of delivering high quality innovative research."

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This is a repeat from Valentine’s Day past. Happy Valentine’s Day and wishing you much chocolate!
Music? I once sat through an entire performance of the opera, Nixon in China. On purpose.
Food? I ate pasta before they stopped calling it spaghetti. Even before you could get squid-ink pasta with arugula oil at the Jewel.
With the departure of Child #4, I’ve now graduated from AD to LBWKLH&DD**.
Of course, the one day of the year that really separates the BCs, the ADs , and the LBWKLH&DDs is Valentine’s Day. From the recession, I know that eating in is the new eating out. From watching Hallmark commercials, I know that Mr. BC arrives with flowers, candy and a card expressing his deepest thoughts in rhyming couplets. And from reading Cosmo in the grocery store checkout lines, I know that Ms. BC, wearing some X-rated lingerie, shows him into the dining room where they share an intimate candlelit supper pour deux. (Whipped cream optional).
Yes, readers, the real dividing line between BC, AD, and LBWKLH&DDs is – the dining room. BCs have one. ADs have a room which was described by the Realtor as a formal dining room, but which has not been the site of an actual meal since Thanksgiving of 1987.
I wondered why someone would need such a book. I can only think of one reason for a dead cat and that would be: dissecting them in biology class. I never did. We used a rabbit, but I’ve heard others say they used a cat.
LOL! I live vicariously through all you who have kids. Hope you had a wonderful Valentines Day!


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Kaleidiope on Jan. 23, 2019, 4:29 a.m.
I know it's not Christmas, But, still it's my favorite Christmas song!
erin on Jan. 23, 2019, 9:34 a.m.
Mine too! I sing it every year and it never gets old.
Kaleidiope on Jan. 24, 2019, 4:20 a.m.
Vocaloid oliver, A Million dreams, Carol of the bells, you have good taste!
erin on Jan. 24, 2019, 4:27 a.m.
Kaleidiope on Jan. 24, 2019, 4:30 a.m.
Thank-you! It's fun to find someone else that likes what you like, and That's something kinda rare for me.


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Your network performance is crucial to the performance of your hosted voice deployment. Often forgotten about, the state of your network plays a fundamental part in your hosted voice performance.
The last thing any IT Manager wants is for a new hosted voice solution to be implemented – only to be forever resolving quality issues that occur in the background.
When preparing for a hosted voice deployment, guarantee the quality of your performance by taking note of these network concerns ahead of time.
Latency causes repeated speech in VoIP calls. When you’re on the phone with someone in the same office, you might hear them speak in real time then suffer a delay until the speech filters through the phone. Rather than waiting for the speech twice and altering your natural conversation, the latency must be addressed.
Latency cannot be completely removed. It will always take an amount of time to transfer speech from real time to the other end of the phone. When the round trip latency goes above about 250ms, it becomes noticeable on a phone call. This is usually where you experience people speaking at the same time or waiting for longer than necessary to ensure all speech has made it through. This both unproductive and a poor representation of your business.
Latency is caused by poor packet handling and queuing delays. To remedy this, the network must have sufficient bandwidth and be configured to prioritise voice traffic.
Whilst you cannot control the external environment, your internal network latency should be no more than 150ms for your hosted voice to operate at optimal performance.
It is important to note here that the genuine quality is not impacted, just the delivery time of the speech.
