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Strict security measures were introduced at this port today where three passenger liners arrived landing a total of 1000 passengers and immigrants. Meticulous searches were made of the luggage of all the arrivals, including their hand luggage. Nothing of a dangerous nature was found.
One of the arriving vessels was the Greek Sonion with 210 pilgrims from the US and Puerto Rico on a Holy Land tour organized by Wholesale Tours, the travel agency that arranged the tours of the Puerto Rican victims of last week's massacre at Lydda Airport. Special attention was paid the Greek ship as her last port of call was Beirut. Lebanon.
The Italian motorship Enotria landed 250 passengers and the Israeli car-ferry. Nili landed 500, mainly immigrants. At the port of Ashdod, where only cargo ships call, armed guards have taken over the functions of unarmed customs officials.


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Who's Playing Where – Live Local Utica Entertainment Lineup (Sep 18- Sep 22)
Summer's over, at least as far as a gigging musician is concerned. Some of us are still freezing our asses off at outdoor gigs but it's largely time to bring the show indoors! Each week local bands and artists are showcasing their talents and engaging in a friendly competition for your attention and if you'd like to know where your favorites are or want to mix it up, here's the list of the area's club listings for the week of September 18th – September 22nd:
WESDNESDAY, September 18th
Gridley Paige – Quaker Steak & Lube, Syracuse. 6p-9p
THURSDAY, September 19th
DVD the Band – Oneida Savings Bank, Griffiss Park. 4-7p
Mojo & The Professionals – Leopard Lounge, Turningstone. 9p-1a
Gridley Paige – The Gig, Turning Stone Casino. 930p-130a
FRIDAY, September 20th
Last Left – Cavallo's, New Hartford. 8p
Mojo & The Professionals – Leopard Lounge, Turningstone. 10p-2a
DVD the Band – Delta Lake Inn, Rome. 6p
Hot Roxx – Shots, Varick St. 9p
Fulton Chain Gang – Cross Lake Marina, 9p
Gridley Paige (unplugged) – MVCC, Rome Campus. 8p
SATURDAY, September 21st
Bridseed Bandits – Unity Hall, Clayville
W.A.N.T.E.D. – JAKS, Barneveld. 930p-130a
Mojo & The Professionals – Leopard Lounge, Turningstone. 10p-2a
Raised On Radio – O'Malley's, Interlaken. 8p-12a
DVD the Band – Teugega Country Club, Rome. 6p
Steve Laureti – TS Steakhouse, Turningstone. 6p
Fulton Chain Gang – Vernon Downs Racino, 8p
Gridley Paige (trio) – Cavallo's, New Hartford. 9p-1a
SUNDAY, September 22nd
This list is by no means an extensive or complete list and if you'd like your club or band to be listed here each week, click the link below to submit your PUBLIC dates!
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Why Do We Like Listening To Sad Music So Much?
Elton John said it best, sad songs really do say so much! I've always wondered why we tend to gravitate towards songs that are depressing, especially if we're in a bad mood! If sad music makes us feel sad, then why put ourselves through that torture?


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Saving Bank Account Portability
About Saving Bank Account PortabilityFinance Ministry and Reserve Bank of India has thought of this new initiative of Saving bank account portability. Once it will come into effect, general public would be able to move their account from one bank to another without changing the account number. A similar suggestion was also recommended last year in the Damodaran Committee Report.
Last year, the Indian Poplualtion got priviledged with Mobile number Portability (MNP) from January 2011 and Health Insurance Portability (HIP) from July 2011 after paying a nominal fee.
Saving Bank account Portability has come at an opportunistic time when Reserve Bank of India has deregulated the saving account interest rates (from October 2011), following which few private sector lenders have hiked the rates to as much as 7 per cent, whereas banks such as HDFC Bank and SBI have remained quite.
Positives effects of Bank Account Portability:This project certainly needs a lot of technical and integration issues to be considered, which requires a lot funds to be injected. For Fiscal 2012-13 the government has made a budget provision of Rs.6,000 crore for Capital Investment in PSU banks. The move would benefit the general public in many ways:
- Dissatisfied banking customers would get a relief as it will save them the trouble of going through the process of opening a new bank account each time they want to switch banks.
- The move would also keep away the public from handling multiple bank accounts.
- Better services for customers, led by the enhanced competition.
- People who often relocate will get a sigh of rrelief after this policy come into effect, who usually end up opening multiple accounts at different locations.
Consequeses to be taken care of / Requirements:However, initiating this task is not going to be a cup of tea for banks as there are many loopholes int he system, that need to be addressed.
- Many of them have different methods and streamlining these will take time. This will also involve changes in their software integration systems.
- Banks would have to work on the uniformity of having an identification code, Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and core banking solution (CBS) for implementing this savings bank account number portability policy.
- Banks will need a uniform pattern of savings account numbers, as the current system of having an account number differs between banks significantly.
The policy will certainly save a lot of paper work involved in switching your bank account without much hassels. Lastly, we need a centralised agency that would maintain all our KYC documents, so that we don't need to comply with submissions with different banks repeatedly.
With the funds and the blockade involved, financial experts hope that savings accounts number portability could easily take at least three to five years to get implemented in India.
Last Updated on 1/11/2012
List of Bank Branches in India
- Abhyudaya Co Op Bank Ltd
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
- Allahabad Bank
- Andhra Bank
- Axis Bank
- Bank Of America
- Bank Of Bahrain And Kuwait
- Bank Of Baroda
- Bank Of Ceylon
- Bank Of India
- Bank Of Maharashtra
- Bank Of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ufj Ltd
- Barclays Bank Plc
- Bassein Catholic Co Op Bank Ltd
- Bnp Paribas
- Canara Bank
- Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd
- Central Bank Of India
- Chinatrust Commercial Bank
- Citibank
- Citizen Credit Co Op Bank Ltd
- City Union Bank Ltd
- Corporation Bank
- Credit Agricole Corp N Invsmnt Bank
- Dbs Bank Ltd
- Dena Bank
- Deutsche Bank Ag
- Development Credit Bank Limited
- Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
- Dicgc
- Dombivli Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited
- Firstrand Bank Limited
- Hdfc Bank Ltd
- Hsbc Bank Ltd
- Icici Bank Ltd
- Idbi Bank Ltd
- Indian Bank
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- Indusind Bank Ltd
- Janakalyan Sahakari Bank Ltd
- Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd
- Jp Morgan Chase Bank
- Kapol Co Op Bank
- Karnataka Bank Ltd
- Karur Vysya Bank
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Mahanagar Co Op Bank Ltd
- Maharashtra State Co Operative Bank
- Mashreq Bank Psc
- Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd
- New India Co Operative Bank Ltd
- Nkgsb Co Op Bank Ltd
- Nutan Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd
- Oman International Bank Saog
- Oriental Bank Of Commerce
- Parsik Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd
- Punjab And Maharashtra Co Op Bank Ltd
- Punjab And Sind Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd
- Reserve Bank Of India
- Standard Chartered Bank
- State Bank Of Bikaner And Jaipur
- State Bank Of Hyderabad
- State Bank Of India
- State Bank Of Mysore
- State Bank Of Travancore
- The Ahmedabad Mercantile Co Operative Bank Ltd
- The Bank Of Nova Scotia
- The Bharat Co Operative Bank Mumbai Ltd
- The Cosmos Co Operative Bank Ltd
- The Federal Bank Ltd
- The Jammu And Kashmir Bank Ltd
- The Kalupur Commercial Co Op Bank Ltd
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- The Karnataka State Co Operative Apex Bank Ltd Ba
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Sept. 28, 2011
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You might want to file this one under "life isn't fair." Societies with greater inequality between rich and poor tend naturally to expand at the expense of the others, according to a new study based on simulations. Researchers say this may explain why inequality is the norm today. The study suggests that more unequal societies enjoy their success not despite, but because of, the suffering that they create. They are prone to generating masses of deprived people who strike out in search of new land and opportunities, energetically spreading their culture but also its tendency to form class divisions. Meanwhile, more equal, or egalitarian, societies tend to languish in difficult times. That's at least the view of Stanford University researchers, who used a computer simulation to compare demographic stability and rates of migration for both egalitarian and unequal, or stratified, societies. "This is the first study to demonstrate a specific mechanism by which stratified societies may have taken over most of the world," said Marcus Feldman, an evolutionary biologist at Stanford. He is a co-author of a paper on the topic, published online this week in the research journal PLoS ONe. When resources were consistently scarce, egalitarian societies – which shared the deprivation equally population-wide – remained more stable than stratified societies, Feldman and colleagues say. In stratified societies, the destabilizing effect of unequal sharing gave those societies more incentive to migrate. In situations where resource availability fluctuated, stratified societies were better able to survive the temporary shortages, the study suggests. This isn't because their people were any happier, but because the lower classes took the brunt of the deprivation, leaving the ruling class – and the overall social structure – intact. That stability enabled them to expand more readily than egalitarian societies, which weren't able to adapt to changing conditions as quickly. Scientists have proposed many possible causes for the development of socioeconomic inequality, such as a need for hierarchical control over crop irrigation systems, or the compounding of small differences in individual wealth over time through inheritance. "The fact that unequal societies today vastly outnumber egalitarian societies may not be due to the replacement of the ethic of equality by a more selfish ethic, as originally thought by many researchers," said cultural evolution specialist Deborah Rogers, lead author of the study. "Instead, it appears that the stratified societies simply spread and took over, crowding out the egalitarian populations." The study is a product of her doctoral thesis project at Stanford. Feldman was Rogers' adviser. "This is not just an academic exercise," Rogers said. "Inequalities in socioeconomic status are increasing sharply around the world. Understanding the causes and consequences of inequality and how to reduce it is one of the central challenges of our time."


