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Do the robot dance!
It was only a matter of time before the popular robot was reincarnated as a cute, miniature toy. As an interactive toy it loses none of its charm, in fact, it is now even more adorable. Yes, we realise that we are placing adoration on a lifeless thing, but if you see it in action you will know it is far from lifeless! Perfect as gifts for kids, and big kids, My Keepon is a dancer at heart. It can sense music through its built-in microphone and state-of-the-art beat detection to which it dances to intuitively and chirps too. The little robot has two modes: dance mode and touch mode.
Dance mode: When My Keepon the dancing robot hears music, it dances to the beat in its own inimitable style; a kind of funky bop. Put on your favourite music and watch it move. Never dancing the same way twice, it will carry on bopping as it out-dances you.
Touch mode: My Keepon, unlike other robots is sensitive to touch. Through its invisible sensors, it will respond to your touch with movement and sound. Find out through its response which it likes more, to be tickled, patted or poked in its squishy body. Touch it to see it react.
Get to know the moods of one of the cleverest little robots we have met; sleepy is our favourite My Keepon mood. It doesn't matter that it can't talk as its non-verbal communication is endless. The cute, little yellow groover will have you hooked and keep you entertained. - R.K.
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My opinion is that it uses too many batteries and just as it gets going it turns off and goes into standby mode. I would avoid buying this
This robot was a hit with my 7 grandaugthers, it danced and interacted with them and got an "AHH" response all the time. I gald I got 4 .
Bought two of these as gifts for young kids and they are absolutely fabulous! I was seriously tempted to buy one for myself once I saw them in operation. Great fun, great level of interactive play and just really fun, cool wee bots! Maybe santa will bring me one ;-)
Great fun. Everybody loves it. Music needs to be fairly loud. Needs an awful lot of batteries.
Bought 2 of these (when they were on offer for a day) for my stepsons for Christmas. Couldn't resist trying them out, just to make sure they worked of course! Fantastic! You can't help but smile. Will probably cost a fortune in batteries but well worth it for the fun factor.
I love the My Keepon - Dancing Robot, it cheers me up every time i look at him! I would recommend it.
Beware, if you buy this My Keepon - Dancing Robot for someone else you will regret it! I bought one as a present and found it so difficult to not steal it back every day since it's super cute!
I hadn't checked the dimensions so I was surprised by how large the My Keepon Dancing Robot was. My husband was a little unsure about it but now has it close to hand. It is really cute and I am really pleased that I bought it.
Another Christmas gift purchase, and of course it had to be removed from the packaging and tested. Absolutely wonderful, mad, whacky, cute, funny. Top marks to the IWOOT Santa.
very impressed, present for my daughter, she will love it.
My son asked me to buy him the My Keepon Dancing Robot which he thinks is great! When it came he was really pleased with the way it dances and its response to being touched and poked! He was impressed by the sounds the robot makes and although I thought it may soon lose its attraction it hasn't yet!
My girlfriend loves anything that features dancing animals, so the My Keepon made her laugh. The noises it makes are cute and its dance moves are funky!
Bought the My Keepon for myself and my sister-in-law and neither of us can turn him off. He's so adorable and is the cutest little thing when you play with him. Seriously, get one!
I absolutely love the My Keepon Dancing Robot! Not only is it really cute as it moves and dances to music but it makes the cutest noises! The only fault I can find with it is that it takes so many batteries but it's totally worth it for the cutest and easiest pet you will ever have! An easy 5 out of 5 from me!
The My Keepon - Dancing Robot is so cute. Everyone adores him.
The My Keepon - Dancing Robot is a brilliant and cute item, whether you've got it on music or touch it's guaranteed to make you laugh. It moves around either dancing to the beat or reacting in strange ways as you poke and prod it.
I bought the My Keepon - Dancing Robot for my teenage son's birthday and he loves it.
You'll instantly fall for the little My Keepon, the first time you wake him up. It takes him a while to get the beat in some songs whereas in others he picks it up straight away and is dancing away. Just a matter of finding his preference, which can be a little game in itself. Touch mode is a bit of fun too. You can feel little buttons under his plastic skin. If you press the one on his head he'll make a noise and do a little jump and if you press the one on his side he'll turn to that side and look to see. The only complaint is the 8 x AA batteries. I already had 8 rechargable ones so didn't find it an issue. I believe you can also run it off an AC Adaptor but don't have one to try. You'll have great fun watching him as will any others who will see him dancing. Well worth the money as he'll keep you entertained.
This dancing little blob kept my family amused for hours. Love the My Keepon.
The My Keepon - Dancing Robotis still funny to watch but think the novelty will soon wear off. It also needs 8x AA batteries which over a few weeks can be costly. Still think the price paid was worth it for the fun value.
Fantastic product, the My Keepon works well with good music and good speakers. My girlfriend is over the moon with it.
The My Keepon is brilliant fun! Will guarantee to put a smile on your face.
The My Keepon is a superb bit of kit, it dances well and reacts well in touch mode. We're still trying to work out what all the reactions are!
Website lives up to it's name with this one... I have no need for a dancing robot, but I really wanted one of these! The My Keepon - Dancing Robot keeps us amused for hours watching it's dancing styles (seems to like cheesy pop the best!) and it's really cute in 'touch' mode. It's sneeze is adorable and every home should have one.
This My Keepon - Dancing Robot is a great thing for a child who is allergic to pet animals but likes to have fun.
This My Keepon - Dancing Robot is a funny little robot indeed. Would recommend.
I had absolutely no need for this item but since two of my nephews have autistic spectrum disorders I liked the fact my purchase was supporting research and help for those suffering from autism. Since powering it up, however, I've found myself quite attached to the little gizmo. There is something very adorable about it (yes, I'm aware, I'm a grown man!). I'm working through my music collection to see which tunes it likes best. While it's really quite comical seeing it bounce along to Bob Marley or N.W.A *coughs*, so far it seems to like my Infected Mushroom tunes best of all so far! The wee beastie sits next to me by my computer and keeps me company, got kind of attached already.
I bought this as a present for a six year old girl, who is a tomboy, and she was over the moon. It has kept her entertained, loves the funny noises and its dances. Well worth the money. I have no qualms in recommending My Keepon to anyone, especially the hard to buy for child.
I love this Keepon, can't stop playing with it. I love the way his eyes swivel to see who has just come into the room, it has good dance moves too! Keeps everyone entertained!
This little guy is so cute! I got it as a Christmas gift for my brother and only got him out to put batteries in and check if it worked and I loved it. You can watch it for ages, just poking and patting him, it's like he's alive when he looks around. I'd recommend My Keepon to anyone looking for something a bit quirky and cute.


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quote: It is a HUGE advantage over Windows Mobile/Phone 7, Blackberry, Symbian, et al. Android has those apps built in of course, but Apple wants to compete with Android, not Blackberry and Windows.
quote: You may be able to re-add some of these things, but how anti-competitive can you be when removing a competitors product that all your customers want from a shipping product?
quote: If Apple users knew how to install 3rd-party applications, they wouldn't be Apple users.

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During the broadcast, myeloma experts discussed and answered questions about clinical trials, new drugs, and what the future holds for myeloma patients. Panelists were IMF Chairman and Co-Founder Brian GM Durie, MD; Sagar Lonial, MD; Paul Richardson, MD; and Robert Kyle, MD.
These are recordings of the live streaming of the seminar. The live streaming began Saturday, March 2, at 8:00 am ET (5:00 am PT)—when IMF Co-Founder and President Susie Novis kicked off the event—and ended at 2:30 pm ET (11:30 am PT).
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To start their 2012 tours, Real Richmond Food Tours and More offered their VCU: Alternative Eats tour to a sold out crowd on a bright, crisp Saturday afternoon January 14th. Maureen and Susan, tour hosts, take ticket holders on a mile and a half walk through Richmond's culture, architecture, history – and, naturally Richmond's food scene. The tours feature at least seven different areas of the city, seven totally different tours. But, even the same tour experienced several times provides a very different perspective by stopping in different eateries along the way. Tours are rotated so not all areas are available at the same time.
