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ELGIN — The Tower Building in downtown Elgin is dealing with the aftermath of a common winter-related problem: frozen pipes.
In an email late Tuesday afternoon, attorney Neal Pitcher, who has an office in the building, stated, "A small water line supplying a sink on the unoccupied 12th floor apparently froze and broke Saturday morning. Unfortunately, being a Saturday with few tenants in the building, it probably spewed water for several hours before the issue was noticed."
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Kelly | May 7, 2012 8:19 AM
In the land "before VHS" there was one medium- Film. It lasted as a book lasts. It can degrade in time, but it isn't fugituve technology. If one went away, there were always more. If a film were banned in a certain country, copies were destroyed, maybe even the negative. There was usually one copy someplace to get the film back into circulation again once sanity was restored. Today, in our overly Politically Correct and charged world, a digital film can more easily completely dissapear- forever.
Jimprog | May 5, 2012 7:00 AM
I recently attended a preview morning at the invitation of Universal, at a swanky digital cinema in London. The session started late, which sent the cinema into a panic because at 12 noon the computer was set to 'lock out' the playback of the files! Apparently this is used to help combat piracy. Cue more frantic phone calls to get hold of a key code to unlock!
MARK GEORGEFF | May 4, 2012 10:31 PM
Being an indie writer-director-moviemaker...and long kept out of the film system; because of non access to budgets, stars, and all the hollywood film system b.s., etc., I say...to hell with film.
I love it on one hand...but we're talking making and selling movies.
And if in this new and future digital world...the advancing tech allows me to make the movies I want to make audiences happy seeing...on a smaller budget? I'll take it.
Too many film purists have made a great living off os the use of film as the foundations for movies for very, very long. You've had more than enough time and success at the gravy train of film.
The future is digital.
Time for the new story tellers to have access to that same success.
On their terms called -- digital, and not yours, called -- film.
S | May 4, 2012 9:55 PM
Wait, how is this a bad thing? If the film had been damaged, they'd have to wait until a replacement was delivered. And they'd probably have to pay for the studio's property. With digital, they just had to download a new copy.
jin | May 4, 2012 9:48 PM
"For those of us whose home entertainment options began with VHS..."
ouch! how soon we forget.
VHS itself was the victor between a format war with BETA and laserdisc. and DVDs (by way of MPEG1 CD movies that were not that hot in america) were the ultimate victor in a showdown with VHS.
and bluray itself is the victor against hddvd!
what we have now is not a harmony of multiple formats playing nicely. it's a queue of victors who haven't gone home yet.
format WARS are not new. it's the defacto standard.
Keith | May 4, 2012 8:15 PM
My cinema recently converted to 100% digital, I was a projectionist.
The picture and sound quality is superior with digital except with a brand new print'first few screenings film starts to get ugly quickly. Digital provides the same experience for moviegoers whether they see a movie on day 1 or day 31. The same cannot be said for film, no matter how much care is taken with it.
I miss working with film though, whilst I still have a job, it is far different and I have a useless skill that I had perfected for 12 years as a projectionist but that's life and it's not the first job that has been made redundant and it won't be the last.
UpperBestSide | May 4, 2012 6:36 PM
20+ yrs ago I sat through a third of Less Than Zero at the execrable Columbia Cinema at 103/Bway before I realized the huge multicolor scratches were not artsy SFX. But for 10 minutes they worked!
P Elfman | May 4, 2012 6:28 PM
If the worst thing one can say about the digital format is that it's 'deletable', then I think taking a strong stance against it in the 'digital vs. film' war is ridiculous. Delete the film, and spend in 15 minutes you can replace it and show it. Lose or damage a print, and you're lucky if you can replace it in a day.
The real crime with digital has nothing to do with the format. Moviegoers are spending the same money on tickets to digitally projected movies as they are to see film prints, yet the the cost to produce the latter is significantly higher (as you noted) than the former. That's borderline highway robbery of the patron, if you ask me.
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History of Marriage Equality USA®
Marriage Equality, Inc. began as an idea in 1996 with a handful of activists who believed that same-sex couples should have the freedom and the right to civil marriage, and who were angry that the federal government wanted to pass a law barring LGBT people from this right. Marriage Equality New York was founded on 12 February 1998, on National Freedom to Marry Day. Connie Ress led Marriage Equality New York from 1999 until 2001. Another early leader of Marriage Equality New York was Cathy Marino-Thomas, who served the organization in myriad roles including that of Communications Director and President of the Board of Directors. Marriage Equality New York was granted status as a 501(c)(3). The MENY PAC, a separate national political action committee was also established.