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Today (3/1) is...
Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
A Proclamation by the President: Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
All of America's service personnel and veterans deserve our gratitude, and it is fitting to pay tribute to the United States Asiatic Fleet.
The United States Navy's presence in the Far East dates to 1822. The Asiatic Fleet was formed in 1902, reestablished in 1910, and continued to serve into 1942. Through years of unrest and disturbance, the Fleet protected American lives and interests along the China coast and the Yangtze River, bearing responsibilities that were as much diplomatic as Naval. The Fleet also assisted civilian areas devastated by the forces of nature and by internal warfare.
When the attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II, the Asiatic Fleet played a key role in the defense of the Philippines. Outnumbered and outgunned at sea and in the air, the Fleet was joined by ships of the British, Dutch, and Australian navies to oppose the Japanese advance through what is now Indonesia. The Fleet's destroyers hit the Japanese at Balikpapan and Badung Strait, and the cruiser Marblehead fought her way through massive air attacks off Bali while submarines, short of fuel and torpedoes, struck Japanese supply lines.
The battle for the "Malay Barrier" reached its climax in the Java Sea. In the opening hours of March 1, 1942, the American cruiser Houston and the Australian cruiser Perth, outnumbered and outgunned by the Japanese, fought to the last in the Sunda Strait. They went down with their guns still firing and were followed hours later by the British cruiser Exeter. The remaining Allied ships were then ordered to make their way to Australia.
The Asiatic Fleet was no more, but its heritage of courage and selfless dedication helped spur our Navy to victory in World War II. Since then, the Seventh Fleet has carried on the Asiatic Fleet's duties, earning honor in Korea and Vietnam and helping to preserve peace and stability in East Asia. The men and women of our Naval services who saw the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion and won victory in Operation Desert Storm are worthy descendants of the sailors and Marines who earned glory in the Java Sea. As we pay tribute to the memory of the Asiatic Fleet, I call on all Americans to join me in saluting its proud heritage of bravery and honor.
The Congress, by Public Law 105-261, on October 17, 1998, has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in commemoration of the United States Navy Asiatic Fleet.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, March 1, 2002, as U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.
Employee Appreciation Day
It's easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day tasks of working life. That's no excuse, however, for managers, CEOs and employers to forget just how important and valuable their employees are. Employee Appreciation Day encourages managers of all levels to support and reward their employees, and to show their appreciation!
National Horse Protection Day
Horses are the icon of Freedom in America. Aside from the dog, horses have been man's best friend for centuries, carrying them cross-country, being their faithful comrades in battle, pulling the wagons that carried their families, their supplies and materials for their homesteads. Many families would not have had a home if it weren't for the tireless efforts of their true blue horse, hauling hundreds of pounds of supplies and water back and forth for miles and weeks at a time. Horses, with their gentle nature and deep emotional soul offer friendship and help to heal children with disabilities.
When one thinks of the American Spirit, it includes the horse; visions of cowboys, farms, horse racing and ponies comes forefront to mind - not abuse, starvation, neglect and slaughter of these amazing and sensitive creatures. It's almost unfathomable that this proud and beautiful country could stand behind the cruelty and murder of such proud and beautiful animals for so long...our friends....the frequent guests of childhood lullaby's and dreams.
But now, thankfully things are changing because of that great American Spirit and because of people like you who care - people who have been educated through public awareness programs such as National Horse Protection Day.
This holiday was created to raise awareness through public education about the plight of horses in America, the abuse, neglect, homelessness and slaughter and to promote adoption events around the nation on March 1st to help unwanted horses find a forever home.
National Peanut Lovers Day
Today we're celebrating National Peanut Lovers Day. Being an avid lover of the legumes, I am celebrating my own relish of peanuts by digging through a few facts about the crop. Oh, and unearthing some deliciously nutty recipes too.
Peace Corps Day
Each year during the Peace Corps anniversary, former Volunteers take time to celebrate the Peace Corps' birthday by sharing the knowledge and experience with their communities in the United States. As all Volunteers know, part of the Peace Corps' mission is to educate Americans back home about the people with whom they lived and worked. Peace Corps Week activities offer a great opportunity to promote a better understanding about the people of your host country among those in your current community.
Pig Day
National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States to celebrate the pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina.[1][2][3] According to Rave the purpose of National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals."[2] The holiday is most often celebrated in the Midwest.[4]
National Pig Day includes events at zoos, schools,[5] nursing homes, and sporting events around the United States. It is also recognized at "pig parties" where pink pig punch and pork delicacies are served, and pink ribbon pigtails are tied around trees in the pigs' honor.[2] According to Chase's Calendar of Events, National Pig Day is on the same day as pseudo-holidays Share a Smile day and Peanut Butter Lover's day.[6] The question of whether the holiday is a time to honor pigs by "giving them a break" or to appreciate their offerings (spare ribs, bacon and ham) is an open question.[7]
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Mar 1. Wanderlust stirring? Tired of waiting for friends' timetables to coincide with yours? Unable to agree with your spouse on the perfect vacation? This is the day to follow the lead of 34.8 million US adults who have taken a vacation by themselves in the past three years. Indulge yourself by spending the day checking out your growing opportunities for solo travel, including tours, cruises and travel clubs that either match roommates or charge little or no supplement.
Refired, Not Retired Day
Mar 1. This is a day for retirees (or those soon to be retired) to decide that this is the beginning of "Life, Part II," and to make a commitment to make this an exciting adventure
World Compliment Day
Give the best gift of all on this holiday: kind words in the form of a compliment. Make it sincere, refrain from using all of your compliments on one person, and brighten someone's day. According to the holiday's originator, Hans Poortvliet, 50 nations celebrated the holiday in its first year -- 2011. You can create an award to email or print at World Compliment Day.
World Day of Prayer
World Day of Prayer is a worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions who welcome all to observe a common day of prayer each year on the first Friday of March. It is an ecumenical movement that brings together women of various races, cultures, and traditions in closer fellowship, understanding and action throughout the year.