Today's tour began at the William Miller House Bed and Breakfast, in the heart of the Fan, just a block from Virginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park campus. After a quick briefing about the house, the two guest rooms, and William Miller (the marble carver who built the house in 1869), the group visited the dining room where breakfast is served to guests and the wine room where beverages and hors d'oeuvres are available for guests in the evening as they make their dinner plans. Pat and Mike explained they began renovations in 1996 (still on-going, an old house is never done!) and opened as an urban inn/bed and breakfast in 2000. Then to the inn's best feature – the Kitchen, where gourmet breakfasts are prepared for guests!


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6 Steps to Meeting New People (For the Socially Intolerable)
#3. Be Up for Anything
Once you're out with your new not-quite-friends, discovering new shared interests and not-coincidentally drinking heavily, you'll want to keep the good times going. Every minute you spend with these people is precious, time to turn them into friends, or failing that, time to meet one of their friends. Also, as time passes and they're still around, that's an excellent sign that these people tolerate you.
Toleration: The bedrock of any friendship.
So be open, available, and eager. When someone suggests another round, buy it. When someone suggests getting pizza, cram that pizza in you as fast as humanly possible. When someone suggests going to another bar, fucking carry them there.
An Example:
Me: -blinking- Hey, where did everyone else go?
Shifty Co-worker: They had to bail awhile ago.
Me: Man I'm drunk. How did I not notice that?
Shifty Co-worker: You've been having a lot of fun.
Me: I have, haven't I? This has been a wild night! I'm glad I came out with you tonight ... why are you wearing a diaper?
Shifty Co-worker: -wearing a diaper- This is a diaper club. How drunk are you?
Me: -sees everyone in club wearing diapers- Feeling less drunk quite rapidly now. Wait. -just now seeing the diaper I am myself wearing- I think I gotta go.
Shifty Co-worker: Yeah, you've made that joke several times now.
Me: That does sound like something I'd ... poo.
Shifty Co-worker: That one, too.
Me: How on Earth did you talk me into coming here?
Shifty Co-worker: You said you wanted to meet people.
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: Hey, how ya doin'?
Me: -remembering it's important to be up for anything- I did. And I guess this is better than sitting around reading things on the Internet.
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: Less weirdos here, for one.
#2. Join a Social Group
Another good way to meet new people is to thrust yourself into a group of people who already have shared interests with you. Volunteering, playing recreational sports, joining a professional association, that kind of thing. Because you already have something in common, that initial conversation is always easy.
Also, many recreational sports teams are really just poorly disguised competitive drinking teams.
An Example:
Me: OK, I think I get it. So you guys are just into the diapers. You don't all act like babies.
Shifty Co-worker: Adult babies and us have a lot of overlap. There are a few of those in a room in the back.
Me: Oh yeah. I found them. -eyes widen- I somehow suspect everyone's having a better time in there than all the crying would suggest.
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: Personally, I think those guys are freaks.
Me: Riiiiiiight. You just like shitting yourself.
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: I prefer the term "messer."
Me: I'm sure you do. But just to be clear, you are actively pooping yourself right now, while you're making eye contact with me, aren't you?
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: -licks his lips too-
Me: Well, at least I'm making friends.
Shifty Co-worker: Oh, we're not your friends.
Me: You're not?
Shifty Co-worker: No, this is just a sex thing.
Crazy Diaper Fetishist: So which one of you guys is changing me and which of you guys is going to beat me off?
Me: -starts running, never stops-
#1. Travel
Finally, for the terminally lonely among you, you might be surprised to learn that traveling is often one of the easiest ways to meet new people. It turns out that when you're traveling, the people you find yourself hanging out with will be, as often as not, other travelers, just as eager to meet new people as you are. Also, because you're always on the move, you'll have the ability to walk away from any disastrous encounter. If you make an ass of yourself, that's OK, because you need never see this person again.
"So those aren't actually mirror pants? Right, that's me off then."
And of course, traveling is also useful when creating a new identity for yourself, far away from everyone who knows the things you've done.
An Example:
Me: So what'd you get up to this weekend?
Backpacker: Was up in the Lake District.
Me: That's cool. I love lakes. Well. Just a normal, healthy level of interest in lakes.
Backpacker: Nice one. So what made you decide to go traveling?
Me: Ahh, you know. I had an opportunity to ... abruptly leave home without telling anyone, and kind of jumped on it.
Backpacker: What's that crinkling sound?
Me: That's me. I got excited thinking about the lakes.
Backpacker: Are you wearing a diaper?
Me: Turns out I couldn't run from everything.
Backpacker: -long open-mouthed stare-
Me: It's totally normal, though. We can still have shared interests, about diaper or non-diaper activities. I don't even need you to beat me off.
Backpacker: -long open-mouthed stare-
Me: You weren't about to offer to beat me off, were you? Before I shot that down?
Backpacker: -long open-mouthed stare- Where were you from again?
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5 Things You Should Know Before Making an Indie Movie
Hello. It's been a while, so allow me to reintroduce you to my column. So to speak.
As Cracked's senior video editor lo these brace of years, it's been my privilege to lift myself above the common muck of prose, a mode of communication so outdated that it's a wonder you don't have to stick a crank in it to get it going. So to speak.
My thoughts now operate on a higher plane, rendered at 24 frames a second in lush, color-corrected perfection. Can you doubt that this is the more impactful form of creative human expression? Yes? Well, counterpoint: Here is a video of me jerking off.
So to speak. I guess I was technically jerking off that other gentleman. But more importantly, the point that I've just graphically illustrated -- thereby also illustrating my earlier point about the superiority of video to prose, creating a once-in-a-lifetime double-whammy argument supremacy type of situation -- is that despite their obvious superiority, making videos isn't always glamorous. In fact, sometimes you do stupid things, and everything becomes an impossible clusterfuck until it's miraculously pulled out at the last second.
Case in point: Back in 2010, Abe Epperson and I, and a bunch of our best friends, got the opportunity to shoot a low-budget indie horror/comedy movie of our own concoction called Kill Me Now, with an actual real director (of rap music videos) named Travis Long at the helm. I wrote the script, which shows you how long ago this was, since obviously I don't write anymore except as a flimsy pretext to plug things. This was an exciting opportunity for us, it being the first feature-length movie either of us had gotten to work on.
And of course, by "opportunity" I mean three weeks of hellish, misguided, grueling, ulcer-inducing crises on the order of biblical plagues. Now, two years later (and conveniently enough, just as the movie is about to be released), the true stories can finally be told.
Indie filmmakers, heed my warnings. I have scrawled them here, like a madman's crooked notations on a napkin he hopes to somehow put in the hands of a former self, a younger self or a less-haunted self.
Here's what NOT TO DO. You IDIOT.
#5. Don't Set the Movie at Night, You Idiot!
Want to see the quickest way to make your indie movie laughably overambitious? It looks like this:
It's really the first and last words that are the problem, like a shit sandwich with the shit as the bread and the bread on the inside, so you get shit all over your hands.
Shooting at night, outside, means you've got to light your scene with giant red-hot lamps on impossibly tall metal rods, causing the pine needles to smolder if they get too close. Those lights are powered by gas generators, which have to be many feet away and covered in soundproof blankets to keep evil spirits at bay (union rules), so your crew spends a lot of time scrambling through the dark, crab-like, batting away light-drawn insects and maintaining or repairing hundreds of feet of cable. They hate this, and now they hate you, too. Congratulations.
Not to mention that setting your movie at night means asking your entire cast and crew to reverse their sleep polarity and spend a few weeks working through the night and sleeping through the day. And some of them have to sleep in the director's mom's basement closet, which is lined with a high shelf of porcelain dolls. THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
NEXT TIME: Two dudes in a situation with a girl in a house. No, a room! A room in Los Angeles with lighting very similar to the way your living room is lit right now. Sounds funny to me!
IMPROVISED SOLUTION: Three Miller High Lifes can usually force sleep upon you come dawn, and as for staying up through the night, don't worry: The churning nausea will handle that for you.