Jitter is the variation in the delay of received packets. High jitter means patchy speech and temporary - or ongoing - glitches. VoIP uses algorithms to compensate packets that arrive at high timing variations, but packets still get dropped when they arrive with excessive delay.
Hosted voice solutions employ packet buffers to compensate for instances of jitter. This makes it more difficult to identify genuine problems on calls. High jitter rates mean dropped packets and gaps in speech transmission. Your internal network jitter should be operating at less than 100ms. A higher level of jitter will cause voice transmission delay and sometimes packet loss. Jitter is often caused by network configuration and the lack of prioritisation set for voice traffic.
Packet loss impacts the quality of your voice calls.
Voice traffic has to be delivered in real time. This differs to other internet traffic like email, browser and application activity which is unnoticeable if delayed by milliseconds or even seconds. If there is a second or seconds delay during a phone conversation, it is immediately noticeable and incredibly interruptive.
If packets are late or lost during delivery, speech is delayed or completely inaudible. Packet loss is sometimes caused by either latency or jitter. More often, it is caused by network configuration, lack of bandwidth, or dated equipment not designed to handle voice transactions.
Hosted voice platforms use Mean Opinion Score (MOS) as a standard measure to score conversation quality over any given network. MOS is scored by measuring each of latency, jitter and packet loss wherever a conversation occurs. This could be in your main office, supported by your network. It could be in a user’s home office or even on their mobile.
With optimal network performance, calls should always be performing between 4 and 5. As part of your hosted voice deployment, you will have access to MOS reporting. This will give you access to the score of every call made over your voice platform. Advanced analytics will also provide you with detail as to where and why any issues occurred, including those directly related to your network.
Voice quality issues can be hard to track down, especially when they are intermittent. But, they can have a huge impact on your hosted voice performance and your business. One example is the CEO of an investment finance company who told us they were having real problems with conference calls with high value clients. Due to the poor network performance, the voice stability and quality impacted customer facing interactions, portraying the CEO, and the brand, in a bad light.
Network Upgrades – When moving to hosted voice, ensure your network equipment is fit for purpose. A top spec voice router and enough bandwidth via your internet service provider are good starting points here.
Network Configuration - Prioritise VoIP traffic to improve both latency and jitter. This is typically achieved by using bandwidth reservation, policy-based network management, Type of Service and Class of Service.
Network Monitoring – Without a clear view of your network, you won’t know where the problems are occurring.
The adoption of hosted voice will have implications on your network. If your network can’t support hosted voice performance, this needs to be resolved before you go live with hosted voice.
To ensure your network is operating readily for hosted voice, and to ensure ongoing performance, you must monitor your network and infrastructure appropriately. Monitoring helps to spot basic issues, but also more subtle performance issues.
SAS has one of the best, if not the best monitoring and management platforms in the industry, giving you complete, deep and interconnected information about the network and about how your applications are performing over it. We show you the complete application path, so you can easily spot when and where problems have arisen and do something about it.
To learn more about how SAS enables your network to empower your hosted voice solution, book a call with one of our network specialists.