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BBB File Opened: 11/23/2009
Business Started: 07/31/2002
Business Incorporated: 07/11/2002 in CT
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- Musical Instruments - Dealers
- NAICS: Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores
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- Musical Instruments - Rental
- Musical Instruments - Repair
- Musical Instruments - Supplies & Accessories
- Music - Sheet
- Music Instruction - Instrumental
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- Creative Music & Arts, LLC
Creative Music Center is a music retail and music lessons store. They offer piano instruction, as well as music lessons in guitar, voice, drums, and other band and orchestral instruments. They provide instrument rentals, student and professional instrument sales, repairs, sheet music and birthday parties.
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Pratchett and Amis Win Galaxy National Book Awards
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Terry Pratchett and Martin Amis each received an Award for Outstanding Achievement at the Galaxy National Book Awards held in London on November 10, 2010. These awards honor their "unrivalled contribution to the publishing industry."
Commenting on his win, Pratchett said, "I'm amazed. You find something that you like doing, and do well, and keep on doing it, and suddenly they give you an award when all I really was doing was having lots of fun."
The Galaxy National Book Awards celebrates the best of British publishing, and prizes were given in several other categories, including popular fiction, non-fiction, and children's books. Hilary Mantel was named UK Author of the Year.
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LOMA LINDA >> A new wing at Loma Linda University Medical Center aims to inspire hope in those battling cancer.
The new Stater Bros. Charities and Inland Women Fighting Cancer, or IWFC, Patient Resource Center at the hospital's Cancer Center was unveiled in July with the intent of providing services to women and men battling cancer.
The center — which is open to the hospital's patients and those not served by the Loma Linda hospital — features a waiting room, private consultation rooms, a nurse on site, a research area, support groups and an Appearance Center where patients can be fitted with a new wig and learn beauty tips from skin conditioning to makeup.
The center was made possible by donations raised through Stater Bros. Charities and the IWFC's annual Believe Walk, which celebrates its sixth year on Sunday.
The annual walk raises thousands for Inland Empire-based organizations and medical centers that service men and women battling a form of the disease.
Additional donations from the community, area corporations and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians also helped make the center a reality, which had been eight years in the making, said Judy Chatigny, executive director of the cancer center.
"We've had a $3 million donation from San Manuel — which (was) so critically important and we appreciate that,' Chatigny said. "But what really speaks to your heart is we had a patient from Esri and his poker buddies had a fundraiser, and they brought in money from their poker earnings. And we had 168 donors last year — smaller gifts — but it shows you how grateful and how engaged with the center they are."
For Christina Milian, a Highland resident, a Redlands stylist and a breast cancer survivor, the center has been nothing short of a blessing for her and several others affected by the disease.
"In 2008, when I was diagnosed, there wasn't a resource center or anything," Milian said. "I would have to look everything up myself."
Since the center opened, Milian has been on a personal mission to share what it offers to friends, family and strangers.
Not only has the Highland woman benefitted from its resources herself, she also has helped raise funds to make the center a reality through her participation in the annual Believe Walk. Her team — Christina's Cancer Crushers — has been part of the effort since its inception, she said.
"I'm known for being a cheerleader out there because I believe in helping causes," Milian said. "When I walked into (the center), it all made sense to me. That's why we're doing this. "Longevity and quality of life for a cancer patient is a cure. And this resource center is a cure for us to have home, for us to have promise and for us to learn."
Thousands have been raised by Milian and her team — a number the Highland woman has lost track of since starting her effort.
"I'd have to make some calls," she said with a smile.
Her team was the top web donor for several days on the Believe Walk's site, but was ousted by a team from Arrowhead Credit Union and "Team Half Full" as of Thursday afternoon.
Milian is hopeful to be back on top before Sunday's big event.
"It's all about the communities here, and I like that fact that we know where the funds are going," she said. "The walk has spread out so much where the funds are doing … and some of these funds are going to new sources such as mammogram machines.
"Early detection is important."
Last year, the hospital provided services to more than 5,000 men and women who are battling cancer or recovering from it.
Chatigny is hoping to serve more in the near future now that the center is open. But funds are needed.
Among the programs she hopes to expand are the Navigation Program, where a center employee assists patients with gathering paperwork or medical records, and additional support groups for all types of cancer, she said.
"It's coordinating that care so (we) can take some of that burden off of them," Chatigny said.
The center is on the first floor of the main hospital at 11234 Anderson St.
To learn more, visit lomalindahealth.org.


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text: Has president failed? Answer coming Nov. 2Editor:My letter is in response to a letter on Aug. 2 in which the writer states President Bush has not failed and that Kerry and Edwards are not presidential people.I have some questions for the writer to answer. Who was president when the terrorists struck in New York and Washington? What intelligence that was available to him was ignored according to all reports I've read.How can you or I declare someone to be a Christian when that decision is a contract between a person and his Lord! Matthew 7:1 states, "Judge not that ye be not judged."Today's newspaper stated the supply line through Turkey has been shut down because of terrorists threats to kill all Turks who help the U.S. in Iraq. Who is president?Who declared war on Iraq on false pretenses that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? None have ever been found.As to the marriage act that Kerry and Edwards failed to vote on, just maybe they were wise, since no government can place laws in effect to legislate morality. Men and women will do as they please regardless of law! Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Adam and Ever in the garden.)While I agree that marriage should be one man and one woman and disagree with homosexual or lesbian marriages, law will not stop the latter.What gives anyone the right to tell people to vote for Bush and condemn people who will vote for Kerry?Why has President Bush given tax breaks to the rich at the expense of the poor (case in point, less money for the social needs of the poor)? I for one didn't receive any of Bush's giveaway money. I have to live on a limited income with everything higher priced.Oh, another thing, Bush declared the war in Iraq over on April 1. There should be peace if war is over, instead, Americans are dying daily in Iraq, over 800 since April 1.Has President Bush failed?Well, each one of us will have the right to answer that question as we go to the polls to vote.Elmer G. CroftRittman


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It only takes one irresponsible or negligent act to dramatically change another person's life. For example, the actions of an inattentive driver or careless construction contractor can have tragic consequences. Chronic pain can become an inescapable reality. If you were injured as the direct result of third-party negligence, hire a strong and proactive lawyer to protect your rights and maximize the compensation to which you are entitled under the law.
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1 Tishrei 5772
I am not a religious person, far from it, but I was raised Jewish in New York City. I think part of why I left New York was to see how the rest of the world lived. Today was a sweet remembrance of my youth. Mort and Barbara Rabkin invited Mayra and I to join others for a celebration of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of new year in the Jewish calendar. This is the beginning of a series of annual holidays that are important in the Jewish tradition.
I loved the food, chopped liver, roast lamb, kugels galore and Mort's rye bread. Need to dig out some recipes.
Rosh Hashana is a joyous event, food, song and dance. I can assure you that it is being celebrated in other parts of Panama also. I was discussing with Gabi Klaf how different Panama is than Costa Rica. Panama has a large economically and politically active Jewish community. Panama is the only country besides Israel that has had two Jewish presidents in the twentieth century; from 1964-68 Max Delvalle was the first vice president of the Republic and later President. Eric Delvalle Maduro was president from 1987-1988, the end of the Noriega years.
There is a large Jewish community in Panama City including schools, synagogues and the largest kosher markets outside of Israel. I have spent some time in that community in the capital and although I am very much an outsider to a far more observant group I have always felt welcome.
It seems by accident I have come back to some of my roots and traditions, I like it. I want to thank Mort and Barbara for the opportunity.


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Gloria Estefan Megamix
I can still remember when I first heard Conga, It was electrifying. That song was actually one of my "introductory lessons" to pop music. I could not sop loving Gloria since then. This megamix video is a tribute to Gloria Estefan and a collection of her big hits in 80's and 90's. I used mostly original versions. Maybe I will make another video consisting of more contemporary and remixed versions of the hits. The tracks are: 1. Conga 2. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You 3. 1-2-3 4. Get On Your Feet 5. Dr. Beat 6. You'll Be Mine (Party Time) 7. Everlasting Love 8. Oye 9. Turn The Beat Around 10. Heaven's What I Feel 11. Don't Let This Moment End


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Da Costa Injured in Merrimack Win
by Mike McMahon/Staff Writer
DURHAM, N.H. Merrimack sophomore center Stephane Da Costa, ranked ninth in the country in scoring and considered to be a Hobey Baker candidate as well as Hockey East Player of the Year candidate, went down with an apparent knee injury in Merrimack's 4-2 win over UNH on Friday night at the Whittemor Center.
Da Costa and UNH senior Phil DeSimone collided at center ice with 5:57 left in the third period, making knee-to-knee contact.
Da Costa immediately fell to the ice, right on the UNH logo in the neutral zone. Before trainers even arrived, he was pounding his fist in frustration.
"We'll have to see," said Merrimack head coach Mark Dennehy. "It's one of those things where we have to wait for the swelling to go down and we'll see."
He then added, "I didn't see (the play) live."
Da Costa, whose parents were in town from Paris for the weekend series, leads the Warriors with 36 points.
After being helped to his feet by training staff, Da Costa was carried to the Merrimack bench, not putting any weight on his left leg.
He remained on the bench for the conclusion of the game. Teams have to skate to the ice door from the benches at the Whittemore Center and Da Costa was helped to the dressing from by backup goaltender Sam Marotta and one of the training staff.
The Warriors just had two players — John Jamieson and Kyle Bigos — return from knee injuries last week.
The long-term prognosis for Da Costa is not known. He is expected to undergo further testing once swelling in his knee subsides.