#4. Don't Use a Giant Ensemble, You Moron!
Come to think of it, why even have three people in the movie? Castaway got away with one most of the time. Or hell, just shoot it POV and make it about a guy who lives alone in one room in Los Angeles! He could get a crazy job, or think about getting one, and describe it aloud to himself, as well as the ensuing adventures he would have presumably gone on.
Because every character you "breathe life into" for your cheap-ass bullshit is another human actor with a physical body you need to fly to the location, house, feed until they don't die and keep safe and entertained enough that they don't resort to autoerotic asphyxiation (especially the ladies, strangely).
And oh my GOD, the disease. Looking back, perhaps there is no version of reality where you can cram 20 people into a cabin in the humid backwoods of Illinois for three weeks without them all getting sick, but TWO DAYS?! TWO DAYS for 90 percent of the cast and crew to contract the flu? Katie Willert ended up in the hospital, and Nick Mundy ended up vomiting between takes, but you GOT YOUR PRECIOUS SHOTS. I hope you're pleased with yourself, me.
NEXT TIME: During the filming of Kill Me Now, I must have walked past stands of gel-based hand sanitizer for sale at least two dozen times. Next time, I will stop, turn, lift and convey a tub of said sanitizer to the nearest check stand, then slather it all over everyone every hour on the hour. I suggest you do the same.
IMPROVISED SOLUTION: Telling the actors to be hilarious anyway, and then somehow they do it. To be honest, there are some blank spots in my memory. I just recall Beck Bennett falling asleep at the wheel of his character Todd's Corvette literally seconds after finishing a take, only to be woken up by "Action!" The ensuing take is the one in the movie.
#3. Don't Crash a Van Through a Wall, You Halfwit!
Here is a list of things that happen in our movie that it was stupid to try and do. Spoiler alert, obviously:
*A van crashes through a wall.
*A circular saw goes through a door.
*A person is run over by a car on-camera.
*There are several OTHER car accidents. Honestly, it's like fuckin' Mario Kart, I don't know what I was thinking.
*There's a pointless crane shot that took all day to get, then got cut from the movie. So it's not even in our movie really, so it shouldn't even technically be an entry on this list, but this is the only way anyone will every know we did a crane shot, so I'm putting it in anyway.
*There's a scene in a jail cell (also ultimately cut, due to us shooting one half, then realizing the other half was impossible to make match).
*A bear is there, around, visibly. Note, this is NOT an invisible bear. The bear is visible to the NAKED EYE.
*There's a laser tag scene described in such a way that it required us to build our own arena from scratch. All for one OBJECTIVELY DUMB joke I could have cut any time I wanted.
*People are stabbed, shot, gassed, poisoned, drilled and otherwise disposed of in ways that require copious amounts of sticky, syrupy stage blood to be all over the set, which is a house that does not belong to you, so you constantly have the feeling that one of your ventricles is jerking to the right.
*President Romney brings peace to the Galactic Senate by eating an entire hippo (ultimately cut; ASPCA complaint).
Not to mention the standard range of on-set crises: trucks stuck in the mud, hard drive outages, uncooperative cloud cover, injuries, lost props, damaged everything, personality clashes, the emotional weight of Darfur constantly at the back of your mind, a lack of variety among snack chip types at the craft services table and, of course, the shrieking.
NEXT TIME: First of all, keep more Miller High Life in stock. No one needs to hear Abe shriek like that. Secondly, take a stand against the crass spectacle of modern Hollywood by keeping your next movie humble, "a thinker," and totally lacking in explosions or gun-toting car chases through the woods.
IMPROVISED SOLUTION: Begging all of your family and friends to kick in a little extra money so you can pay someone to dress as a bear while you film him. Also, it turns out Abe can be made to stop shrieking if you beat him about the head for long enough.


text: Glyn Y Mul Farm (2 reviews) from £15.00 to £18.00 Family + unit Contact Us Select Section Overview This is a Certificated Site (CS). These select sites are small, privately run campsites that operates under the Club's jurisdiction and can only accommodate up to 5 caravans or motorhomes and up to 10 trailer tents or tents, unless express permission has been given by the Club to accommodate more. They range from secluded Hideaways to fully facilitated family friendly sites, and are often found in locations where larger commercial sites are prohibited so you could be camping close to a beach or in the National Park, for example. Site Details Big Sites Book Reference: 170/084 This site was last visited by a Site Officer in 2015. 2 acres, gentle slope, bkg ess. Directions Directions to this site are available to members when logged in. Facilities Glyn Y Mul Farm has the following facilities on or around the site. Touring Caravans Trailer Tents Grass only pitch (no electric) Flushing toilet Washbasins Chemical toilet disposal point Dishwashing facilities Fishing (licence may be required) Motorhomes Tents A well-sheltered site Showers Electric shaver sockets Washing Machines Ice pack freezing Reviews Review Expand review Recommended: no 1 Wanted to stay on 9 July. Trevor (Club Member) stayed Jul 2015 This review is for Glyn Y Mul Farm Wanted to stay on 9 July. Tele'd in advance on the day, but landline was forwarded to work(?) & gave message of not available; message left on mobile was not returned. Hence didn't stay! Friendliness: 1 Cleanliness: 1 Facilities: 1 Expand review Recommended: yes 4 this was intending to be a wild hammock camp, however the weather had a different idea, so I... Richard Gent (Club Member) stayed Jul 2014 This review is for Glyn Y Mul Farm this was intending to be a wild hammock camp, however the weather had a different idea, so I went in my tent, the facilities here are pretty basic, but this is not why I am here, here you can wild camp in remote woodland, right by a river and not see a single soul all day, its a bit of a walk to get to the woodlands from where you park the car, but once you are down in the woods the magic begins, there are fire pits to have a fire and Ian the owner sells bags of wood for a fiver, I pitched up my tent on a very stormy Friday night, the river was thunderous, and so was the weather, Saturday was blissful, the sun came out and everything was good in the world, had a relaxing day chilling in my hammock listening to the birds and the river, the most relaxing day I think I have ever spent, so if you really want to escape, try here, but don't expect any luxuries, I will be returning soon Location: Country,Secluded Suitable For: Active break,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 4 Facilities: 3 Pricing The fees for Glyn Y Mul Farm were last updated in 2014.The following fees are just given as a guide, so please always check with the site.The fee for staying on site for one night is :£15.00 - £16.00 for 2 Adults, 2 Children plus 1 Unit £17.00 - £18.00 for 2 Adults, 2 Children, 1 Unit including Hook-up * Please note the site open dates are 25 March 2016 - 31 October 2016


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Kaufman County and Colorado killings should spur Texas Legislature to fight prison gangs, guards union says
The slayings of two Kaufman County prosecutors should lead the Texas Legislature to spend more money fighting prison gangs, a leader of prison guards says.
Lance Lowry, president of a Huntsville-based guards union, also cited last month's slaying of the Colorado prisons chief as a reason to raise pay in Texas and fill "the over 2,700 correctional officer vacancies" here.
The prime suspect in the Colorado case, parolee Evan Ebel, belonged to a prison-based white supremacist gang called 211 Crew. He fled to Texas and soon died in a shootout with authorities in Wise County, northwest of Fort Worth.
A little over a week later came the home-invasion killings of Kaufman County DA Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. That attack just east of Dallas occurred two months after the unsolved killing of one of McLelland's top prosecutors, Mark Hasse. And it led to public speculation about whether another prison-based white supremacist gang, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, might be responsible.
"We are not policing our prisons very well," Lowry told me. "We are kind of paying the price" for running prisons cheaply.
No evidence has emerged linking the ABT to the Kaufman County killings, and several lawyers familiar with the group say they doubt a connection exists.
Still, Lowry noted that the Texas Department of Public Safety recently called prison gangs "the second most significant organized crime threat" in the state after Mexican drug cartels. He called the Kaufman County slayings a form of terrorism "to ward off law enforcement."
Lowry, in addition to seeking better pay for guards, is also urging legislators to beef up criminal investigations — both inside prisons and of parolees.