The New York organization became so successful that activists in Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, California, responding to that state's 2000 anti-marriage referendum (Proposition 22, the Knight Initiative), began Marriage Equality California (MECA). The primary activists involved in starting Marriage Equality California were Davina Kotulski, L.J. Carusone and Molly McKay, with the help of Connie Ress from New York. Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski quickly became nationally recognized public faces of the marriage equality movement, usually with McKay wearing a wedding dress which she referred to as her "battle garb". Kotulski coined the term "Love Warriors" which became used nationwide and was the title of a book she later authored about the marriage equality movement.
In 2001 Connie Ress and Jesus Lebron co-founded Marriage Equality USA® (MEUSA™) and Ress served as the organization's first Executive Director until 2005. In 2005 Davina Kotulski became the Executive Director of Marriage Equality USA®, serving until 2007.
Meanwhile, in 2004 MECA merged with Equality California (EQCA), in the hopes of providing added strength to both organizations. The merger was unsuccessful, primarily because EQCA and MECA functioned using entirely different organizational structures. In 2006 the original leadership of MECA met with core grassroots activists who either had been involved with MECA prior to the merger, or who had worked with MECA and then with Equality California through-out the merger, but who preferred to do grassroots activism MECA-style, and voted to re-organize as the California chapter of Marriage Equality USA®.
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The holidays are a time for giving, so when Marsh decides to give Jane a real Christmas, complete with family and friends, he never expected everything to go haywire. Meeting his family is only part of the problem. His parents, the reigning royalty of his race, are going to be a surprise to Jane, but no more so then his station as crown prince, a fact he had kept hidden from her till now. Throw in a conniving princess that contracts his death, an engagement ring and his quirky and outlandish parents, and Marsh has his hands full, just presenting Jane as his consort.
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Disappointed by Dave's – My wife and I visited the Layton location for a relaxing evening prior to seeing a movie. We ordered drinks, an appetizer, salads and entrees. The problem was is that they brought all of our food out at the same time. By the time we got to our entrees they were cold. Also, the BBQ pork was dry and hard. To make things even more unpleasant, our server was pushy and made us feel as we were being rushed through our meal.
As bad as these things were, what earned them the 1 star rating was their customer service. We wrote the restaurant through their website's Guest Comments feature THREE times and NEVER received a reply. We specifically told them that we were not looking for anything free, we just simply wanted to talk to someone to relate our experience. It seems that they don't care enough about their guests to even waste their time with a reply. So very disappointing.....
Slow-smoked barbecue and down-home sides dished up in a roadhouse setting. – In Short
Famous Dave's recipes began as a hobby for Dave Anderson, who opened his first 'cue shack in Hayward, Wisc., in 1994. Now a national phenomenon, the restaurants cater to diners who dig into finger-licking-tasty meat. The menu features chopped pork, Texas brisket, baby back ribs and fire-kissed chicken slathered with signature sauces like vinegary Georgia Mustard. Entrees, some of which arrive atop a garbage can lid, come with corn on the cob, drunken apples, baked beans or slaw.
Good atmosphere - great food if you love barbecue this is the place to try. – If you love theme restaurants this is one place you will like to try. The food is served in nice sized portions and you can order family sized meals that serve 4+. The larger portions are brought out on a garbage can lid - set on a tripod in the center of the table. The ribs - chicken and brisket are delicious.
best bbq around – Famous Dave's is a great place to eat. You can find something for everyone. The food is excellent and the price is great!!!! When dinning out if we can't agree on a place we ALWAYS end up at Dave's. We first tasted food from Dave's at a University of Utah football pep-rally. The food was so good we have to go try the resaurant for ourselfs. We were immediately hooked. I would recommend Famous Dave's to anyone looking for some excellent food and a fun atmosphere and a great price!!!
Famous Dave's is the Best – Famous Dave's is one of my favorite restaurants ever. The barbeque is the best I have ever tasted. The service is wonderful, as is the atmosphere. the price is a little high, but very reasonable for great barbeque. I would recommend this place to anyone
"if you're in the neighborhood" – The atmosphere is great here - they have taken great pains to create a country BBQ atmosphere - great decor and I loved the "garbage can lid" idea to serve the combo in - other BBQ places are now copying this novel idea. Too bad they didn't spend more time on the food - but remember, it is a chain - so they do't have that much individual creative control over the food. The service was excellent - very attentive and friendly - soooooo, if you're in the neighborhood, and NOTHING ELSE IS OPEN - eat here.
Best BBQ in town!!!! – Great food, large portions, affordable prices, friendly service, and great atmosphere is what makes this place the best barbeque restaurant in town!! The rib tips combination platter is my favorite.