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**A/N: This story is the melding of two of my favorite quirky and awesome shows from the late eighties and early nineties-The Adventures of Superboy and the sitcom Out of this world. Don't ask me how this idea came to me, but if you remember the shows at all or are just curious to see what the blazes is going on, please read along! :D**
The Adventures of Superboy: The liberation of Antareus
Chapter 1
The loud buzz of his alarm clock abruptly woke Clark from a pleasurable deep sleep. It was the kind of slumber that came sporadically, in between investigating bizarre activity and mundane filing errands at work, and soaring around the planet day and night protecting the innocent as Superboy. He raised his hand, and was ready to slam down on the 'alarm off' button when he remembered this was the fourth clock he had bought in two months from that maneuver. His super-strength always flattened them to pancake proportions.
"I could open a clock factory with all the ones I break." He spoke aloud.
Clark heaved a sigh and gently pressed the button to shut it off. He rolled out of bed and began his morning routine of a shower, heat laser shave, and methodical dress. He hated feeling rushed in the mornings and preferred not to use super speed. As he combed his thick black hair into a side-part, an unusual feeling enveloped him. It was too quiet-much too quiet for the busy city street he lived on in Capitol City. He buttoned up his beige shirt to the collar to hide his Superboy outfit and put on fitted dark navy suspenders. Before going down the stairs to make some coffee he decided to peek out his window. He drew up the shades and what he saw before him caused him to gasp.
"What in the world is going on here?"
A pigeon was at his window, but it was frozen in mid-flight, just about to land on the ledge and go for the seeds he usually left out. Clark flung open the window and touched the bird carefully; it did not move or flutter in any way. He quickly scanned the sidewalks and streets below. Everyone and everything was frozen in place, in the last action they took- looking at watches, eating on the run, driving, waving down a bus or cab, talking, hugging, running to school…they were one and all motionless in time.
"Not them again! Please no!" Clark groaned, remembering the aliens who had slowed down time to nanoseconds in order test Superboy's presence and eventually overtake the world. This event didn't feel the same.
He banged the windowsill annoyed. The disturbance could be coming from anywhere. Clark put on the TV. The newscasters stared dully at the teleprompter, unmoving. He flicked through more channels; commercials and morning cartoons were inanimate. It was if the entire world was on a standstill. He peered at his alarm clock. The time was stuck at '7:30am.'
"So much for breakfast and tasting the new Turkish coffee." He grumbled.
Clark spun around fast, and was immediately in his Superboy clothes. At this point in the morning, he hadn't the faintest idea where to look. He hurried down the stairs and stepped out of his apartment building. He wondered if the people could see him in their frozen state. He passed the newsstand owner on the corner and waved his hand across his face. There was no response. He assumed their vision was blocked.
"This is gonna be loads of fun." He muttered and flew up high. His first decision was to look for anyone showing possible signs of movement, and harass them for answers until they begged for mercy.
Thirteen-year-old Evie Garland clutched the crystallized cube in both arms and roamed the streets of the unfamiliar Capitol City. Although still in the tropical climate of Florida, it was a far cry from her luxurious seaside neighborhood in Marlow, California. Capitol City was a bustling urban setting, much like when she and her mother Donna visited New York, though probably not as large or dirty. Evie's father Troy had brought her here on a very important mission. She had to find Superboy.
Troy was counting on Evie, because his communication from his planet was now severely limited through the cube. In many ways she was practically on her own. Evie felt bad that her father froze the people in her hometown too. He did it so her mother would not wonder where she was and go crazy looking for her. Donna was very overprotective in ways, but she would be rightly furious to know that young Evie was alone in another state. Evie decided to put the cube in her purple knapsack in case it dropped. That was the last thing she needed.
"Superboy…Superboy, where are you?" She wondered aloud. "Superboy! I need you!" She shouted toward the sky. "Please come!"
Thinking of him sent pleasant shivers up her spine and she blushed hard. Almost everyone on the planet knew and loved Superboy and all he stood for; she was guilty of having more than one poster hanging above her bed to drool over before she fell asleep. She and all her friends fawned over his shiny black hair, tight muscles in the colorful uniform and his blue-gray, doe-like eyes. He had a handsome, friendly face, and a very serene nature. Evie hoped that he wouldn't be too angry that she froze everyone in his City. He always helped people in need, and right now she was one of them.
A beam of energy shot forth and a rectangular portal opened against a brick wall in an alleyway. Three mercenaries from the planet Xavariax marched out, brandishing weapons. The Xavarians were a fierce breed of alien, their skin tones ranging from red to purple, with hair in hues every color of the rainbow and stark black and white. They had a mouthful of tiny razor-sharp teeth and black talons for nails. These particular Xavarian mercenaries dressed in form fitting leather and tensile chains that added supple movement to their hulking frames. They were on a vital mission too. The tallest in the center stared out across the motionless city.
"The girl is in this vicinity already! I sense it. Only an Antarean would freeze time! We must find her before she gets to him!" He rasped.
He pushed a few buttons on a silver triangular gadget that hung off his belt loop. It was a holographic apparatus that could trace all life forms. He zeroed in on Evie and laughed cruelly. She was only three blocks away.
"Now we will show that fool Troy who really is boss! I will never forgive him for killing my father in battle." The alien Tammox, seethed. He clamped the apparatus back on his belt. "We will find her and kill her here!"
The other aliens kept silent before their commander and nodded. They were twins, sharing violet skin and emerald green hair and eyes.
"Power up your phasers to maximum. I suspect this will be an easy kill. She is but a half-human girl with limited Antarean abilities."
A young girl's terrified screams broke the death-like calm of the City and Superboy flew faster toward the commotion. It was the same light, sweet voice he heard pleading on the wind for him.
When he gazed down he was shocked to find three alien beings, unlike any he had seen, menacing the girl. Superboy plunged down and barreled himself into the ringleader just as he was about to slash the girl's throat with his talon. The alien slammed against the building, sending sprays of bricks flying over the sidewalk. Superboy landed and the girl clamored to her feet gratefully. She ran beside him and Superboy kept his arms protectively in front of her.
"Who are you? What are you? What have you done to this City?" He demanded.
"You have asked the wrong alien, boy of steel! Give us the girl! You have no idea of our mission!" The purple creature hissed. His words garbled with saliva. He flicked his reptilian tongue at Evie and licked his puffy lips. Evie cringed and hid further behind Superboy's cape. Who knew what vile plans the alien was hatching for her?
Superboy narrowed his eyes and stood his ground in front of her. "Not on your life, you scum!"
"Yeah! Don't touch me, you're so gross!" She called out bravely.
The alien reached for his phaser and shot at them. Superboy threw out his hand to block the bright yellow beam, using a slew of force to send it back against the alien. The alien stumbled and fell hard onto the floor, cracking the concrete into chunks.
"Midox! Doxim! Quit fooling! We underestimate this one! Seize them!" Tammox shouted, pulling himself out of the brick hole his body created against the building.
Midox's twin, Doxim, rushed up against Superboy and lifted him high above his head, throwing him across the the street. Superboy crashed through a storefront window, in the process he grabbed hold of two frozen shoppers and pushed them out of the way of the shattering glass. Evie screamed and ran to help him.
Tammox pointed his finger, raising Superboy out of the glass mess with telepathy. With a magnetic force he swung his arm and Superboy went flying on top of a building. He banged against a giant billboard, bending it out of shape. The alien's magnetism stunned him and kept him locked into place. Midox clutched Evie from behind.
"Let me go, you ugly creep!" She tried to bite his scaly arm. "Purple is not your color!"
Tammox used even more force and Superboy let out a pained shout. "Leave. Her. Alone!" He demanded through gritted teeth.
"Stop it! You're hurting him!" Evie cried. She closed her eyes and lowered her head up and down swiftly. In a flash of colors, she transported herself directly to where Superboy was. Evie miscalculated her landing and she tottered on the edge of the building.
"Ahhh! Superboy! Help me!"
Superboy's eyes widened despairingly as he watched the girl fall backward. His strength came to the fore and he peeled himself off the billboard and dove after her. He caught her before the aliens could.
"I got you!" He landed gently, feeling her shudder in his arms. "You'll be okay."
The aliens laughed and encircled them. Evie closed her eyes. In a flash, a giant wall of flypaper appeared out of nowhere in a haze of translucent white, purple, and hot pink sparks of energy. The aliens were at once stuck and fumbled, entrapped in the gooey substance.
"Darn it! It was supposed to be a wall of steel!" She let out a puff of exasperation. "But it works! That's gonna be a killer on the hair, guys!" She called out.
Superboy backed away from them, looking very perplexed.
"How did you do all that?"
"It's called a gleep."
"A what?"
"A gleep, I'll explain it later, I'm kinda new at all this. I've only had my powers for three months." She clutched Superboy's arm in a fright. "They're breaking loose!"
Superboy lowered her down. He saw Tammox raise his weapon, and he leaped in front of Evie to take the blow. Before the beam could hit, Superboy counteracted with his heat vision and the beam reversed into the weapon, exploding it in Tammox's hand.
"My talons, you broke them!" He grasped his right hand in pain.
"That's gonna be a heck of manicure…" Evie mused, covering over her fears with humor.
Superboy sucked in a lot of air, and then blasted the trio with streams of cold wind. The aliens, along with the flypaper whacking against their faces, skidded down the block. Superboy did not let up and they kept rolling like tumbleweeds and they tried to claw at the street to keep from going any further.
"Midox! Doxim! Retreat for now! We must re-think our strategy! This is not over, Boy of Steel! We will capture that girl and we will destroy you too!"
"As long as I'm around, you will never hurt her!" Superboy shouted to them. "And you'll never get me either!"
Evie cowered behind him, but felt a swell of courage. Superboy was going to be on her side. She peeked at the aliens one last time; they were almost too hideous to look at, despite having arms and legs and features like humans. She gleeped again and the aliens were clothed in big red and white polka dot dresses and hot pink lipstick on their slimy mouths.
"That looks much better!" She giggled nervously.
The aliens roared with displeasure and when their portal suddenly appeared, they stumbled through it, still battling against the flypaper. Superboy was stunned into laughter and then he turned to face Evie. Her powers somewhat reminded him of the imp Mxyzptlk. Perhaps she came from the fifth dimension too. He looked down at her carefully. She was a pretty blonde-haired girl, with catty, dark-blue eyes and a wide, playful grin. She cocked her head and kept her hands behind her back, then looked down shamefacedly.
"I didn't know they were going to come. I'm sorry."
Superboy forced her gaze. "What's your name? Are you the one responsible for stopping time? Or did you just freeze the people?"
"Yes! It was me. My name is Evie Ethel Garland. You can just call me Evie; mom only calls me that when I'm in trouble. Time is not moving here, Superboy. When everyone starts moving again it will still be 7:30 am. My father was going to take me directly to you, but then I lost contact with him, so I had to think fast. I know about your super hearing, and I thought it would be easier if I just froze everybody and tried to call out to you. That way you'd hear only my voice. I'm really, really sorry. I can make them move again, I promise. Please don't be mad at me." She said in one long, anxious breath.
Superboy cracked a smile and put hand on her shoulder lightly. "Hey, I'm not mad, just really, really baffled. I'm glad I did hear you and came just in time. Tell you what, why don't we have a nice long talk about this. Maybe you can tell me why those punk aliens were after you."
"Sure I will! But I don't know them; I've never seen them before. What if they come back?"
"I'm hoping they don't, we'll stick around down here in case. I don't want them hurting anyone else. Right now everyone is extremely vulnerable."
"You're right, but it is safer to keep them from getting hurt and running around."
"All right, we'll leave them for now." Superboy surveyed the damaged City block and frowned.
Evie saw he was concerned over all the damages made from the fight. Before he could attempt to fix it, she gleeped three times, restoring each battleground back to its fine condition. It was as if nothing ever occurred. Superboy shook his head in wonder.
"That's so amazing, Evie."
"It's really cool. There's a coffee shop on the corner, let's go there to talk." Evie pointed. "I'm starving."
"I hate to say this, but unless you unfreeze the cook, you'll have to do it yourself."
Evie grinned. "Oh, that's easy. I can gleep up a good breakfast for both of us."