Look for more on the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas in Sunday's Dallas Morning News.
Follow @BrooksEgerton and @DMNInvestigates on Twitter. Like the DMN Investigates page on Facebook.


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quote: Yes you can install Windows and Linux on an Apple, but why would that be a selling point considering that your stance on OSX is being superior to begin with? Also why would that be a selling point considering you can also install OSX and Linux on a PC?
quote: "Most developers I know work on Macs for this reason" is a personal statement, without any substantial evidence.
quote: Windows PC based hardware is universally more powerful than the same X86 based hardware offerings that Apple decides to release.
quote: Now that we realize that all OS'es can be installed on either manufacturers hardware, we go back to the beginning, why again is Apple superior?
quote: Further alienating the argument, the demographic targeted by Apple, just wants everything to work, they do not want to have to install another OS, think for themselves, or are not tech savvy enough to do so.


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Meribel Mottaret, usually just called Mottaret is a satellite resort higher up the mountain from Meribel Les Allues. Purpose built for slope-side convenience, ski holidays in Meribel-Mottaret are a good choice for ski in ski out and great for early or late season skiing due to its great location to the rest of the Three Valleys and the ski areas snow sure reputation.
Mottaret is much quieter than Meribel Les Allues with fewer bars and restaurants, however, there are local free buses that run regularly between the villages. There is also a pedestrian gondola that links the two villages of Meribel and Mottaret, so one can enjoy the apres ski in Les Allues before getting back to the ski chalet for dinner on your ski holidays in Meribel-Mottaret. The gondola stops running at 7.30pm.
Please note: number of lifts and runs for Three Valleys ski area.
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Everybody join the Clone Club!
It's Binge�Saturday�and this week's pick is�Orphan Black. This exciting BBC America original stars�Tatiana Maslany�as Sarah, a woman who adopts the identity of someone she witnesses committing suicide only to later learn that they are actually clones of each other — and there are more out there.
While Season 2 currently airs Saturdays at 9/8c on BBC America, catch up on the first season, available online�here. �
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Erie County Sheriff's deputies found a woman passed out behind the wheel of a car that was halfway into a ditch on the side of a road in Akron Tuesday, officials said.
Kristen M. Pequeen, 32, of Akron appeared highly intoxicated, deputies said. Pequeen refused to provide a breath sample to determine her blood alcohol content.
As a result, sheriff's officials said they would notify the state Department of Motor Vehicles about her refusal, which would trigger the immediate suspension of her driver's license.
Pequeen was charged with driving while intoxicated and is scheduled to appear in Clarence Town Court at a later date.


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Sister ActSister Act is Broadway's acclaimed musical comedy based on the smash-hit film. When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a crime, the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look—a convent. Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.02/05/2013 - 02/10/2013Time: variousBenedum Center, 237 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Faculty RecitalDuquesne faculty members Adam Liu, cello; David Allen Wehr, piano; and Rachel Stegeman, violin, perform in recital.02/05/2013Time: 8:00 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
My Funny ValentineJust in time for Valentine's Day, the PSO Pops welcomes Broadway stars Melissa Errico and Doug LaBrecque joining the orchestra for "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady, the theme from Ice Castles and more. It will be a night of laughs, tears and most of all, romance. Michael Krajewski, pop conductor of the Houston and Atlanta symphonies leads the orchestra.02/07/2013 - 02/10/201302/07 - 7:30 pm02/08 - 8:00 pm02/09 - 8:00 pm02/10 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Rossini's The Barber of SevilleWith the help of the crafty Figaro, the amorous Count Almaviva attempts to woo the beautiful Rosina from under the nose of her jealous and controlling guardian, Dr. Bartolo. 14 singers will be heard over the run of four performances.02/07/2013 - 02/10/201302/07 - 7:00 pm02/08 - 7:00 pm02/09 - 7:00 pm02/10 - 2:00 pmLocation: Seton Center Auditorium, 1900 Pioneer Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Wind Symphony & Symphony BandRobert Cameron conducts.02/07/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
An Evening of One ActsAn Evening of One Acts features plays from the Pittsburgh New Works Festival: LA VITRA LOCO, about residents in a senior citizens home whose lives are upset by one resident's decision to try the "little blue pill;" STRUTTING AND FRETTING, an absurdly hilarious play which follows a director and his two actors rehearsing a play about the meaning of life; and A BLANKET OF STARS, in which two senior women sit under the night sky and share some absolutely hilarious dialogue.02/07/2013 - 02/16/2013Location: Boyd Community Center, O'Hara Township, PAwebsite
American History - Land of the FreeMaestro Istvan Jaray celebrates Black History Month and Presidents' Day with Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, Copland's A Lincoln Portrait (narrator TBA), and William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony.02/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmPasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Passionate RussiansMusic Director Matthew Kraemer leads a concert featuring saxophonist Arthur Black, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.02/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
Jefferson's LibraryGuests Laura Heimes (soprano) and Andrew Appel (harpsichord) join Chatham Baroque for a concert of songs and sonatas from the musical treasure troves of Thomas Jefferson and other colonial Americans.02/09/2013 - 02/10/201302/09 - 8:00 pm02/10 - 2:30 pmLocation: variouswebsite
Seldom SceneThe Scene began as a non-touring bluegrass band back in 1971 in jam sessions at the home of Ben Eldridge. 40 years later, this band has become one of the single largest contributers to the progression of bluegrass from the early days of Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe to the more contemporary sounds that they developed.02/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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The one thing you can be sure of when it comes to software architecture is that there will never be a shortage of different ways to solve the same problem. The key is to look for the areas of volatility in the design and decompose it to its simplest element. Sound like that philosophy class you took in college? Well, as Juval Lowy , Principal of iDesign and Microsoft Software Legend, says, "For the beginner architect, there are mulitlple ways and options for doing anything. But for the Master, there are only a few."
In this episode of ARCast, Denny Boynton discusses this Zen approach to software design with Juval, seeking a state of technological nothingness.
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While single-nucleotide polymorphisms were an initial focus, the subsequent discovery of copy-number variation unveiled a new dimension of genomic diversity, and made apparent the need to develop more refined technologies to capture chromosomal rearrangements.
Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) provided the opportunity to detect chromosomal imbalances in a high-throughput manner, at the genome-wide scale, and with higher resolution than with previously available methods, such as G-banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization. At the same time, the wealth of CGH data generated gave rise to several challenges.
"Identifying the genomic changes that are significant is a challenging aspect of CGH array data analysis and interpretation," says Kenneth J. Craddock, M.D., a cytogeneticist at Toronto General Hospital.
While copy-number abnormalities can be found in nearly all medical conditions, their significance must be explored individually, particularly because some variants simply reflect normal inter-individual variation, while others may be of unknown significance. "At this time, the findings for which we know the significance are a minority, and this constitutes another huge challenge in the field," Dr. Craddock says.
With the generation of more complex datasets, the availability of computing power is becoming increasingly important in analyzing and understanding the significance of structural changes in the chromosome.
"Support from informaticians and computer programmers is not very prominent in genetics labs that are testing for various diseases, including cancer, but with the newly emerging technologies, these aspects will need to be addressed," Dr. Craddock says.
Importantly, this support will be crucial in helping differentiate physiological structural variants from the ones that are pathologically significant. "This will also help connect the data to existing databases and increase automation, something for which most hospitals currently do not have the necessary resources," he adds.
"While we have a great capacity to sequence genomes in a high-throughput manner at lower costs, we still lack accurate computational algorithms to detect copy-number variations from sequencing data," according to Santhosh Girirajan, Ph.D, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University. Dr. Girirajan and his colleagues used array CGH to visualize chromosomal rearrangements in several developmental disorders.
For a recent effort, they examined a cohort of more than 2,300 children who had copy-number variants associated with intellectual disability, finding that harboring two large copy-number variants of unknown significance is associated with an over eightfold higher likelihood of developmental delay. This finding suggested that multiple copy-number variants may interact with one another to shape the clinical presentation in complex diseases, and explains previous reports of phenotypic heterogeneity, when dissimilar clinical presentations were described in individuals harboring identical chromosomal abnormalities.