BEST BBQ IN THE WORLD! – It's always crowded, but that is a sure sign that it's GOOD FOOD! Excellent service, it's clean, fun, reasonably priced....great place to go with kids or to have a party!
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Think the Congress that just ended was out of touch with America? The new one may be no better, judging by how much it's worth. Overall, lawmakers are even wealthier than in previous years, according to our analysis of their 2011 financial disclosure statements, and 257 of them -- seven more than in 2010 -- are millionaires.
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Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has been the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee since 1999 and returned to his post as chair in 2007. Not surprisingly given his committee assignment, Bingaman's campaigns run, in part, on fuel from the energy sector.
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The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Congress who have collected money from the firm, which specializes in securing federal earmarks for its clients. In total, PMA Group's employees and its political action committee have given current members of Congress $3.4 million since 1989.
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The last time Congress seriously debated how to regulate the financial industry, the result was legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression. A look back at that debate, which was over the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, reveals that campaign contributions may have influenced the votes of politicians who, a decade later, are now grappling with the implosion of the giant banks they helped to foster.
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Takeover Costs Congressmen Who Were InvestedSeptember 10, 2008 11:40 AM
Now that the federal government has bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from their impending financial doom, Congress has an even greater interest in seeing the giant mortgage buyers succeed-some lawmakers perhaps more than others. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 28 lawmakers had between $598,100 and $1.7 million of their own money invested in the two companies last year.
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From aircraft and weapons manufacturers to producers of medical supplies and soft drinks, the investment portfolios of more than a quarter of Congress—and of countless constituents—include holdings in companies paid billions of dollars each month to support America's military in Iraq and elsewhere.
- Superdelegate UpdateFebruary 28, 2008 12:30 PM
In an update to Capital Eye's Feb. 14 report, campaign contributions from Obama and Clinton now total nearly $950,000 and have predicted endorsements about 80 percent of the time.
- Lawmakers Divest Because of DarfurDecember 20, 2007 5:16 PM
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The Tao Teh King [Daodejing], Or The Tao And Its Characteristics, Ch. 1 - 15
The Tao Teh King [Daodejing], Or The Tao And Its Characteristics by Lao-Tse [Lao Zi], Translated by James Legge (1815-1897)
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1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.
3. Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.
4. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.
1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.
2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.
3. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
4. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).
The work is done, but how no one can see; 'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.
1. Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder.
2. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.
3. He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal.
1. The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things!
2. We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue!
3. I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
1. Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with.
2. May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?
'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power; 'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more.
Much speech to swift exhaustion lead we see; Your inner being guard, and keep it free.
The valley spirit dies not, aye the same;
The female mystery thus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbroken does its power remain, Used gently, and without the touch of pain.
1. Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able to continue and endure.
2. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
1. The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
2. The excellence of a residence is in (the suitability of) the place; that of the mind is in abysmal stillness; that of associations is in their being with the virtuous; that of government is in its securing good order; that of (the conduct of) affairs is in its ability; and that of (the initiation of) any movement is in its timeliness.
3. And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him.
1. It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
2. When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
1. When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe. When he has cleansed away the most mysterious sights (of his imagination), he can become without a flaw.
2. In loving the people and ruling the state, cannot he proceed without any (purpose of) action? In the opening and shutting of his gates of heaven, cannot he do so as a female bird? While his intelligence reaches in every direction, cannot he (appear to) be without knowledge?
3. (The Tao) produces (all things) and nourishes them; it produces them and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does not boast of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them. This is what is called 'The mysterious Quality' (of the Tao).
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends. The door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment; but it is on the empty space (within), that its use depends. Therefore, what has a (positive) existence serves for profitable adaptation, and what has not that for (actual) usefulness.
1. Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take;
Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change.
2. Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former.
1. Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind).
2. What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing it leads to the fear of (still greater calamity):--this is what is meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared.
And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity are to be (similarly) regarded as personal conditions? What makes me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself); if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me?
3. Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it.
1. We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One.
2. Its upper part is not bright, and its lower part is not obscure. Ceaseless in its action, it yet cannot be named, and then it again returns and becomes nothing. This is called the Form of the Formless, and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable.
3. We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see its Back. When we can lay hold of the Tao of old to direct the things of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Tao.
1. The skilful masters (of the Tao) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep (also) so as to elude men's knowledge. As they were thus beyond men's knowledge, I will make an effort to describe of what sort they appeared to be.
2. Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter; irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them; grave like a guest (in awe of his host); evanescent like ice that is melting away; unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything; vacant like a valley, and dull like muddy water.
3. Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear. Who can secure the condition of rest? Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise.
4. They who preserve this method of the Tao do not wish to be full (of themselves). It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.