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text: GoLive and Dreamweaver do have steeper learning curves than some of the others mentioned, but they are also more flexible. I have used both in addition to Freeway. Freeway was useful provided you were willing to work within its parameters which did not provide much scope for user level changes. So it depends on how much design you want to get into. You might want to try Nvu http://www.nvu.com/ Open source (i.e., free) and cross-platform (Mac, Linux, PC) and is reasonably full featured, especially given its ease of use. It seems to be embedded in a solid development community but I don't that much about its developers. Alan Pomfret On Nov 26, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Leith Peterson wrote: > Thanks for your comments, Tee and Ilbert. I was just revisiting the > information provided by Bert Comley re Freeway Express. It appears > to be cheaper than GoLive 6 as advertised on Amazon. Amazon prices > were in the $400-450 range for Go Live 6 new, which is what I would > prefer over used. > > Has anyone had any experience using Freeway Express 3.5 with 10.3.9? > It is supposed to work with 10. > > Besides their UK offices, Softpress has a US and Canada order centre > in California. The toll free number, which I just phoned, is: > 1-800-853-6454. The order rep noted that 3.5 is showing as $329.00 > boxed and 4 is showing as $99.00 boxed. I'm going to check with > sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to see why 3.5 is so much more expensive than 4. > > Leith > >> I totally agree with Tee's comments >> >> My own recent search deterred me ( a total novice without HTML >> knowledge or inclination to learn!) from the steep learning curves >> associated with FrontPage, Dreamweaver and GoLive. >> >> I settled for the much more simplistic FreeWay (Mac version) from >> the UK - a very helpful company. >> >> Check out their trial demo from www.softpress.com and the recent >> posting here by Bert Comley : >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> bscomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [muglo] Re: Website design (software) >> Date: 15 November 2005 4:51:16 PM EST (CA) >> >> >> Another possible program is Freeway Express. >> >> It can be found at: http://www.softpress.com >> >> I purchased the scaled down version Freeway Express 3.5 >> >> Two websites I've done, although nothing too fancy are: >> >> http://www3.sympatico.ca/bscomley/index.htm >> and >> http://members.porchlight.ca/joanglen/index.html >> >> Bert Comley >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> On 26 Nov 2005, at 12:09 AM, Tee Cashmore wrote: >> >>> On 25-Nov-05, at 9:08 PM, Leith Peterson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> You may remember my request for information on website design. >>>> Some >>>> of you recommended I get GoLive 6, as it would be cheaper than the >>>> latest version, which I believe is 8. I purchased what I >>>> thought was >>>> GoLive 6 from eBay for $10.39 total. I received it today. It >>>> turns >>>> out it's actually the learning CD. All it has for the Mac is a >>>> pdf >>>> file which explains how to use the software. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know where I could get the actual installation >>>> GoLive 6 >>>> CD? I looked all over the place for it on the web awhile back, >>>> but >>>> it looks like Adobe is keeping information on their earlier >>>> versions >>>> under wraps, at least according to one website. I've sent an >>>> email >>>> off to the company that makes the learning CD to see if they >>>> have any >>>> suggestions, but if you happen to know where I could get it, could >>>> you pls let me know? Thanks. >>>> >>>> Leith >>>> >>> >>> A simple Google search for "Go Live Used" bought up numerous sites, >>> but >>> this one had some interesting comments >>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005V7GM/ >>> 103-3306930-1156617 >>> One of which was, in essence "if you are new to Web design, >>> don't buy >>> it, it's a big learning curve". >>> TTFN, >>> TeeC > _________________________________________________ > > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on > > http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html > > Our Archives can be viewed at > > http://www.freelists.org/archives/muglo > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://muglo.on.ca/ _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at http://www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/