More recently, Dr. Girirajan and colleagues examined the global load of chromosomal deletions and duplications in autism, a heterogeneous disorder that, based on 2013 estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affects one in 50 schoolchildren in the U.S.
This study revealed an approximately sevenfold increase in duplications and a twofold increase in deletions in children with autism, and pointed toward the relationship between an increased genomic load of copy-number variations, particularly duplications, and the risk to develop this condition. "This also points toward the need to understand the impact of deletions or duplications of chromosomal regions harboring tens of genes, as opposed to the more simple genetic mutations that we often talk about in human genetics," Dr. Girirajan says.
"CGH, a very well understood and accepted test, provides a cost-effective way to find copy-number variants, but interpreting the results and figuring out what the variants mean, is currently the major challenge," says Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the division of medical genetics at the University of California, San Francisco.
One of the challenges stems from the fact that some copy-number variations, even the large ones, might not have a particular impact on the phenotype. On the other hand, some symptomatic patients were shown to harbor copy-number variants that are present in parents who might not be affected by the disorder.
"That might suggest either that the copy-number variation does not have anything to do with the condition, or that there is an additional factor that interacts with it, such as a mutation, which may be in another gene or on another chromosome," Dr. Nussbaum says. The challenges are more pronounced when testing is performed in a prenatal setting, due to the significant difficulties in predicting the severity of a specific disease whose onset may be years or decades in the future.
Array CGH is reshaping many biomedical areas. One of these is preimplantation genetic diagnosis, which entails a small biopsy that is performed to remove one of the 6-8 cells of a three-day embryo formed after in vitro fertilization, prior to its implantation into the uterus. This widely performed procedure revolutionized assisted reproductive technologies but, like any medical procedure, is not devoid of risks.
"For the first time, we were able to obtain DNA from the embryo and perform genetic analyses without removing cells from the blastomere," says Simone Palini, Ph.D., senior clinical embryologist of the research group directed by Carlo Bulletti, M.D., in the physiopathology of reproduction unit at Cervesi General Hospital in Cattolica, Italy.
Together with Luca Galluzzi, Ph.D., professor of recombinant and molecular biotechnology, and Mauro Magnani, Ph.D., professor in biochemistry in the department of biomolecular science at the University of Urbino, the investigators demonstrated that fluid removed from blastocel cavity of a five-day-old human blastocyst can provide sufficient DNA to perform genetic analyses.
Genomic DNAv was found in approximately 90% of the blastocyst fluid samples that were collected during the vitrification procedure, as part of the cryopreservation of the embryos obtained by in vitro fertilization.
"In this approach, the embryologist places the needle only 7 microns inside the blastocyst, which is 250–300 micrometers in diameter, and preimplanatation genetic testing is performed without disturbing the embryo, in a procedure that is comparable to the intracytoplasmic sperm injection," says Dr. Palini.
The 0.3–0.5 nanoliters of fluid that are retrieved during this process contain a median of 9.9 pg DNA, which can be used to perform various types of tests. "For most labs, a thermocycler is like a coffee machine, and virtually all labs can afford to perform PCR and look for mutations in specific genes of interest," say Dr. Palini and Dr. Galluzzi.
In a proof-of-principle experiment, Dr. Bulletti and Dr. Magnani's groups used the DNA isolated from the blastocyst fluid for whole-genome amplification and array CGH analyses, illustrating the possibility to detect several aneuploidies and to determine the sex of the embryos.
"CGH, a very important tool for reproductive medicine, will most likely see further improvements in the future, and it assumes an important role in preventive medicine, even if more studies should be performed to validate the protocol," Dr. Palini says.
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Excellent diaper for a good price! Review by OD
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This is an excellent diaper for absorbency. I used the bummis pre-folds for my son when he was newborn until he was about 13 lbs. I found that the prefold would bunch up in the diaper cover so I used diaper pins and pinned beside his hips as a personal preference. Currently I have 3 pre-fold diapers with covers for an older baby (my son is now 6 months old) and I love it. He uses it for night-time because of its absorbency and its one of the most absorbent diapers I have for night-time. I don't even need an extra insert. The covers are adjustable with velcro and they are great for getting a good fit, which is required since its a pre-fold and not a fitted diaper. Overall, this is an excellent deal for the price and I would definitely use these diapers again for another child. (Posted on 7/28/10)Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
Affordable way to start cloth diapering Review by Morag
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We purchased this kit as it was the most affordable way for us to be able to cloth diaper. The supplies in the kit are everything we needed to get started. The prefolds give the opportunity to try several different ways of folding to achieve the right fit. They are very absorbent and our son can last the whole night without needing a diaper change. The wet bag is the perfect accessory and makes laundry day a breeze, I like that I can open the zipper and shake out the diapers and toss the bag in too. We will be using prefolds for any future children! (Posted on 12/31/10)
Great way to start cloth diapering! Review by Amanda
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We bought this diapering package before our little one was born and I just found it a fabulous product - everything we needed to get set up and started was in the kit (diapers, covers, liners, bum balm sample, wet bag!). I just love Bummis cute covers, and the kit came with a little book to help us decide which way to fold was the best for our little one and the best way to launder. Yay! My only complaint is that the 'small' size was still too bulky for a newborn. In retrospect I would have purchased some inserts/liners and used those in the covers as opposed to using the prefolds at first. We ended up waiting until out little guy was about 9 pounds. We also bought another dozen prefolds so we weren't doing laundry quite as often.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
A note from the bynature.ca team: Thanks for your review! Bummis has recently developed a newborn size prefold, and newborn prefold packages, to complement their size small (baby) and size large (regular) packages. We're really excited about these as they address the very concern you had with sizing on a brand new baby. Now with Bummis prefolds parents really CAN cloth diaper from day one. We're so glad they've been working out well for you. (Posted on 1/1/11)
An easy way to start diapering Review by West Coast Momma
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The Bummis prefolds kits are definitely the way to start diapering your baby! We loved this package so much, and were sad when our son outgrew his (size small) prefolds and we had to box up our Bummis Kit.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
Personally, I would not use prefolds on an older (squirmy and mobile) baby because they require extra time and baby cooperation that is difficult to get once your baby learns to flip over on the change table. For a newborn, though, these diapers are so cheap and easy, you are saving hundreds of dollars in the first few weeks/months.
When purchasing this kit I would say that you definitely need another Snappi - one is not enough in case you lose it. I also don't like the flushable liners because to me they feel almost like toilet paper, which I don't like touching my baby's skin. I used the microfleece reusable liners, and bought about 20 more than what is included in order to always have a fresh one.
My only complaint was that my size small kit did not fit my 9-pound newborn even though the covers were supposed to work from 8 pounds. (My kit did not come with the super brites at the time, though, so I'm not sure if those would have worked better.) I had to wait a few weeks until my baby's legs were chubby enough for the size small whisper wraps. For this reason, I am trying the "newborn" size covers for my next baby.
I am due with my next baby in a few weeks, and I've already brought out my old Bummis kit into the nursery and am ready to start prefolds again! it is exciting to know that I won't have to spend any money on diapers for my second baby, which also makes this kit that much more affordable when the cost is spread over multiple children. (Posted on 1/3/11)
I love Bummis Review by Steff
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Bummis cloth diapers are by far my favourite. They are the best value, easy to use, the pre-folds are so absorben, the diaper covers are gorgeous and good quality, and we NEVER have leaks with Bummis. I use several different kinds of cloth diapers (pockets, aio's and fitted diapers with a cover) and the Bummis prefolds remain my favourite.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
If you are considering cloth diapering and are not sure where to start, I would highly suggest trying this kit first. (Posted on 6/22/11)
Awesome Review by sashley
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Great starter package with everything you need. My spouse loves the snappi for fastening the diapers. I love the prints and they work really well for us. I upgraded from the Newborn package and Bummis to me spell value and quality. The organic material was also a major selling point for me. (Posted on 7/18/11)
Perfect first package Review by Barbara
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We bought this kit before our son was born. It had everything that we need to get started with cloth diapering. We chose the prefolds because the simple design is easy to clean and the most economical. We ended up buying more prefolds, so we have about 3 days between laundry.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes
In the past 2.5 months, we've already saved money compared to disposables. (Posted on 6/25/10)
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Eat Pray Love (2010)
Julia Roberts and voluptuous production value contribute mightily to this ultimate of wish-fulfillment tales.