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Trying to figure out self-hosting options.
Topic: Trying to figure out self-hosting options.
I'm thinking about moving hosting for my open-source projects from shared hosting and Vultr VMs to a home server.
Since I have a dynamic IP, I'm looking at using DynuDNS for two domains with a few subdomains. I'll be using ports 80, 443, and 3478 (for WebRTC).
Assuming I have everything configured correctly on my end, would DynuDNS be suited for this kind of setup?
Re: Trying to figure out self-hosting options.
Yes, Dynu dynamic DNS should work very well with what you are trying to do. The free service itself may be enough for this as well so you can try it out first with a free host and go from there.
I'll continue working on my setup and try it out once my server's ready.


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Sodus/Port Gibson--Lois Sharrow, 76, died on Monday (July 2. 2018) at the Wayne County Nursing Home.
A graveside funeral service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday (July 7th) at the Port Gibson Cemetery.
Mrs Sharrow was born on September 29, 1941 in Rochester, New York. She has lived in the area her entire life.
four grandchildren Melisa and Ryan Sharrow, Cody and Bradon Bulman.


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Download "Instructions for installing and using the High Power USB WiFi adapter for Optional Wireless Access to the AntennAlign Alignment Tool (AAT)"
1 CD 7003, ISSUE 2, 2/24/2012 PAGE 1 of 11 Sunsight Instruments 3335 Bartlett Blvd Orlando, FL Instructions for installing and using the High Power USB WiFi adapter for Optional Wireless Access to the AntennAlign Alignment Tool (AAT) General THE LATEST VERSION OF ALL SUNSIGHT DOCUMENTATION IS AVAILABLE AT The AAT can be fitted with g wireless capability to allow access to the embedded software in the AAT. Using this interface, the AAT can be programmed with alignment data, reports can be generated, and the AAT can be operated remotely from Windows laptops (XP, Vista, Windows 7) or other wireless enabled devices that support ad hoc connections and common web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari). The AAT can be accessed using standard G wireless built into most laptops. However, the built-in WiFi typically has marginal power and range. If it is found that the built-in WiFi is not sufficient, use the high power WiFi adapter that comes standard in every AAT optioned with wireless capability. With proper installation of the high power WiFi adapter, laptops can increase their wireless range making the AAT accessible up to several hundred feet ( ). On completion of this procedure, a laptop should be able to connect to the AAT in under a minute. Preparation 1) Determine what laptop will be used for connecting to the AAT wirelessly. Note: installation can be performed on multiple laptops, as there is no license for the software supporting the WiFi adapter. However, the laptop must have the adapter hardware installed to achieve the increase in range.
7 CD 7003, ISSUE 2, 2/24/2012 PAGE 7 of 11 11) Set the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties pop-up to the following settings and click OK and then OK again 12) Close the Network Connections pop-up 13) Move to Making the Connection Between the Laptop and the AAT later in this document.
8 CD 7003, ISSUE 2, 2/24/2012 PAGE 8 of 11 Making the Connection Between the Laptop and the AAT 1) Turn on the AAT and enable WiFi from the Main Menu. WiFi appears in the vertical screen of the AAT near the bottom. 2) On the lower right of your computer screen, find the network icon. For XP: Right click on the network icon. The available wireless networks will be displayed. After several seconds, the wireless network for the AAT should appear. It will be labeled AAT 8010xxx where 8010xxx is the serial number of your AAT. For Vista: Click on the network icon. Choose connect or disconnect. After several seconds, the wireless network for the AAT should appear. It will be labeled AAT 8010xxx where 8010xxx is the serial number of your AAT. For Windows 7: Click on the network icon. After several seconds, the wireless network for the AAT should appear. It will be labeled AAT 8010xxx where 8010xxx is the serial number of your AAT. 3) Click the AAT connection and select Connect. The laptop and the AAT will be connected after a few moments. 4) Open an internet browser and type in: After a few seconds the AntennAlign web page should appear. 5) Login normally and use the AAT website to perform your work. Be sure to logout when finished with the AAT. Turn off the AAT when not in use to extend battery life.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONNECTING TO THE UNION COLLEGE WIRELESS NETWORK WITH AN ACCOUNT USING A WINDOWS COMPUTER.
USB Interface Setup Note: These directions should be followed only after the EASE Scan Tool has been installed. Note: Visit www.fixcarsfaster.com for video setup instructions to supplement these instructions.
Instructions for inland 8412 USB to IDE/SATA adapter.


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René Torenvlied is professor of Public Management in the Department of Public Administration.
Torenvlied studies how management, collaboration, and regulation in technologically advanced societies promote the public interest. One research line is the study of innovations and performance of organizations and inter-organizational networks in the public sector. A second research line is the model-guided analysis of collective decision-making and policy implementation. A third research line is the role of technological expertise in public management and collective decision-making. Empirical domains of interest are: safety and security, education, health, urban studies, industrial relations, and citizen co-production.
Member of the 'politiekring', Ministry of Security and Justice.
His research includes studies for government, for example on the implementation of agreements in the Dutch "polder model", or a recent study for the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism into the role of external experts in crisis control and crisis communication.


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It's time to review my third month of #turnIndieChallenge, you can read the 2nd month balance.
Remember if follow me on Twitter you can see my daily progress.
✍ Improved homepage: screenshot issue fixed, improved English texts, speed load, added "featured on" section, etc.
🙈 This month has happened again with another of the first customers, one of the most active in terms of feedback, but we will see what happens.
Feel free to ask me anything 👋 Thanks for reading!


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Next Shows: March 11 & 12! Two nights! O’Shea’s and Bronson Rock!
Get ready to rock Mid Cities! It’s time to bring the Karma train back to one of the best stages in North Texas! We’ll be bringing the Karmamaniacs with us as we celebrate Jordonna Poston‘s birthday that night, so get ready feel the music and the excitement this Saturday with Bad Karma and Deejay Deejay Kreate!