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Matt – I will pass along your comments to Mark. There are so many layers in the film it is hard to know where to begin. I can only say that I am very proud to have helped bring Stone Reader to audiences.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Matt – I will pass along your comments to Mark. There are so many layers in the film it is hard to know where to begin. I can only say that I am very proud to have helped bring Stone Reader to audiences.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Hello, Wolfgang
First, let me say this won't be a documentary per se, although I hope to earmark some footage for a project I've dreamed of for years.
This is an annual golf show in Minneapolis. It is a fair, where golf courses, club vendors, and a few related others get together on a snowy Feb. day to help people get the snow off their feet and dream of spring.
I'm mainly interested in doing interviews of folks from the golf courses that will appear, doing the 5W and an H in shorter clips. First end product would be a show for local public access TV, with saved footage for the other project I mentioned. After all, they'll be gathered in one location so it'll save time driving all over searching them out.
There will be demos here, and it's in the Metrodome, the huge playing field for the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
Thanks for the questions. I've written and photographed for magazines for years, but this will be my first foray into the visual documentary-related forum.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
regardless of the duration of your story, the mechanics are always the same.
Ideally, each story should have a beginning, middle and an end and answer the 5Ws and 1 H. Given that you intend to do several shorter pieces, you could do one more generic piece and several others, each of which could deal with a particular aspect of the fair that you and/or your audience might be interested in.
It seems like you should be able to put several interesting pieces together.
If you know anything about golf – and I presume that you do – if you answer the questions I outlined (What is this story about and what do I want to show you) it should be rather simple to come up with some interesting questions to ask. You can ask the equipment vendors about gear, the players about form and playing tips, the visitors about ther expectations for the new season, etc., etc.
From what I imagine you'll find there you should be able to put togteher some visually interesting and exciting stories. Try to put some nat sound pieces together.
I can already visualize dozens of stories. Try to imagine YOUR stories visually and that should help you figure out what to shoot.
Chris, quickly read through your proposal. Leaving aside the odds against pulling it off, are you aware of a feature doc that came out a few years ago called My Date With Drew? If not, check into it. It was a small but charming film, came and went and barely made a blip commercially.
In all honesty, hard to imagine any established docmaker being tempted by your proposal. In the end, though, who are any of us to tell someone not to dream?
Thanks for your kind words, Matt. As for the mic, I used a Senheisser ME 63 mounted on the camera. It has the ability to screw on a number of mics with different patterns. I used one with a figure 8 pattern, that captures sound equally in front and behind the camera. So one mic was able to record both of us talking. Came in very handy. Only problem is if I film verite for long stretches without talking myself (and I never know when I might), it picks up a lot of extraneous room noise from behind.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
In reply to Chris Hinrichs's post on Mon 28 Jan 2008 4:16 UTC :
Chris, I'd make a couple of quick suggestions. First would be to reframe your proposal in tone and presentation.
By tone, I'd suggest not looking at all the reasons why it shouldn't work. I noticed on your site that you're an architect. Think about the proposal in the same way you propose something to a client. You don't tell them all the things that will go wrong (being overcharged by contractors, termites, fire, water damage, floods, famine, family arguments, etc...).
By presentation, while it's okay to have a paragraph teaser, I want to know what the story is. If it's not part of the story, don't tell me. Currently the way you build it up I'm expecting the greatest idea I've ever heard and no idea can live up to that. Obstacles that need to be surmounted are not part of the story, unless...
...that is the story. Which would probably make a very interesting documentary – "Guy faces insurmountable odds to make incredible idea a reality. Does he or doesn't he?"
I would also recommend trying to hook up with someone in your area, a friend with a camera or an aspiring filmmaker, and work together on moving the project forward. As Doug mentions, it's unlikely that established docmakers would be tempted, or being tempted, it may not be in the way that you're envisioning.
You also may want to start smaller. Instead of an A-list star, why not a local celebrity in your area. They're much more approachable and the idea would be the same. It might make the idea more attractive to more established filmmakers and celebrities.
Good luck!
Doug, Thanks for taking a quick look. If you read the whole thing I specifically address My Date With Drew and how the two are very different films. Perhaps I need to do a better job of articulating just how different it is. Believe me, I know it's an incredibly tough sell. I know the chance of it ever getting made is next to zero. That's what intrigues me the most – the impossibility of it. I hope you find the time at some point to look at more of the material, but I completely understand that it's not for everyone.
By the way, I wanted to compliment you on 51 Birch Street. I saw it a while back and thought it was excellent. I recommend it often.
Boyd- Thanks a lot for your thoughts. It's the kind of feedback I'm looking for. I will consider the things you've said. Your comments about the tone are well-taken.
I suppose the best thing is for people who have thoughts to e-mail me directly so I don't hijack this forum. You can e-mail me @ firstname.lastname@example.com
Mon 28 Jan 2008
chris, in an effort to procrastinate from further fundraising activities, i read your entire proposal for your "dream doc".
i can safely say that you're CRAZY! having said that, i think it's a good kind of crazy, and the shared gene that most of us aspiring and established docmakers possess. plenty of people have been told their projects have absolutely no chance – and a fortunate few have actually persevered and finished their projects with great success.
however, i would really challenge you to re-evaluate WHY you are doing this project. at the same time, i would challenge you to think about why you are not doing a DIFFERENT documentary project. To me, this project seems too frivolous and insubstantial for someone like you, who admits to admiring the direct cinema and verite work of masters like Maysles, Kopple, James, etc... i'm no psychoanalyst, but you seem like you might have a more "worthy" doc in you to produce. by "worthy", i don't mean that it has to be intensely depressing or socially conscious – it can have humor and spontaneity and whatever else fits your personality – but it has to have something at its core that inspires you.
The "impossibility" of making something is not reason enough to try. You need to combine "impossible" with "irresistible" to really have a film worth making. if you write a proposal that convinces everyone why you "can't NOT make this film", then you actually might have a chance. right now, i read your proposal, and just see a guy who says "why not make this film"? there's a big difference.
i don't want to discourage you, just refocus you... btw, if i didn't think you had it in you to actually make a doc film, i wouldn't have wasted my time writing this reply. good luck!
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Edited Mon 28 Jan 2008 by Matt Dubuque
In reply to Doug Block's post on Mon 28 Jan 2008 :
Thanks Doug-
I'm intruiged by those Sennheisers. I like the modular concept very much, the interchangeability. It did an excellent job of picking up your voice from behind!
When you didn't speak for long periods and extraneous noise made it on to the sound track, did you squelch it in post?
What do you think of my proposed setup of a Sennheiser shotgun mike (i.e. unidirectional) with a lavalier corded mike on myself, since I will be tethered to the camcorder anyway?
I was thinking this might solve the problem of excess noise coming from the back end.
Your thoughts? Thanks for your help!
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Mon 28 Jan 2008
Re- looking for an editor,collaborating at a distance, transcription.
Boyd, thanks for your suggestions.
Everybody else- thanks for the tips.
Question: everybody seems to agree that it's a good idea to have interviews transcribed. Have people had luck going on Craigs list? I know there are professional services but they seem to run $150+ per hour of tape, and we have a lot of tape. Since the transcripts are just a searchable tool not a finished product, I am wondering if this is one case where cheap = good??? Thanks!
Matt, your setup sounds fine. Probably better than mine, actually. I just like to put the camera down from time to time.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
dean, no reason to have to pay $150/hr for transcription work. i've found quite a few for $115/hr and under. in fact, there are some who charge per hour (only $20-25) and since they usually don't take more than 4 hours to transcribe each tape, it's the most affordable for me to be billed per hour of labor.
it also depends on what kind of footage you have. if it's all interviews, then pretty much anybody who can type fast (and who has the capability to insert TC simultaneously) can do it. if it's verite footage, and you actually want descriptions of how people are moving, what kind of shots are being employed, and every single comment noted, then i do think it matters who your transcriptionist is. but most people either don't have that kind of footage, or don't need it transcribed.
if you need some references to transcriptionists, i'd be happy to email them separately to you. you can then contact them yourself, and have them send you samples that you can review to see if they're a good fit.
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Edited Mon 28 Jan 2008 by Matt Dubuque
Thanks Doug!
You might try going to Craigs list and doing a search for experienced legal secretaries between jobs/assignments.
They are highly literate (having worked in law offices) and are used to doing lots of transcription from recordings that I know are lower quality than yours.
For example, the average legal secretary salary in the SF Bay Area is 75,000/yr. which works out to $37.50/hr., assuming you work 2000 hours a year.
This should save you big bucks and provide very high quality.
Hope that helps!
Mon 28 Jan 2008
Hi, I'm very interested in United States documentaries/political movies from the 1930s, most especially US depression era cinema with political content. I need them to be US only; my studies of Soviet montage and Riefenstahl is a separate and intense study.
I just saw Our Daily Bread (1935) which had some excellent cinematic qualities and the climax with the irrigation ditch being completed is truly fantastic cinematography with some real live action surprises.
Any other recommendations?
Tue 29 Jan 2008
I just transcribe 2 hours of interview footage using an app called MovCaptioner. It was 20 bucks or so. Here's the link:http://www.slidesnow.com/movcaptioner/
The great feature is that it has a loop function so it plays over and over again sections until you get them right. One idea is to put all your footage (copies) and a copy of the application on a drive and let the person you get to transcribe your stuff use it. Then have them give the drive back to you.
Not sure how others work, but I transcribe much of my material, since a lot of it is in Chinese and I need to translate it at the same time. I find it's helpful to note pauses, repeat words, cross talk, etc. as it helps in the paper edit. I'll even mark specific sections that I know are definitely going into the film.
One thing to remember, even with a transcript, you still need to sit and watch everything – how a thing is said is as important as what is said.
Christopher – when you have your stuff transcribed, to you get a verbatim transcript?
Tue 29 Jan 2008
boyd, when you say "verbatim" transcript, what exactly do you mean? do you mean one that includes notations for all the pauses, stuttering, and other odd noises that occur during the subject's interview or conversation? do you also mean one that describes each shot as it changes?
for my project and my budget, i only have interviews and the most important conversations transcribed. my transcribers generally include notations for long pauses, "uhs", and stammering in their transcripts. i do not have them include shot types or any background conversation that happens simultaneous to the subject's voice(s). incidentally, i also send hard drives to my transcriptionists – it's slightly more expensive in the short run, but it really pays off in the end in convenience and in the number of clips i can include in one mailing.
btw, that app MovCaptioner sounds great. i really like that play over function that you described...
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Dean, I've done this before for translations/interpretations and break it down a little differently than for an elaborate shot list that requires lots of visual cues. But if you need mainly spoken and audio cue text, with some key visual cues, you're welcome to email and perhaps we can work something out. Please use firstname.lastname@example.com if so. What are your deadlines? I am not operational 01 – 17 Feb, and a colleague needs help (I will start on his as soon as it arrives – not expecting it to take too long).
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Dean It's too late for me to go into the previous message and make a change: if working directly from tapes, I can't help you. I would need DVD(s) with burned in time code (or could improvise from the player's time code – not ideal but not a big deal if this is the first cut from the raw tapes: you'd find your place easily enough).
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Christopher, I'm thinking exactly what your transcribers are doing, with the uhs and long pauses. Do they or can they notate when there is a change in tone within a sentence? I've noticed sometimes that a person will start a sentence, have a thought and change gears in the middle. It still looks like one sentence on paper, but is actually two distinct thoughts (and couldn't work as a sentence.)
As for shot descriptions, I do that myself when I log the tape, and I'll highlight things that standout, even with dialogue that might be transcribed later. The type of shot within an interview doesn't matter, only if there's unusable camera movement.
I've also done variations, with no transcription, but more detailed logging – where with an interview I'll write down what topics they are talking about, with timecode, and transcribe specific passages that come across well. In FCP I'll use markers and subclips to divide things up into specific bins.
One cool side benefit of doing translations – with the workflow I use – is that towards the fine cut stage, I end up with dedicated video tracks with subtitles using the FCP outline text generator. I can actually export those and come up with a word document with all the text and timecode. That way as I near a finer cut, I can basically export a "script". It's great to be able to read it and see how the cut I have is developing as a story or where there may be gaps.
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Matt, try The Grapes of Wrath and Sullivan's Travels.
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Thanks for all the suggestions about transcribing. I don't think I need super-detailed transcripts, just the basic dialogue in a searchable digital format so when I want to find every comment about "subject X" I can easily locate them.
But I am a little confused about the best format to use for the clips – I want something easily shared, with reel# and timecode, visual as well as audio, and easy for the transcriber to start and stop. I was going to just make low resolution QT clips with timecode burned in and assume the transcriber can play them back and forth as needed. Does that work? That way I could share everything by ftp. Thx!
Tue 29 Jan 2008
boyd, i haven't asked for the transcriber to notate any "tone changes" in a subject's speech, but i'm sure that would be helpful to have somewhere. but i'm assuming that would add time and money to the transcription. the only tone change that would be easy to note would be a "..." between words.
dean, what you've described would definitely work. the only disadvantage of that method is that it's going to take you awhile to render BITC to each clip, and then export out each compressed file. but if you've got the time, any transcriptionist should be able to handle your footage perfectly well.
one alternative is to buy a cheap hard drive, load all of the full resolution QT clips you want transcribed on that drive, and then send that to your transcriber. using that method, you don't have to include BITC, b/c QT can automatically bring up each clip's native TC in the viewing window. (btw, if you compress your clip, we've found that you lose that track that remembers the native TC.) if you choose to do this, then just be sure that your transcriber has the same system (Mac or PC) that you have. if you have a Mac and they have a PC, then you'll have to buy a copy of MacDrive ($40) so that they can read your drive properly. That's what we ended up doing, and MacDrive works like a dream (despite what some of the reviews said).
Wed 30 Jan 2008
Matt, presume you already know most of Pare Lorentz' work:
Dean, wish I could offer you advice beyond the great ideas others have already shared here. I actually transcribe my own films...which is one of many reasons they take so long. I don't do it out of thriftiness alone but also because it makes me more familiar with the nuances of the material. What you may want to do with all your footage is to do a first look-through and jot down notes of key quotes you like maybe with a system of keywords (your "subject x"). Then narrow that down to the tapes you know you want to use and give that to a professional transcriber.