The Joneses (2010)
The premise begs for wicked bite, but winds up poking along amiably. That's the problem with these Joneses: it's all too easy to keep up with them.
Date Night (2010)
Much as I would prefer to see the subtler Carell of
Dan in Real Life
comically negotiate a struggling marriage to Fey, we're in a land of gunfire and super-computers.
Bull Durham (1988)
Deserves its status among sports films, but its ongoing appeal reflects that it's something more: an old-fashioned romantic comedy that succeeds in establishing and deepening memorable characters through memorably flavorful dialogue.
Escape From New York (1981)
New York is the ghost town and Van Cleef the corrupt sheriff in
Escape from New York
's thinly disguised postmodern Western, with ex-soldier Russell as the anti-establishment hero who won't cotton to anyone's code but his own.
Being Human: Season One (2010)
So a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost walk into a bar...
What's Up Doc? (1972)
No one is going to match Grant and Hepburn, but Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand give it the ol' college try in the criminally entertaining
What's Up, Doc?
The Ghost Writer (2010)
The director's shrewd and witty approach to the material demonstrates his finely tuned sense of the absurd.
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Though lacking in narrative and comic sophistication,
National Lampoon's Vacation
has something arguably more important: built-in, instant audience identification.
Get Low (2010)
A welcome late-career showcase for Robert Duvall...fits snugly into the traditions of Southern literature, particularly the tensions between gentility and eccentricity, the community and the individual, and man and God.
Middle Men (2010)
Gallo's self-consciously overstated direction feeds the impression that he's trying to remake
can we all agree by now that the use of 'Sympathy for the Devil' in crime pictures ought to be outlawed?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Stylish...sitcomedic...plays it pretty safe.
Road to Perdition (2002)
The top-billed actors deliver: Hanks with his resonant reserve and Newman in conveying Rooney's failed attempt to live up to his self-image as the ultimate just and loving patriarch.
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Doesn't quite click on all levels, and the story and character development feels truncated, but there's still plenty to enjoy about its weird occurrences.
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
I see London, I see France, I see Chevy do a dumb dance.
Black Orpheus (1959)
Seductive blend of mythology and travelogue...there's still sensual pleasure in the urban scenery, colorful visions, and music and dance, most of it defined by joyful abandon.
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
A fairly typical Hollywood bromantic comedy in that one suspects that the improvisatory chops of its likeable star duo made them real-time script doctors.
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Nicholas Sparks-meets-Bruce Joel Rubin...The movie's God talk (most of it coming from…Ray Liotta?) and blatant expression of theme through platitudes make this romantic melodrama as drippy as the St. Cloud boys' eyes.
A Prophet (2010)
Malik's boxed-in circumstances certainly press ethical questions for the viewer, but in Rahim's psychologically acute performance, Malik is never less than understandable—more often than not, he's disturbingly sympathetic.
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
The invitation to introspection about empty American lives is a good idea, but who are we kidding?
Hot Tub Time Machine
is built for gross gags...and wan '80s nostalgia...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Lee brought a distinct elegance to the wuxia genre of mythic, lyrical martial arts pictures...a breathtaking visual and emotional experience for the viewer...
Mother (2010)
's success partly owes to Bong's twisty mystery script, but the South Korean film wouldn't fly without the achingly intense performance of Kim Hye-ja.
Kick-Ass (2010)
On the page and on the screen,
riffs on the wish-fulfillment afforded by tales of derring-do and the ill-advisedness of taking on the task in real life.
Batman: Under the Red Hood (V) (2010)
With its colorful, exciting action and well-defined emotional underpinnings,
Batman: Under the Red Hood
is the best yet in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The extended rescue climax provides the heights of
Steamboat Bill, Jr
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White Collar: The Complete First Season (2010)
It's a fine premise to meet with USA's 'Characters Welcome' formula...Creator Jeff Eastin keeps it light, focusing on the odd couple of straight-laced Burke and swingin' Caffrey...
Cop Out (2010)
Once you've boogied out to Harold Faltermeyer's self-parodic "Axel F"-style music, it's all downhill from there.
The Losers (2010)
This comic-book knockoff of
The A-Team...
is a lot easier to enjoy than Fox's sanctioned remake of
The A-Team
. Perhaps that's because Sylvain White's
The Losers
is self-aware of its schlock value...
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Leading man Sam Worthington exacerbates the film's downbeat tone: as Perseus, Worthington remains a credible but basically charisma-free actor.
The Secret of the Grain (2008)
When the film, as it must, comes to an end after two and a half hours, you won't be ready; the bond made to this family makes its sudden absence feel downright brutal.
The Red Shoes (1948)
A sublime melodrama...[with a] still astonishing expressionistic dance sequence.
Predators (2010)
Perhaps its best that
keeps its ambitions humble, but a dearth of inspiration makes this fifth
film dangerously close to a rehash of the first.
Despicable Me (2010)
Weds a Charles Addams drollness to Looney Tunes one-upmanship.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2010)
Lacking the psychological intimacy afforded by the page, Daniel Alfredson's film won't inspire better than a shrug from audiences.
A Single Man (2009)
A patient and never less than gripping character study that serves as a reminder of the emotional intimacy achievable on film.
She's Out of My League (2010)
Tends to be off-putting, which is a shame, because it's on to something about the dynamic between put-together women and the legions of nervous men who shoot themselves in the feet while longing for them.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
An enjoyable PG-rated family adventure in its own right, but Columbus' film can't live up to the Potter gold standard, and it strays enough from Riordan's source material to make its tween readership blow a gasket every few minutes.
The White Ribbon (2009)
Haneke's noodlings on the nature of evil...reach a sort of culmination in
The White Ribbon
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Ralcorp Holdings will close a pair of plants in Dunkirk and Silver Creek, eliminating 375 local jobs just months before the St. Louis-based food company is set to be acquired by ConAgra Foods
Ralcorp said Thursday that it will close Carriage House Co.'s Dunkirk factory that makes private-label condiments and sauces, including salad dressing, table syrup and a variety of beverage mixes and syrups. The plant, which Ralcorp acquired in 2000 as part of its purchase of Red Wing Co., also makes seasonal grape pulp and juice.
It also will close Petri Baking Products, a Silver Creek facility it acquired less than a year ago that makes home-style cookies.
The work now done at the Silver Creek and Dunkirk operations will be shifted to other facilities within the United States as part of a "reallocation of manufacturing to maximize capacity and capabilities" at Ralcorp's remaining plants. A company spokesman declined to discuss the closings.
Ralcorp, which has 40 manufacturing facilities across the country, will continue to operate Carriage House's plant in Fredonia, along with Sugar Kake Cookie, a Town of Tonawanda plant that makes sandwich creme cookies for retailers such as Walmart.
Ralcorp acquired Petri Baking Products last May, with company executives saying Petri's products complemented its own line of cookie products.
Workers at the two plants were notified Thursday of the shutdowns, which are expected to occur after the expiration of a 60-day notification period required by federal law.
ConAgra agreed to buy Ralcorp in November in a $5 billion deal that would make it the country's biggest manufacturer of private-label foods and expand its position in the market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold as store brands. That deal is to close by the end of March.
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MARTINSBURG - With the ownership of Boydville's 200-year history well documented, a Martinsburg native hopes to be one of the few able to call Boydville home.
Jonathon Mann, 28, expressed his interest to the Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board at a special meeting Tuesday evening to purchase Boydville for $500,000. Mann is currently a manager with the IRS and manages 10 rental properties in downtown Martinsburg.
Mann visited Boydville for the first time last year during the West Virginia Wine and Arts Festival held annually on the property and participated in a tour of the facility.