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Single Person Pursuits – why they matter..
Summer has been a blast so far with plenty of cookouts, concerts and house parties. Everywhere I go I am surrounded by friends and family. I can’t complain. But still there are times when I’m yearning to do something new, or go someplace I’ve never been. When you’re single in the summer (or anytime for that matter), you can’t always wait for invitations; you have to take the initiative and make things happen. I know…I can always invite a friend, but getting someone to tag along isn’t always practical.
I have to wonder, are their fears about being alone keeping them from a bigger and better life?
When you’re single, you have the choice of either staying home more than you’d like, or getting out there and having fun. I remember the year I started salsa dancing. I was newly divorced and didn’t have a lot of interest in dating, It was really the first time in my life when I preferred to be single, but not a hermit. I took up dancing because I had always wanted to. Occasionally, I could get a friend to go with me, but not always. Most of the time, it was either go alone, or stay home. At the time, going out dancing meant more than just a fun night on the town. I was embarking on a new passionate pursuit, discovering things about myself and building a new lifestyle, one that had me doing something I really loved. Flying solo into a new pursuit was both an adventure and a learning experience. It was an experiment in SELF.
Being single gives you an opportunity to explore a bigger YOU. Along the way, I met more people that I now call friends than I ever have (even in high school). I extended myself in ways I never had before. Not only was I going out socially to dance, but I started taking lessons at a studio and met even more people. Getting involved in dancing was an investment in ME, one that has paid big dividends over the years.
Dancing sustained me through several not-so-good relationships, reminding me of my value and helping me choose more for myself.
Dancing pulled me up when I was down. It is still the only surefire thing that can make me completely forget my worries and troubles.
Dancing motivated me to take good care of myself physically (I don’t think anything or anyone else could do that).
Dancing was the aspect of myself that taught me how to love ME more than anyone else.
Dancing became the foundation upon which I built a life of happiness and appreciation.
And even if tomorrow, (for whatever reason) if I can’t dance anymore, I know how to build a life that makes me happy.I learned that by being single.
I never was able to do that as a part of a couple. Being in a couple takes the focus off of ME and puts it on WE. I’m not saying it is impossible, only harder. So I just want to talk about how to take advantage of times when you ARE single; how to make the most of it and come out better for it.
You learn to be okay by yourself. You have to like your own company at least a little. You begin small, identifying the things about yourself that you can like. You learn to smile at your “mistakes.” You forgive and accept the things you’re not so good at. This is “work” in and of itself. You’re more likely to do it alone because you aren’t focused on another’s perceived flaws, or awesomeness. There’s only you.
You have to be willing to learn something new. When you’re single you get a free opportunity to pursue your heart’s desire. You may have been putting it off while paired up, but get to it; it holds important clues about YOU. Learning something new can be tough as an adult, which means you might not be good at it for a while. When I began dancing, I had to give up being “right.” It was a valuable lesson for me to learn; I needed it for ALL areas of my life. It was hard. It took a long time. I’m still working on it. But my “needing to be right and look good” stood in the way of my becoming the kind of person I really wanted to be, so I made up my mind to let it go – best decision I ever made. When you learn to do something you love it can open your eyes to who you really are.
You have to give up your excuses. The main reason that most of us don’t pursue our deepest desires is FLATOUT FEAR!! We make up excuses based on time and money, but as my daughter always says, You make time (money) for the things that really matter to you. There’s no one else competing for this time when you are single other than you and YOU, so give it to yourself. You’re worth it.
You have to be willing to stick your neck out. I hear people say that travelling alone or doing some new activity alone isn’t any fun unless you have someone to share it with. The secret truth that single people have learned is that you have to FIND people to share it with. You enrich and explode your life when you are willing to take risks and meet new friends.
Single person pursuits help you learn to love yourself, appreciate what you have and who you are, believe in yourself, honor yourself and make better choices for you when you are in relationship with others. As a bonus, it teaches you to honor and cherish other people and their pursuits in the same way.
What are your single person pursuits? Either now, or back when you were single. I’d love to hear about them in the comment field below.


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Cool. I wasn't a fan of this movie when I saw it (dodging projectiles). But now that I've finally *gotten* Fulci, I might have to revisit it.
Is this the one where they mixed up the reels?
Everyone is jealous. Except for that duder that hates post Zombie Fulci.
Holy crap, awesome! I love the cover art!
Awesome blog here. I'm now following you.
@Justin - Supposedly this is indeed the tape where they mixed up the reels. I am going to review it special and compare it to the DVD version. I highly advise you to give this film another chance.
@R.Geiger - Thanks! I'm still weeping. Or was that seeping?
@Brad - We must be patient.
@Grimm - I am going to check out your blog right now!
Both seeping and weeping works in times of joy like this..! Cheers!!
Dude. Awesome box. I still haven't gotten around to reviewing this one. I gotta do City of the Living Dead too. Man, thanks for reminding me.
Wow, very jealous. I'm a massive Fulci fan! I have a Liebster Award for you, Check it out!
Beaujolais - "Where We Came From"
Screen Shot Grab Bag: I know what I have to do.