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I fall in love at the drop of a hat. I haven't lived long enough yet to recognize this as a failing, as some do. I like to think it's a charming quirk at worst.
I don't remember how I first stumbled across the Supreme Ruler 2010 website, but when I did, I fell immediately head-over-heels for the game. It was last year some time, and SR2010 was in the independent game maker's development hell. Add a feature, push back the release date. Squash a bug, eliminate the release date entirely. Still, there were screenshots on the website; busy, multi-colored affairs festooned with tiny nuclear power plants and humvees. I remember reading an article in the New York Times about people who saw colors when they heard music; the average SR2010 screenshot looked like what I imagined those people saw when an orchestra was tuning up.
The website features list bubbled over with caps-lock enthusiasm. Supreme Ruler 2010 was to be a grand strategy game with an "EXTENSIVE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL MODEL,� and would incorporate "SATELLITE IMAGERY� for "over 200 Regions World-Wide!� What could not be loved about such a game?
I have played strategy games for as long as I have played any games at all. As a child I learned chess from my uncle, who (according to my grandmother, at least) could have been a grand-master had he not chosen to be an accountant instead. At that age I thought nothing of the trade-off implicit in that statement, and focused instead on my excitement at beating someone of skill whenever he let me win.
My first video strategy game was probably Centurion: Defender of Rome for the Genesis. Coupled with its theme (which capitalized on my childhood obsession with Roman history) the poor AI immediately made it my favorite game ever. In a mere afternoon, my legions could subjugate the Mediterranean world, and I would be proclaimed Caesar. What more gratifying experience was there to be had than daily global conquest? Strategy games became my preferred genre from then on.
As I grew older, I hungered for more complexity and more challenge. I learned that other strategy gamers not only played games of greater width and breadth, but even had a name for themselves: grognards. I wanted to be a grognard too, and soon began saving money for PC strategy games (for the PC was the gaming device of choice for the true strategy gamer). I set out to find a PC game in the vein of Centurion.
My father (who had become an avid gamer in spite of himself) and I found Civilization II to be almost perfect. Here was a game where I could re-create my successes from Centurion, but on an even larger scale. Why start in Republican Rome when you can start at the dawn of time? Why conquer the known world when you can conquer the whole damned thing? Still, I wanted more depth, from the diplomacy in particular. Non-aggression pacts and what not were all well and good, but I wanted to sell arms for hostages! I wanted to demand retribution for Jenkins' ear!
Our next find was X-Com, a squad-based tactical strategy game. Now this was a game that was rife with opportunities to complicate it. I could take my homogenized group of soldiers and assign them to squads and give them individual responsibilities within each squad. I could come up with an organized method for base nomenclature. I could devise overly-intricate tactical maneuvers for my troops to execute. It was almost perfect. It only lacked the scope of Civilization in order to achieve divinity.
In the ensuing years, I've played my share of strategy games, but none have really captivated my attention like those games from my youth. Games like Harpoon never really floated my boat. It's not that I'm not a true grognard, mind you; I just need a game with better graphics than the ATM at 7-11. The trend in popular strategy gaming had become accessibility, which necessarily dictated a move towards less complicated, more streamlined games. Any games that had come out with any predilections towards being global dictator simulators (Evil Genius, Superpower and its sequel) had fallen short in quality.
So there I was, replaying X-Com for the umpteenth time when I found Supreme Ruler 2010. The previews were like siren songs. Screenshots of treaties over free trade zones and mobilization of military reserve units tantalized me. I desperately wanted SR2010 to fulfill its potential and be a ruthlessly complex wonder of strategy game creation. I waited patiently until the game was released, with no fanfare. During my morning news browse, my eyes would dart to the review sidebar on Gametab, constantly rebuked by the (n/a) which always appeared next to SR2010's entry, signifying that no reviews had yet been published. In my fantasy, the reviewers were so stultified by the game's intricacies that they were too absorbed in the gameplay to emerge with a review. But I couldn't justify buying the game sight unseen, not without a review.
A week after the game's launch, the demo appeared on the website. The two hours that remained on my shift at work stretched on into eternity. As soon as I got home, I tossed the mail unopened onto the couch and worked my feet in tandem to get my shoes off while I downloaded and installed the demo. I started the first tutorial the way a child strips a wrapped birthday gift. The tutorial lectured me on the ins and outs of the interface. I impatiently demonstrated my grasp of the basics and moved on. I was eager to start banging my shoe on a podium. Next, macroeconomics were explained to me in excruciating detail, followed by a demonstration of how military units were commissioned and mobilized. This was all the depth and complexity I ever wanted, and I was exhausted. I hadn't even launched a missile yet.
After a nap, I dove back into the game. I was absolutely resolved to understand its workings, and I was going to HAVE FUN damn it. I shotgunned through the rest of the tutorials and started a new campaign. Examining the map, I noticed that one of my neighboring countries was about half the size of mine. There was a wealth of other information to be had about that neighbor, but I seized upon this perceived weakness and rolled with it. I opened up the military advisor tab and noticed that I had a fair amount of infantry but no armor. Time to make tanks. The requisitioning menu offered me a dozen different flavors of tank, each with two dozen different varying attributes. I remembered the (n/a) on the Gametab entry, and for the first time understood it. I reached for a pad of paper and a pen, and started scrawling notes about the various tanks at my disposal. After a minute, a realization dawned on me. This was the game I thought I always wanted, but now that I had it, I didn't want it at all. I was an imitation grognard, and I had been all along.
I fired up Civilization II, cranked the difficulty setting all the way down, and founded Rome again.
Yeah, it's fairly easy. It was just far too much management and if you had the resources the game would pretty much play itself to completion.
Or it would go right into the ground if you tried to pull out too early. No middle ground. The AI was about as sharp as a box of monkeynuts.
So, uh...which of you guys is going to take the plunge into SR2010?
I feel for ya Sanjuro... I teeter between the feeling of being totally obsessed with games, and then being absolutely disenchanted with them once I actually experience them. I always feel upset because I didn't really want what I thought I wanted, but I actually just bought the hype that was the game and all of the overwhelming hysteria surrounding it, whether it was commercially created, or inside my own head.
It kind of goes back to what Lobo was talking about in a post a week or so ago. When faced with a game with a serious moral choice and with all the trappings of fully engrossing gameplay, we might be faced with the fact that we want nothing to do with it.
Even now, while I am typing this, I wonder if I am living up to my own expectations as a 'serious gamer.' I like to think I am literate, articulate and capable of putting a cogent sentence together. But I know at times I am not that. I am never who I think I am, all the time.
Very existencial, and very self-centered. I apologize for that. But all gamers I think can feel what Sanjuro is saying. Walking the fine line between game and life is very hard. Games that are similiar to life are great. Games that recreate life, are not. If I have to put pen to paper, I had better be in my office.
I've never been who I thought I was and I always knew I never would be.
Great article, Sanj. I could never get into strategy titles (You mean I have to build an army before I can start killing? This sucks). The same was true of pen and paper RPGs (what, I have to do math? Explain to me again how this is fun...). I'm certain I would have never played an RPG game if they hadn't made it into videogames.
I tried out the demo for Supreme Ruler: 2010 when it was out (a month ago maybe?)
I admit, after trying to figure out what was going on, I can sympathize with you It seems like quite an enjoyable game, but I'm not sure if I have the weeks required to learn to play it, honestly. I think this is the sort of thing you have to dedicate an entire weekend to, of non-stop tutorialing and squinting at the screen. Sometimes we want things simple, and sometimes we want them hard
Great aticle, you imitator you!
Great article Sanjuro. I never played Centurion, but I did cut my strategy teeth on ActRaiser and Sim City for the SNES. My first and favorite turn-based strategy game for PC was Lords of the Realm II, then Masters of Magic, which led to my nearly 2-year long obsession with Age of Wonders (first one).
Have you checked out the newly released Knights of Honor? The reviews I've read indicate it's got a farily deep political system (check Avault's review).
This thread has me thinking about picking up Steel Panthers or some such again.
This thread has me thinking about picking up Steel Panthers or some such again.
You need to try Combat Mission if you haven't.
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This thread has me thinking about picking up Steel Panthers or some such again.
You need to try Combat Mission if you haven't.
I haven't. Thanks for the reco.
I thought of games as something that allowed you to be what you want to be your fantasy world which allows you to do things that you cant in real life...why make games so real that they sound like the life you already lead everyday!!!