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Members of the Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board listen Tuesday as Martinsburg native Jonathon Mann presents a pitch for the purchase of Boydville. Mann's proposal includes living in Boydville with his family as well as renting space for office use and running a bed and breakfast.
In addition to living in Boydville with his wife and small son, Mann presented a proposal to members that included transforming part of the property into a bed and breakfast and renting out space for office use.
"You're looking for a steward, which I am. I see this more as a partnership. I do see (Boydville) as being a very large, integral part of the city, and in my opinion it hasn't been used to its fullest potential."
Mann additionally proposed to open the property for events, such as the West Virginia Wine and Arts Festival, but also make it available for weddings, photo shoots or a Civil War weekend, making it available to the public and increasing awareness.
Currently living in The Gallery in Martinsburg, Mann said he did not like living in a "cookie-cutter" home, and after learning that the Farmland Protection Board was looking for a new steward for the property, he knew it would be the right move.
"It's a love for old houses. I wanted to be in an old house, and what better version is there of an old house with a huge amount of change and a huge amount of history," Mann said.
While board members approved of Mann's vision for the property, serious discussion was given to the adjustments Mann hoped to pass on the preservation easement, which pertains to the structures on the property.
Of the changes Mann hoped to make, most were approved by the board members except for his request to add an attached garage to the main house, which members agreed "did not hold with the historical integrity."
Although Farmland Protection Board members know Boydville must be sold, it is a balancing act between selling the property and ensuring that any changes remain aligned with the historic nature of the structures and grounds.
"We do face the situation that we basically need to try to rid ourselves of the Boydville property. I won't say our back's against the wall, but our back's against the wall," said President Floyd Kursey.
Another requested change that was not accepted was replacing the original wallpaper in the foyer. While Mann appreciates that the wallpaper is more than 200 years old and hand-painted, he found the wallpaper to be dark and uninviting.
Approved changes include enlarging several of the bathrooms and closets, installing a commercial kitchen and performing significant upgrades to the electrical system.
With a quorum present, Farmland Protection Board members could legally have made a decision on whether to accept Mann's proposal, but instead chose to make the final decision during Thursday's regular meeting with all board members present.
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I have a great climbing partner, but whenever we go climbing we just seem to end up arguing and pissed off. I don't want another partner, because the one I have is solid and knows exactly how to feed me rope. What can I do?
Your scenario exemplifies the old adage, You dance with them that brung you. But, obviously, some adjustments are likely in order.
Disagreement is fine, but you need to kiss some serious butt here, because a belayer who can feed out rope just so is as valuable as a time machine that works. Don't do anything you'll regret later, when you're on the sharp end. Take the High Road. If you have a point of contention, and you believe you are right, stick to it, but be polite. Say things like I hear you, but Or try this old classic: I respect your opinion, but when you argue, stay on course. Don't dredge up past grudges, and don't make it personal by calling your butt-face partner names or pointing out that he is a stupid jackass. Pick your fights, too. Figure out the points of disagreement you can live with, and give ground on those. So what if his dog pisses all over your jacket or you pay for all the gas from NYC to Vegas or he throws your Johnny Cash Gospel Collection out the car window? If you make him feel as if he is winning, he'll be more likely to shut his stinking pie hole and deliver that slack you need. Next!
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Strategy Pattern
Define a family of algorithms, encapsulate each one, and make them interchangeable. Strategy lets the algorithm vary independently from clients that use it.
When is it a
and when is it
? I have heard the quote "eventually everything looks like a Strategy" (can't remember the attribution), but I still can't see how a Strategy is distinct from a State.
Isn't it active (Strategy) vs. passive (State) ? For instance, you will compare the time, cost or distance estimates for different modes of travel (on foot, by metro, by car, for instance) by passing your parameters to appropriate Travel
Strategy objects; whereas a Travel
Mode could use the
to say of a given Traveler object that she prefers, at various times, to use her car, take the metro, or go on foot.
Strategy and State are pretty similar. Both have a "context", an original object that is split into pieces, which are the strategy or the state, and both organize those pieces into a class hierarchy so that instead of having a case statement to choose between the pieces, the context sends a message to the current piece, and the code is selected using polymorphism. However, when I am using them I tend to think differently.
A strategy is an algorithm. Strategies often have internal variables that record the state of the algorithm. At the end of the algorithm, the variables might record the result, but in general they are only meaningful during the execution of the algorithm. A strategy is either selected by an outside agent or by the context. A strategy tends to have a single "start" method, and it calls all the rest. There is a lot of cohesion between the methods of a strategy.
In contrast, a state usually has no variables. ("State has no state", is what I say.) A state usually selects the next state of its context. A state tends to have lots of unrelated methods, so there is little cohesion between the methods of a state.
Perhaps this is not enough reason to distinguish between the two patterns. But I find enough uses of pure State and Strategy that I don't mind those times when the design ends up half one and half the other. --
In visitor pattern the object structure accepts a visitor and performs visit on it. In strategy the only difference I could notice was that the composite or object structure composes a strategy object and calls Algorithm. Aren't these two patterns essentially the same? Or rather can I put it like strategy is a cutdown version of visitor or a visitor on a single type of element? -- Praveen
In the
, the context points to a strategy and delegates to it. There is no context in the
and the visitor is often created each time it is used. The
is based on DoubleDispatching
, and there is none in the
. As far as I can see, these patterns have little to do with each other. --
Both are examples of
. I try to think of the Strategy as a generalization of the State. State is a specialization of the Strategy where behaviour is based on the state of the object. --
While the structure of the two patterns is the same or similar, I think the intent is what is different. The
is a way to vary an object's behavior dynamically, whereas the
is a way to vary the implementation. That's how I see it anyway. --
In my opinion, the
and the
are not strongly related as suggested by many. The primary intention of the
is [behavioral] parameterization. The
allows the client of a software component to parameterize the component by behavior. The primary intention of the
is the simplification of complex logic related to the implementation of state machines or stateful objects. In my opinion, these are almost completely unrelated issues. In my opinion, the
is more closely related to the
and very strongly related to the
pattern. --
Are there similarities between
The only similarity I see is that they both use a common interface to abstract a common behaviour.
is in
, as opposed to a
, which belongs to
. In fact, you can use
to instantiate your strategies (if it's applicable for your problem, of course).
Can you say "plug-in"? --mt
This is my speculation, but I think that from an intent point of view, strategy means "same result, different way to get there." Sorting algorithms are the canonical example. I might be wrong here, but most of the things I used to call strategy is really just abstraction/polymorphism. I guess the real question here is, is strategy: a.) different ways to get the same result or b.) different ways to do the same thing? Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that my initial assumption is probably incorrect. It seems that strategy is just different ways to do the same (abstract) thought/thing (e.g. Compressing a file - zip, rar, etc.). So then, maybe (almost) everything IS just a strategy ;)
A strategy is an (<- SINGULAR) abstracted plan for getting from an (potentially) abstract set of initial conditions to a (potentially) abstract set of final conditions. Every piece of imperative code we ever write with a purpose exhibits some sort of strategy - not so much for constraint/logic programming and some functional programming (where the strategy isn't expressed and is instead left to the compiler). When you instantiate some of the abstract variables in a strategy, you get either a concrete plan (rarely) or another strategy (which will still have 'if' conditions and various other contingencies), which is more likely.
is useful when you have many strategies - many plans for getting from the same set of initial conditions to the same set of final conditions; if you abstract based on these initial and final conditions, you can swap out one strategy for another. At this point you end up with many different strategies and thus 'different ways' <- PLURAL. Of course, there isn't much point to
unless you (a) DO have more than one strategy available to you, and (b) can derive some sort of benefit from the ability to change strategies (e.g. controlling memory costs and processing time, completeness of results, etc.). One can usefully abstract over search strategies, sorting strategies, etc. - even planning strategies and learning strategies.
Note that planning systems make plans but don't require strategies - they can come up with a solution 'from scratch' every single time without relying upon any pre-fabricated plans. But any decent
system (well, at least those with planning support) would eventually come up with heuristic strategies to be applied in 'common' situations (based on analysis of failure and success of its own prior attempts and the conditions surrounding them). It might not come up with formal strategies, though. And it might not come up with 'good' strategies, either - unless you give it both heuristics AND goals for optimizing the strategies themselves (e.g. less cost, less damage, less effort, less energy); without a motivator for efficiency, a system will simply build strategies over what seems to have worked and what hasn't, no matter how inefficient the successes have been.
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When Hirona Matsuda stripped the Sheetrock off her kitchen walls — the kind of task done by untold numbers of do-it-yourselfers — she didn't exactly make news.
But she sure did uncover it.
Pasted top to bottom on all four beadboard walls were copies of newspapers more than a century old.
"I don't want to cover over it," she says as she walks around the room. "It's so cool."
Ever since the recent discovery, Matsuda's remodeling project at her new 25 Cleveland St. home has been delayed a bit as she and others pore over circa 1910 headlines, mostly from The (Charleston) Evening Post.
"She's Insane, Say Alienists, Mrs. Edith Melber, Slayer of Little Son, May Escape Death," reads one of the more provocative ones.
Others are a bit more banal: "Race Track Here Not Yet Assured," "Advancing Years Sapping Strength," "Death Doesn't Deter Aviators," and "Wintry Blasts All of a Sudden."
Of course, the ads on the wall are equally amusing, with good Thanksgiving news for some readers: "Mr. Dyspeptic, You Can Now Eat!"
Still, the thinking behind gluing newspapers to the walls appears to be a bit of a mystery.
Those working on old buildings often have found instances where newspapers have been used as a sort of cut-rate insulation, blocking drafts from whistling through less-expensive construction.
In fact, traces of newspapers were found inside at least one old slave cabin at Magnolia Gardens in recent years.
As part of its award-winning Slavery to Freedom project, Magnolia restored one of these 19th-century cabins to its likely appearance in the 1920s. Newspapers from both Charleston and New York, presumably bought by the Hastie family, had been used for cabin insulation and were recreated there.
However, the newspaper inside 25 Cleveland St. is on both exterior and interior walls, raising the question of whether its role was more cosmetic than thermal.
There's no question that Matsuda's old newspapers offer a unique aesthetic, particularly now that they're a century old.
Certainly, today's papers don't offer the same intrigue as those printed before there was such a thing as televised soap operas: "What will happen to this bride?" is one of the featured headlines on her wall. "Lily Elsie tapped her fingers at all the time-honored superstitions and now her friends are wondering if she can ever be happy."
Matsuda says she ultimately plans to cover them over, but adds, "I've been kind of holding off doing anything because I love it so much —and people keep coming to look at it."
The newspapers also offer an intriguing clue as to the history of her house near Hampton Park. While Charleston County's database places its year of construction as 1930, the newspapers on the walls inside are two decades older than that.
And perhaps having a house built in part with old papers was simply a bit ahead of its time.
The website electrictreehouse.com says a Mieke Meijer, a Dutch designer, has created Newspaper Wood, a new building material that's made from recycled newspapers.
The chic-looking blog Bijou Living gives pointers about using newspaper, sheet music, maps and other everyday paper as wallpaper. "The more creative the better," it suggests.
Of course, The Post and Courier's circulation offices probably don't market this newspaper as a building material, and maybe we're missing an opportunity there.
When redoing my old house on Chapel Street, I found newspapers wedged into a hollow column on my front porch — inside a gap too wide to be filled by caulk alone. At the time, I felt certain I was the only one in Charleston with a column in the newspaper and newspaper in a column.
So keep in mind there's more than one way to recycle what you're holding onto.
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Colorado's Elephant Revival has endeared itself to fans of roots music while simultaneously pushing the Americana envelope to its breaking point. How? By incorporating elements of diverse "world musics" – Celtic, Jamaican, Middle Eastern – into what has been described as "transcendental folk." It's an acoustic strain that comes across as mildly psychedelic and whimsical at one turn, and traditional and earnest at the next.
The musicians bring an eclectic array of instruments to the Elephant Revival party, among them the bowed saw, the washtub and the electric banjo, all in service of a sound that demands to be labeled progressive in its scope. Whatever you choose to call it, Elephant Revival's music is jubilant and irresistibly joyous. Which means that, should you feel compelled to dance during the band's set at the Ninth Ward at Babeville (341 Delaware Ave.) starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, you should indulge that compulsion.
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On Mother's Day weekend, honor moms everywhere by supporting a cause that helps women and their families suffering from postpartum depression (PDP), postpartum anxiety and postpartum psychosis. Postpartum Support Charleston is hosting the 11th annual 5K Moms' Run at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, May 10 at Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island.
A Family Fun Day will immediately follow the run. Participants can enjoy music, free food and plenty of children's activities, including a jump castle, face painting, crafts and games. Family Fun Day is free to registered race participants and a suggested $10 donation per family for non-race participants.
This annual, certified 5K Moms' Run is Postpartum Support Charleston's largest fundraiser and furthers its efforts of educating, supporting and healing women suffering from postpartum depression. The nonprofit – run mostly by volunteers – offers support for women going through PPD and their families as well as resources, education and grants for women who may need financial assistance getting treatment for postpartum depression.
More than 20 percent of new moms will experience postpartum depression in the first year after the birth of a baby. Symptoms include feelings of anger or irritability, lack of interest in the baby, appetite and sleep disturbance, crying and sadness, feelings of guilt, shame or hopelessness, loss of interest, joy or pleasure in things you used to enjoy, and possible thoughts of harming the baby or yourself.
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Micra supermini excepted, Nissan no longer makes normal hatchbacks or saloons. Instead, it has become a post-modern car company and champion of the crossover concept.
Having shown with the Qashqai that a high-riding hatchback with a hint of SUV sits right in many buyers' comfort zones, it has now applied the formula to the next class down. The Nissan Juke is the result.
The Juke's wackiness comes from Nissan's late-1980s special projects offshoot, the Pike Factory. It put out the Pao, S-Cargo and Figaro, all retro-looking with a modern twist.
Not that there's anything retro about the Juke, which is a real-world version of the Qazana concept car created in Nissan's London studio. The final version of the Qazana starred at the 2009 Geneva motor show and was nearly production ready.
A smaller, cheaper car attracts a younger buyer, and the Juke plays to that audience. Its style is more exaggerated than that of today's mainstream cars, and it takes the notion of crossing over in a whole new direction, plundering the gene pools of SUVs, sports coupés and, in the cabin, even motorcycles.
The engine choice is simple: 1.6-litre petrol, a 1.6-litre petrol turbo or a Renault-sourced 1.5-litre diesel. Trim levels are slightly more confusing, starting with Visia, then Acenta which can be had with a Sport Pack or Premium Pack, then range-topping Tekna.
The novelty in the line-up is a four-wheel-drive model with the 1.6-litre petrol turbo engine and a CVT gearbox. It is available only in Tekna trim models, however.
Whether the mix creates a car capable of multi-disciplinary miracles, or whether each attribute is fatally compromised by every other, is open to debate, and that's what we'll explore here.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
While she always wanted to be a doctor, she first provided care as a nurse, and some of her early experiences helping cancer patients encouraged her to specialize in radiation oncology as a physician. Dr. Margaret MacDowell has been with Trident Health for the past 20 years since her residency, often teaming up with patients who are battling breast cancer. "I like having more of an ongoing conversation with patients, rather than me telling them what they need to do. I want them to be comfortable, and I want them to be able to say anything they want to me." Dr. MacDowell works from Trident Cancer Center through Radiation Oncology Associates of Charleston. Through the years, she has seen encouraging advances in radiation oncology and radiotherapy. "There are fewer side effects of treatment and less tissue damage because we can treat with smaller margins and still obtain good cure rates."
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With central planners promising such extraordinary economic returns from regulation, what could possibly go wrong?
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Congress should not waste time debating a comprehensive climate change legislation in the coming year.
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PERC and the George W. Bush Institute will host a conference on energy regulation on September 12, 2013 at the George W. Bush Center in Dallas, TX