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The fun-fly will start at about 8:30 AM and will run until about 12:00 PM.
At the end of the fun-fly events the field will be open to all aircraft till the park RC flying shut down at about 2:30 PM if there is a BMX event.
All of the fun-fly events are open to all aircraft, (glow/gas, and electric). There is no restriction on type or size of aircraft, or how
many you may use, but you may use only one aircraft per event.
Pilots please set up your pits at the 100 ft. line on the grass. This will leave the parking lot and pits for our families and friends.
There will be four (4) fun-fly events:
Before each event please sign up and fill out a score sheet at the flight line table.
Click an event name linked below to download the details of the event as a PDF file.
There will be trophies for first and second place, in each event, and a trophy for the pilot who get the most points in three events.
The trophies will be awarded at the picnic lunch.


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Dil Raju's Son Sriharsha speech at PNLJ audio launch - NTv
Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 07:56 PM
Producer Dil Raju's son Sri Harsha speaking at PNLJ audio launch thanked his uncles Sirish and Lakshman for the opprtunity through this film. Sri Harsha said that Aarya happened to Dil Raju and Allu Arjun ten years back and hoped that PNLJ will give the same kind of platform to him also. PNLJ is the upcoming movie of Sai Dharam Teja and Regina Cassandra the audio launch of this movie is being taking place today while the Mega heroes attend it as the chief guests . . . .


text: I'm toying with the idea of hosting some Pt/Pd printing workshops for beginners in the later part of this year (or early 2008). But I'm not sure whether there's sufficient demand in the UK for such a thing. At the moment I'm thinking of a weekend, starting with negatives and paper coating on Saturday and printing on Sunday. I think participation would need to be limited to 2 or 3 people in order to have as much "hands on" time as possible. Materials would be included. Is this something anyone would be interested in? If so could you let me know.


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BOM LotteryPosted by macnyc 2013-01-17 16:49:11I did it a week or two ago, and it hasn't seemed to have died down at all.
BOM LotteryPosted by LizzieCurry 2013-01-17 16:53:36Died down compared to the summer...? Compared to the crazy holiday influx or tourists? Sure. But in general, no, not really.
BOM LotteryPosted by Pammylicious 2013-01-17 16:57:39To all of the above.....I really thought every New Yorker saw it already.....it's unbelievable. They didn't even participate in 2 for 1 Broadway week. Lion King, Wicked and Once did. Unfreakingbelievable.
BOM LotteryPosted by LizzieCurry 2013-01-17 16:59:34Yeah, but do Lion King, Wicked and Once have an annual free fan day? (I totally see what you're saying, though.) I've done the lotto at BoM maybe close to 100 times but have only won once. That's what standing room is for.
BOM LotteryPosted by macnyc 2013-01-17 17:16:14I actually gave up on the lottery and bought tickets! The lottery is fun, though.


text: Is this game important enough for the Bills to put McGahee on the field hurt? 3 broken ribs may not be enough to keep him out. Anthony Thomas could probably tow-the-line for the Bills, but I wouldn't be supprised to see McGahee starting on Sunday. And, I thought I heard today that the Texans are a slight favorite to win this game....is this true?